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egulus was properly pissed. 1. At Sirius for spitting some, utter blasphemy to James about his eating habits. He was not 'struggling to eat', when you put it that way it sounds like Regulus was utterly crazy and wouldn't eat, which wasn't true. Sure he had missed a few meals here and there, but he wasn't crazy. And 2. For James even thinking it would be okay to just casually bring it up.

As he walked around the corridors of the school, trying to calm down before having to go back to his dorm with the people who upset him in the first place, he walked into his friend Barty Crouch Jr. "Reg?" He looked around to see the familiar face, instantly becoming brighter. "Barty! How are you?" He asked the taller boy.

"I'm quite well." The taller boy responded. "I don't know if you've heard but me and Rosier and going out and well, I'm quite grateful for that." He looked down to his shoes with a slight blush on his cheeks. "You and Evan finally got together? About time." Regulus replied with sarcasm. "What is that supposed to mean?" Barty replied, accusingly. "It means you too have been pissing everyone off with the feelings you both obviously had for each other, but wouldn't admit." Regulus said.

"Was it really that obvious?" Barty chuckled. "It was horrible." Regulus replied dramatically. "The tension whenever you two would be together was unbearable. I'm glad you sorted it out though." Regulus said giving his friend a pat on the shoulder. "Where are you headed off too?" Barty asked the younger boy. "I don't know actually. Just walking around, trying to blow off some steam." He replied, Barty looking at him skeptically before his phone started buzzing. He pulled it out his pocket and looked back up at Regulus.

"Well I have to get going, but you have my number, text me and let me know when your free so we can hang." Barty said as he started walking away. "BY REGGIE!" He yelled as he ran down the hallway. Regulus chuckled at the boys antics, before deciding to head back to his dorm.

As he walked into the room, James looked at him with soreful eyes before turning over to his side on the bed, away from the door. Sirius looked over too. Regulus assumed he was about to say something about him and James argument but instead he started talking about some app on his phone that Regulus just had to download. He wasn't paying attention to his brother trying to see if James would turn around and say something.

"Did you hear anything I just said Reg?" Sirius asked with a disheartened expression. "Sorry Siri, but I don't care about the app. Besides, my phone doesn't have much storage left for more useless apps anyways." He replied, as Sirius went and sat on his bed, deflated, and mumbling about how much of a brat his brother was.

Regulus walked over to the bathroom to take a shower, making sure to avoid his reflection this time. He definitely could not act up like that in from of three people, let alone James. He grabbed a towel, stripped and jumped in the shower, letting the cold water run over his hair. He prefered cold showers, they felt better than hot showers and he wasn't quite fond of the heat anyways.

As he got out he got changed, once again avoiding the bathroom mirror, and made his way out to the dorm, laying down in his bed to read his book. He decided to unpack his belongings tomorrow, having no energy at the moment.

A few hours passed and Sirius and Peter were fast asleep, Sirius snoring quite loudly. James rolled over to see if Regulus was awake. He saw the boys eyes closed, but he didn't seem to be asleep, his book still in his hands, and facial expression quite, bothered looking?

"Reg are you awake?" he whispered so that he wouldn't wake up anyone else. No answer but he saw the youngers eyebrows furrow together ever so slightly. "Reg, I know your awake." He said once again, as the boy opened his eyes and stared into James'. "What do you want." He asked annoyed.

"I'm sorry for earlier, I shouldn't of brought it up, I'm just worried." He said, apologetically. Regulus sighed, propping his elbow on the bed to hold his head up. "Its fine Jamie, I just wish Sirius didn't say that about me. I'm honestly fine." He replied, trying to make amends with the older as he didn't like being angry for too long when it came to people he cared about.

James looked at him sceptically, before getting up and laying down next to the younger boy. He wrapped his arm around the Blacks neck and layed him down, closing his own eyes. "I worry about you Reggie, I wish you would understand that. I care deeply about you, and don't want you to hurt. If you ever want to talk to me just know I'm there, waiting for you to open up." James whispered. Regulus' breath hitched at the close contact, his face heating up. "I appreciate it, but honestly, I'm fine." He responded, as he hugged the boy back and drifted off to sleep.

He woke up to a pillow being smacked across his face over and over. "Wha- WHAT!- SIRIUS STOP WHAT THE HELL??!!" He yelled at his brother who seemed to be very upset at him. "WHY ARE YOU BOTH SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED? JAMES ARE YOU TRYING TO SEDUCE MY BROTHER??" He yelled as he threw the weapon, I mean pillow, onto the two of them again. Regulus looked next to him and remembered the previous night, suddenly becoming quite red again. "WELL?" Sirius yelled again, waiting for his answer. James was red as a tomato, scrambling up and apologizing. Regulus glared at Sirius.

"What Sirius? Are friends not allowed to affectionately cuddle?" He said trying to avoid any more talk about it, but then realized that friends usually don't affectionately cuddle each other to sleep.

"Wha- JAMES GET BACK HERE MISTER!" Sirius yelled as he started chasing James out of the dorm room, waving round the pillow. Peter rolled over and groaned, "Will everyone shut the hell up, its 6am." He said sounding done with their shenanigans already. Regulus got out of bed shooting Peter a quiet mumbling 'sorry Pete' before going to his dresser to grab his uniform. He walked into the bathroom to change.

Later that morning the four boys sat in the great hall waiting for breakfast to be served. Sirius looked between James and Regulus very skeptically before sighing and shaking his head. "I'm not gonna question it anymore but whatever it is I don't want to know." He said before getting up to grab a plate. Both boys started blushing profusly, avoiding eye contact. Peter just rolled his eyes, "If you didn't want him to see you shouldn't of fell asleep, simple as that." He started before also exiting his seat to grab some breakfast.

James looked over at the younger boy, with a pleading look. "What is it James?" Regulus said, trying to act casual again. "Regulus, I want to know something. I need to know actually." He said urgently. Regulus looked at him, trying to read his thoughts as he glanced down to his lips thinking about how soft they looked. Just as he opened his mouth to continue, Sirius arrived back over with a plate of French toast for himself, and one with eggs and sausage, handing the second to his brother. He sat down and sighed. "Your gonna eat this." He stated aggressively. "Okay? Ill eat it, jeez." Regulus said false-confusingly, trying to convince the others -and honestly himself- that he was fine. He took a bite of his sausage, showing his brother, looking at him as if trying to say, 'see I can eat'.

After breakfast, they all went to their respected homerooms they have had since starting school there to get their schedule. Regulus walked into the familiar classroom, sitting down next to his friend Pandora. "Hey Panda." He said to the spacy girl. "Reg! I've missed you!" She exclaimed as she pulled him in for a hug. He smiled at the warm embrace of Pandora, she had been his first friend he made when he started here all those years ago. She was quite like a sister to him, in a way. They pulled away and started talking about their summers before the teacher walked in and started handing out the schedules. Regulus looked over his classes, seeing he got all the ones he wanted, and 5th period free time.

"When is your free time period?" He asked the blond. "5th? You?" She replied. "We have the same free period it seems." He responded, relieved he would have a friend to spend it with for the year. The bell rang and they made their way to their classes.