[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Tahlia was sitting on the armchair, holding a book in her hand, watching with her eyes, but her mind kept drifting towards the entrance, and she didn't read a single word in the book.

A figure stood beside her, blocking the light, and she looked up.

"Are you sure?" came the voice.

She nodded, closed the book, stood up, and walked straight to the man—although it was only up to his waist height.

"Okay," Lucius shrugged, and took out a piece of parchment full of cheat sheets. He was really not sure about acting, although Tahlia said he just followed the words on the paper and used his usual speech. Just recite the tone slowly. "When does it begin?"

"Wait for the spell I set to be activated..." Tahlia said, walking to a corner of the living room, where there are just a few bookshelves blocking it, which happens to be a small semi-secret space, and it is convenient for people to hide on the bookshelves After eavesdropping, Lucius also walked there, and the two waited quietly...

1 minute...2 minutes...5 minutes...10 minutes...

The wand in her bosom trembled, Tahlia looked up, looked into Lucius' eyes, saw him nodded knowingly, and began to speak the first sentence on the parchment slowly in a moderate volume... …

There is no going back.

As soon as Snape stepped into the living room, he found that Black walking in front had long since disappeared. He shrugged his shoulders and didn't take it seriously. Anyway, that Black's whereabouts had nothing to do with him. He glanced around boredly, but suddenly caught a glimpse of the The black head that has been dangling in front of him.

He narrowed his eyes, what was that Black doing sneakily behind that bookshelf?Are you eavesdropping on someone?The corner of his mouth was slightly raised, no matter who he was listening to, he would never go into that muddy water, he had already had the experience of eavesdropping today, and he didn't want to do it again...

Slowly pacing back to the room, when he passed the row of bookshelves, he suddenly pulled him over with both hands.

"What to do—"

"Shh!"

Sirius made a silent gesture, tiptoely pulled Snape forward, and stopped after reaching the last row of bookshelves.

He spoke with a mosquito-like voice. "Snape, what do you think Tahlia is doing hiding here with Malfoy?"

Snape peeked slightly through the gap between the books, and found that it was indeed Mr. Tahlia and Malfoy, speaking in a very soft, very soft voice. "Do you think I'll know..."

"Go, what's the use of pulling you here like this... forget it," Sirius waved his hand. "It's up to you."

Snape was pissed, what was this Black who pulled him in and waved him away like this?Potion ingredients that are used and thrown away?With a dark face, he turned around, raised his foot and was about to leave, but suddenly heard a sentence that made him freeze in place.

"You said you didn't care about Black, and you thought you couldn't possibly believe me—" It was Mr. Malfoy's voice, easily recognizable in its drawn-out tone.

Snape turned his head and saw Black's stunned and bewildered expression.

"──Since you walk together almost every day..."

"It's fine if you don't believe it." Tahlia's voice also came. "You know I'm a Muggle-born, how can I be friends with a kid from a family who hates people like us..."

"Oh?"

"...I have long wanted to find a chance to get rid of him."

Snape watched Black's face turn pale, and wanted to pull him out of here kindly, but he only stretched his hand forward a little, and then dropped it again...

How could he obediently let himself be pulled away.

But did Tahlia take the wrong medicine?How could he say such words... He frowned, forgetting that he was about to leave just now, unconsciously approached the bookshelf, and continued to listen to the conversation between the two.

"Lucius, you said you would do me this favor, and I promise you one request, you help me get rid of Si─that... Black."

"I did." There was a pause. "But you think it's an easy job?"

"Then please hurry up." Tahlia's voice was pleading. "I can't stay by his side for a moment..."

After a moment of silence, Lucius spoke again. "...I see, I will ask Narcissa again..."

These words seemed to drop a shock bomb on Sirius. It turned out that Tahlia wanted to get rid of him long ago, and even asked Lucius for help. Obviously, Narcissa came to find her not long ago because Lucius entrusted her with the purpose of getting him to stay away from her voluntarily.

He was played... stupidly played...

His face felt wet, but he didn't bother to dry it off. He glanced at the shocked Snape in front of him, and didn't want to say anything. He walked past him silently, but was grabbed by the arm.

"Let go." There was a sound from his mouth, and the grasping hand was released immediately.

He didn't stay any longer, he rushed back to the room, locked the door, grabbed something and threw it on the ground.

Accompanied by the sound of things shattering, there was a loud roar.

"Damn Black!"

Snape still stood there in a daze, what happened so suddenly, completely unexpected, he thought that Tahlia and that Black would be friends for life, did she already want to do this?Wait, so her reaction when she heard Black and Narcissa's conversation earlier was fake?Could there be such a sincere fake...

Falling into confusion, he felt that Tahlia was not such a person, no matter what, she would never say such a thing, but she did say it just now... What is it──

sobbing.

Snape quickly confirmed that he was still hidden, and looked at the two people in the gap again.

Tahlia squatted on the ground, and Mr. Malfoy in front of him was also squatting, hesitant, but he reached out and patted Tahlia's trembling back.

It's her who weeps...

There is indeed a problem.

"You're not here to cry..." Lucius said helplessly.Just now when they read the conversation according to the dialogue, he felt that she was about to cry, but he still held back and finished speaking. "It will be seen by others."

Tahlia stood up slowly, but still gasping for breath.

"Thank you," she said, with a strong nasal voice.

Lucius shook his head. "It's just a quid pro quo," he said. "Remember you owe me one more..." After saying that, he strode out of the corner, turned his head and was surprised to see Snape looking at him helplessly.

"You..." Lucius' eyes flickered. He didn't expect that there was another person besides Black, but it seemed that this person stayed a little longer, so it meant that he also saw what happened afterwards. He was about to fail, and just about to say something, Tahlia also wiped away her tears and came over.

"What's wrong..." She froze when she saw Snape. "Severus?"

Tahlia avoided Snape's gaze, why was he here?Did you come here with Sirius?She knew that Sirius left in a hurry after hearing their conversation just now, thinking that there was no one else there, but Severus stayed there and did not leave.

"I think I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first..." Lucius said directly, and left in a hurry.He didn't want to be here playing talking arts with two little kids.

There were two people left, staring at each other.

After an unknown amount of time, Tahlia plucked up the courage to look up and speak. "You... why are you here?"

"I think it's time for me to ask you that."

Tahlia fell silent again, biting her lip and looking at Snape.

He stood with his arms folded and didn't say anything, just stared at her...

"Did you hear it all?"

He nodded, opened his mouth to speak but stopped, and finally did not speak.

"Then—"

"Why do you say that?"

He asked without warning, which stunned Tahlia who was about to say something.

"what?"

"Why did you say that on purpose?" Snape asked slowly, emphasizing the word 'intentionally'.

Tahlia opened her mouth in surprise. "How do you..."

"How do I know you did it on purpose?" Snape interrupted her. "I thought we at least spent a lot of time together before coming here, and those don't sound like words you would say."

"Oh……"

"so?"

"Ok?"

Seeing that Tahlia still didn't intend to speak out, Snape said directly angrily. "Is it because Black is about to be expelled?"

Tahlia lowered her head and was silent for a long time before finally nodding slowly.

really.

Snape said flatly. "You should know this method is stupid..."

"Otherwise what else could I do..." Tahlia muttered. "Sirius must never be removed, so this is the only way..."

"There's always another way."

"No!" Tahlia looked up, looking straight at Snape, which made him look away a little uncomfortable. "Even if there are other ways, it's too late now."

With a bitter smile, she took a few steps forward and stopped right in front of Snape.

Snape swallowed, feeling a little nervous, after all, Tahlia was too close to him now, and he was a little dazed for a while.

"Severus," she called.

"do what?"

"Promise me, never tell anyone..."

Snape nodded blankly, opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, and at this pause, Tahlia turned and left, leaving him standing there alone.

That expression...

Snape thought he'd never forget Tahlia's expression for the rest of his life.

That expression is a collection of bitterness, sadness, firmness, regret, hurt... and other emotions, and some emotions are even contradictory... He doesn't know how to describe it, how can one person mix so many kinds of emotions at the same time Feelings without confusion?

Still standing there, when he came back to his senses, he found that he had been alone here for almost half an hour, and hurriedly left and went back to his room.

"Hamish, are you there?"

Back in the room, Tahlia remembered the double-sided mirror that Tony and Hamish had given her at Christmas. She didn’t take it out right away. Even through the mirror, her brothers would definitely notice that her eyes were red and swollen, so She went to the bathroom first, took a good shower, looked at herself in the makeup mirror, and after making sure her eyes had returned to normal, she put on her pajamas, sat on the bed with the double-sided mirror, and yelled softly.

It didn't take long for Hamish's face to appear in the mirror.

"My God, Tahlia, we all thought you forgot the mirror..." he said. "It's so late and you haven't slept yet?"

"Yeah." Tahlia nodded, trying to force a smile, but the emotion that she had worked so hard to calm just now burst out instantly after seeing her brother's face, her eyes filled with tears immediately, she blinked, A few big teardrops just fell on the mirror.

Hamish panicked suddenly, and he shouted a few words backwards, there was a commotion at the other end of the mirror, and the faces of four men crowded together appeared in the mirror.

When Tahlia saw it, she accidentally chuckled, but this laughter didn't reassure the brothers much, their expressions were full of worried emotions...

"Why are you crying?" Josh asked.

"Who made our family Tahlia cry? Tell me, and I'll—"

Seeing Billy's ferocious expression, Tahlia's eyes widened, and she smiled again. "It's not you..."

The four men were all stunned.

"What's wrong with us?" Tony asked blankly.Could it be that they really made their little sister cry?

Tahlia took a handkerchief and wiped away the tears from her face with a smile. "It's all your fault!" She sniffed. "How did you know that when I saw Hamish, I cried..." she said, looking at Hamish accusingly.

Several people also looked at him accusingly.

Hamish wants to cry but has no tears, this mirror is here for him, is it necessary for him to find someone else to show his face in the future, lest Tahlia cry when he sees them?