[HP] Dearest Enemy

When the train arrived at the station, it began to rain heavily, and many people got wet.Slytherin has a few more freshmen this year than last year, but only a few.Tom looked at the classroom seats, and Slughorn's face was obviously very bad, because judging from the performance of those children in the sorting school just now, it was obvious that there were no talents he wanted that could be picked out at a glance.

Tom habitually moved his gaze to Harry's side.Harry was talking to Alex, looking like he was debating, but he caught Tom's gaze, gave Tom a slight nod, then turned his head away.

The black-eyed boy slightly bent his mouth, and Alphat saw his smile, glanced at the teacher's seat, and quietly walked over.

"Who the hell was that person you told me about last time?"

Tom glanced at him lukewarmly, and slowly cut up the grilled fish on the plate.

Alfat waited for a while, but Tom still didn't answer, and couldn't continue to ask, so he shrugged his shoulders and sat back.Tom observed for a while, judging from the conversations of the freshmen admitted to the hospital this year, these seemingly mediocre little guys don't seem to be that bad, and Luke Wood, who took over as the prefect, should be able to deal with it.

After the dinner, Tom asked Alfred to go back first, and went to another corridor leading to the secret room by himself.Before the holiday, he left Nagini to accompany Bryant. After a holiday, it was time to bring the little girl back.

Unfortunately, a person he least expects to see blocks Tom's way.

"Tom, why are you in such a place?" Dumbledore asked with a smile, as amiable as if Tom was his own grandson.

"Good evening, Professor Dumbledore." Tom bowed slightly to him, and greeted the person in front of him in his heart, "Harry told me that taking a walk after dinner is good for your health. I can't leave the castle at this time, I have to find a place by myself. "

"Harry always knows a lot of things we don't." Dumbledore nodded, "Ah, I almost forgot, congratulations on getting full A's in your OWLS exams, you are the only one in 20 years who got all A's in all exams s student."

"Thank you, Professor Dumbledore." Tom bowed again, with a stylized and courteous smile on his lips.

"Don't stay out too late, Tom." Dumbledore nodded with satisfaction, and left.

Nasty old bee.Tom stared at him as he walked away, and then continued to walk quickly towards the secret room.

"Tom!"

As soon as she walked into the secret room, Miss Snake, who had grown up a full circle, rushed towards Tom, twisting around his neck and coquettishly: "I thought you would never come to me again, so you just let me go!" Tossed in a place like this--"

"Cough cough." The basilisk coiled in the corner coughed.

"Nagini, if you continue to stalk me to death, then I will never come here again in my life." Tom said helplessly, tearing Nagini off his neck, and greeted the basilisk with lowered eyes, "Night All right, Burnett."

"Ah, heir, I see you again." The basilisk's voice was as low as ever, "How was your vacation?"

……

By the way, he asked for a pack of blueberry biscuits from the kitchen to feed Nagini, and Tom went back to the dormitory.Miss Snake was much more obedient, she quietly crawled into her basket and bit the biscuits.After taking a shower, Tom chatted with Alfart, then lay on the bed and closed his eyes.

A new semester has begun.Tom's straight A's quickly made him the talk of the freshman class and their idol, but he was used to it.Life at school is still the same as usual, but there is more time for self-study.Earn points from every class; go to the library; host Slytherin's internal meetings; Slughorn's little party; go to Harry's homework and ask tough questions in class; solve all kinds of problems Affairs within his duties; instigate junior students to find trouble with Alex; bully and appease Alphard; listen to various reports from Nagini; night tour inside and outside the castle...

Apart from his crush on Harry, Tom felt that he had almost nothing to worry about.Harry now assigns Tom to correct homework for grades one to three, and Tom will have a laugh with Harry, and then continue to help him correct his homework.Alex still provokes Tom in various ways, but since the incident in the World Cup, Harry will keep a distance from him intentionally or unintentionally, and Tom has begun to learn to turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, although every time he sees it, he still looks at him. Make him mad.

Alfart has always been very concerned about who Tom likes. After guessing for a long time, he still feels that he needs to find himself to confirm it.Alphat specially picked a weekend, and the two played wizard chess in the dormitory.The level of the two is about the same, and they can basically be a tie.Alfart observed for a long time and saw that Tom was in a good mood, so he finally asked.

"Tom, is it Harry who you like?"

Tom's reaction was calm.He glanced up at Alphat, then turned his gaze back to the chessboard.

"Yes. Any questions?"

Alpha opened his mouth.Guessing is one thing, but admitting it for yourself is quite another.

"He's your godfather." Arafate felt a little stuttering.

"So I didn't do anything." Tom said flatly, commanding his black pawns to move calmly, "It's your turn."

Looking at his friend's long eyelashes that became eye-catching because he lowered his head, Alphat suddenly felt a little distressed.

"Tom, aren't you going to tell him?" Arfart asked cautiously.

The black-eyed boy looked up at his friend, and frowned slightly: "I don't want to sever ties with Harry yet, as long as I stay like this. This is my private matter, Al."

Arafat shut his mouth and remained silent for 10 minutes.

"But Tom." Alfred finally couldn't help but spoke again, "Don't you want him to know?"

The black-eyed boy looked at him.Thinking, of course, Alphard wouldn't know that Tom wanted to replace that good night with a kiss every time he walked out of Harry's office, but he couldn't let him know.Harry has a good temper, he will tolerate you making jokes with him that are close to his bottom line, but he will not allow anyone to go over the line, Alex is an example.

"Let's talk about something else, Al." Tom finally looked away, and the boy on the opposite side was already fidgeting. "Or do you really hope that this game will be lost badly? Whoever loses will have to—"

"Tom!" Alfat finally realized that his king was forced into a very dangerous situation, and quickly interrupted his friend, "Isn't it just for fun?"

"Of course you can, because you are special." The black-eyed boy smiled, his sly smile completely concealing the sadness in his eyes that others couldn't see.

The calm days lasted until the end of October.Someone at Slughorn's banquet proposed to hold a masquerade party on Halloween to adjust the atmosphere of the school. After that, the proposal was quickly approved by the school. Attending a masquerade ball, and this announcement got all the students excited.

Tom was reclining in his usual place in the library reading, while Alphard was working on his astronomy homework.The excited voices of the girls deliberately suppressed came from the other side of the bookshelf.Tom glanced at them, keeping his attention calmly on his ears.

"Do you think Mr. Riddle would agree if I invited him?" a blond Ravenclaw whispered excitedly.

"Forget it, you don't even dare to talk to him." A girl giggled.

"Blake's not bad, either," said another girl.

"I heard that the dance party does not require a partner." This voice is the little girl Irene Prince. Tom is slightly surprised. She is also mixed with this group of boring women?

The girls began to make noises of disapproval, and another familiar voice made Tom look up slightly.

"You're still young, it doesn't matter if someone invites you or not," Walburga said, "but Tom is the best, if you can be his dance partner..."

Tom snorted softly, but did not continue listening.Women are, at times, hopelessly stupid.But it doesn't seem to be a good thing to let them discuss it like this.Tom thought for a moment, then turned his head to Alphard.

"Are you going to find a dance partner?" The black-eyed boy asked casually, and was satisfied to hear that the girls all shut up.

Alfred blinked: "I didn't think about it."

"Anyway, it's a masquerade party, you might as well wear women's clothes and be my partner." Tom said with a chuckle, and heard a girl gasp, "I don't mind if you dress up as a princess or a lady- -"

"But I don't mind!" Alfred interrupted his friend in a low voice, his cheeks were flushed, he glanced at those few, and said in a voice almost whispering, "You might as well ask Harry if he is willing."

Tom raised an eyebrow.Alphat pursed his lips and stared at him until finally Tom had to sigh.

"I was only joking, sorry, Al."

"Don't make such jokes in the future." Alfat lowered his head and continued to do his homework.

"I think it's better for us to solve this problem as soon as possible." Tom stood up. "I'll go to Harry's place. It's really noisy here."

Alfred glanced at him.

"Do you want to go together?"

"I'm not going." Alfat shook his head, glanced at the girls, "I have to finish my thesis."

Tom smiled at the girls as he passed by them. Except for Walburga and Irene, the rest of the girls watched Tom walk out of the library in a crazy manner.

"Irene." Walburga quietly moved closer to his primary school girl, "Don't you realize that Tom's smile was a bit scary just now?"

The black-haired girl nodded, and continued to flip through the potion book in her hand: "I always think that smile looks like someone is going to be unlucky."

Harry was going to the Halloween ball too, but he wasn't going to ask anyone to be his partner.Tom asked Harry what he wanted to be, and Harry smiled and said nothing, except that he would wear a black robe to the ball.Tom remembered the pile of clothes they bought last time, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

But Tom had to bring a dance partner, and the newly appointed president of the student union almost nodded and bowed and invited him to be the opening guest of the dance.So Tom asked Ogden, the prefect who was his partner last year, to be his dance partner.Ogden isn't exactly beautiful, but the power of the name should not be underestimated.When the girl accepted Tom's invitation, she had an expected expression on her face. She was neither proud nor overly excited, but had a faint smile on her face all day long.