I can see you
Many say curiosity kills the cat Regulus had been curious most of his life about many things but, he had never spoke up about it so he walked straight past that slightly opened the door.
But guess who didn't James Potter . The James Potter who was Regulus' responsibility, unfortunately.
"Come on Potter, you can't be late for your next lesson. If you leap forward, letting curiosity take the better of you then you can't stop and smell the sweet, delicate pattern of sensory delites that is the rose."
But as per usual ,James did not follow this simple instruction and casually waltzed into: well, it was hard to describe but it looked something like the little kids in Sunday street class where running around trying to dance without any supervision. That particular class was meant to be taught by Sirius but he was too busy, probably sneaking off somewhere with his 'we're just friends' boyfriend.
"Potter, watch the kids, will you, I'll be back in a few.Sirius, there you are." It turns out, he wasn't with Remus, but infact sat there with... " Barty? Evan? All three of you should be in class!" Barty and Evan only did one class. Street."More so, you should be teaching. Those poor 5 year old will have broken something by now. Whether that something is their bones , I'm not entirely sure. " Regulus had slowly slipped into informality over the past weeks and this process would probably continue over many more. Although, he did pick up on how he had sounded eerily like his father for a few heartbeats. That scared him he didn't want to be related to his father by blood, let alone having such similar personalities.
Nothing could've prepared the 4 boys for what lay before there very eyes when they entered studio 1 once more. There, in Britain, in their dance school, in studio one in a state of pure, incandescent joy was James Potter, teaching a group of (in Regulus' opinion) extremely lucky five year old how to breakdance. And hell was it a sight too see. The children melted out of Regulus mind and all he could see, all he could focus on was James . In that moment he must've felt SO mad at the ecstatic ,perfect boy because, that fuzzy feeling ,fizzed and soared and sparked inside of him like it was the fourteenth of July.
"Potter, you will be late if you keep wasting time. Hurry up. You three, get to your classes!" Regulus snapped and they scattered, finding where they were meant to be going. Idiots, he thought. Then he walked out, James trailing behind him like a lost puppy.
As they reached their room, Regulus saw the door was closed. "Great," he sighed, " you've made us late." he said pointing at James.
"Me?" James replied, looking offended.
"No, the wall behind you." Regulus retorted, voice dripping with sarcasm. He sighed again and pushed the door open, "Sorry we're late, miss." He apologised, glaring back at James. "It's okay, just put your stuff away and join the others." Madame Smith told them.
"See, now everyone's watching us, this is your fault." Regulus whisper-shouted at James. "How is this my fault, exactly?"
"If you hadn't been so busy teaching five-year-olds to break-dance we wouldn't have been late, would we?"
"Oh I'm so sorry my break-dancing distracted you so much." Regulus rolled his eyes, turning away to hide his face, the traitor, it was blushing.
" I said 'watch' the kids not 'teach them to break-dance' . You never listen, do you?" He tutted with disapproval.
"Not my fault you weren't clear!" James whispered back.
"When did I say to dance for them?" And with that, Regulus turned and walked to the middle of the room to warm up with everyone else.
Observing from the other side of the room, James watched as Regulus was warming up with his friends. How he hadn't noticed Regulus' beauty, James didn't know. He was such a lovestruck fool around Regulus, but he didn't notice James' attempts to flirt. James really wished Regulus did. He was stunning. Regulus was so mean to him, but James didn't care, all that mattered was that Reg was talking to him. He was so adorable when he was mean to James. James was down bad. But he didn't mind. Sirius was going to kill him. But he didn't mind. Anything to be near Reg even if he couldn't be with him. James knew Regulus didn't want to be remotely anywhere near James, but that was okay. James had a list of things that make him happy, Regulus was at the top of that list.
Going outsideRegulusListening to musicListening to Regulus talkBeing with his friendsBeing near RegulusWatching TVWatching Regulus do anything- Regulus
- Regulus
- Regulus
And so it went on. Being near Regulus made him happy. Being in the same room as Regulus made him happy. Regulus made him happy.