Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: 12 HUGE Changes To The Battle Of Hogwarts

While appearing minor on the surface, Ron and Hermione's first kiss in the book is so much more meaningful than the version we get onscreen, and it also withholds a pretty funny scene from the moviewatchers.

As the book is told almost exclusively in third person limited following Harry, the book does not tell a reader exactly what happened in the Chamber of Secrets when Ron and Hermione go to fetch basilisk fangs from its depths. Instead, the two randomly reappear at Harry's side with an armful of fangs ready to give to Harry, briefly explaining their journey.

This also meant that their first kiss needed to happen in Harry's view in order for it to be narrated properly, as Hermione lets the basilisk fangs fall from her grip as she flings herself around Ron's neck in their first kiss, to which Ron responds by also chucking his basilisk fangs aside and lifting her off her feet, leaving Harry to awkwardly watch.

Harry feels so awkward, in fact, that he angrily shouts "Is this the moment? ... OI! There's a war going on here!", to which Ron responds: "I know, mate... so it's now or never, isn't it?"

The book allows the two to kiss after Ron has shown intuition that Hermione greatly approves of, allowing her to finally see him as mature. In the film, their kiss is a response to almost dying as a huge gush of water emerges from the Chamber once they destroy the cup Horcrux.