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A week has gone by, and Regulus hadn't replied to Sirius' text. A week had by that Regulus was ignoring James' texts worrying that Sirius might see them. A week had gone by that Regulus hadn't gone anywhere except his photoshoots. Luckily, he didn't have a show for another month, so he didn't have to worry about that.
Regulus was lying in his bed, staring at his phone on his bedside table as if he were waiting for it to go off when Pandora suddenly burst into his room.
"Hey. Get the hell up, your boyfriend's here," They said, sounding slightly angry.
"Boyfriend? I don't know what you're talking about," Regulus replied, trying to sound convincing.
"You don't? I thought you and James were... Oh, whatever. Either way, he's here, and he's looking for you."
"Alright, give me a minute."
Pandora turned to leave, then stopped and said, "Oh, by the way. You might be mad at my now ex-girlfriend."
"Wait, what happened with Lily?" Regulus asked, hoping for some kind of explanation, but Pandora already left.
Regulus got up and put some sweatpants on. He didn't bother putting on a shirt, James had seen him wearing less. Then he went out to the living room, and there on the couch sat James Potter wearing his favorite Hamilton shirt and some stupid jean shorts.
"Hey," He said as Regulus walked into the room.
"Hi," Regulus replied.
Regulus sat on the couch next to him on the couch and asked, "What do you need? Why are you here?"
"Why have you been ignoring me? Did I do something wrong? Was it that guy after the concert last week?" James asked very quickly.
Regulus shook his head, "No, James, none of those things... Sirius saw me last week."
"At the concert?"
"Yeah.."
"Well, we're gonna have to tell him at some point."
"I haven't spoken to him in five years, James."
"You haven't? You told me you hang out with him every few weeks!" James said, very surprised.
"That... was a lie. I didn't want you to worry."
"Why would I worry about you not talking to your brother?"
"I don't know, I thought you'd try to get us to hang out and make us watch musicals or something."
"Okay, fair. But now that I know, I'm definitely going to do something to get the two of you to spend time together."
"We are not watching musicals, James."
"Okay, I won't make you guys watch musicals."
"Good. Do you have any idea what happened between Pandora and Lily?"
James looked at him with a confused expression and said, "What? What are you talking about?"
"Pandora said that I might be mad their 'now ex-girlfriend' like she was implying that them and Lily broke up and I'll be mad at Lily."
"Oh, I don't know anything about that."
Regulus saw Pandora standing in the doorway to her room, staring holes into the back of James' head.
"Are you sure? Pandora looks pissed at you."
James turned around and looked at her. Then, he turned back to Regulus and said, "I'm not sure.. Oh, wait, I'm pretty sure there are rumors that Lily and I are together. Maybe that's why she's mad."
"Rumors, my ass." Pandora muttered from the doorway.
James turned to her, "What was that?"
"You heard me," Pandora said before going into her room and slamming the door.
"Panda's never that mad... What happened, James?"
"Reggie, I have no idea. I'll talk to Lily when I can, and I'll ask her about it. But for now, I have to get rehearsal, I'm already running late. Love you."
James gave Regulus a quick kiss and left the apartment. After he left, Regulus went to Pandora's room and knocked on the door.
"Panda? You wanna talk about it?"
"Go away," Regulus could tell she was crying.
"You sure? I can make you some tea if you want."
"I'm fine."
"Evan will be home soon, and you know how he is. He won't leave you alone."
"I know, go away."
"Alright, I'm going."
Regulus went back to his room and grabbed his phone off the bedside table. Almost as soon as his hand touched it, it started ringing. He looked it, 'unsaved contact' it had to be Sirius. Regulus contemplated for a moment, then answered it.
"Hello?"
"Reg?"
"Yeah."
"I saw you last week."
"I know."
"Can you come to the studio?"
"I'm not going to be in one of your songs."
"No, I know. I just wanted to see you. It's been a while."
"Did James put you up to this?"
"No, of course not."
"..."
"Okay, yeah, maybe he did. But that doesn't mean I don't want to spend time with you."
"Does it have to be at the studio?"
"I mean.. no, but please, will you come hang out?"
"Fine. What's the address?"
Sirius gave him the address and said goodbye. Then, Regulus got properly dressed, let Pandora know where he was going, and then walked a few blocks to the recording studio where Sirius and, presumably, his band was.
Regulus opened the door and the first thing he saw?James fucking Potter. Shirtless.
James looked over and saw Regulus in the doorway. He waved, then motioned for Regulus to come inside before going to a different room. A few minutes later, he came back into the room with Sirius, Remus, and Peter.
Sirius went up and hugged Regulus tightly.
"I missed you," He said, finally letting go of Regulus.
"I missed you too, Sirius. By the way, you look... different."
"So do you, Reg."
"No, you look really different."
Sirius had changed a lot over the last five years. His hair was about shoulder length and had a red streak in it. Sirius also had many piercings, a septum piercing, multiple ear piercings, an eyebrow piercing, and snake bite lip piercings. Sirius was wearing a crop top with the Queen band logo on it and black skinny jeans. If only Regulus could see the look on his mother's face when she found out her oldest son was in a band and dressed like this.
"Not as different as you, Reg! James, doesn't he look super different?"
"I guess he does, yeah. Y'know, we haven't seen him in five years.." James said, making eye contact with Regulus.
"Am I the only one here that hungry?" Peter said, breaking the silence that hung in the air after James finished his sentence.
"I'm pretty hungry too, Pete." Remus said,
"You two are always hungry!"
"Oh, be quiet, Sirius."
"Be quiet yourself, Remus."
James whispered to Regulus, "They do this shit every single day."
Regulus laughed slightly at that before saying to everyone, "Aren't you meeting the girls for lunch? I remember Dorcas mentioning something about lunch with her girlfriend and her girlfriend's stupid friends. I'm guessing you guys are included in Marlene's stupid friends."
"That we are, Reg, that we are. But yeah, we should probably get going. Otherwise, Mary will kill us." Sirius said.
"Are you going to come with us, Regulus?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, I'll go with. What restaurant is it? I'll walk or catch a taxi or something."
"Don't be silly, you can ride with Sirius and I."
"You do not want to be in car with those two. You can ride with James and I instead." Peter offered.
"Uh.. I think I'll go with my brother, thanks for the offer, though, Peter." Regulus said.
"Great! Let's go, Reg." Sirius said, wrapping an arm around Regulus's shoulders.
They all went to the parking lot, and Remus pointed out which car was his and Sirius's as he unlocked it. Then Remus, Sirius, and Regulus got into the car and started heading to the restaurant.