Black-and-white (Translation)

91.To meet

Severus watched his man smirking. As was the case with the Malfoys, Harry was incredibly nervous again.
"Harry, calm down now. Your cousin wanted to meet with you, not the other way around. Besides, you exchanged letters. "
"But only two. I can not help it."
Severus put his hand on his back and led him to the place where they had an appointment.
Inside, they immediately asked for Duddley and the waitress pointed to the back table.
Surprised, Harry stared at the young man.
"He has changed."
"Certainly," Severus agreed.
The two stopped in front of the table.
"Dudley?"
The young man looked up and his jaw dropped.
"Ha ... Harry? Is that really you?"
The Vampirkater grinned.
"Yes, and what about you? Have you forgotten half of your home? "
dudley grinned embarrassed and stood up. The next moment, Harry almost fell away from the faith. His cousin hugged him.
"Nice to see you, kid," the boy muttered.
"I can not believe I say that, but I'm happy too.Harry returned the hug, then broke away.
"Severus, remember?"
Dudley blushed slightly.
"The man through whom my life has completely changed. Yes of course. I'm glad to see you again, Lord Snape. Without the photos in the newspapers, I would not have recognized you. "
Severus shook hands with the young man.

When they sat down and ordered, Harry could not control himself anymore.
"Come on, tell me. How are you? Are they giving you enough to eat? "
dudley turned his glass of water between his hands.
"You mean because of my weight? I'm honest, in the beginning I wanted to kill you and your husband in the most painful way possible. But meanwhile I can only say one thing. Thanks, thanks for this opportunity. "
severus raised an eyebrow in astonishment.
"So you are fine?"
"Even fantastic. The caregivers have changed my entire diet and set up a proper fitness plan. As a result, I should lose weight slowly, which also prevented my skin from sagging down. and as you can see, it helped. I now have the weight I should have. And also endurance. I can not reach the limit after twenty meters. You can not imagine what it's like to not have to carry so much weight with you. I also learned a lot about your world. Harry, why did not we ever know that you are at war? And that you are in the middle of it. "
Harry sighed.
"Because of the secrecy agreement."
Dudley waved.
"I know that, but I'm talking about our family. Why did not anyone tell us that? "
Harry looked at his cousin in disbelief.
"Aunt Petunia knew it. My mother always sent letters to her, and the director also explained it in his own, which he had put in front of me. "
"I did not know that. Why did this man do that? he could at least have knocked. "
"I've asked him that often, and I have not got a satisfactory explanation yet," Severus grumbled.
Harry smiled sadly.
"Our valued director is not always omniscient. but his husband luckily keeps him on the ground. "
Dudley got big eyes.
"He's gay too? That really does not seem to be special to you. "
"It is not. We really have other problems. Although I do not see it as such, "Harry agreed.

his cousin looked at him for a while.
"I am sorry. I've screwed up so much that I can not make amends in a hundred years. If only I think of the action with my 'researches'. "
Harry raised his hand.
"No, I do not want to talk about it that much. Especially because Sev does not know it "
"Really?"
Dudley looked at the man who had changed so much since their last meeting. But despite his younger appearance, he could still stare just as well.
"What do not I know?"
Dudley swallowed.
"Apparently, Harry did not tell you where some of his scars come from."
"You?"
the young man became smaller and smaller. God, the man can stare down a house. Luckily I do not have that as a teacher. '
"Yes," Dudley mumbled.
Harry intervened.
"Enough Severus, you scare him."
"Good," the man murmured, catching a scowl from Harry. Amazingly, for Dudley, the man distracted.
"All right, we're here to bury this feud. I think it would not be good for me to break a fight now. "
He got a kiss from his husband.
Then Harry turned back to his cousin.

"You have written something in your letter about strict rules in the home by living. But I do not quite agree with the supervisors. "
Dudley looked interested.
"Oh no? I like you."
"Really, but you must not say anything bad about me. For me that sounds like dictatorship. 'Tell me something about Harry Potter and you will be punished'. "
Harry expected everything, but not that his cousin would break out laughing.
Irritated, the vampire counsel looked at his husband.
"Did I say something funny?"
He just shrugged.
"If so, then I missed it."
In the meantime, Dudley had calmed down again.
"Sorry, but you just looked so cute outraged."
"Not cute," pouted Harry.
"Yes," the other two spoke again.
"Well, maybe I should clarify that. We may, of course, have our own opinion. If we do not want to have anything to do with the magical world then that's fine. And if we are not away from you, that's fine too. The only thing our supervisors and teachers absolutely can not accept, if you give in to his hatred, or out to violence. My supervisor only forbid me from talking badly about you, because in each of my sentences about you at least two swear words were in it. "
Harry grinned into his ginger ale.
"Also a way to learn new words."
Dudley smiled too.
"Yes, but my hate was not just about you. I have blasphemed over everything my parents do not consider normal. magician, homosexuality that I'm not the center of the world. "
This time Severus also had to laugh. The boy really seemed to have learned a lot in this home.