[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Nigel is depressed now.

Definitely not because Tahlia rushed them to get ready to go out when they woke up in the morning, and then dropped them at Sirius' house without warning, absolutely not!

Harry didn't try to soothe Nigel as much as he used to, because he himself was deeply frustrated by being thrown by Tahlia without warning.

For the first time Tahlia left without promising them that she would be back soon.

It made him feel like Tahlia would be away for a long time, and even, taking them to the amusement park the day before was just to make up for something-

He hated how Tahlia treated them like children.

He had to kill Voldemort one day, so that he wouldn't be bought off by the amusement park that day.

Sirius looked helplessly at the gloomy living room because of the emotions of the two children, as if there was an invisible black air spreading in every corner, and he tried to make them laugh but in vain, which made him join in Frustrated ranks, after all he used to be in charge of making people laugh and he definitely had a talent for it, this situation is something he has never encountered before.

As soon as Regulus stepped into the living room, he was startled by the weird atmosphere, stopped and stood in the porch, hesitating whether to step into the living room or not.

"Ah... Regulus, you're back..." Sirius glanced sullenly at his younger brother standing in the corridor, and said weakly. "It's so early today..."

Regulus twitched the corners of his mouth, and finally chose to step into the living room, and pulled up his own brother who was sitting slumped on the sofa with no image at all. "Where are you going to make trouble in front of the children?" Then he looked at the two little guys sitting aside with sullen faces, bent down and spoke softly. "What's wrong with you? Why are you so frustrated?"

"Perhaps Tahlia didn't tell them that he was leaving for a few days..." Sirius replied helplessly on behalf of the two children who didn't really want to speak. "I thought she'd made it up with them too—"

It seemed that Tahlia never planned to leave them for more than a day. It was normal for them to feel panicked and even helpless. Merlin knew why he was also in trouble just now...

He cursed himself inwardly, if Regulus hadn't come back, he would really have continued to be depressed...

Squeezing out a smile, he continued, speaking to the two children. "But don't worry, Tahlia will be back in a few days, she promised me, and I know what she promised will definitely come true."

That's right, she never violated it.

The two little heads nodded together slowly, seeming to be a little comforted, but still far from the usual lively and cheerful performance.

"Okay, be happy!" Sirius clapped his hands and said in a cheerful tone. "Do you want Tahlia to see you like this when she comes back?"

Regulus silently thought of the way Sirius slumped on the sofa with a sad face just now, and then decided not to say anything, just stand aside silently.

He's not that bad, it's okay to just complain about his dear brother, even though he absolutely needs someone to complain about him in a timely manner...to prevent him from going to heaven unconsciously.

"Of course not." Nigel shook his head vigorously. "I'm not going to be sad because Tahlia is out, I'm not a kid anymore!"

Ah, so there it is.

It was now perfectly clear to Regulus why the children were so upset, not because Tahlia forgot to tell them to leave for a few days as Sirius said, but because Tahlia had to leave them for a few days, which obviously made both of them feel uncomfortable. People are very uncomfortable.

Sirius also found the sticking point.

He lowered his body and his tone became much more serious. "You know that Tahlia can't always be with you?"

"...We know." After a while, the two replied in low voices.

"One day you're going to grow up—I mean...really grow up," he added, when Harry opened his mouth to retort. "You can't be called an adult if you haven't even gone to school, Harry, even if you are James' son, you can't be that powerful." Harry silently closed his mouth. "What I'm trying to say is, you're going to grow up one day and…" He sighed as he thought of all the ways Tahlia had always put himself in danger.

"...Then Tahlia will leave us one day... just like Harry your parents will leave forever in the true sense, and it is also impossible for me to be with you forever──" He said slowly, and this tone It made the two children in front of him feel extremely heavy, but he didn't even know how much these words could make them understand, after all, they were both very young. "So you must not feel so frustrated because Tahlia has only been away from you for a few days, she will be sad, and she will not be able to focus on what she should do..."

"You mean, there's a chance that Tahlia will die?" Nigel asked tremblingly, with fear in his eyes.

Sirius was stunned for a moment, never thinking that a child as young as Nigel would understand what he said.

"Tahlia said that to die is to never see... forever gone—" Nigel continued, his voice trembling. "But I don't want Tahlia dead..."

"Of course not now." Sirius immediately assured. "We're still young now, we won't die suddenly, Nigel..." He stroked Nigel's head soothingly. "I mean, when you grow up, we get old...after that, we will leave you one day, and you'll have to go on with your life—"

"Then I don't want to grow up." Nigel turned his face away and muttered angrily.

Sirius chuckled. "If you don't grow up, who will protect Tahlia in the future?" Nigel immediately got into trouble because of this sentence. This question is really embarrassing his current thinking ability.

The one big and one small here were giggling, but they didn't catch the attention of Regulue who was standing at the side. It should be said that his eyes had been changed since Harry heard the topic changed to whether Tahlia would die or not. From the time when the stiff body also fell silent, it has been placed on him. .

This made him feel very uneasy.

Very very uneasy.

He vaguely felt that Harry might know something about Tahlia that others didn't know, thought, stretched out his hand and pushed Sirius' shoulder, and gave him a wink when he turned his head in confusion, and Sirius immediately understood, hurriedly After comforting the children for a while, he followed Regulus to the small room next door.

"There's no need to be so cautious..." Sirius watched silently as Regulus closed the door nervously while not forgetting to throw a Silencing Charm at the door. "Are we discussing some ulterior secret?"

"In a way it is," Regulus said seriously. "I don't think you want them to hear... trust me."

Sirius thought for a while, then nodded slowly.

"Have you talked to Tahlia recently?" Regulus asked.

"Why do you ask?"

Regulus couldn't speak for a while, and the confused brother in front of him made him even more confused about how to continue speaking. After a while, he reorganized his words again. "Have you noticed anything wrong with Tahlia lately?"

"What's wrong?" Sirius froze for a moment, and immediately began to think carefully.

Is there something wrong with Tahlia?

She has gradually started to smile at other people again, and the interaction with Harry and Nigel has become more intimate, and the conversation with herself is normal as usual, and she will not forget the little one while discussing important things seriously. make fun of him...

Everything shows that she is very ordinary, isn't it?

But Regulus' words kept running around in his mind, it seemed that when he heard these words, he also had a vague feeling in his heart that there was really something weird that he hadn't noticed before.

And as a result of this, he tried harder to recall the conversations with Tahlia during this period, or any of her actions in front of him—

It made his whole face almost tangled together.

"Is there?" Regulus asked again, because his brother had been acting like this for almost 5 minutes without any response.

Sirius still didn't answer, he felt that he seemed to have found that weird point, but couldn't put it into words, he really hated this feeling, the sense of blockage that only one key point was missing to get the answer.

Finally, he shook his head.

"I can't really tell, Regulus," he said. "Even if there is something strange, I can't describe it..."

"But I think Harry might know." Regulus interrupted suddenly.Not surprisingly, he saw his brother's shocked face instantly. "Didn't you notice? When you were talking about that topic just now, Harry's expression was different from usual."

Sirius shook his head again.He was so focused on Nigel at that time that he didn't have the energy to observe Harry's expression at all.

"Perhaps Tahlia won't be here for a few days, you should find a chance to talk to Harry?" Regulus suggested.

"No." Sirius directly refused, and continued to explain after seeing Regulus' puzzled expression. "Maybe Tahlia really is hiding something from us, and maybe Harry really knows something...but none of that matters." There was a pause. "I won't try to test any of them, because no matter what Tahlia is hiding, I will trust her, and I know she must have her own considerations—"

And what he needs to do is to give his trust, which is not difficult to do.

"I see." Regulus nodded understandingly. "I finally understand why Tahlia trusts you so much now."

Sirius smiled brightly. "Of course, that's how good friends are made. I'm much more reliable than that golden Malfoy..."

Regulus resisted the urge to twitch his mouth.

He decided not to comment on Sirius' last words.

Because he himself can't tell for sure whether the brother in front of him who sometimes gets hotheaded is more reliable, or Narcissa's shining husband who pays attention to his manners to the point of being sick...

After thinking for a while, he sighed.

No wonder Tahlia always seems to be troubled a lot, looking at the people around her is always worrying──