Pairing: CharlieHermione

Prompt: 486. Tapping Sounds

Word count: 369

Tapping Sounds

Hermione glanced up from her books, staring at the wall of Ginny's bedroom.

"I swear…."

"Hey, he doesn't make nearly as much noise as the twins do," Ginny said with a smile.

"It's giving me a headache."

"Then go and tell him. He probably doesn't realise."

Ginny was only joking, but Hermione took her words to heart. Setting her quill down Hermione got up from her seat and left the bedroom, moving to the one next door.

Charlie had come back to visit his family, but ever since he'd arrived, all that could be heard was an odd tapping sound at least eight hours during the day. It irritated Hermione, who was trying to catch up on the year of school she'd missed.

She knocked on the door, first politely, but then louder and more irritated.

"Excuse me!" she called.

There was a pause, and then a rather handsome, shirtless man opened the door. He had a hammer in one hand and his wand in the other.

"Hello!" Charlie said cheerfully. "Hermione, isn't it?" Just one little movement caused his muscles to flex. Working with dragons had obviously done him justice.

"Er, yes," Hermione said, suddenly feeling rather flustered. She'd never really noticed how good-looking he was until now.

"What can I do for you, Hermione?" he asked brightly.

"I… um… I… I just came to find out what you were doing," she said.

Charlie opened the door a little wider to show her. Suddenly, the noise that had been coming from inside for almost a week now made sense.

"I'm building a new table for Mum and Dad," he said. "One that can magically extend when more people join."

"Oh, that's… well that's clever and handy," Hermione said.

Charlie shrugged. "Gives me something to do."

"It's a great idea," Hermione told him. For a moment, she wasn't sure what to say, but eventually said, "Well, have a lovely day."

When she returned to Ginny's room her face was flushed and Charlie had returned to his building.

Ginny smirked. "He clearly listened to you."

Hermione sat down at the desk, picking up her quill again. With her face buried into her book, she said, "It's not really that annoying."

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