[HP] Can you be gentle with me

For the first time in his life, Snape saw contempt for himself on Tahlia's face, as if the question he asked was incredibly stupid, just for a moment, as if Tahlia hadn't had time to restrain himself for a while, and the next second, that expression It disappeared without a trace, replaced by the puzzled look that Tahlia had put on with feigned composure.

"What are you talking about?" In the end, she seemed to think for a long time before asking softly.

"...It's okay." Snape swallowed, and said with a straight face. "Close your eyes."

"Shut up—?" Tahlia looked even more confused, her head tilted to the side involuntarily. "What?"

"I said, close your eyes." Snape said it again, this time, he directly grabbed the other's hand, and seeing the woman in front of him closed her eyes obediently despite her puzzled face, made him feel a surge of emotion from the bottom of his heart Inexplicably angry.

Tahlia shouldn't be so humble in front of her, she never needs to—

But he still has to confirm.

Confirm what is going on with Tahlia now, and he thinks that he may be able to get the answer after seeing Tahlia's arm.

Snape was silent for a while, and then, slowly, he pushed Tahlia's sleeve up until the spot where the ugly mark should have been branded—

nothing.

Without the mark, like the rest of them, the thing had faded completely and there was no trace of it.This made him really relieved, proving that Tahlia's memory was just messed up, and it wasn't any serious irreversible consequences caused by the potion──

But that doesn't make any sense. It was the man that Tahlia wanted to forget, and it shouldn't be like this... It was as if her memory of that time had been erased.

Snape's brows were still frowning, he slowly put down her sleeves, and glanced at the clock on the wall, it was almost midnight, Tahlia in his impression was not a person who would stay up late, it was completely different from the later situation, at least I have met Tahlia walking alone in the corridor in the middle of the night many times in silence.

Most of the time she wouldn't answer herself, just gave him a hasty look and walked away, but sometimes, she would stop, but most of the questions she asked were about those children, little Potter, the Malfoy children, of course , and their son.

"what happened?"

Snape pulled back his thoughts and found that the woman in front of him had opened his eyes again, still looking at him in bewilderment.

"Nothing." He said flatly. "I just—"

bang bang bang

A sharp knock on the door interrupted what Snape was about to say.

The two looked at each other in unison, and then glanced at the clock tacitly. When their eyes met each other again, Snape clearly read the surprise in Tahlia's eyes.

None of them thought that anyone would be so bold to run to a professor's door and make such a big noise at this time, when it was clearly curfew.

But Snape immediately guessed the identity of the person outside the door, but considering Tahlia's current situation, he really didn't know how to deal with the child outside the door.

"...Who's coming at this time?" Tahlia looked suspicious. "Even if you want to ask a question, it's too serious, isn't it?"

Snape turned his head away. "I think I know who..."

"Who?"

Snape turned back, staring directly at Tahlia.

"...Did I say something wrong?" Tahlia swallowed nervously.

"No, I think it's my fault…" Snape said.He cursed secretly in his heart. "Maybe I've been too gentle recently, so that those creatures who can't hold anything in their minds have begun to act unscrupulously. After the curfew, they are so rude to disturb a professor's rest..." He paused . "I think I can solve this trouble for you, and it's really time for you to rest, isn't it?"

Tahlia froze for a few seconds, then nodded with a startled expression.

"You should go back to your room, and I..." Snape motioned slightly to Tahlia before continuing. "It's time to remind the person outside the door──no matter who it is, what is the standpoint and significance of the so-called curfew──"

"I know you're inside! Open the door!"

Before Snape could finish speaking, there was another hasty knock on the door, and this time, it was accompanied by the roar of the young Mr. Snape.

Snape wanted to just open the door and pour out any potion that could cause a stun.

"...Severus──" Tahlia was about to go back to the room, but because of the sudden roar, she stopped in her tracks and turned around. "I think he seems to have something urgent..."

Snape lowered his face, and once again said that Tahlia, who obviously wanted to say something, went back to the room first, and after confirming that she had really entered the room and closed the door, he quickly walked to the office door and opened the door.

The people standing outside the door were just as he thought.

As soon as the visitor saw the door opened, he squeezed into the room politely, without even saying hello, and asked right away. "Where's Tahlia?"

"Sleeping." Snape said flatly.

Young Mr. Snape let out a breath through his nose and snorted. "You're lying to me, I just saw her walk in..." As he spoke, he lit up a thick piece of parchment in his hand, ignored the elder, and went straight to the further room.

Snape cursed all four people who drew that map in his heart again, hurriedly followed Nigel's footsteps, grabbed him, and spoke in a low voice. "What are you doing?"

"What am I going to do?" Nigel turned around, throwing Snape away. "What do you say?"

Snape took a deep breath and held back his temper. "I told you she was asleep."

"I don't believe it." Nigel glared at Snape. "I heard about the accident in Potions class today, if you hurt her—"

"If you ask more people about that, you'll find out that the person who was splashed by the potion was me, Mr. Snape."

Nigel froze for a few seconds, then immediately shook his head, puffed out his chest in an attempt to look imposing, continued to stare at Snape, and said. "But she didn't come to dinner."

"Not showing up in the Great Hall doesn't mean you didn't eat dinner, Nigel," Snape said flatly.Even though he knew in his heart that Tahlia hadn't eaten dinner.

In fact, he had no idea how long the two of them had stood on the astronomy tower.All he knew was that after they got back here and he made the potion, it was now, considering it took about two and a half hours to make that potion...

No, it depends on how long he was lying in the hospital wing in the first place-

Then he immediately stopped thinking because of the movement in front of him.

"I'm going to find her," Nigel said, while Snape was still wondering why he'd actually started to struggle with their perception of time, and actually kept moving toward the inner room as he spoke.

"Wait—" Snape started, but he couldn't stop the door from being pushed open, not by the kid, but from the inside.

It's Tahlia.

Her complexion was very bad. When she opened the door, her eyes first fell on Nigel, who was closest to him, but she didn't stay for long before looking further away, until she met Snape who was standing there stunned. relatively.

Before Nigel could speak first, she spoke. "I feel very wrong."

Snape didn't speak, and he understood what she meant when he heard Tahlia's question.According to the memory she was in now, the so-called her office should be the one dedicated to the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher on the third floor of the castle, not the current location.

"Tahlia..." It was Nigel who moved first. He walked forward quickly, and the worry in his tone was very obvious. "Are you alright?"

Tahlia blinked, then returned her eyes to the kid, staring straight at him.

At that moment, the change in her expression seemed to be slowed down countless times in Snape's eyes. He watched her look at Nigel after a few blinks, the eyes became confused, then shocked, and then his eyes widened quickly, The mouth opened and closed, but nothing came out.

"Tahlia—"

"You—uh..." Tahlia just said a word, and suddenly pressed her head, her eyes were tightly closed, and her body seemed to be bent forward in pain.

Snape seemed to have anticipated this situation, quickly stepped forward, stabilized her body, and said to Nigel who was stunned. "Bring some water."

"...Tahlia." After Nigel left in a hurry, Snape lowered his head and gently patted Tahlia's cheek, whose eyes were still tightly closed.

"Nigel..." Tahlia said from her lips with her eyes closed. "I know the child's name..." She frowned, and unconsciously pressed her head harder. "But I can't remember—I can't remember where I saw him..."

Kuang Dang!

The sound of glass shattering came from the side, Snape turned his head and found the boy not far away looking at them with a look of horror on his face. The floor in front of him was scattered with broken glass and a large pool of water. Where did that sound come from.

"What... is she talking about?" Nigel was shaking.The voice was thin, but it felt like it took all of its strength to make it, which was what Snape was trying to avoid...

What a blow this would be to the child...

Thinking, Snape spoke before Tahlia could respond. "Nigel, go back to your dorm—"

"What did you do to him!" Nigel didn't do what he wanted at all, but instead turned his attention to himself and let out a roar.

The sudden sound seemed to make Tahlia tremble in Snape's arms, and she let out a low moan unconsciously.

"Listen to me, Nigel." Snape cursed inwardly, holding Tahlia tightly, and spoke again as calmly as possible. "Go back to your bedroom..."

"I'm not going anywhere until you explain it!"

"Quiet!" Snape groaned uncontrollably for a moment, then he closed his mouth, took a deep breath, glanced at Tahlia to make sure she was fine for a while, then backed away slightly, turned towards Nigel and walked away In the past, he took his arm again and said in a low voice. "Go outside and I'll explain to you."

Nigel was stunned for a while, as if he didn't expect Snape to be so talkative, he actually agreed to himself, nodded his head hastily, and he glanced at Tahlia again, then turned around and walked out the door slowly.

After Nigel left, Snape walked back to Tahlia, led the woman who was still holding her head in pain, and sat down in front of the sofa. He brought a glass of water and handed it to her, and whispered that she should rest here for a while. , stood up again, quickly walked towards the door, and opened the door.

As expected, the child was waiting outside with an anxious expression on his face.

Snape took one last look inside before closing the door, took a moment to sort out his words, and then opened his mouth slowly. "I don't think she doesn't remember you."