I do not own Harry Potter. I only own Tiffani.
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I ended up taking a nap. I'm not going to lie, my schedule is totally still on cat schedule, but I couldn't help but wonder if that's normal since I'm a neko now. I woke up to the sound of the door opening and I slowly opened my eyes to see Severus entering the living room and looking for me. I raised a hand and waved at him. "Welcome back," I said before covering my mouth to hide a yawn. "Did you have a nice class?" I asked while sitting up on the couch and rubbing my eyes.
"Annoying, I had to stop a student from blowing up his cauldron and from ruining his housemate's cauldron as well. So all in all, tiring," he said as he sat on the couch beside me.
"Guess what, you still get to teach a few more classes today," I said in a teasing manner and laughed when he used magic to throw a small decor pillow at me. "That's not fair," I said and tried to throw the pillow back at him, but he waved his wand and made it fly back at me. I laughed and covered my head with my hands and arms since the pillow kept attacking me. "You win, stop," I shouted in my laughter, since the pillow didn't hurt. "So are we ready to go to lunch?" I asked as I was finally able to sit up on the couch without being attacked by a pillow.
"Not quite, stand up," Severus said and he waited until I stood up. "Now spin around, slowly," he said and I did so after giving him a weird look. I felt little magic tickles go around me as I turned around. I gasped when he told me to stop and I looked down to see a long black dress on me instead of Severus' shirt and pants from earlier. I even had some nice black flats on my feet now. My tail felt much more comfortable in a dress anyways beside the pants. "Thank you, this is beautiful," I said and before I could change my mind, I gave Severus a hug.
He tensed up and I was about to pull away, but he gently wrapped his arms back around me. I pulled away from the hug after a minute. My cheeks were warm and I tried to hide my blush. "So ready to go to the lunch room?" I asked and he chuckled when I held out my hand for him.
He stood from the couch and grabbed my hand so he could wrap my arm with one of his. "It is called the Great Hall, not the lunch room," he told me softly and it was nice to see happiness in his eyes.
"Well that's a much better name than lunch room or cafeteria," I replied and he chuckled again. "Let's go," I said and tried to ignore my stomach, which was growling at me. I just hoped Severus didn't hear it, but I had a feeling he did since he looked down at me with another smirk. "So how much do you think your students will stare when they see you walk in with someone on your arm?" I asked as we started our walk through the secret area to get to the Great Hall.
"Oh I'm sure, every eye will be on you, not me. However, all of the professors besides Minerva will stare the most and question you the most. Hopefully Minerva spoke with Dumbledore and he had time to inform the other professors so they will not hassle you," he explained.
"Well if it gets to be too much, I'm sure you'll rescue me," I said and he gave a little cough. I smiled and the grin never left my face as we entered the Great Hall and the noise slowly calmed down to whispers. I looked around the room a little bit and it was amazing to see as a person instead of a cat, which had still been really cool.
"What makes you say that?" Severus questioned as he pulled out my chair for me, which was beside his usual empty seat at the head table.
I sat down and smiled when he pushed my chair a little closer to the table before he sat down beside me. I leaned over and made sure I was close to his ear with my hair hiding my face. "Because you already have," I said and gave his cheek a kiss before pulling back so I could sit up straight in my chair. "Hello Hagrid," I said to the man beside me, who was staring at me in curiosity. I immediately started talking to Hagrid, who told me that he knew what I was thanks to Dumbledore. He had all these questions, but honestly I had more questions than answers myself. I mean, I wasn't born a neko. I was turned into one by accident.
Thankfully, I was given a little break from Hagrid's questions because the food arrived and I seriously almost cried when I saw a plate of smoked chicken, steamed broccoli, and a bread roll. "Real food," I said in joy, but unfortunately, I was not as quiet as I wanted to be. I heard a snort to my side and looked to see Severus smirking at me. "You would miss food too if all you had was fish and water," I snapped and resisted the urge to stick my tongue out at him because of all the students still staring at me and Severus. The whispers were not as bad but they were still going on around the room.
After a little while of eating, I felt a warm breath hit my neck and then my ear. I didn't move because I knew it was Severus, but I know that my face was heating up. "Is the staring bothering you?" he whispered and I felt his hand gently rest on my knee under the table.