"Hmm," Severus Snape hummed softly. To be honest, he had no idea why his cheeks were burning slightly. "Merlin," he thought, quickly wrapping his arms around Rhea in return and pressing her little head down so she couldn't look up.
Rhea had no idea why her teacher was holding her head down when she still wanted to nuzzle against him, but that didn't stop her from enjoying this rare response from him. This embrace remained as intoxicating to her as ever. "I love Severus Snape so much," she thought, "I want to have little bats with Professor Snape." Because Snape didn't want Rhea to see his flushed face, he completely missed the inner voice of his student.
After quite a while, Snape felt his body growing stiff and numb, yet Rhea showed no signs of letting go!
Chapter 19