As they had played and read from books, Hermione had felt Pansy watching her from time to time and had seen caution in Pansy’s gaze when she had looked at her. She had hidden it from her expression well, but that concern hung around her like an aura, and it was both touching and distressing to Hermione. She couldn’t stop seeing that expression in her thoughts. It had been as if Pansy had been expecting her to lash out again like she had done the day before. 