Likewise, she couldn't promise anything either. She refused to promise she'd never get hurt, that nothing would ever happen. But she chose not to argue with him, simply nodding in agreement. Okay, Ron, it's not going to happen. It's going to come crashing down on them one day, but today wasn't that day at all.

She was mostly bemused by his behavior suddenly, really focusing on him to read the signs and cues. She'd spent a lot of their time together learning how to interpret all of the things Ron never said, because for being as blunt as he was, he never really specified on certain subjects. She shrugged though. "Guess you're due for some practice, too." It was meant to be a joke as well, but she was slightly worried about what he really meant. Now wasn't the time though.

It baffled her, his behavior right then and there. What had just happened to change his demeanor entirely? She didn't dare take another step closer when she felt like she was on the edge of something really, really fragile. "If it wasn't important, you wouldn't have thought about it," she pointed out. She knew that even though he was brutally honest at the end of the day, there were several things Ron put thought into before he spoke, especially at the tail-end of their fights. "And anyway, perhaps it's important to me."