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==Regulus==
It´s four days after Regulus came to the Potters and he is now almost completely healed and the only thing he wants to do is go away. Out of this place and somewhere else. He would figure it out. Maybe he would go to Andies, she was always very nice to him and even if they haven´t seen each other in 7 years, he´s sure she´d welcome him with open arms.
So it´s currently 1:40 and he waited until everyone in the house was asleep. He didn´t bring anything with him in the first place so he didn´t have a lot to pack, only the things Mr. and Mrs. Potter kindly gave to him, mostly old stuff from James he didnt wear anymore or which was to small for him. They wanted to go to Diagon Alley with Regulus soon but that would have to be cancelled now. So he packed the clothes and a toothbrush into a pillow case , put a knot at the end so he would have a bag. He looked around the room one last time, taking in every detail. The flowers, the sofa, even the ridiculously yellow color of the furniture. Would he miss it? No, not really, its just nice to remember stuff , right? At least thats what Regulus told himself when he went to the door , cracked it open to see if there was anyone out, then snuck ouf of the room and made his way down the stairs, as quiet as possible.
He went through the living room, passed the fireplace he came out off 4 days ago , went past the kitchen and towards the main door. He was almost there when suddenly someone cleared their throat behind him. He flings around and finds himself face to face with a messy haired James Potter. " Where do you think you´re going?" . " Oh isn´t this the door to pink wonderland? Sorry my bad." Regulus rolls his eyes at the dumb question. Where would he go in the middle of the night, with a pillowcase full of stuff? James raises his brow at the younger black, yawning. " Well to me it kind of looks like you want to leave this house. Where would you possibly want to go? Or no lets say, where COULD you possibly go? Its not like you have any money." " Well no shit sherlock. I´m going to my cousins." "Bellatrix?!" Regullus sighs at the dumbness. "No you dimwitt. Andromeda. I believe my brother dearest already told you about her? They are like completely inseperable." "OHHH yeah Andromeda, the nicer Cousin. Yea Nope, not happening." James grabs Regulus arm and pulls him through the house. Regulus tries to fight it but the Gryffindor Quidditch Seeker was as strong as he looks so fighting was no use. In the end, Regulus just gave up and lets himself get pulled through the house, back to James´room. Back ithere, James sits the Slytherin down , then himself opposite him.
" So, whats so bad about this house that you couldn´t stand being here any longer?" , James inquired. Regulus tries to dodge the question and change the subject and asks : " What were you doing up ?" It´s late. " James smirks and brings his hand through his already messy hair. " You didn´t answer my question." "Neither did you." "I asked first." Regulus rolls his eyes again, he does that alot , he notices. Well theres just so much to roll your eyes about. School, Parents, Sirius, Potter and his pathetic hair with his stupid questions, life in general basically. " I just didnt want to be a burden , your parents did so much for me and I just dont want to annoy them further.", he puts on his best fake smile. " Ok well we both know that that is not the real reason so you might as well tell me now." The young Black huffs and crosses his arms. " Ok let´s see then. Well, first , my idiotic brother is here who basically abondened me and left me behind in this sick household. I was 15 years old ,Potter. 15! And I had to tell my abusive parents that their heir ran away because of how they treat him. Do you have any idea how it is to be the heir of such a house? NO you don´t! You don´t fucking know how it is to cry youself to sleep because of all the bruises and cuts you have! You dont know how it is to learn how to heal those cuts youself as a 7 year old! You dont know how it is to dont get food for a whole week! You dont know how it is to sit at gatherings full of deatheaters, talking about what a saint the dark lord is, how we are " lucky to have him there to put mudbloods in their place and show them whos better than them and make them regret they were even born"! You dont know how it is to be in the same room as your crazy death eater cousin , who is telling you about all the adventures shes witnessing and when she tells you how many people she has killed and tortured. It´s war James and my family is in the middle of it, fighting for the bad guys and sooner or later I´d have to take the dark ark and eat dinners with Voldemort! You don´t know shit so dont even try to undestand!"
Regulus takes a deep breath and only now notices the tears that have been streaming down his face for quite some time now. He lets out a shaky breath and continues talking.
"Second of all, your parents.They are the nicest people I have ever met and I know very well that I can´t ever repay them for what they did for me as I dont have any money and I dont want to be a burden so the sooner I´m leaving , the less guilty I feel for even coming here. Third of all, what will the people think of me when I tell my friends I got kicked out and that I have been living with James bloody Potter and my blood traitor brother in this idioticly nice house with these idioticly nice people inside. What will my friends think? What will the rest of the house think? What will my Quidditch Captain think? Vanity is going to kick me out when she finds out! She is one of the blood supremacists who already has the dark mark and Slytherin is the most judgmental house in Hogwarts so dont expect them to be supportive. Well are those enough reasons?"
==James==
He sits dumbstruck on his bed, trying to find the right words for what has just happened. But there weren´t . Regulus just confessed all those things to him and all he can think of is how are this boys life has been so far. So no, there weren´t any things to say in this situation, leading to hims sitting there with an open mouth, looking at Regulus. " Please dont go. Fuck those Slytherins ,they can crawl back into the cave they came from. about my parents, I can assure you that you dont need to repay them ANYTHING. They are happy to take in strays. They took in Sirius, they took in Remus every summer so you will not be a problem. They asked Sirius about you every time he came here, asking if you would come with him eventually. Speaking of Sirius, he will not be a problem either, I can tell him to stay away from you for awhile , he is just worried about you, since you came here for the exact same reason. He doesnt want you to suffer like he did. He really didnt want to leave you behind, he couldnt really think straight at that moment, he cried for 3 days because he could not take his baby brother with him and then you come here, looking half dead and in that moment every bad memory came back. I can only say it again, he is just worried about you."
Regulus sits still for a while before huffing, jumping up and rushing out of James´ room, slamming the door, not caring if anyone would wake up from the noise. So now here James was, laying in bed thinking about how to save his best friends brother.
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