"Why do I like you?" I repeat back to him while smiling "regulus, you are a star. My star. I have liked you since the moment I saw you. You are the one thing I have wanted my entire life but felt like I couldn't have. Ofcourse I tried to cover that with hate because I didn't know what else to do but the more I'm around the more I realized that hate was never really there and I never really cared about anything else until Harry..he made me realize that I wasn't at my best. I was hiding, I am still hiding. But with you the both of you I feel open I feel free" i say as I finally open my eyes to look at him to see a crying regulus "oh love- I'm sorry I don't want to make you cry" and he pulls away to lift up as I wipe his tears "Reggie-" "I'm okay. I just" he says before pausing "I didn't realize you cared about me this much...I spent so many years thinking you were a horrible person who took my brother from me but..you actually like me." "Ofcourse I actually like you! what'd you think I've been doing?"
"I-I thought it was a prank"
Why would he think that- "Reggie that's not a prank. That's bullying..has someone done that to you before?" He goes silent and I can feel my blood boil because who the hell would do that to anyone? To him. "James it's fine it doesn't matter-" he says rolling his eyes Attempting to be annoyed but I can see past I can see the hurt in his expression
"Just drop it James-" "Who hurt you." I say and he stops staring at me "snape. It was a prank I guess he was upset I was Sirius little brother but also that I became a prefect and he didn't so he hatched a plan I fell for it and I'm pretty sure he put a charm on me because I didn't feel like myself and it wasn't a good time so he got the better of me and embarrassed me infront of the whole slytherin common room"
"Wait. Snape casted a spell on you and..pretended to like you?" I'm past angry. I am filled with rage "it was my fault really-" "no." I say as I stand up "it isn't and he's older and he knows better." I say while grabbing my stuff and staring to walk, I know where I'm going.
"Wait James no-" "no regulus. You don't deserve to be treated like that. Ever. And I'm going to make sure he knows that." I say while storming into the hogwarts entrance and down to the dungeons where of course the Slytherin dorm would be I couldn't see regulus I'm guessing he's back at the tree still
There are a few people still up most of them shocked to see me running into their common room. "Snape." I say to one of the first years my voice must've been loud because he immediately jumped up and pointed to a hall to my left a door at the end of It. I'll be sure to apologize later hes just a kid but I push that to the back of my mind as I stomp down that hall and push open the door and walk to the bed in the middle in which I guessed he would be at reaching under his pillow and grabbing his wand before yelling "wake up you pretentious prick " I say while pulling his cover off of him. "Potter-" he stops speaking when he sees I have his own wand pointed towards his face
"What you gonna use it potter? What's this about" "Why the fuck would you ever do that to someone?? Play with their emotions like that? Treat HIM like that. You have no fucking right"
I say angrier than before "oh..you've found a new toy potter? Mad I used him first?" "TOY? IS THIS SOME KIND OF GAME TO YOU SEVERUS?" He laughs.
He fucking laughs right infront of me "it's always been a game with you POTTER." He spits my name like it's venom "FIRST LILY AND NOW REGULUS. Just make sure you and that brat of yours don't kill him like you did her." He says without a second thought and that's it. I throw his wand across the room and I'm on him in seconds.
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Shit shit shit what do I do. James is probably gonna start a fight with Snape..Sirius..He should be up he can help...he's his best friend..and my brother..who i don't talk to...who left me..who I ignored..who evidently ignored me as well..an image of James appeared into my head and there was no debate I had to get Sirius.
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Sirius pov:
We hear the door open and immediately go still as me and Remus make eye contact. He doesn't looked as nearly as panicked as I do- we could get into Serious trouble right now. "Hey it's okay just calm down they can't here us we can finish this later okay?" "That's easy for you to say! I need to change because of you!"
He laughs before he hears further steps "oh my god their coming closer!" I scream at him while putting back on my shirt and fixing my pants as he does the same. "hey it's okay it's probably James-" he says trying to calm me "Sirius..?" I hear from next to us and I know that voice. Oh how I know that voice. It's exactly like my little brothers voice
But..raw, quiet. I haven't heard him speak like that to me in years yet here is now. 'My brother needs me.' Is all I can think for a split moment Immediately jump from the bed hitting my head and evidently falling out of the bunk bed and I hear 2 gasps one from who I hoped was my brother and the other from me because that actually really hurt- fixing my clothes and starring at up at him I give him a concerned look and he just says "oh..hi. you were up there?" His voice still quiet like he had done smth wrong like we were both 13 and 11 again and he'd just broken my fathers favorite vase.. I took the blame to protect him..a lot of good that done. "Regulus? Heyy.." as I say It my voice cracking and then I see the sheets on the bed move and suddenly Remus is standing infront of us "this is awkward it shouldn't be this awkward-" Remus says while helping me up and regulus rolls his eyes "I- don't care. We don't have time for this James is about to do something really bad if we don't stop him so can we get a move on? Please." Regulus says as he finds his voice again "wait wait- how do you know James is in trouble? What's he about to do? And why should we trust you? This could be a trap!" I say as I put my hands out In defense "I wouldn't start talking to you unless I needed you..which isn't often anymore so just find a place in your heart and have trust in me?" He says before walking out.
I want to process what he said but I'm not going to instead I follow him and so does Remus after he cleans up what we did with a quick spell "Sirius-" "no James is in trouble we have to help him" I say before running after regulus I know I should trust him but he's not the regulus I once knew and he's leading us to the slytherin dungeon so it's sketchy "Regulus-"I begin but I'm cut off "no. This for James not us" I here the sincerity in his voice..it's strange. James is my best friend and knowing james he probably did what he does best..care.
(BREAK SO I CAN EXPLAIN SOME THINGS NEXT CHAPTER)
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Back of the bus
PertualanganWhat if James and lily had a baby while they were in their sixth year but sadly lily passed away during birth now James a single father in his seventh year is starting to see a new side of his best friend's younger brother regulus..where will the st...
