There is a kind of love called "I am in the water, but you are on the shore"... This feeling of being so far apart but seemingly at the end of the world always makes people sigh.
But now Ron felt that he, the salted fish, had jumped into the pot on his own initiative, but the girl just opened fire and left him alone.
"What on earth is this...why?"
He sat at the long table, muttering softly as he poked a plate of boiled beans with his spoon. Look at his beans, almost all of them have been poked into refried beans. I don’t know if he plans to eat them.
At this moment, Hermione suddenly appeared from the side corridor. However, she noticed Ron sitting in the middle of the Gryffindor table from a distance, and her steps slowed down unconsciously.
Obviously, she arrived at the Great Hall a step ahead of Harry and Ginny - the pair were still walking down the stairs!
However, Hermione doesn't want to meet Ron at all now!
"Oh..." She pursed her lips and couldn't help thinking secretly, "Should I secretly take two pieces of bread at this time and then go back to the library immediately?"
She had thought about this question several times on her way here, but she still hadn't found a good answer until now.
"No, we should let him know earlier. Wouldn't it be true that the longer this kind of thing is delayed, the more painful it will be when facing the truth in the future?"
Thinking of this, Hermione seemed to have finally made up her mind, gritted her teeth and walked to the seat opposite Ron.
Pulling out the chair, putting down the school bag, and sitting down gently, this set of actions that I do every day has already been done in one go.
But after that, Hermione felt a little uncomfortable.
She is not the kind of person who can hide things in her heart when facing her friends. On weekdays, she seems very straightforward and cheerful, and occasionally a little proud. She is the type who dares to speak and act.
And when there is something on her mind, she will immediately become like this now where she wants to speak, but seems to be struggling to stop speaking.
Fortunately, Ron was obviously not in a good state at the moment and was immersed in someone's inner world. Even though there was a big living person across the table, he didn't notice it at all, he was just playing with poking beans with his spoon!
Seeing that Ron ignored her, Hermione breathed a small sigh of relief - when she was at the door of the side corridor just now, she was indeed ready to speak, but she didn't realize that feeling until they were face to face. It's so different.
Ron has been her friend since school. Although he is sometimes unreliable, she has been witnessing his growth over the years.
And now, Ron seemed to have finally met a girl who looked very good, which made Hermione a little reluctant to tell her some truths that she had just learned.
However, Hermione hesitated for a moment, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Harry and Ginny walking slowly towards this side.
"Hey! Hermione, are you here too? Have you told Ron yet?"
Harry was still unable to read the expressions and atmosphere as always. He had already said hello with a relaxed expression before he even reached the table.
And it’s still the kind of thing that doesn’t open the pot and pick up the pot.
"...Hermione?"
As soon as he heard Harry's familiar voice, Ron finally came back to his senses. And when he looked up, he saw Hermione sitting opposite with a subtle look on her face.
Immediately afterwards, he no longer cared about feeling sorry for himself, and showed an expression of surprise as if he had grasped the last life-saving straw.
"Hermione," he said hurriedly, "tell me, what did you hear from Luna? Tell me!"
Perhaps because he was eagerly hoping that he could get good news, Ron didn't notice that Hermione, in addition to her delicate expression, looked a little more embarrassed and helpless.
"Sorry, I... um... actually..." She opened her mouth several times, but finally sighed, "Anyway, Ron, I advise you to forget about each other!"
"This..." Ron was stunned when he heard this, "But... why? Do you mean... she is actually not interested in me at all? Then why did she... "
After speaking intermittently to the end, he couldn't help but shook his head slightly and said: "...Why is she smiling so happily?"
In fact, Ron still had very clear feelings about that night at the ball.
Although neither of them said much that night, even if they did, it was basically him who said it. The girl often only acts as a listener, and occasionally whispers a word or two.
But even so, Ron could still feel the pure happiness from the other person's smile.
"Hermione... I understand," after a while, he said while Harry and Ginny were looking at each other, "I believe that the result of what you asked Luna was very bad, and I also believe that you are trying not to hurt anyone. I feel embarrassed..."
"But, please also believe that I can bear any ending... I just hope that I can hear the truest answer, instead of being confused and ending this relationship that is extremely short for me."
At this point, Ron said extremely calmly:
"Hermione, tell me! Aren't you the one who knows best about what I can bear?"
When Ron took the initiative to ask Hermione for a "rejection", Hermione would certainly never forget this. But Hermione now wants to say that the two are actually completely different things!
Therefore, even though Ron had talked about this, Hermione was still hesitant. Her gaze turned slightly to the side, unable to fall on Ron's side at all.
But in the next second...
"You guys... what's going on?"
When the four Gryffindors present with different expressions heard this voice, they suddenly looked not far away - only to see the man holding a fork in his hand with another sausage stuck on the fork. Who else could Maka be
He had actually just arrived in the auditorium at this moment, but as soon as he sat down at the staff table and forked a sausage, he noticed from a distance that something was wrong with the atmosphere here.
"Hey, let me tell you, what happened? You didn't say anything?"
Maka shook the sausage gently and motioned for any of the four of them to explain it.
"It's about Ron and that third-year girl from Ravenclaw. We met at the dance that day..." Harry blinked and said in a daze, "Oh, you saw it that day too!"
"Um."
Maka nodded slightly - Speaking of which, not long ago he watched a good show in front of the office window!
"Yes, I saw it then..." he said, "So what? I see that your expressions have been weird since just now, so what's wrong?"
Knowing that Maka must not know what happened to Ron and the girl these days, Harry kindly explained to Maka immediately. Maybe he felt that Maka, who had a flexible mind, could help comfort Ron or something.
That's right, after what Ron said clearly just now, even if Harry is dull, he still has some sense of taste.
As for Maka, after listening to Harry's series of explanations, she also learned about Ron's recent tragic experience.
"So this is ah?"
He nodded and then looked at Hermione.
"Since Ron said so himself, then you tell her! Sooner or later he will have to accept reality. If you hide it for him, it will make it difficult for him to let go, won't it?"
Hermione has naturally understood this for a long time, but...
"... Maka," she thought secretly for a while, then suddenly stood up, walked to Maka, grabbed her clothes and dragged her away, "You come here first, I... I have to talk to you first. you say."
Hermione pulled her all the way to the side wall of the auditorium, but saw her checking Ron's direction several times before leaning next to Maka and whispering.
As Maka listened, the expression on her face also changed quite wonderfully.
To be honest, after experiencing all kinds of messy events, Maka's heart has become extremely strong. He even sometimes felt that he had been moving closer to Dumbledore in the past two years.
Putting aside the exaggerated words like "I won't be surprised if the sky falls", just saying that she is calm in dealing with things, Maka feels a little confident.
But if you have to say it, the so-called "psychological endurance" is really divided into several types. Some things can easily touch a person's bottom line.
"... Luna told you this?"
After listening to Hermione's simple statement, Maka gradually put away his strange expression, but his slightly frowned brows still did not relax.
"Yes, just when we were in the library," Hermione answered quickly, and then explained specifically, "I know that Luna is too naive and will always believe some rumors that may not exist... But She saw this with her own eyes, and the facts are actually very simple and clear... I think it’s not wrong!”
"I'd rather she were wrong!"
Maka shook her head, then turned back and glanced back and forth at the long table in Ravenclaw House.
Hermione knew what he was looking for, so she quickly said:
"Stop looking. She should still be in the library right now... She said she was looking for another book, so I came down alone."
"Well… "
Hearing what she said, Maka withdrew her searching gaze and thought about it.
"Let's do it!" he said, "Let's not talk about it for now, lest we find out we made a mistake in the end... I'll go check it out for Ron later! Is he a third-year student in Ravenclaw House? What's his name? ?”
After Hermione reported a name, Maka returned to Harry and the others with her. And when he saw the calmness on Ron's face, as if he had seen through something, he couldn't help but feel helpless.
"Ron, I basically understand this matter... just wait! Wait until I find out for you, and then I will tell you what is going on!"
After saying that, Maka stuffed the uneaten sausage into her mouth.
Sure enough, it was cold.