Sweet innocence ~ Jegulus

02.

"Reg!"

Regulus rolled his eyes and inwardly groaned at his brother's obnoxious voice calling out for him from across the hall. He shuffled back and turned in the other direction.

Sirius huffed and jogged to catch up with his little brother who was so very clearly trying to avoid him. But really, what else was new?

"Hey!" Sirius grabbed Regulus's shoulder and spun him around to face him. Regulus gave him and aggravated glare and made a move to leave again but Sirius stopped him before he could. "How was your summer? Good?" Sirius asked as he held Regulus in place, and to his surprise the younger boy didn't protest any further.

"Oh yeah, it was fucking awesome! Can I go now?" Regulus replied sarcastically. He looked over Sirius's shoulder and noticed the other marauders coming their way. Regulus groaned and tried to leave again only to be held firmly in place. "I will hex you." He mumbled, glaring into his brother's eyes.

"What's going on guys?" James said coming up behind Sirius with a huge grin on his face. Regulus wanted so badly to slap the shit out of him. "Just asking my brother about his summer. Right, Reg?" Sirius smiled at him and Regulus didn't drop the glare even though his heart ached in his chest at the sight of his big brother smiling at him, being so close to him.

"Well? How was it?" The question came from Peter who was standing slightly off to the side with Remus.

"Awesome." Sirius and Regulus answered at the same time causing Sirius's smile to widen. Regulus's glare faltered for a moment and his face fell blank. "I'm going to be late to class, so unless you want to explain to Slughorn that you were holding me hostage in the corridor, you should let go." Regulus said as he shook his brother's hands off of him, ignoring how his shoulders grew cold once Sirius dropped his hands down to his sides.

"This was dreadful, let's not do it again yeah." Regulus stepped around his brother and walked away knowing that they were all watching him.

Sirius frowned and turned to James who was smiling sheepishly. "Could've been worse." James offered as they left for their own class. "Oh yeah? How so?" Sirius mused. "He could've actually hexed you." James replied. He laughed and dodged the slap that Sirius sent his way.

"He hates me." Sirius muttered, all the humour from his face evaporating. "He really hates me."

"He's your brother. He can't hate you." Remus spoke up from Sirius's left side. "Yes he can and he does. Did you see how fast he left? He doesn't want anything to do with me!" Sirius dropped his head onto Remus' shoulder and sighed deeply. "He said that he was late to class." Remus said trying to ease Sirius' mind. The latter only looked up at him unimpressed and huffed. "I just wished that he'd talk to me, or at least listen to what I have to say." Sirius went on. "But he can't even look at me for five seconds without bolting the other way."

James walked slightly behind Sirius and the others, a frown on his face as he listened to them talk about Regulus. He hated when Sirius was upset.

He had to do something.

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Notes:

This is probably gonna have a slow beginning oops