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Fuck, fuck, fuck! It’s the first practice since June and I’m fucking late!! James rushed to the ice rink from the locker rooms, whilst tying his skate on. He wasn’t paying attention at all, when he was brought back to reality when he ran into a guy“Merde!" A sharp voice came from the guy he knocked down“Shit! Sorry!! Are you alright?” James said embarrassed offering his hand, the guy merely scowled and stood on his own“Watch where you go, stupid American.” He said rather harshly, with his head raised high like a superior"Excuse me? i'm not even American, pendejo.” He rolled his eyes and took his hand back“And I apologized so stop with the superiority bullshit.” He started walking to the rink when he felt a cup hit his head, with a sharp wince he turned to face the boy“Do not talk to me with your connerie. You ran into me, le stupide.” The guy said with a French accent and a sneer.James huffed and went to the rink annoyed, now his mood was ruined by some stupid prick. Can’t even accept an apology! How could James possibly have known he would’ve ran into him! It just wasn’t his fault- ok it was. But it was still an accident!As soon as he got to the rink he saw Remus in the bleachers reading some book he had picked from the library yesterday, he smiled to himself, Remus is a good friend for coming to watch James practice. James put on his hockey helmet and went onto the rink, god he forgot how natural he felt when skating, how it felt like a second language.He dashed around a bit before going to meet the others and Coach, he stopped beside the only girl member of the team, Marlene McKinnon. Hell of a hockey player and a great attitude.He practiced with the team, doing exercises, team building drills and even playing a small game with the team split in two. After all that he was sweaty, out of breath satisfied, a happy James.He went to the bleachers where Remus was, when he looked at Remus he saw him talking to a guy, Remus looked flustered and the guy looked familiar.. he looked like the boy from earlier!! Except, this guy had longer hair, sharper jawline and different style.He wiped sweat from his forehead and sat next to Remus before saying out to breath.“Who’s this?”Remus looked at him and handed him a water bottle, and a bar. James gave a smile and a nod with gratitude.“Sirius, you?”Sirius said with a smile reaching a hand to shake James.“James, nice to meet ya. Uh, I would shake your hand but I’m real sweaty.”Sirius shrugged and nodded with a grin“Eh I don’t mind.”That was enough confirmation for James who shook his hand and smiled. This guy- Sirius, definitely friendlier than that chap from earlier-“Reggie! Come ‘ere! I made friends!!”Sirius said waving a hand to the boy from earlier just my fucking luck man. James rubbed his temple as the boy approached and stood next to Sirius“This is my brother Regulus! Say hi Reggie.” NoRegulus looked at James, he tried to smile maybe first impressions aren’t the same as knowing someone- Regulus scoffed and turned to Sirius“Je ne suis pas sympa avec cette merde. Sirius, trouver de meilleurs amis.”Sirius scoffed and rolled his eyes with an annoyed glint in his eyes“Si tu ne leur dis pas bonjour, je vais brûler tous tes livres.”With that immediately Regulus turned to Remus and with a neutral expression said“Hello, pleasure to meet you.”Remus smiled and looked at back“Likewise, I’m Remus.”Regulus seemed pleased then he turned to James and scowled, looking back at Sirius. Sirius made a ‘boom’ gesture with his hands and Regulus sighed saying grumpily to James“Hello.”James decided to ignore this and acted happy, smiling confidently“Hiya, I’m James.”Regulus rolled his eyes and turned to leave before pausing and saying to Sirius without looking back“je vais trouver Evan et Barty.”Sirius shrugged and Regulus left. Sirius turned to James and Remus“Sorry bout him, real grump.”
4 hours later; James and Remus’ flat James sprawled out on the couch with a sigh, he hadn’t played hockey in FOREVER. God was he out of shape, all achy and sore from only 2 hours of practice. He reached over and grabbed a soda, flicking on the tv with his remoteIt was on the figure skating channel, he would’ve skipped but a name caught his eye “Regulus A. Black, France’s newest international champion, has been practicing at —— Ice rink! He was seen earlier with his older brother, retired pro championship figure skater Sirius O. Black.” The channel went on to play a video of Regulus skatingAnd Dios mío.. he was great, no amazing! Fantastic! He moved one with the ice, so graceful as the blade moved on the ice like water. No stutters or pauses, just him turning, jumping, spinning, touching the ice as he skated to prove his flexibility. He was so gracious and polite but with passionJames was called back into reality when Remus yelled at him, he realized he had been pouring soda inches from his mouth into his lap in amazement. Pendejo! Quieres ser uno burro? Deja de mirar a Regulus! He scolded himself, god did he really get mesmerized by some twat?He scoffed at himself and got up from the couch taking off his pants and putting them in the washer. He went to his room and undressed, going into the bathroom and heading to the shower. He loved the feeling of water on his sore muscles, dripping down his face, god that helped him relaxHe grabbed some body wash and lathered it on as he washed his arms his mind wandered away from his shower to hm I wonder if Regulus has a shower after performing- what would he look like? As water dripped down his porcelain white clear skin, getting lower and lower… AHHH WHAT FUCK WAS HE THINKING OF!?!He snapped back to reality feeling VERY embarrassed and upset with his thoughts. He’d never had those type of thoughts before.. he just wasn’t like that. He signed as he washed his hair then let the water was all the soap away.He finished his shower and stepper out, grabbing his towel and drying himself off before getting dressed into some shorts and a loose shirt for bed. He yawned and saw that it was only 5:23pm, god dammit. He had so much time before he could go to bed. So he just flopped onto his bed and scrolled on his phone.For an hour and half before Remus shouted from the kitchen that he bought a few bowls from the Mexican diner down the road, and that the sweet old lady also game him some Tamales for James.
With that James jumped up, he could definitely have some Tamales right now, with a beer- Mm.. his mouth watered at that thought.He ate with Remus, of course Remus at his FOUR bowls of rice, beans, veggies and tortillas chips. James at the Tamales happily drinking his beer, he looked at Remus who kept checking his phone every minute or two, snorting and texting. He grinned and asked with a teasing tone“So you finally find someone Moony?”Remus flushed pink and looked down at his fourth bowl as he grabbed a spoonful“No.. Maybe?”James chuckled and stuffed a whole Tamale in his mouth before gulping down his beer to swallow down the tamale“Was it that chap from earlier- Er.. Sirius! Yeah that’s his name.”Remus just shrugged then grinned and nodded eating his food with a more relaxed expression“He seems cool, he got humor does ‘e?”Remus chuckled and at a spoonful before swallowing it down with one chew“Yup, he’s Totally my type. Got the looks, the humor, not sensitive, charming, arrogant, seems like your type of friend Prongs.”James grinned and finished his food, putting his plate in the sink and thanking Remus. He went to his room and saw the clock 7:34pm still early, he should probably do the rest of his writing for his GED. So he did that till 10:46pm where he yawned and closer his computer. He stretched and lay down, closing his eyes and slowly dozing off.
Early morning 6:30am
His alarm went off, he groaned annoyedly smacking the alarm so hard in smacked into the wall. Remus who has great hearing, shouted from his room“Oi! Mate just cause you need to be up early and miserable don’t mean I wanna! Dickhead.”James rolled onto his side and grinned, he yawned and sat up stretching his arms forward. He stood up and ran a hand through his hair, he stumbled sleepily to the bathroom where he grabbed the sink and splashed some water onto his faceThen he grabbed his tooth brush and smeared some toothpaste onto it before shoving it into his mouth and brushing his teeth. He spat out then rinsed his mouth with water, he grabbed some deodorant and put it onThen he went to the kitchen where Remus was drinking a large mug of coffee, beside him James’ mug filled with coffee just how he liked it thank god for Remus. He smiled and grabbed the mug drinking beside Remus“Sorry I woke ya, mate.”All Remus replied with was a mere “Mh.” James couldn’t care though, he had hockey practice in an hour. He grabbed some bars and protein shake and shoved it into his bag. Then he grabbed his hockey gear and out it at the door with bag. He went and got dressed, said bye to a grumpy Remus and grabbed his stuff to the carHe put it all in the trunk except his bag, he closed the trunk and sat at the drivers seat with his bag in the passenger seat. He turned on the car then put it on the radio, taking his protein shake and drinking it. He started driving to the rink, feeling awfully cheery for someone who woke up at 6:30am.
At the rink; 8am
He went to locker room and got ready with his hockey gear and skates, as he made his way to the rink he saw Regulus practicing with another guy, the guy would throw Regulus in the air and catch him.Damn, he’s got some balls I’ll say. I’d never have so much faith in someone like that, pure trust he made his way to Marlene who was chatting up a girl, with ebony skin and dark brown braids. He chuckled at Marlene who flipped him off and continued her conversation with the girl.Practice started with some stretches, basic exercises to make sure your body was warmed up and ready to play. They Started the harder drills like shooting into the net/being goalie and guarding the net. Unfortunately for James he kept getting distracted by the guy who was skating with Regulus and throwing him up in the air to catch himThey started a practice game and while the puck wasn’t near James he watched Regulus, his eyes following Regulus as he got thrown up and caught. Then the guy threw him up once more, except this time the guy’s girlfriend called him and he lost his focus backing up- HUH!? WHAT ABOUT REGULUS! James was quick, always had been. within seconds he was sliding on his knees and catching Regulus.A gasp could be heard from both Marlene and Regulus’ coach, Regulus looked at him wide eyed, his arms wrapped around James neck, James holding an arm around Regulus and a hand on his waist.
He stood with Regulus in his arms and set him down on his feet gently. the coach was yelling at the guy Regulus had been practicing with, Regulus was still in shockJames rubbed the back of his neck and said in a embarrassed tone“Er.. sorry, I saw you falling and I didn’t know what to do, so I just rushed over-“Regulus cut him off with a slight smiled that he tried to hide“Don’t apologize, I should be thanking you. I could’ve been seriously hurt, thank you.”
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James felt rather good about himself after not only catching Regulus, but getting the grump to smile. It certainly took an act of bravery to warm his stone cold heart, but at least now he was on friendly terms with Regulus. Well, he thought. Till he was walking to practice 2 days later when he felt a cup hit his head.He winced and looked back to see a dark brown haired boy with a blonde slightly taller than him boy, beside both of them Regulus chuckling. The brown haired boy smirked and did a petty wave at James. Que pendejo, hijo de una puta-He stopped himself before his mere mind made him say something unhinged- well, worse than what he already said. He huffed and turned back to the rink, walking till he heard a wolf whistle.He turned and saw the brown haired boy saying something to Regulus that made his face flushed, the blondie was laughing and whistling. Damn, fuck. Don’t get mad James, don’t do something stupid. Don’t get jealous over something stupid- over someone who is merely an acquaintance. James went onto the rink, he couldn’t help but let his blood boil. He skated and slammed the hockey stick on the ice slap shooting the puck so hard it knocked down the net, making a crack and dent in the ice. Well the certainly caught Marlene’s attention away from the girl who’s name he had learned was DorcasMarlene skated over her face in a confused frown and slight concern seeping into her expression.“Hey mate.. you alright?”He simply huffed and waved a hand away turned to grab the puck, he had no time for talking. He wanted to lose all this rage and fast. Marlene grabbed his shoulder and held him in place“James, talk to me. What’s bothering you so much-“He shoved her hand off, a bit too hard making her stumble and fall. She looked at him eyes wide, not in a million years had James ever shoved anyone or even close to that. He immediately went to apologize to Marlene who was quick to accept.But he was cut off by Dorcas who ran onto the ice with her skates, standing in front of Marlene looking pissed“What’s your fucking problem mate!? You hitting women now? Fucking pathetic.”James looked surprised and immediately frowned trying to explain “Hey wait- I didn’t mean to, I just wanted her hand off-“As he grabbed Marlene’s hand to pull her up, Dorcas shouted“Don’t fucking touch her!”That caught Regulus, the blondie and brown haired boys attention. Regulus and the blondie didn’t have skates on and didn’t want to break to rules so they went to put it on. Whilst the brown haired boy completely ignored that rule and ran onto the ice and shoved James“Back up mate, you’ll be lucky if she lets ya off! So come on fuck face tell me your side of the bloody story.”James’ slightly calm demeanour changed in a second, immediately back to pissed off, specially since this was the boy who was flirting with Regulus. He shoved back matching the anger“Mind your own fucking business Pendejo!” He heard Regulus yell “Barty don’t fucking dare! Merde!” Ah so this is his name, Barty. Hm no wonder he’s a prick his name sucks. James shoved him twice “Barty is it? You always in peoples fucking business? Stepping in when your not needed-“BAM Barty punched James in the jaw, he heard Regulus shout something in French but his gaze was all red. He smashed his fist to Barty’s cheek grabbing and arm around the boys neck and shoving him to the ice, Barty kicked him in the gut but that barely affected James, he was in hockey gear for fucks sake.“Fanculo!”The blonde shouted as the two wrestled and fought on the ice. By the time Remus had grabbed James and the blondie grabbed Barty, the ice had splatters of blood. Mostly Barty’s but the boy had done his fair share, probably would’ve won if James wasn’t in hockey gear. Remus was shouting at James but it was all muffledAll James was able to sense through the haze of anger was Regulus arguing with Barty and Dorcas, Marlene was also by his side apologizing for the incident. His gaze locked with Regulus who sighed and shook his headAfter James got cleaned up and focused out of his anger, Remus came into the locker room looking pissy.“The fuck was that Prongs? fighting? What’s on your mind? You never do this type of shit- oh. You got the hots for Regulus.”James’ eyes widened and he shook his head repeatedly “What? No! I just- I don’t know.. I got angry ok?”“Mhm, ok. Sure Prongs, more like you got jealous and angry.”James rolled his eyes and got up shooing Remus with his hand annoyedly. Only thing he cared was If Regulus hated him. That and only that. Three days later He was lying flat on his back on the ice, looking at the ceiling, sighing. He messed up, bad, real bad. Soy uno idiota muy estúpido- how could I lash out like that?? He definitely hates me. Fr. He felt a pair of skates hit the ice, he felt the person make turns before approaching James. He looked up expecting Marlene but was met with a frowning Regulus. Immediately he jumped up“Regulus! Hi! Uh- sorry? I am sorry.”He said sheepishly, Barty was definitely Regulus’ friend or more.. whatever.“You are dumb, stupid, idiotic. Fucking no brain!” He said angrily but looked at James with a softer look, sighing“But, I can’t say Barty didn’t start it. He is known for this behaviour, and i can’t blame you- But! It was reckless.”That made James’ heart flutter, why? He didn’t know. Did he care? Nope. He was very satisfied because all he got from that conversation was “I don’t blame you, you are great.” Definitely not what Regulus said but who cares!
Two days later
James was bored, like always. Sitting on his bed on his phone scrolling and liking Hockey posts- until. He was absentmindedly scrolling when he came upon a familiar face, Regulus Black.He immediately sat up finally, something worth my time- wait no, that sounded wrong. Finally something interesting- godammit. Whatever.He clicked and slightly looked (did a full on FBI search) at Regulus’ insta, it was mainly ice skating and some photos of him and his friends, Stupid Barry, or whatever his name was!! He kept scrolling through till something caught his eye. A selfie of Regulus, shirtless, in bed with messy hair- with the caption “je viens de me réveiller, besoin d'un café ☕️😑” Damn, damn- he looks good when he wakes up. I look like a chupacabra- moving on, he was in his own little world of liking posts and chuckling to himself when he got a chat from Regulus Regulus_A_Black; Stalker much? 16 posts liked already, going for a record?Jamie_Prongs_Hockey; Reggieee, what’s up? Oh and nope I was simply seeing what the famous Regulus does James felt embarrassed but what could he do? Act like he wasn’t fucking looking and liking posts from two years ago- Jeez, he’s gone mad. He shook his head and sighed, he changed Regulus’ name to something other then his userReggie⛸️🤪; Mhm.. alright, you’ve got me fooled. What do I owe the pleasure?Jamie_Prongs_Hockey; Gawd Reggie drop the formals, it’s me, plus I ain’t that good wit proper English- I’m bored af on my bed Hbu?Reggie⛸️🤪; Hbu? I’m not sure what you mean, English is not my first language James.Jamie_Prongs_Hockey; shoot my bad, Hbu= how about you?Reggie⛸️🤪; oh alright, I’m sitting at a park by myself acting like I’m doing something so a creep will go away.Jamie_Prongs_Hockey; Whatt!? Reggie tell me ur addy rn I’ll be there in 2mins top!Reggie⛸️🤪; I can’t understand you, real English James.Jamie_Prongs_Hockey; right right! What park and where?? I’ll be there super quick!Reggie⛸️🤪; -/-/-/———7226, near the fountain, the man is really getting on my nerves. He keeps getting closer, not very subtle.Nothing more was said because James had never gotten dressed and up so fast in his life, he grabbed the car keys yelled he was leaving to Remus and left. He practically ran to the parking lot as he opened the car door hopped in and drove off. He didn’t bother putting in the GPS he just went.He got there really quick since it was also close to the flat, he spotted Regulus in seconds and in even less spotted the creep. He immediately walked over and grinned “Reggieee! Ready for our day to commence? You better be cuz you will nottt believe what I have planned!”He put his arm around Regulus’ shoulder, he could see the boy almost instantly relax, with an exhale Regulus looked at James“James, Er.. yes you could say I’m ready.”The creepy man looked frustrated and got up, leaving. James waited till he was out of view like long gone till he took his arm off of Regulus“Jeez, man I hate creeps. Bothering people for no apparent reason.”Regulus nodded and smiled slightly at James looking down he said with a slight relief to his tone “Thank you for arriving so quick, even coming really. He was getting very creepy and weird, talking about me on his phone and smirking at me.. ugh disgusting.”James could feel his blood boil as Regulus told him that, if Regulus wasn’t in front of him he would’ve gone after the creep and beat him to a pulp. He exhaled to keep him from acting on impulse“Mhm- well, at least now we can hangout, eh Reggie?” He grinned and Regulus looked suspicious of him“Uh huh.. doing what?”“Oh y’know.. bowling, and WAFFLE FRIES”He smiled widely with the joy and amusement of Regulus rubbing his temple and mumbling in French, knowing he was in for a ride. James grabbed Regulus’ hand and took him to his car opening the door for Regulus, a true gentleman. And getting in himself. At the bowling alley James got a lane and a booth for him and regulus, he ordered some fries and cracked his knuckles. Smirking at Regulus as he grabbed the bowling ball with full confidence and pride. Ego big.“Watch the master play, watch and learn little Reggie.”He said as if a master at Bowling which he was not, he got an eye roll from Regulus but he could see a slight smile on the boy’s face worth it. He grabbed the ball and focused, aiming and exhaling with confidence and grace, he rolled the ball and- he knocked down two pins.He shrugged honestly as long as he knocked down a pin he could feel proud, he turned to Regulus who gave fake applause and a shrug“Thought you were going to completely miss, proved me wrong. Not bad.”That made James’ heart flutter with pride, a compliment from Regulus- god.“Oh yeah? Then you try, mister fancy.”Regulus shook his head and looked kinda panicked “Me? Bowling? Nope, never done it. Not gonna do it any time soon.”James grinned, so at least he was guaranteed the be better, he grabbed Regulus arm and pulled him up“Nah, you gotta try now.”Very reluctantly and annoyedly Regulus took the bowling ball, letting the weight rest a bit before he exhaled. His eyes narrowed at the pins and with a graceful roll of his wrist he rolled the ball and- he knocked down every single bowling pin.James’ jaw was dropped, dios mio.. HOW THE FUCK DID HE DO THAT?? He looked at Regulus who looked rather pleased. The boy wiped his hands and turned to James “Hm, rather easy. Surprised you find it so hard.”James looked at him and frowned, crossing his arms he grabbed the ball “Beginners luck. Watch I’m really gonna get it this time.”He got ready and cracked his knuckles, Regulus rolled his eyes. He looked at the pins and with quite a bit strength he rolled the ball and- he knocked down 3 bowling pins, whatever, better than 2. “Wow, yeah truly a master.”Regulus smirked at James, James turned away red with embarrassment “Shudd up.” After multiple rounds, James indeed gave up as every time he tried he got at most 3 down. While Regulus got all of them each time, he was currently with his forehead on the booth table, mumbling annoyedly in Spanish.Regulus approaches him with fries,a coke for James and an iced tea for himself. The boy sat beside James.“Cheer up, no one likes a sore loser.”James grunted still annoyed with himself, he lifted his head up, his hair now messy and poofed up. “You’re a mean winner.” He mumbled, putting his head back down, Regulus huffed“Oh get up! Either you eat some fries with me or I’m leaving-“By that time James was already sat up eating a fry with his messy hair everywhere, looking innocently at Regulus.“Hm? What’d you mean? I am.”Regulus chuckled shaking his head as he grabbed a fry himself“You’re a real piece of work James Potter.”