Nodding, Percy showed himself for a man who had tight reins upon his feelings rather than being without them when he kissed Penny again, lightly but oh-so-certainly.
"I was not exactly covert, waiting outside of the infirmary, either," he explained, smiling a little when he continued. "You're much better at this than I am, Penny. I feel as though with my family... everything becomes something for Fred and George to laugh about, or my mother not to understand."
Percy took what he felt for Penny very seriously, and he was just so sure they wouldn't.