HP ficlet: Together [Harry/Hermione, general]
Title: Together Author: celandineb Fandom: HP Pairing: Harry/Hermione Rating: general Length: 300 words Summary: Hermione wonders if Ron saw something she didn't. Note: For quill_it, 100.3, prompt 78, "spin".
Even as Harry held me in his arms and we went spinning around the tent, Ron's words echoed in my head.
I saw the two of you together yesterday.
Together. Well, yes, we had been together, the same way as always -- walking and talking, as friends.
I tried to think that it was the Horcrux that had made Ron misunderstand, made him angry. The same reactions happened to Harry and to me... maybe a little less to me than either of them. I wasn't sure why unless it was that because Voldemort was male, his Horcrux affected the boys more than it did me, a girl.
The locket only twisted things, though, it didn't seem to invent them altogether, which suggested that maybe Ron did see something between Harry and me that was more than the friendship we'd shared for years.
Harry's hands were warm on mine as we danced together, and when he smiled at me I smiled back.
I loved him. There was no question of that. I was risking my own life to be here helping him, and I'd even been willing to give up my family for what we were doing together now. It wasn't for Harry himself, though. It was for the purpose he served, to destroy someone whose goals endangered nearly everything that I thought good. If it had been Neville or anyone else instead of Harry, I would have still been there.
I think Harry understood how I felt. He had urged me to dance to cheer me up, if only for a few moments, and held me close for an instant when the music stopped, but then he let me go. I had never really thought of him before as perhaps being more than just a friend, but now... now I wondered.