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Remus laid spread out on the bed, his body somehow twisted in weird ways. Regulus couldn’t help but show a faint smile. His boyfriend, laying in the bed that they both bought with their own money. It was an early morning, it had barely passed 5am, and Regulus stood there in Remus’ pyjamas. The outside world was cold and Regulus, being the kind boyfriend he is, decided to turn the heating up a little. Remus was making little noises in his sleep, that occasionally turned into loud grunting. The black-haired boy wondered how he put up with his weird sleeping habits for so long. They had been together for nearly four years now, and still, both of the men looked into each others eyes with such love and adoration, as if it were the first day they met. They found each other in every crowd, every gathering, with so much ease. That’s the pure love between two people, Remus and Regulus.
Regulus left Remus in bed and walked towards the kitchen table, making a slice of “Moony Toast”, as Remus and his friends had called it. He always made it for himself when his boyfriend was still asleep, just so he could feel closer to Remus. Although Regulus was usually the one doing and buying things for Remus, he knew that Remus wanted to do just as much for him. But Remus, growing up poor and unloved, did not have a lot of money and felt guilty when he couldn’t give his everything to Regulus. Regulus always reassured him that it was alright, and that he had enough just being with Remus, but it still left a gaping hole in Remus’ heart. He was working on it.
The plate was nearly empty, with one bite left on the plate. It was the slice with butter on it. Regulus wasn’t a fan of just butter on his toast, but refused to put something else on the bread. He threw the last bite in the bin and made a cup of coffee for himself and then a cup of tea for Remus. A regular black coffee for himself, just like everyday. While the coffee was brewing he looked through the cupboard to find a nice tea for Remus. He used to just drink Earl Grey tea, but Lily suggested he’d try out more different flavours and so he did. The cupboard was now filled to the brim with teabags and packets of loose leaf tea. Today Regulus picked out a Turmeric tea for the sleepyhead in their room, hopefully it would make him more energized. After both the tea and coffee were ready, Reg brought it to the bedroom.
“Remus? Are you awake?” He yelled loudly, Remus sat up immediately.
“Fucking hell Reg, you do this every morning!” He groaned.
Regulus chuckled at the sight of a sleepy Remus, and gave him the tea he made. Remus grabbed it from Reg’s hands with an uneven smile. He took a big gulp and Regulus wondered if his mouth was made of metal, swallowing the burning hot tea so easily.
“A thank you would be appropriate, wouldn’t it?” Regulus teased, taking small sips from his black coffee.
“Hmm, I will have to think about that. I can’t possibly forgive you for waking me up so rudely, can I?” Remus grinned, his teeth showing.
“Ah, fuck off you twat.” And then they both burst out laughing. Laughing with Remus was comforting to Regulus. He had trouble opening up, so he rarely really showed his true self. Most people assumed he was cold and calculating, but close friends knew he wasn’t like that. Sure, he wasn’t the most talkative, but he was just tired. Tired of life. But since Remus came into his life he had been making positive progress, opening up more easily and spending less time secluded from the outside world.
“Well, thank you for the laughter. It was nice to wake up to that.” Remus told his boyfriend.
“Okay, well, I’ll accept that apology I guess.” Regulus answered in a teasing manner. “Come, let’s go get you some food.”
They walked towards the kitchen and Remus started grabbing different spreads to put on his toast. Just like Regulus, he also ate Moony Toast, but he loved the butter. It was one of his favourite parts, but only when they had salted butter. Remus took small bites from the toast, enjoying the flavour that he usually ignored.
“You know, I forgot how much I love this toast. Like, it’s genius, innit?” Remus spoke with his mouth full.
“Mhm, mhm, I agree.” Regulus nodded. He walked to the living room to put some music on. Both Regulus and Remus loved music, ranging from rock, to classical, to metal and a lot of things in between. Today he felt like putting on some older music. An Ella Fitzgerald record fell down from a pile next to the record player and he figured he would put it on instead of trying to fit it in the record cabinet that was filled to the brim. Dream A Little Dream Of Me started playing from the speakers and Regulus slowly danced to the rhythms. Remus was watching him from the kitchen, smiling joyfully at the sight of the other man dancing. Remus wasn’t very good at dancing, but he still liked dancing in Reg’s and his apartment just so nobody had to see him fail. He knew Regulus would support him even if he wasn’t the best at things, and he loved that about Regulus.
“Come here, my love.” Regulus said softly but loud enough to be heard by Remus.
“Always.” Remus replied, his eyes showing a slight spark.
The two men danced together, swaying their bodies in harmony. Even after the song ended, they continued dancing to other songs. Although Dream A Little Dream Of Me was both men’s favourites, they were happy just dancing together in their house. Neither would trade it for anything else in the world.