[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Snape felt his entire right arm go numb.

He wasn't so sure though... because he felt his whole head throbbing - which made it hard for him to tell which part of him he wasn't feeling at the moment.

The charm on the door is really very Tahlia.

It doesn't do any real harm to people, but it can make them uncomfortable for a while.

He didn't have the time to think about why he never encountered this problem when he came here before.

I don't understand why he kept trying when he knew he couldn't touch the door—and then repeated the same action again after the pain subsided.

This was the behavior of a completely ignorant person, but he couldn't figure out why he was still in this corridor.

He also didn't know how many times he had knocked on the door.

Finally, the door was opened in front of him.

At that moment, I felt a sense of victory in my heart──As expected, Tahlia would never refuse him forever... I couldn't help looking over with a kind of smug look,

"You still here?"

He was stunned by the person who came, and he completely forgot to open his mouth to mock the person in front of him.

Sirius looked at Snape, who was still standing in the doorway, in surprise.After the knocking had finally stopped for a while, he thought Snape had given up and left...

When had he become so obsessed with seeing Tahlia?

"What are you opening the door for?" Snape asked curtly after a curse.

Sirius scowled. "Because I'm going back..." Then he muttered a few words in a low voice. "What am I going to explain to you──" He walked out of the door, intending to close the door behind him.

"Wait." Snape stopped him aloud.

Sirius stopped and looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"You don't expect me to let you in without Tahlia's consent, do you?" Besides, Tahlia just acted like she didn't want to talk to Snape at all.

"No." Snape said. "Actually, I want you to call her out—" Sirius added after frowning. "Please, call her out."

Sirius snorted coldly. "I don't do this kind of thing, she wants to see you come out early, why wait until now?" He walked out quickly, closing the door behind him, deliberately ignoring the door that came from Snape when he closed the door Received stares. "Why don't you admit that she doesn't want to see you at all?"

"Impossible," Snape said quickly, but then turned black.

Considering the current situation, it was obvious that Black's words were much more convincing than his own.

"Think whatever you want..." Sirius waved his hands casually without wanting to continue arguing. "I'm leaving." After walking a few steps, she stopped suddenly, as if thinking of something.

He turned back, frowning. "By the way, Snape... I went to you five years ago when Tahlia went missing - Tahlia she...you actually saw her then, didn't you?"

Snape was momentarily stunned by the question.

He thought that only Dumbledore and himself should know about his memory wiped.

Knowing that Tahlia actually came to him that day, cast a Memory Charm on him.

Sirius obviously misunderstood the reason why Snape was stunned, and a fire rose uncontrollably in his chest. "What did you say then? You never saw her? But you actually—" The words stopped here.

No matter what he said, he couldn't say that Snape and Tahlia had sex... especially in front of Snape's client.

"Actually...?" Snape asked immediately.

He didn't notice Sirius's more agitated emotions after hearing this question, and vaguely felt that the person in front of him, his deadly enemy, had a clue of what happened that night──

"You are actually a very annoying guy!" Sirius squeezed out bitterly.Forcibly suppressing the urge to pull out his wand and cast a jinx at him──

This is a Muggle community, surrounded by Muggles, if you draw attention, you might even attract some nosy guys from the Ministry of Magic...

And that's definitely not a situation Tahlia would like to see.

Snape scowled. "I think you've said that a million times since you were a student, Black—"

"That's also because of your behavior!" Sirius snorted, took a few deep breaths, and decided not to talk to Snape anymore, otherwise he really couldn't guarantee that something would happen...

Then he left without looking back.

Black must know something!

Snape suddenly affirmed the idea that had been vaguely flashing in his mind just now.But he still couldn't move to catch up with the man who had left.

How could he catch up and beg Black to tell him about that day...

No matter how you look at it, he won't do it.

No matter what, it was impossible for him to seek help from Black, not to mention that this man almost killed himself.

Return your gaze to the door of Tahlia's residence.

Take a deep breath, raise your hand again──

"Tahlia..."

Tahlia looked up from the book, looked at the green-eyed little boy who called out to her, and waited for him to continue speaking.

"That..." Harry hesitated, his eyes moving back and forth between Tahlia and the direction of the door. "There's another knock at the door—"

He didn't understand why the fierce-looking man he saw outside was so obsessed with seeing Tahlia.

Tahlia clearly expressed directly that she didn't want to see that person anymore.

After receiving such an obvious refusal, why would that person still stubbornly stand outside the door?

"If you want to open the door, open it yourself." Tahlia said lightly, and then looked back at the book in her hand.

Harry was torn.

It's rude to leave a guest outside like this, and he doesn't know how many times Tahlia's spell has been triggered...

He sneaked a glance at Nigel, who was reading a book quietly, and asked in a low voice. "Nigel, do you think I should open the door for the guy outside?"

"Huh?" Nigel looked up in confusion. "Didn't Tahlia say you can drive it if you want?"

Harry smiled wryly.

Nigel has always listened to Tahlia very much, no matter what Tahlia told him, he would obediently abide by it, never seeing him go against it.

Probably the only thing Nigel upsets Tahlia is when he keeps trying to get some books on potions and ask Tahlia questions...

After thinking about it, Harry still stood up, walked to the entrance, and slowly opened the door a small gap──

Then he saw the fierce man outside the door looking anxiously at him, and subconsciously shrank back.

"Uh... sir?" He opened his mouth cautiously, and after thinking for a while, he opened the door a little more. "You... why are you still outside?"

Snape lowered his head abruptly, the movement was so sudden that Harry was a little startled, staring blankly at the tall man in front of him.

"Potter," he said, barely moving his mouth, the voice seemed to come out of his mouth—"Tahlia asked you to open the door?"

Harry shook his head immediately. "Tahlia is reading, sir." And as long as Tahlia starts reading, it's best not to bother her with boring things—

"Really..." Snape narrowed his eyes, and the way he looked at Harry made him regret opening the door. "Call Tahlia for me, okay?"

Harry was in a very difficult situation right now.

Tahlia only said to open the door as she wanted, but she didn't say that she would like to see the man in front of him.

"Sir...how about you go back first—" he suggested. "You have an appointment with Tahlia some other day, can you come over again?"

Snape blushed.

If it was that easy for him to get Tahlia to agree to see him, would he have spent so long standing in this hallway, stupidly banging himself on the spell on the door?

Harry was obviously taken aback by Snape's suddenly gloomy expression, looked at him in astonishment, and seemed to have the tendency to close the door directly...

Snape hurried forward and put his hand against the door, so that even if Harry tried to force the door shut, he couldn't be stronger than himself as a child.

"Sir?" Harry's eyes widened, looking at Snape who was standing firmly in front of him, completely flustered...

Originally, he opened the door just to politely ask the person outside to leave, but who would have thought that not only did he not leave, but he even blocked the door and refused to let himself close it.

"Call Tahlia over here for me," he said again.

"I—"

"Harry, come here."

Just when Harry was still thinking about how to reject Snape, Tahlia's voice came, and he turned his head quickly, and quickly ran over to hide behind Tahlia.

"Tahlia…" Harry whispered. "I told you to let that gentleman go back first—"

"I know," Tahlia said casually, then looked up at Snape. "What exactly do you want to do?"

The cold voice pierced straight into Snape's chest, and he suddenly realized that he was so uncomfortable because of it.

"I want to talk to you... no—" Snape began. "I have to talk to you."

"About what?" Tahlia frowned.

"You used Forget Nothing on me," Snape said.Then immediately shut your mouth.

What he originally wanted to say was to ask Tahlia as kindly as possible why he cast a spell on him, but for some unknown reason, the words immediately became accusatory sentences.

But Tahlia didn't respond at all, and only asked a question indifferently. "What reason do I have to forget about you?"

Snape froze in place.

What reason does she have to cast a spell on herself?

Didn't he come here just to know the answer to this question?

But it seems that Tahlia is not going to admit it...

After thinking for a while, Snape decided to start with another topic, he took a few deep breaths and said. "Dumbledore showed me his memory, Tahlia."

Tahlia raised an eyebrow, but said nothing.

"A memory of your conversation with him," Snape continued.

"So?" Tahlia remained where she was, with her hands folded across her chest, looking at Snape coldly.

"So I think you should explain something to me yourself," Snape said.

That's right, if Tahlia can explain everything to him clearly, then maybe he can also understand why he has been thinking of her constantly in the past five years──

"What am I explaining?" Tahlia narrowed her eyes, which puzzled Snape.She seemed very unhappy. "I'd rather be curious about my obligation to explain to you...anything - Snape."

"Because you were a spy and never told me!" Snape blurted out.

Then he cursed inwardly.

He could roughly guess how Tahlia would respond──

really.

"Ah, yes... Of course I should tell you—" Tahlia said sarcastically. "Then Voldemort will easily find out about it from you, and I'll die in the end—yes, maybe I should have done it in the first place."

"I didn't mean that." Snape frowned. "It's not that easy for me to reveal the secret──"

"Really?" Tahlia said coldly, looking at Snape. "I remember you knew everything about him back then." After a pause, he showed a contemptuous expression. "Or, do you really think you have the power to hide anything from him?"

Anger instantly occupied the entire thought space.

Snape glared at Tahlia.

What he can't stand the most is that others look down on him.

No one, no.

Besides, he never let the Dark Lord know anything he didn't want him to know... Ever since he said he was going to kill Lily──

Before he could stop himself, a word had escaped his mouth.

"I never flattered the Dark Lord like you did before!"

And when the whole space fell silent because of his words, a word clearly filled Snape's mind.

Damn.