A perfect opportunity. Snape had been lured to the Hospital Wing, so Oren could hide out for a while. Pah—he was mainly here to see Hermione. Hiding was only incidental.
Inside the Hospital Wing.
"Hehe, Hermione, I came to see you again."
The young witch looked at Oren suspiciously. "You came much earlier than usual today."
"Didn't I just buy... finish writing the class notes? I brought them over to you right away."
"Heh." Hermione said helplessly, "That must have been so hard for you. In the future, you don't need to use different handwriting for every set of class notes. That's too tiring."
Oren...
"Ahem, don't sweat the details. By the way, Hermione, how much longer until you can leave the hospital?"
"Ugh..." The young witch said in distress, "I don't know. Maybe another week."
"Almost all the cat traits are gone, but the cat ears and whiskers are still there. Counting my normal ears, I have four ears now. It's driving me crazy."
As she spoke, the young witch grabbed one cat ear with her left hand and tugged at her whiskers with her right.
Click. Holding a camera, Oren muttered, "Hehehe, not bad at all. I have to preserve this in an oil painting when I get back. Hehehe."
Hermione!!!
Catgirl Hermione's fur practically stood on end. "Y-you-you...!"
"Keep it down! You'll bring Madam Pomfrey over here!"
Oren figured Madam Pomfrey would arrive in at most thirty seconds. As it turned out, he had been too conservative. Madam Pomfrey arrived in three seconds.
On the charge of seriously disturbing a patient's rest, Madam Pomfrey picked Oren up with one hand and threw him out of the Hospital Wing.
"Hehehe, not a loss. I even made a killing." Oren stood outside the Hospital Wing doors, staring foolishly at