Originally Posted by Antarctica!

Kiri's brow furrowed. She was vaguely aware that something was off in Raiden's voice, and, by extension, with Raiden himself, but she couldn't put her finger on it, possibly because it was her whole hand that wanted to grab him. What was going on? And why did they have to pass Madame Puddifoot's now?!
Just two months ago, before the start of term in fact, Raiden and her had got along just fine, a little stiffly and awkwardly maybe, but the bottom line being a workable relationship. And now everything was so... complicated. Not knowing what to say (although Kiri wasn't a great orator in any case), or... or feeling like tiny faeries were tickling her spine...

In a way, it was very frustrating. Why, thought Kiri, is there no class at Hogwarts that teaches us how boys work! That would be a useful thing to know! On the other hand, she was pretty sure that everything else, like the tingling feelings, more than made up for the fact that she had no idea what was happening. Or what was going to happen.

But Kiri had no intention of letting their Hogsmeade visit turn into a complicated sort of issue. She was going to concentrate on normality for now, and sooner or later their conversation would naturally veer towards in-depth discussions on Raiden's and her feelings! (Right.)
"Well," she said, keeping her voice level. "I was going to buy some chocolate, maybe, but we can do that later. How about we get a butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks?"