[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Soon the two were ready to go back to school, and it was probably the most peaceful Christmas Snape had ever had, no moaning from his father, no sobbing from his mother, and even a delicious Christmas dinner, It seems like too much indulgence, but it doesn't feel bad at all.

This time her brother didn't take Tahlia and the others to the station, and Josh studied all the inspectors so that he couldn't leave, so she and Snape took the bus to London by themselves.

Only then did they feel the inconvenience of not having Josh's comfortable caravan. After all, the suitcases of the two of them were not small, and it would be very difficult to carry them onto the bus, not to mention the impatient expressions of the passengers.

Tahlia apologized repeatedly in embarrassment, and she didn't expect Snape, who was looking upset, to apologize to these strangers in a good way.

After finally arriving at the train station, I was finally able to put the suitcase on the cart. I felt much more relaxed. I quickly passed through the crowd and passed the wall pillars leading to the platform. It was still early, and there were only two or three students on the platform. They looked at each other. With a glance, he decided to go directly to the train and find a box to sit down, so as to save time and squeeze with other students.

Once they entered the platform, it meant that they could use magic, so the two didn't hesitate at all, and directly took out their wands to direct the luggage onto the train. They were really tired of carrying the luggage compartment in the Muggle way.

I thought it would be a long wait, but I didn't expect the two of them to sit down for a while, when they met Sirius and James who were looking for them from car to car.

The two of them frowned when they saw Snape, but they didn't say anything, they also put the luggage on the rack and sat down.

"Have you had a good winter break?" Sirius asked, wondering what Christmas with Snape would be like.

"Great." Tahlia smiled. "I've done a lot with Severus."

"Really..." Sirius said, his tone sounded a little envious. "I will definitely go to your house to play some other day."

"It turns out that the Black family's education is like this - they even ask others to invite them." Snape said sarcastically.

Sirius went out of his way, ignoring Snape's sarcasm, and continued talking on his own. "Tahlia, let me tell you, James and I came up with a good idea!"

"What?" Tahlia asked, not noticing Snape's instantly darkened face.

"You know—" Sirius smirked deliberately at Snape. "That little secret..."

"Oh!" Tahlia immediately knew what Sirius was referring to, but—looking at Snape aside, he found that his face had already darkened.

Sirius mentioned it here on purpose!

Immediately felt a headache.

How could she tell Snape about Remus, but wouldn't Snape know that he had a secret with Sirius and others and not tell him?

"Severus──" said awkwardly.

"Forget it, I don't want to know." Snape interrupted her, but his face was still ugly. "You and Black go get excited." After finishing speaking, he immediately turned his face to look out the window, no matter how much Tahlia talked to him, he would not respond.

He glared at Sirius angrily.

Sirius didn't look sorry at all, and looked at himself with a smile, making her lose her temper at all, sighed, and finally she could only say something to him in a low voice. "Tell me when you get to school—"

"Okay." Nodding proudly.

Sirius was very satisfied. With his attitude towards Tahlia like this, one day Tahlia would find that he was not a friend worthy of deep friendship. Look at him, he lost his temper after provoking so little, so what about the future?Doesn't that mean that Snape doesn't trust Tahlia at all!I have to find a way to make Tahlia realize this fact earlier!

Regulus reminded him well that he shouldn't always have conflicts with Snape, just like just now, when Snape fell for it so easily, at this moment he was triumphant and deeply admired his wit.

Not long after, Remus also appeared in the carriage, greeted everyone happily, and wanted to greet Snape as well, but he still stared out of the window silently and ignored no one, and in embarrassment, Remus could only Putting down his greeting hand, he sat down beside James.

"Regulus won't be here in a while," Sirius said.

Regulus still obeyed Walburgar's orders and sat in the carriage of Black's house, but he made an agreement with Sirius that he would come to find him in a while.

And Snape was really sulking all the way, not even getting Regulus to talk when he came.It made Tahlia very depressed too, but it was going to school, and although she didn't want to think that way, maybe he would feel better after seeing Lily.

Why is it always Lily...

He will always care more about what Lily thinks, he will never be able to sulk at Lily like this or even ignore her, and he will never be angry at her because of Lily's jokes.

Obviously I have known him since I was a child...

Thinking about it, the depressed mood became even worse.

Only then did Sirius realize the seriousness of the matter, and Tahlia was in a bad mood again. Even though he spent his entire life trying to make fun of her, he still didn't get any response. Could it be that he couldn't even secretly make that guy angry with Snape?Why is Tahlia's mood always affected by that nasty guy!

damn it!

Curse all Snapes.

"Tahlia, don't be angry, okay?" Sirius said kindly, facing Tahlia who was sitting in the armchair in front of him in a daze.

"I'm not angry..." Tahlia whispered, she just thought of a certain hurdle and couldn't get over it.

"No?" Then why did she look so gloomy, almost comparable to Snape.

Tahlia shook her head, suddenly thought of something, and looked up at Sirius seriously. "I ask you, why does Severus care so much about Lily?"

"What?" Sirius didn't expect to be asked such a question suddenly, he froze for a moment, and then scratched his head. "I don't think there should be any reason..."

"Without any reason?" Tahlia repeated, muttering.

"Well, do you need a reason to care about a person?" Sirius replied seriously after thinking for a while.

──So Snape cared about Lily, Tahlia bowed his head, but he didn't care about himself.

──So Tahlia cared about that guy Snape, Sirius realized.

It turned out that he had been wrong all along before, but now he was awakened by Tahlia's unintentional questioning. Before, he thought that it would be fine if he could let Tahlia see through Snape's true nature, but now it seems that he cares about Tahlia , Tahlia also cares about that guy──

Only then did he realize that the method he adopted from the beginning was impossible to make Tahlia not care about Snape. Instead of letting Tahlia give up, it is better to protect her well──He still thinks that Snape is weird, since he can't stop Tahlia from getting close to this person, It's better to keep a good eye on the other party, if Snape does something unfavorable to her, he will definitely stand up immediately.

"Tahlia," Sirius called.

"Ok?"

"Actually, I think Snape doesn't care about Lily..."

He didn't say this out of reassurance, Sirius really felt that Snape didn't care about Lily as much as he showed.

James was always able to detect something wrong with Lily at the first moment, whenever he sneezed, James could immediately sense it, and racked his brains to solve her troubles.

But Snape never did that for Lily, all he did was--to paraphrase James, he just walked by her side and stalked her.

"How is it possible?" Tahlia said in disbelief. "Severus was always with Lily, and she was the only one who could make him happy..."

Sirius shook his head. "I don't know how to explain it, but that's how I feel." As he spoke, he took out a piece of parchment from his backpack. "Okay, let's stop talking about it, remember what I told you on the train?" Tahlia nodded. "Here, that's the way."

Tahlia took the parchment and let out an exclamation when she saw it. "Animagus?"

"Shh!" Sirius hastily gestured for silence.

"Cough... sorry..." Tahlia coughed in embarrassment. "Are you serious?" Sirius nodded firmly. "But it's very, very difficult magic──and if it fails──" I'm afraid I won't be able to return to being a human again, or even die──

"It won't fail." Sirius said with determination. "That's why we're telling you, I think James and I are absolutely fine, but Peter definitely needs help—"

"I'm not going to learn Animagus." Tahlia shook her head.

"I didn't ask you to learn it." Sirius said anxiously. "Only academically, we need your help. You have to work hard on the theory before you can practice it, right?"

"This..." Tahlia hesitated, not because she didn't want to help them, but because this method was really too dangerous. "Are you sure this will help Remus?"

Sirius nodded excitedly. "It's always easier to get along with animals than between humans and animals. Since we can't accompany him as humans, it's obviously a good way." He said, but showed an embarrassed expression. "But we haven't told Remus—"

"Because you know he's going to object." Tahlia rolled her eyes. "Tell me, are you not afraid of my rejection?"

"You won't." Sirius swore. "Thinking about it, this is definitely the most perfect method we have found so far. Besides, although everyone says that the method of transforming animals is difficult, there are still many successful examples." He said. "I believe we will succeed!" After a pause, he added another sentence. "If you can help, the success rate will be higher."

"........."

Can she still refuse?

Knowing that Sirius and the others have already made up their minds, even if she refuses to help them, Tahlia thinks that they will still do it on their own secretly.

"Okay," she said. "But let's say it first, you have to discuss with me before taking any steps... If I don't think it's okay to do it, you can't do it yourself, agree?"

Sirius nodded repeatedly.

As long as Tahlia is willing to help, of course they will agree to anything except for them to abandon this plan.

So they started the Animagus research—without telling Remus, of course.

Remus has been really puzzled recently. His good friends around him are always missing. At first, it’s okay to think about it, because sometimes when they are doing some pranks, they will automatically skip him because they think they are not very interested, but now even Tahlia, who is very honest with herself, is mysterious, which cannot be justified.

It wasn't just Remus who felt that way, Snape's face was also getting darker every day.

When he was on the train, he had a vague feeling that Tahlia had something to hide from him, and it was a secret with Potter and Black, what kind of thing would he not let himself know?

And now Tahlia disappears with Black all the time, obviously because of that incident, thinking so, when I saw that idiot Black and Tahlia saying something that I didn't want to hear, I was about to say it. Tahlia's words were instantly swallowed back into her stomach.

So since returning to school, the two of them haven't spoken a word.

Snape is because of such a reason, and Tahlia is really busy planning research for Sirius and others on the one hand, and on the other hand is full of guilt towards Snape, she absolutely does not want to hide anything from him, besides, she is always calm when she sees Snape Even if she wanted to say something, Snape probably wouldn't listen to her.