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Another game, another victory. Gryffindor was famous for its after game parties, especially celebratory parties, like this one.
It was common enough to see the every Gryffindor in attendance and it was common enough to see the players overtaken by the adrenalin and victory high grab someone and snog them senseless. And just like that, thanks to his euphoria, Ron grabbed Hermione and drew her closer to him and kissed her. And that's when things stopped being so common enough and became weird for them.
Two weeks later they were sitting in the common room, which was common enough. The awkwardness of their 'situation' passed slowly and they went back to their usual routines and 'normal' behavior.
Harry being Harry grew frustrated when he saw them kiss and then dance around each other. He just wanted the best for his two best friends, his family in all but blood, and by Merlin's y fronts they were it for one another all they had to do was stop worrying about him and just get over it and snog and get on with it. So in a completely Harry way, when he saw them brush their hands together and blush and look away, he stood up, sighed, gave them one of his looks and went to sit with Neville, Dean and Seamus.
Ron and Hermione were, of course, hurt by this but understood him completely. After all they were very much in love with the other, if only the other liked them too… No wonder Harry was frustrated.
They sat like that, silence between them broken only by the scratch of quills on parchment, occasional cough and low murmurs of questions and answers.
Ron sighed, he had had enough of this; he was a Gryffindor for Merlin's sake, he was brave and bold, he could do this. He sighed again and stopped writing and just watched Hermione as she silently continued her work.
Hermione for her part was thinking about their situation while doing her work. When she felt eyes on her she looked up and saw a pair of very intense blue eyes watching her. She blushed, cutely to Ron's mind, and took a slow breath through her nose before looking back at Ron questioningly.
"What's wrong?" she asked, not being able to reprimand him for not doing his homework.
"Nothing, it's just… I mean…" he was struggling with himself trying to find the right words, him Ronald Weasley was trying to find the right words and all that for a girl, oh what a day.
They just sat like that watching each other, silence stretching between them. Finally, Hermione got the hint. She was worried, what if that's not it, what if he just wanted to apologize, but still… She was a Gryffindor dammit, she could do this, at least she'd say it and see his reaction.
"Ron, do you…" she started but was interrupted.
"Hermione, the other day, I just… I mean… What I'm trying to say is…" Ron couldn't quite find the right thing to say, but he knew it was there, right at the tip of his tongue.
"You want to kiss me, don't you?" Hermione then asked with all her Gryffindor boldness but quietly, almost afraid of the answer.
"I always want to kiss you." Ron answered after a sigh of relief and flashed her a bright smile that was just so Ron and it somehow fit so perfectly on his face and reached his eyes that she smiled back at him.
With his breath caught in his throat he watched mesmerized as Hermione's beautiful smile lit her face up and her warm brown eyes seemed to sparkle for a moment. Getting his senses back he cleared his throat and looked at Hermione expectantly.
"Hermione, would you li..." but he was cut off
"Yes!" she exclaimed happily and they turned to look at Harry who was along with most of Gryffindor watching them.
"Finally!" He exclaimed as well, "Do you know how annoying you were?" at their embarrassed looks he continued, "At least know you're going to be annoyingly lovey dovey, but that I can live with, at least you'll be happy then, but this was just ridiculous." He finished and turned to Seamus, "Pay up, I told you it would happen today." And soon the whole of Gryffindor bar Ron and Hermione was exchanging Galleons.
"Why you..." Hermione stood and just as she was about to make her displeasure known a hand grabbed her and turned her around.
"About that kiss?" Ron asked her cheekily as he drew her closer and kissed her.
It was sudden, it was unexpected and it was just so Ron and Harry to do things so foolishly, and yet she loved them both, her brother and boyfriend… (That's what Ron was now, right?) She relaxed and smiled into the kiss, her boys will be foolish and thoughtless and they'd make it up to her, but they were her boys and there was no changing it and no going back. Just the way she liked it.