8. The way she wrinkles her nose while there is something going on that she doesn't like
Harry fidgeted in his place, his legs had started to go numb from sitting on the floor for so long. He leaned his elbow on the couch next to him and rest his head on his hand. His eyes started wandering to take his mind of the pain and got caught on Hermione. She was sitting on his right, on the couch and she was reading a novel. Her thumb and index finger were rubbing the next page between them, ready to turn it and start a new page. His eyes went higher and when they came to her face, Harry found himself looking into two beautiful brown eyes. She must have sensed his eyes on her for she was studying him study her with a small smile on her lips. She winked at him and went back to her book.
"Hey, mate! It's your turn!" Harry got startled by Ron's voice across from him. They were playing Muggle chess for nearly an hour and Harry was losing terribly. And from the smile on Ron's face, he had once again made a move to finish the game. Harry looked at the chess board to see Ron's move but couldn't make out which piece he had moved.
"What was your move?" he asked studying the board once again. Ron shook his head negatively with a smirk.
"You should have concentrated on the game instead of staring at Hermione." Hearing her name made Hermione look up from her book.
"Did you say something?"
"Nothing." Ron smirked again but this time it was due to his excitement about finishing the game. Harry desperately looked at the board but couldn't figure out Ron's last move. After a few seconds, he gave up and made a move to touch his Bishop. It was in that split second that he saw it. Hermione, recently got distracted by Ron, had stopped reading her book and was watching the game and she had wrinkled her nose, unintentionally giving Harry a clue about what his next move shouldn't be. It was so slight but it was enough to make Harry retract his hand and move it towards his Knight. From the corner of his eye, he saw another nose wrinkle. This time he moved his hand towards his Queen and suddenly he saw the danger. Ron was slyly threatening his Queen with his Bishop. Harry grinned and moved his Queen out of the way, thanking Hermione deep inside. Ron's face fell when he saw Harry's move, his eyes narrowed as he looked first at Harry then at Hermione then at Harry again. Then he moved his Rook two squares. Harry, without a second of thinking, moved his hand above the pieces, all the while studying Hermione from the corner of his eye. After a few seconds he found a piece which Hermione involuntarily approved and made his move. Ron's eyes got narrower, now they were like two slits on his face. He looked at Harry's face suspiciously then looked up at Hermione who had returned to reading her book.
"Hermione? Could you please move to the other end of the couch? Somewhere Harry can't see you." Hermione raised her head, her eyes questioning his motives behind his request but upon seeing Harry's guilty face, she slid over to the end of the couch, now sitting behind Harry.
"Thanks." Ron said, moving his Queen. His smirk had returned. Harry pouted and made a move, he was not interested in the game anymore. It was obvious that he'd lose in a few minutes.
"There was no need to do that, you were going to win sooner or later." he whined. Ron rolled his eyes.
"And there was no need to use Legilimency to cheat, you know that I like to win sooner." Ron said with a grin, he deftly moved his Rook a few squares. "Check-mate." Harry huffed and leaned his back on the couch, resting his head on Hermione's knees behind him.
"For your information, I wasn't using Legilimency." Harry said, closing his eyes at the feel of Hermione's fingers going through his hair. 'I don't need Legilimency to understand what she's thinking.'