"Thanks," he whispered, almost inaudibly. Hermione acknowledged it with a nod, but she didn’t smile and her eyes remained veiled thick with Occlumency. She immediately started working over his assignment and he leaned over hers, his heart beating wildly with the proximity. The Runes class was the only time where they could get close to each other; otherwise, she immediately walked out on him. Here, she couldn’t really run, yet he had no idea how to seize his chance.