Attendance please!
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Vernon, who had the fortune to listen to the apologies of the staff at my 'reading' of an elicit book was just confused, he was confused on how he should feel.
All things considered Harry had not done anything wrong, so despite the instinct to punish him, he just couldn't find a reason too.
Harry on the other hand just sat in the back of the car quietly and Dudley was in front, he had asked Vernen what a 'House of Pleasure' was since that was something he overheard from the other kids and the teachers.
Vernon, usually willing to bend over backwards, had made a stance and refused to elaborate. His only statement was that he will know once he is older.
The drive back to home was silent and very awkward as Dudley kept asking while Vernon tried to ignore him.
Harry, sitting in the back, was seemingly just looking out the window, but was actually listening and laughing on the inside.
Harry POV:
Oh my God that was glorious! The panic, the awkwardness, the situation now, I feel kinda bad for Mrs. Shanor but damn was it worth it!
I just hope she will be able to find a different job, otherwise I blatantly ruined her life-
You know, I think I will look for her once I get to Hogwarts if only so that I can apologise and make sure she didn't turn up in a ditch or slum, I am no monster after all.
Well, no, I am a monster, but I do still have some sympathy for my victims at least~
A good 10 minutes pass as we finally pull into the driveway, the sun is still high the warm autumn breeze flushes, I wonder, what will I do now, should I read something, go outside to the park, or just relax with some water.
I hope Vernen wouldn't mind if I decided to watch the tv with him.
Lost in my thoughts I exist the car, only to have Petunia call out "Harry, change and go weed the garden."
Well, that seems to be decided, and well uncharacteristically for me I just nod, honestly, the main thing the man, or well his memories miss is the ability to listen to music/audiobooks.
I walk inside the house, opening the cupboard I have just enough space for my backpack, next I change my clothes into some of the older ones that I was given.
The clothes are slightly large, which is annoying, but it is something I can deal with. I walk outside, I check the different flower beds, there are a few weeds while others are recognizable as flours.
In the man's memories his grandmother loved having gardens so he had a decent ability to distinguish what should and shouldn't be there even if some weren't in their blooming season.
Over all the process goes well, the soil is very light, slightly moist and very airy? Not sure how best describe it.
The roots of the weeds also come out easily even with my minimal strength.
It takes me roughly an hour and 20 minutes to go through the flower beds, I then manage to clear the dandelions in the grass within about another hour, by now the sun is slightly dipping down and the sky is gaining a yellowish hue.
Slightly dirty, I prepare to go back inside, I leave the gardening shoes outside the doorsteps as to not drag dirt in and anger Petunia.
As I walk in she notices me walk in and is about to say something until she looks down at my feat and with slight surprise comments "Oh uh- Harry, thank you for taking your shoes of before entering"
The awkwardness and unsureness[1] of how to approach the situation is clear in her voice.
Slightly of tune her voice sounds again "Change clothes, dinners' on the table"
I am bit surprised at the light tone since she is usually agreeing or cold toward me, but it seems that today she is in a pretty good mood.
It takes me another 5 minutes to change clothes after which I sit down at the table, Dudley and Vernon seem to have already eaten, while Petunia just sits down.
"Harry"
I look up from my food
"What you read in that book, please don't speak of it, it is very past your age, a book meant for adults"
A smile crosses my lips, so that's why the awkwardness.
"I know, if I remember correctly, I came across this type of book classification before, it is an 'erotica' correct?"
Petunia pauses while eating, she then looks up sharply.
"You knew what it was?"
I shake my head "Not really, I simply had some idea and was curious"
Her eyes narrow but she says no more, just eating.
I also keep the silence and so a silent dinner continues, with no more words spoken. After I finish, I place the plate in the sink.
"Thank you for the food, it is good"
Startled Petunia who was walking over trips slightly but manages to catch herself "You're welcome" a quite reply comes.
I then pause and ask "Can I go to the park"
"Do as you please"
So went the next exchange, the reply was swift and stiff, seemingly unable to process the oddly adult like and normal conversation.
It was slightly unnatural for a child to act as such, but Petunia had quickly forgotten this fact, after all, it was pointless compared to taking care of Dudley and Vernon.
So, I went, a five-year-old boy going to the park by himself, it wasn't far, only 2 corners away and 15 houses down.
As I arrived at the park, I see Sven, he is running towards me "Harry! Good to see you after school!"
"It is nice to see you to" I then notice Chisa running up behind him, she is wearing slightly different clothes, with the differences being a red skirt and black long-sleeved hoodie.
"Hey Harry, we were just playing tag with a few others, want to join?"
Before I can even nod, a kid runs up to Chisa and tags her after which she tags me and runs off.
Sven slightly slow on the up take gets tagged by me as I sprint away, laughing. I guess even the man was a kid at heart as this joy was genuine for both 'Harry' and him.
Like this time passed swiftly, the other kids go dragged away by their parents until it was just the three of us.
Tired, we decided to stop, then we sat down on the tallest climbable point of a nearby tree, sitting there, all on different branches, I on the tallest, Chisa just below and Sven practically beside me but a little bit to the right of my branch.
We sat there, talking a good 10 minutes passed until we heard an adult calling Sven, he apologized and said we can meet here again tomorrow and that he would see us at school.
Another 20 minutes pass, this time it was silent, but it wasn't awkward, rather it was more comforting than anything else.
Lastly Chisa got called away, honestly, she was really fast, the fastest one of us playing, and that was saying something since we gathered around a ground of 20 kids, almost the entire park.
Sven was good too, but he wasn't that fast, he more specialized in weird angles and maneuvers.
I wasn't the fastest or the slipperiest, rather I find I was somewhere right after both, this made it, so I only got tagged twice, once by Chisa and once by Sven.
Sure, there were other kids faster and more maneuverable than me other than my two new friends, but I just had a bit more of a balance, I guess.
Now I find myself alone, overlooking the sun, the sky in its warm hues and the now empty park.
Finally I decide it is time to head back, but as I arrive back, I find the house looked, and the tv blaring loudly. I try to knock and ring the doorbell but nothing works.
Honestly kind of annoyed I just turn around and start walking down the street again.
Chisa
Harry ran fast! He was out speeding most of the kids and his reflects were good as well! He wasn't the fastest though, me and a few others were faster, but he stood out, he somehow was almost never caught.
I probably would have caught him if he didn't hide every time, I was it. I mean he directly taunted every other kid when they were it but with me, he just vanished! So unfair!
Even when I found him, just as I was about to touch him, he rolled, away, turned or jumped. Avoiding me by seconds and usually making me tag someone else who was in front of him despite me trying to target him at times!
I only managed to catch him once and even then, it was only because I grabbed his jacket, he of course chased me, but I was just faster, he could run for longer though. If he kept chasing me, I don't know if I would have escaped!
After tag we had climbed up into the tree, talked for some time, then Sven got taken away and we went silent, it was slightly awkward, but he didn't seem bothered, just lost in thought.
To me he seems a bit odd, kind of funny and he acts like a scared black bunny most of the time, hiding every time I am it! So unfair!
Sven
Few, Harry is crazy good at tag! He knew when to move and how to move almost every time! even the one time I catch him that seemed like pure luck as Chisa was right beside him and I was going for him, but and he almost succeeded in running away but tried to play a trick on my and backed up.
Unfortunately for him instead of me getting Chisa, I had gotten him now, since I wasn't fast enough to go after him.
Honestly, I am surprised several of the kids hadn't teamed up on him yet since he constantly taunted whoever was it outside of Chisa who he seemed to hide from-
I think he is scarred of Chisa, and honestly, I don't blame him with how fast and how frightening she can be when mad.
After we finished tag, he had wanted to climb up a tree, Chisa seemed a bit hesitant, I of course raced him up, sadly he was faster and he also didn't get scarred.
I mean after a point I looked down and almost fell because well, it was high, but Harry was just unbothered.
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A/N: Well, this is fun, hopefully it was nice 'slice of life' style chapter, something that I didn't do well in the previous fics.
Hope that y'all don't mind dropping a few power stones and add this fic to your collections, that is always nice.
Comments are also great as it shows me more of who read and paid attention, I honestly suspect there might be pity bot readers that aren't actual people since so many of the readers are silent-
Anyway, have a nice day or night and see ya next chapter!
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