[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Soon, with the good guide Lily, the group quickly arrived at the place where they wanted to stay for one night.

"It's newly opened here," Lily explained. "Because there have been more tourists here recently, the number of hotels has also started to increase." She pointed to a building at the rear that was at least ten stories tall. "Look, that's the newly opened department store I mentioned to you."

"It's getting lively here," Hamish said heartily. "I still remember that three years ago, there was a small pond here... how can I still see traces of the pond..." he said with nostalgia. "We used to come here to catch tadpoles when we were kids..."

"Yeah." Tony chuckled. "Back then you were only a little bit bigger..." He compared the position of his waist. "It's so cute." He reached out and patted Hamish on the shoulder.

"Don't be disgusting." Hamish turned slightly, and Tony's hand fell away.

Josh went to check in first, and a group of people followed him to their rooms. Tahlia lived in a single room by herself, and the four brothers shared two double rooms, probably because it was a holiday and the number of vacant rooms was much less. Originally, Josh wanted everyone to live in one room, but there are only a small number of these types of rooms, and they just called to book a room a few days ago, so naturally they can only live separately, anyway, they only sleep for one night , what can be the problem...

After putting away the luggage, Lily led everyone into the new department store opposite, and ran around excitedly, introducing to everyone which clothes were cheap and which restaurant had good food, while Snape just walked silently aside. He really doesn't know what he's doing here today. He's not Lily. It's his first time entering this department store. Although he also lives here, the living environment in the area where he lives is completely different from here. , and his father obviously wouldn't bring him here at all, just his old clothes...it doesn't fit in this modern department store.

In fact, Tahlia really hopes to end these trips as soon as possible. She wants to go back to their old house, and also wants to go to Snape's house in Spider's End to see what it has become. This department store is not the Kirkworth he remembered. , at best it is just a foreign building, but seeing Lily introducing it so seriously in front, I am too embarrassed to interrupt her.

Snape stepped forward and whispered to Lily. "Lily, I want to leave."

Lily froze for a moment. "Why?" she asked. "You haven't been here either?"

"This is not a place for me to come..." Snape said softly.

Very good, very good, Josh squinted his eyes, looking at the boys and girls who were interacting quietly in front of him, just get closer and keep that annoying dark boy away from Tahlia, huh?

He caught a glimpse of Tahlia, but saw that her eyes were full of jealousy, and her expression became gloomy. The usual Tahlia was a completely different person. Just as he was about to say something, Tony called Tahlia just now. It was fleeting, and after a while, the two interacted naturally.

At this moment, Josh understood.

Tahlia, what about that Snape...

But why Snape?

Josh thought with a headache, Sirius and any of the three children are better than him!Why is her vision so strange, but she just fell in love with it... No, he clenched his fists tightly, Tahlia is still young, they are still young, and things like feelings are still at the stage of ignorance, which is absolutely out of the question Like, maybe when Tahlia is a little older, she will know that she shouldn't give up the whole forest behind for Snape's little tree!right!That's it!

Josh, who was struggling with Tahlia's relationship problems, naturally forgot the resentment that appeared on Tahlia's face just a few seconds ago.

Lily looked at Snape hesitantly, then at the few people beside him, thought for a while, and finally spoke. "Okay....Snape, wait!" Seeing that Snape was about to leave, she couldn't help but make another sound. She had always had the feeling that Tahlia was friends with her because of Snape, and that Snape was very nice to Tahlia. Important, she always knew this, she really hoped that the two of them could get along well, but for some unknown reason, the two of them would always pass each other and stagger again due to various force majeure factors.

Snape stopped in his tracks and turned his head, looking confused.

"Let's...let's go after riding the Ferris wheel." Lily said with a smile. "I've come here, it would be a pity if I didn't go to the top floor to take a look at that Ferris wheel..." Saying this, in case he refused to leave, he quickly stepped forward and pulled him back.

"Lily!" Snape shook off her hand, but immediately realized that such a reaction was a bit extreme.

Sure enough, Lily looked at him in a daze.

"I'm… sorry." Snape said with his head down.

"No, it's okay." Lily returned to her senses and smiled. "I'm just a little intimidated by you..."

Snape frowned, he knew that he would subconsciously reject other people's touch, but she always thought that Lily was different, he couldn't help but want to get close to her when he saw her for the first time, logically he shouldn't reject her approach, this Everything is out of order... very out of line...

"Snape, you just go with us."

He turned to see it was Tahlia, still frowning. "You all think I have nothing to do all day?" he said. "Instead of wasting time with that kind of thing, I might as well go back and read more books..."

"Sorry." Tahlia said coyly, pulling back the hand she had put on Snape's shoulder unconsciously just now. "...I just thought you might think..."

"That's just what you thought!" Snape said in a somewhat loud voice, to hide the astonishment in his heart at the moment.

Did she take back her hand just now?He was sure he read it right, so, doesn't that mean he let her touch him just now, wait... Snape suddenly remembered the night Tahlia revealed her identity to the people in the academy, he didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong , he even took the initiative to reach out and pull her up, so he didn't reject Tahlia's approach?He always thought it was Lily's...

When did it start?Although Tahlia would have that unfamiliar feeling when she was close to him, but since when did he stop hating it, was it when she raised her wand between himself and Froster that night, or heard Potter and the others say About when she revealed her Muggle origins for her own sake, or was it actually earlier...?

He knew that since that night Tahlia had been getting troubled constantly, and the bruises Lily found earlier were the best evidence. He had to admit that she actually did a lot for him behind the scenes, but he chose to ignore it in the past. , just wanted to stay away from her, even if he wanted to repair the relationship between the two of them before, he gave up easily because of her rejection at that time, but... he clenched his fist unconsciously, maybe this time he can do it again try...

"Sorry." Tahlia apologized again, then turned to look at Josh. "Josh, I think we'll just ride a Ferris wheel before we go... Then Snape, we'll just..."

"Severus."

"...Leave first...what?" Tahlia was stunned.

Snape hesitated, and cautiously held out his right hand, he had to… make sure again. "Severus, my name," he said. "Don't call me by my last name."

Seeing that Tahlia didn't respond, he was obviously embarrassed that he still held out his hand, but he didn't take it back, he really had to make sure. "I still think that since we're going to be classmates for seven years, we should at least call each other by first name, Tahlia?"

"Oh, oh...yes." Tahlia said casually, reaching out to hold Snape's hand, which was warm instead of cold like last time. "I think so..."

Without the expected reflexive withdrawal, Snape watched his and Tahlia's hands clasped together without any subconscious sense of repulsion. Her hands were small, and there were small scars on the back of them. He probably knew why. It should have been caused by accidental scratches when she was helping with some processing at home, but...

The heat from the palm of his hand was so warm that he was reluctant to let go.

"Snape?"

"Severus," Snape corrected. "It's always Snape, Snape... Are you reminding me of my father?" he said, wanting to smack his mouth hard, with a slight force in his hand, the words coming out of his mouth always echoed He was thinking differently—he was going to say that he wanted to improve their relationship, but never mind, at least that would be a valid reason.

"Se...Severus," Tahlia called hastily, and then added. "Sorry, that's not what I meant..."

Snape snorted softly. "I know you don't mean that."

"........."

Then what he just said was... just for fun?

"Severus…" Tahlia said cautiously.

"do what?"

"Uh...can you...let go of my hand first, you...you hold it a little tight..."

Snape let go immediately, and his hands dropped quickly, completely unrecognizable that he had made a handshake just now.

"Thank you," Tahlia said softly.

The atmosphere seemed to be in an embarrassing situation, and the men behind Tahlia didn't know how to react, why Snape, who had been sullen just now, changed his attitude 180 degrees, and even took the initiative to shake hands with Tahlia, and held on for so long !

Noticing the burning gazes of several men, Lily quickly diverted their attention. "Then... let's go to the Ferris wheel then?"

"Yes, the Ferris wheel!" Josh quickly echoed.

Although I don't know what Snape wanted to do with his sudden change of attitude, and he was still a little displeased with the way Snape and Tahlia spoke, but he was the only one who saw the way Tahlia looked at Snape just now, which should be considered a good thing for her. He would always be unhappy seeing Snape, and for the sake of the two of them already making peace, he could choose to ignore Snape's unpleasantness and just holding Tahlia's hand.

Several people urged the two, who were still a little unresponsive, to go to the Ferris wheel in the department store.

"Se...Seveus, are you feeling well today?" On the way to the Ferris wheel, Tahlia still asked cautiously.

Snape glanced at her. "Why do you ask that?" He just wanted to ask her why she was so crazy that she would ask such a stupid question.

"Uh…" Tahlia stammered. "Because you're a little...uh... weird today." Seeing that Snape raised an eyebrow, she explained hastily. "I thought we agreed to keep our distance...?"

"I'm not trying to distance myself from you," Snape said flatly.

"what?"

Snape rolled his eyes. "I don't remember ever saying that to you."

"But...but..." Tahlia was incoherent, but didn't his actions clearly dislike her?

"Anyway." Snape cleared his throat. "Let's forget about the past, we're getting to know each other again, agree?"

"never mind…?"

"Hmm," Snape said. "As if we met for the first time today..."

Tahlia actually didn't want to pretend that they met on the first day. After all, there were too many things that happened between them in the past. Even if it wasn't for a long time, it was still a very important memory for her, but... "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you , S... Severus."