[HP] Can you be gentle with me

They went to Charms in the afternoon, and Tahlia was still doing very well. Professor Flitwick happily added a lot of points to her. She behaved normally, and there was nothing wrong with it, except for one thing, she didn't look at Snape once.

And there seems to be a thick black storm around Snape, no one dares to approach, and as the center of this storm, Snape has a stern face, his eyes are slightly empty, and he doesn't respond to others, even Professor Flitwick who just started class. He didn't respond when his name was called, and was almost skipped.

Snape was still in a bad mood, but he couldn't find the reason why he was in a bad mood, so he became more depressed, and his face became darker, and in this cycle, other students on the road would unconsciously detour when they saw it, it seemed Something terrible should have happened if he had a direct conflict with him.

However, there is an exception...

"Severus." There was only one person in Hogwarts who would call him that, and Snape stopped and turned to see Lily.

"What's the matter?" He replied, trying to maintain a pleasant look, but the effect was not great, he still looked gloomy.

Lily smiled at him, which Snape thought would make him less depressed, but he was wrong, the chest tightness was still there. "I just ran into Tahlia and the others. We made an appointment to go to the library now. Are you going?" she asked. "James and Remus will also be there, they went to the library with us last time, and I'm from the same college, you remember?"

Of course he remembered Potter who was always pestering Lily and Lupine who was always by his side. "Yeah." Snape nodded.

"So you're going?" Lily looked excited. "Tahlia promised to let me refer to his history of magic notes, and I fell asleep many times by accident, and I didn't write in many places..." she said. "Tahlia is really nice, right?"

"Yeah." Snape reluctantly nodded slightly. "……I will go."

"Great." Lily happily dragged Snape to the library. "I knew you would agree..."

"Tahlia, what's the name of the wizard who turned all the lost sailors into pigs?" James scratched his head, his quill in his mouth, how could he possibly know that since he slept through the entire class.

Tahlia glanced at James. "It's Circe, it is said that he is an expert in this field of transformation..."

"Thank you, you are amazing!" James filled the parchment with joy. "I always feel that doing homework with you will be done very quickly... Answer all questions."

Sirius was about to slap James on the head, but Remus moved faster than him, and slapped James on the head, causing him to be pushed forward so hard that his head almost hit the table, and his nose was instantly stained with parchment The ink that has not yet dried looks ridiculous.

"Remus..."

James looked at Remus sadly.But Remus said it seriously. "Don't look at me, if you keep asking people instead of looking up books yourself, no one will want to do homework with you," he said. "I'm giving you an early warning..."

James held his head, took a handkerchief and wiped his nose cleanly, but the effect was not good, not only the black stains on his nose were not completely wiped off, but also turned red, which became more conspicuous.

Tahlia laughed, pulled out her wand, and pointed it at James.

"Wait... Tahlia, the library can't..."

"Scourgify."

"...Use magic." Before James could finish speaking, Tahlia finished the spell and put away the wand.She compared her nose, took the mirror out of her bag and handed it to James.

"Oh!" James looked in the mirror and saw that the black stain had completely disappeared. "Thanks."

"No." Tahlia smiled. "Just got you to practice the spell..." she said. "It's great to be successful."

"..." So he was using him as a spell... James couldn't imagine the consequences if he failed, and suddenly felt that he was probably the most worthless person among the four. Who would tell him why he fell to this point?

Tahlia chuckled.Being with them really made her feel better, and it was a far cry from feeling like she was abusing herself every time she talked to Snape.

"Hi, everyone." Lily's voice suddenly appeared, and Tahlia looked up, a smile froze on her face. "I brought Severus with me, you don't mind?" Lily pulled out a chair and sat down, and began to take out the parchment and ink in the backpack, not noticing the instant stiff expressions of the four of them.

Sirius stared at Snape with an expression that said he would try to sit down if he dared.And James didn't like Snape much because of Lily's relationship, and Remus noticed Tahlia who froze when he saw Snape's smile, so the three of them stared at Snape unfriendly.

Noticed the obvious unwelcome expressions of the three of them. "You are..." Snape was about to say something mocking, but he swallowed the words forcefully after seeing Tahlia's sullen expression, and the words Tahlia said to him in the morning also came to mind... ...don't keep picking on her friends, this is the last time...

Finally, he spoke slowly. "...I guess, I'm not welcome..." he said to Lily. "I'd better leave first, lest staying in this atmosphere for a long time makes my stomach sick..." Damn it!Why did he have to add that last word... Looking at Tahlia, sure enough, her expression looked even more angry.Not wanting to stay any longer, he turned around and wanted to leave.

"How could it be!" Lily quickly stood up and grabbed Snape's robe. "Last time we also did homework together." She said, turning her head to look at the crowd, and only then realized their uncomfortable expressions. "Uh... right...?" She lowered her voice and asked with some uncertainty.

After a long time, Tahlia finally spoke, and her tone was exactly the same as in the morning. "Of course." She took out her wand and swung it again, and the chair next to Lily was automatically pulled away. "Sit down, Snape... more people can do homework more efficiently." She thought for a moment, then said something. "If you have any questions, let's discuss together..." Although I said so, but according to the previous practice that most of the questions you asked were answered by Tahlia, the subtext of this sentence is, what is there? Questions are welcome to ask her.

Snape stood there in a daze, he didn't hear a word of what Tahlia said just now, and he couldn't hear anything since she spoke in that tone.Until Lily pulled him on the seat with a strong hand, and whispered to him. "What are you still doing? Didn't you come to do your homework?"

Snape mechanically took out the ink parchment and other utensils, hesitantly spoke after thinking for a while. "Watson."

"What?" Tahlia responded without looking up.

"I... Tahlia." Snape called Tahlia's name, and he saw Tahlia's body stiffen slightly, but quickly resumed writing.

Tahlia looked up and glanced at the uncomfortable Snape. "Well, I'm listening." Although she was happy about Snape calling his name, who knows if she will return to the original point when they meet again, so she froze for a moment and quickly pushed the thought out of her head .

"I said," Snape looked at Lily hesitantly, and got a slightly encouraging look from her, as if she already knew what Snape was going to say. "I think you can call me by my name, since we're going to be classmates for another 7 years...you know."

Tahlia froze.

Everyone was also stunned, they were all waiting to see how Tahlia would respond, after all she had been trying to get closer to him before, and now Snape's words clearly affirmed Tahlia's previous efforts.

"It's still not necessary." Tahlia said lightly, but the answer was surprising. "It's good as it is now, I don't think there's any need to change anything." After finishing speaking, he buried his head back in the book.

Sirius looked at Tahlia in astonishment. Sure enough, what happened in the morning still had a great impact on her. He once again regretted what he blurted out. At that time, the meaning seemed to be forcing Tahlia to choose between them and Snape. In the end, Tahlia's choice was their friendship, and he should have been happy, but looking at Tahlia who wasn't happy at all, he'd rather she had chosen Snape.

Snape opened and closed his mouth as if about to say something, but he didn't utter a single word. Tahlia said there was no need to change, she made up her mind to go further and further away from him, Snape suddenly regretted his previous behavior, this was the first time he regretted his behavior, originally he hated Tahlia getting close because he didn't Loved the weirdness, but it was even more unbearable to see Tahlia alienated from him now.

"Snape, don't you hurry up and do your homework?" Tahlia's voice came again.He looked up, meeting Tahlia's gaze, but she looked away immediately.

Snape turned his attention to his homework, and it was so unlike her that something was wrong with Tahlia, but he couldn't describe it. "Lily..." He turned his head. "I……"

"Don't take it to heart." Lily thought Tahlia would be happy with Snape's words, but it turned out to be the case. "Try a few more times, I think Tahlia will agree, she cares about you so much..."

Maybe she cared so much about him, Snape thought.But now he wasn't sure. "Um."

The next interaction between the two of them can be said to be flat. Occasionally Snape asked a question, and Tahlia would answer it after a little thought. There was no other communication, and everyone felt weird, but except for Sirius, it was No one knew exactly what happened, they were only puzzled by Tahlia's sudden change of attitude, which caught people off guard.

Snape suddenly understood how Tahlia felt in the past. He tried his best to speak to her, but he only got a faint response. What's more, when they switched positions, his tone to Tahlia was not so gentle, so he didn't say a few words. Already feeling terribly frustrated, how the hell did Tahlia keep talking to him?Doesn't she feel chest tightness?

"Snape," Tahlia called.

"what?"

"The "Preparation of Sophisticated Potion" last time..."

Snape answered hastily. "Do you have any questions? I think I..."

Tahlia cut him off. "No, what I'm trying to say is," she said. "That's too difficult, I don't think I can watch it right now... I overestimated myself a little bit before." What happened to Snape now, becoming so abnormal, Tahlia was puzzled and worried at the same time, Every cell in her body seemed to be clamoring for her to just accept Snape's anomaly and make their relationship work.But... She knew that Snape wanted her to keep a distance from him, so she also tried her best to restrain herself, and even gave up this chance to get along well with Snape.

Perhaps as long as Snape didn't pick on James and the others casually, she and Snape could maintain this distance smoothly and peacefully, and approaching rashly might cause him to rebound.

Snape lowered his head and didn't know what to say. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have rejected her so quickly, but now it was useless to say anything. The way everyone looked at him at this moment seemed to be laughing at him. Who told him At the beginning, he kept pushing Tahlia away, but now that Tahlia really stopped trying to get closer, he realized that he was wrong. Maybe it was her wish?If she has decided not to have anything to do with him anymore, then he should help her.

At the same time, both of them secretly made a decision in their hearts.

Just let each other stay the same.