[HP] Comparative

After class, Harry and Ron left the classroom together and waited in line to climb down the silver spiral staircase.Hermione chose arithmetic and divination, and they always chose to meet in the Gryffindor Tower before going to the auditorium for dinner.

But something is clearly different today.As soon as he got out of the trapdoor, Harry caught a glimpse of Tom not far away.The tall boy was leaning against the corner of the stairs with a careless expression, as if he only stayed occasionally.

If he is not mistaken, the rest of Tom's afternoon class is Defense Against the Dark Arts, and it is completely impossible to pass the North Tower; even if Tom is going to attend employment counseling or has already completed it, Professor Slughorn's office is far from here ...

Realizing that the other party was waiting for him, Harry's heart beat wildly.After walking down the stairs, he whispered to Ron, "You go back first", and trotted over without waiting for the other party's answer.

Although Tom has always kept a low profile, given his handsome face and unparalleled good grades, he can easily become the focus of attention wherever he goes.As soon as Ron turned his head, he found that many people had started whispering, and it was impossible for him to hold Harry in public, so he had no choice but to go back.

Facts that Ron could discover were even less likely to be ignored by Tom.So, he led Harry around several turns, and stopped when there was no one around. "I thought I was going to call you."

Harry blushed a little, but he tried to hide it. "Did you find me for something?"

"I can't find you if I have nothing to do, can I?" Tom raised his eyebrows slightly.

"No, I..." Harry waved his hands hastily, wanting to say that this was just an ordinary opening remark.But before he could explain, he heard a little breath escape from the tall boy's lips. "What are you laughing at..." He widened his eyes instantly, a little angrily, "Are you kidding me?"

"In case you're so nervous," Tom actually smiled now, "just wanted to ask you, how's the third project going?"

Harry wanted to refute me so I wasn't nervous, but the other party had already brought the topic over easily, and he would appear guilty if he struggled. "I think it's okay." He replied without thinking, and realized something else half a second later, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Professor Slughorn doesn't have any new ideas?"

"It's nothing," Tom denied immediately, "I don't think he'll interfere in the future."

To be honest, it made Harry breathe a sigh of relief.Although he'd accepted Professor Slughorn's offer about the maze last time—letting Tom help him with tutoring or something—it would be best if he owed the web-spinner less favors.But why did he think that Tom's smile when he said that Slughorn would not interfere again was very meaningful?

"Why do you say that?" He couldn't help asking, "Did you do something?"

Tom looked at Harry, reconfirming the other's sensitivity—a magical intuition, often able to grasp the key points. "What do you think I can do?" He asked with a perfect smile and an innocent tone, "Forget it, let me just say it-if you need it, I am willing to help. If you don't need it, understand it as Another invitation would do."

When he heard "offer help", Harry was taken aback; but when he heard "another invitation", he blushed immediately and couldn't help it.Another invitation?Date invitation? "You know..." he whispered, almost stuttering, and his eyes wandered.

Tom thought things were getting more and more interesting.He hadn't noticed Harry being so thin-skinned before.In other words, only thin-skinned in this regard. "What do I know?"

If Harry was just skeptical before, now he is absolutely sure that Tom is teasing him on purpose. "You know...I am willing!" He couldn't help but stare back, feeling ashamed and angry.

"Then let's make a deal." Tom said kindly, knowing the principle of accepting as soon as it is good. "How about starting tonight?"

Harry immediately wanted to nod.But with his head half down, he suddenly remembered what he had promised Hagrid this morning. "Maybe not tonight..." Thinking of what to say next, he was a little embarrassed, "I have another confinement to close."

It didn't occur to Tom at first why Harry was in detention.Then he recalled it, a little surprised: "Isn't it over yet? How many confinement will your professor want to put you in?"

"Three times." Harry blushed at the thought. "Speaking of which, can you do me a favor? If there's another time, you can reappear after my spell hits Malfoy, okay?"

Tom was wondering a second before whether Harry would take his revenge.As a result, the other party's focus was so deviated that he couldn't help but laugh. "I thought you were mad at me even more."

"I might be mad at you, but in this case, no." Harry explained seriously, shaking his head vigorously at the same time, "You just do what you have to do."

You should be angry, though, because I don't usually care about that... Tom answered inwardly, wisely keeping his mouth shut. "Don't worry," he said lightly, "Draco won't do it again in the future."

Harry was even more surprised now. "What do you mean 'never again'?"

"That means," Tom's tone was still light, "if he had brains, he wouldn't want to bump into my hand."

It sounds like Tom is on his side unconditionally because the two of them have established a relationship... On the one hand, Harry has to admit that he really likes to hear it, as evidenced by the heat that can't be restrained on his face; but On the other hand...

"Thank you, but I don't want you to be selfish for me." He whispered, but his tone was firm.

Tom opened his eyes slightly.It wasn't the first time he'd known that Harry was sometimes so principled that it bordered on a rut, but each time he couldn't believe it.If it were someone else, he would only get a cold evaluation like being stupid; as for the boy in front of him... it feels closer to anger?

"Think about it, Harry," he sighed silently, almost feeling like a headache. "Which one of your previous conflicts did you initiate?"

Being reminded like this, Harry immediately recalled - yes!As long as Malfoy doesn't trouble him, isn't it equal to calm? "Uh, sorry," he apologized sheepishly, "I was thinking too much."

Now Tom really wondered what kind of family would raise such a child, and how he could have come to see such a person himself. "It's okay." He just wanted to quickly bring this topic to an end, and casually found someone else, "What are you doing in confinement at night? Is it still in the Forbidden Forest?"

Harry nodded, not paying much attention to it. "Hagrid said take me around and come back, it should be easy."

Tom was silent for a moment about this.It might be simple in the past, after all, the acromantula in the Forbidden Forest was raised by Hagrid; but it is different now... "Don't go too deep." He finally said succinctly.

It was a cryptic warning, but Harry didn't catch it. "Don't worry, Hagrid will protect me." He replied firmly, with 12 confidence in his tone.

Hearing this, Tom secretly calculated. "Very good." He looked up at the corridor in front of him, "It's almost time, I should go to class."

"--and many more!"

Tom lowered the foot he had just lifted. "how?"

Harry didn't know why he had stopped just now - before he could react, the words came out of his mouth. "I...that..."

Seeing the boy hesitating, Tom was a little confused.But he knew it the next moment - Harry approached him suddenly, tiptoed to give him a kiss that couldn't stop, then turned and ran.

Heh, the lion of Gryffindor is probably the best at this point...

Tasting the warm touch remaining on his lips, Tom slowly evoked a smile, and then left.

Because he was more than ten minutes late, Harry had to endure a few words of good-natured teasing from Ron and Hermione.As soon as supper was over, he went to find Hagrid.The half-breed giant had to take care of the half-sized pumpkin seedlings and Beauxbaton's Pegasus, so he wrote his homework on the small table.At nine o'clock, Hagrid put cloaks on them both, and set off with lanterns.

Even at night, the Forbidden Forest is still filled with a bit of chill.Since he had been here more than once, Harry looked around and talked to Hagrid. "It's pretty quiet here... Where are you going?"

Hagrid nodded, apparently in response to Harry's first words. "Look at Aragog, of course," he said, with undisguised anticipation in his apprehension. "Didn't I tell you? He moved his nest inward... I wonder how he's been doing these past few months." how."

Hagrid might be the only one in the world who worried about the life of the man-eating acromantula, Harry couldn't hold back his slander.Immediately, he thought of Tom's words to tell him not to go too far, and his heart beat with uncertainty.

Where did Aragog move his nest?Will it be much farther than before?

But as long as he followed Hagrid honestly, even if he went deeper, there shouldn't be any accidents, right?

After comparing the hatchback, Harry decided to check the situation first.The two weaved through barely recognizable paths, and soon reached the slope he was impressed by——

The first time, Crabbe fell and startled the acromantula; the second time, he rolled with Tom, casting a spell that stunned all the spiders.

Hagrid did stop.He asked Harry to wait on the slope, and went down to check it himself.Within a few minutes, he came up again, shaking his head and said, "This place has been abandoned for several months. We still have to walk inside."

Harry felt that if he were those acromantulas, he wouldn't stay where he was after a big loss.Therefore, he did not express any objection to this, and continued to follow the half-blood giant inside.

The woods are getting denser and the light is getting darker.The path had disappeared, and Hagrid had to use his palm-like palms to brush aside overgrown bushes, and occasionally the wand in the umbrella.After walking hard for half an hour, an open land appeared before the two of them.A big tree grew on the edge of the lower ground, and among the intertwined roots, a deep hole appeared.

"Are we there yet?" Harry couldn't help but tighten his grip on the holly wand.Anyway, it was one thing for him to want to be with Hagrid, it was quite another to need to be wary of acromanders.

"Yes." Hagrid was very happy at first, but after looking around, his thick black eyebrows were tightly frowned. "It's here...but something's wrong...very wrong..."

Hearing this, Harry looked at the scene in front of him more carefully.There was nothing in the clearing, neither spiders, silk, or leftover skeletons.Not to mention those rattling claws, rubbing hairy legs, and even the sound of the wind seemed to have stopped, so silent that it was almost eerie.

"This place..." he said hesitantly, "it seems that there are no living creatures."

When Harry came to this judgment, Hagrid had already strode down towards the entrance of the cave.Harry wanted to tell the half-blood giant to be careful, but he also knew that the other party would not listen, so he hurriedly trotted after him.

Although the tree roots were messy and gnarled, but fortunately the opening of the cave was not small, and Hagrid entered with a slight stoop.After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped.Harry almost bumped into his back, before reacting and poking his head forward from his side.

With just one glance, Harry was shocked by the growing size of the tree hole.What shocked him even more was that the inside was not as empty as the outside——

Just in the sunken part in the middle of the tree hole, there is a long circle of crooked hollow things.It was large, at least twenty feet long at a rough estimate, and shone bright green under the wand's fluorescent light.

"...Snake slough?" Harry exclaimed in surprise.

Before Hagrid could say anything, there was a sudden clatter of horseshoes outside.The two hurriedly turned their heads and went out, only to find that a centaur was parked at the edge of the open space on the other side, looking at them from afar.

"Hello, Firenze," Hagrid greeted gruffly, and pointed to the tree hole behind him, "Can you tell me what's going on here?"

The centaur with platinum long hair just stared at him lightly. "You can't go into the woods again, Hagrid."

"I... what?" Hagrid suddenly became annoyed with the words, "Can't you make your words clearer?"

"The centaur looks up at the starry sky," Firenze said calmly, seemingly unaffected at all, "What happened on the ground is beyond our focus." He paused, then added: "My group has already Moved away. In fact, they objected to my coming back here. But out of your friendship, I decided to remind you one last time."

Those words sounded ominous, and Hagrid's anger turned to suspicion. "What do you mean 'move away' and 'one last time'?"

But Firenze didn't answer. "The sparks are brightening." He said in a rambling manner, and then he turned around and left quickly, disappearing into the dense forest.

Harry and Hagrid couldn't stop them, they looked at each other, neither understood what the centaur said.And Harry had a little deeper misgiving—why did he think Firenze's startlingly blue eyes were looking at him when he said the last sentence?

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