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Regulus
August 15th 1975
It happens so fast, he’s being dragged out out his own home getting told to pack up his stuff, why though, he’s told he going to live with his aunt Andromeda, did something happen to his parents, did they get caught on a mission or something, he’s so confused.
When he arrives at Andromeda’ Sirius is already there, why is he here, his eyes look a little red, like he’s been crying. Andromeda’ leads him to a room and tells him that the room is his, he’s still so confused, what is happening.
He sets his stuff down and walks out of the room into the living room where they are both sitting
“what is going on” regulus demands, wanting answers
“ wait you don’t know” Sirius reply’s looking a little confused
“ no i obviously don’t know, what has happened no one is giving me answers” he reply’s starring Sirius in the eye,
“oh i’m so sorry, but Mother and Father have been killed, i can’t believe no one told you”
the words fall from sirius’ mouth like they mean nothing, what do you mean they’ve been killed he’s still so confused, he has so many questions, who killed them and why did they kill them, he stares at sirius with no emotions, he says nothing and walks off to his new room and goes to sleep, not believing they could be dead.
He wakes up the next morning, confused at first where he is, then the memories come flooding back, his parents are dead, he and his brother are orphans. Obviously they were never good parents, they would hex them and use unforgivable’s on them when they did something wrong, but Regulus always believed they loved them, that they only did that to help them learn. He looks over at the alarm clock that has been placed on his bedside table, he realizes it’s already 8 in the morning.
He walks out of his room and finds Sirius and Ted in the kitchen, Sirius is on a stool eating bacon and eggs, while ted is at the stove making bacon and eggs. They both look over at him as they hear his footsteps
“good morning, sleep well” ted asks him,
“ yeah i slept fine” regulus reply’s dryly
“want some breakfast” he asks
“sure”. He goes to sit down on the stool next to Sirius
“hey are you okay, you just left without saying anything” he ask gently
“yeah i’m fine as was just tired you know” he says
“alright just you know you can talk to me right”
“yes i know” regulus replyed annoyed.
August 26th 1975
Regulus woke up, it was the day of his parents funeral, he wanted to get up early to get ready, he knew his mom was dead but didn’t want to disappoint her with not looking proper. It was 5:30am, Regulus got in the shower, he turned it almost as hot as the water would go, he didn’t know why he did that it was just always habit, or maybe because his muscles are so tense and it helps, or maybe it’s the feeling that your skin is burning and you can’t breath from how much steam is in the air, he didn’t know why but he did. He stepped out and got dressed in his most fancies robes, to not disappoint his mother of course, he didn’t know why his hair, it always took awhile to do his hair cause of his curls, he always had to put products or else they looked terrible.
It was now 8am and they were all about to leave for the funeral, they took the muggle car Andy and ted had because they don’t have floo network. No one talked in the car, it was silent, not even the radio playing, there were too much emotions to even bring himself to ask to turn the radio on, he knew the minute he started talking, he would cry, obviously he was sad, why wasn’t Sirius, his parents were just murdered for god sake, how is he not one blink away from crying
Sirius
Sirius is looking at regulus, how is he not crying yet, he's wondering, he knew there parents were terrible but Regulus still loved them more than he ever did, he always believed that his parents were good people, but they really weren’t, i mean who could use an unforgivable on a child, a 13 year old, i mean come on anyone who does that is not a good person.
They arrive at the funeral and it’s already flooded with people, Regulus spots his friend, Evan Roiser, he says that he’s gonna go and hang out with him, and he leaves Sirius alone. He has no idea if any of his friends are gonna be here, his only friend who could be here is James since he’s a pureblood, but his family is considered blood traitors so there’s no guarantee that he will even be able to show up.
No one even gets called to make a speech, Sirius obviously wasn’t gonna do one, he hated his parents and was almost a little glad there were dead, he knew Regulus probably wasn’t as glad as he was though so he was keeping en eye on him, to make sure he’s okay after this traumatic experience.
There’s so much food, that the first thing he realize’s after the ceremony is done, he in the middle of making his plate when Regulus walks up next to him,
“hey”
“hi” sirius replies going to turn around to get a better look at him, he hasn’t actually looked at his face yet today, he see’s eye bags that look almost like he’s been punched in the face, he looks so tired, he really wants to ask if he even misses them, what if he doesn’t.
When they get home Regulus immediately goes to his new room, not saying a single word, Sirius decides to have a shower, he turns the shower tab as cold as it will go, he doesn’t know why he turns it cold, he’s different from Regulus, he always turns it so warm that there is steam coming out from underneath the door, he washes his hair and does his skincare because he cannot live without it.
He decides that he’ll talk to Reggie today, he knocks on the door and a few moments later it opens,
“what do you want” he hears Reggie say
“can we talk, i feel like we haven’t talk in a while and this is all very traumatic”
Regulus opens the door and lets him into his room, it doesn’t look like he could live here, the bed isn’t even made, he’s really surprised.
“okay talk then” he hears as the door shuts behind him,
“are you okay, like actually, you know you can talk to me right, i know you loved our parents more than i ever did but your allowed to feel sad and upset, they were literally your parents” Sirius says in a rush, he’s waiting for Regulus to reply but instead he gets a hug that almost has him tumbling over, Sirius realizes what’s happening and immediately hugs him back, tucking his chin on top of his head
“it’s alright” he coos as he smooths down his hair softly.
He ends up sleeping in Regulus’ bed comforting him as he bawls like a little child who got their lollypop taken away, he wonders if he’s a little happy that their gone, that their out of that house, he knows deep down that a little part of him is a bit happy at the fact they won’t be getting hex every second day for doing anything even a little out of line.
Actually a big part of him is happy.
A really big part of him is.