The students, apart from Tris, all spent several days frantically catching up on homework-only Tris had finished his well in advance.
The holidays were almost over.
"Ah, back to Hogwarts again." Harry sighed at first, then actually laughed. "I can't believe it. I almost don't want to go."
Tris and Ron both knew what he meant.
When Harry first arrived at Hogwarts, he had said he wished he could stay there for the rest of his life. Compared with life on Privet Drive, Hogwarts was wonderful.
But after a few days of blissful indulgence with Sirius, Hogwarts seemed a little less appealing.
"Oh, please. Have you seen how much weight you've put on these past few days?" Tris looked at Harry with undisguised disdain. "All you do is eat and sleep, then sleep and eat."
"I... I haven't." Harry tried to argue, but his voice grew quieter and quieter.
Compared with before the holidays, he had visibly filled out.
The food at Hogwarts was far better than anything on Privet Drive.
But during the second half of the holidays, Kreacher had shown what a veteran house-elf could do. Not only did he make exquisite French and Italian dishes, he could even whip up Chinese food.
As a direct result, everyone had been eating twenty percent more these past few days.
Tris exercised hard enough, or perhaps had the system helping him, so he had stayed in fairly good shape. Everyone else had visibly gained a little weight.
Especially Harry.
Harry had shared a room with Sirius throughout the holidays, and Tris couldn't very well go pounding on Sirius's door. As a result, Harry had barely gone on any morning runs and had exercised noticeably less than everyone else.
On top of that, Kreacher's affection for Sirius had extended to Harry.