[HP] Don't talk to me

The sparrow that flew off the clothesline came back and flapped its wings after landing.

Ta Effa turned his head to glance at the joyful sparrows, and then turned back to look at Snape in front of him.

"Thanks."

Snape was still holding something in his hand. It was a few large packs of cigarettes that Ta Effa had bought in the Muggle world just now. It was wrapped in brown paper, and there was a line of scrawled and hurried handwriting on it, which was the address of this courtyard.It was the one that Ta Efa dropped in the courtyard just now. Before leaving the bar, she picked up the pen on the table and wrote it quietly. She threw the thing on her own initiative.She saw Snape sitting in the corner from the first moment she returned to the bar. Although his position was so hidden, she could still find him at a glance. Perhaps this was the ability accumulated over the years of silent observation.So she followed Oriefa before Apparating, leaving a way out for herself, although she was not too sure that he would find out, or in other words, she was basically sure that he would not find out.

It turned out that he found it, and arrived just in time.

Without him, she should have been cast with the Avada Kedavra at this moment.And one time is not enough, the life-saving spell of the Effa family will cause her to bear the second time, and then she may have to go with Oriefa who went crazy and committed suicide. After a few months, it was found that it had become a puddle covered with The slush of maggots.

Thinking about it, she should be scared, but she just felt tired and couldn't even react with fear.She took a few steps forward, took back her package from Snape, and put it on the muddy ground with weeds growing beside it.Then he took out the cigarette case that he had just smoked from the pocket of his robe, took out a new cigarette, put it in his mouth, lit it quickly with his wand, and took a deep breath.

Snape's heartbeat hadn't calmed down yet, if he hadn't acted in time just now, maybe they would never see each other again.Does she care?In the smog, there was no panic on her face.

Standing there, she looked like a elk that had been lost and parked alone in the snow but remained noble and indifferent, half-closed her originally smart and beautiful eyes, trying to cover up all the emotions that spewed out.

After a while, Ta Efa shook off the burnt ash, and then simply threw the remaining half of the cigarette on the ground.

She stepped up.

Snape watched as she stomped out the flames and walked straight towards him without stopping.He watched Ta Effa reach out and rub his hands between the clothes at his waist—which caused his heart to beat faster—she wrapped her arms around him lightly and placed them on his back, Then the head leaned over.

She got into his arms, moving cautiously.It was as if he was fast asleep and she was afraid of waking him up.

That night a few months ago seems to be still vivid in my memory, but this time it feels different.Ta Effa neither spoke eagerly nor hugged him so tightly that they both found it hard to breathe.

She just landed on his chest very lightly and slowly, her face was buried on the side, as soft as a piece of thin paper.

Snape raised his head, glanced at the flock of birds on the clothesline, followed Aurief lying down in the distance, and turned to Ta Effa's hair, her hair shone almost white in the sun The luster of frost, the sun exudes a magic power far stronger than that of wizards.It was hot, and they were too close, passing body heat to each other.He didn't know when he raised his wrist, and his naturally hanging fingers were hidden in her hair.

"One last time," Ta Effa said suddenly.

Then——she backed away quietly, as if nothing had happened, turned around and walked quickly back to Oriefa's side, squatting down halfway. "Okay, Professor Snape, let's call the Ministry of Magic."

"Do you really want to go?"

In the past few days, Ta Efa has heard such words dozens of times. Accompanied by this sentence, people behaved in different ways—some were surprised, some were reluctant, and some felt regretful.And she bid them farewell with a smile all the time, as if her decision was very light, and she just wanted to leave here to take a long trip.

She packed her luggage—it was really nothing, just a few clothes, some unfinished drawing paper from the drawing board, some favorite books and a few potted plants, and she put them in her satchel Li used magic to arrange it, and cleaned the room with "clean up". When I looked around again, there were almost no traces of her left.

It turned out that it was not as difficult as imagined to completely withdraw from one place.She was always afraid before, because she had nothing but dreams, and she felt that she couldn't afford to lose.In fact, she should have been more courageous, the bigger the happier.

Her resignation report was delayed by Dumbledore for two weeks. After all, it was too sudden. She left the Muggle Studies class, where could she find a new teacher?But her will was too determined, and she would rather return half a year's salary than leave early. Dumbledore observed her through the gold-rimmed mirror for a long time, and finally agreed.

He said he needed to find someone who would commit to taking her place before she left, and that responsibility would not be relieved until he found a new faculty member.Ta Effa suggested without hesitation that she would go find someone herself.

It was Snape she went directly to.

That afternoon in the cellar, she was in his office, watching him across the table looking down at the piles of student homework piled up like hills, and calmly stated her decision: "I'm leaving, leaving Hogwarts. tz."

At that time she only told Dumbledore about it, the person in front of him was the second.

Maybe she still has a little fantasy.

He quickly made ticks and crosses in his hands without looking up.He paused after hearing her words, and then continued to move, but at a much slower speed.In front of his forehead, a few strands of black hair hung down, blocking his eyes.

"I know this may be a bit of a bother for you, but - can you help me with my Muggle Studies class? We have one thing in common - we've both lived in the Muggle world for a long time, and I think that knowledge can be taught here There are enough students."

"Why are you leaving?" He finally spoke, his voice was low, as if he had come out of the ground.

Ta Effa observed her very carefully, watching the frown between his brows deepen, watching his slender fingers wiggle the quill quickly.She couldn't see his eyes, so she wasn't sure about his emotions.

"Because I think this place is not suitable for me, I am not suitable to be a teacher."

"You put in so much effort to come here to teach, but just one sentence is not suitable, so you have to leave?" Snape finished correcting the homework in front of him, grabbed the magic wand lying flat on the desk, and swung it violently.

The mountains of homework flew up one by one, and flew into the bookshelf on the side to be folded in a line, and the remaining homework in front of them also got up and flew to the corner of the table on the side.There was nothing in front of him. He put the quill into the pen holder and stood up suddenly.

"I disagree."

Now she could see his eyes clearly, it was so dark that it was bottomless, it seemed like he just got out of the ground, it was terribly dark.

"Whether you agree or not, I'm leaving. The principal has promised me, but now I need a substitute teacher." Ta Efa bit the corner of his lips, insisting on maintaining a calm expression on his face.

"where do you want to go?"

"I don't know. Maybe I'll go around Europe. France, Italy, Spain, Holland... There are too many places to go. When I'm tired from walking, I'll go back to Finland."

"Where did you get the money? I suppose you don't have much savings in Gringotts?"

Ta Effa snorted softly, smiled and said, "If I don't have money, I can't live? Then it's a miracle that I've lived for so many years."

There was a moment of silence in the room, and Snape's breathing became heavier.

"Don't rush away, think again."

"Don't think about it, it's meaningless for me to stay here any longer." Ta Efa said softly, "The reason for me to stay here no longer exists."

Snape clenched his fists. "What reason?"

Ta Effa stared at him in surprise, then laughed softly, and took a few seconds before speaking: "Because I love someone, I want to live for him, take care of him, and be his partner, so I just came here because this is the closest place to him—is this the first time you have heard of this reason?"

Snape froze.He is not a fool, but at this moment he feels like a fool.

"However, from what happened to my father, I finally understood this truth: love is painful. The person who loves others is painful, and the loved one is the same. I really love that person so much that I don't want him to I can't go on suffering from his love, or to put it lightly, I can't go on worrying. So it's best for me to leave, so that only I will suffer in the future, but he can relax. "

Having said that, there is no need to avoid anything.Ta Effa raised his voice and looked straight into Snape's eyes: "I didn't have a boyfriend. Albert is not my boyfriend. I didn't promise him. We only held hands once, and that was when you met him." After that time, I didn't see him again because I didn't want to be sorry for him. I didn't drink Veritaserum today, but I can tell everything. I won't bother you again, Severus, Because it's sorry for you too. It's better for everyone that I leave here."

Snape was still looking at her, his lips tightly pressed together.

"Why did you say so much just now, but dare not speak now? Are you trying to keep me? But what do you use to keep me? You chose to escape what you said to me. I will give you another chance now, if You want to keep me, tell me, tell me your reason."

It seemed as long as a century had passed. Ta Efa shrugged and said mockingly: "I knew that you have nothing to say. I just took what you said just now as an excuse for you not to help me as a substitute teacher." .Anyway, I have to go, I'll go find Professor McGonagall or Professor Flitwick, and see if they can help me with this." She turned around, feeling an urge to run away, before she pretended to be calm After talking so much, she had to admit that she actually wanted to cry, but she couldn't cry, she had to leave with a smile, so as not to make the scene too ugly.

"Tata." A voice called from behind.

She stood there, trembling slightly.The weather turned cold, but she was hot all over.

"I am willing to help you substitute for the class."

Like a basin of cold water being poured from head to toe, she took a deep breath and said in a very low voice, "Okay."

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The extra episode is coming to the point!