The Year of the Revolution VIII. The Return to Innocence

16. Regulus

Lauren and Sev ate something and demanded a bedroom in the Room of Requirement, the one where she had spent the nights after May fifteenth. They slept together, hugging and calm, until the next morning.

Sev left the Room of Requirement before Lauren, to stop by the house and go normally with the family for breakfast. She did it already at breakfast, arriving late to it, to avoid Dumbledore seeing her on his Map. It didn't matter, neither of them had an exam that day.

Sev spent Monday morning in the Library, helping Heather with Arithmancy problems and Hippolyta with Astronomy. She was already better at it, she never made mistakes and she did them at greater speed.

He had planned to spend the afternoon cleaning Lauren's Fidelius, and when he arrived he found it already cleared of desks. Lily... she's been here working and she hasn't told me anything. Oh...

The teacher's desk, two chairs and the small closet similar to the one they had in theirs had been left, already clean. He opened the drawer, there was a note.

Hello, loves. What a surprise, huh...? So that you don't have so much work and can enjoy it as soon as possible. Sev, for everything you worked on ours.

I'm sorry I didn't spend more time on it, I did it with Time-Turner sneaking out after lunch to coincide with Albus' nap. Did I it well? Am I finally learning to hide?

There are more surprises in the closet.

Kisses kisses.

He opened the closet, inside it were six cushions similar to the ones they had used to make the bed in their Haven, except that three were green and three were black. Our colors, Lauren's and mine. What a detail.

He responded to Lily's note, there was already a quill and inkwell in the drawer as well.

Thanks Princess. I loved the surprise, but I'm also very sorry that you didn't tell me, I would have come with you.

Of course you did it well, you did it perfectly.

I love you, I really want to be with you.

Indeed I am going to recover the feeling I had for her, I am already feeling it again, and it has been enough for me to simply feel her presence here. She is wonderful, so natural and attentive, taking so much care of me even though I have momentarily abandoned her.

She was also behind Sirius' proposal, precisely during the week in which I didn't pay much attention to her, and I haven't even thanked her. Tonight I am going to dedicate the entire dinner to her.

He cleaned the floor and windows thoroughly and set up a bed with four of the cushions. He Summoned candles and candlesticks, torches and stands, and installed them on the wall. Since he had time left, he also Summoned some decorations and two mattresses to practice Duel. The Panther's Lair was ready for use.

There was still a while until dinner, so he went to the Prince's Haven and also cleaned everything, since when they had been there on Saturday the previous week they had not done so. He arrived late for dinner, so that Dumbledore wouldn't see on his map where he came from.

He bonded with Deborah. "You girls keep an eye on Hippolyta today, I'm going to dedicate dinner to Lily."

"Okay, Prince."

He unbonded from Deborah, bonded with Lily. "Hello, Princess, are you busy?"

"No, Sev, we have already finished reading. All in order. You are late for dinner."