[HP] Can you be gentle with me

After a full two weeks, Tahlia couldn't take it anymore, obviously they got along well before, and she couldn't tell Snape about it because it was Remus' privacy, but he really didn't for so long Talking to herself made her sad.

As if she was dispensable.

"Severus, are you free?"

That night, Tahlia finally found the opportunity in Sirius' absence and stood in front of Snape.

Snape sat on the chair and glanced up slightly. "No."

"It doesn't matter." Tahlia felt that if she hadn't been a little unreasonable at this time, they would always be in such an awkward situation in the future, so she reached out and pulled Snape up.

"Tahlia Watson!" Snape snapped. "what you do?"

"Come with me."

Seeing that Snape wasn't really trying to break free from her pull, Tahlia turned her head and smiled, it seemed that they could still talk this time.

Pull him directly to the corner of the living room.

"Severus," she called.

Snape folded his arms across his chest and glared at her. "Didn't you have a good time with Black? You have to come to me for something—" sneered mockingly. "--according to them--a gloomy fellow?"

"Severus, you're not sullen," Tahlia said with a sigh. "I can't always make you two live in peace, but you know it!" There was a pause. "You clearly know that I have always considered you to be my very important friend." He lowered his head. "Do you consider me a friend, Severus?"

"Friends should be mutual, shouldn't they?" replied lightly. "You should ask yourself if I am—"

"Of course!" Tahlia said anxiously.

"Really?" Snape was unmoved. "Then what's up with your and Black's little secret?"

silence.

"I can't tell you—at least it's not up to me." After a long time, Tahlia spoke.

Snape snorted. "So who gets to decide? Potter? Black? Lupine? Or that idiot Pettigrew?"

"Severus, Peter is not stupid, he—"

"Yes, you always make excuses for them." Snape interrupted her directly, feeling that he didn't want to say anything more, and turned to leave.

Tahlia reached out and took Snape's arm.

"Let go." He said coldly.

"No!" Tahlia's grip tightened. "I never wanted to hide anything from you—" continued, ignoring Snape's snort. "But this time it involves a person's privacy. I can't tell anyone about it without his knowledge. You──I'm talking about this, can you understand?"

There was a small silence, but Snape nodded slowly. "Barely."

"If Lily had something important that you needed to keep secret for her, you wouldn't tell anyone, would you?" Tahlia thought for a while, and still cited Lily as an example.

Snape froze for a moment. "Um."

"So," taking a deep breath, Tahlia calmed down, and it turned out that Snape was most concerned about Lily's affairs. "can you forgive me?"

silence.

"Severus?" He silently prayed for an affirmative answer.

After a long time, Snape murmured in a low voice.

"what?"

"──There is nothing impossible to do"

Although they reconciled, Tahlia felt very tired. She and Snape always quarreled over small things—mostly Snape's one-sided anger. Could it be that he didn't value himself so much?

Tahlia felt very hurt, even though she knew she could never force someone's thoughts, she still hoped that maybe Snape would be touched a little bit, but obviously she was still thinking too good all the time, wake up, no matter how much she did , It can't match Lily's words.

"Hey, why did it take you so long to come?" James asked when he saw Sirius who was panting and pushing the door open.

"You don't know!" Sirius growled. "That guy Snape followed me sneakily all day long, as if he wanted to learn about Remus's secret..." He knocked his head regretfully. "Damn it, what the hell was I thinking, why did I bring this up in front of him—"

James frowned. "I think you're thinking too much, isn't that guy sneaking behind us one day and waiting to catch us?"

"...You are right." Sirius thought for a moment. "Well, anyway, he just wants to spy on us."

"Don't you just have to be more careful in the future?" James seemed relaxed. "That guy Snape will never know what we're doing in his life."

"Yeah." Sirius nodded, looked around only to find that there were only the two of them in this space. "Where did that Peter guy go?" He always thought that Peter just didn't make a sound.

James was speechless.

"Did you just find out Peter wasn't there?"

"Stop talking." Sirius became annoyed. "Who told him not to talk much..."

James laughed. "But you are too exaggerated..." Then he said seriously. "Peter went to do homework with Tahlia."

"What? Is there any homework these days?" Sirius was suddenly puzzled.

"No." James shrugged. "But Peter has accumulated a lot of things that he can't finish, so he had to ask Tahlia for help──"

Sirius was ashamed. "Well, that's exactly what he would do..." There was a pause. "Then can we still study today?" Thanks to the fact that he took several secret passages just now, he managed to get away from Snape.

"It's not bad without Peter." James spread his hands. "Anyway, the two of us were always discussing, and he just listened."

"That's right." Sirius laughed, sat down on the chair, and pulled a piece of parchment directly. "So, what else do we have to do today?"

Sirius was right.

Snape had really been racking his brains recently to find out what secret they had, which made Tahlia unwilling to tell herself. Although she didn't say it, she didn't forbid him to find out by himself, did she?

He just didn't want Tahlia keeping things from him.

Because he didn't know anything, but every time he thought that Black knew the secret and he didn't know it, he felt angry. Of course, he couldn't tell Tahlia that.

But lately Tahlia has been weird.

She is avoiding herself.

Snape had never seen Tahlia avoid him before, even when they weren't on good terms.

Unlike before when she always disappeared mysteriously with Black and the others, although she didn't see Tahlia often, she could still feel that person dangling around her from time to time, but she hesitated not to talk to her.

But now it's clear that Tahlia, as soon as she sees him approaching, falters and says she has something to do, and runs off in a hurry.

This made him want to know what the secret of Tahlia and Black was...

One day he told Lily about it, but unexpectedly, he got Lily's eyes.

"Severus, you really don't understand what girls are thinking, do you?"

Snape didn't speak, he didn't do anything.

Lily sighed. "You know, James did tell me—don't look like that, I know you're not right with him—he told me what happened to you on the train?"

silence.

"…Severus, what do you think of the Tahlians?"

silence.

"Forget it, I'll change the question." Seeing that Snape was always silent, Lily felt like she was talking to herself all the time. "What do you think Tahlia is like?"

"..." Isn't this the same question?

"Let me tell you what I think, Severus." Lily ignored Snape's continued silence, and continued. "Since you're complaining to me that Tahlia is always avoiding you, isn't it obvious that you consider her a friend? Even, I think you care about her—whether you admit it or not."

"I-I don't—"

"What I said is the truth." Lily pointed out directly. "Otherwise you wouldn't have complained to me about Tahlia at all. Have you complained to me about anyone else?"

"That's because—" Because he only considers Tahlia as a friend, while Lily is a more important existence. Isn't it normal to tell a friend about another friend?

I still don't believe Lily's analysis.

"Believe it or not." Lily shrugged. "Going back to the question, I think Tahlia is avoiding you -- it's because she's uncomfortable."

"........."

Lily sighed. "You're both the same, not saying anything, terribly awkward, but I'm not so sure—I suggest you go talk to her." Pause. "There's no way Tahlia is avoiding you for no reason."

Snape didn't answer.

And he didn't go talk to Tahlia either.

Soon, towards the end of the term, Tahlia stopped avoiding Snape, and she reverted to her old ways of getting along with him, joking with him, making him ashamed and then smiling and apologizing.

That made it even less likely that Snape would go to talk to Tahlia, since everything was back to normal anyway, wasn't it?

The end of the semester is approaching, which means that the final exam is coming soon. Tahlia has already started the review mode, urging everyone to study. She is so busy these days that she almost has no time to eat. It took up three nights of her time, and she had to work with Snape on the improvement of the Wolf Potion, and she also agreed to help Sirius and the three of them study the Animagus.

In addition to these, she also needs to seriously study the book that her husband gave her. The content of that book is very difficult. Tahlia has sent letters with owls many times, which makes her feel guilty for Skylar, and because Tahlia frowned every time she received a reply letter full of dense content, and it took a long time to study. Even Sirius knew that the gentleman he met at the banquet had been communicating with Tahlia, although It's weird, but it's hard to say anything.

Because of Lucius' strict prohibition, she couldn't use refreshing medicine to keep her spirits up. Sirius and others finally realized that something was wrong after she actually fell asleep in class.

"Tahlia, what's going on with you recently?" Sirius asked worriedly, taking Tahlia aside alone.

"Nothing." Tahlia smiled. "I haven't been getting enough sleep lately..."

Sirius raised one of his eyebrows, which looked a bit like the expression Lucius often put on, Tahlia shook her head quickly, probably she was too tired to hallucinate. "Just not enough?" he said. "You fell asleep in class!"

Tahlia was speechless.

Just fell asleep, but it didn't mean she would never fall asleep in class.Should she argue that everyone has the right to doze off in class—wait, that's getting too far.

"You guys often fall asleep in class too, it's no big deal."

Sirius shut his mouth immediately, he had nothing to say, indeed, anyone could doze off, but the person in front of him was Tahlia!He couldn't believe Tahlia would allow himself to doze off in class!

"Okay, but just once." Tahlia patted Sirius on the shoulder. "Aren't I in good spirits now?"

Sirius still had a skeptical look on his face. "Could it be that guy Snape did something again—?"

"Of course not." Tahlia frowned. "What are you doing that always involves Severus?" There was a pause. "I'm just helping him improve potions—you have your own ways to help Remus, and I have mine." There was a pause. "Could you even forbid me to do this?" After speaking, his tone became sullen.

"No no no!" Seeing that Tahlia seemed to be angry, Sirius waved his hands nervously. "I just—"

Tahlia sighed, and when she spoke again it was back to her original tone. "Sorry, I was too excited, it was my fault." He looked up. "Severus and I are researching an improved wolf drug, which is the closest to the fundamental solution. After all, there is currently no cure for werewolf disease." There was a pause. "So we're all trying to help Remus anyway, aren't we?"

"But you shouldn't wear yourself out," Sirius said. "You have dark circles under your eyes."

"...Sirius, I have dark circles."

"It's different." Sirius said firmly. "Now it's more serious."

"........."

Why can't she see the difference?

After thinking for a while, Tahlia said. "Okay, I promise you that you won't tire yourself out, is that okay?"

"………good."

What else can he say, at this time, he can only agree, right?