[HP]Aluet

When I took a bottle of butterbeer from Orion, I accidentally touched his fingertips, still cold.I raised my head and glanced at his side face in a hurry, it may be slightly red because of the cold, and there are still some snowflakes on the eyelashes.

I pursed my lips uncomfortably, took off the scarf and returned it to him.

"Thank you." I said.

"Well, it's fine."

We found a seat by the window and sat down. The snow outside was gradually not as strong as before. Although the sun was still out, the sun shone through the clouds and reflected on the clothes, warming up after a while.

I put the bag aside and accidentally knocked against the table, making a crisp sound.

I frowned, and without thinking twice, I took out the double-sided mirror from the bag to check whether it was broken.However, the moment I picked it up, bad things flashed uncontrollably in my mind one after another, making me feel breathless.

"What? Did it break?" Orion asked.

I shook my head and put the mirror back on.

"That's good." He tried to find some topics, "Is it a double-sided mirror? It looks very similar. I know it before, but I have never used it."

"Yes." I replied weakly.

"Is it for contacting friends?" He blurted out, frowning unobtrusively, as if he felt something was wrong, so he didn't intend to ask me to reply after he finished speaking.

I took a few sips of butterbeer, trying to hide my involuntary emotions.I just felt chest tightness and embarrassment, but I knew it wasn't his fault.

"……are you OK?"

Maybe I was too obvious, there was a trace of panic in his eyes.

"It's okay." I pretended to smile easily and changed the subject.

After a long time, the snow outside had completely stopped, and the sun came out. More and more people stood up from their seats, opened the door and walked out, and we were no exception.

After walking around for a while, everyone began to return to school one after another, and the number of people on the road gradually decreased.

"Do you remember that I told you before that I was going to see Heinrich?" I said.

"Hmm - last time you saw it?"

"I just saw it, but I couldn't talk about it."

"Do you have something to ask him?"

"Hmm..." I hesitated for a moment, "For...well. Do you know anything about him?"

"I have asked my sister. He has been imprisoned in Denmark, Germany, and France. He escaped from prison in France, until he appeared in England this time. He committed a crime and was arrested in Azka. It's time."

"What happened in France?" I asked casually.

"The one in France was the most serious one. I don't know who spread the news about the legendary resurrection stone in the wizarding community at that time, which triggered a massacre, and many people died-and at that time he was I was working for Grindelwald. In addition to him, three other wizards under Grindelwald were also captured by the Ministry of Magic, and they escaped collectively in February 1934."

"Resurrection stone?" I was acutely aware of the word.I remembered the memory of Andrik I saw again. He said that the owner of the resurrection stone is me now, but I have never even seen this thing.But even though I have thousands of questions now, I have no way of knowing the answer.

I put those thoughts to the back of my mind, deciding to think about them later.

There were already a lot of people gathered near the station waiting for the bus, we slowed down from a distance, instead of choosing to get into the crowd, we waited on a small bench under a tree, not far away There were also three or two people standing or sitting, chatting and laughing.

"Have you thought about what to do after graduation?" Orion asked suddenly.

"I thought about it before, but now..." I shook my head, "I don't know, just take one step at a time."

"Only the last year left."

"Yes."

"At this time next year, it will be the last Christmas we spend together—and after that, it's time to say goodbye." He lowered his head, his voice sounded flat, but inexplicably with a bit of determination, which made me Feeling very uncomfortable - as if, in his opinion, the moment we graduated and left Hogwarts, we would be completely disconnected.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case. After graduation, most people will gradually lose contact with each other. All friendships or other things will be imprisoned in Hogwarts forever for seven years. , leave here, everything will be different.

But I don't know why, a very weird emotion dominates my thinking, and this feeling makes me very anxious.I leaned back on the chair, and Orion sat beside me very quietly. I was a little bit reluctant to lose this peaceful feeling, but now I was thinking in my mind that all of this would soon disappear.

"No way. You can keep in touch after graduation." I said hesitantly.

Orion looked at me in surprise, and remained silent for a long time, as if he had gone through an extremely difficult psychological struggle before finally speaking.

"Aisley..."

I looked up at him.

"I don't know if you have changed in your heart after such a long time... But I still want to know, is it possible..." He paused, and I looked straight into his eyes, waiting for him to continue, But an unusually obvious panic flashed in his usually calm eyes, and he finally dodged away.

I seemed to have a vague premonition of what he wanted to say, but I didn't ask, and it seemed difficult for him to speak again, looking a little depressed.

However, at the moment when I wanted to look back, I caught a glimpse of a cluster of small pearl-like fruits on the tree, showing a very light yellow color, almost pure white, but the color can only be shown under the contrast of the snow. The surrounding snow-covered leaves reveal an inconspicuous bright green.

"This is... mistletoe?" I touched it carefully with my fingers, and a pile of snow fell from it, exposing the still green leaves.

Orion and I glanced at each other, and saw the same surprise in each other's eyes, as well as some other—unspeakable emotions.

Before I found them, I didn't realize that we were sitting very close, and at this moment, the sudden tension made my whole body freeze, and the roots of my ears felt strangely warm.

I saw his Adam's Apple move slightly, and my heart began to beat faster, but when I looked at his gentle and deep eyes, it was clearly his face that didn't resemble anyone else. , but another indifferent face involuntarily appeared in front of me.

I opened my eyes wide, and the deadly suffocation instantly filled my chest and squeezed my heart violently. The pain rushed straight up from my internal organs and pressed against my throat.

Subconsciously, I ducked back and looked away.

Out of the corner of his eye, Orion froze for a moment, then turned his head.

"The car is coming." He stood up from the bench, put his hands in his pockets, didn't say much, and waited for me to get up.I kept a close distance from him, and he glanced back at the mistletoe on the tree one last time.

"It's pretty, isn't it?" he said softly.

Yes.I answered in my heart, but my throat seemed to be blocked by cotton and I couldn't make a sound.I stared at the rare scene, and suddenly realized that I had lost this luck.

Everything around me is beautiful, but I feel like I am in the abyss.