[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Sirius and James' injuries really healed the next day, and they were able to wander around the school alive and well in the morning. They really almost got to know Hogwarts thoroughly. They lived here for a little over a year, and because of this, the number of times the two of them were caught when they took Remus and Peter on night tours dropped sharply, and the gems of the two colleges of Gryffindor and Slytherin were also preserved.

As far as the results are concerned, Tahlia won't stop Sirius from sneaking out of the cellar in the middle of the night without sleep, and now if they are caught, Slytherin deducts a few points, and Gryffindor gets triple, yes Lily was very annoyed by this, but James refused to listen to this point, as if breaking the school rules was an important purpose in his life.

On this day, the four of them gathered in the Room of Requirement again, rarely without Tahlia and Lily, as for Snape... forget it, they never invited him to act with them anyway.

"Hey, I think we really should draw all the secret passages." James said in a rare serious tone. "You know, there are some secret passages that I almost forgot where they are... If we don't write them down, what should we do if we suddenly forget them in the future?"

"Makes sense." Remus pondered for a moment. "But it's a big project..."

"What does that matter," James said quickly. "We're only in the second grade! Draw slowly and you'll be done."

Suddenly Peter raised his hand silently.

"What?" Several people looked at him suspiciously.

Peter swallowed, and spoke hesitantly. "That, that... I think we can make a different map..."

"What do you mean?" Sirius asked.

"That's...that's, I think we can add, add some features to the map or something..." He paused. "For example, a professor who will detect whether there is a patrol...etc." He looked up, his eyes sparkling. "In this way, we will never be caught again when we go out at night..."

Peter definitely has his reasons for thinking this way, because he was almost responsible for the arrests of their several night tours. I don’t know why, his luck is always bad, and he often happens to be caught just like this, or Accidentally knocked over the armor in the corridor or something...

"Peter, there are many reasons why you would be caught traveling at night..." Sirius complained.

"So, that's why I thought... How about enhancing the map!" Peter protested softly.

James thought for a moment, then smiled, and he patted Peter on the shoulder happily. "Well done! Peter! You're a genius!"

"What, what?" Peter was stunned as if he didn't expect to be praised.

"James, do you know what you're talking about?" Sirius asked in surprise.

"Of course I know!" James said excitedly. "Name detection system! Have you forgotten?"

"What name detection—oh!" Sirius also became excited in an instant. "Why didn't I think of it!"

Remus was the calmest one. "But I remember that it was huge... how do we indent him into the map..."

All three were silent.

Damn, that's a really big problem... Thanks to Peter for making such a great suggestion...

"That..." Peter silently raised his hand again.

The three of them immediately looked at him expectantly, maybe he would come up with some innovative solutions.

"Uh... What are you talking about, the name detection system...?" He said weakly.

Silence again.

James suddenly regretted the words he had just blurted out that praised Peter as a genius.

"Peter, you were there." Remus said hesitantly.Maybe Peter wasn't there at the time and they all misunderstood him.

"when?"

Sirius just rolled his eyes. "When Tahlia often disappeared, you were there at the time, and you asked me why Tahlia was always missing, and then James suggested that there is actually something that can detect a person's location!" He stopped Once, he tapped Peter on the head. "Sometimes I really don't know if you have something in here..."

"Oh!" Peter ducked away. "Sirius, it will hurt!"

"Ah, so it hurts..." Sirius said lightly. "I thought it wouldn't hurt if it was full of water—"

"Sirius! You're bullying Peter again, aren't you?"

Peter looked past Sirius, and looked directly at the door of the Response Room, as if seeing a savior, he rushed forward. "Tahlia!" exclaimed excitedly.

"Hey, Peter," Tahlia greeted, then looked at Sirius. "Did you bully him?"

"No." Sirius replied quickly with a guilty conscience.

Tahlia obviously wasn't fooled at all, she raised her hand and knocked Sirius on the head. "Why do I feel that your head is full of water? I'll check to see if it hurts!"

"Yes! Of course it will hurt!" Sirius dodged around. "Tahlia, I was wrong, I won't bully Peter anymore..." Then he whispered again. "Who told him to be really stupid sometimes—"

"Sirius!" Tahlia didn't miss the mutter, and continued to tap Sirius on the head. "You really are—"

"Okay, Tahlia." Remus finally stopped Tahlia aloud. "I don't think Sirius will be able to do it anymore, right?" Then, he looked at Sirius sternly, and warned him not to talk nonsense.

Sirius nodded quickly, not daring to mutter anymore. "Really! I will never do that again." Never in front of Tahlia.Although I don't mutter anymore, I still think about it in my heart.

Tahlia didn't intend to get too deep into it, after all, their way of getting along is like this, Peter is relatively weak among the four of them, and will always be ignored by others unconsciously, but she thinks that Peter has his shrewdness It's just that they didn't see it.

Remus also looked at Peter, he knew that Peter was never as weak as he appeared on the outside, just seeing that he knew how to ask Tahlia for help, he could quickly judge who could help him, because Sirius always listened to Tahlia, So Peter subconsciously leaned towards Tahlia.

In the future, probably Peter will be able to rely on this instinct to avoid many dangers.

Smile, it should be gratifying.

"Thanks, buddy." Sirius, who was finally saved, slumped on the chair and looked at his savior. "But Remus, you look more haggard these days, are you sick?"

Remus' heart seemed to miss a beat when he heard it. "You read it wrong..." He said calmly. "But I have to go home in a few days, you know...my mother."

"Why does your mother seem to be sick once a month..." James murmured.

Tahlia's movements froze for a moment, but she didn't let anyone notice. She looked at Remus, obviously a little nervous, and spoke. "James, some illnesses are inherently good and bad, and it's not true that you get sick once a month. It's so periodic. Remus can already predict when his mother will be sick, so why wait for a letter from home? "

This is the way Tahlia came up with, always asking Remus to use the excuse that his mother is sick to avoid the full moon will arouse suspicion sooner or later, why not use the school owl to send a letter to Remus every time it is a fixed time, mentioning his mother The condition is worse than no evidence at all.

This created the illusion that every time Remus came home it was because he had received a letter from home.

Although James was still a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, he was right. Remus had indeed received a letter from his family a few days ago, probably because his mother's illness happened to happen almost once a month...

Seeing James accept the explanation, Remus breathed a sigh of relief and gave Tahlia a grateful look, and she smiled and winked at him.

"Well, this time I'll go back and bring you some snacks. Is there anything in particular you want to eat?" Remus smiled.Although these snacks are not brought from home, but he will find time to go mail order later.

This time it finally passed, and Remus felt tired. He felt that his friends were too smart. If it weren't for Tahlia's help, they wouldn't be able to hide it for long with such loopholes, even though she had told herself that James and the others would never Like her, he didn't mind his werewolf status, but he was still deeply afraid.

Fear that if they open their mouths, they will abandon themselves.

There should be no secrets between friends, but he lied to them from the very beginning, and the lies always snowballed. Once he told a lie, he had to cover it up with more lies. The speed at which the snowball grew bigger It's amazing.

"I don't think this will last long." Tahlia whispered as she approached Remus.

He nodded.

"I'll think of another way."

Tahlia sighed. "Remus, you're still scared."

In fact, this is the easiest way. After telling them, there is no need to try to cheat again. Although Tahlia is sure that Sirius and others will never mind, but after all, she is not Remus, and she cannot make any decisions for him.

"Yes, I am," Remus admitted. "I'm not ready to tell them." After a pause, he added. "Feel sorry."

"Why are you apologizing to me?" Tahlia smiled. "I think it can last for a while, don't force yourself too much..."

"Ah."

Tahlia smiled at Remus again before walking towards the others.

Remus smiled too.

When I was going to take a boat to Hogwarts by the Black Lake, I chose to get on the same boat as Tahlia, which is really great...

Several people laughed and made noise for a while, and soon forgot that they were discussing Remus's regular disappearance just now.

I thought it was over like this, but two months later, when Tahlia was concentrating on writing her thesis, Sirius suddenly pulled her to a corner, looking at her nervously and mysteriously.

"what happened?"

Sirius hesitated a lot, opened and closed his mouth a few times, but still didn't say anything.

"Sirius, I have a thesis to write," Tahlia said.

"Wait! Tahlia...you," Sirius asked uncertainly. "What do you think of... a werewolf?"

I froze for a moment. "What's the meaning?"

"That's right, what do you think of creatures like werewolves...?"

Tahlia thought for a while, then said seriously. "Werewolves are of course very dangerous, and anyone should avoid being in the same room with them—" Seeing that Sirius' face became more and more rigid, she changed her tone. "However, many werewolves are not voluntary. Normally, they are just ordinary people, and they will feel remorse for their uncontrollable behaviors of hurting people due to animal nature in the full moon." After a pause. "We should try to help people like this, shouldn't we?"

"I think so too." Sirius breathed a sigh of relief, but fell into a hesitant look again.

Seeing that Sirius didn't speak again, Tahlia put her hands on her waist and said angrily. "Sirius, if you don't make it clear, I won't know what you want to say for the rest of my life."

"I, we suspect... James and I suspect—" Sirius looked up, looking straight into Tahlia's eyes.

"—We suspect Remus is a werewolf."