The love you'd find in books | Regulus Black

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Regulus' POV:

"-Reggie?
-What the— I opened the door. How the hell did you get there?
-I flirted.
-Of course you did. I scoffed. Come on in, I hope you don't mind the mess.
-What the hell happened in this room?
-A tornado.
-I could tell! Sirius sat on my bed. So, how are you feeling?
-Vulnerable.
-Spill the tea, mini me."

I sighed, smiled slightly and went to lie next to my brother. I told him how I felt this past month, how I've been feeling even more vulnerable this week after overthinking everything over and over again: how is she feeling? how did she take the news? how she really is going to be all alone for her last year because I let her down, ...

Sirius offered me to answer to all of my questions but I refused. I thought that having answers might just bring me back to first step.
I knew not having answer would make me overthink it again and again until I'm able to recover fully but I didn't want to go back to zero.

I'm really thankful my brother came to see me because it made me forget Y/N for a moment and I felt happier even if it was just an hour or two.
Him here with me. Last time we had that was when we were little.

"-Hey.
-Hm?
-Thanks for coming over.
-Oh, well—
-No, really. I mean it. Thank you, Sirius.
He smiled.
-No problem, Reggie. I'll come back whenever you want me to. Or whenever I think you feel like shit and you need to hear some stupid shit to cheer up."

For the first time in a month, I didn't have to pretend I was happy.
I actually was.