Quidditch
The morning after that party Regulus was dragged out of bed early, despite only having 3 hours of sleep, he was to tired to understand his brother's rambling and just got dressed and followed him outside to the quidditch field, still half asleep and unsure what was happening.
Sirius sat Regulus down on the stadium seats for Slytherin, still rambling about this match, first match of the year or something along those lines, something caught Regulus' eye during the rambling of his brother who was now explaining the rules of Quidditch and his position and how Gryffindor will be going against Slytherin and how his team will beat Slytherin's team. But what had caught Regulus' eye was James Potter, he was talking with Remus who was fixing James' Quidditch uniform, stitching a hole over.
Regulus couldn't help but stare at James, he way his hair fell perfect regardless of the little sleep they had all gotten, he didn't look tired, he looked perfect, his laugh became the only sound Regulus could hear despite the noise of the rest of the crowd, he didn't know what this feeling was that he felt, but James Potter was something special, he had something about him that made Regulus feel relaxed.
Sirius shook his brother "Reggie! are you listening? I'm gonna go join my team, we're about to start!"
Regulus nodded, his eyes not leaving James "Yeah, yeah, have fun" Regulus had never been so fixated on another person before, it began to bother him, he didn't like not knowing things, if he didn't know the reason he would just pretend it never existed, so that's what he done, he pushed the feeling deep down and decided that from now on he would ignore it.
"Mount your brooms, please" a voice called out to the two teams, Regulus snapped out of his trance and watched as all the players mounted their brooms, a whistle blew and all the players flew up into the air, the referee threw the Quaffle up into the air and the Bludgers and golden snitch were released from their compartments.
Regulus understood the concept of Quidditch fairly well, although he had never really played, he understood the sports violence and the danger the sport imposes, he was able to identify the position of all the members in the teams, but when he spotted James Potter racing around the sky head to head with a Slytherin member he understood very quickly that not only did James Potter possess a certain 'magic' about him that made Regulus feel calm, he was also incredibly talented, as James was a Seeker.
He watched anxiously as James and the slytherin member were head to head chasing after the Golden Snitch. The slytherin seeker rammed his broom against James causing him to fly side ways towards the ground. Regulus stood up quickly and felt like he was watching everything in slow motion as James headed towards the ground.
At the last moment James pulled up and shot back through into the air and resumed chasing after the Snitch, Regulus let out an audible sigh and sat back down, he felt a sense of relief seeing James' recover from the tackle.
Severus took a seat besides Regulus "Hello, Rilynn." Those words felt like daggers piercing through Regulus' heart, how did Severus find out, no one is supposed to know that, he hasn't told anyone about that name.
"My name isn't Rilynn. It's Regulus, It's always been Regulus." Regulus didn't turn his head to face Severus, he felt paralysed, unable to move, he could only speak, he didn't want to though, he didn't want to acknowledge that Severus has discovered his biggest secret.
Severus laughed and rolled his eyes at the response from Regulus "Ya know, those photos of you before you messed yourself up were really pretty, you could have been beautiful but you fucked it up for yourself, people won't love you like this Rilynn, you'll always be a girl"
Regulus felt the tears flooding his eyes already, he muttered "I'm not a girl.", his fist clenched tight in a ball, he wanted more than anything to just hit Regulus but he knew that he couldn't, he physically couldn't move, he couldn't act upon his thoughts, no matter how badly he wanted to, his body wouldn't let him.
"JAMES POTTER HAS CAUGHT THE SNITCH! GRYFFINDOR HAS WON" Regulus looked up from the ground to see James holding the snitch up in his hand, showing it off to everyone, he smiled softly as James flew down to the ground to the rest of the team who hoisted him up onto their shoulders cheering and shouting.
"Ignore me all you want Rilynn. It'll only be your fault when something happens." Severus scoffed as he stood and walked away, he didn't say what would happen, he left Regulus in the unknown, which is what scared Regulus the most.
Regulus sat and wondered what Severus meant by that comment, what will happen, Regulus shook his head and tried his best to ignore it, he walked over to his brother and the Gryffindor team, listening to them chant and shout in their victory "KING JAMES POTTER! KING OF THE QUIDDITCH FIELD"
James spotted Regulus who was now laughing at the phrases being shouted, Regulus mimicked a crown with his hands and gave a bow to James who was on Sirius' shoulder. The rest of the Quidditch team ran into the great hall to celebrate as Sirius placed James down onto the ground "Jesus christ Prongs you're heavy!" Sirius laughed
"Heyyy just because I'm more muscular doesn't mean you gotta be mean about it" James laughed with him and gave him a gentle push to shut him up.
"That was a great game you two played, and well done to you King James Potter or do you prefer King of the Quidditch field your majesty?" Regulus gave a mocking bow and put on a posh royal-like accent to further mock James
"You're just mad we beat Slytherin! Your team could never beat us! We are superior" James taunted Regulus with that phrase, making Regulus shoot him another ice cold glare, James held his hands up to surrender
"You think Gryffindor is superior?" Regulus pushed, "I could beat you on the field any day of the week King James Potter" Regulus pushed James causing him to stumble backwards but not fall, Sirius watched the interaction curiously, he had noticed something but wasn't quite sure what it was he had noticed.
James laughed and pushed Regulus back "In your dreams Reggie! You've never played a game in your life! Get some training and then we'll talk" James threw his arm around Regulus shoulder as they walked, Sirius trailing along side them, still observing the pair and their actions curiously.