I Will Always Be With You

Yule

Life went on after the first encounter between Remus and Severus. Remus was now Harry's teacher even though classes would not start until the end of the Holidays, the school material would include subjects from the muggle education method as well as introductions to subjects that Harry will have at Hogwarts. Narcissa was also interested on Remus study plan for Harry and, after long consideration, because education is a very important matter, the Malfoy Family asked Remus to teach Draco as well, who was beaming at the thought of spending more time with his friend.

It was Yule Day, a very important celebration within the wizarding community, every family had their own rituals, somewhere very old like the pureblood's rituals, some others had just become a ritual, but the most important part of the celebration was the dinner. Every year people came together to celebrate, usually, people would invite their family and close friends to this kind of celebration.

That's exactly why Severus Snape was getting Harry ready, doing his best to comb the mess of curls without making it look too bad, they had been invited to the Malfoy Manor to have dinner. Remus was also going, he and Severus had some conversations but never about the past, always about Harry and, surprisingly, potions, it was normal to hear Severus rambling about potions, but it was definitely unusual for him to have an audience that was genuinely curious about the topic. Harry was always curious about everything and Remus was a great listener, needless to say, that he also had his fill from time to time talking about different spells.

Their relationship had definitely improved and not only theirs, but Remus was also feeling more comfortable around the Malfoys, and Hagrid got used to constant visits from Severus and Harry, who was starting to be more confident around the tight circle of people.

Suddenly, the sound of knocking could be heard in the new family quarters, Severus put down the brush "that must be Remus, let's go say hi, maybe he knows how to deal with your hair" Harry followed Severus to the door eager to see the werewolf. Harry did not know yet about Remus condition, the adults thought that it would be better to tell him after the full moon, this month would fall around the 27th, perfect timing in between holidays.

Remus was worried about the little one's reaction to the news, but he also knew that it was necessary for him to know the truth, even though Severus insisted that if he was not comfortable talking about it to Harry it was completely fine to wait, which, in a way, surprised the werewolf, he somehow figured that Severus would be the first one to urge him into talking.

Remus picked Harry up the moment that he saw him "Hey cub, is your Dad struggling with your curls again?" Severus was not amused by the comment after all not everyone had the patience to deal with that mass of hair and Severus' hair was really straight, so he didn't have previous experiences, because braiding (badly) Lily's hair when they were kids did not count. "Can you finish getting him ready while I dress?" Severus was still in his lab clothes because he hadn't had a chance to take care of himself.

Remus nodded and took Harry to the child's room "you get ready, we got this," that's all Severus needed to basically run to the shower. He desperately needed to get his hair washed and get rid of the potions oils that stained in his skin.

Remus sat Harry down on the chair on his room and started to brush his hair carefully to not hurt the child "What is new, Harry?" Remus asked lightly while concentrating on the little knot on the child's hair that did not want to come off, making him frown a little.

"Yesterday Dad and I made an experiment, it was in my experiments book, it was really cool!" Harry started to tell everything about this little experiment, which it was just a little volcano, but it was enough to pick Harry's curiosity on science, especially when he tended to question everything, not always out loud though.