A-Date-Night (V) [Chapter 278]

“Come on, Harry. Don’t need to feel shy!” Tonks exclaimed happily as she continued to drag Harry through the crowded streets of Paris. The streets were filled with people enjoying themselves. The music was pretty loud and they could feel the bass hitting them, and to be honest, Harry was starting to enjoy himself, much to Lily’s delight.

Harry rarely enjoyed himself, so she was glad that he was taking some time to enjoy himself…

“I am not feeling shy, Tonks. I just don’t feel comfortable around so many people” Harry answered, looking around. Thanks to the ambience, he was starting to enjoy himself, but that didn’t mean he was feeling relaxed. He had never been around so many people, so it was obvious that he was on guard.

“You need to relax, Harry. Nobody is going to attack you here!” Tonks screamed so that Harry could hear her clearly. She had no idea what sort of Magic Harry was using to be heard so clearly by her, so she could only scream and hope that he could understand what she was trying to say.

“I know and I seriously doubt that any of them could even hurt me even if they tried, but I can’t help it” Harry retorted glumly.

Tonks stared at her boyfriend before coming to a decision. “Come on! I know something that would help you relax!” Tonks exclaimed with a sly grin on her face and started to lead him toward one of the alcohol stalls. Harry noticed where Tonks was taking him and wanted to protest, but surprisingly it was Lily who stopped him.

|As a Mom, I shouldn't be saying this, but maybe some alcohol would be good for you| Lily suggested helpfully. Yes, Harry was only 14, but she was only 13 when she snuck a drink from her Mom’s cabinet as she wanted to know how alcohol tasted. She never liked the taste, but by the time she graduated from Hogwarts, she started to appreciate the taste.

|Are you sure?| Harry asked in a weird tone. He knew that his Mom was not normal, but even then she forbade him from cursing or swearing until he was fourteen, and now she was telling him that he was allowed to drink. He never expected something like this from her, in fact, he was expecting her to forbid him from drinking until he was seventeen or eighteen.

|I am sure, Hadrian. A little adventure never hurt anyone| Lily assured him in a gentle tone.

|What about Pettigrew?| Harry asked. After all, he didn’t want to get drunk and miss the chance to capture the traitorous bastard.

|Hadrian, you can make yourself sober without raising your hand, so what’s there to worry about? And this could be a lesson for you that you should always drink under a limit. You need to grow up to be a responsible man, so you should never lose sight of your objective and ambition| Lily calmly explained and Harry clutched his hands in determination.

“Two cocktails please!” Tonks screamed at the guy behind the stall, but the guy simply eyed Harry suspiciously.

“How old is he?!” The man asked in English. Right now, Paris was filled with tourists from all around the world, so it was kind of understandable that the shopkeepers knew English.

“Old enough” Harry answered before Tonks could say anything while he used his Magic to simply Confound the Muggle. Tonks, who was in the process of pulling out her Wand so that she could Confound the guy, simply grinned and placed a kiss on Harry’s cheek. Meanwhile, Harry used Magic to make himself look older as he didn’t want to draw any eyes.

“Alright! Two cocktails on the way!” The guy behind the bar exclaimed cheerfully and went to work on the drinks. It didn’t take him long to finish the drinks and he simply placed the plastic glasses on the table along with two slices of lemon and a small plastic cup filled with salt. Tonks picked up the drinks and handed one of them to Harry.

“Follow my example, alright!” Tonks said with a grin as she held up her drink. “Down the hatch!!” Tonks exclaimed cheerfully and she downed the whole drink in one go. Then she grabbed one of the lemon slices from the table and after dipping the lemon slice in the salt, she sucked at the lemon before releasing a huge sigh.

“Hah!! That hit the spot!” Tonks sighed with a silly grin on her face. “Go on, it’s your turn now!” Tonks urged him, looking hopeful. Tonks knew what she was doing was extremely irresponsible, but she was never a responsible person to begin with…

Harry glanced at the glass in his hand before he glanced toward Tonks, who was still staring at him with a hopeful look on her face. Harry simply took a deep breath and downed the drink in one go, following Tonks’ example. He heard Tonks cheer loudly, but he wasn’t paying any mind to her as he felt his insides burn.

He quickly grabbed the lemon slice and after dipping it in the salt, he sucked at it and the burning feeling slowly disappeared, only to be replaced by a cold feeling. He wasn’t a fan of the burning feeling, but he liked the cold that came afterwards…

Harry’s whole body was enhanced to extreme levels as he had strengthened his whole body with Transfiguration and then he was using the Cultivation method Hela gave him to strengthen his body, but the drink still managed to make him feel like his food pipe was on fire… He started to wonder how Tonks was able to enjoy something like that.

Maybe, adults were simply built differently…

“Wow! You didn’t even cough” Tonks blurted out, looking surprised as she slung her arm around Harry and pulled him closer. “So, what do you think?” Tonks asked with a toothy grin.

“It was good” Harry admitted with a nod of his head. He was finally starting to feel a buzz in his head and it was quite pleasant. He liked the feeling.

“So, up for another drink?” Tonks asked slyly as she wiggled her eyebrows at him. Harry already had the answer, but he still decided to act like he was thinking it over.

Tonks was starting to look slightly concerned, but her concerns disappeared at his next words. “...Yeah, sure, why not?” Harry agreed, returning the toothy grin. He decided that in for a Knut, so in for a Galleon…