HP: Hogwarts, but pro-generation

Xia took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. Seeing this, Sirius also put away his "seductive" aura. He withdrew his arms from the back of the sofa and leaned lazily on the sofa with his legs crossed. After Xia completely calmed down, he said, "It's rare. Why haven't you gone to bed yet?"

When he thought of a possibility, his voice became louder and he sat up straighter. He looked at Xia: "You don't want to go on a night tour again?!"

"No, I won't let you go out alone. Where are you going? I'm coming with you."

"No, I just can't sleep sitting here."

Hearing Xia's words, Xi Li was relieved immediately, and even collapsed on the sofa like a boneless person. He took a long breath and muttered: "That's good, that's good."

Shia once again felt like everyone was treating her like a child, so she got serious, "Hey, I'm not a child anymore!"

"Uh-huh, you're not a kid anymore?"

Sirius raised his voice and repeated what Xia said. He looked at Xia with a smile, but Xia didn't realize what was going to happen next. She said with certainty, "Of course."

"Oh~" Sirius's ending tone was inflected again and again, and he made a thoughtful expression, "Yes, yes, let me think about who had a nightmare at night and hugged me and cried, who was it? Do you have any ideas, Xia?"

"!" Xia opened her eyes wide, "We agreed not to mention it!"

She picked up the pillow behind her and threw it at Sirius, who caught it and dodged the attack.

Xia looked at Sirius angrily, what a disgusting guy who exposed other people's shortcomings! She decided not to stay here any longer, she wanted to stay away from this person!

Sirius looked at Xia's angry back with amusement, it was so cute.

Thinking back to that night, he also sneaked out after Ender came back. His goal was very clear: he was going to get the man in the medical wing.

He originally just wanted to see her and go back, but he didn't expect that she was awake. Sirius was a little excited when he found that Xia had her eyes open, but he could no longer remain calm when he saw her expression clearly.

"You...what's wrong with you?"

Sirius ran to Xia's bed and came in front of her. The girl lying on the bed had tears in her eyes and a tear slipped from her eye. She was immersed in her own emotions and didn't realize someone was approaching until someone appeared in front of her. She came back to her senses again, but because the person was too close, she couldn't adjust her emotions for a while.

Sirius just watched Xia staring at him blankly, looking at him with those sky blue eyes.

Merlin, her eyes were not meant for tears, she shouldn't cry.

Sirius hugged her for some unknown reason. To his surprise, the person lying on the bed also reached out his arms to hug him after realizing what was happening.

In the dark medical wing, only some moonlight came in. Under the dark clouds, one could vaguely see two people hugging each other tightly. It must have been a very pleasing sight to outsiders, but only Sirius knew that it was not.

He patted Xia's back gently. He, who was always casual, always acted calm and reliable in front of her. He tried his best to comfort the girl in his arms and said softly, "I'm here."

After a while, Xia stopped crying. She couldn't tell what emotion drove her just now. She instinctively wanted to find someone to lean on.

Being alone in the dark felt like... like... Xia gave up trying to recall that feeling. She wiped her tears, and with the faint light coming in from outside, she saw that Sirius's clothes on his shoulders were soaked. She felt a little embarrassed, "Sorry, I..."

"It's okay." Sirius didn't let Xia finish her words. She shouldn't be the one to say sorry. Especially when she wanted to cry, she shouldn't say sorry.

Sirius didn't ask her why she was crying, but the worry in his eyes made him seem not so indifferent.

Xia reached out a hand and took the water cup on the bedside. She moistened her hoarse throat and said, "I had a nightmare."

Sirius hadn't figured out why Xia could accurately guess that there was a glass of water by the bed, but he was surprised by her dream. Xia always behaved cheerfully, so how could she have such a nightmare?

And it’s no wonder that she was scared. A child who has always been well protected will always feel afraid when facing the darkness.

Xia's other hand was still tightly holding Sirius. She was actually a little choked up. When people are sad, they always unconsciously recall bad things. The same was true for Xia. She thought of the ending of the original book again.

The more she recalled, the more uncontrollable her emotions became. Xia couldn't remember how long she cried. She only knew that when her consciousness was gradually becoming hazy, Sirius was still comforting her.

Even when she woke up in the morning, she had not let go of Sirius's hand, and Sirius slept with her on the edge of the bed all night.

Sirius woke up the moment Xia woke up. He felt Xia quietly playing with his hair, and when her hands slid to his eyes, he opened his eyes.

Xia's hands were neither moving nor not moving, so she just stayed awkwardly between his brows.

Fortunately, Sirius didn't care about these. "Are you feeling better?"

Xia knew what he was asking. She nodded and said in a mosquito-like voice, "Don't tell anyone, okay?"

"what?"

Sirius really didn't hear clearly, he replied subconsciously, and Xia's face turned red. She raised her voice a little, and this time Sirius heard it.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

After getting the assurance, Xia no longer hesitated. It was actually still early, Xia asked Sirius to go back early, maybe he could sleep a little longer, Sirius agreed, but he didn't expect others to get up just as early, he pretended to come back from outside early, and didn't arouse anyone's suspicion.

Then he was in the medical wing again, without even touching the bed.

Recalling the past, Sirius didn't think that a nightmare would make Xia cry like that. There must be something behind it that he didn't know and Xia didn't want to tell.