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Remus is walking down the hall of the school looking for the classroom, he saw a flyer in one of the benches in the entrance of the school, he doesn't really know what he’s doing, or what he is looking for, maybe just someone who he can talk to, and is not like his friends don’t listen, is jus that they don’t fully understand, no matter how hard they try.
He came out a couple of months ago, and things have been different, not a bad kind of different, just awkward. It’s not like they were being weird or different with him, which is kind of the problem, because, even though they were supportive and loving, they just don't know how to talk to him every time he talks about the boy he’s got a crush on.
So probably that’s it, he just wants someone to talk to without everything getting awkward.
So here he is standing in front of the classroom wondering if he should go in or not. He takes one last deep breath and he goes in.
He is inside the classroom, looking around, doesn’t really know what to do, he just stands awkwardly in the entrance.
“Are you here for the group?” a girl with long wavy blonde hair asks nicely. Remus only nods in response “Great, I’m Marlene, my girlfriend Dorcas and I started the group.” she says smiling, while she points while she points to a girl with black curly hair.
“I’m Remus”
“Okay, Remus why don’t you sit down while we wait for more people”
“Okay, hey just a little question before everything starts, what do you usually do here?” Remus asked
“We just talk, try to help each other out mostly” Marlene answered.
Remus smiles and nods, and he sits in a chair at the back of the room.
He just sits there waiting until someone sits beside him.
“What are you doing here?" The person besides him asks.
Remus looks up to find Regulus Black sitting beside him, Regulus is Sirius’ little brother, Remus doesn’t know much about him, he just knows that he and Sirius aren’t on the best terms. He never really sees him, or talks to him, so having him just randomly talk to him is weird, also why did he sound annoyed.
“Well, what do you think?” Remus answered, pointing the obvious.
“I seriously don’t know Lupin, my brother says that you came out not that long ago, and that everything has been great since then” Regulus answers.
“I did came out, but it hasn’t been great, they are weird with me, all of them, and I just want to have one remotely normal conversation without everything getting awkward, because somehow they forgot, or something”
“ok, then, and sorry for the harshness I just hadn’t really seen someone I knew here before” said Regulus, and Remus just nodded “Can I just ask for a favor?” he asks after a few seconds.
“Sure”
“Can you not tell Sirius that I’ve been coming here?, I’m just not ready for that”
“I wasn’t planning on telling him I was here anyways so, you’re fine”
“Thanks” Regulus said with a small smile.
Nothing much happened after that conversation with Regulus. In the group people talked to everyone as if they were friends, and nobody was weird when he talked about a boy that Remus couldn’t get out of his mind, they didn’t have to ask who he was, they didn’t make him feel invaded. He felt like he was finally with people who understood him. He also listened, he listened to people scared because they were in love with their best friend, people who didn’t know how to tell their friends, he listened to Regulus talk about how scared he was to come out, ‘cause he knows what his parents think, and he knows that they wouldn’t understand or accept him. Remus listened and after the meeting of the group he decided to approach Regulus.
“Hey, Reg, um- I know we don’t really get along and that I am best friends with your brother, but if you ever want to talk to someone, more privately, you can always talk to me”
Regulus looked shocked, he didn’t expected anything like that to be said to him, especially from Remus so he just thanked him “Thanks Remus” he said and walked away from Remus and walked home.
He spent half of the time home thinking about his parents and how they had reacted when Sirius had told them about Remus, that had been in his mind for a long time, because before that Regulus had been planning to come out, to tell them who he really was, to stop hiding and finally being himself, but then that happened and he just knew that he couldn’t do it anymore, and he was kind of thankful because at least he didn’t had to deal with his parents anger or deception.
When he finally got home he immediately went to his room and kept thinking about Remus and how nice he is, he wishes he could be friends with him, he has noone to talk to other than the group so knowing that Remus is there for him, is kinda comforting for him.
He realises that maybe even though it could be weird him and Remus could be friends, the first friend he could be truly himself with. And he likes that thought.