Playing Cupid
Minerva smiled at Severus and he felt his heart beat racing again. He forced himself to look at Kingsley instead so as not to allow himself to start fantasizing again.
"Kingsley, what were you discussing with Miss Tonks earlier?" he asked, knowing that asking such a question would get him some strange looks, being a death eater not so long ago.
"It was just business, things to do with the Ministry. Why do you need to know?" Kingsley replied, a stern look upon his face. Severus felt Minerva's eyes on him and had to try to avert his attention from her gaze.
"I was merely wondering why it was so urgent that you had to speak to her about it at that precise moment," Severus replied, trying to keep his voice sounding as cold and harsh as it usually did but finding it difficult with Minerva nearby.
"As I said, it was just business," Kingsley replied, looking directly into Severus' eyes and instantly regretting it as he remembered he could read minds.
Kingsley and Tonks were sitting in a quieter room of Grimmauld Place talking to one another. There was nobody else around but they were both wearing the same clothing as they wore tonight so he knew it was that night's conversation he was witnessing.
"I don't know if he loves me back though, Kingsley. I think he only wants me as a friend," Tonks said, a tear making it's way down her cheek.
"Tonks, he loves you. It's obvious he does," Kingsley replied, gently wrapping an arm around her and comforting her.
He then noticed Remus was standing in the doorway watching Kingsley and Tonks hugging. He saw the sad look in Remus' eyes as he turned and walked away. Severus assumed that was why Remus had acted strangely when Kingsley was mentioned previously.
Severus just looked at Kingsley and nodded, understanding why he hadn't wanted him to see that. After all, he had always made fun of her for being unusual and being madly in love with a werewolf was obviously only another area for him to judge her.
"Severus, what did you see then?" Kingsley asked, unsure of what he had seen and what he hadn't.
"You know what I saw. There's something I need to do," Severus replied, glancing briefly at Minerva before heading back down the corridor.
He heard Minerva say to Kingsley "He didn't see anything bad, did he?" and he sighed to himself, wondering how she could possibly doubt him after all the years they had worked together.
He then heard Tonks' voice and headed towards it.