Rosekiller

Fourth Year|Five|What a load of queers

Got the music in you baby
Tell me why
Got the music in you baby
Tell me why
You've been locked in here forever
And you can't just say goodbye

Saturday, November 23rd, 1974

"Lumos" Regulus muttered and lifted his wand. The light illuminated the narrow hallway. "Where are we going, again?" Barty asked.

Evan was leading the way down the hall. "Honeydukes, apparently. I heard Lupin and Pettigrew talking about the passageway" The boy answered.

"And why are we going to Honeydukes?" Regulus asked.

"Because I need to go to Hogsmeade" Evan replied.

"Why?"

"Because I need to get more cigarettes, I'm out"

"You had like ten packs at the beginning of the year!"

"Yeah, and it's been three months"

"You smoke too much"

"You complain too much"

"Oh, piss off, Rosier"

"Proving my point, Black!"

Regulus huffed and rolled his eyes. "I suppose I could use a thing or two from Hogsmead" he mumbled.

"Exactly, so you and Barty can run off and get whatever you need, and I'll get my fags" Evan said.

"Actually, I don't need anything so I'll just stick with you, Ev. Knowing Reggie, he'll probably be going to a bookshop" Barty chimed in.

Saturday, November 23rd, 1974

The hall was long, and by the time the three boys got to the Honkeydukes cellar, it was almost dark out.

"Bloody hell, when we get back, it's gonna be way past curfew" Regulus groaned.

"Oh well. Right, we're off, meet back here in say..an hour?" Evan suggested. Regulus nodded and hurried off towards Tomes and Scrolls.

Barty followed Evan to a muggle artifacts shop. "Why get muggle ones instead of wizard ones?" He asked. "Wizard ones are pathetic, and more expensive. Muggle ones are stronger and they cost less in the wizarding world" Evan explained.

"Ohh okay" Barty nodded.

Evan bought a few packs of cigarettes ("to stalk up"), and they left. They still had thirty something minutes until Regulus would be back from his shopping, so the two other boys decided to walk up and down the main road.

"So.." Evan started. Barty raised an eyebrow and looked at his friend. "Can we stop for a second?" Evan asked. Barty nodded and the two boys stopped walking and sat against the wall of a random shop.

"What's up?" Barty asked.

Evan bit his lip and looked down at the ground. He took a cigarette out of one of his new packs and lit it with the tip of his wand.

"I think..I'm.." Evan hesitated. Barty held his best friend's hand encouragingly.

"Barty, I think I'm gay" Evan said after a long silence. Barty's jaw dropped slightly and his grip on Evan's hand loosened.

"I'm sorry" Evan said sadly. He took a drag of his cigarette and covered his face with his hands.

"No, no! Don't apologize, it's fine" Barty said, but than he grinned, "I thought you weren't a fag?" He repeated his words from the first party of the year.

Evan grinned back and shrugged, "I suppose I lied". Barty laughed and put his head on Evan's shoulder. They were quiet for a moment.

"Thanks for telling me" Barty said quietly. Evan smiled. "We should get back to Honeydukes, Reggie will be there soon if he isn't already" he said.

Barty nodded and they stood up to walk back to Honeydukes.

Saturday, November 23rd, 1974

During the walk back to Hogwarts, Reg cleared his throat and started talking.

"So..uhm..I kinda have something to tell you" he said. "Does it have to do with a certain vision-impaired black haired boy?" Evan asked, raising his eyebrow and looking at the shorter boy.

"I-uh-wha-how?" Regulus stuttered, "How did you know?!" He asked, surprised. "We sorta found you two canoodling in the corridor on the night of the Halloween party" Evan confessed.

"We were not 'canoodling'! We were simply sitting together!" Regulus defended. "Oh, please. He kissed your head, laughed at your joke, and said you looked good" Evan smirked.

"Fine, whatever, but we weren't canoodling!" Regulus defended again. "Okay, okay" Evan raised his hands beside his head in defence.

They were silence for a sec before Reg continued speaking. "So, uhm, I'm gay" he said. "Samesies" Evan said in a high-pitched girly voice.

Regulus stopped walking and his jaw dropped. "Wait a bloody minute, are you joking?!" He asked. Evan giggled like a little girl. Regulus took that as a yes and closed his mouth.

Barty sighed. He put his arms around Regulus' and Evan's shoulders. "What a load of queers" he said, grinning. Evan laughed and Regulus held his face in his hands, although Barty could see a smile peak through.

"So, you and Pandora are the only straights in the friend group?" Reg asked Barty after a while of walking. "Yeah, I guess so" Barty replied. He saw Evan's face sink slightly at his words. Barty's arms were still around the two other boys, and Barty could feel Evan's shoulders drop the tiniest bit.

Regulus nodded, completely oblivious to Evan's disappointment. What's all that about? Barty asked himself.

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The song at the beginning is Apocalypse by Cigarettes after sex