Sloth

It comes down to this.
Your kiss.
Your fist.
And your strain.
It gets under my skin.

- "Sin" - Nine Inch Nails

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Hermione's POV

We were spending a lazy Saturday together.

I have been waiting for so long for him to make a move.

I wish he'd hurry up already, it was driving me mad watching him sitting there looking at me.

It wasn't like he didn't want to, we had been an item for more than two months now.

This was pathetic though, he hasn't even kissed me yet.

How can I make it clear that I want him to do something, other than stare longingly.

This is his problem, he's always so afraid he's going to mess things up.

He needs to take things into his own hands once in a while, take the initiative.

Not be afraid that he's going to hurt me, or anything like that.

That's why I asked him to spend this Saturday with me.

But apparently my brilliant plan wasn't working, because the most he can do is put his arm around me.

Why is it that every other couple has practically had sex fifteen times, and we are sitting here just looking at each other.

This is stupid.

I have half a mind to just leave and let him stare at thin air, he probably would be too lost to notice.

Ron's POV

I can't believe it took me this long to notice how beautiful Hermione is.

I could probably spend an entire day sitting here staring at her wonderful amber eyes.

But in reality, I am desperate to do something with her.

Something more than put my arm comfortingly around her shoulders.

But she's made it pretty clear that she's not ready for that, and I don't want to push her.

I mean, if she wanted it, she'd make a move, right?

She seems to be in another world, just sitting there looking at me.

I wish I could tell what she was thinking…whether she was itching to touch me the way I was dying to touch her.

To run my hand down her smooth face.

And so much more.

Oh, so much more…

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A/N Interestingly, this was the possibly the hardest chapter for me to write. "Sloth" doesn't really fit with relationships, so I had to tweak it a little to work. I'm also having trouble with deciding on a pairing to do for "lust". This is going to be the last chapter (save hte best for last), so I want it to be a really interesting pairing that I like, but I'm having issues with that. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know (review! review!). As a forewarning though, I don't do fics with Harry in them, I just don't like him. No Voldemort as well...everything else is fair game... So as you can all see, I'm having issues with making the chapters longer than this. Maybe someday when I do the revision of this story, they will all be lengthened. Maybe…