If it's not supposed to be, why does it feel right?

Part 12.

The next morning Regulus got woken up by his brother. That was an uncommon thing, because normally Sirius was the person to sleep the longest. "Hey Reggie,", he said when Regulus eyes were open, "I'm leaving in a few minutes. I have to catch my bus.", Sirius said, 'right. He is going to Remus' house. I forgot.', Regulus remembered. He nodded and stood up from his bed. It was very cold out, because it had snowed the previous night.

The brothers walked downstairs where the Potters were waiting. "Goodbye come back in one piece.", Mr. Potter joked and then left the house himself, because he had to work. "Be careful, sweetie. Don't go with any strangers.", Mrs. Potter said and gave Sirius a long hug. Then she left to another room to get ready for work, she had to be present again today. "Have fun, Pads. But not to much. And take care of Moony.", James said and hugged Sirius. Regulus and Sirius first smiled at each other awkwardly but then Regulus said, "have fun. And be nice to Remus.", Sirius hugged him, "I always am.", Regulus hugged him back.

They waved after Sirius and then James closed the door. "So.. Just the two of us today, I assume.", he said, Regulus shrugged, "I guess so.", he looked out of the window and the look of the snow made him shiver. James watched him in amusement, 'this family is so dramatic.', he thought. "Want to play wizards chess?", James asked when he had Regulus attention again, "sure. Do you have one though?", Regulus replied, "of course. But beware, I'm the best wizards chess player ever. I always win.", he said and sounded very aware of himself, "well, then this will probably be your first loss.", Regulus grinned, "nice spirit, Baby Black. But no.", James smirked.

They sat and started playing. Both of them were very good. "Checkmate.", Regulus said. James looked at him stunned, then at the board. His mouth was open, and he looked as if he was going to say something, but then he closed his mouth again. He gave Regulus a hand and when Regulus took it, they shook hands, James smiled and said, "good game.", Regulus answered, "yeah I know.", he grinned.

They packed the game into the box again. "Want to cook together?", James asked when he felt his stomach growling. Regulus just nodded. The two of them walked into the kitchen, "wait here.", Regulus said, he left the kitchen again and went upstairs, to his room to grab the cookbook he got from James' parents. When he came down again, James was sitting at the small table in the kitchen, waiting for him. "What do you have there, Reggie?", he asked, Regulus hesitated at that nickname, but then he shrugged and walked towards James, "what does it look like Pott- James?", he corrected himself and James smiled at that.

Together they searched through the cookbook until they found something that looked good and easy enough to them. It was some kind of chicken soup, that said it would help also when one was sick. While James and Regulus searched for the ingredients, they were all around the kitchen. But when Regulus was standing at the refrigerator, reaching for something inside, his wrist completely exposed, James came to grab something too. He saw the wrist, and even though he saw it before, his face was all worried. Regulus pulled out the ingredient, his gaze fell to James' face and then to his wrist. He pulled back his arm, as if it would erase what James saw. James turned to face the refrigerator, "why?", he asked. He didn't exactly know what to ask. Regulus just shook his head, "another time.", he answered, "you can't just always say that, Regulus. I'm worried.", James protested, "James please. Not now.", Regulus said pleadingly.

James nodded, after all he couldn't make Regulus talk to him, "but please, Regulus. I care about you and that's why I'm worried.", Regulus blushed, which James luckily couldn't see because he was still facing the refrigerator.

Regulus grabbed a pot and started mixing a few ingredients and heating up others. While cooking, they didn't really speak. But when they started eating, at the kitchen table, because they were only two persons and eating in the dining room seemed like a waste of space, James asked, "want to watch a horror movie later? My parents are going to be home late.", Regulus nodded, not being quiet sure what James was talking about.

They finished their soups and it actually tasted nice. Then Regulus decided to go upstairs and spend some time on his own, while James was writing a letter to Peter. Regulus walked into his room, and when he was about to start reading his book his gaze fell on another book. The book about 'magical creatures connected to the wizards', this book awoke a kind of interest in him. But his current book had only about ten chapters left. So he decided to first finish this book and then look into the other one.

An hour later James came into his room complaining, "I'm so bored.", he said while letting himself fall on the bed. Regulus smirked, but didn't look up from his book. 'God since when does he look so good while reading?', James thought to himself while watching Regulus. Regulus who realised James was staring looked up and said, "okay.. what am I supposed to do against that?", James looked confused, but then he remembered what he said while coming in, "let's go watch a movie.", Regulus nodded slowly and said, "okay get everything ready. I'll be right with you. Let me just finish this.. chapter.", James stood up and walked downstairs. He was kind of exited. He loved horror movies. He put a movie in and put on the tv. Then he paused the movie and waited for Regulus to come down.

It was cold so James grabbed a blanket, Regulus came down and sat down next to him. He looked around, "how come you're a family of three members, and you only have one blanket? How does that work?", James grinned and held the blanket up, so Regulus could share it with him, "we share.", He said with a big smirk. Regulus rolled his eyes but took the part of the blanket he was offered.

The movie was good and the two of them got a few good scares, but at the end Regulus attention wasn't at the TV screen. He focused on not looking over at James whole time. The two of them sat very close, which was driving the younger boy crazy, because his stomach was going crazy. And on top of that James had been holding his hand for the last half of the movie, which made Regulus blush at first, so he had to play it off, by pretending to cough so James wouldn't see.

But when he turned back, James expression went from, worried to a big grin. "What Are you grinning at?", Regulus asked, James looked down at their hands, "nothing.", he said. James did figure that Regulus was not that red because of the coughing. And he also realised that Regulus did not let go of his hand while coughing. But what he also realised, was this wired feeling in his stomach, that he couldn't get rid of. It was bothering him for the last few days, and wouldn't leave. But right now, it was stronger than ever.