loveless; regulus black

ೃ⁀➷ xxvii. cranky

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"so, yeah," venus said, finishing her speech. she, evan, ophelia and regulus were all seated by the courtyard (it's become their 'hangout' spot now, actually). she had woken up her three friends, one of them being her boyfriend, at the crack of dawn and demanded they all go down to the courtyard.

ophelia has been sleeping at regulus and evan's dorm lately, while she says it's because regulus is her 'nightmare repellent' everyone knows the truth.

neither evan, ophelia nor regulus expected venus parkinson to go on an hour rant about how they now identify as non-binary. "i'd prefer they/them pronouns when taking about me, but when it's things like 'girlfriend/boyfriend' or 'girl/boy' or 'ms/mr' i'd prefer the feminine version, if you know what i mean."

"i'm so happy for you!" ophelia was the first to speak as she wrapped her arms around her best friend. the two of them had further talked about the conversation they had before mary broke the news about caroline and cherry's breakup.

then regulus smiled at venus, a girl he considered his sister, before kissing them on the forehead.

"hey, you 'kay with this?" venus looked at their boyfriend, who had not said a word since they went on their rant. they didn't mention much to evan about their decision and gender disphoria, which saddened evan a bit but he didn't want to kill the mood.

so a wide grin appeared on his face. "of course, why wouldn't i be?" he said as he grabbed venus' face and kissed them.

ophelia, for the first time since the two of them got together, smiled at their kiss. then it got gross and she turned away.

"how about you, lia?" they eventually asked when venus and evan broke apart.

she was about to ask 'what?' when ophelia remembered she voiced her gender/name dysphoria that day as well. a shrug was venus' response as the blonde greengrass rested her head on regulus' lap. "i haven't thought about it."

"i call bullshit!" venus said, laughing.

"haha, funny," ophelia mocked as her breath hitched slightly when regulus' fingers ran through her hair. she had hoped regulus didn't hear but he did and he retracted his hand without another word.

'she's been acting weird since the party', regulus thought. 'she's been extra cranky, too.' his mind added as he watched ophelia give venus the middle finger before shutting her eyes, perhaps trying to sleep.

but after a minute or so, ophelia's eyes opened as their eyes connected. she must have noticed the confused expression on regulus' face because she sighs and looks up at the sky. regulus was inclined to do the same.

when ophelia felt regulus' gaze was no longer on her, she turned her head back at his direction and smiled. she always thought jaws were attractive but merlin's beard, regulus' jaw was more than attractive.

she always thought he was pretty, and the dimples on his cheek made him even prettier. but as ophelia stared at regulus with a worm's eye view, he was attractive. she would say 'hot' but she always found the word cringey. yet she wouldn't mind doing cringey things if it were for him. especially his jaw, merlin that jaw—

"i think i'm falling for you," ophelia muttered. from her peripheral vision, she could tell venus and evan didn't hear her because they weren't screaming at the top of their lungs, but regulus did.

at least, he thought he did. "what?"

the blonde greengrass coughed as she sat up abruptly, almost hitting regulus' nose with her knees in the process. "i said i'm selling you to the fucking zoo."

this time, venus and evan heard it and turned their directions on the girl.

ophelia greengrass was as tall as regulus, which wasn't that tall, but she wasn't hot-headed. she often kept her cool and bottled her anger deep deep down. sure, bottling up wasn't healthy. but she also knows her limits. she knows when it's time to release her pent up anger and she knows how to do it.

so none of her friends were able to pin-point the exact reason as to why ophelia's been cranky for the past few days. she curses more, lifts her middle finger and threatens people a lot lately.

feeling her friend's scrutinizing gaze, ophelia wrapped regulus' jacket around herself tighter before standing up with as much dignity as she could muster. "geez, why is everyone weird lately?"

'we're the ones acting weird!?' all three of them thought as ophelia stormed off to merlin knows where.

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rlly short chapter but i am ophelia and ophelia is me. ophelia greengrass kinnies, rise!