Disclaimer: The usual. None of the characters are mine, their all JK
Rowling's, but I'm not using them for profit, so it's all ok. I've been
getting some strange reactions about my pairing, but oh well. I find it
easy to write about these two.
The following potions lesson, Cho stayed behind in the freezing dungeon. She transferred her weight from hip to hip as Snape took his time clearing up his desk.
"Yes, Miss Chang?" Probably wanting to ask a question. Those Ravenclaws never could keep their mouths shut. Still, at least it gave him an opportunity to apologise.
"Professor, I came to apologise for what I said the other day." He froze. Was the girl trying to force one out of him? He turned around to face her.
"It's funny you should say that, Miss Chang."
"Oh?" She tried not to look away from his eyes, although they were boring into hers, and also, it seemed, her mind.
"Yes. I think you had a point in what you said." (She did?) "I will not give you detention this time, nor will any points be deducted off Ravenclaw considering the circumstances. I would, however, advise you to watch your mouth in the future."
"Thankyou, Professor Snape. Oh, and sir?"
"Yes?" Here comes the question, he thought.
"How's your hand?" A faint smile was appearing at the corner of her mouth.
"As good as can be expected. I trust that your arm is tolerable now?"
"Yes, thankyou Professor." With that, she turned and ran out of the classroom, elated that the discussion she had been dreading had gone so well.
Once she had left, he permitted himself to smile. As he picked up an empty vial, he wondered absentmindedly whether she really had been concerned about his hand.
The following potions lesson, Cho stayed behind in the freezing dungeon. She transferred her weight from hip to hip as Snape took his time clearing up his desk.
"Yes, Miss Chang?" Probably wanting to ask a question. Those Ravenclaws never could keep their mouths shut. Still, at least it gave him an opportunity to apologise.
"Professor, I came to apologise for what I said the other day." He froze. Was the girl trying to force one out of him? He turned around to face her.
"It's funny you should say that, Miss Chang."
"Oh?" She tried not to look away from his eyes, although they were boring into hers, and also, it seemed, her mind.
"Yes. I think you had a point in what you said." (She did?) "I will not give you detention this time, nor will any points be deducted off Ravenclaw considering the circumstances. I would, however, advise you to watch your mouth in the future."
"Thankyou, Professor Snape. Oh, and sir?"
"Yes?" Here comes the question, he thought.
"How's your hand?" A faint smile was appearing at the corner of her mouth.
"As good as can be expected. I trust that your arm is tolerable now?"
"Yes, thankyou Professor." With that, she turned and ran out of the classroom, elated that the discussion she had been dreading had gone so well.
Once she had left, he permitted himself to smile. As he picked up an empty vial, he wondered absentmindedly whether she really had been concerned about his hand.