[HP] Once Upon a Time in England

His efforts were of no avail, and the next day, Hyacinth actually moved out.

She packed her bags and said goodbye to the children after breakfast, explaining that she was just going on vacation and asking them to listen to Sirius.Both Ada and Harry believed it, and Wesson looked at her silently, with a somewhat bewildered expression.

"Goodbye," she said at last to Sirius, who was waiting in the foyer.

"When will you come back?"

She was silent for a moment: "You know what—this is actually a chance to start over, both for you and me."

"I don't understand." He shook his head, "Hyase, you know what I mean, I don't want anyone else, I want you back to me. We have two children and we love each other, why can't we continue the previous Life?"

"Because we are no longer suitable. You are no longer the former Sirius, and I am no longer the former Hyacinth, we have all changed." She smiled bitterly, "There has always been a wall between us' Wall', seven years ago, seven years later. We never really lived together as equals, you've always been a much brighter person than me, we didn't look good enough to outsiders, for a long time I've been hiding under your wing too, pretending not to see it. If we stay together, people will think I'm all from your handouts. It's kind of you to accept me after everything I've been through , and I deserve to be content. They will say, if a person like me can spend the rest of his life in peace by your side, what is there to be dissatisfied with?"

"Did I put too much pressure on you, making you feel suffocated and troubled?"

"You know what I mean, Sirius." She shook her head. "Love isn't everything. We're not nineteen or twenty-year-olds anymore, and we have a lot more things to think about now than we used to."

"Hynes, my love for you has never been without reason." He didn't know what to say to make her understand his longing and anxiety, "I have been surrounded by all kinds of women for so many years, and I also have I don’t want to get married for the sake of getting married and start a family for the sake of starting a family. I have a woman I want to marry and she’s always in my heart.”

"It's not like you if it's too provocative." She said evasively, "You and I both need a cooling-off period. Do you know what I want most after all these years? ——Walking freely in the sunshine with my original identity Down."

He was speechless under her mournful gaze.

From beginning to end, their relationship has been questioned and on the cusp.This is more the case now than ever before.People who are frightened by the mysterious man will not believe this ups and downs and full of drama, and the stormy doubts and questions will leave them nowhere to hide.

Peace and freedom?That is impossible.

Even their relationship may be shaken.

-1979-

She seems to be sick recently.My body started to feel weird, chest pains, loss of appetite, upset, and I always didn't want to talk to others.

Hyacinth checked her schedule and decided to make a trip to the hospital today.

But she had just picked up her coat when someone knocked on the door.Through the cat's eyes, she saw two uninvited guests outside.

"What are you here for?" She opened the door, but did not invite him in. "Sirius just left."

"We're here to find you."

She froze for a moment.The Prewett brothers walked in the door on their own, and looked at her and Sirius' residence with impunity.

"Looking for me? I don't know what I have to say to you." Hyacinth had no contact with her uncles for many years.When her parents tried to break free and enter the marriage hall, the Prewett brothers were also the two who jumped out against her mother's status as a Squib.They later complained about her going to Slytherin house, so after her mother died, Hyacinth didn't hesitate to choose to go to the orphanage instead of living with relatives.

"Has Sirius mentioned anything about the Order of the Phoenix to you recently?" Fabian asked.

"No." She looked at them vigilantly, "I don't care about you—please don't touch my letters, thank you!"

Gideon put down the envelope he just picked up: "Don't be so sensitive. So, you don't know anything about a recent hot topic in the Order of the Phoenix?"

"what are you saying?"

The Prewett brothers looked at each other: "There are spies in the Order of the Phoenix, and Blake is a hot suspect."

Hyacinth was taken aback: "This is a trumped-up charge!" Then he remembered that Sirius always seemed to be smiling and depressed during this time, but when she asked him, he just kissed her and said everything was fine.

"He's suspected for two main reasons. First, he's a Blake. Second, because of you."

"I?"

"Everyone knows that he is madly in love with you, and you quickly determined your relationship, cohabitation, and engagement within a few months...and everyone knows your origin very well."

Fabian's words made Hyacinth's face darken: "Yes, I am a Slytherin, is that the reason?"

"You are still old friends with Rozier and others."

"You said it was an old friend. I had a falling out with her when she said the Squibs should be cleared!" Hyacinth snapped sharply.

"The Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic won't believe your words." Gideon replied lightly, "Black is under a lot of pressure because of you, I hope you don't let him down."

"Even if Dumbledore himself visits me, it won't change my rhetoric." Her chest heaved violently, "Now please leave my home."

The Prewett Brothers are gone.

But their words were like a stone thrown into the water, making her unable to calm down and do her own thing.Hyacinth thought a lot about Sirius' situation, their future, the attitude of the Order of the Phoenix, and who the possible traitor might be.Before she knew it, she fell asleep, and when she woke up with a dry throat, Sirius was hugging her and sleeping.

"Are you awake?" he asked in a daze. "Have you had dinner yet?"

"When did you come back?" Hyacinth turned over and got up to pour water.

"More than an hour ago."

He was still doing his duty in the Order of the Phoenix as usual, but if Brother Prewett's words were true, his life in the Order of the Phoenix should be very difficult.Hyacinth didn't know what touched her sensitive nerves, she seemed to over-magnify this matter, just drinking a glass of water she thought of countless terrible results.When she returned to the bedroom, her mood was extremely bad.

"I'll be on vacation the day after tomorrow." Sirius naturally took her into his arms and began to kiss her, "Want to go somewhere?"

In fact, he didn't pay much attention to her answer - it's been a long night, since he woke up, he might as well do something else.

"Is there anything you're hiding from me?" Hyacinth asked.

"Yes." Sirius replied nonchalantly, "Sneaking out today and having a beer with James counts?"

"I'm serious." Hyacinth drew a little distance away, "Is everything alright in the Order of the Phoenix?"

His movements paused for a moment. "Of course," he replied quickly, adding, needlessly, "very good."

In the dark night, her emotions exploded, and Hyacinth pushed him away, turned over and buried herself in the pillow, whimpering and crying.

"Hyatings?" Sirius panicked, "I'm sorry, why did you—"

"Don't touch me." She shook off his hand.He was lying, so what Brother Prewett had said was true: he was suspected of being a spy for the Dark Lord.So what awaits him?Notorious, repeated interrogation, innocent injustice.And half of those possible outcomes were due to her.

She didn't know when she fell asleep. When she woke up, it was bright and there was no one around her.There was a note under the pillow, with a picture of a pitiful puppy on it, and the postscript:

【If I bring you ice cream back, will you laugh? 】

She stared at the note for a while, then curled the corners of her mouth.The previous haze was briefly diluted, and then a deeper sadness surged up.Before thinking of more bad possibilities, Hyacinth made a decision: she would have a showdown with Sirius tonight, he would apologize for his concealment, and then they had to discuss a countermeasure together.No matter what, she will be with him.At least it will not be groundless suspicion and charges that will tear them apart.

But they did not wait until the time to speak frankly.

A few hours later, when Sirius returned home, what awaited him was a messy house.At the same time, at the Parkinson Manor, thousands of miles away, Edmund fastened a pair of shackles on Hyacinth's ankles.

This became the secret/common pain in their hearts for many years afterwards: on the eve of parting, they were in a cold war.

All unspoken words are sealed and there is no need to mention them again.