[HP] Dearest Enemy

Since the day's visit ended, Alex often came to find Harry for a meal.Tom was very annoyed by this, but he had to admit that Harry's craftsmanship was really good. If he were Alex, he would come to find Harry every day for a meal.It's just that seeing the two people talking in a harmonious atmosphere every day always makes Tom feel uncomfortable, as if his things have been robbed by others.

Alex noticed a change in Tom's attitude towards him.The teenager still greets and talks with himself as usual, but he always has a slight alienation attitude, and often expresses no interest in his own topics.Alex, on the other hand, finds that Tom's attention to Harry seems a little too much.Although the two have reconciled, Tom always likes to stick by Harry's side, especially when he is around.But Alex is very clear about how independent Tom is. Tom always warns himself with his behavior intentionally or unconsciously: You, stay away from Harry.

What should be said about him?Harry didn't need anyone to protect him. Alex dared to bet Merlin that even if Harry was thrown alone on the snowy peaks of the Alps, he would still be able to live there for a month.At the same time, Harry is also unconsciously rejecting anyone who has too close a relationship with him, even his godson and himself as a good friend.In contrast, Tom's feelings for Harry seem to be as pure as the godson's to the godfather who raised him.Alex scratched his chin. He didn't like the idea of ​​it, much less the idea of ​​it being applied to Harry.But Harry obviously didn't realize this, and Alex found helplessly that his friend was frighteningly sensitive in some ways, and dull in others.

Alex was wondering, is what he saw really the same as what he thought?

September [-]st is coming soon.Tom walked into the prefect's compartment at the front of the train, and pinned the green Slytherin prefect badge that he had received with his book list during the summer vacation on his school robes, with a faint smile on his lips.Although he knew that he would become the prefect of Slytherin, Tom was very happy when he received the badge.

No, the only thing I'm not too happy about is that Alex passed the interview at Hogwarts and became the new professor of the Protection of Magical Creatures class.Tom snorted, and at the thought of having to call that hedgehog-haired fellow "Professor Palampion" he felt an inexplicable urge to throw something.

This year's male student body president is a quiet Ravenclaw, and the female student body president is a Gryffindor girl whose style is very similar to McGonagall.The thought of that fellow Selwyn losing to a silent Ravenclaw added to Tom's depression.

Fortunately, the president of the student union didn't talk a lot of nonsense. Tom came to the cubicle between himself and Alfred with ease, and found that five or six people including Lestrange and Avery were sitting in it, chatting with Alfred.

After seeing Tom, everyone stood up.Selwyn looked flatteringly at Tom's obviously gloomy face, and shrank back unconsciously.Tom glanced at him, hummed softly, and sat down in his usual seat.

"Selwyn, if you have anything to defend, say it now." Tom said lazily, "I don't want to listen to those stupid excuses, just explain why you were not selected this time."

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While waiting for the dinner to start, Tom noticed that there were very few new students coming to Hogwarts this year. Historically, Slytherin had only three students, two boys and one girl.Among them, the girl named Prince carefully and curiously observed everything in Hogwarts with a timid expression on her face, which made Tom frown slightly.And when Principal Dippet introduced the new professor of Protection of Magical Creatures, Tom frowned even more when he saw that Alex's seat was next to Harry's.

"are you uncomfortable?"

Tom looked back, and Alfred was looking at him with concern.Tom didn't want his friend to see his inner irritability, so he adjusted his expression immediately and shook his head slightly.

"I'm very good."

After the dinner, Tom came to the only three new students in Slytherin to show them the way.The prefect Ogden is very kind to the three first-year students, but Tom has no such leisurely thoughts.However, he still maintained the demeanor that a perfect prefect should have: a gentle smile, a proper reminder at the corner, and a brief explanation after entering the lounge.

After the shower Tom threw away the towel and threw himself on the bed with his still wet hair.Alphard was taken aback by the abnormal behavior of his roommate, and sat down next to the boy who was staring at the bed curtain.

"Tom, you are in a bad mood today, can you tell me?"

Tom squinted at his friend and spit out a word: "Alex."

"You mean Professor Palampion?" Alfart remembered the young new professor introduced today.A head of short black hair combed back flamboyantly, healthy McGinn complexion, chiseled face, hearty smile, "I have a very good first impression of him." Alfat said his true thoughts, " And he has a very good relationship with Professor Porter."

Tom glared at Alfart and snorted, "I hate him."

Alfart understood that Tom had known that professor longer than himself, and knew that there was definitely more than one thing that made Tom feel so bad, so he continued to ask: "Only these?"

"And stupid Selwin and that freshman Prince," said Tom drily.

"You mean that little girl?" Alfred smiled, picked up the towel thrown aside by Tom, and stretched out his hand to pull his roommate to sit up, "You'll get the quilt wet, get up quickly."

"You know that timid girl?" Tom glared at Alfart and sat up lazily.

Alfart picked up a towel and covered Tom's head to help him dry his hair: "Well, I know her. Prince is from a family of potions and has been Slytherin for generations."

"Well." Tom recalled for a while, "I remembered that Obather seemed to have mentioned the surname Prince."

"Prince's family has the best pharmacist." Alfart moved away his friend's hand and continued to use this opportunity to ravage his hair, "I chatted with her during the dinner party, that girl knows potions very well, No, obsession. She has talent and passion."

"Enthusiasm doesn't work in Slytherin." Tom reached out and grabbed Alphard's hand, which was actually ruining his own hair by helping him brush his hair in name. "Have you had enough?"

"Oh, I was discovered by you." Alfred smiled and put his hand down, "Your hairstyle is the same as that of Professor Potter."

Tom seemed to froze for a moment, then put on a serious face, and approached his friend: "Don't change the subject! You messed up the prefect's hair on the first night of school, Alfart, how do you think I should punish you?"

"Then what does the prefect plan to do with me?" Alfat knew that Tom was joking with himself, and asked with a playful smile, "Should I be locked up or deduct points?"

Tom snorted softly, and pinched Alphard's face: "Those three brats, take care of them."

"What?" Alfred was taken aback.

"There are only three freshmen in Slytherin." Tom said meaningfully, "One of them comes from a potion family. In my opinion, that girl may be more useful than Selwyn in the future."

"Tom." Alfred twitched his lips, "You can't entrust this kind of work to me. You can entrust it to Orion. He is only in the second grade and has more opportunities to contact them than me."

"I'm not interested in your cousin," said Tom dryly. "He's not as good as you, and I don't like such a rigid person. My dear Al, your cousin is not even half yours in my opinion." superior."

"Can I understand that you are praising me?" Arafate said with a wry smile, "In the eyes of my grandfather, Orion is much better than me."

"This task is only suitable for you, Al." Tom patted his friend on the shoulder, "I will entrust the three lovely juniors to you. I don't feel relieved if it is someone else."

Tom ignored his friend's bitter stare, and lay down on the bed again: "Go to sleep, dear Al, otherwise I will understand that you want to sleep with me tonight."

The effect of this sentence was immediate, Alphat jumped up as if being pricked by a needle, and quickly returned to his bed.Tom looked at his friend and laughed. Bullying Al was indeed one of the funniest things.

The prefect's business seemed too light to be worth mentioning to Tom.Because of the OWL exam, the workload of the fifth grade suddenly increased a lot, so Tom went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office every night under the banner of Harry's tutoring.No one disputes this except Alfart.One day when Al was doing homework with Lestrange in the library, he complained that Tom ran to Harry every day and forgot to help him with his homework. Feeling extremely lonely around him, he was educated by Walburga.

Harry had a headache.He didn't understand why Tom had to do his homework in his office.Tom always has a variety of reasons, and asking for advice when he encounters a problem is the most common one.Slughorn and Dumbledore, who often visited him, both expressed their understanding, but Alex looked at Tom somehow strangely, and if Tom came looking for Harry, he would definitely be there. Accompanied by the side, the euphemistic name is assistant guidance.Tom was annoyed by this, but Alex was a really good teacher, and he knew a lot more about herbs and magical creatures than Harry did.Harry was very upset, he could have used the time to work on his time magic, but the two of them were in their offices every day, and for more good reasons than he seemed to be the master.

Finally, after a month, Harry decided he wanted to talk to Tom about it.

"Tom, don't come to me to do your homework in the future. You don't have much homework, so there is no need to come to me every day."

"I know I've interrupted your research." Tom was prepared for this, and said calmly, "I just want to sit here and finish my homework, so you don't have to worry about me."

Harry didn't know what to say about him.There are many books on black magic in his office, and he doesn't want Tom to peek at things he shouldn't read when he is studying time magic: "That's impossible."

"Then how about I make an exchange?" Knowing that Harry would definitely refuse, Tom said flatly, "I come to your place three times a week to help you grade the homework of the first and second graders. This will not only save you time, but also help you You can also review those basic courses.”

This is a good idea, at least this kid won't be stuck in his office every day.Harry thought about it for a long time, and felt that there was nothing wrong with this proposal, so he nodded: "Then you can come to my office every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and it's best not to disturb me at other times."

"Doesn't it count as a weekend?" Tom asked innocently.

Harry glanced at the young man: "If you have a lot of free time, you might as well visit the library more."

Well, even so, my conditions were accepted.Tom curled his lips involuntarily: "Thank you, Professor Potter, then I won't bother you tonight."