[HP] Can you be gentle with me

And so it went.

Tahlia believed that Lucius would never tell anyone, and that Draco and Harry were too young to remember anything...

She vaguely felt that Harry's being a Parseltongue was related to something very important, but she couldn't figure it out. It seemed that there was something missing in that link that kept failing to connect.

Seeing the transformation into a big black dog in front of her, bouncing around playing Harry with Sirius in the living room of their small apartment, Tahlia began to wonder if she should tell him that Harry was a Parseltongue.

Even though she knew that no matter who Harry was, Sirius would stand behind him unconditionally, but this fact was too unexpected.

Maybe she needs to be more sure... After finding out the factors that caused this fact, she will tell Sirius──

Harry definitely wasn't born talking to snakes!Otherwise, there's no way James or Lily didn't know, the only incident she could think of was the night when Voldemort tried to kill Harry...

The problem was that she couldn't think of any possibility that Voldemort's ability could be transferred to Harry, and she was sure that such a case had never happened before, she had read the book for five days, and even went to The bookcase in Knockturn Alley took some books that recorded remote magic, but still haven't found the reason for this situation.

Just one more thought!

She felt that as long as she could think of that point, all problems would be solved.

Just when Tahlia was thinking about it, Sirius had already changed back to his original form, slumped on the sofa tired out of panting, while Harry crawled on top of him and tossed about.

"Tahlia, it's a good thing you are willing to take care of little Harry..." Sirius spoke only after Shun had recovered. "Although I'm his godfather and I have a responsibility to take care of him...I don't think there's anyone better suited to take him with you now than you are—" he said with a smile, before he noticed Tahlia sitting blankly, still in a trance . "Tahlia?" he called tentatively, waving his hand in front of her.

"What's wrong?" Tahlia immediately turned her head and asked in confusion.

"It's nothing..." Sirius said, lifting Harry high and then putting it down again, making him wave his little hands desperately excitedly. "I'm just grateful that you are willing to take care of Harry...I love him very much──and of course I would like to bring him up..." Looking tenderly at Harry who was laughing. "But I know that only you can give him the best care." Turning his head, he gave Tahlia a very bright smile. "It's been great getting to know you, Tahlia."

Tahlia didn't know how to react when she was told, she spoke in a daze. "I promised Lily..."

"Of course I know you promised Lily──" Sirius waved his hand, still smiling brightly. "But ask yourself, if Lily hadn't asked you, wouldn't you have ignored Harry?" He said lightly, then turned back to tease Harry. "I know you—even if Lily didn't say it, you would still do it..."

"I……"

"This is what makes you different from them." Sirius changed the subject suddenly, put Harry on the ground and asked him to play with a doll beside him, then slowly looked at Tahlia. "You once said that you were the same as those Death Eaters... and that you were a Death Eater—" The eyes were fixed on her, as if they were shining. "But I never think so. You have never been the same as them. Death Eaters will not pay for their friends, nor will they force themselves to do something against their original intention... What others see is your disguise, but we see It's your sincerity, Tahlia──" He reached out and patted Tahlia's shoulder, which froze suddenly. "If even you regard the mask you put on as the truth, then sooner or later, you will even forget your true inner thoughts."

There was a moment of silence, and for a moment, the only sound left in the living room was Harry talking to himself to the doll.

"These words..." After a while, Tahlia spoke slowly, with a smile on her face. "Mr. Moody told you?"

"Why...!" Sirius opened his mouth wide, his seriousness just now completely disappeared, and he stared blankly at Tahlia.

"Because he said similar things to me on the street earlier." Tahlia laughed.She felt that it must be Moody who suddenly felt something and said something to Sirius, which made him suddenly think of those words today and relay them to herself.

"then you……"

"I know." Tahlia nodded. "I understand what you're saying—but thank you anyway." Smiled. "I think I'm having a great time right now."

I don't know why, when Sirius heard this sentence, there was a trace of worry in his heart, but it was fleeting, and it disappeared before he had time to react, so he just nodded. "It's good that you live happily."

He could hardly remember when was the last time Tahlia said that she was very happy from the bottom of her heart. It seemed that she had been struggling to live like this for a long time. Trouble, I often take everything on myself, even if I am misunderstood because of this, I don’t say anything, I am silently sad...

Such Tahlia is really distressing.

Yes, it hurts.

Tahlia, who usually seems to be strong, is actually always cautious in her heart, fearing that the people around her will be hurt, so she would rather be covered in scars than see the slightest damage to the people around her. Because of this, she is far more than anyone else. People need the wholehearted support of another person, spiritually.

It wasn't until recently that Sirius really felt that he was getting to know her -- being able to understand the reasons behind everything she did, feeling relieved and regretful at the same time... If he had been able to do this a long time ago, perhaps Tahlia would not have You will feel so lost and helpless at that time, and you may be able to change many things.

"By the way, Sirius." Tahlia suddenly thought of something, if anyone is most familiar with the school now, then it is the man beside him. "If you wanted to hide something in school - somewhere where no one could find it, where would you hide it?" she asked. "A place that absolutely cannot be discovered by anyone──"

Sirius was a little curious why Tahlia suddenly changed the topic here, but he started to think about it anyway. "Is it a hiding place that will never be found?" He murmured. "It will definitely not be a secret passage... there is no guarantee that no one will break in unintentionally---of course it will not be an empty classroom...well, it must be a place where no one can enter except yourself---" He raised his head abruptly , stared wide-eyed, and patted his thigh vigorously. "Yes! Why didn't I think of it!"

Smiling and turning to look at Tahlia. "We spent almost half of our time at school in it, Tahlia—"

Tahlia reacted immediately and opened her eyes wide. "You said... Room of Response!"

"It's the Response Room!" Sirius nodded confidently. "You think, the Room of Requirement can appear according to your wishes. If you want to have a place to hide things, then no one will be able to find that thing!"

Hearing this sentence, Tahlia's expression, which had a tinge of joy, dimmed instantly...

Surely no one would be able to find what Voldemort hid...

If he really hid one of the Horcruxes in the Room of Requirement, then unless she guessed what he was thinking when he let the room appear, she would never be able to find it.

Sensing that Tahlia had fallen into obvious loss again, Sirius spoke hastily. "However, maybe, because too many people are thinking of hiding things, so the space is shared—who knows, the castle has always been the most magical existence, and I often feel that he seems to have life." Glancing that Harry had stopped playing with his toys, and watched the two of them talk intently, Sirius beckoned Harry over and picked him up. "Look, even Harry seems to be very interested in it... It's a pity that the map was accidentally confiscated earlier—otherwise, you would definitely be able to travel freely in the school as soon as you enter school, and you will never be caught for night tours Arrived." Pettingly ruffling Harry's untidy little short hair.

"Is there a godfather like you who encourages his son to go out at night?" Tahlia rolled her eyes.

"You don't know that, Tahlia──" Sirius said seriously, his expression was quite persuasive if you ignored what he said. "Night tours are definitely an obligation that a student must abide by!" He pinched Harry's cheek. "Isn't it, Harry?"

Harry didn't know if he understood, but kept nodding, leaving Tahlia completely speechless, perhaps, heredity is hereditary...Look at what James is like──she suddenly worried about the future, if Harry is like James in the future Her mischievous behavior will definitely annoy her to death.

"Aren't you worried that he will be deducted academic points because of this?" Tahlia asked angrily.Besides, if Snape was still teaching at the school then, it would be strange not to deduct all of Harry's marks... From the expression he saw Harry so far, he could probably deduce it.

"Although Gryffindor has been deducted a lot of points, it also has a lot of bonus points──" Sirius said casually.At school, although James gave his college a lot of points every year, he scored nearly 150 points for the college alone, which made Lily keep talking about it in the last few years, saying that if James had been able to settle down before, The Academy Cup must be theirs every year──

"Harry won't necessarily be in Gryffindor, Sirius—" Tahlia whispered.

Thinking of the scene of the previous few days, Harry's hissing sound at the snake──Symbolic Slytherin's Parseltongue.

Don't know what the Sorting Hat will think of this...if he sees it, maybe he's been sorted into Slytherin because of that signature trait—

"But James and Lily are both in Gryffindor..." Sirius said naturally. "Look at Harry's appearance, he is simply a shrunken version of James──"

"But he's not James, Sirius." Tahlia answered flatly.

"Of course I know." Sirius nodded. "There are no two people who are exactly the same in the world, I think I can clearly tell the difference between Harry and James──" He said slowly, thought for a while, and added another sentence. "At least I will try my best to distinguish..."

In fact, he really missed James.

When looking at Harry, seeing that Harry is still so young and already has almost the same facial features as James, he can't help overlapping James' shadow with Harry's, even though he knows he should let it go, He had to keep reminding himself that Harry wasn't James, even if it was damn difficult, because when he looked at Harry, he always had the illusion that his good friend came back to life──

It was always the eyes that woke him up, and once Harry turned those emerald green eyes to himself, he could completely escape from his fantasy, those were Lily's eyes, and he reminded himself once again that Harry was James' son, not James .

"I know they're still alive..." he murmured. "Because I will always remember them."