Regulus stood for a moment looking between his two friends Evan seemed horrified.
"Wat the fuck." It wasn't a question but more of a statement. Regulus looked at barty who had turned an eerie green. "No," Regulus began pushing a Barty's shoulder.
But it was too late. Barty promptly bent over and threw up on Regulus's feet. "Merlin, you fucking-" Regulus pushed barty back. "Sit down." He told him. Barty lent forward as he sat putting his head between his knees. Regulus quickly vanished the mess before he turned to Evan.
"Mind telling me what the fuck happened?" Regulus asked a bit outraged. " what does he mean? You two shagged?" Evan looked very upset his brow was furrowed and his eyes were red about to spill over with tears.
"No, I didn't- we never." Evan sighed looking up towards the sky. "We never shagged. The only reason he'd bloody do anything with me would be to piss off his parents."
"Oi!" Barty yelled. "That's not-" barty was cut off with another wave of sick. Barty wrinkled his nose at it but still cleaned it up. Sweet merlin, he thought, Barty was a mess.
Evan glared at him. "After you left I told him we needed to talk, and he just." Evans voice broke a bit. "He sat down and ordered drink, after fuckjng drink until well." He gestured toward barty who was still heaving slightly. Regulus let out a breathhehad been holding throughout the entire explanation.
"Fucking hell he said." He ran a hand through his hair. He bent down and transfigured a rock into a cup. He filled it full of water with a quick aguamenti. He pushed the cup forward to Barty. "Drink." He told him forcing the cup into his friends hands. Barty groaned at him. Regulus flicked hik in the forehead. "Fucking. Drink." Regulus was more than pissed at Barty. But that could be saved for another day. Now. Regulus had to try to get both boys back to the castle. And past filch who would be at the gates.
It was illegal for them to be drinking at their age. The group reaked of alcohol. Regulus cast a quick charm and the smell was gone. Now there was the problem of looking drunk. He mad have a potion for barty. He looked in his bag and found a pepper up potion. Regulus gave it to Barty who drank it without question. Evan would just have to pretend. Which wouldn't be an issue he decided. After all, Evan had been pretending like he hdidnt have feelings for their best fried for Salazar knows hoe long.
As the potion went passed the boys lips he was filled with new energy. He stood and stretched a bit. Evan backed away as barty tried to make his way towards him. Nice going mate, he thought. Barty had just earned them a dorm full of awkwardness for at least the next week. Be turned to find a group of people walking over the hill towards him he panicked slightly. He put up the walks. The cold exterior. Until he saw pandora. She melted that.
"What's going on here?" She asked? She had been walking, her arm linked with Xens, Aida Zabini with Elias knightly followed them engaging in polite conversation.
"Oh, nothing." Regulus told her. "Just crouch here being a little bitch." Pandora laughed slightly.
"So nothing out of the ordinary?" It was vis turn to laugh, because it was true. Barty had a flair for the dramatics.
"No, I suppose not. Mind giving me a hand with these two?" He asked. Pamdora didn't even reply she just moved to barty and took off walking with xen on the other side. He took Evan leaning him. He made conversation with the two other Ravenclaws. He had know both since he was, a child though he was not particularly close to either. They were boot pureblood. And being in that group, most had made a secret sort of alliance, although it was unspoken.
"I heard you were disowned." Knightley said cracking a smile at Regulus."Merlin, if only my parents would do that next." Aida slapped his arm lightly
"I just didn't much fancy getting a tattoo." that's all it took. They understood. They were surely under their own pressure to pick a side. Maybe even the same side Regulus was being pressured in to.
"Well, I must say, I will miss you at the dinners." Aida offered politely. It was something Regulus had not thought about. He no longer had to attend the draining pureblood parties.
"I can't say I'll miss them." Regulus told her with a smile, wel really it was a strained sort of thing that he had forced into some resemblance of a smile.
"Yes, I wouldn't either." Leaving Barty with Xenophilius was admittedly a mistake. About 5 minutes later Barty had hexed him and Padroa was dragging Barty to Regulus by his ear. Evan and Barty switched places.
The group arrived at the gates and hot passed filch with no trouble. Three Slytherins and four Ravenclaws easily out witted the old man, and charmed gheir ways out of every question even in their drunken states. Pandora and regulus parted ways with the three other Slytherins as they herded the two boys down into the dungeons.
Fortunately, most of the alcohol had warn off. Unfortunately Barty was now groaning stumbling around every corner. He frequently stopped to lean against walls, and he braced himself against Regulus as he walked. Evan was fine, save for stopping the throw up twice.
Pandora safely deposited the two boys in the common room, leaving Regulus to get the two boys into bed. It was no small task. Barty tried to strip naked three times, and finally Regulus had given up and let it happen. Regulus filled a glass of water and set it on the table next to his bed.
Evan seemed to be much more alert and had brushed his teeth and showered by the time Reg was done with Barty. He gave his attention to Evan pulling out some clothes for him to change into. Evan excepted the help wordlessly. It was the same any of the boys would do for the others.
"I never meant to mess it all up Reg." Evan said as Regulus tucked him into his bed.
"I know mate. He'll come around." Regulus looked to Barty who had passed out almost immediately upon hitting the sheets of his bed.
"I don't even care if he doesn't." Eavan said laughing darkly to himself. "I dotn care because being around him is enough" Evans eyes were watering again. "Isn't that sad?" He asked
"We can worry about all that later" Regulus told him pulling the duvet up to cover him. "It's time to sleep now. He placed a glass of water and a hangover potion on his bedside table for the morning. "Good night Ev," Regulus told him before leaving him at thr mercy of his dreams for the night.
Regulus slid into his own bed sighing in relief as his body relaxed into the cushion of his bed. He pulled the sheets over himself and welcomed the warmth. He hated the dungeons for being so cold. It was nearly their only default. It was dark and clean, despite being the dungeon. But the cold seaped into your bones and rattled its way into your heart.
"What a fucking day." He told himself as he buried his head in his pillows. "What a fucking day."
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Paint It... Potter?
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