Chapter 3
When Regulus woke up, he didn’t recognize where he was, the only thing he knew was that his whole body was in pain. He blinks his eyes a couple times and starts to recognize the room, its hospital wing. He had no idea what happened.
“Reg? Thanks to Merlin you are finally awake.” Regulus hears Evan’s voice next to him, he turns his head a little seeing all his friends next to the hospital bed. “You scared the shit out of us.” He continues.
“Sorry guys.. What happened?” Regulus asks, still feeling a little dizzy.
“You fell from a broom, don't worry, Pomfrey took good care of you, but you gotta stay the night here.” Pandora tells. Regulus signs a bit and tries to sit but his body fills with pain, so he lays back down.
“I have never fallen.. I'm supposed to be good at quidditch, I'm sorry.” He sounds disappointed to himself.
“Reg, that happens to even good players. Something is just really bothering you, if you don’t wanna talk about it, it's okay. But you know, you can talk to us if you feel like it.” Pandora says that gives a little comfort to Regulus, even though he won’t talk about it.
“It’s getting late, we should let Regulus rest now. Go to your common room, you can come get him tomorrow.” Pomfrey tells others. They nod to her, tells good night and walk out of the hospital wing.
After a while, Regulus is almost going to fall asleep when he notices how the hospital's door opens and closes, but nobody walks in. Regulus sits up. “Fuck you James Potter” He says.
James takes the cloak off and sits next to Regulus. “What have I done now?” He sounded like his normal arrogant self.
“I was- I was thinking of you, that’s why I fell off.” Regulus said embarrassed. A little smirk came to James’ face.
“You were thinking of me.. And that is my fault?”
“Shut up potter.”
“How are you feeling? Does it still hurt?” James asked, there was a small worry in his voice.
“Not that much, only my ribs.” Regulus answered. “James, I really like you.”
James blushed a little. “I really like you too.”
“You know, this can’t work, we can’t be anything serious. I’m Black, you are Potter.. The war is going… I'm going to be a death eater.. We are just not meant to be.” Regulus looked away from James, not wanting to see his reaction.
“I know Regulus, I know. But we don’t have to be anything, we can just keep things like they are now.” There was something calming in James’ voice, he was understanding. It made Regulus feel warm.
“I don’t wanna act like this means nothing. Pretend like you don’t matter.” Regulus whispered so quietly that James almost didn’t hear him.
“You matter too, so much. I don’t wanna act like that either, but i don't know what to do.” James said softly.
“We are playing with fire, you know? You should not care about me, you will get yourself hurt.” Regulus said. He still hasn't looked back to James.
“Maybe I will, but it's worth it.” James replied, he put his hand on top of Regulus’ leg.
“Why are you such an idiot?” Regulus muttered. His voice sounded more relaxing than earlier, more soft. James just laughed a little. “You should go before someone sees you.” He continued.
“Good night Reg.” He slowly got up from the bed, slipped the invisibility cloak over himself and walked away from the hospital wing.
For a moment, Regulus just stared at the ceiling before falling asleep.