[HP] Can you be gentle with me

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"Nigel!" After breakfast the next day, Nigel had just walked out of the hall when he was hit by a force from behind and almost fell forward.

Nigel managed to stabilize his body, and when he turned around, his friends stared at him. "What are you doing?"

"Nothing, just..." Draco gave a guilty smile. "We all noticed that Professor Snape looked like he'd swallowed a whole bucket of slugs this morning—"

"And you take it for granted that I pissed him off?" Nigel said amusedly, with one eyebrow raised unconsciously, and that look was exactly like the person Draco was talking about just now.

"Isn't it?" It's not that Harry didn't notice Nigel's expression just now, but he ordered himself to ignore the momentary chill. "Everyone knows you've been running to Professor Snape every night lately..."

"Oh, come on!" Nigel laughed happily and gave Harry a slight push. "I just wanted to learn potions from him, not to mention..." The corners of his eyes were crooked with a smile. "It's really not me this time, it's Tahlia—"

"what?!"

Several people couldn't hide their shock and were stunned for a while.

After a while, he came back to his senses and hurriedly caught up with Nigel who had already walked a short distance.

"You mean, Tahlia and Professor Snape had...argued again?" Draco asked cautiously.

Nigel shook his head, but still smiled broadly. "Of course not." After a pause, he lowered his voice and said. "As far as I know, he proposed to Tahlia."

A moment of silence.

Nigel didn't seem to realize how amazing the effect of his words was, he just hummed happily and continued walking.By the time he realized it, the crowd had already lagged far behind him because of this even more astonishing sentence, so that he walked back two full corners before he found his friends standing frozen in place.

Nigel was speechless, stepped forward and waved his hands in front of his companions. "I said... you don't have to be so surprised, right?" He continued after receiving the eyes of several people who seemed to have finally regained focus. "He proposed to Tahlia and Tahlia said no, it's no big deal."

Harry gave Nigel an annoyed look. "If it's not a big deal about Professor Snape proposing to Tahlia, what is? Is Voldemort resurrected?"

"First of all, as far as I know that Voldemort guy is dead and can't be resurrected. Second, you all know that Snape has always wanted to get close to Tahlia, so what's the fuss about him proposing to her?" Nigel said flatly. "If you want me to say, you guys overreacted..."

Several people exchanged a few glances back and forth, and finally, chose to remain silent, not to continue this topic... Whoever asked them to argue with Nigel about Snape or Tahlia has never won—in fact, Nigel knows Tahlia's Far beyond them, as far as the recent situation is concerned, with Snape more than any of them, well... it's normal to argue.

At least they knew why Professor Snape looked so ugly this morning.

On the contrary, they also knew that Nigel's good mood would last for a while.

But what they don't know is that there seems to be something happening right now that is enough to make Nigel jump up...

In another corner of the castle at this moment, Tahlia is sitting in his office. There are two cups of tea on the low table in front of her. One cup is her own, and the other cup belongs to the handsome black-haired man sitting opposite her. Tahlia can't see it. , but at this moment the man looks a lot more haggard than not long ago, and his gestures are exhausted.

"So, you still plan to let your brother manage your family's business alone?"

"…You're talking like I never helped him—" Sirius Black laughed dryly. "It's just that I've been too busy lately──"

"Listen, Sirius." Tahlia straightened up slightly, staring straight at the direction of the man opposite, and suddenly said in an unusually serious tone. "Stop doing this anymore, I don't want you to spend all your future time on this." She paused for a while before lowering her volume. "You don't owe me anything."

A moment of silence.

After a while, Sirius took a deep breath, drank all the tea at once, and then opened his mouth slowly. "So you already know..."

"You thought Remus wouldn't tell me anything?" Tahlia smiled. "What's more, this matter has something to do with me... Really, Sirius, don't do this again, you've already done a lot for me──"

"But not enough." Sirius said bluntly. "Compared to what you have done for us, I have not done enough..."

"Nobody wants you to compare me to me!" Tahlia said seriously. "Besides, these are two completely different things... You shouldn't be running around just to find a solution that might not exist at all. I'm afraid even Voldemort himself doesn't know it. I really don't deserve your future—"

"You are worth it." Sirius only replied a short sentence.

Tahlia didn't reply, just stared ahead quietly.After a long time, he opened his mouth slowly. "It's ironic, now our two positions seem to be reversed. In the past, you always told me not to take risks, but now I hope you don't—"

"It's true that our positions were exchanged, but in essence, I didn't take any risks, Tahlia, just treat it as if I traveled all over the world. This is a life I never thought about before." Sirius Story Tsukuru said lightly. "Look, didn't I just bring back some souvenirs this time? Do you know how many things we don't have here in France—"

"You're changing the subject, Sirius," Tahlia said softly. "Don't do this." She paused. "You are willing to do this for me, I am very grateful... I really appreciate it, but you can't just plunge into it..."

"Who said I fell headfirst?" Sirius chuckled. "Take it as a new interest I have developed recently, don't stop me, Tahlia, all of this is voluntary, and don't feel guilty about me." Filled another cup of tea for myself, and drank a little One bite, he continued. "Back then I didn't stop you from doing what you thought you should do, now please support me... Or are you really planning to deprive me of this little... fun?"

For a moment, Tahlia sighed softly. "I can't say enough about you...it seems like I'm forcing you—"

"Oh, come on, Tahlia." Sirius couldn't help laughing. "When did you force me? Ah, except you forced me to finish my homework before going out to play."

As soon as these words came out, Tahlia couldn't help laughing. "You know, a student's job is to finish homework on time and study hard, so I'm not really forcing you—"

The serious and embarrassing atmosphere unknowingly became lighter, and the two of them didn't return to the topic just now. Most of the conversations were about some interesting stories in childhood or recent news about old friends.

"Speaking of which, you haven't told me why you came to school?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Sirius snorted in surprise, only to realize that he really didn't tell Tahlia why he came to Hogwarts this time. "Remus wanted to teach the students some basic knowledge of dueling in his class. I just came back and just happened to talk about it. He asked me if I would like to come over and be his model opponent. I didn't have any reason to refuse. We I applied to the principal." He paused for a moment. "Huh? Didn't Remus tell you?"

"…Maybe he forgot." Tahlia was speechless.Silently thinking about these few days, Remus always asked himself suggestively from time to time if he felt that he hadn't seen some old friends for a long time...

"Anyway, I'll only stay for a week at most, and I'll leave after the demonstrations in Defense Against the Dark Arts classes of all grades this week." Sirius laughed. "How is it? Would you like to show me around the campus?"

Tahlia gave Sirius a white look. "Come on, Mr. Black, does a man who once mapped the entire castle need help visiting the campus? Even if I'm not blind, I wouldn't dare to show off in front of you." She stood up, waved her wand casually, and placed the table The teacups on the table disappear. "You'd better go shopping by yourself and see Nigel and the others by the way. I think Harry must miss you very much. Do you still remember that you are his godfather?"

"Of course I do." Sirius laughed. "I'm still in correspondence with Harry." After speaking, he also stood up. "Then you are busy... I'll go hang out by myself, see you later."

Tahlia responded, and walked to her desk and sat down after Sirius left and closed the office door.

Thoughts can not help but drift back to last night.

Snape's move caught people off guard, and his own refusal was decisive.

Even if she couldn't see it, Tahlia could easily imagine Snape's astonished face at the time, and he must be very distressed now...but she couldn't agree.

Anyway, for now at least, Derek just left and she has no plans to marry anyone just yet, let alone…

Tahlia couldn't help smiling.

Let Severus figure it out for himself.

Tahlia was right, Snape was really distressed right now.

It even made him leave the office uncharacteristically and wander outside, just to let the wind outside clear his head a little bit, or at least let him know why Tahlia rejected him.

...Damn it.

Maybe he shouldn't have asked that question at all, no, he definitely should have asked, his future was definitely with Tahlia, but Tahlia refused—

Why the hell did she refuse to...

"Yo! Look who this is?"

Snape's footsteps paused, but after he remembered who the annoying voice belonged to, he cursed without any concealment, and then immediately started walking again, intending to speed up and leave.

"Hey, wait! Sniv...I mean, Snape!"

The man behind, no, it should be said that Sirius Black's voice was obviously getting closer and closer to him, Snape snorted coldly, and took a step further.

However, it was obviously impossible for Snape to run in the corridor. He was quickly overtaken by the panting Mr. Black, and he had to stop and looked at the man with disgust.

"Perhaps I'll be lucky enough to know why Mr. Black went to such lengths to interrupt my morning walk," he said slowly.

Sirius gave Snape a blank look. "I heard that you made up with Tahlia?"

Snape paused for a few seconds before speaking dryly. "I guess it's none of your business..."

"Hey, I don't want you to stay away from her this time..." Sirius spread his hands. "Although I was hoping you would stay away from her—wait, that's not the point, I mean, I heard Harry say that Tahlia looks a lot happier now, you know, since the Hilton thing..." He paused Next, staring at Snape's incomparably affectionate face for a while, he took a deep breath and said. "Thank you."

"what?"

Snape was a little taken aback by this statement, and couldn't help but froze for a while.

"I said, thank you for letting her come out." Sirius smiled brightly. "You and I both know how much Hilton's incident was a blow to her, especially when I also found that she was blind at the same time. Originally, I thought, instead of having no clue here, I should go out to find out if there is a cure for this. The curse method, at least... at least it can do something for her."

"...You're welcome." Snape seemed confused by Sirius' words, and after a while, he opened his mouth slowly. "Thank you too, for her—" He closed his mouth suddenly, blinking his eyes a few times, as if he finally understood what Sirius had just said. "You said, you went to find a way to cure her curse?" After seeing Sirius nod seriously, he asked again. "Is there any result?"

Sirius shook his head helplessly. "If I found it, Tahlia, who has regained her eyesight, should have come out to enjoy the long-lost sunlight. I didn't expect to find it just by looking for it—"

"I think we can talk."

"──It was Voldemort's curse after all, wait, what?" Sirius took a moment to realize what Snape had just said. "Merlin, did I hear you right, Severus Snape offered to talk to me?"

"Tahlia regained her eyesight briefly a few days ago," Snape said, giving Sirius a blank look. "That leads me to a theory... How about it? Interested?"