@the-brightest-star-be-jealous
regulus walked through camp, a cloud following him.
he was holding a brown paper bag.
he found sirius with a group of apollo kids, and waited for him to finish his conversation.
After they finished their conversation, the others all left and sirius turned around to leave too. “Oh, I thought you’d leave by now.”
"i got you this," regulus said, looking off to the side of sirius. holding out the bag.
”oh.” Sirius was expecting something else. “why?” He said as he took the bag from his hands
"todays, uh, when you got out" regulus explained, stepping a bit back.
”I remember.” Sirius was still confused why regulus would give him this. “so… is that it?”
"yes." regulus nodded.
“Should I open it now?”
"you can if you want,"
sirius shrugged and opened the bag
inside was a potted plant, "its basil," regulus mumbled.
”basil… thanks.” Sirius smiled
regulus looked at the ground. "i couldnt think of anything else. sorry."
”no, it’s nice. I just wasn’t expecting you to give me anything.”
"i get you something every year," regulus muttered, scuffing his foot awkwardly.
”ohhh. I remember those. They- never mind.”
regulus seemed awkward, "uhm, im gonna- go. uh-"
Sirius wasn’t sure whether or not to mention what James and him talked about earlier. “Yeah. Ok. Bye.”
"sorryishaggedyourbestfriendbye-" regulus said quickly, speedwalking away.
”he didn’t tell me that! He said you kissed! Hey, come back!”
regulus walked faster.
sirius was faster. He grabbed Regulus’ arm. “You do know he has a girlfriend, right? Thats a stupid question. Of course you do.”
"he told me he'd tell her-" regulus defended himself.
”he told me that too, doesn’t mean you should’ve done it.”
regulus crossed his arms, "he let me throw a knife at his head, i was repaying him-"
”that makes soooo much sense. I can’t believe I didn’t think of that.”
"your sarcasm isnt apreciated," regulus scowled, "are you actually mad for lily? or are you just mad that i got his attention."
Sirius scoffed ”Lily’s my friend. So yeah, I’m mad about that.”
"somehow i doubt that," regulus spat, "if you dont care that your family- at the time your little sister, was getting beat for the little pranks you liked to pull, i dont think you really care all that much about evans-"
regulus turned on his heel, and walked away. while sirius realized that flowers had began growing under his feet and wrapping around his ankles.
