𝑩𝒖𝒈 𝑩𝒐𝒚 - [ 𝑻𝑨𝑺𝑴 𝑿 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑶𝑪]

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓

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Regulus had been in America for two months now and his home sickness was killing him. He longed for the ancient stone walls and the unending mass of nature that was Blackthorn Academy. Not the dirty, crime filled streets with the awful, modern American architecture. The only thing that was stopping him from catching the next plane to Tokyo or Italy, was the three people that currently resided in New York.

One was his uncle Teddy. He made Regulus feel at home in the city. Even if he had his slightly annoying habits like, leaving his experiments all over the flat or the smoke alarm going off whenever he even steps near the kitchen. Teddy was the only person who ever felt like a parent to Regulus and that notion made it increasingly difficult to even think about leaving him alone.

Two was Gwen Stacy. Ever since she showed him around on his first day, they've been getting closer to the point that Regulus even called her a friend. His first friend. They talked about everything, from dreams to crushes (Which Regulus discovered Gwen's hopeless crush on a person in her English class called MJ).

Three was the boy with the puppy dog eyes. Regulus later found out that his name was Peter Parker. Oh...Peter Parker. This boy made Reg's soul soar with the simplest of things like, twirling a pencil or nervously rubbing his hand up and down his skateboard. Of course he has never spoken to Peter Parker, God no! He can barely talk to a waiter, more less than the boy he has a crush on.

So apart from the actual place, New York wasn't that bad.

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Another day of school. Regulus sat on a table outside, reading a book (The song of Achilles). He was too immersed into the Greek Heroic Age, to realise Peter was taking a picture of him.

Peter already had loads of pictures of Regulus already, one being the screensaver on his computer. That one was his favourite. It had just started raining and Reg's curls were dripping with water as he stood (still outside) staring at the cute squirrel running for shelter. That picture always made him smile.

After a few minutes of concentration, Regulus was interrupted with the sound of cheering. Annoyed, Reg stuffed the book into his satchel and made his way over to the crowd, hoping to get some peace and quiet to finish the chapter before the bell rings to the next lesson.

However, when Regulus saw what was causing the noise, annoyance turned to rage. Burning, searing rage.

Peter Parker. The boy with the puppy dog eyes. The boy with love of science and photography. The boy who probably has an unhealthy attachment issue with his skateboard. The boy of Regulus had a crush on, was getting beaten by the human waste that is Flash Thompson.

Regulus saw red.

Before he knew it, Flash was pinned against the lunch table by his neck. Flash's eyes were stricken with fear. The crowd was shocked by the fact that Regulus Lupin, the quiet, rich pretty boy, was currently overpowering the star basketball player and all around bully, Flash Thompson.

Regulus wasn't squeezing his neck, only forcing it to stay on the table. It still terrified the dickhead and caused a bruise on his fragile ego. Once Reg knew Flash was terrified, he let him go. Flash quickly got up and walked away from the prying eyes of the masses. They soon followed, after a moment to recover from shock.