[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Before you know it, Hogwarts will usher in the Christmas holiday. Many students are restless and eager to wait for the holiday. After Potions class was over that day, Tahlia was stopped by Slughorn, and Lily and Snape.

"gentlemen?"

"Tahlia, boy, what are your plans for this Christmas break?" Slughorn asked cheerfully. "I have a small party here. If you can come and attend, I think it will definitely make the party more interesting..."

"Sorry, sir..." Tahlia said politely. "But I have to go home and spend Christmas with my brothers. I really feel sorry that I can't attend your party..."

"It's okay, it's okay..." Slughorn waved his hand, then asked the other two.After they were all politely rejected, they didn't show much frustration, and just waved them away.

They arrived outside the classroom door, and Sirius and his group were still waiting outside the door. Snape snorted as usual after seeing them, but Sirius, who was suffering from a severe cold due to the sudden drop in temperature, didn't have the energy to reply. He had been a little dizzy all day long, but fortunately Snape didn't say anything, just walked with them, and they were usually going to be responsive and do their homework that day.

"Severus, are you in a bad mood?" Lily asked, walking beside Snape.

"No." Snape said, but his face was still terribly gloomy.

Lily shrugged her shoulders and didn't ask any more questions. Tahlia, who happened to be biased behind, was trying hard to tie her hair up. Obviously, these boys couldn't help her at all, so she stopped for a while and said that she would help her tie it up. Snape kept a little distance from the four in front and continued walking.

Snape was bored watching the chattering of the four people in front of him, talking about whom to play pranks on, being caught on a night tour one night, and other boring topics, when suddenly a word caught his attention.

"Actually, I still can't figure out why Tahlia said that about his bloodline for no reason..." James frowned. "What do you think it's none of her business that Snape was found?" he said to Sirius.

Sirius shrugged. "I don't know, I asked but Tahlia just said that sooner or later you have to face it, it's better to get used to it sooner..." His voice was heavily nasal, and he stopped. "But I always feel that this is not the main reason..."

"You said, maybe she did it for S..." Remus suddenly closed his mouth, and glanced back alertly.

Snape slowed down even more immediately, seemed to be further away from them for a moment, and stared at the floor in feigned boredom.

"...Could it be because of Snape?" Remus saw that Snape probably wasn't paying attention to their conversation, so he lowered his volume slightly and continued.

"For Snape?" James said suspiciously. "What for him?"

"I'm thinking, maybe..." Remus said uncertainly. "Could it be that she wants to expose herself so that everyone's focus on Snape will be turned on her, after all..." He paused, and said hesitantly. "In Slytherin, it's definitely more exclusive...Muggle-born..."

The rest of them opened their mouths wide open, and what Remus said was not impossible, but who would suffer for such an act just for one person?No, considering that although Tahlia is not close to Snape on the surface, everyone can still feel that she still cares about Snape. This is indeed something that Tahlia would do. Everyone was silent for a while, After a long time, Peter spoke slowly. "So...does Snape know...know?"

Now that I know, Snape secretly said something behind him, but his face still showed no expression, but he was extremely shocked in his heart. He thought that Tahlia's head was stepped on by a troll that day. If it was true as Lupin said, maybe Tahlia revealed her secret It was to protect him... No, not maybe, Tahlia was really for him. After all, after that day, many students who were targeting him suddenly seemed to lose interest in him. They must have shifted their attention to what they knew He should have thought of Tahlia, who was of humbler Muggle blood... maybe he had realized, at least subconsciously, that Tahlia would never do nonsense... and now he Can't lie to himself anymore, but what can he do?So what if she did it for herself?She doesn't want herself to be close to him, does she?

He turned his head and saw Tahlia not far away, who was being helped by Lily to tie her hair. It seemed that her hair had become longer during this period of time. On the contrary, her figure was even thinner, and that Black was not urging her does she eat?In fact, he wronged Sirius on this point. After all, Sirius kept adding food to Tahlia's plate every day, but Tahlia always had to take some self-made refreshments to cheer up because of training and studying without rest. Over time, it will naturally affect the body.

"Tahlia! What's the matter with you?" Lily's exclamation came suddenly.

Tahlia quickly lowered her hands, and she raised her hands just now to tie her hair, but she revealed the bruises on her wrists in the sleeves, which was spotted by the sharp-eyed Lily.

"What's wrong?" It was James' voice, and the four people in front heard Lily's exclamation and turned around, Tahlia secretly said "Oops", which attracted everyone here.

"Nothing." Tahlia replied quickly, but it sounded a little guilty.

"How could it be nothing?" Lily shouted excitedly. "Where did you get the bruise on your hand?"

As soon as everyone heard this, they all turned their attention to Tahlia, especially Sirius, who stared at her with wide eyes.

"No bruises..." Tahlia said, surreptitiously casting a cover-up spell with the wand in her sleeve. "I think Lily, you read it wrong."

"I'm not mistaken." Lily said firmly. "I really saw bruises on your hands just now!"

Tahlia sighed, and pulled the sleeves up a bit, revealing spell-smooth arms. "Look, there are really no bruises..."

Sirius strode forward and grabbed Tahlia's hand and looked at it carefully. After observing for a long time, he finally believed her words and let go of her hand. "Maybe Lily, you are really wrong, the lights in the corridor are a bit dim..."

"I..." Lily bit her lip, she was sure she saw the bruise on her wrist just now, but there was nothing on Tahlia's hand, could it be that she was wrong?

"It's okay Lily," James patted Lily on the shoulder. "Look, Tahlia really doesn't have any bruises on her hands, let's keep going."

"Hmm..." Lily was still a little confused, but she followed James forward.

Tahlia breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking with the crowd. She felt bad about lying to her friends, but should she tell them that the bruises on her hands were grabbed by students from the same school?Not only on her wrists, but she believed that she also had many injuries on her back. After all, every few steps she would be pressed against the wall, and sometimes several people would grab her one by one. Take them down before they hurt, otherwise it's not just a bruise.

For a while, she said to herself, endure for a while, Lucius once explained that she should not expose her ability rashly if she is not fully sure, and she obviously has not yet reached the point where she can overwhelm the crowd, besides, if it is true Scared away all the students who bullied her, maybe they will find Snape easier to bully one day and turn their attention back to him, and that's exactly what she didn't want to happen, let everyone come to her ...

Snape was sulking, but he wasn't sure if he was mad at Sirius for grabbing Tahlia's hand or James for touching Lily's shoulder, but one thing he did know for sure was that he hated Potter and Black, there was absolutely no doubt about that .

He didn't know why Tahlia hid the fact that she had a bruise, he was standing far enough away that he could clearly see the flicker of stiffness on her face as Sirius grabbed her hand, it must have been a bruise Part of it was touched, but he suddenly remembered that when he passed a certain corridor one night, he saw Tahlia leaving with a tired expression. He didn't even notice that Snape was standing not far away. There was a Slytherin student lying on the bed, obviously passed out, and from that point of view, it was probably an idiot who troubled Tahlia but was dealt with instead, so her injury was obviously caused by those people, I don't know why, when I think about it, my heart aches Just inexplicably tugged, making him pause in his steps.

"Snape?" Tahlia called suspiciously from behind.

"None of your business," Snape replied quickly, but regretted it when he saw Tahlia's frustrated but accustomed expression. "I mean, just go your own way." After saying this, he wanted to kill himself... Why couldn't he say a few words in a pleasant manner.

"It's really none of my business..." Tahlia said, not noticing that Snape's face darkened at the words. "Sorry, let me pass..." He said, turning slightly sideways, passing Snape and catching up with Sirius in front.

Feeling uncontrollably lost, Snape saw Tahlia handing the handkerchief to Sirius who was blowing his nose vigorously, and suddenly wanted to rush forward to grab the handkerchief, but he stopped himself quickly, what was he doing grabbing a handkerchief when he had nothing to do?It's not something precious...

"Sirius, don't you really want to go to the medical wing?" Tahlia looked at Sirius with some concern. His cold seemed to be getting worse after a whole day, and his cheeks were even red, and he was shaking when he walked. wobbly. "You look serious..."

"I'm fine." Sirius said, but the heavy nasal voice betrayed him, seeing Tahlia's reproachful eyes, he said hastily. "At least let me finish my homework? I'll definitely go later."

"That's what you said," Tahlia said. "I'll definitely drag you away later..."

Sirius was crying, although he was very happy that Tahlia was doing homework with them, but he didn't want her to drag him to the doctor. He looked to Remus, who was begging for help, and the reason why he didn't look for James was because he If you have a good chat with Lily, you won't have time to bother him.

Remus smiled apologetically at him, and shook his head to express that there was nothing he could do about Tahlia, who told Tahlia to have a way to make Sirius obedient?