Unveiled

‘Fuck, James, Wake the fuck up!’ 

James woke to a rather startled Regulus black, shaking him by the shoulders.

’Jesus fucking Christ, who’s dead. Is it me? I’m dead aren’t i. But i mean, you’re here so i must be in heaven.’

’James, shut up, as much as i love you, and i do, there is not enough time for your jokes. It is 8 O-fucking clock in the morning, and i am going to be literally crucified if anyone finds you here.’

’Oh, Jesus, did we sleep in late? My alarm must not have gone off. Oh, fuck, Sirius has probably sent in a search party by now. Fucking hell.’

James frantically pulled on his uniform, and tried his best to slick back his rather unslickable hair.

’i really need to get you a potion for that mane of yours.’

’Another day, love.’ James whispered before pressing a soft kiss to his boyfriend’s mouth. ‘Now I’m going to leave before i die by Sirius’ hand. I love you okay? I’ll see you in the great hall.’

’Love you too m’amour’

‘Jesus christ, reg, don’t speak french to me, we’ll never get out of here.’

Regulus just chuckled, before pulling on his own clothes.

******

The great hall was weird today.

That was the first thing James thought when he walked into the massive room.

Almost as soon as he stepped into the hall people started whispering, like a great secret had just been let loose.

Not that this was unusual, a bunch of kids stuck in an ageing castle meant that people would latch onto pretty much any kind of drama. So long as it had an ounce of credibility, and was even mildly entertaining to the student populous, that would be all everyone was talking about, until another morsel of gossip came about.

No, people whispering was not unusual, what was unusual is that James potter, had absolutely zero clue, why people were whispering.

He ran through his checklist in his mind.

He hadn’t done a prank recently. No one to his knowledge had been exposed for some sex scandal. What on merlin’s good and magical earth could they be gossiping about.

James found out soon enough when he sat down at Gryffindor table.

’You alright guys? Whats everyone gossiping about? I didn’t hear anything?’

’I have an idea. You want to look down mate?’ Sirius said, an amused look taking over his face.

James looked down at himself, expecting to see his shirt unbuttoned, or maybe he forgot to put pants on. Instead, he saw something that was perhaps worse than both of those things combined. 

A Slytherin tie.

Clearly what had happened, is that he had taken Regulus’ tie before he left his dorm this morning. This wasn’t the first time this had happened. 
However, this was the first time neither he nor Regulus had caught the fucking thing before they let themselves loose on the entire school population.

’Oh shit’ 

‘Yeah, oh shit. You got something to tell us prongs? Hiding away a secret Slytherin gal we don’t know about?’

’Something like that’ James mumbled before dashing out of the great hall, barely sparing a glance to the several hundred amused faces watching the drama unfold.

******

Clearly, Regulus had been a little more sensible than James had been. Actually checking his attire before heading to the great hall.

As soon as James left the dining hall, he saw Regulus, red and gold tie in hand, with a rather fearful look on his face.

’Did they see you?’

’Unfortunately. But trust me, you’re the last person they suspect, they think i’m hiding some Slytherin gal.’

’Jesus, they’re thick. I bet if i talked to my brother right now, he’d think i’m straight.’

’As an arrow’ James replied.

’To be honest, its a miracle we’ve gone this far without something like this happening. Three years and no one suspects a thing? Almost unheard of in this place.’

’Would it be such a bad thing if people found out, reggie?’ 

‘Absolutely it would. You know what my parents are like.’

’i know i’ve said this before, and i promise this’ll be the last. But would you consider coming to my parents’ house. Three years is a long time reg. And frankly I’m not planning to go anywhere any time soon. Are you?’

’You know i’m not.’

’Then you know we can’t keep going like this. Everytime we meet up, we get closer to being found out. I’m pretty sure your dorm mates think you have a ghost from how many times i’ve had to sneak out at 3am. I can’t hug, or kiss you in public, and it’s killing me.’

’I know, it’s just difficult Jamie. But you’re right. I’ll think about it okay? I promise i will. I’m sorry for doing this to you.’

’You will? And you’re not doing anything to me. I love you more than anything okay? You’re worth it.’

’Jesus you’re a sappy sod. J’taime aussi, maintenant donnez moi ma cravate.’

’Jesus, so forceful. You’d almost think you didn’t love me from that tone.’

Regulus lightly smacked him on the arm before handing him his tie, and putting on his own.

*****

’Sirius—‘ Remus began, as soon as they returned to their dorm.

’No Remus! This is completely and utterly unlike him! He has never, and i mean never, hidden one of his girlfriends from me before. What’s different about this one. Remember when he kissed marlene, and literally the first thing he did was tell me about it?’

’Vividly.’ Remus shuddered.

’What if she’s hurting him. What if she’s some pureblood snob who’s gonna take him away from us. I will not allow it. We have to stop this!’

’Darling, let me remind you, you are also a pureblood snob, and james never stopped us from dating. Why should we intrude on his love life?’

’But this is James we’re talking about, he is literally the human re-incarnation of a butterfly. Literally anyone could take advantage of him!’

’Cariad, i think we need to give James the benefit of the doubt, he’s 17, he’s old enough to know what he wants and what’s  good for himself. We just have to trust that he will tell us when he feels he’s comfortable to do so, okay?’

’Yeah you’re right.’

’And by that you mean, i’m still going to try to figure out who he’s dating.’

’You know me so well.’ Sirius smiled to his boyfriend.

Remus just sighed.

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