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James and Regulus had been dating for just over a year, and it was getting hard to hide it. Especially from Sirius.
Sirius and Remus were both suspicious of where James was sneaking off to every spare moment they had.
However, there was one person that knew what was going on, and that was Lily Evans.
She had found the two snogging behind one of the tapestries on one of her rounds, and agreed to keep their secret for the time being.
James had managed to get everyone out of the dorm for a while, so decided to sneak Regulus in under the invisibility cloak.
As they walked into the dorm room, James shut the door behind them, and Regulus took the cloak off.
“We’ve got about half an hour before they come back.” James told him.
Regulus nodded, then pulled his boyfriend down for a kiss by his tie.
James was taken aback at first, but then he sunk into it.
They were soon both shirtless, their clothes littered across the floor of the dorm.
“Wait.” Regulus stated, breaking away.
“What is it?” James asked him, suddenly concerned.
“You know you said they’d be back in about half an hour.” Regulus reminded him, and James nodded. “What if we just let them find us? It’ll save us telling them.”
James sighed, and walked over to his bed to sit down. They’d had this conversation before, and it always ended the same way.
“But, James, just think about it.” Regulus tried to reason with his boyfriend. He walked over to where he was sitting on the bed, and sat down next to him. “We wouldn’t have to tell them, Sirius would probably beat you up, but…”
“That’s exactly what I’m talking about!” James shouted, making Regulus flinch slightly. “Okay, I don’t want to tell them, because Sirius will hate me, no matter how much I love you.”
“Well, if you loved me that much, you’d tell people about us!” Regulus shouted back.
There was suddenly a knock at the door. James had locked it with a locking charm when they’d gotten in.
“Prongs? Why is the door locked?” Came Sirius’ voice from the other side of the door.
Regulus and James forgot about their fight in that moment.
“What do we do?” Regulus hissed. James ran his hand through his untidy hair, trying to come up with something.
“Uh… The bathroom! Go and hide in the bathroom!” James told him. Regulus nodded, and ran to the bathroom, shutting the door quietly behind him.
“Prongs?” Came Remus’ voice from the other side this time.
“Just a second!” James called out. He kicked Regulus’ clothes under his bed, and put his shirt back on.
“Alohomora!” James heard Sirius cast, and the door swung open.
Then Sirius and Remus both entered the room.
“Prongs, why was the door locked?” Sirius asked him, suspicious of him. He began to look around the room for any evidence.
“I just didn’t want anyone interrupting my studying, that’s all.” James lied, in an obvious way.
In the bathroom, Regulus, who had been listening to the conversation, sighed, as he knew they were going to be caught out. As his boyfriend cannot lie.
“Ah ha!” Sirius exclaimed, as he pointed to a Slytherin tie that was under James’ bed. He picked it up off of the floor, and looked under the bed to see if anyone was under there.
“A Slytherin? Really, James?” Sirius questioned, a disgusted look on his face. “Where is she, huh?”
Remus, who had worked out exactly where the mystery person was, and that it was in fact a guy, and not a girl, stayed silent.
“The bathroom!” Sirius realised. James muttered a curse word under his breath. “Moony, look in there.”
Remus walked over to the bathroom, opened the door, and immediately shut it when he saw who was in there.
“Nope. No one in there.” Remus shook his head. However, Sirius knew when his boyfriend was lying.
“There obviously is, why are you lying to me?” Sirius asked, as he crossed the room over to the bathroom door. “Who’s in there?”
The door of the bathroom was swung open. Everyone was silent as Sirius saw that his brother was standing there, without his shirt on.
Sirius span around, and everyone was nervous to see what he was going to do. Then, he started to glare at James, and everyone knew what he was going to do.
“You’re shagging my brother!” Sirius exclaimed. “I’m going to kill you!”
Remus and Regulus stood by, as Sirius began to chase James around the dorm.
“We should probably stop them.” Remus suggested.
“I mean, I knew this was going to happen, but sure.” Regulus nodded.
The two got involved with the fight, each of them grabbing ahold of their boyfriends.
Regulus stood in front of James, protecting him, just in case Remus, who was keeping Sirius back, accidentally let go.
“Let go, Moony!” Sirius shouted at him.
“Pads, let them speak for themselves first.” Remus told him. Sirius nodded slowly, and stopped struggling in his boyfriend’s grip.
“How long has this been going on?” Sirius asked the two, while trying to stay calm.
“A year.” Regulus answered.
“A year!” Sirius exclaimed. Remus gave him a look, and Sirius calmed down a bit. “So, what’s the deal? You guys just hooking up, or?”
Regulus hesitated, and looked over at James. He didn’t know what James wanted him to say, that they were just friends with benefits, or the whole nature of their relationship.
“I love him.” James stated, without a second thought. Regulus’ eyes widened, Sirius’ eyes widened and Remus’ eyes widened, all at the same time. “We love each other.”
James then took Regulus’ hand in his own. “And we don’t want to hide it anymore.”
Regulus smiled at his boyfriend, happy that he’d told everyone (or everyone important) about there relationship.
“I mean, I don’t like it. But, I guess I’ll have to deal with it.” Sirius sighed, and Regulus turned his head to smile at his brother.
The cute moment between the two brothers, with James and Remus watching, was ruined by the door of the dorm opening, and Peter coming into the room.
Peter furrowed his eyebrows, and looked at all his friends. “What’s going on?”
No one wanted to say anything.
“What’s Regulus doing in here? And why doesn’t he have a shirt on?” Peter asked the group. “And why is he holding James’ hand…”
The four all waited for him to get it, but he didn’t.
“You know what, I should probably go.” Regulus spoke up. He started to walk towards James’ bed to grab his clothes, but he was pulled back by his boyfriend’s grip on his hand.
“No you’re not.” James told him, firmly, and looked at all his friends. “You guys are all supposed to be in Hogsmeade.”
“Yeah, but we remembered about the essay due tomorrow.” Sirius explained, with Peter nodding.
“Well, I already did it, but Pads wanted help with it.” Remus added on.
“Well, then I suggest you go to the library to finish it.” James replied, smiling at his friends.
Remus’ eyes widened when he realised why James wanted them out, Sirius took an extra few seconds, and Peter didn’t even realise.
“You want us out so you can- ew!” Sirius looked at the two in disgust. Regulus could feel his cheeks heat up in embarrassment.
“Oh, please, do you know how many times I’ve heard you and Moony going at it?! Too many! At least I’m asking you guys to leave.” James replied, making Remus and Sirius both blush.
This then made Peter realise what was going on between the two boys.
“Wait. You and Regulus?” Peter questioned, his eyes going wide.
“God, would you all please leave!” James groaned.
Peter immediately left the room, before walking back in to grab his book he’d forgotten.
Remus and Sirius both grabbed their books and left, Sirius not forgetting to glare at James as they walked out though.
“Colloportus.” James cast at the door, before using a silencing spell on it.
Regulus smiled at his boyfriend, and as soon as he turned around, crashed his lips onto his.