if i am not me

In the first few days of school, the whole school seemed noisy, and the students were still immersed in the joy of Christmas, which made the professors have to repeat what they just said in class and deduct points more and more frequently from various departments.

Hermione no longer asked them to search for information, she finally understood that this kind of thing can only be effective if you do it yourself, and this has the advantage that you don't have to worry about which book they will sloppyly turn over and let the clue slip away up.Of course, Ron and Neville were quite happy to accept this proposal, after all, it meant that they would have a lot of time to do other things, such as looking for other clues and so on.It's just that the two of them frequently appeared at the scene of previous cases in the past few days, and Filch always stared at them with creepy eyes after seeing them.

When Harry and Drake saw them again, Ron was talking to Hermione noisily, Ron's expression was ugly, while Neville and Hermione were helpless.

"What's the matter?" Since they didn't take Gryffindor with Charms class, the two of them just dismissed get out of class now.

Ron said with a look of being dumped, "Don't mention it, buddy." As he said, he tugged on his robes, and Harry realized that the bottom of his robes were soaked and still dripping water. .Drake also noticed Ron's embarrassment, so he turned to Neville, his eyes full of doubt.

"Uh... you know that Ron and I have been looking for clues lately, like you..." Neville glanced at Ron, seeing that he and Hermione were pulling their robes for Harry to cast a spell on him dry off. "Then today we went to the corridor where Mrs. Norris was killed as usual, and then saw that the corridor was flooded."

"Originally, nothing would have happened if we just left like this, but Hermione mentioned that there was a pool of water under Mrs. Norris that day, so we wanted to know where the water came from. We looked for it, and it turned out that it was from... It came out of the women's bathroom." Neville blushed a little when he said this, you must know that he, a big boy, has never been in the women's toilet.

It happened that Harry had already dried Ron's clothes, so Hermione went on to say, "That's Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. You probably don't know, uh... that bathroom has been broken for years." , plus she lives there all the time, so no one is going to use it, so not many people know. We asked her if she saw anything for Halloween, and it turned out that... Ron said something, uh, no If it was too in line with her wishes, she would throw water at Ron in a fit of anger." Shrugging, Hermione, who had finished talking about the ins and outs, also found it funny.

Harry nodded knowingly, for Myrtle and Ron's mouth.Draco looked at Ron with idiotic eyes, and the emotion that Ron had finally calmed down suddenly rose again.

"Don't look at me like that, she's already dead, and she knows it very well. I'm just telling the truth, why should she pour water on me!" Ron said angrily, feeling completely inexplicable.At this moment, he feels that women are really incomprehensible creatures, let alone his mother, Ginny and Hermione, they are alive anyway, but now even a female ghost is so elusive...

Patting Ron on the shoulder comfortingly, Harry and Draco were speechless, what else could they say?In fact, being straightforward is one of Ron's strengths...

"Hmm! That myrtle is really unreasonable." Harry nodded seriously, and said perfunctorily, "I think it's time for us to go to lunch. I hope I can have my favorite sweet peas today."

"Yeah, I really want to eat pancakes with fresh milk." Neville immediately agreed when he heard the words, food can really divert Ron's attention very well.

Sure enough, when it came to food, Ron put his unhappiness aside - nothing was more important to him than filling his stomach when it was hungry. "Yeah, it's time for dinner, I'm so hungry... Well, let's go, let's go to eat first..." After saying that, he led them towards the restaurant, letting Hermione and Draco stay behind Some ironic feeling.

After eating, Ron's mood improved a lot. They didn't have classes in the afternoon, so they decided to go to the library to do their homework.Snape had assigned a ten-inch paper, and Professor Flitwick had given them homework in Charms this morning.Neville and Ron felt a lot of headaches. Fortunately, they would complete this "difficult" task with Hermione, Draco and Harry. With the three of them around, there was nothing that couldn't be done.

Ron and Neville were right. They had finished all their homework before 5 pm, and the speed made them feel excited.

Harry twirled the quill in his hand, lazily looking at the dim yellow sun outside the window, it was already January, but the weather was still very cold.The basilisk seems to have settled down a lot recently, and rarely heard it come out to move around, and Professor Sprout has repeatedly declared that the mandrakes are growing very well, which makes Harry feel more or less secure.

It's just that I don't know why he is still a little restless recently. Maybe it's because he can't grasp the direction of this matter now.Now he doesn't dare to point fingers at the basilisk, because he doesn't know if his appearance will make things worse-this time is different from last school year, what they are facing is only using A monster that can kill with its eyes.

Sighing, Harry felt very uncomfortable for a moment. Although he is much stronger than his peers in terms of magic power now, and he also has the advantage brought by the memory of his previous life, he is still too weak.He can't even guarantee his own safety, let alone others...

Although he tried to hide his depression, Draco noticed his momentary vulnerability.Putting down the book, he wondered what had caused that expression inadvertently, but Harry kept his eyes closed the entire time, oblivious to his gaze at all.A trace of complicated emotions welled up in his heart, and Draco stared at the book with hastily lowered eyelids, making it impossible for anyone to peek into his heart.

The days that followed were peaceful, and since no one was petrified, the atmosphere in the school gradually became more relaxed.They still visit the scene from time to time, but they don't find anything other than that the water is coming from Myrtle's bathroom and that the school spiders are moving.Because of Myrtle's terrifying character, they even seldom went to the bathroom after repeated clichés to no avail.But an accident made them find an old diary in the bathroom. The cry of Myrtle that day was really scary. Neville and Hermione, who were curious, went in to explore it, and then found the diary. .

The signature on the book was Tom Riddle. After some inquiries, they determined that there was no such person in the school, but Hermione said that it must have a secret, because its cover showed under the magic that it was at least 50 years old.But the blankness in the book also puzzled Hermione, why didn't the owner of the book leave anything?

The diary was finally kept by Neville, because he picked it up, and no one associated it with the petrification incident, except Harry, who knew everything earlier.However, Harry could only keep silent, and now he only hoped that things would develop according to his memory, even if some people would be injured, at least no one would die in the end.

The days went on so plainly and quietly.

One morning, as soon as Harry and Draco stepped out of the dormitory, they felt that the atmosphere in the school was very strange, and their doubts were finally resolved after they walked to the auditorium—it turned out that today is February [-]th, a festival for lovers!

Harry stared dumbfounded at those fancy decorations, confetti flying all over the sky, countless large bouquets of roses, and "Cupid" shuttling through the crowd. These things made the corners of his mouth twitch—such an exaggerated technique , the terror comes from...

Thinking of this, Harry moved his gaze to the teacher's dining table, and soon found Lockhart.At this time, he was happily talking to Dumbledore slowly. The extremely bright pink robe made it difficult for others to notice him. Beside them, Professor McGonagall had a tense face, and Snape's The expression on his face made all the students who saw him shiver.

Gradually, everyone in the auditorium had already arrived. Lockhart stood up and said loudly to everyone with different expressions: "Happy Valentine's Day! Students~" He also showed a perfect smile, making everyone The girls booed dreamily.He seemed very satisfied with the girls' reactions, raised his hand and waved, "Valentine's Day is a wonderful holiday, today, you will find that I have prepared a lot of surprises for you. The first one," he clapped his hands, and a group of backs Ugly elves with golden wings walked in from the gate. "I bring a 'Cupid' full of cards. You can use them to convey love to yourself." After speaking, he picked up a valentine card from a "Cupid" and smiled in the direction of Ravenclaw's long table . "Thanks!"

Following his line of sight, Harry and Draco saw a fourth-year Ravenclaw girl fainting with happiness, and the faces of the other two girls next to her were also full of excitement.

"The second surprise, also today, Professor Snape will perform a live demonstration on how to make a love potion. Interested students, please don't make your professor too tired~" Harry immediately turned his eyes Turning to Snape, he swore, Snape's face was even darker than before.But what he was even more curious about was, who would have the guts to ask about the love potion in the face of this expression of not getting close to strangers...

"Third..." He poked the food on the plate with a fork helplessly, and Draco really didn't understand how these almost absurd proposals were passed.

You can imagine how chaotic the school was for the next day.Public confession can be seen everywhere, various dramas such as sending chocolates and flowers, "Cupids" who suddenly send out Valentine's cards or sing music, all make the school a mess.

After being intercepted by "Cupid" again, Drake was completely angry. He didn't mind accepting flowers or chocolates. He was a gentleman. The ugly elf sang a love song to herself.

The elf in front of him just stood up the harp in his hand and was about to speak. Draco had already pulled out his wand, and said clearly: "Petrificus Totalus! (All petrified)" Ignoring the elf who was stiff in the middle of the corridor, he pulled up his side and laughed. Harry, who was trembling all over, walked towards the dormitory.

"Oh, Draco, that girl knows she'll be sad." Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, Harry tried hard not to look so gloating.Pretending not to hear Harry's words, Draco continued to walk forward, but in his heart he was annoyed to think that it had nothing to do with the girl being sad.

Finding that Draco was really angry, Harry also consciously touched his nose and stopped talking.Looking at Draco's back, he rolled his eyes and suddenly thought about it.

"Hey, Draco, turn around." Withdrawing his wand, he patted Draco to turn him around.

Draco was depressed, but obediently turned around to see what Harry wanted to do.

"Orchideous (orchids are in full bloom ①)!" As soon as Draco turned around, he saw Harry holding a cluster of red or yellow tulips and looking at him with a smile, and stuffed the tulips into his hand when he was in a daze. "Happy Valentine's Day!"

Seeing that Draco didn't respond for a while, Harry took Draco with his hands and said triumphantly, "How is it? These flowers are not bad. It's a Valentine's Day gift for you. Don't thank me too much. Just give me a box you got. Just give me the chocolate." Harry said, waving the wand in his hand, "This spell is very useful for chasing girls! Would you like me to teach you?" After speaking, he did not forget to look at Draco's expression narrowly.

Glancing at Harry, Draco touched the bridge of his nose, but asked a question completely unrelated to Harry's words, "Why tulips? Or these two colors..."

such a contradictory combination...

Seeing that Drake's reaction was different from what he had imagined, Harry was a little surprised, but he answered Drake's question honestly, "It looks good! I like these two colors... What's wrong?"

Raising his eyebrows, Draco sighed and said affirmatively, "You sure don't know the art of sending flowers!"

This remark made Harry dissatisfied, and immediately retorted, "You can send flowers, whatever looks good, and don't care what the meaning is!"

Pointing to the flower in his hand, Drake said lightly: "Red tulips represent 'love vows', and yellow tulips represent 'desperate love'." After shaking the flowers in his hand, his tone became more and more serious. He said earnestly, "Brother, you have to be thankful that you gave me the gift today. If it's a girl you like, you are ready to be single for the rest of your life!"

"..." Harry didn't expect that there were so many ways to send flowers. He only knew that red roses should be given to someone he likes, and he didn't think much about the others.Realizing that he had made a joke, Harry was a little embarrassed, but seeing the look on Draco's brow relaxed again, he felt that the joke was worth it.

"Let's go, Ron and the others are still waiting for us to eat." Sniffing the fragrance of the bouquet in his arms, Draco, who was already calm, patted Harry, who was still a little dazed, signaling that they should leave.

"Oh!" Blinking, Harry hurriedly followed after seeing this, but, "Remember to give me the chocolate, I gave you a gift anyway." Pointing to the flower in his hand, Harry didn't Forget about that box of chocolates.

"Got it, got it. Is that the brand?" Raising his eyebrows, Draco twitched his lips, "Why does he still like sweets at such an age?" But he didn't seem to be so fond of other candies. Be persistent.

"I don't know, I just like it!" Harry shrugged. He didn't understand why he liked that taste so much, but he just liked it anyway.

The corner of Draco's mouth suddenly curved into a charming arc. "It's fine for you, teach me that spell first!"

"Ah? What if you give it to me first, I will still teach you..."

"No matter, teach me first, or I won't give you food."

……

During the fight, the sound of the two boys playing and playing faded away, and people could only see their smiling faces, and the brightly colored tulips in the hands of one of them.

①: Due to the needs of the plot, and I can’t find the spell, I can only make do with this. This is also a flower change, but I’m not sure if it can only change into orchids as intended, so I set it to change all the flowers I want. ,^_^~

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R sighed: "Women are really incomprehensible, they are all inexplicable."

N: "Ron, not all women are like that."

R continued to sigh: "But it looks the same to me, so does Mom, so does Ginny, and even that female ghost!"

H said righteously, "But Hermione is not like them..." After speaking, he took a peek at Hermione who was sitting not far away.

R suddenly realized: "Hermione? Yes, I almost forgot that she is a woman."

D is curious: "...Then what did you think of her before?"

R is categorical: "Queen!"

D: "..."

H: "..."

N: "..."

Hr (Hermione): "You're smart!"