black coffee | remus lupin [2]

36. arguments & uncles

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"WHAT HAPPENED, DIA?" Regulus asked concernedly the moment he and Claudia arrived back at Grimmauld Place. They were standing in the drawing room, practically hiding from Claudia's nosy family.

"Hey, what happened?" Regulus asked again, and then he was met by the most furious look from his wife, who had turned around abruptly as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Where were you?"

"What?"

"Where were you?" She asked again, the anger clear in her voice.

"I..."

"I pressed the bloody triangle," Claudia began. "And you promised that you'd come for me right away. You promised me that I'd be safe, Regulus."

"Claudia-"

"You lied," she said out of disbelief. "Why didn't you come? Why didn't you help?"

"Nicolas and I," Regulus said quietly, his head hanging low due to how ashamed he was. "We talked. A little. And...I don't know what happened, but I just couldn't control myself. We..."

"You...?"

"Kissed," Regulus said, looking back up at her again. "Or, I kissed him. I don't know what happened, and it was stupid but...he kissed me back."

Now, Regulus had absolutely no idea how Claudia would take these news. On the usual, he knew that she would be excited that Regulus had gotten some action, but now all he saw was pure and utter fury in her eyes.

"You kissed, huh?"

"Well, if I were to say it in a more appropriate way...yes."

Claudia nodded slowly, a bitter chuckle escaping from her lips as she looked at Regulus with a glare, and, well, scared the living hell out of him.

"Oh, fuck you," she said. "Are you serious?!"

"Claudia-"

"No!" She yelled. "I can't believe you right now! I'm glad you two finally talked, but to do it when you knew that anything could happen to me! My only way out of every possible situation was you two, so why the hell did you do that?! Why did you just forget about me like that?!"

"I'm sorry," he said earnestly. "I'm so sorry. I didn't forget you, I swear. But I had a moment of weakness, and I just couldn't control myself. It's like with you and Lupin-"

"Oh, don't you bring Remus into this!" She yelled. "I know I'm weak around him as well, but I would never put him before you in such a situation! I would have never done that to you. Never!"

"I know," Regulus nodded. "I messed up. Big time. But I'm so sorry."

"You better be," she said. "What if I had gotten hurt? What if I would've been tortured? What would you had said then, Regulus? What would you have said then, huh?"