Chapter 9
All Regulus could think about was that stranger on his concert.
He was there, again.
At first, he thought he was imagining him, but he really was there in baggy jeans and a spiderman t-shirt, which, to be honest was insanely hot to Regulus for some reason.
During the last song, when be and Barty were down with the audience the stranger gave him a bracelet.
When he basically showed into Regulus it was really hard to say no; he didn't want to say that obviously, but the rumors spread quickly and he didn't want people to assume anything, so he just quickly put it on and acted as if nothing happened.
After the concert he put it on his bedside table and went to sleep since he was exhausted from the concert.
The next morning, all Regulus could think about was that interaction with the stranger.
He picked up the bracelet again, studying it a bit closer.
Only now he realized the bracelet had a little note attached to it
JAMES POTTER
IG: PRONGSIE_POTTER
It was written in messy handwriting, but it was easy to read. Regulus has never had a bigger urge to use Instagram than right now.
Even tho he knew he can't just do that as a celebrity with account that has millions of followers. But it was so tempting.
He almost gave in, but like many times before, he ended up asking Barty for help
"Hey Bar, can you maybe help me set up a fake account on Instagram"
Regulus came into the living room, where Barty was aotiing on the couch, watching the television.
'"um, yeah sure, why do you need it?" Barty paused the tv so they could talk.
Regulus sat down on the couch with Barty so he could properly explain everything in every single detail as he usually does when explaining stuff to Barty
"Okay so, I saw this handsome guy a while ago on our concert in New York and thought nothing of it, because I see a ton of handsome men while on tour. But then I was him again on our last concert"
Regulus usually got really into stuff he was explaining and now he was explaining his interaction
"I saw him in the crowd, he was right at the barricade. And when we went to greet the fans during the last song he gave me this bracelet with his Instagram."
Regulus could see Barty's face get a little sad
"Regulus" he sighed
"I dont think it's a good idea to stalk him, you know what happened last time you tried dating a fan."
Regulus rolled his eyes a little
"Well it's different this time,I'll just check out his profile, who said I'll fall in love with him, he looks nice, and hot."
He said that last bit under his breath but Barty could still hear him
"Reg I really don't think it's a good idea to do this to yourself again but if you're really sure it won't be serious I'll help you set the profile"
Regulus hugged him
"Thank you Bar, you're the best"
Barty hugged him back
"Anything for you Reggie"
Half an hour later they had Regulus's profile and his fake identity all set up. His name was Leo and he was from New York.
Regulus went back to his room and opened Instagram with his fake profile.
He searched up @prongsie_potter and the strangers'; James's account popped out.
He had a few thousand followers but nothing too famous. He scrolled through his posts and soon realize it's his and Barty's fan page.
He saw a lot of edits and most recent posts were from New York and London; their concerts.
The post that caught his attention the most was the one with friendship bracelets.
They were similar to his, all with something written on them and his Instagrams.
If he looked closely he could see the one that he still had on his bedside table.
James had something on his story.
Regulus though about it for a second but he was feeling brave today so he opened it.
The upper bar was split in two which meant there were two things on there.
The first one was a picture of James making a heart with his hands at the stadium in London after their concert.
And the second one was James, sitting on his bed with a guitar singing one of their songs.
"Oh, I hope you know, I will carry you homeWhether it's tonight or fifty-five years down the road"
it was Regulus's part of the song, that fact made it even better for Regulus
"Oh, I know there's so many ways that this could goDon't want you to wonder"
James had an amazing voice, and be knew his way with the guitar too
"darling, I need you to knowIn this and every lifeI choose us every time"
Regulus curled up on his bed like a cat and listened to James's voice over and over again, until he got the notification that James followed him back.
Since so far, everything was great Regulus was feeling brave so he texted first
Hi
Hiii
It was less than a minute before James replied back, Regulus loved that. He hated people with long response time.
Nice too meet you, I'm Leo. How are you?
Nice meeting you too, I'm James
And I'm fantastic
None of them realized at the time but this first greetings and polite small talk turned into something much bigger.