bat, grimm and the cat can fix it (Translation)

An unpleasant truth

after ten minutes Harry had calmed down enough that he realized how hungry he was. He grabbed his plate greedily and began to eat. Severus did the same, but after a short while he stopped again. with a look of disbelief he stared at his student's eating habits.
At some point it became too colorful for the man and he reached for the boy's plate. But he would not have expected the reaction that resulted.
potter almost threw himself over the plate.
"No," came the whimper. His pupil looked at him challengingly but also fearfully.
Severus knew this behavior, and therefore he needed a few tries to be able to speak again.
"Mr. potter, I didn't mean to take your food away. But you mustn't swallow like that, it's unhealthy. If you go on like this, you just have to throw up afterwards. "
The teacher made sure to keep his voice calm and quiet.
blacky had stood next to the boy again and was whimpering softly.
Harry watched his teacher suspiciously. Didn't want to take the food away from him? But why then had he reached for the plate?
he carefully withdrew his hand. Harry pulled the plate closer and shielded it with one hand. He slowly began to eat again. But he didn't take his eyes off his teacher for a second.
he went back to his own plate. He pretended not to notice the child's looks. But out of the corner of his eye he observed the eating behavior very well.
After a while the boy got faster again.
"Mr. potter, nobody is taking your food away. It's all yours, but please, not so soon. You can take your time. "
Severus had to intervene a few more times to curb the boy's pace. But he no longer reached for the plate.

When the two had finished eating, they went with Blacky to the kettle meadow.
As announced, Severus had complained to Tom about his staff. The man had promised to take care of it. besides, only he or his wife would enter Harry's room.

When they were back upstairs, Severus straddled the chair again. Again with the same reaction from the student.
"Mr. potter, what's going on, why do you flinch every time I sit down? "
Harry kneaded his hands nervously, he picked up the monster book to distract himself.
"It reminds me of my first drinking lesson."
It took the teacher some time to remember that day.
"I didn't know that it bothered you so much. After all, you gave me repeated words. "
"I haven't. I just told you that unlike Hermione, I don't know. Do you know how embarrassing that was? "
"If it was so uncomfortable for you, why didn't you prepare yourself better for my class?"
"Then when? my relatives took my school supplies away when I got them. "
The dog growled, and Hedwig puffed her plumage too.
Severus looked down at the embarrassed boy.
"Apparently Petunia hasn't changed a bit. I thought she had grown up. "
Harry looked at his teacher with wide eyes. He knew, of course, that the man knew his parents. They were the same age. But his aunt. amazingly, the man answered his unspoken question.
"We were neighbors."
Harry's eyes lit up.
"You knew my mom before school?"
Severus sighed.
"Yes, we were even friends. But over the years we've drifted apart That sometimes happens when you grow up. "
"Because you were in different houses?"
"Pft, no, certainly not. also not because I was interested in dark magic, or similar nonsense. I can't tell you why, but it did. However, we got along right up to the end. Even if it crashed every now and then. her mother could be very quick-tempered. 'Red-haired box devil' was her nickname. "
Harry still looked big at his professor. He absently stroked the dog's fur, which was also listening.
"Tell me something about her?"
"Another time. Now I want you to tell me something first. "
"What should I tell you?"
"You flinch when you are touched, you are afraid of people and you eat as if you were about to starve. Also, you puffed up your uncle's sister. What happens to you with your relatives? "

Harry got up and went to Hedwig. He gently caressed her plumage. The owl leaned trustingly on the hand.
"Why do you want to know that?"
"What shall this question be for? Isn't that very clear? "
"No, no one has cared yet. Not in elementary school and not at Hogwarts either. "
"What about your head of house? Or the director? Have you never spoken to either of them? "
"No, Professor McGonagall was so proud of me when I joined the house team. And I already worry her enough that I don't want to piss her off with my home too. And the director is not interested in it. "
severus had to take a deep breath. To distract himself, he stroked the dog, which also accepted it. Although the animal obviously had to nibble at what was said.
"Mr. Potter, you wouldn't have been a nuisance to Minerva. the woman is the daughter of a reverend. You can imagine how he reacted when he found out that she was a witch. "
Severus had expected a lot, but not that the boy would not react at all. he was told the reason immediately.
"I know she tells that every first year. She wants to build trust and show us that we can always come to her. And many students come to her too. especially those from Muggle households. That's why I didn't want to come here too. In the end it might have just said I want attention again. "
"Minerva would never have said that!"
Harry turned around, startled. he didn't expect his teacher to be so quick.
"Not them, but many students."
He didn't want to say more about it. Severus seemed to sense that too.
"What do you think the director doesn't care?"
Harry buried his face in the plumage of his owl. Only after a while did he come out again.
"I told him. In the hospital wing after the stone thing. He said it didn't matter, I had to stay with my relatives because otherwise Death Eaters could find me. By the way, who came up with this stupid word? Anyway, in any case he said a few blows would be better than death. "