[HP] Comparative

It was just in time for lunch when Harry returned to school with his bags.He quickly climbed up the tower to put his things away, found that Ron and Hermione hadn't returned from Hogsmeade, and went down to eat by himself.The food was as plentiful as ever, but he was so preoccupied with the day that he barely paid attention to what he ate.

He hadn't expected that he would be discovered by Lily about his feelings.To be honest, until Lily exposed this fact, he never imagined this possibility at all.It may have been his lack of thoughtfulness, but it's more likely that he didn't hide anything from her—he subconsciously knew that Lily could help him ease that caged animal emotion and provide him with feasible solutions. suggestion.

And it is true.It was hard keeping it from everyone, and sometimes it took Harry's breath away to think about it, but he felt better now.

He decided not to talk about his relationship because he didn't want to cause trouble for his friends and family, and because he didn't want to put himself in the spotlight (Merlin knew what would happen if the Slytherins knew he was unrequitedly in love with Tom) .However, hiding secrets has never been what he is good at, and he has almost reached the limit.The part that is too intimate is of course not suitable to be disclosed to the public, but Lily is right, what is wrong with liking someone?

Various thoughts raced through Harry's head.He still didn't want to waste his time dealing with the taunts and provocations that the Slytherins were sure to have, but at least Ron and Hermione shouldn't be kept in the dark...

While filling his stomach, Harry also made up his mind.Although the new decision has not yet been implemented, the big rock in his heart has already fallen to the ground.The only thing he has to do now is to do his homework; when his two friends get back, they can talk about...

Harry, who planned this way, didn't pay attention to the road, and almost ran into someone when he left the auditorium.

"Take your steps carefully." Tom, who just came back from the library, was still holding the book and looked at him with a frown. "What are you in a hurry for?"

Harry saw the other's frown from those books, and immediately responded with a big, bright and bright smile. "Sorry! I'm fine!"

Saying that he ran away.Tom stared at that figure inexplicably, wondering why Harry was so happy.How many hours had it been since they last saw each other?Isn't Gryffindor's mood changing too fast?

Ron and Hermione didn't return until sundown.The three friends had dinner together, and then Harry dragged them into an empty classroom he had long hoped for.

"Is there something that needs to be so careful?" Ron couldn't guess what Harry's mysteriousness was for. "Could it be that you know the content of the third item?"

Hermione looked thoughtfully at Harry, who was checking whether the door was closed. "Is it related to your meeting this morning? How did you talk?"

Being reminded like this, Ron also remembered that Tom was going to meet Lily. "Yeah, I almost forgot," he suddenly realized. "What's the situation, Harry? Does your mother like Riddle?" From his tone, there was no doubt at all.

Harry let go of the wooden doorknob, which had already been locked, and turned around. "It's okay," he remembered Lily's last hug to Tom—she had guessed that he was unrequitedly in love with Tom at the time, but she still showed great kindness to Tom—"but something happened, they didn't say a few words .”

"Accident?" Hermione frowned faster than Ron. "An accident? I didn't hear..."

Harry shook his head and approached the two friends. "Of course they didn't quarrel, let alone fight." He replied, eyeing Hermione worriedly, very much suspicious that what he said next would set her off into a rage. "Actually, it's Hagrid's business."

After Hagrid's wand was confiscated, it went directly to the destruction process, which really ignited Hermione's nerves.

"They've gone too far!" she roared, slapping the table hard, her brown curly hair nearly bursting with rage. "The appeal hadn't even started! They weren't even going to give Hagrid a chance!"

As for Ron, he was dumbfounded at first, and then he scratched his head vigorously after reacting, looking very troubled. "I don't think it's surprising that this happened to the minister..." He sighed again and again, "We should have expected it long ago..."

Barty Crouch Sr. was known for his tough character, and he didn't listen to others' pleas at all.Looking back now, Harry thinks Ron was right: they had underestimated the harshness and inhumanity of the Minister for Magic, and the Minister's aversion to non-human magical creatures.And there is...

"According to Tom, the Minister of Magic is unwilling to see his authority challenged." Harry added in a low voice, "I think he is implying that the Minister has long expected that we will appeal on Hagrid's behalf, so he will act first."

This idea is indeed logical. It is impossible to restore a damaged or even destroyed wand to its original state.In addition, from the point of view of who the Ministry of Magic sent to confiscate wands, old Crouch obviously knew that there were a few Aurors in the Ministry who had a good relationship with Hagrid.

After figuring out the joints, Hermione gasped, and then her eyes widened. "Riddle said? How did he know about this..." She looked shocked, "Then he might have expected it!"

The three looked at each other in blank dismay, and had to admit that this was extremely possible.

"Why didn't he remind... oh, no," Hermione cut herself off halfway again, still extremely angry, "that's useless! Unless we can prevent Skeeter from revealing Hagrid's background! Ah, I hate that woman!" She slapped the table again heavily.

Nobody wanted to piss off Hermione, and both Harry and Ron wisely kept quiet.After a while, she managed to calm down her heavy breathing, and asked angrily, "Then what should I do next?"

"Although it's useless, the appeal must continue." Harry hurriedly told her Lily's decision, "She said that Dad had planned to advise Hagrid to buy a new wand secretly, before the Ministry dismissed the appeal and banned him." Before Hagrid uses any wands. They've thought of it as a last resort earlier, and now it looks like it might be the only way to go."

Half-giants are forbidden to use any wands...

Realizing that this was also a likely possibility, Hermione took another breath.To be honest, James' method is a bit opportunistic; she would never support anything that can be resolved through formal channels, but now... "If Hagrid is going to do this, the appeal must indeed continue," she scratched distraughtly. Scratching his face, "On the surface, at least it can hold the Ministry for a while."

Harry knew that Hermione was tacitly saying that - she was a bit like Lily in this respect. "With Dad and Sirius here, this matter will definitely be done without anyone noticing." He comforted.

Hermione glanced at him, still troubled. "hope so."

Seeing her unhappy face, Harry suddenly wasn't quite sure if he should confess next.Just when he was in a dilemma, the brunette girl noticed that he hesitated to speak. "Is there anything else you want to tell us, Harry?" She pinched the bridge of her nose vigorously, "Merlin bless you, please don't be a bad thing again."

Hearing this, Ron also looked at Harry. "Probably not?" He was eager to leave the topic related to Skeeter, and he was not very sure about his next guess, "Is it Riddle, Harry?"

Harry knew Ron was perceptive sometimes, but this time he was sure he was a blind cat running into a dead mouse. "Yes," he took a deep breath, met the puzzled eyes of his two friends, and summoned up all the courage he could, "It's just... I like him."

There was a moment of silence in the classroom.

"...you like him?" Hermione was the first to react, her eyes widened, her fingers slid down from the bridge of her nose, trembling with her voice, "Are you serious, Harry?"

Ron was equally shocked. "Wait, Harry—I know Riddle is handsome and has excellent grades—but no matter how good he is, he's still a man?" He couldn't believe it, and didn't remember it at all.

"Yes, I like him." Harry had to solemnly declare again. "Of course I know he's a boy, Ron," he shrugged deliberately to hide his nervousness, "but I can't control that."

Ron stared at Harry intently. "You..." As if thinking of something, he suddenly opened his mouth wide. "Wait! When I said 'Riddle is different to you', I didn't imply that he had any overreaching feelings for you!" He clarified himself hurriedly, looking concerned that he had been Misleading Harry in some way.

This... Harry had to resist the urge to sigh. "It's none of your business, Ron," he explained, using all his patience and shame. "Before that, I felt a little differently about him."

Ron looked relieved, and then more and more confused. "Where's Del, Harry? Does he know that?"

Harry's eyes flickered.He couldn't answer the question.

But the silence said it all.Ron instinctively looked at Hermione - the brunette girl had put her hand on her forehead after she had looked disbelieving earlier - and immediately realized that he had asked a silly question. "Riddle already knew, didn't he?" He asked tremblingly, half relieved, half feeling that he was responsible, "Then he..."

Harry knew what he wanted to ask without Ron going on - Ron wanted to know if Riddle liked him too.But at the same time, he also believes that as long as one pays even a little attention to Tom, the answer will be obvious——

"I don't know," he said dryly, "but I'm sure he doesn't like me as much as I like him."

Hearing Harry's confession of unrequited love, the two friends shuddered in unison.Hermione put down her hand, her lips twitched, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

In contrast, Ron's ability to accept was even stronger.He blinked inexplicably, and then blinked again: "I don't understand, Harry... You said you had feelings for him a long time ago, but don't you like Qiu?" He racked his brains to recall, becoming more and more puzzled , "By the way, there was a wound on your mouth during the Christmas ball..."

He wanted to say something later, but seeing Harry's suddenly embarrassed expression, Ron suddenly woke up like a dream. "Could it be that...that's what Riddle made?" His expression was extremely strange, as if he had just swallowed something indigestible raw.

Hermione remembered the wound too.Although the situation is quite awkward at the moment, she feels that some things must be clarified now. "If Ron is right," she said, trying to maintain a steady tone, "how do you think he doesn't like you?"

Because Tom was trying to hide the fact that he almost did it to him then, Harry answered inwardly.As for the other party's second unsolicited kiss on the Astronomy Tower, he suspected that Tom didn't quite understand it.

However, this is not very easy to tell, Harry can only shake his head. "It's not like you don't know how difficult it is to get close to him," he said vaguely, "Anyway...that's it."

The other two couldn't help but glanced at each other, realizing that the situation was somewhat confusing.Then, Hermione asked softly, "Does your mother know?"

Harry nodded, then repeated what Lily had said to him. "...After she said that, I don't think I should keep it from you." As he said that, he lowered his head a little ashamedly.

Seeing him like this, Hermione couldn't lose her temper even if she had a temper. "I told you a long time ago..." In the middle of speaking, she sighed heavily, and swallowed the rest of the words with a headache-combining the current situation with the previous one, it is really not necessarily that Harry was deliberately seduced | In fact, Tom Riddle's personal charm is beyond doubt, and she was once fascinated by him...

If Harry likes it, he likes it. After all, feelings cannot be controlled, and there is no point in making an afterthought;

But the problem is, so far no one has been able to handle Riddle!

"...Then what should we do next?" Ron hummed in a low voice, asking the same question that Hermione cared about.

Harry looked back at them gratefully.Although the reactions of his friends were not very optimistic, at least no one was scared to run away from the door or anything... "Not sure," he replied, also quietly, but firmly, "but I will not sit still. "

Hearing this, both Ron and Hermione had complicated expressions.They couldn't offer any more useful advice or experience right away - Lily was in favor of Harry letting it go - they had to leave the classroom and go back to the tower.

Probably because she was too annoyed, Hermione said goodbye to them hastily as soon as she entered the common room, and went back to the girls' dormitory.Ron and Harry were not in the mood to do their homework either, and climbed up the stone stairs leading to the boys' dormitory one after the other.

The dormitory was empty, and the others hadn't come back yet.Harry tidied up the scattered clothes on the bed and planned to take a shower.But all the while, he could feel someone staring at his back. "You can speak up if you object, Ron," he said without looking back, but his nerves were tense.

Ron coughed, and seemed to be a little embarrassed to be caught. "No, Harry..." He coughed again, "Are you sure you like Riddle?"

Harry really wanted to ask you how you could tell that I wasn't serious, but he pushed it back in the end.If it's fake, it's not bad, he slandered secretly, I wouldn't have to have a headache for so long...

"Yes."

Ron was suspiciously silent for a moment behind him. "You have to know, Harry..." He spoke again, as if he was struggling to suppress something, and his tone was hesitant like never before. "Brother, you have to think about it, don't say I didn't warn you—" he said slowly, obviously carefully choosing his words, "it's fine for anyone else, but for Riddle..." He He coughed for the third time, as if he was choking on what he was going to say, "You... I'm afraid you have no advantage..."

...He has no advantage against Tom?

Realizing that Ron was vaguely alluding to something, Harry's body froze immediately; all the worry and anxiety before turned into blood and rushed to his face——

He and Tom are not officially in love yet, is Ron thinking too far? !

The author has something to say:

Ron·Truth Emperor·Heartbroken·Weasley: People who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries, Harry!

Tom Passive Certification Has an Advantage in Bed Riddle:  …

And, don’t learn to fall in love with an underage, unless you are as smart as Tom or have a partner who is as smart as Tom [Shut up

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