[HP] Dearest Enemy

Harry quickly gained the respect of his students at school, and Defense Against the Dark Arts became a favorite subject for most.Harry sometimes told stories in class about experiences related to what he was trying to teach. Those stories were often very interesting, and the students loved Harry's lessons, but this irritated Tom very much.Tom deliberately had a cold war with Harry during the summer vacation. He only said hello to Harry when he went out every day. much.The Slytherins also had a good impression of this professor. Although Tom didn't say anything, many people knew that Harry was Tom's godfather, so they respected Harry more than other professors.

But what annoyed Tom the most was that Harry didn't seem to treat him particularly well enough to ask Tom to forgive him.In his opinion, Alphard was Harry's favorite student.

"Honestly, I think he's a better teacher than Melles." Arafate said while doing his homework in the dormitory, "Dorokhov said that Harry showed them the Unforgivable Curse and answered a few A question of magic. If it's Professor Mellors, he doesn't want us exposed to any dark arts."

"That's a request from the Ministry of Magic." Tom replied while deliberating on the potion formula. "Durmstrang is learning black magic, not defense."

Alphat curled his lips: "Speaking of which, it seems that you didn't go to Harry to give you some special counseling?"

"Have my grades been so bad that I need his tutoring?" Tom gave Alfart a displeased look, "I remember I got an O--"

"And he added fifteen points to Slytherin for his brilliant performance in your class." Alfred curled his lips, "You know what I'm going to say, Tom. You can hide it from others, don't think you can hide it I."

"What happened between me and Harry has nothing to do with you, Alphard." Tom waved his hand impatiently.

"It doesn't matter!" Alfred threw down the quill and jumped in front of Tom, "Can't you stop frowning all day long? Didn't you find that Avery was trembling when he saw you recently? Scared to death."

"Who asked you to inquire about me?" Tom asked sternly. "Lestrange or Selwyn?"

"It's nothing to do with them." Alfred stared into Tom's black eyes, "Go and make up with Harry."

reconcile?Just forgive that irresponsible guy?Tom had no such intentions, and it would be more practical to find the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets than to forgive the green-eyed idiot.I firmly believe that I am a descendant of Salazar Slytherin, and I have also found the legend of the Chamber of Secrets, but I have not found the specific location of the Chamber of Secrets.The secret room and life experience, these are the two things Tom mainly looks for in school.

"Tom? Are you listening to me?" Alfred put his hand on Tom's potion treatise.

"Stop bothering me about it, Al." Tom moved his restless hand away. "I have to go out tonight, so don't let me do my homework."

Alphat didn't know what Tom was going for in the castle at night, only this matter Tom was unwilling to tell him anything.Arafate knew that he couldn't make further progress, so he didn't say anything.

"You are very popular among the students." Dumbledore said to Harry with a smile, "Many people like your class."

"I'm glad they liked the class." Harry curled his lips happily, "Albus, what can I do for you?"

"I noticed an interesting phenomenon." Dumbledore said leisurely, "Mr. Riddle seems to be the only one in the school who doesn't like your class."

"He didn't dislike my class." Harry said after a few seconds of silence, "Tom was very active in my class, asking questions a lot, and doing his homework well. He just couldn't forgive me for my negligence. "

"You need to give him a chance." Dumbledore looked at Harry with kind eyes, "You should talk to him."

Talk to Tom?It wasn't that Harry hadn't thought about it, but Tom hadn't talked to him as much in one class all the holidays, and Harry felt like he couldn't help it.

"Tom is only fifteen years old, and he needs some compensation from you," said Dumbledore. "Tom is more sensitive than ordinary children, and in some ways more vulnerable. You should pay more attention to him, Harry."

Harry nodded: "I really don't pay enough attention to Tom, I will talk to him."

"I hope he won't resent you," said Dumbledore. "Ah, there is one more thing I think you should know. Tom has the habit of walking around the castle at night. Although he is not the only student who walks at night, I still hope It won't affect his rest."

Harry watched Dumbledore wait for him to continue, but Dumbledore picked a chocolate bean and threw it into his mouth and chewed it, his brown beard raised and lowered with his movements.

"I see." Harry stood up. "Thank you for the tea, Professor Dumbledore."

Late at night.Harry glanced at the clock on the wall, it was three minutes to eleven.The curfew at Hogwarts is eleven o'clock. If you are still wandering in the corridors after that, you will be fined and locked up.Harry glanced at the Marauder's Map on the table. The little ink dot marked Tom Riddle was still sitting quietly in the Slytherin cellar, as unmoved as it had been an hour ago.Harry put aside the corrected homework, went to the bathroom to wash his face, and came back, looking at the clock again.At two minutes past eleven, Harry cast his eyes on the map. Tom Riddle's dot was no longer where it had been.Harry searched and saw the little dot making its way to a secret door off the hall.

Harry picked up his wand from the table, pocketed the map, cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself, opened the door and walked out.

Tom went straight to the fifth floor.Tom used the time of the night tour to check all the places in the castle that could be checked, but found nothing like his life experience. However, Tom also discovered many secret passages because of this, and some of them even led to Hogsmeade. .But Tom suddenly changed his mind when he reached the third floor and decided to just stroll around today.Harry's presence kept making him feel irritable.

"Tom, it's getting late, where are you going?"

Tom froze involuntarily.He had just come near a section of stone wall when Harry's voice came from behind him.In fact, Tom didn't plan to go anywhere at first. Later, he remembered that the night breeze on the Astronomy Tower was very comfortable, so he started to climb the stairs. He didn't expect to meet Harry halfway.

"Good evening, Professor Potter." Tom turned and greeted Harry stiffly.

"If I remember correctly, it's past curfew." Harry's voice was calm. "Can you explain why you're not in your bedroom?"

"What if I say no?" Tom raised his chin slightly and looked at Harry defiantly, waiting for him to get angry or take points off him.It wasn't that Tom didn't want to make up with Harry, but so far he'd rather see the hard-nosed guy change his face.

Harry was not angry, nor deducted points from Tom, but sighed slightly: "Tom, can we talk?"

Tom raised an eyebrow involuntarily: "Now?"

Harry nodded, "Would you like to go to my office?"

Tom was silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"Tom." Harry stretched out his hand to hold the boy's shoulder, "You've been mad at me for four full months, don't you plan to never forgive me for the rest of your life?"

"It's not four months, it's three years and four months." Tom corrected coldly, "I don't intend to never forgive you in my life. If there's nothing else, I want to go back to sleep."

Tom turned his head away after speaking, not seeing the hurt look on Harry's face.

"Tom, do you hate me?" Harry asked softly.

Tom moved Harry's hand off his shoulder and said slowly, "I never said I hated you, at least you know to come back and see me."

"Tom, I'm really sorry." Harry held Tom's face and let the teenager look at him, "I beg you to forgive me, okay?"

The young man looked seriously at those emerald green eyes that looked deep in the night.Harry was apologizing to himself, much more sincerely than last time, at least those eyes didn't look like they were lying to him.Do you want to forgive him?So forgive him for being lukewarm to his younger self, for leaving him alone for Christmas in London because of research and apparently avoidable reasons, for saying "I don't owe you anything"?

"No." Tom took a step back and stared at the green-eyed man quietly, "I think you still don't understand why I don't forgive you, Harry. You are very..." Tom regretted as soon as he said the words I really want to bite my tongue off.

"Tom?" Harry urged, somewhat puzzled.How was he to Tom?

"It's not just that you left me that I can't forgive," Tom said slowly. "You know, we're family, and you shouldn't have kept it from me."

Harry silently withdrew his hand.He knew that Tom was referring to his research on time magic. Tom had asked him many times why he studied this, and Harry had never answered.This is his secret. It was just an accident that he met the young Tom. At that time, he didn't think about going back to this time and space to change the past.Tom regards himself as a family member, so there can be no concealment among family members?Or did Tom have nothing to hide from himself?

"Tom, do you think there's no reason for me to keep it from you?" whispered Harry. "So have you been keeping it from me?"

Tom froze.True, he had something to hide from Harry, too, and Harry seemed to already know what he was doing.Tom pursed his lips involuntarily.He and his little group did some bad things at school, he didn't know what Dumbledore said to Harry, because the old bee was always staring at him, and Tom didn't want that Harry knows.So when he was on the train, he told Lestrange that they should not bother him, and he didn't do anything outrageous under Harry's nose, but wouldn't those "accidental" behaviors reach the man's ears? inside?Tom never dared to underestimate Harry's understanding of himself, because Harry has been able to "surprise" himself constantly since before.Tom's heart suddenly moved. Did Harry come to Hogwarts not only for his own research, but also for other purposes?

The two looked at each other in silence for a while, and finally Harry spoke first: "It's getting late, Tom. I don't want to see you wandering around the castle after the lights are out. Go back, but don't expect to avoid my eyes." Sight, I'll know where you've been."

Tom said good night to Harry stiffly, and hurried back to the cellar.Harry took out the map after Tom left, lit his wand and looked at the dot representing Tom, and returned to the Slytherin lounge before putting away the map and returning to his office.

This child is more stubborn than I imagined.