Secretkeepers

"okay so do you want to explain to me why there are 31 squirrels loose in the castle James?? What did Sirius come up with that required 31 squirrels? Huh?!" Regulus had just entered the Room of Requirements, immediately kicking off his boots because he is not a heathen. Hanging his cloak up at the little (garderobe) in forms of 4 tiny daggers that the room provided them with.

"How did you even catch 31 squirrels? That is bloody impressive as much as it infuriates me to admit that"

He scowls as he plops down on the big velvety couch, immediately pressing and nudging his boyfriend until he could squish his feet under his, or to be precise Remus's hoodie, and against his very warm stomach. "I hate that you keep putting your feet there Reg" James rolls his eyes as he positions himself so that Regulus could place his feet flat against his stomach. Definitely having lied about it. "Do you now? Shame Potter because literally nobody asked" scoffing amused as he loosens his tie and gets comfortable in their little room.

A room that is the perfect match of what their home would look like. A little bit of James and a little bit of Regulus, existing side by side yet mixed and mashed together.

"Always so mean to me Reggie" The gryffindor grins proudly as he leans over and smiles at him "may I kiss you my star?"

The younger looks at him with a fond expression, the scowl immediately replaced with the smile that James always tries to coax out of him "you know we have been together for a while now, you really should not have to ask your long-term boyfriend if you can kiss him"

Simply shrugging a little the taller grasps one of Regulus feet and massages it gently, knowing he had the nonverbal permission as soon as Regulus had placed them on his lap, "sure, but I want to ask Reg, some days you don't really wanna be kissed or overly touched right? I am pretty good at reading your whole" he gestures over Regulus with a confident but playful grin "body, but I am definitely not always right. I just wanna make sure you are comfortable and not just enduring kisses for my sake...just seeing you is just as great. I promise"

Regulus leans over and grabs the collar of his sweater and drags him over into a sweet and loving kiss "how can you be so utterly insufferably perfect for me?" mumbling against his lips as he drags him into another kiss, trying so hard not to let the so called 'doopey-lovesick-fool-pining-for-potter' smile take over his face.

Barty and Evan have done the honors in giving his smile this ridiculous name.

"You probably were a really really great person in your past life" flirting shamelessly because he knows Reg eats astronomy and reincarnation up like chocolate pudding. "You are not distracting me Potter, I demand details as to how you got the fucking squirrels and what part of a bigger more elaborate prank it is. I do not want anything to do with squirrels. So if this is a 'find the squirrel that was assigned to you or else your uniform will be mixed with other houses' type of situation. I will go on an indefinite boyfriend strike until you have fixed it for me"

Leaning back down James shakes his head "oh we totally should have done that, ughh see this is why I want you to look over our ideas! You are an evil mastermind" he chuckles as he switches feet, watching how his boyfriend seems to melt. He swears he can see how a weight is lifted off of his shoulders, Reg even closed his eyes to just take a moment apparently.

"I'm afraid its nothing like that, we just caught and released 29 squirrels in the castle. That is it, that's the whole prank this time. How'd you know your brother came up with that anyways?" giving his boyfriends feet a gently squeeze before letting go with a small hum, picking up the wizarding equivalent of a magazine he was reading before Regulus entered. "It has Sirius written all over it, you would not be crazy enough to involve real squirrels...I refuse to believe Remus stoops as low as to come up with pranks and if he actually does...they have to be way smarter and cunning. And well Peter is probably scared of squirrels or too lazy to actually hunt some" He shrugs a little while hugging his favorite pillow.

"Actually we were all terrified of the squirrels not just Pete"

"yeah yeah you Gryffindors are so very brave. I am certain the headmaster will reward you with some house points to congratulate you for overcoming your lifelong fear of rodents." Commenting dryly as he finally opens his eyes again, leaning over the couch and getting his potions book.

"since you so rudely interrupted me, the prank werent the squirrels themselves...but how many we released. You see we, or better Pete and Remus numbered them from 1 to 31 but we left out the numbers 8 and 17 so technically only 29 squirrels are running around the castles. But everyone will think there are 31 because we numbered them incorrectly!!"

James cant help it, he is beaming with pride because of their prank while telling his boyfriend all about it. Because he knows whilst Regulus might roll his eyes or scowl whenever he talks about pranks, the younger is actually very excited to hear about all the details of the plan. What went into planning and executing it. Especially whenever it involves his brother in a more dominant role like this one, there is both a longing and proud expression and one filled with so much hurt and pain present on his beautiful angelic face.

"That...is actually quite funny. He really came up with this by himself? My big brother? Sirius Black?" he couldn't help but ask dumbfounded, because he knows the professors will be searching for these two squirrels for at least a few days.

"Moony said the exact same thing! Look at that, our smart boyfriends being so smart!"

"so they finally have figured themselves out? Because it is actually quite hard to watch and I do not even spend any time voluntarily with eother of them" Shaking his head a little Regulus opens his book to where he last left off, watching James for a moment before sighing in frustration once the latter shakes his head.

Silence settles between the pair.

They have talked about Sirius and Remus's frustrating pining and obliviousness on multiple accounts, they even had their own little bet going. Aside from the one that is going around Hogwarts of course.

At this point it's more frustrating than funny. Hence why they often steer clear of the topic aside from the occasional rants or updates that often come from James.

"You did remember to put an anti-summoning charm on the rodents that you set free right?" Regulus breaks the silence after they have read for a good amount of time. Causing his boyfriend to sit up a little straighter and staring at him with wide eyes. "so that they will not just Accio the squirrels and notice, that in fact there are only 29 and not 31 as they previously had assumed?"

"You can't Accio living things!!" The older is pouting and arguing a little defensively.

Shrugging unbothered but slightly amused the Slytherin looks back down on his potions text "well theoretically you cannot, however we are talking about Albus Dumbledore. I would not be quite sure that he does not know a way to bend the laws of magic."

"It's too late to vhange it anyways so let me just take a nap while you read, wake me before you go alright?" James grins at Regulus before shifting and causing their positions to change.

James is now laying on the couch, effectively trapping Regulus between his own body and the couch itself. "I love you" mumbling into the nape of his lovers neck before placing a gentle kiss on it "I do not hate you either" came the quiet reply just a moment later. A big smile spreading over James's face as he curls up around the shorter and slowly drifts off into a comfortable sleep.

"Salazar you are an idiot"

Moving around a little Regulus quietly summons his own cloak before draping it over his sunshine's shoulders, pressing a gentle kiss to his temple as he settles back down. He continues to read while they just coexist together, their heartbeats and breathing slowly matching.