Seamus tapped the half-cookie against his fingers while Dean spoke, feeling frustrated not at either of them but just at the world in general. "You've got a point," he agreed. "Ron and Hermione are sort of the closest thing we've got to an actually functioning couple." He was probably forgetting someone, but certainly it seemed like the vast majority of their friends had trouble with dating or relationships in one form or another. "And they still bicker all the time." Obviously, that worked for them, but it wasn't what Seamus thought he wanted.
He groaned slightly, thinking of Valentine's day coming up which was unlikely to make any of these feelings easier to deal with. "At least we have cookies," he announced. "They're consistent, except when you add silly things to them." He finished off the last of the cookie in his hand with a decided nod, done with the depressing topic and the snack both. "Come on, I've got accounts to do and you must have some kind of sketch or painting waiting for you."