The days dragged on like they were running through molasses. Khanna could not be released from the infirmary wing. Poppy was worried about the small increase of shaking attacks. Almost every afternoon if it was not the Potions Master at her bedside it was Harry. It was during one of these dreary days that the decision had been passed. They were going to be adopting the little girl.
Khanna awoke to the sound of a scribbling quill. Worried that it was not who she thought it was she glanced around the room quickly. Sitting in the chair next to her right was Severus on her left was Harry. They both smiled as they exchanged some papers between each other.
"Good morning sleepy head." Harry softly joked as he pushed a few of her loose waves back.
"Hi." She was decidedly not a morning person.
"Khanna would you like to take on our last name?" Shape looked up from the paperwork he had been filling out. There was a stack for her to fill out but they knew they would be transcribing it.
"Is be Nape?" Her eyes went wide with that anticipation.
A whisper of a laugh drifted out of Potter's mouth and Severus tried not to grin at that hope. "Well hopefully sweetheart. But sometimes these people that work for a big man called a Minster says that some people can't adopt. I am taking that as yes though to being Khanna Snape?" She shook her head widely waves bouncing with her excitement. Again everyone started at the paper work. Harry either explaining a question or writing an answer for her.
"Doeth that say?" She asked pointing to a random question on the parchment.
"That asks, what is your favorite color?" Her brow scrunched up in thought her lower lip jutting out just a bit as if her life depended on her answer. Well it kind of does.
"Puwpwe!" She seemed determined to answer with the bright color that annoyed Severus to no ends.
"If it is purple than it is purple." Harry snickered to his husband who just glared. The girl looked confused at her Professors but shook it off.
"Favorite animal, buttercup?" Harry read the next question poising the quill to answer.
"Bee." Khanna nodded her head as if it was the most known thing there. "But sec..two is panda." Severus literally groaned at this little tidbit. He thought, this is the end of being seen as a scary teacher. My rooms are going to be infested with "cute" animals.
Harry was trying not to laugh out-loud by the adorably cute face Khanna was making in her confusion. So he continued on to the next question, "What would you call your adoptive parents?"
"Daddy mad at Papa?" The question rolled off her tongue as if she had not heard what Harry asked. Both stopped in pure surprise at their others name from her.
Snape acted first gently he ran his fingers down her chin then answered, "No Khanna, Daddy is not mad at Papa. Daddy is just upset about a class thing."
"Oh..ok." She turned back to her questions which were mostly filled with doodles that were mostly wiggle lines. Snape just shook his head looking at the little girl like she was nothing more than a thing to be studied. The sun started to set so Harry collected the papers while Severus tucked Khanna in. They both told her good night, turned down the lights near her bed and left.
The next day it was all over the school. Khanna had been released that day and was just a happy little ball of energy. Students were whispering quietly to each other about the fact that two of their male Professors were married. And it was Potter and Snape who acted as if the other was the lowest being on earth. How their marriage was not in shambles was a question none not even Harry's best friends knew answers to.
Breakfast had people asking Khanna if she had known about the Professors being married but she just looked at them like they were all crazy. This morning her breakfast was lemon poppy-seed muffins which she was happy to consume so she could ignore everyone else. The day was going to be a long day.