[HP] Can you be gentle with me

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Snape couldn't believe what he saw.

"Where did you take her?" He turned angrily, grabbed Clayton by the collar, and roared. "You sent her away without authorization? Huh?"

"No, no!" Clayton blushed. "We didn't—"

"Where is she then?" Snape growled. "Where is she!"

It took Clayton a long time to finally get Snape to let him go, and of course it was thanks to Dumbledore who helped him yell at him.

He is also very innocent!

Miss Watson was still there at noon, why did she disappear after only a few hours?

The point is, how could a person disappear in such a good way?What's more, she should be in a coma!

Could it be that the method they tried yesterday really worked?

No, not right. Clayton shook his head.

Now is not the time to think about that, St. Mungo's never lost a patient, what if it gets out...

While Clayton was panicking, Snape wasn't much better either.In any case, the fact that Tahlia was missing terrified him from the bottom of his heart...

Where has she gone?

Where the hell has she gone?

──If she didn't wake up by herself, if she was taken away by someone, no, he refused to have such an idea.

no way.

That day, almost everyone in St. Mungol's was questioned countless times by a gloomy and angry man, but none of them could answer the man's question.

In the end, Snape had to come to a conclusion—that is, Tahlia had never left the ward, and certainly not St. Mungo's, otherwise the ugly model at the door would have known.

Then there is only one possibility left.

That's right, there was only one possibility left—Snape walked quickly out of St. Mungo's, and then, Apparated.

But soon enough, he'd had trouble with Malfoy, apparently Lucius had seen Tahlia, but he wasn't going to tell himself anything... why would he?Their friendship wasn't good enough for him to break his promise to Tahlia.

Then, even though he hadn't had much trouble with Black, the guy was just as shocked as he was, hadn't expected her to disappear at all, and it looked like he didn't expect to get an answer here.

Then he went to many places, many places that Tahlia might go, even if there was even a slight possibility, he went.

Sadly, he really didn't know her well enough.

He could hardly think of any other place Tahlia would love to be than the small apartment where Tahlia lived, whether it was Diagon Alley or Hogwarts, he could only hold on to the broken hope that he might be able to find her there— ─He even went to Potter's dilapidated house in Godric's Hollow.

Can't help laughing self-deprecatingly.

He didn't know any of her preferences at all... How could he so confidently declare that he loved her?

It is impossible for her to come to Godric's Hollow, after all, this place is a sad place for everyone... But he still came, as if grasping the last sliver of hope and coming over.

After a few days of this, Snape still had no whereabouts of Tahlia.

He couldn't think of any place... any—

──No, there is actually another one.

There's another place he hasn't been to.

When he reacted, he found that he was already standing on a familiar path──

Castle Hill Road.

Where Tahlia lives with her brothers.

Snape has only been to this place once, when Tahlia invited him over, and they sat at the same table doing homework together, enjoying her brother's Christmas dinner together... thinking about it now, it was definitely the best time he had ever had in his life Christmas……

──Can he find her here?

Raising his hand, he rang the doorbell in front of him, and Snape waited silently.

Maybe it will be Tahlia who opens the door in a while, he can imagine her expression, stunned and surprised, and then ask him how he found this place──

"Hello?"

Snape came back to his senses, and a trace of loneliness couldn't help flashing in his eyes after he saw who was coming.Oh, how could it be Tahlia... Of course she wouldn't be here-

This person is not Tahlia, but Hamish, her fourth brother.

Hamish is still the same as he remembers, with the same smile on his face. The years don’t seem to have left any traces on his face, but it’s true if you think about it. Hamish has the least age gap with them, and he should be in his 40s now ──

"Hamish," Snape said, forcing a smile. "haven't seen you for a long time."

The smile on Hamishi's face froze for a moment. "You..." He blinked, quickly glanced inside, then stepped forward and closed the door. "Are you... Severus Snape?"

"Yes." Snape nodded. "I came to-"

"You go." Hamish interrupted him abruptly and said.

"──Excuse me?"

Hamish took a deep breath. "I said, you shouldn't be here." He clenched his fists, and then relaxed...God knows how difficult it is, and God knows how much he wants to beat the man in front of him-

But he can't do that.

He once promised Tahlia... although she herself may have forgotten that she had asked him to-

He had to keep his brothers from bullying Severus Snape.

"Leave quickly... If they find out──"

"No." Snape refused bluntly. "I came here to ask where Tahlia went—"

"We don't know, you—"

"Hamish, who is it? You stood outside for so long──" Josh's voice suddenly came from behind.

damn...

Hamish wanted to push Snape away, then turn around and pretend nothing happened, but it was too late...

When he turned around, he found that Josh had fully opened the door, and recognized the identity of the person faster than he had just before, his eyes widened instantly, staring at him as if he was going to kill him ──

"What is this guy doing here!" A sudden roar burst out of Josh's mouth. "ah?"

"Josh, listen to me—"

"No, you shut up, Hamish." Josh stepped straight out of his door, past Hamish who was about to explain something, and then came to Snape.

"Josh—"

"I said, shut up." Josh raised a hand and tilted his head slightly. Hamish shuts his mouth. "We have such a distinguished guest at our house, you should have let us know—" He turned his head, and then, with the corners of his mouth curled up, he spoke to Snape. "Really, Severus?"

Snape was stunned for a few seconds, and then subconsciously nodded slightly, but the next moment, his whole head was buzzing from a fist that suddenly hit his face, and he lost his balance and took a few steps back After falling to the ground, he shook his head and spit out a rust-smelling liquid towards the ground, and then found that his teeth were also broken, and the white lump was extremely obvious in a pool of bright red.

Snape didn't draw his wand.

If other people had done this to him, he would have used magic to teach them a lesson and make them pay, but he couldn't do that now... yes, he couldn't.

He just slowly wiped away the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth without saying a word.

"I'm still thinking about how to find you bastard!" Just now, the smile on Josh's face disappeared in an instant, but the strange thing is that he said this in a flat tone, as if he was just talking about the weather. It was completely different from the roar that he uttered in the first sentence just now. "Very well, you delivered it yourself—"

"Oh my god! Josh what are you—"

Several exclamations came from the open door one after another, and then two men also ran out of the house, one of them grabbed Josh directly to prevent him from attacking others again.

"What are you doing──" The person holding him was Tony, but even if he was pulling him like this, he could feel the strength of his big brother eager to break free.

When did Josh become so... irrational?

"What happened?" Billy was obviously not in the situation yet, so he just asked in a daze.

"What happened?" Josh repeated coldly, before nodding his chin towards Snape. "Do you know who this man is?"

"Who—"

"Snape!" Snape's name squeezed through Josh's teeth. "Severus Snape!"

"Snape──" Billy murmured and repeated several times before finally realizing it, and his reaction was exactly the same as Josh's at the beginning. "You!" He roared, seemingly about to rush forward.

This time, it was Hamish who caught him from behind.

"Hamish, don't stop me!" Billy struggled, if not for Hamish's pull, he would have thrown himself on top of Snape who was still sitting on the ground.

"You two!" Tony finally couldn't help it, and shouted angrily in a voice that overshadowed the volume of the other two. "Is that enough?"

There was silence.

After a while, feeling that the person he was holding was not so tense and angry, Tony released Josh carefully. "It's not like you, Josh…"

Josh didn't speak, just snorted coldly.

"I told you, Snape." Hamish also let go of Billy slowly, took a few steps forward, pulled Snape up, and pushed him out of his yard with one force. "leave here."

"No." Snape still refused directly.

"You──" Billy wanted to rush forward again for a moment, but was blocked by Hamish again.

"What exactly do you want?" Hamish asked, also beginning to feel displeased.

Snape took a deep breath. "I want you, please, to tell me where Tahlia is—"

"So that you can keep bullying her?" Josh growled.

"──So that I can treat her kindly."

"Shit!" Josh became emotional again in an instant, and he cursed angrily, this time even swearing, which stunned the three brothers beside him for a moment. "It's all bullshit! How many times has it been? Huh?" The volume continued to rise unconsciously. "From before to now, she has always been sad because of you... I thought it was because of your family that you were not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. We always find excuses for you, Snape... Tahlia always takes care of you Making excuses—what happened?" He paused for a moment. "And what did you do in the end?"

"I..." Snape opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

"You hurt her time and time again..." Josh gritted his teeth, his knuckles turned white from excessive clenching. "What did she offend you?" The last sentence was crying, and the rest of the people turned their heads and realized that Josh's face was already full of tears when he was yelling like this. "Tell me, Snape, our sister—our youngest sister—what did she do to you?"

Snape stood straight.

Tahlia didn't offend him...

How could she offend him?She has always... been the one who protected him──

"If you're here to ask us about Tahlia's whereabouts—" Josh continued, still shaking with rage. "Forget it, we'll never tell you...she wanted to leave, she chose to leave—" He stared hard at Snape. "I'm glad she made the decision, you can't expect anything from us."

"I just want to find Tahlia—"

"You still dare?" Josh rushed forward again, punching Snape in the face again while everyone was still in a daze. "How dare you call her name in front of us!" He roared, not caring that the volume might attract the attention of the neighbors. "roll!"

"Josh, I—"

"I said." Josh took a few steps forward, grabbed Snape by the collar, and approached him with a grim expression. "Get out! Don't let us see you again!" After saying that, he let go of his hand and pushed Snape back a few more steps.Then he turned around without pausing and walked into the house.

"Uh..." Hamish nodded curtly. "You heard what Josh said—here, we don't welcome you here—" After finishing speaking, he followed Tony and Billy's footsteps back into the house, and then slammed the door.