"P-Professor, I'm here." Su Er came to a stop in the open space before the desk, his head hanging sheepishly.
Snape was furious. Last night, Dumbledore had instructed him to guard the Castle's main entrance over the next few days and let that damned Potter out when necessary.
He had already gone a whole night without sleep, and Dumbledore had also told him to teach the young Hufflepuff wizard before him Occlumency. So he had waited here for an entire day.
It was already dusk! Only now had the wretched boy arrived. By then, wave after wave of exhaustion was battering his brain, forcing his eyelids together.
Predictably, by the time the lesson ended, it would be about time to stand guard at the Castle's main entrance.
It was an important assignment. Had Dumbledore not said that only he was capable of handling it, he would never have bothered with that damned Potter, every bit as reckless and arrogant as his damned father!
I'm a person, a wizard! Not a Troll turning a millstone!
If that damned Potter didn't have eyes just like Lily's! If only...
I'll endure it!
As the saying went, endure something for a moment, and the more you thought about it, the angrier you became. And so Snape's expression grew colder still, his gaze even darker.
Su Er stood uneasily in place, his hands obediently clasped before him, the very picture of an honest, well-behaved child waiting to be scolded for a mistake.
But after waiting a long time without receiving the expected spray of venom, Su Er quietly raised his head.
Snape's gaze chilled him to the bone.
Oh, mother... am I not going to live to see tomorrow's sun...?
*Is it too late to run? No, whether I can even reach the door is