"Black Little Kitty"
"Ooo a kitty!! Hey little guy - or girl!!" James said with excitement as he crouched next to the small black cat.
If James didn't know any better, he would have thought the cat was glaring at him - hell, maybe it was.
"Aren't you just absolutely adorable!!" James continued, smiling happily at the cat who did not look amused in the slightest.
"Aww are you just a lil grumpy kitty? Don't worry, I don't mind. It reminds me of Reggie- he's my boyfriend you see. You should meet him! He's amazing, basically the love of my life," James would continue talking to this cat for maybe two hours, about mainly Regulus.
What James didn't know was that Regulus was holding back from hugging James and crying because the cat was none other than him, and the fact James didn't know it was him, meant all these words were from the heart, not just a show for Regulus's sake.
"Oh bye kitty, I have to get to class! Maybe we can meet again someday!" James says, quickly getting up and taking off to Transfiguration class, but not before the little cat - AKA Regulus - meows at James; a little goodbye it seems.
After James is long out of sight, Regulus transforms back.
That was probably the nicest things anyone had ever spoken about Regulus that he knew of, and best of all, he knew James meant it.
That meant the world to him.
Regulus swallowed back his tears and eventually got up himself to get to his own class that he was probably just a little bit late for.
James's words would be ringing in Regulus's ears all day, and Regulus couldn't be happier about it.
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