May Death Do Us Part | RB ✔︎

SEVEN ☆ BLACK

This is a long one... hehe.

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Mona never showed up in the great hall.

When I get to the common room later, Madame Pomfrey is leaving. Her eyebrows are knitted together and she's clearly distressed but she wipes away the expression once she spots me.

She bows her head in greeting, stepping around me and allowing me to move inside the common room.

I make my way up the stairs to the girls dormitories, knocking softly on Mona's door.

"Just a moment!" She calls back, muffled through the wood.

Her voice sounds familiar, like I've heard it somewhere else, but I can't place it.

There's rustling on the other side of the door, followed by a soft click right before she opens the door. A smile pulls at her lips and she moves aside, gesturing for me to enter.

"You remembered." I whisper, watching her shut the door behind me.

"I told you I would. I always keep my promises, Regulus." She returns, her voice distant as she leans against the door.

I'm oddly comfortable with Mona, like I've known her for longer than I actually have. She's got this feeling to her, like I can trust her with anything. Because, despite not liking each other for a long time, I know she won't betray me.

She pushes herself off of the wall, her black hair shining softly under the glow of the overhead saucer lights. Her eyes look almost gold under the illumination.

Black leggings hug her hips deliciously, a green sweater hanging loosely from her shoulders and just grazing over the swell of her breasts.

She's fucking beautiful.

Mona fucking Monhagen.

She smirks and gestures with her head for me to follow. Trailing behind her, we make our way out of the common room and through the darkened corridors, quiet on our toes to avoid Filch's detection.

It takes me a moment to realize where we're going, but once I do, I begin to question her motives.

The astronomy tower.

She moves past the observatory scope, her hands touching the brass barrier.

"You know, I always thought you hated me too much to come this close to me." She says, leaning over the railing and staring down into the courtyard.

"I always thought you were too full of yourself." I counter, shrugging as I lean against the wall a few feet away from her.

She freezes and I can tell my words affected her. I wish I could just cram them back in, hide them away forever and not let them out again.

But that's not the way it works.

She shrugs, pretending she wasn't affected. I'm cautious when I move to stand beside her, a few feet between us. Her head is angled upwards now and she admires the stars above our heads.

"I come out here sometimes." She explains softly, pushing loose strands of hair behind her ears. "When things get too complicated for me, I just look up at the stars and remind myself what I'm pushing myself towards."

I frown in confusion, looking up at the sky to try and figure out what she'd meant. I draw a blank.

"You want to be an astronaut?" I ask teasingly, glancing over at her.

A smile tugs at her lips and she shakes her head. "No."

"So then...?" I start, trailing off in hopes she'll explain.