Utterly perfect ending. I loved the way Severus admitted that he would swallow his pride, and do whatever was needed to make his relationship with Hermione work.

Brilliant fic, well done! =DPyro

The way to a woman's heart is through... Hogwarts, a History!  Brilliant! :)

Ahhh, fantastic ending! Well done, everyone!

Kittylefish, what a nice lemony chapter!  I like the two views, his and hers, of the occurances of the previous chapter, and how they both thought through the same delma. I really think you showed that they will be able to make this realtionship work. 

I love the way you had both Severus and Hermione battle their Pride, only to discover that, for them, Love proved to be much stronger. A truly perfect ending, Kitty, well done. :)Go Team Venus!

Yay, finally! Strange thing this: I am not convinced.However I am going to ignore this lingering feeling that these two are going to have massive problems in the future to make this actually work and blame it on a sudden depressive mood of mine.The only thing I really did not like was the interjectional sex-scene. Again, might be me and the mood. But it was - neccessarily; wordcount, I know - short. Way to short. And compared to their conversation it felt listless and squeezed in.

Finally, Serverus and Hermione together! Good story.

Yay, they worked it out. I'm glad they both realized that pride was getting in the way. Great job, kitty, and good story as a whole!

A good ending to a good story.  He really does know her if he got her Hogwarts, A History as a gift.  It seems wrong for someone to make products, and then not do a little self testing... you know for quality control purposes.  I won't beg for an epilogue with that scene, but... pretty please!!  Nice work ladies!

They certainly settled that nicely.

And the tale comes to a satisfactory conclusion for all.

Damn. Someone please explain to me, why this story makes me so depressed.It's not bad, mind you! Just a tiny little wee bit frustrating.What's left now? Pride? That sounds promising.I just hope they make it a virtue. However, good smut aside, this chapter had me suck in my breath several times. (Which is actually a good think. I am intrigued by that chapter and story.) As I said, it's frustrating. Not the somewhat mutual wank, but that dance they are performing....Calling her Miss Granger again. Gods, that's heart clenching. And sad for both of them.There is just no easy way for these two.

That totally wasn't what I was expecting when I read the deadly sin you have chosen as your theme for this chapter.And not getting what I was expecting is - in this case - a very good thing :-)

Very tastefully done—not an easy accomplishment with dual masterbation scenes!  You have certainly proved why you're a member of Team Venus.  :-)  Great job!  ('Job' ... Heh.  See what I did there?)

Huh.  Hermione is quite the little prude in this chapter—I wasn't expecting her to hold out like this after the previous chapters.

This is certainly a unique take on their personalities.  After enjoying all the snark and sarcasm in the previous chapters, it felt odd to see Snape say things like, "I find you to be an intriguing and intelligent witch. I would like to see where this might lead, if you are agreeable.”

Their misunderstanding definitely advanced the storyline.  I am eager to find out what happens next.

I haven't read much fanfic, but this is still the first time I ever had cause to picture Snape's bottom.  :-)

I adored her opening conversation with Crookshanks.  Genius!

I think you were brave to portray Hermione in full-grunge mode, and I'm so glad you took that chance and ran with it.  It makes her ever so much more relatable.  And it makes her depression that much more believable—it makes perfect sense to see a well organizied, detail oriented personality "shut down" and sloth take hold.  I'm delighted Snape showed up when he did, although I feel certain Hermione would have pulled herself from her funk sooner rather than later.  She'd already noted the half stone weight gain ... A sprucing up of her flat and herself probably wasn't very far behind.

Great job - this is my favorite chapter of the story thus far!

You certainly imparted a great deal of information in this chapter.  Their brief conversation seems to indicate they've both changed their tunes quite a bit in the five months since their last encounter.  I am curious as to what comes next ...

The dialogue sang in this chapter - well done!  I appreciated your take on the Snape POV.  He felt very much IC.  Looking forward to the rest!

These are two seriously frustrated people! If only they could stay in the same room without misunderstanding each other's intentions. At least they've each found an excellent way to work off some of that built up tension. ~Smirks and goes back to reread just to be thorough.~

A good chapter. Now, just to get Severus and Hermione together. . .

The quote at the beginning is very interesting and appropriate.  I picture the Marquis and the Potions Master having at thing or two in common.Also, Iabsolutely positively LOVE that you didn't take the obvious route with a leap into bed.  This is far more realistic and I think depicts the Deadly Sin much more clearly.

Yay for the return of the yellow birds of wrath!  I believe that is what they shall be referred to from now on.  :)  Looking forward to the next chapter!!!

lmao @ "Sweet Merlin's undershorts," he bellowed to the empty room, "what the HELL happened to my ARSE?"And I *love* the description of the Lily/Severus relationship.  It rings so trur!Both Lily and James come off as horribly cold given their descriptions.  It leaves a reader wondering just what it is everyone remembers so fondly when talking to Harry about his "wonderful parents".