A/N: disclaimer I own nothing.

Fred was sitting on the couch in the burrow playing exploding snaps with his twin george when Ron ran in annoyed.

"What brings you little brother I thought you were out with your girl." George asked uninterested.

"SHE BROKE IT OFF." He yelled at him with a huff as he slung himself on the couch.

Ron appeared to look angered, but Fred was too clever as he noticed the red rims around his eyes. The puffiness of his cheeks and the way his voice quivered at the end.

he pushed the game back and sighed, "Okay tell us about your guys little lovers spat so we can fix it all up."

Ron shook his head putting his head in his hands, "No, she planned it all out. She wanted to hang out so we could break up. Had everything planned out what she wanted to say."

He grinned, "Sounds like Hermione. Spill, you have to get it off your chest. Tell us about the oh so dramatizing break up." Fred tried to look as sincere as his naturally mischievous face would allow him.

"She just said, 'Ronald this is not easy. I'm afraid there's no other way than to just spit it out. I don't wish to be with you any longer. I have a multitude of reasons if that's what you require. It is for the best, but I sincerely want us to be friends. I mean it more than anything. I love you Ron, but after being with you I've realized I can't love you like that.'

So I blew up on her telling her I should be the one breaking up with her. That she's too heartless and the only reason I hadn't as because I didn't want to hurt her. I told her a bunch of blarmey. But some of it was honest. She is incapable of love and caring in a relationship. She's cold and distant. She has no passion or emotion."

That surprised Fred. No emotion? he knew that her outer core was strong, but surely she wasn't as bad as Ron said. He perhaps didn't know how to handle difficult woman like Hermione. How difficult could she possibly be? Most woman he ever went after were mere child's play.

His voice was low now and he sounded pained, "She didn't even cry. She showed nothing but a straight face no sympathy. It hurt when I lost my cool, but I apologized and she only said 'Don't say sorry I expected as much from you.' I started to cry and ask her not to she got up and walked into the house."

Oh, now he was about to cry. Fred was all for helping Ickle ronniekins, but he didn't do water works. He stood up, "I'll get you some water."

George glared at him as he escaped the crying Ron in the living room. George would be stuck consoling him until he came back, but they all knew he wasn't coming back.

Oddly enough he found himself in the kitchen, but not alone.

The very flame that ignited the crying sobbing explosion in the other room sat at the table writing on parchment.

Her hair was twisted in a bun and her eyes perplexed on writing.

He searched her for any type of unsettling details. her eyes were clear of tears. Her face was normal. She didn't seem on edge or sad. She seemed normal. Then she looked up at him and smiled welcoming, "Why hello Fred."

"Hermione, so you did some damage today I see." He said sitting across from her.

"Damage?" She arched an eyebrow.

"Ron's crying in the living room." He stated simply.

"Oh Merlin. I can't believe how harshly he's acting. I didn't think He'd overreact this much. How couldn't he have seen this coming? It's not like I was rude I simply gave him the facts." She was now showing emotion, but not the one he'd have thought. She seemed aggravated and fed up to the point she wanted to wring his neck.

"Just because you tell him the truth doesn't mean it wasn't conveyed as rude. Nor does it mean it hurt any less. You're smart enough to know that." He told her.

"However, if he wanted anything he should understand that I care too much about him to ever bother him with petty lies to savor his delicate feelings. He never liked me he liked the fact I was always around. He had this idea I'd snog him nonstop and be like Lavender Brown. I don't like adorable. he kept comparing me to other couples. Excuse me if I don't act the way he wants. That's not who I am."

"He still loved you."

"He loved the idea of me."

"Merlin Hermione, you know what? I think it was too easy for you. I think the true reason was because you crave challenges. He only wanted you to love him back and that was enough."

"That's all everyone wants." She said flatly looking back to her parchment.

"Not necessarily my dear. I know that's not what I want." Fred stretched his arms and smiled knowing he piqued her interest.

"My bad. What would the great Fred Weasley want. I presume it involves giant knockers."

He leaned in and beckoned her closer and she obliged. Both were leaning over the table inches from each other, "I want Someone I won't break."

she was shocked at his truthful and not joking reply. He could feel her intelligent eyes searching for truth and answers scanning his face.

"You're right. I want someone real. A challenging partner who I have to search to find the real them. Someone who won't give up on me and someone that's not worth me giving up on. Your brother is not that." She stated the facts, but not in her cold natural way. She spoke wispy and breathlessly.

"You're right." He said as he stood up walking away. Her searching eyes studied him until he walked out of the room. Even after he exited he could feel her eyes burning into his soul. Desperately needing to know everything about him, but not finding anything.

She was clueless when it came to Fred. She was clueless and it made her more angry than Ron ever had.

Fred on the other hand was intrigued. She seemed strong. She needed a few pegs down. Her self esteem may have gotten arrogantly high.

You see Fred wasn't nice. On the contrary he was quit mean a bully eve. He felt no guilt if he hurt anyone's feelings. So it was in that moment when Fred realized how fun it would be to break her.

Watch her finally fall in what she'd assume to be love, but in the end he'd leave her. Like she left his kid brother. Maybe she'd realize being easy was a gift because being difficult was unlovable and that's what he was.

He didn't want to ever be married because he knew he'd have to settle and he never settled for anything less than perfect. Hermione Granger was not anywhere near perfect... No matter how confident she was that she is perfect. She needed to be taught a lesson and he knew after some time he could break her.

George was the more compassionate one of the two. he always told him one day he'd meet his match, but he'll end up ruining it in the end. George had no idea how emotionless fred could truly be. There were very few people in the world fred cared anything for. Though his family loved Hermione he did not. He would care if anything happened medically he didn't wish her death, but he didn't care for her feelings.

This would be a fun game indeed. The perfect crime.

He'd steal her heart and watch her fall.

A/n: I'm sorry it's so short. Ugh but chapter two is better scouts honor. SO follow favorite. REVIEW. It's a new story be kind please.