Chapter 6
Winter holiday ended, and new year started, Regulus was back in Hogwarts. He was standing in an astronomy tower, it was late, just like usual when he and James met. This time Regulus was more nervous than normally, he had to let James see his true self.
“Reg.” James said as he walked to the tower, His voice sounded relieved, like he didn’t think he would see Regulus there anymore. Regulus didn’t have time to answer as he felt James hands around him. “I missed you so much, I was so worried about you.” He whispered against Regulus.
“James, I missed you too, but let me breathe.” Regulus laughed a bit and James let go of him.
“So..?” James asked nervously.
“So?” Regulus repeated.
“Did you.. You know.. Get it?” James asked even more nervously. Regulus just nodded as an answer.
“Can we not talk about it?” He begged. “I wanna tell Sirius about us.”
James looked at Regulus with pure confusion. “What? Of course, if you really want to.” A small smile came across his face.
“I will tell my friends tonight, can you tell your friends? The marauders? Or what the hell y’all call each other.” Regulus said, his tone became more playful.
“I love you Regulus.” James whispered, his whole face started blushing.
“I love you too James.”
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That night James was walking back to his dorm. He stood for a good couple minutes behind the door before walking in. Sirius and Remus were cuddling on a sofa and Peter was sitting next to them.
“Guys, I need to talk to you about something important.” He said as he walked in. All the boys turned to look at him. Gladly all the other students were sleeping already.
“Finally! We have been waiting for you to tell us where you are going every night for like past few months!” Remus said, sounding a little frustrated.
“I have seen someone.” James said and sat on the armchair.
Sirius lifted his browns a little as he spoke. “Well who is it?”
“Regulus.” James took a deep breath and looked away from the others. All of them stayed in silence for a couple seconds. Even though James didn’t look at Sirius, he could tell how his approach turned cold.
“Are you fucking kidding me, tell me you are joking.” Sirius growled. James just nodded.
Sirius took a step closer to James, pulled him up from the chair by his chest and looked straight into his eyes. James has never seen Sirius so full of anger.
“Have you fucking lost your mind! He is one of them!” He screamed against James’ face.
“Sirius, calm down.” Remus tried to say calmly.
“No, I won't calm down! My best friend is fucking my brother! Do you James even know what you are doing?” Sirius said. He was so pissed off.
“He is not evil! He doesn’t want to be like your parents! I love him..” James was hurt, his voice was weak as he tried to speak.
“He took the mark, didn’t he?” Sirius asked. James was too scared to answer, but Sirius could tell the answer. “Merlin James! He is a death eater!”
“That doesn’t matter, he is so much more than that.” James bit his lips.
“Oh yes it does matter.” Sirius laughed bitterly.
This time Remus got up from the sofa, stepping between James and Sirius. “Sirius, James clearly cares about Regulus, we should listen to him. I don’t think Regulus is bad.” He said, trying to stay calm as possible.
“Thank you, Moony.” James said thankfully.
Sirius stayed quiet for a while, thinking about what to say. Then he signed and sat down. “Fuck Potter, I love both of you too much for this. You are like a brother to me, you know that, but I will actually kill you if you fuck this up.” He sounded more calm now, like he would understand.
“Thank you, Sirius, I will take care of him.” James smiled a bit and sat back in the armchair.
“Does Regulus know that you told us? Is he okay with that?” It was the first time that Peter talked during this conversation. James just looked at him with a small smile and nodded.
☆ at the same time in Slytherin common room ☆
Regulus was sitting on a sofa with his friends, he was leaning against the arm rest, holding his knees. He was restless. Fire was crackling softly in the fireplace, Regulus watched how the flames were playing with the wood.
“Merlin Regulus, are you going to tell us what is wrong, or act like everything is okay?” Dorcas was the first one to speak. Regulus turned to watch her and all his other friends.
“Okay, I have kept something from you.” Regulus said nervously. His heart skipped a beat. All his friends looked at him curiously, waiting for him to continue. “I have a crush on someone, and not just a crush, we have been seeing each other for a while now.”
“So why is this mysterious girl?” Barty asked with a smirk.
“Not a girl..” Regulus felt like he is going to die any second. “James Potter.”
Uncomfortable silence. Only thing making a voice was the fire in the fireplace. Regulus looked at his hands, trying to avoid eye contact.
“Well… I didn’t expect that.” Barty said quietly, leaning deeper into the sofa.
Pandora's eyes were sparkling as she smiled. “Well if he really makes you happy, we are happy for you.”
“Out of all the people you chose potter?” Evan growled.
“He is different. Nobody has ever understood me like he does.” Regulus explained.
“Well alright then. At Least now we can get invited to the famous Gryffindor parties. Evan smirked.