Green Means Go
[Part Two of Extremis Series]
Summary: Sitting next to Regulus Black for two years, you learn a thing or two about him. And it seems he’s noticed you as well.
Pairings: Regulus Black x Fem!Hufflepuff
Genre: Typical Marauders Adventures
Warnings: None for this part xx
Requested: NO/YES
Series: NO/YES
Words: 725
Charms had always been my favourite class, which I guess everybody knew since it was the one class where I always had my same seat that nobody would ever sit in. Though perhaps that had more to do with the person who occupied the seat besides mine than my actual seat.
Regulus had started sitting next to me in charms two years ago, we hardly ever spoke apart from when we would exchange small pleasantries. Even through silence, I began to learn things about Regulus by his actions. For example, I knew he secretly despised noting in cursive but did it anyway for reasons I didn’t know. Sometimes I would catch him writing in print, but it would always be rewritten in perfect cursive by next lesson. I had also learnt that if it wasn’t an A it was a fail, but he only thought that way for himself. There was many times he had caught my B- score and congratulated me with no trace of sarcasm or malice.
Regulus also preferred the colder weather. On hot days, when the rest of the class would shed their robes and roll up the sleeves of their shirts his sleeves would stay cuffed at his wrists, much to the dismay of myself, who also knew a hot and bothered Regulus meant a cranky Regulus, who would spent the entirety of class tapping his quill against the wood of the desk and kicking his leg under the desk.
“You coming to the party tonight Eleanora? We’ve conjured up a few new spells and let’s just say it’s going to go off with a bang.”
Marlene McKinnon and Sirius Black had been making their rounds of the classroom inviting every student who wasn’t a slytherin.
“Sorry brother it’s nothing personal, green just doesn’t go with the party theme.”
The other thing I had learnt about Regulus, was that when something had affected him more than he’d care to admit, he’d roll his eyes and put his head down to the paper as if he was too busy to care anyway.
Something in my heart jumped when he did this now. I knew it was none of my business to meddle in Black Family drama but I couldn’t help feel a little bad for the youngest of the two.
“Actually.. I think I might give tonight a miss guys. Good luck with your fireworks though.”
Marlene looked taken back, as if nobody had ever to her face declined an invitation, which to be fair they mostly hadn’t. Sirius on the other hand looked confused.
“How’d you know it was fireworks?”
Marlene rolled her eyes and dragged him away to the next table.
We fell back into studying quickly as if the distraction had never even occurred. Regulus was writing in print today, which meant he had a busy night ahead of him re writing everything.
“Why aren’t you going?”
His voice startled me, causing me to drop my quill and smear ink through the page of my notes. It seemed I would also be up late tonight re writing.
“Pardon?”
Regulus put his quill away and faced me in his chair. I hadn’t noticed until both our faces were turned towards each other just how close we sat. We were certaintly close enough to whisper and still hear one another as though we were yelling into a microphone.
“Why aren’t you going to the party?”
“Well green means go right? So if there’s no green why would I go?”
Regulus smiled and placed his thumb on his chin, gently rubbing it and whispering an Ahh of understanding as he did so.
His smile quickly faded into seriousness once more and I found him staring at my Hufflepuff tie as I had yesterday.
“So what are you doing tonight?”
He raised his eyes slowly to meet mine, a slight pink hue marking his cheeks.
“Just studying.”
My words came out husky and crackled which I had not intended on. Regulus had me in a trance and I think he knew it.
“Astronomy Tower, 8pm.”
And then the bell went. And Regulus was gone.