It was her lot in life to be surrounded by perceptive men. Hermione wished that just once she might have a man in her life who was as clueless and unobservant as the men that were frequently caricatured by the rest of the world. It was one more reason to long for the days when her constant companions were two boys that weren't even aware of what was happening in the same room they sat. Once it frustrated her that Harry could be so oblivious to his own surroundings and to the feelings of others that he cared about.