HP: Hogwarts, but pro-generation

"This is not fair!!!"

After dinner, Ender was still upset about his grandfather's concealment. He jumped up and down in the room to express his strong desire for knowledge, and tried to get Xia and James to join him.

Unfortunately, the two people he was looking for had no intention of helping him. In fact, the two people were so immersed in their own things that they didn't even raise their heads.

"If you could just raise your heads a centimeter higher!" Ender said indignantly, "What do you think I am? Air?"

Ender's voice gradually rose, finally waking up the two people who were immersed in their own world. They looked up and said in unison, a little embarrassed, "Sorry, Ender, but what did you say?"

Ender: ...That's enough.

He frowned at Xia, opened and closed his mouth, and finally said, "What's that expression on your face? It's a bit disgusting."

Xia's originally smiling mouth suddenly retracted, and she said in disbelief: "Hey! Why are you like this? You can't say I'm disgusting just because I ignored you!"

"What I said is very pertinent. Your expression is just like James'." Ander felt that his description was not accurate enough. He added: "Yes, it is the same expression he showed when he received Lily's letter."

Perhaps the image contained in this sentence was too strong, and Ander showed a very disgusted expression.

"Oh, that's terrible." Xia answered truthfully after hearing Ander's comment, "But I have to make one thing clear. The letter I received from Lily was definitely not the same as the one from James. Well... I have to add one more thing. The letter I received was from Sirius."

Ander became interested. He reached out to take Xia's letter. The moment he passed Xia, Xia slapped the back of his hand hard.

Ander cried out in pain. Xia said in a cold tone, "I need to make it clear once again that this letter is addressed to Sylvia Hopps, not Andrick Hopps."

"What's the difference? I'm Hopps too."

"Okay, this specifically refers to Sylvia." Xia didn't want to talk to the idiot anymore, so she just perfunctorily answered.

After hearing what Xia said, Ander gave up the intention of reading the letter. He muttered some cold and ruthless words to James and Xia, and then his attention was attracted by a letter brought by Archie. He snorted twice at the two people who were so engrossed in reading the letter before, and then left the room.

"What's that expression on his face?" James was confused. He tilted his head and asked Xia in a low voice.

Xia shook her head and said, "I don't know. But I applaud you."

"why?"

"Congratulations on finally realizing that he is a childish guy."

James burst into laughter, and Xia looked at the person next to him with disgust, somewhat confused as to what he was laughing at.

"By the way, what did Sirius write to you?"

"Why are you all so curious about Sirius's letter?"

"After all, he is my good brother."

Xia couldn't help but want to complain about the strange possessiveness between boys - let's just say that, because she hasn't found any other words. After struggling for a long time, she finally asked James: "You don't like Sirius, why are you so curious about him?"

James stood up as if something was revealed. "Like? Who do you like? I like... oh, of course I don't like Sirius. Who likes him?"

He spoke incoherently, but he shut up at the most critical moment. Facing Xia's eyes that saw through everything, James felt a little uneasy, but he keenly noticed something. He bent down and approached Xia, his brown eyes met the sky blue eyes directly, and he hesitated: "You... like Sirius?"

"What? No... Oh, no, I like him, not that kind of like, yes, yes... Oh, Merlin, what am I talking about! And why should I explain to you!"

After James asked, Xia couldn't sit still anymore. She stood up, and scared James so much that he took two steps back and fell into his chair.

"Xia, you should really see what you look like." James said uncertainly, "Well, your ears are red. Very red."

James nodded, as if to prove that what he said was not just random talk.

Xia seemed to have been touched on something. She bit her lip unconsciously, and finally said in self-abandonment: "Okay, I think what you said makes sense."

James showed a curious expression, as if to say "tell me about it", and he patted the table to motion Xia to sit down.

"What am I going to say?"

"Say what you want to say." James shrugged, "I want to hear whatever you say now."

"Let me think about it." Xia lowered her head and thought. After a while, she answered honestly: "I don't have anything to say."

Seeing James's disappointed look, Xia racked her brains and said, "Sirius is handsome."

Seeing that Xia stopped talking, James gestured for her to continue, but he didn't expect Xia to finish like that. He looked at Xia with some disappointment: "That's it? Nothing else? For example, when did you like Sirius and why did you like him? You can tell me all that."

Thea had a strange feeling of unreality. She thought: Seriously? James Potter is a master of emotions?

She couldn't help but smile and asked back: "What about you? You just said you like..."

James's face gradually heated up. He stammered out a name, and Xia showed a look of understanding. Compared with thinking about one's own feelings, it is indeed more interesting to watch other people's feelings.

In fact, the main reason why Xia didn't answer James was that she couldn't figure out what that feeling was. Sirius took good care of her and cared about her. She didn't notice it at first, but when Sirius went to the medical wing to find her late at night, Xia was moved. She admitted that her heart was beating violently, but she didn't know whether it was love or relief after seeing a familiar person after waking up from a nightmare.

Later, one night, Sirius appeared in the Gryffindor common room, and they were alone at that time. In a quiet environment, emotional changes are easier to detect. From that time on, Xia began to feel how her heart had changed, and she also felt that Sirius treated her differently. The details that had been ignored before gradually emerged in her mind. Only then did Xia realize that Sirius had unknowingly occupied most of her life and memory, and also occupied most of her heart.

James saw that Xia was silent, and he asked mysteriously: "Ms. Xia Hopps, do you need my help?"

"Help with what?" Xia asked blankly, coming out of her emotions.

James didn't answer Xia's question. He cleared his throat and said, "Excuse me, were you happy when you received the news from Sirius?"

"Happy."

"Are you looking forward to meeting him?"

"expect."

"Excuse me, does your heart beat faster when you see him?"

"...Yes." Xia was silent for a moment before she spoke. She remembered that there were several times when she felt embarrassed when she saw Sirius, and her heart was beating violently at that time.

"Well, after James Potter's examination—"

James drew out his tone, and finally he pronounced the verdict on Xia.

"Congratulations, you are about to fall in love."

Xia opened her eyes wide in disbelief, and then felt relieved. That's right, she - Sylvia Hopps, just liked Sirius Black!

but--

"How can you be sure?" Xia narrowed her eyes.

"It's simple, because that's how I treat Lily."