Cigarette Daydreams - Regulus Black X Reader

Chapter 33 - Into the beyond!

Regulus Black

You're the sun, you've never seen the night
But you hear its song from the morning birds
Well, I'm not the moon, I'm not even a star
But awake at night I'll be singing to the birds

I woke up late that morning with Y/n sleeping in my arms. She looked so peaceful I felt guilty waking her so I let her sleep a little longer. We still had time before we had to be up. Looking down at her, I felt guilty for keeping things from her. How much did she know from Sirius? Y/n was a clever girl, she would never give away how much she knew if she thought it wouldn't end well. Maybe she knew I was lying and didn't say anything, maybe I was over thinking.

The truth was, next year I would have to become a death eater. It would change everything. There was no way out, every minute to me was like a timed bomb ticking away until I had to accept my fate and become a new person leaving the old me dead in the past. I wanted a future with y/n, I wanted to run away and be with her. I spent probably too much time wondering how she would react when I had to join their side, to think she would stay with me was insane. It would break her heart I knew that much but that was in the future. As much as I hated to admit it, it would break mine too. Right now she was here, with me, without a care in the world and that alone was worth the pain that was bound to follow.
I really hated everyone but her.

I left a kiss on her head and gently shook her awake "Wake up darling." I whispered in her ear. She mumbled something which sounded like 'piss off' and cuddled up closer to me. I chuckled and played with her hair "We have to get to class."

She yawned and rubbed her eyes, her hair was a mess and she was hardly awake yet, her eyes still half closed yet she was still absolutely beautiful. "Good morning." She mumbled and started to get dressed into her uniform.

"Morning." I laughed and pulled on my shirt. Before long, we were both dressed and ready.

"How are you going to explain why you stayed the night away to your friends?" She asked while tying up her hair into a half ponytail and pulling some strands out at the front.

"I'll think of something." I shrugged "Part of me wants to just say fuck it and dare anyone to say anything about me being with you." I smirked "I wanna be able to show you off not pretend like I hate you."

"You know that would backfire," She responded, looking over at me. "Reg if you could get hurt by it, there's no way I'll even consider it." She frowned like she was remembering something, maybe she had seen Sirius's scars. I hadn't but I knew the spell well enough. I knew why no matter the weather outside, Sirius would never Reese shorts. I remembered seeing him limping up the stairs at Grimauld Place, wincing as he sat down, the spots of blood on his bed sheets.
She got up and started getting dressed, yawning and rubbing her eyes as she did. I couldn't help but watch with pure adoration.

"You don't need to protect me y/n." I chuckled, she waked over to me and put her arms around me, I picked her up and she wrapped her arms and legs around me to stay on.

"I try and look after everyone I care about." She shrugged and rested her head on my shoulder for a little while "We need to get to class, I can't deal with more detentions." Y/n told me reluctantly and I laughed and put her down.

"Get some breakfast I'll see you soon darling." I told her and she kissed me lightly before walking out the room, I would go a bit after in case anyone saw. How did I ever end up with her? There were many things in place to make sure that never happened but here we were and it was the best thing in my life.

After the little wait, I walked into the Hall and Diana Redwood saw me, oh God. She shuffled over on her place on the Slytherin table and patted the spot next to her with a smile so sweet it would give you a toothache. Not in a good way.