[HP] Can you be gentle with me

"I think she hates me."

Lily looked at Snape in astonishment.

Since what he said was impossible, there was no way Tahlia would hate Snape.

"No, I think she hates me." Snape corrected.

Lily stared at Snape, and finally, asked. "Why do you think that?" She wanted to hear why he thought that way, based on the fact that Tahlia absolutely, absolutely liked him.

So Snape explained the recent change in Tahlia's attitude, not noticing that Lily's face grew darker as she heard the back.

"Honestly." After listening, Lily took a deep breath and said slowly. "I didn't expect you to be so immature."

Snape opened his mouth in disbelief. "Feel sorry?"

Lily glared at Snape. "What you just said makes absolutely no sense, Severus!" Then he stopped Snape, who was about to explain something. "You said Tahlia treated you badly... But have you ever thought about it, have you really thought about it?" she said, actually feeling a little angry inside. "She has no reason at all to be nice to you, has she?"

Snape shut his mouth.

He really never thought about it.

Because Tahlia had always been kind to him, had always been—even in the worst moments of their relationship, and he knew that her indifference to him was completely different from the way she treated everyone else.

"And you give me the feeling that you take it for granted that she should be nice to you, do you mean that?" Lily pointed out. "It feels different now, so you have reason to complain?"

Snape pursed his lips, but didn't speak right away.

So it was his fault again?

"I never asked her to treat me kindly before." He said lightly. "She did it herself—"

"Ha, then she doesn't do that now, you feel unbalanced." Lily smiled sarcastically. "I really don't mean to quarrel with you, Severus, but I still want to say that Tahlia has no obligation to pay special attention to you. Listen to me, she has no obligation." Seeing Snape like this made her very sad, very sympathetic. Tahlia is sad.

Obviously, almost everything she did was for him.

"So the last emotion you should have is to complain about her attitude towards you..." Lily continued. "She owes you nothing."

Snape frowned. "Of course I know she doesn't owe me anything, Lily."

"But that's how you behave," she said mercilessly. "I think you think so."

"I didn't—"

"No, you have." Lily said with certainty, turned around, and walked towards the door. "I have to go home first, Severus—" Before leaving, she turned her head and looked at Snape seriously. "You should try to think, what is Tahlia to you?" she said. "I don't think it's just as simple as the seven-year classmates?" After finishing speaking, he closed the door and left.

Snape was left alone, standing there with a very ugly expression, and the next few guests left angrily because of his ignorance.

I haven't seen Lily for a long time, and they quarreled within a few words——they quarreled because of Tahlia.

Lily asked a good question, what kind of existence is that woman?

Put a few tubers in the basket on the shelf, she was wrong, he knew the answer without even thinking about it.

As for why he didn't reject that person's approach in the first place, he didn't want to explore at all—now she doesn't exist for him at all.

What else could she exist?

Apparently it's nothing--except fighting with myself for everything.

Lily was walking home in the evening when she realized she was being followed.

Just because she chose to be a therapist didn't mean she'd be immune to being followed, and James had taken the time to tell himself that.

She had seen the person holding the newspaper in the back right four times, and she was sure it wasn't the first time she had seen the floral bag in the woman walking the dog.

Why are you following her?

Who wants to stalk a therapist?

Unless they had locked down her Muggle-born identity, or learned of Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix that she and James secretly joined.

Or, they weren't targeting her at all, but James from the start...

It was still a short distance from home, and there was an unsheltered path along the way... She was sure that if they were going to do anything, they would have to take advantage of that time, because the stalking would definitely give away.

He quietly clenched the wand in the robe, and those people had already followed, there must be something she didn't see, she was never as good at this as James and the others──

Think of a way.

Lily had already set foot on that path, and only now regretted that they had set up anti-apparation magic at home, otherwise she would have teleported directly to home.

But she wouldn't act of fleeing to other places. When James and the others were defending against these... Death Eaters outside, how could she just stay behind doing nothing?They must know that she is not weak, and she can protect her husband and friends...

She stopped and took a deep breath.

Those people were obviously ready to take action. They changed their previous sneaky behavior and walked forward directly. They didn't stop because she stopped. Judging from the way they moved forward, they should be planning to surround her.

She turned around, and the men were standing in front of her.

She guessed right... The way forward was blocked by people before she knew it.

"Mrs. Potter," said one of the brown-haired men, smiling slyly.

Lily didn't recognize the face of the person who spoke. It should be said that she had no memory of any of them... They must have used Polyjuice Potion.

"What's the matter?" she asked calmly.

The brown-haired man took another step forward. "I want you to come with us."

"What if I don't agree?" Lily squinted her eyes and clenched her wand even tighter.

"Then we have to force you to agree—I think that scene might not be very good." He showed a regretful expression.

Lily smiles. "It depends on whether you have a way to force me..." Before he finished speaking, the wand was pulled out instantly, a red light burst out, and the person closest to him fell to the ground.

Those people also drew their wands immediately, but no one went to catch the unlucky guy lying on the ground.

But that's about it...

Attacking by surprise can only be at the very beginning, and she can only knock down such a person, and the rest of the people are probably focused on dealing with her now, but she has never tried one-to-many, and she will definitely fail, Lily was frustrated. Thinking, if she had asked James to tell her more, maybe she would not feel so helpless now.

Just as she was thinking about it, a person suddenly appeared from behind out of nowhere, and she reached out and grabbed her hand holding the wand. She had no time to do anything, and there was only one thought in her mind...

Could it be that she is going to be subdued without even a chance to fight back?

"Who are you?" The brown-haired man asked suddenly, looking hostilely at the man who suddenly appeared behind Lily.

They are not a gang?

Lily was full of doubts.Is the person behind it an enemy or a friend?

"It's me." The man suddenly whispered. "Don't panic, I'm here to help."

She froze for a moment, even though her voice was wrong, she was absolutely sure──

It's Tahlia.

Several spells sprang out from behind, and hit several people in front of them with precision. It was the first time Lily saw Tahlia cast a spell. Several spells were shot one after another. Those who didn't know would probably think that several people were casting spells at the same time.

The brown-haired man survived the attack, but he also avoided it in a panic. He didn't expect the man who suddenly appeared behind Lily to have such a fierce attack, and he fought back a few attacks in a hurry, but even if the man didn't think He blocked it, and was knocked away by their target this time, Mrs. Potter.

They miscalculated.

Who is this sudden appearance?

Taking another look at the unconscious accomplices around him, he resolutely gave up on this operation and disappeared in front of Lily and the two of them.

Seeing the man disappear, Lily immediately turned around and spoke anxiously. "Tahlia, I—"

"Hush!" Tahlia interrupted her with a frown, who was completely wearing another person's appearance, walked to the people lying on the ground, and added a few more spells to each of them, and now these people are really Really fainted, Lily couldn't help regretting, she really wasn't vigilant enough──

"You should be glad I just heard about this operation through some channel, Lily." Tahlia said, gesturing for Lily to walk side by side with her. "Sorry, I found out too late, and I didn't have time to warn you...so I came here first."

Lily shook her head quickly. "I appreciate it, thank you." Merlin knew what would have happened to Tahlia if she hadn't shown up?

Before long, their house was in sight, and Tahlia stopped.

"What's wrong?" Lily asked suspiciously.

She didn't answer, but just started walking again, as if she hadn't stopped at all just now.

"Tahlia?" Lily quickened her pace slightly to keep up. "Did you find anything?"

"It's nothing...it just occurred to me that I missed my appointment──"

"No appointment?" Lily felt even more confused.

Tahlia bowed her head slightly. "I promised to visit you from time to time, but today I realized that I have never thought of coming to you for more than a year──"

"Oh, that's how it is..." Lily also remembered that Tahlia had indeed promised them before they graduated. "Don't take it to heart." She patted Tahlia's shoulder, not used to it, after all, her original height was much shorter than her own, and her current appearance was even a head taller than her. "Aren't you here now? Sirius will come over for dinner later... We will definitely have a good time together tonight──"

Listening to Lily's blissful words, Tahlia felt envious from the bottom of her heart.

She already has a husband who loves her deeply, a warm home, and she lives happily.

Look at yourself.

But there is no need to compare, after all, it was the path she chose at the beginning, and she has no right not to regret it.

Tahlia just followed Lily into their house.

The decoration is very simple, but every place gives people a warm feeling. This is how a home should feel, and this is the atmosphere she feels every time she returns to her brothers.

"Lily, you're back!" came an energetic shout from upstairs. "It just occurred to me that I didn't tell you I love you today—"

Lily next to her blushed instantly to her neck, coughed lightly in embarrassment, and shouted back. "James, we have a guest—"

James, who had just appeared at the top of the stairs, froze and blushed in embarrassment. He walked downstairs pretending to be calm and looked at Tahlia. "she is?"

Tahlia smiled, took out a vial from her pocket, and downed the liquid in one gulp.

It didn't take long for her to stand in James's house with her original appearance, seeing his stunned expression, she couldn't help but laugh.

How long has it been since she laughed out of such a heartfelt joy?

Yes, I haven't had any since graduation.

"Long time no see, James," she said, smiling even wider.

Before James had time to answer, there was a sound from the direction of their living room. It seemed that someone had moved through the fireplace.

Then came a voice. "Merlin, Prongs, did you forget to clean the fireplace? Lily's going to be pissed—"

The rest of the words stopped abruptly, because Sirius had already walked out of the living room and saw Tahlia standing at the entrance.

His eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and then he reached out and rubbed his eyes, and looked again, only to be sure that Tahlia had really appeared in front of his eyes.

The next second, he rushed forward and hugged Tahlia tightly.

"Hey, Sirius──" Tahlia stood in astonishment, feeling that Sirius' body seemed to be trembling, hesitated for a moment, and stretched out her hand to pat him on the back.

Sirius still hugged Tahlia tightly, fearing that the person in front of him would disappear if he let go.

"I miss you so much," he whispered.