Hermione, tempted to also make a point about not caring about his presence, would somehow find herself staring back at him. It would soon then become an unspoken game, of who would break first, and look away, who could look back without flinching. In the end, no one would falter until someone Apparated in—after which, both would pretend as if they weren’t just in a silent, heated standoff with no rules or even meaning, and the routine indifference of the other would continue thereafter. 