brother.

brother: chapter 03

Barty and Regulus were quickly losing their patience as they began the second hour of History of Magic. Professor Binns' voice was beginning to hit new corners of Regulus' brain, this hangover headache was almost worse than his mothers cruciatus curse.

"I can't do this," Barty finally spoke, "I'm loosing my mind,"

"I could go for a smoke," Regulus smirked, Barty gave him a questioning look, "it'll help with the headache I promise Bart," Regulus truly had no idea if it would help, but he remembered Sirius smoking the morning after getting atrociously drunk at balls. He looked around to see if any of them had heard. Before Barty new what was going on, Regulus began violently retching at his side of the desk,

"Oh no! Reg, are you ok?" Maud said, Regulus rolled his eyes,

"Professor, I better take him to the hospital wing," Barty said with false concern in his voice,

"Very well, off you go," Binns spoke without looking up from the textbook he was reading out of. The two boys left the classroom and began laughing as soon as they were a safe distance away,

"Brilliant! Bloody brilliant, Black," Barty said between laughs,

"Yeah, yeah, c'mon," Regulus motioned for him to walk faster as he lead the other boy towards the second floor bathrooms. The two of them sat on the floor, chain smoking once again,

"You're right Reg, this does help with the headache,"

"When have I ever been wrong,"

They smoked until the bell chimed, signally first break.

Barty sat next to Davina and Regulus was forced to sit between Maud and Everett,

"God, you reek of smoke Reg," Maud pulled a disgusted face,

"Don't smell me then?" Regulus said, annoyed. Barty and Everett laughed,

"Eurgh, I can't even imagine what kissing you would taste like, when did you start smoking?"

"Why are you imagining kissing me Maud?" Regulus smirked and raised an eyebrow, Barty was right.

"Well- I" Maud stuttered as she turned a bright shade of red. Regulus felt a wave of confidence, maybe it was the alcohol from the night before or perhaps his new found anger that made him do it, he couldn't exactly find a reason why,

But he kissed her.

He snogged her, tongue and all. He pulled away and Maud was even more red than she had been before,

"As good as you imagined Maud?" He laughed, Barty's jaw was practically on the floor and Everett looked insanely uncomfortable,

"You taste like an ashtray," she said smacking his arm and laughing.

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"Oh my god," Sirius said loudly, dropping his fork on his plate,

"What?" James looked up and followed Sirius' eyes, he was watching Regulus at the Slytherin table, his tongue was down some girls throat, "Yuck, is that truly necessary in the dining hall," James went back to eating his food,

"He's snogging a girl, a girl," Sirius seemed to be in a state of elaborate shock,

"God, calm down Sirius, people snog girls all the time," Remus said from the other side of the table,

"Moony, you don't understand," Sirius shook his head, "Regulus is about as straight as Elton John,"

"He's a poof?" Remus raised an eyebrow and turned around to look at the younger black. The snogging had ceased and his hand was firmly planted on the thigh of the girl Remus assumed he had been snogging, "When did he tell you?"