[HP] Don't talk to me

"I like you, Tata..." the male voice whispered, with a blush on his cheeks, "I really like you, would you like to be my girlfriend?"

The soft and rapid sound of the piano echoed in the cafe. It was the ghost pianist hired by the boss to play the solo. It is said that he and Beethoven were born in the same age. Feel.

Ta Efa turned her head. She stared at the street corner outside the floor-to-ceiling windows for a long time, but she didn't hear what the man in front of her was saying.

"Tata?" Probably finally realized that his words were not heard by the other party, and the male voice who had been nervous all the time raised his tone a few degrees under the encouragement of instinct, "Are you listening to me?"

Ta Effa retracted his gaze with a sleepy face, and glanced at the man in front of him apologetically, with handsome and angular eyebrows, exquisite short hair combed back with pomade, and a neat and decent suit that showed his working environment.At Gringotts Bank, he was an executive.His family was prominent, having graduated from Ravenclaw years before her.He is young and promising, single and rich.

This is the friend Natasha introduced to her, maybe it's okay to say that this person begged Natasha to introduce him. "What does it matter if you meet? You are young, and you have waited for so many days. It is impossible for you to never fall in love again after hitting a wall with Professor Snape! Oh, Professor Snape, you You actually really like him, I really don’t know what you think, we were just guessing at the beginning, but we didn’t expect it to be true!”

Ta Effa just smiled at Natasha's sighs.However, Ta Efa listened to the advice of his good friend.She not only met this man, but also met him five or six times.

Every time it was a weekend, staying alone at Hogwarts always felt a bit lonely.Ta Efa understands very well—after all, he is no longer a student, and he has no friends at the same level to talk to and chat with, and there is no lively dormitory to live in.It's really not interesting to live in a separate residence for faculty and staff, and spend a day looking at the wall alone.

She wouldn't go to Snape, even if they ran into each other in a corner of the school many times on weekends, and he wanted to say something to her, she didn't respond.She was sad and more frightened.She didn't want to be his sister, so there was no need to absorb his so-called "concern", that would only make her more painful.

Ridiculous, she was coming back for him.

Maybe she should go, leave everything behind, erase all memories related to him, and live the life she wants alone.But she couldn't bear it, she couldn't bear it, she couldn't bear it...

Ta Efa calmly looked at the nervous person in front of him, nodded and shook his head again. "I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said clearly?" In fact, she heard it clearly, but her first instinct was to play dumb.

The man didn't give up, but became more determined. "I mean, I hope you can be my girlfriend, Tata, and I will treat you well."

Ta Effa was stunned.

"Albert..."

The sound of the piano surrounding the hall reached its peak and stopped suddenly.

Ta Effa focused his gaze on the sofa cover behind Albert Spencer, where there was a crack that had opened and looked out of place with everything around him.It's ugly and real, with a yellow dirt like coffee stains on the inside, and the polished red leather back seems to come from a completely different world.

Snape walked out of the potion shop at the corner of Diagon Alley with a brown paper bag in his arms. The weather was hot. The bag in his hand contained several potion ingredients that needed to be refrigerated for storage. There were bursts of chill.

He didn't have to be there directly, the shop owner has stated that it can be mailed to Hogwarts with low shipping cost.But he also wanted to take the opportunity to go out for a walk. After all, it was the weekend, and it was really depressing to stay in school all the time.

It's strange, he didn't feel this way when he was alone at school on weekends, but now every weekend, when he doesn't have to teach the students anymore, he also becomes irritable.The cellar was deserted, and when he was supporting the crucible to conduct experiments, he heard the crackling of the flames under the crucible, and a feeling of scratching his ears and cheeks for no reason grew in his heart.

He would run into Ta Effa sometimes, and they would run into each other a few times at school, outside of mealtimes.There are more times on weekends, she likes to take a walk, and he takes over the most building patrol tasks among the faculty and staff, and always passes by quietly when they meet at the corner.

She seemed to be still smoking, and sometimes he could smell the faint smell of smoke coming from her when he sniffed carefully.I don't know what the meaning of smoking is. She seems to be really infatuated with her. She is a bit rebellious at a young age. It's not like he has never seen such a person. He knows too much, but there is no good end.

Diagon Alley on Sunday was busier than usual.There are a wide variety of products in the shop windows, and some novel magic tools are operating by themselves, attracting the attention of passers-by with exaggerated movements.Snape pondered the route back, hesitating between going to the tavern to unwind with a drink or leaving.

At the corner, he turned around and glanced diagonally at the Lihen Bookstore, considering whether to go in and see if there were any new books on Defense Against the Dark Arts.

A man and a woman came from the side of Lihen Bookstore from a distance. Snape's eyes just swept across the window full of recommended new books in front of the bookstore, fell on the two of them, and immediately froze.

Ta Effa walked side by side with a tall young man who turned his head to look at her from time to time with a doting smile on his face.

The moment he met Snape's eyes, Tar Effa paused and took two steps back.

"What's the matter with you?" Albert asked cautiously the woman next to him who he was thinking about, it was ridiculous to say - he hadn't held her hand yet, and when facing her, he was always haunted by frustration , He felt that he couldn't figure out the woman in front of him.

She was beautiful. Ta Effa came to visit her friend for the first time when Natasha was working in Gringotts. He immediately took a fancy to her. She was wearing a slim robe and her long hair was hanging down, floating like a fairy.Although her face was already pretty enough, it was not as shocking as her temperament. She seemed to have an inexplicable charm, like a combination of maturity and immaturity, gentleness and rebellion.

It was no exaggeration for him to say it was love at first sight.In order to know her contact information, he thought of many ways, until she finally agreed to start contact with him, he was so excited that he didn't sleep all night.He has always been decisive and unambiguous in the workplace. Only when facing love, he laughed at himself that he might only have the behavior level of a first-year Hogwarts student.

I don't know which bakery has just baked bread on the street, and bursts of fresh and attractive aroma permeate the street.A wizard came up behind Snape and staggered into him. "Be careful, blind man!" The man stretched out his hand and pushed Snape cursingly, and walked forward with two steps forward and three steps back, smelling of alcohol.

Snape didn't even turn his head, he just stared blankly at the two people in front of him.

Ta Efa felt his heart trembling, feeling distressed for no reason—this distress was not for others, but for himself.In fact, she had long thought that one day she would face these things. Since she couldn't integrate into his life, she would have a new life of her own.It's just that it came too early, which caught her off guard.Now, she can't be free and easy, and she can't show him her new life with a mocking attitude.

She stretched out her hand, grabbed Albert's sleeve, turned her head and smiled reluctantly: "Meet a colleague. Albert, do you know Professor Snape?" She carried his name in her words, but looked away without looking Looking at him, he turned to Diagon Alley, the bluestone road that was trampled unevenly by waves of wizards coming and going.

Snape pursed his lips, clutching the bag tightly in his hand.

Albert had already reached out to him: "Albert Spencer, Manager of the Wizarding Loan Department at Gringotts Bank. Professor Snape, you taught me Potions for a year before graduation. Nice to see you again your turn."

Snape curled his mouth, stretched out his hand and said softly: "Hello, Mr. Spencer, I still remember you, the prefect of Ravenclaw's seventh year, who graduated with the only E in all your subjects in Potions, It's a pity."

The two shook hands awkwardly, and Albert looked sideways at Ta Effa. "Tata? How about we go to Wicker Lane later?" He had already planned to suggest that the two of them find another place to go for a walk. After all, it was rare to ask her out this time in a month, and he couldn't bear to let her go back like this. .It happened that his colleagues were present, so he also kept his selfishness.

She ignored his confession just now, almost as if she didn't hear it.He didn't dare to be in a hurry, but he was also eager to know how she would introduce herself in front of her colleagues.

Ta Effa raised his head slightly, and instead of looking at Albert, he glanced at Snape's face. His expression seemed very flat, without much emotional lingering.

She originally planned to speak, but she didn't think about what to say, she just wanted to say a few perfunctory words before running away.Unexpectedly, Snape's voice sounded from the opposite side, but it made her feel cold all over.

"Is it your boyfriend? Professor Efa, congratulations."

Albert was in a daze, and Ta Effa had moved the hand that was pinching the cuff of his shirt to his hand, and then quickly grabbed his palm.

"That's right, it's a boyfriend." Ta Effa's voice became high, and he spoke quickly. "Let's go, goodbye."

Snape went back to the cellar and moved his purchases on the desk.He was silent all the way, and it took almost less than 10 minutes to take the shortcut back to Hogwarts by Apparating.

Bezoars, slugs, peppermint...he counted them all, writing the list on the parchment scroll as usual.

When everything was on the table, he frowned and crumpled up the paper bag, throwing it into the trash can underneath.Probably because of a little more strength, the ball of paper was thrown into the bottom of the barrel with a bang.

"Damn it!" Snape growled lowly, a thawed slug began to struggle, twisted its body and squirmed on the table, he raised his wand, and instantly reduced the slug to ashes.

He has to sort, put several materials into different boxes and put them in the freezer in the storage room.After doing it for a while, he lost his mind and dropped the bezoar to the ground. A bezoar immediately broke in two.He paused, waved his hand simply to show his impatience, and swept the tabletop along the way, and when he realized it, he found that he had already swept the rest of the materials to the ground. "Boom! Boom!"

Snape stood where he was, staring blankly at the mess on the ground.In the past, he always said in an instant to clean up and tidy up everything.Being able to do housework in the room very quickly is an ability honed in his years of single life.But now, he has no energy to take care of these.

The fluttering sound outside the window interrupted the already chaotic train of thought in his head. He looked up and saw an owl standing outside the glass flapping its wings, with a list hanging on its body.

That is a school owl, which is generally used to arrange school affairs.

He waved his wand, and the window popped open, and the owl immediately jumped down, and landed skillfully on the back of the chair in front of him.