Unscheduled Sibling Reunion
Working with Regulus was already difficult, Sirius finding out did not make things better
“I for one, cannot believe you’re doing a secret magic project with my brother” Sirius yelled across the dorm rooms
“Tell the whole bloody school, will you? Besides, it’s not like I have much of a choice here”
“I truly feel sorry for you, he’s a bloody pain”
“He’s not that bad, asked about you”
“Oh” Sirius sighed “I do want to talk to him, but I’m pretty sure he’s going to hex me”
“Just the other day, he hexed my mouth shut”
“You probably deserved it”
“What the hell?, thought we were friends” James threw a potato at him
—
Regulus sat beneath the tree in front of the lake, studying for a charms test the next day. His problem was that James Potter was standing right there, and Regulus might have been a little bit distracted.
He must admit, working with the Gryffindor was not all that bad. Regulus would never say it out loud but James was funny, ridiculously pretty and he was-
walking towards him! oh gods no-
“Regulus!”
The younger black looked up from his book, rolling his eyes “What the hell do you want?”
“What are you reading?” He sat down beside him, grabbing the book, the standard textbook of spells
“How did you even find me?” Regulus snatched the book back, frowning at the other boy
“Secret”
“Now, did you want something? Because unlike you, I actually study”
“What’s that supposed to mean? I'm a head boy, remember?”
“For all I know, you probably bribed the teachers”
“I’m not going to disturb you, I’m just going to sit here”
“You sitting here is disturbing me”
“How do you have a problem with everything I do?”
“Go away, Potter”
“I can help you, I’m a year older, remember?”
“Really? I hadn’t noticed, besides, I don’t need your help, why don’t you go pull some bullshit with your friends?”
As if on cue-
“Oi Prongs” James jumped as Sirius appeared behind him “Hello dear brother”
“Sirius” Regulus rolled his eyes
“I’ve been meaning to talk to you”
“I’m sure you have”
“Are you never going to talk to me again?”
“Okay” James said getting up “I shouldn’t be here for this”
–
“What do you want to talk about anyway?” Regulus knew he sounded bored, but he was mostly just confused, he hadn’t expected his brother to reach out to him. Stupid James Potter, ruining everything.
Sirius sat down next to him
“How are you?”
“Peachy, is that all?”
“Regulus, come on! How are things at home?”
“Look, I really don’t want to talk about this”
“Okay then, how far have you gotten with the strange magic ‘investigation’”
“Not far at all, the room of requirement may be part of the problem and perhaps something to do with a chamber, but we’re not too sure”
“Huh, you’re pretty smart aren’t you?” Sirius ruffled his hair
“Stop it, you idiot” Regulus swat hand away
“Still as dramatic about your hair as ever, I see."
“Shut up Sirius, go do something useful”
“How does it feel working with James, isn’t he the best?”
“He’s insufferable, why does he call you padfoot anyway?”
“Secret”
“You lot have quite a few of those”
“What can I say, we’re just mysterious people”
Regulus snickered “You? Mysterious?”
“I can be!”
Regulus rolled his eyes, slight smirk on his face
“A twig could be more mysterious than you”
“Whatever, I’m leaving, you’re being very mean to me”
“Please go, no one wants you here”
Sirius flicks him on the forehead and walks away
And for once, Regulus thought that maybe things weren’t so bad between them,perhaps it was a good thing his brother spoke to him today after all those years.
Unfortunately he had James Potter to thank for that.