Little Steps

Chapter Three

[school finished so I'll be updating this story a lot more. this is a two-parter because i got carried away. this chapter also goes over some of the not so cute or fun things that come with a cg/l relationship. 

please correct me on anything that i have gotten wrong and i will change it straight away.]

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Waking up the next morning felt like the most exhausting thing Regulus has ever done and he just wanted to go back to sleep.

"Morning hun. Are you ready to get up?" Lily's voice brought him back to his senses when he remembered what he was doing here.

Regulus started to sit up and instantly felt the cold morning air on his upper body. Looking to where he had heard Lily's voice from, he saw James in her lap whilst she was sitting in a wooden rocking chair in the corner of her room. It confused him at first to see a small cream sheet over her chest and James head but it made sense when he remembered what he thought he saw last night before falling asleep.

He must have shown the confusion that he felt on his face as Lily's next words confirmed his suspicions.

"James was getting restless when he woke so I thought I would let him suckle for a bit before you got up."

Regulus just stared at the sheet and slowly nodded his head like he didn't know quite how to reply.

"If you want I can stop and give him a bottle if-"

"No! No, it's okay. I just uh- I'm curious...? How do you..." he gestured towards her chest briefly with his hand before feeling himself blush just thinking about it.

"Special potion," she explained. "James regresses to quite a young age and for us wizards that changes more than just how we think and act. It also changes what we can eat and how much information we can take in before we get overwhelmed or exhausted. Just like a real baby honestly," she finished with a small laugh.

He heard James whine when Lily laughed and she shushed him and went to stroke his head when regulus spoke again.

"You can take it off, you know. I don't mind."

He instantly blushed, even more, when he realised how broad a statement that was.

"I- I mean the sheet. O-only if you want to. I didn't mean you h-had to. I just thought-"

"Reg, take a breath for me okay?" Ugh, he loved that nickname. "I got what you meant. Thank you for being so thoughtful. I only put it on so I didn't make you uncomfortable."

"O-okay..."

Merlin, why did he stutter so much?

"So are you okay with me taking it off?' Lily asked just to be sure.

"Y-yeah. I've just never um...s-seen uh..."

Lily took the hints and thought it best if she cut off his stuttering and helped him.

"You've never seen a woman's breasts?" she asked in a matter-of-factly tone.

"Um yeah, that's what I was trying to say. But I don't mind! I mean, I want to see them, I've just never- Oh Merlin! I didn't mean it like that. I'm sorry. I- bugger!" Regulus looked at Lily's face with a pleading expression. He honestly didn't mean it like that. He's just always had a very curious nature when it comes to something he doesn't know- well, in this case, something he hasn't seen before.

"Hey, Regulus. I need you to listen up real quick. Got it?"

He audibly gulped. This isn't going to be good so he took the initiative to talk before she could even get a word out.