[HP] Can you be gentle with me

They arrived at the restaurant quickly.

Tahlia didn't know how the restaurant was furnished, but the elegant atmosphere they felt from the moment they stepped into the restaurant made it easy for her to judge that the restaurant was definitely a very high-level place.

And she found that she didn't bring enough money...

"Derek, you should have told me earlier that we were going to a restaurant like this—" Tahlia whispered, feeling extremely embarrassed. "Is this place too...too advanced?"

"Don't worry." Derek patted his chest. "Leave it to me—you just need to relax and enjoy the food!"

Tahlia was still a little awkward, she wasn't used to being out there completely on her own without worrying about anything, but Nigel was quick to study the menu, asking Tahlia what she wanted to eat.

Tahlia shook her head slightly, deciding to try to stop thinking about it and just listen to Derek and enjoy it. "What's there?" she asked.

So, for the first time in her life, Tahlia enjoyed a very delicious dinner with Nigel without thinking about anything in such a high-end restaurant.

"Thank you, Derek." On the way back, when Nigel, who was still chattering in the back seat, finally overwhelmed the drowsiness and fell asleep soundlessly, Tahlia coughed lightly, turned her head slightly, and looked at said Derek, who was concentrating on driving. "Always trouble you like this..."

"Say what!" Derek said quickly. "It's Nigel's birthday—"

"No, I mean...we have nothing to do with you...you don't have to be so nice to us──" Before she finished speaking, Tahlia immediately realized something and shut her mouth.

Check out what she has to say!

In any case, she's going to make Derek think that she didn't consider him a friend all along—

Sure enough, when Derek heard it, he fell silent as she expected.

Tahlia felt extremely embarrassed, even more embarrassed than when she was in the restaurant, and she was so glad that she couldn't see, didn't have to see what Derek's expression was...

It took a while before she heard Derek's voice.

"I know I don't have to," he whispered. "I know, Tahlia—but I still want to."

Tahlia swallowed.

"Sorry..." she said dryly. "That's not what I meant."

"I know." Derek's voice was still soft.

"I'm really sorry..." Tahlia bowed her head. "I'm just... just not used to-"

"─Accustomed to being taken care of?"

"I don't—" Tahlia opened her mouth reflexively, but immediately dropped her voice and said silently. "Perhaps you are right."

Derek laughed.

Tahlia turned her head in confusion.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have laughed," he said. "I shouldn't have laughed... I don't even know what made you so unaccustomed to being taken care of by others──Damn it, anyone is qualified to depend on others! And you──"

Tahlia was stunned for a moment, but immediately couldn't help but burst out laughing because of the murmurs and complaints that the man next to him started unconsciously afterward. "You are really..."

"what?"

"Interesting." Tahlia said with a smile. "You're really funny, Derek."

"Is it funny?" Derek's voice is full of laughter, as if he has stopped paying attention to what Tahlia just said in such a short time.

Tahlia nodded, her head turned to the right, her expression serious and earnest. "Really, I'm glad to know you."

"So…" Derek said, but there was a pause. "If I wanted to tell you something seriously, would you believe me?"

Tahlia froze for a few seconds, blinking her eyes a few times. "What?"

"I mean, I have something very important to tell you," Derek explained.

"Oh..." Tahlia still didn't fully understand. "What's up?"

She thought she was the one who had something important to say - would Derek have something important to tell her?

"Actually I…" Derek started, but paused after catching a glimpse of Tahlia who was staring steadily at him.

"what?"

"Actually I—" Derek took a deep breath and shook his head. "It's okay...we're almost there, we'll talk about it later."

Oh, who will kill him...

Derek screamed inside.

It's just that close!It's only a little short!He's about to say it!

Why can't he say such a simple sentence?Oh my god... how useless he is──

Sighing heavily in his heart again, Derek parked the car in front of their shop, got out of the car and opened the door for Tahlia, then opened the back seat door, carried the sleeping Nigel out of the car, and then walked to Tahlia Be around so that she can support herself.

"Can you do it yourself?" Derek asked. "I have to put Nigel to bed first."

Tahlia nodded, and then, as if to prove it, she let go of Derek's shoulder as she walked into the store, walked around some display cases familiarly, and walked straight up the stairs.

Derek smiled unconsciously before freeing up a hand to turn on the light...

After a while, he settled Nigel, took a few deep breaths, patted his cheek to boost morale, and then walked to the door of Tahlia's room, then reached out and knocked on the door twice.

The door was quickly opened, and Tahlia was standing behind it.

"So, there's something you want to tell me?" she asked.

Derek nodded subconsciously, and then suddenly realized that this behavior was meaningless, coughed lightly, and said. "You forgot to turn on the light."

Tahlia froze for a few seconds.

And Derek went straight into the room and flicked the light switch.

Then he finally got a clear look at Tahlia.

Under the light, her face was a little pale, but it wasn't that sickly and bloodless. It seemed that she had this complexion only because she went out too infrequently.

Maybe later on I'll have to convince her to go out more in the afternoon?

Derek just thought about it, and quickly shook his head to get the thought out of his head, anyway, now is not the time to think about these things, he has more important things──

"Tahlia."

"Ok?"

Derek clenched his fists. "About what I just said in the car—I mean, I really have something important to tell you..."

"Well, I'm listening."

"I..." Derek's mouth felt parched, and now he wished that there was something he could gulp down to relieve the situation.

He can't damn well say-

"Derek?" and Tahlia looked confused.

"Oh, damn—" Derek complained in a low voice, then stepped forward, grabbed Tahlia's hand, and put it on his chest. Tahlia seemed to be taken aback, and reflexively wanted to withdraw his hand , but he held on tightly and didn't let her do what she wanted.

"What are you doing—"

"Shh." Derek squeezed her hand firmly. "Can you feel it?"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Tahlia didn't understand at all. "...what do you feel──"

"My heart beats."

"what?"

Derek slapped himself hard in the back of his mind, what the hell was he talking about... what was he doing?

The two stood facing each other like this, and the atmosphere was really weird.

Say something, Derek Hilton!

Derek kept shouting in his heart, it's good to say something!Tell her he likes her!Tell her how fast his heart is beating right now!

"I... what I want to say is—"

"enough."

Now it's Derek's turn to look blank. "Tahlia, I—"

"I get it, so... that's enough." Tahlia tried again to withdraw her hand, and this time, Derek forgot to hold on. "I probably know what you're trying to say, but...forget about it."

"But I don't—"

"Forget it."

"No!" Derek turned up the volume suddenly, and even he didn't understand why he was so excited all of a sudden. "No! At least you have to... tell me why—"

"There's no reason…" Tahlia sighed. "Forget it," she repeated a third time.

"It can't be without a reason, Tahlia...why?" Derek asked again, but he didn't give up.

He wasn't even able to fully express it and was rejected?No, no, no, this is not any of the situations he envisioned at all, he can't act as Tahlia said and pretend that nothing happened... No matter what he can't do it, he has to end this matter no matter what──

"Please tell me—" He took a deep breath. "No matter what you say, I can accept it..."

"Oh, Derek…" Tahlia smiled faintly. "Don't talk too much, you'll regret it—"

"If I don't figure it out today, I will regret it."

Tahlia closed her eyes, sighed again, then turned around and walked to the bookcase she rarely opened.

It was full of her books, any one of which would have terrified Muggles, but she'd put the Confusion Charm on them after putting them up, and maybe in Derek's eyes, these were just normal. Muggle Books of --

She still remembered that he once asked herself why there was such a bookcase in the room. After all, she is blind now, and it is impossible for her to treat reading as a pastime in her spare time. How did she answer at that time?

"These are memories I can't get rid of no matter what."

Yes, they are memories, whether happy or sad...

It's all memories──

"Do you really... understand me?" Tahlia asked softly, reaching out to the bookcase, groping for her target.

"What do you mean?" Derek asked stiffly.

"Are you sure I'm really the one you like?" Tahlia didn't answer, but asked another question, and then she opened a drawer of the bookcase. "Perhaps where did I come from as a murderer—"

"I know you have a secret," Derek whispered. "I knew you were different from the first time we met, but that's what attracted me to you, Tahlia—" He paused, taking two steps forward. "Do you think I didn't think about it before I decided to confess to you?"

"Maybe." Tahlia replied flatly, turning around slowly, and a wooden stick appeared in her hand. "But there are some things that cannot be easily understood──"

"Give it a try, then," Derek snapped. "Let's see what I think... about your secret—I'm absolutely fine with it."

He'd always known that Tahlia had secrets, and he'd embraced them wholeheartedly... whatever they were, he'd take them!

"I really doubt that, Derek." Tahlia smiled, and the next second, she swung the stick.

Then the whole room shook suddenly.

Subconsciously, Derek squatted down, tightly grasping the foot of the bed beside him, and when he raised his head and wanted to call Tahlia, he was stunned.

The wooden stick in Tahlia's hand was shining brightly, and then something changed... The room was slowly transformed──

Derek watched in disbelief as patches of grass began to sprout from the floor, clear water flowed inward from the window sill, and fell straight down into a small pool that suddenly appeared below, the bed had completely disappeared, replaced by a green covered It was full of boulders, and the foot of the bed he was holding on to turned into a dead branch growing beside the boulder. A few vines slowly hung down from the ceiling. If you look down, you will find that they are along the The walls grow up...

"This is…" Derek couldn't organize the words at all. "very……?"

"Surprised?" Tahlia was still smiling, and then she took a few steps forward, stopped right in front of Derek who was still squatting, and waved her wand again, and the next second, Derek found himself completely unaffected. He floated up in a controlled manner, and the person in front of him waved again, his feet landed on the...grass that had completely softened.

"You..." Derek felt like his mind was in a mess, he had completely forgotten what he was thinking just now, and he couldn't think of anything at the moment. "What are you—"

"I'm a witch." Tahlia's voice came softly into her ears.

Female... witch?

"So, are you still sure you can accept it?"

Derek stares blankly at Tahlia, then, dramatically, rolls his eyes and falls backward with a thud, passing out.