[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Nagini?Who is Nagini?

Tahlia was just confused, and the next second she clearly felt the door behind her being pushed open, but the one who came in was not a human being...

She tensed, shuddering at the deliberate brushing of the reptilian cold skin against her arm and the hiss of visceral terror as it slid into the room.

Since when did Voldemort have such a terrifying snake by his side?She suddenly remembered what Peter said not long ago, Voldemort has more around him—what is more?a snake!

She interrupted him hastily then, but now she knows she was impulsive.

She shouldn't be impulsive, just like now, she has no way of judging what exactly Voldemort hissed with the snake. The language of snakes has never been learned by wanting to learn...

"She just... told me some... interesting news... Tahlia──" After a while, Voldemort finally stopped his creepy hissing and said to Tahlia.

Tahlia could feel the sweat running down her back, and every cell of her was regretting that she had come here without a plan, Snape... Snape was right, she had absolutely no backup plan.

Voldemort ignored Tahlia's flustered look, and continued speaking in a cold tone. "It seems...you are not alone...come...are you?"

How did he know?

Tahlia felt her mind was blank, after hearing Voldemort's affirmative statement, she couldn't think of anything...

Is that snake?

That thing spotted Snape far away?

How should she explain it now?

If Snape was also suspected, their plan would never succeed...they would lose!This is something she cannot accept...the price is too heavy, think of Nigel...think of Sirius and the others──

They will all die!

"Lord, I—" Tahlia just opened her mouth, but she saw the snake quickly slid towards her after a series of hisses that were obviously orders, but she was stunned and couldn't move, watching the thing open its mouth , printed two cuts on her arm.

The next second, severe pain came, and there was also a strong dizziness. Tahlia didn't need to think about it to know why... But what she couldn't understand was—no... She found that she couldn't Concentrate, no matter what kind of snake Nagini is, it is obviously the kind of poisonous one──

"Lord—" she managed to force out a word.

Voldemort just sat quietly on that bed, as if he was watching a play, but in fact, he was really watching a play, as can be easily discerned from his nonchalant tone. "You've stayed...long enough...Tahlia—maybe you should leave...trying to beg the man who...hates you...deeply...to save your...life..." There was a strong smile in his tone, Tahlia's voice sounded strangely harsh at the moment.

She didn't dare to delay any longer, it was only a dozen seconds, and when she stood up staggeringly, her vision had already started to blur, she wasn't even sure if she could make it to Snape...

Resisting the urge to run, she should be thankful that she still had some sanity at this time, knowing that running would only speed up the spread of the poison, she barely managed to stabilize her pace, and didn't care to report to Voldemort, she took a few steps back, but staggered heavily Hitting against the wall of the corridor outside, the pain made her sober for a short time, and she hurriedly stumbled out, and a warning to her not to forget to go to Azkaban whispered in her ears──

At this time, there was no one outside the hut.But now she has no time to think about Peter's whereabouts, and can only pray desperately...

She said yes to Nigel.

If she really died here, because of her stupid performance, she would not be willing to die here because of the snake's venom, she would never be willing for the rest of her life──It was obvious that their plan was about to succeed...but it became full of loopholes in an instant.

She didn't even know what was wrong with her behavior, let Voldemort directly give the order to kill her, she didn't understand... didn't understand at all... His reaction just a moment ago was still in her expectation middle──

She also couldn't understand why there was a thought in her heart that she could live once she saw Snape... He clearly wanted her dead, even though he was controlled by others in school, he could only obediently express his willingness to treat her body, but he wants to kill her!He hates her!On this point, Voldemort was quite right...

Rather than suppressing the discomfort of a headache, what she couldn't bear was that she was almost shaken several times, almost wanting to trust him again...to trust the man who once trampled her under his feet and laughed loudly──

It's ironic, at this critical juncture, her head is full of these unscrupulous thoughts... No wonder people always say that it is impossible for a person to keep calm, and she is never as fearless as she thinks she is. She can't see the scene in front of her at all now, everything is blurred into one piece, the only thing that surprises her is that her legs can still move forward mechanically, maybe this is the instinct of survival...

But that's it.

After she clearly felt that her knees were kneeling heavily on the ground, she knew... the already blurred scenery had all disappeared into darkness, and she couldn't feel anything.

.........

……Severus…

…What?

"Severus, my name."

Sev... Severus?

"Don't call me by my last name."

Ah, yes... They are good friends... Lily will take them to ride the Ferris wheel later!

The corners of Tahlia's mouth curled up involuntarily.

The weather was fine, they had a great day in Cokeworth, and besides, Snape had asked her to call him by his name... Doesn't that mean he accepted her as a friend?

"Severus," she called.

Snape paused as he twisted a towel soaked in lukewarm water.

Then he turned his head and stared in disbelief at the woman lying on the bed with her eyes closed.

What did he hear?

Maybe it was a hallucination, but he strongly hoped it wasn't, and all these days he longed to hear Tahlia call his name with ease and gossip with him again.

What are you waiting for?

Tahlia, whose arms were all blue, and whose face was bloodless before him, was obviously poisoned... and he was a potions master in vain, and he couldn't even recognize what the poison was. According to the books, All of his words were just meaningless letters under his panic, not helping at all.

He didn't even have a clear idea...the memory of how he took Tahlia out of the forest and temporarily stayed in this small hotel, or how he detoxified Tahlia was all vague.

All he knew was that the fecal bezoar in the small potion box he carried with him had been used up, perhaps because of this, he bought enough time to take Tahlia away alive, and carefully analyzed it in this room The antidote...

"Severus..."

Snape stopped again, walked slowly to Tahlia's side, placed a towel on her forehead and pulled a chair to sit down.

This time he was sure he heard it right... Tahlia called his name in a coma──

He stared straight at the person on the bed.

What is she thinking now...

"…Severus…" Another murmur.

They got off the Ferris wheel as if it had just happened... Tahlia had to remember that they had already had a fight... so badly that Snape wasn't going to see her anymore, was he?But she couldn't do anything, the only thing she still held in her hand was nothing but his name... However, maybe that was just because he was too lazy to correct what he called him.

She feels very confused...

Everything that happened seemed like a dream, but it was horribly real. She could clearly feel the pain in her heart when Snape glared at her angrily, but at the same time, there was another image of the two of them buried in the pile of messy books together. A peaceful scene...

Which one is the reality?Which does she want to be true?

It's not optional at all, is it?

…Tahlia.

Tahlia turned her head, Snape's mouth didn't move, he didn't look up...

So who is calling her?

"What's wrong?" Snape asked from among the books.

"No...nothing..." Tahlia replied, shaking her head. "Where were we?"

Snape pointed to somewhere on the parchment on the table. "Here." He said slowly. "I have borrowed all the books in the library that record soothing potions..."

"Oh! You really want to research that potion—"

"That's right." Snape answered as a matter of course, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up. "I remember you said you would help me..."

"Of course!" Tahlia said hastily. "I mean... I'll definitely help you—"

...Tahlia.

Tahlia shook her head subconsciously again, trying to get the sound out of her head.

Now this is good... this is good!

──Tahlia.

To shut up!

Tahlia closed her eyes in pain, shut up!

She doesn't want to wake up at all... Even if she knows that she is dreaming now, she doesn't want to wake up!That's great!

She didn't have to worry about anything, as long as she was here, she could concentrate on helping Snape research the potion—what?

Opening her eyes, Tahlia found in disbelief that Snape, who had a slight smile on his lips, seemed to be a completely different person.

The smile was still there, but it was the kind that showed obvious hate.

No!It shouldn't be like this... Tahlia's eyes widened, and she tried to stand up, but found that her whole body didn't seem to be her own, so she could only sit there stunned.

"Are you really going to trust me?" she heard the young Snape say, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"Ridiculous." His cold voice kept rushing into her ears. "You are pathetic..."

"Shut up..." Tahlia murmured back.But the words sound weak and weak, and have no intimidating effect at all.

...Tahlia!

Shut up!Shut up!

Tahlia covered her ears with her hands, screaming inwardly... For some reason, she suddenly felt a little bored... and Snape's face, who was sitting opposite her, had already started to blur, dull...?

She slowly closed her eyes, and then... opened them suddenly.

What was in front of him was no longer the vaguely youthful Snape, but a piece of black cloth, wait!Black...cloth?

fabric?

"What are you doing!" Tahlia finally realized what kind of situation he was in now, and pushed the man who was hugging her away forcefully, roaring.

Snape, who was pushed away, stared wide-eyed. "What did you say I did?" he asked back. "Do you want me to tie you up with a rope? In case you hurt yourself in the desperate struggle?"

Tahlia blinked her eyes, was stunned for a few seconds, and then opened her mouth suspiciously. "what are you saying?"

Snape crossed his arms and looked unhappy. "You will never forget that you were attacked by a snake because of your haste?" Originally, he was full of anxiety, but after seeing Tahlia wake up, he only felt anger occupying his head.

She always puts herself in danger so easily!

Snape couldn't imagine what would have happened if he hadn't followed this time...yes, he couldn't imagine...

Tahlia fell silent, lowered her head, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Voldemort's words were still lingering in her ears, he asked her to beg Snape to save her life... Maybe she was wrong, Voldemort didn't actually find out Snape's identity, he just thought that he just wanted to watch a show, so he came here── ─Otherwise he wouldn't be begging Snape himself.

But he was so sure that she would survive, and told her not to forget to go to Azkaban...

Tahlia felt a pain in the head, and it seemed that Voldemort became more unpredictable, and she didn't even know when it started... At first, she claimed to know enough about Voldemort's abnormal psychology, but now she found that she seemed to have no way to really guess As far as Voldemort's inner thoughts were concerned, what she had known in the past was only superficial.

Can they really overcome such a manipulative... Dark Lord?

Seeing Tahlia's silence for such a long time, Snape gradually calmed down after his anger, and he thought Tahlia was upset because of his words again...

That's right, what he said just now sounded like he was interfering with and questioning her actions, and what Tahlia hated the most over the years was that someone did this...

"Tahlia." Thinking, he called out.

Tahlia looked up, glanced at Snape, and waited for him to speak.

"You don't trust me," Snape said.