Black-and-white (Translation)

✔8. I'm scared, part 1

As soon as Snape returned to his room, he grabbed his book and supplies and immediately went to the infirmary.

Well, Harry did not have to write the letter to Gripock anymore, but maybe he needed it later.

Oh Merlin, he was still angry when he thought of Black's stupid statements. He really hoped for this mutt to behave at the next encounter with Harry. Otherwise, Snape would hex him into the next week. The potions master did not want to think about the headmaster. Certainly not if he frightened the boy perhaps with his mood.

So he pulled himself together and focused on the questions he wanted to ask Harry about Luna.

When Snape entered the hospital wing a little later, he saw the kid trying to stab him with the potions that Poppy held out to him. With Harry's current appearance, that had little effect. On the contrary, it reminded the professor more of a cat puppy who was haunting a tree.

After the boy strangled the medicine, the nurse put a plate of light soup in front of him. Poppy still smiled at Snape as he was leaving, then she disappeared into her office.

Snape sat down in the visitor's chair next to the hospital bed. As soon as he was seated, he was already greeted by a soft bird chatter, which made Harry lift his head.

"Hello, Harry, do not let me bother you, keep eating." He barely finished his sentence when there was a soft pop, and Dobby appeared right next to him, holding a tray of food in his hands.

"Hello, Mr. Snape, sir. Madame Pomphrey said you should eat this. If not, she will not let you down to Mr. Harry Potter, sorry (he glanced apologetically at Harry) Mr. Evans sir. "

Snape just acknowledged that with a raised eyebrow. But then nodded beaten. He knew that Poppy would make her threat true. This woman was worse than any dragon mother.

Satisfied, the little house elf put the tray on the bedside table, smiled at Harry again and disappeared again.

Harry tried in vain to stop himself laughing. But it was also too weird to see the most feared teacher of all Hogwarts rock hard. Fawkes and Hedwig, too, amused their plumage. When Snape gave the two birds a stern look, they began to cluck loudly. Such a joke, now he had to be laughed at by birds! If one of his students knew that, except Harry, he could smoke his call in the pipe. A look at the boy showed that at least this one had the decency to return to his food.

So both focused on their food for the first time. These feathered annoyances kept stealing food from Snape's plate, but Harry's left it wiser. One thing the teacher had to admit, these two animals were incredibly mindful of the boy's health. And they were definitely more attentive than most people Snape knew.

After both had finished their meal and the dishes had disappeared with a pop, Harry turned to his teacher.

"Poppy told me what happened to the Order. I'm sorry, I forgot how childish Sirius can behave. "

"You do not have to apologize at all. I know your godfather well enough to know that a reasonable conversation with him is almost impossible. "

"I think Azkaban has thrown back his mental development by years. He is sometimes still just a kid. And that he does not want to talk about it, does not make it any better. "Harry laughed bitterly when he realized what he had just said, especially when he had to talk for years, even when he had been silent.

Snape seemed to notice what the boy was thinking. But said nothing. For him, there were some big differences between Harry and Black. Whatever started with the fact that everyone wanted to help the mutt when he fled. The boys, on the other hand, had all been left to their own devices.