It was Valentine's Day and students were sharing chocolates with each other as a sign of affection, but Dahlia was spending her time with Severus in his classroom once again, they had begun talking to each other again, but not much has changed otherwise. Dahlia was sitting on one of the tables playing with her hair, "You know I love you right?" Severus only nodded, it felt like she constantly reminded him of this. So why bring it up now?
Dahlia placed her hands on the edge of the table ,"Well I still do, and I did when I wrongfully accused you of things you weren't doing. I should have asked you, like you said. I don't know why I said those things to you." She felt her eyes water up, she was insecure and knew she could never compare to Lily. She eventually felt tears roll down her cheeks and lowered her head hoping he wouldn't see.
Severus walked up to her and lifted her head, and gently ran his thumbs under her eyes, wiping the tears "Please don't cry." He said trying to calm her down, but it somehow only made it worse "I can't help it." She stated as more tears fell down "I'm so afraid of loosing you. What if he who must not be named finds out your not working for him? Or you are accused of worse and I'm the only one defending you? What then?"
He pulls her into a hug and held her close "I'll always come back to you, I only need you on my side." She instinctively held him back, unable to stop crying at this point "I can't possibly mean that much to you." He gently brushed her hair with his hand, doing his best to comfort her "You're more important than you know."
She seemed to calm down a bit, but not completely yet "I know I'm not." He kept this up seeing that this was working "Of course you are, you were there for me in my darkest moments, and now I'm here for you, and I will be there for you in the future." She finally stopped crying and looked up at him "Really?" She asked hopefully. "Always." He replied.
After talking for a few more minutes Dahlia left to teach her classes.
