𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 - regulus black

chapter nineteen

At some point, in the middle of the dinner, the young girl got just a bit closer to be sure nobody would hear her, and she whispered, "You're not talking to your housemate?" She was obviously referring to Severus Snape sitting as his other side which she had noticed when she entered the place.

He listened closely to her words whispered in such a quiet tone before whispering back, "He's not of good company," reusing the expression she had used before.

She hummed as she looked up, feeling a stare on her. Lily Evans was there, staring at her. She offered her a polite smile before bringing her hand close to her mouth, so she wouldn't catch her words. She whispered again, coming closer at the same time to be more discreet.

"Am I of better company?"

He could feel the smirk on her lips as she spoke in his ear.

"It's not like I had a choice anyway, so I go along with that," he replied back, faking exasperation but it only made the girl chuckle.

She then focused back on Slughorn, forcing herself to not look at the older girl facing her, still sensing her stare.

After another few moments of eating and chatting, the students were finally dismissed.

"See you later," said Regulus as he left the girl to go back to his common room. They were going to change before patrolling, their uniform would be  a more appropriate outfit for patrolling as prefects.

"Why did Regulus Black told you 'see you later'?" asked Eugenia, rather confused, on their way back.

"What? I don't know, to say goodbye you know." Adena and Noah hadn't spoken about their exchange to anyone yet. At least Adena hadn't. She didn't want this to be known.

"Like he'd see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I don't know," she acted as neutral as possible.

"He'd have say 'see you tomorrow'?"

Eugenia was persistent and it made the brunette sigh, "Maybe but I guess he was referring to our patrolling sessions. Noah and I often meet him and Flint and other prefects as well during our sessions."

Eugenia didn't respond but Adena thought it was a rather good explanation because that wasn't totally a lie.

Once Adena arrived in her bedroom, she quickly changed so she wouldn't make Regulus and Ivanna Flint wait too long outside. She knew the girl was kind of impatient. In five minutes, she was ready. She only had to wait for Noah now.

"Oh, sorry Adena, I hope you didn't wait too long."

"It's fine Noah, let's go."

With that, they both left the place to meet their partner outside.

Ivanna Flint and Noah quietly left Adena and Regulus behind, walking slowly towards a hallway.

"Do you think they get along well?"

"I'm not sure. You should ask him, you two are more friends then she and I."

"I guess so..." quietly said the girl.

"What, aren't you friends?"

"I think. I don't know if we're close enough to be considered friends. He's a nice comrade, that's all I know."

"I can't help you with that."

She hummed and stayed quiet afterwards.

After a while of walking around, Regulus broke the silence.

"How is it going with your sister since last time?"

"Pretty much the same," the brunette tried to act disinterested, but it was rather hard considering it was affecting her more that she would admit.