The entire school was beaming towards the end of the day. The Gryffindors victory was one they were very proud of, everyone was over the moon, everyone except the Ravenclaws- they were far too focused on how to win the next game. Paper pink hearts swung from the ceiling of the great hall, the heart shaped table cloths were placed delicately and roses were in the centres of the tables. Valentine's day was only two days away. However because of the the Gryffindor win, red and gold banners hung over their table.
"I think the Ravenclaws actually played rather well" a tired Regulus yawned, attempting to rest his chin on his hand but missing and having to play it off cool.
You laughed at him making his face go red,
"Shut up"
"I agree, i think both teams did good"
Being sat in the Great hall for dinner, the room was bustling with loud Gryffindors all singing and cheering. They were rather annoying. The boy next to you was looking quite pale and had dark circles under his eyes, it was starting to get concerning.
"Y'alright Reggie?" you looked at him as he yawned again,
"Yeah, i'm fine." he shook his head "Just sick of exams, they'll be over soon though" he spoke softly, poking at his food.
Your heart went out to the boy, exams were horrible. "You'll do great Reg, just gotta keep going"
He glanced at you for a second, giving you a side smile, before breathing in deeply and nodding his head. "I'm not even hungry, i'm just gonna go to the common room" the boy got up, getting his stuff as you joined him.
"I'll come with you" He gave you a look which you knew meant 'you don't have to' so you gave him a look back. Reluctantly, he turned to leave, you by his side. The boy was starting to get even taller than he was before, perhaps even taller than Sirius. His hair was growing out and even though was still neat, had a Regulus flare to it, curling at the ends that brushed against his neck.
It had been two months since the incident with his family and since then, he hadn't said a word about anything. Every time his parents were brought up, he'd avoid the conversation no matter what.If you had to be honest you were worried, more and more Slytherins were joining the Dark lord and you were afraid it wouldn't be long before he had to join too.
But he won't join, you won't let him.
Regulus was wearing his Slytherin jumper that was a dark green shade and had the crest around the right side of his chest. His black pants were tailored at the end, just showing you his old leather boots, scuffed and unpolished, the only thing that weren't up to the normal Regulus standard.
Walking side by side out the great hall, you linked your arm in his.
"Do you think animals know they're animals?" he said aimlessly,
"erm, i dunno, maybe" you spoke confused
"I just think it's weird how we all exist-" he paused "don't you?" he turned his looking down at you,
You couldn't but smile, "yeah i guess, but that's just life isn't it"
The boy tiredly smiled back "yeah"
For the rest of the walk, a comfortable silence settled between you both. The type of silence that would only feel right between two people who were the bestest friends. It was nice.
The two of you sat on the couch, reading whilst the fire crackled in the background. The odd first year would walk through the room, looking for a book, then would leave as fast as they could.
You loved reading. It was the perfect amount of peace and quiet, mixed with excitement and joy. You had your legs rested over Regulus', flicking the page over you glanced over at the boy next to you. He was fast asleep. His head was lied on the back of the couch and his lips slightly parted. The book he had been reading was still open in his hands, the two sounds in the room being the fire and his breaths.
Just looking at him for a moment, your heart ached with sympathy as you smiled. Gently getting up, you closed his book, not forgetting to bookmark his page. Then getting a blanket from the cupboard, you covered the boy, sleeping silently. Then, as before, you took your seat next to him and continued to read your book.
~~~
"Where did y/n go?" An annoyed Sirius whined.
"Sirius, she left ages ago" Lily returned rolling her eyes.
The group were all sat at the table in the great hall, all wearing their Gryffindor jumpers proudly. Sirius was sat in his usual seat, across from James and next to Remus.
"We did tell you she left but you were too busy telling that Ravenclaw over there" he pointed towards the blue table "- and i quote 'You brainy piece of shit should be honoured to of gotten hit by me' end of quote" the sandy haired boy reasoned with a smug smile on his face.
Sirius' face scrunched up as he recalled the conversation "Yeah, well he told me it was a foul AND IT WASNT, i was just standing up for myself"
"mmhm" the three other all collectively said unconvinced, as Sirius crossed his arms and sulked.
"Yeah well we still won so it doesn't really matter"the boy huffed "Anyways, I want to know where y/n went, so if you know" he looked at them all individually "could you tell me"
James dropped his fork, resting his head on his hands and leaning forward "I could tell you, but only if you admit i played better than you today" the bespectacled boy challenged, a playful smirk on his face as the girl next to him was biting her lip a small blush on her cheeks.
Sirius narrowed his eyes at the opposite, before smiling scornfully "Fine" he leaned back "i'll be the bigger person here and i'll admit that you did in fact play better than me today. It takes a true man to admit to his mistakes" he shook his hair out of his face receiving a few awes from the girls further down the table.
Picking his fork back up and pointing it at Sirius, James furrowed his eyebrows together "No! no that is-that is not what you were supposed to say! You were supposed to be angry about it."
"Sorry prongs, that's just what being the bigger person means" the long haired boy relaxed in his seat, a small smile on his face. The boy next to him, Remus, looked from Sirius to James trying to contain his laughter.
"No no no, i am the bigger person here. Me. Not you. So because i'm the bigger person, i will tell you that you actually played better than me"
"James-" Lily tried to shut him up but Remus shushed her, being too entertained. The last few days for Remus had been tiring and stressful, so watching his friends argue in a way took his mind off of it.
"Well but that would be a lie Prongs, you in fact played better than me"
"No you played better than me"
"Well if you do say so" Sirius chimed, getting up from the bench and stretching.
"What?! You can't agree" James shouted, but Sirius was already turning around
"Actually i can Prongs, thanks for reminding me of how great i am"
Sirius realised he could use one of his prize possessions to find you, one that was all the way in his room. It wouldn't take him long to get there. He had a plan, he had realised it was nearing Valentine's day and although didn't have much of an idea, he had something.
~~~
Regulus, after a short 15 minute nap, went to bed. He needed it so you weren't mad. You stayed on the couch for a while, but as dinner began to end, more and more people showed up so you left, getting annoyed at the noise.
You were sat on the bench outside, the one that showed the lovely view of the lake, the one where you and Sirius had your first kiss. Even just being sat there reminded you of it all. He was the first person you trusted, maybe even the first person that you loved. Even when he was being a child, you couldn't help but see right past it.
The sky was dark, really dark almost pitch black. The lampposts were lit and a faint layer of frost dusted the top. Looking down at the lake, you saw light reflecting off of it, making it look ten times darker. There was a faint breeze, not too cold or bitter, just nice enough to brush the hair out of your face.
Suddenly, you felt two hands on your face, covering your eyes, instantly you knew who it was.
"Guess who"
"Hm, Regulus?" he removed his hands from your face,
"Someone even better" he sat next to you on the bench, putting his arm around you with a happy smile on his face.
"Shame, i really thought it was Regulus"
The boy flicked you on the head, as you let out a yelp before laughing "You prick" so then you flicked him back, which ended up in the both of you pulling each others hair and flicking eachother in the face, simultaneously laughing.
"alright alright stop stop" he grabbed both of your hands in front of your face, smiling down at you.
"I'm being Sirius"
You pulled a face at him and in the split second you closed your eyes, he leaned down and kissed you. His hands still holding your wrists as he moved them to the back of his neck, putting his on your face. He kissed you deeply, biting on your bottom lip before slipping his tongue in. You couldn't help but moan into the kiss, once he heard he kissed you harder, trying to contain his smile. Feeling flustered and out of breath you pulled away, your eyes still closed for a moment.
"Fuck you're beautiful" his hands were still on your face, as your foreheads were lent on eachother. You didn't say anything, just looked at him, how could someone so beautiful ever say such a thing.
"I have someone for you" he chuckled, his cheeks going pink as your faces were nearly touching,
"What is it"
He sat up straight pulling out something from his coat. You were curious as to what it could be, expecting it to be something prank related or even something he had found but it was neither.
It was a red rose and a card. You looked back up at him, he looked..nervous.
"I know it's not much and i will get you more on the day, but well, i was wondering would you do the honour of being my Valentine?" once done speaking he gulped and looking down at you expectantly.
A great smile formed on your face, it was corny and cute and you couldn't help but melt.
"Yes, of course i'll be your valentine" It felt really loud when you said it, like everything was quiet apart from you two.
"Really?" he looked shocked causing you to nearly laugh.
"Well yeah" the smile hadn't left and he began to smile too "Why wouldn't i"
He shook his head in disbelief, "I dunno, i just thought, that you-well, that i liked you more than you liked me"
"Shut up" you grabbed his face "Sirius Black i can promise you, i like you a lot more than you think"
"Well i think you should how me how much you like me, just for me to really believe you" he had a playful tone in his voice and his eyes were hazefully staring into yours.
"Maybe i will" you whispered
"Maybe you should"
~~~
The early morning light shone through the curtains, sadly waking you up earlier than normal. For a few minutes you just lied in bed, not bothering to get up. Glancing around the room, you realised that you weren't alone. Sirius was in your bed and was snuggled up right behind you. He was breathing against your neck and he hands his hands wrapped around you tightly. You so wished you could stay there forever but, once you were awake, there was no going back to sleep. The only exceptions were when your were hungover.
Reluctantly, you left the comfortable cave of your bed and had a shower. Getting ready for another day in this shit show of a school. You say shitshow but in comparison to other schools, it wasn't that bad. However early mornings were something that you had never liked, like ever. Everyone knew, not to piss you off in the mornings.
After brushing your teeth and fixing your hair you returned to your bedroom. Sirius was still fast asleep in bed, the covers wrapped around him as he peacefully slept. His torso was bare as he was only wearing pants.
You walked over to your bed, looking at the clock on the bedside table, breakfast had just started. Quietly sitting down, you stroked his face to wake him up
"Sirius, you need to get up" you whispered. The boy didn't move.
You went closer to him, lightly shaking him "Sirius" His eyes opened slowly, "You need to get ready"
"Five more minutes" he croaked, his morning voice being raspy and deep as he tried to close his eyes and put his head in the pillow.
"Sirius"
He didn't answer, so you said his name again, then the boy swiftly turned over and grabbed you pushing you underneath him and nuzzling his head into your neck.
"Five more minutes"he croaked again, playing with your hair softly.
"Sirius i just did my hair"you whisper yelled at him.
"Five more bloody minutes then i'll get up"
"You're so annoying"you mumbled.
The two of you actually ended up falling back asleep, surprising as that doesn't usually happen. You were lied on your back, whilst he was lied on your front his head on your chest.
The alarm clock went off and still half asleep, you reached for it to turn it off. Just as you were about to fall back to sleep, you remembered something. Jolting up you squinted at the clock, which said 8:30. Lessons start at 8:45 meaning you had practically missed breakfast and you were gonna be late for your first lesson.
Great.
You shook the boy on top of you awake, who was not happy about the sudden action. "What the fucks that for?"
You were fixing your hair again, "We have 15 minutes to eat and get to next lesson all because of you" You glared at him when you said the last part.
"Wha-wha don't blame me" he huffed rubbed his eyes
"No in fact i will blame you" you smiled before putting on your shoes.
The long haired boy, climbed out of bed, showing off his lean torso and muscles. He had plaid pants on and as he walked to the bathroom, stretched and yawned, catching you staring he put his hand on his hip and flicked his hair giving you a wink, then shutting the door behind him.
You let out a sigh, what a morning.
Before leaving, you sprayed your perfume, a new one that you got for Christmas. It had a lovely vanilla and coconut smell like your old one but with a hint of raspberry. It was amazing.
One last look in the mirror, you checked your uniform, looked the same as usual.
"Sirius, are you ready yet?" No answer, rolling your eyes you stormed over to the bathroom, knocking on the door,
"Sirius?! Hello?"
The door swung open, "You need to chill" he leaned down and kissed you hard "Just chill" he walked past you and grabbed his bag as you stood there stunned. What an odd boy.
"Well, you coming?"
"Well at least i didn't look like James on his 13th birthday" Sirius retorted as you walked down the stairs of the girls dormitory out into the common room.
"Go on please tell me what James looked like on his 13th birthday" you said sarcastically
"I will gladly tell you, he spiked his hair up with my hair gel and decided to wear his glasses upside down." You opened your mouth in shock as the laughter started-to build up "he looked like a complete idiot"
You completely burst out into laughter, throwing your head back as the two of you walked.
"He looked like one of those kids who accidentally ate special brownies, i swear, it was ridiculous"
You could barely breathe due to laughing that much, your laughs filling the common room.
Sirius smiled down at you before noticing the people sat on the couches. Rosier and his slimy mates, all glaring at you both. You weren't looking at them but Sirius saw, protectively he put his arm over your shoulders saying something else that made you laugh.
You didn't speak to any of the Slytherins anymore other than Regulus. They viewed you as a blood traitor, so they avoided you as much as possible, thankfully.
Leaving the common room and being done laughing, you glanced at the clock, 9:05, it was too late to get breakfast.
"Well, least we have potions, not that far of a walk" The boy on your right sang, he was right it was less than a five minute walk to the classroom.
Walking in laughing at eachother, the class went silent and all turned to look at you both.
"Mr Black, Miss Y/L/N, you're just in time"
The both of you gave each other a look as you walked into the classroom, they were all gathered around one area. Lily gave you a look and mouthed 'where have you been'you simply smiled and shrugged as she rolled her eyes.
"I was just asking for some volunteers and whilst you two were late, i think you're both the people to do it"
"Do what?" you asked
"I've brewed a very famous potion, one that's very dangerous and causes powerful infatuation.This is amortentia, you two lucky students, get to smell it first."
"Now now step forward, tell us all what you smell"
Sirius looked at you arms crossed, "ladies first"
"oh what a gentleman" you said sarcastically, walking towards the cauldron. Looking into it you were immediately hit with different smells, feeling all eyes in you you cleared your throat before speaking.
"I can smell, cherries, cigarettes" as you breathed in more the scents began to change "leather, petrol" realising who you had in fact smelled, you froze for a second "That's it" you stepped back, feeling very exposed for some reason. Lily was across from you, looking at her she was grinning and she said something to James making him nod at her and smile back.
A pit formed in your stomach, what if he didn't smell you back, then that would be pure embarrassment. Sirius glanced over at James, as he tried to hide his smile.
Then Sirius walked to the cauldron, brushing his hair out of his face as he leaned down. He closed his eyes as he breathed in, "I smell, vanilla, coconut, cigarettes,raspberries fresh sheets-"
"That's quite enough Mr Black" Slughorn chuckled "Right, who's next?"
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Nearly the entire class had smelled the potion. James smelled Lily, which was quite obvious- parchment, strawberries, flowers and old books. There was a few people left.
"Second to last we have Mr Snape, my stop student might i add" the old man chuckled as severus walked to the cauldron his head kept down.
"I smell parchment, flowers in the summer, strawberries and rain" he sheepishly looked over at Lily before walking back behind the crowd. You looked at James, he was scowling but it soon turned into a smug smile as Lily walked forwards.
"Last but not least Miss Evans"
"I can smell, apple pie and cinnamon and fire and..and toothpaste" her face was practically bright red, which was funny as they had been dating for months yet she still got shy. The red haired girl returned to her place next to James, who held his hand in hers. They both smiled at eachother before looking back at the teacher.
"Now that you have all seen what the potion looks like and you have experienced a mild version of it, i want you to write me an essay on the encounter. Tell me what it is, how to make it and why it is made. Next week you will be individually brewing the potion and you will be examined on it. Please take your seats"
Sitting down at your desk, Sirius was sat next to you, Lily and James in front of you.
"So, do i really smell like cherries?" Sirius asked leaning back in his chair a grin on his face, as you turned to him.
"And do i really smell like fresh sheets?" you mocked him,
"No actually but that Ravenclaw over there does" he pointed to his right waiting for your reaction.
"I hate you" you scoffed, he leaned closer to you and whispered in your ear.
"Didn't sound like that last night, sounded more like 'oh Sirius yes Sirius oh oh' You immediately elbowed him in his stomach, other people had heard and a few giggles had erupted.
"Yeah well you've said worse" you pretended to think " hm what was it that you said to me last week?" his eyes went wide " oh i remember, you called me mummy" you said the last part a bit louder, "Do i look like your mother Sirius?"
The boy went closer to you once again "I thought we weren't going to tell anyone about that" he whisper yelled, you couldn't help but laugh at him.
"Well, must've just slipped out" you then leaned back in your chair looking at him innocently.
"You're a twat" he tried to say seriously, but had a smile on his face.
You had also got a smile on your face as you looked down at the parchment, "Wait, what's the date?"
"Friday the 13th of February" The boy next to you answered, as he looked at you a second you over dramatically winked,
"Thankyou"
He winked back, doing the same facial expression with a thumbs up, "Oh you're welcome"
"You two are freaks" James said from in front of you,
Sirius put his arm around you and put on an exaggerated cockney accent "You better watch what you say or we're gonna have a problem here mate"
"Oh really" James replied in a similar voice "Well-"
"Mr Potter please turn around and don't do that silly voice in the classroom again" Slughorn interrupted.
"Yes sir"
You and Sirius burst out into laughter, not being able to stop for at least 5 minutes.
"Oh wow, that was too funny"
"I love getting James in trouble"
"I did not get in trouble" The boy in front retorted, as Lily put a hand on his shoulder.
"It's okay James, they're just trying to mess with you"
Both you and Sirius snickered, eventually the class quietened down as they wrote their essays.You glanced around the room, as you made eye contact with a blonde girl. You recognised her, she was a Gryffindor. She was a very pretty girl, was on the shorter side and was curvy, if you remembered correctly her name was Amber. Now the pretty girl was in fact glaring at you. Intently looking at the arm around your shoulder.
You furrowed your eyebrows before looking back at your paper. It was probably nothing, just another crazy fangirl.
~~~
The day flew by as you went to your lessons, after lunch you went to the library with Lily as Sirius and James went off to prank the first years.
"So" Lily said, sat opposite you
"So?"
"So you and Sirius smelled each other, want to talk about that"
"No not really"
"Please"the girl begged "I'm sick of studying just give me something"
You sighed dropping your quill. "Fine, i smelled Sirius in the potion he smelled me and when i think about it, its a nice feeling"
"A nice feeling?"she shook her head tiredly
"Yeah?"
"That's it? You could at least say i don't know it's made you realise you love him!" She said a little too loud standing up, as your eyes went wide.
"Girls, please keep it down!"
"Yes madam Pinch" you said at the same time as Lily took her seat again.
"I don't know whether i love him or not, so i'm not gonna say it just because i feel it"
The girl looked at you in disbelief.
"You just admitted to loving him but you won't tell him just in case your brain realises its wrong"
"Exactly" you thought for a second "Wait no-"
"You're in love with him" her face changed from confusion to pure excitement "You're in love with Sirius Black"
"Shut up" you tried to whisper.
"Sorry, i can't believe it" she laughed " actually i can believe it you two are made for eachother"
"Lily please, can we talk about something else"
"no sorry" "Wait why were you late this morning?"
You looked for words as you tried to think. You were about to speak but she interrupted you,
"-You and Sirius were, oh wow, yeah i don't want to know"
"No no we weren't- basically, i got up got ready then tried to wake Sirius up but you know how he is in the morning so inevitably, he dragged me into bed and then we just fell asleep. When we woke up we had 15 minutes and Sirius takes literal hours to do his hair so i guess, we were late"
"That's so cute" the girl was quiet with a smile on her face, you felt your face become warm.
"Yeah it's whatever"
"Come here" she motioned for a hug, so you stood up and so did she, as the two of you hugged it out.
"We haven't done this for a while. I feel like i barely get to see you anymore" Lily spoke whilst you were still hugging
"Yeah i know, boys officially rule our lives" she laughed
"You need to tell him" the two of you pulled apart, hands still in eachothers, you rolled your eyes "-i'm you're best friend, okay and i love you but you are way too stubborn sometimes. And i can say that as i'm also stubborn."
"What if he doesn't feel the same, then what"
"Trust me, he does. You're not there in the common room but all he ever does is talk about you. 'Oh she's so perfect' 'oh she makes me so happy' 'Oh i just wanna have her babies and get married' blah blah blah blah" she said in a high pitched mocking voice.
"He said that?"
"Okay maybe i exaggerated on the last part but it went across the same lines, nonetheless. That boy is head over heels for you, i think you should tell him".
You were filled with hope as you began to think about what you would say. An immense wave of happiness flooded over you as you thought about what Sirius had said,
"He thinks i'm perfect" you said quietly
"Of course he does, we ladies are perfect" The both of you laughed and smiled at eachother, today had been a good day.
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a/n soz i haven't been updating i was stuck in a mix of writers block and sadness 😉😉 anyways i'm in the middle of writing another chapter so this next one isn't gonna take weeks to update
bye xx