Hello there, pat! :D

Yes, Severus was a bit hard mean to Harry here, but I think he wanted to teach him the lesson that love isn't always logical and it can't be measured in terms of 'likes' and 'dislikes'. I'm glad that you managed to enjoy the story despite being initially so shocked by Severus' first answer.

Thanks, as always, for taking the time to both read and review another work of mine, my friend. I hope your competition is still going well.

Have a lovely day.
Hugs
pekeleke