"Hey little dude"
"Hey Sirius"
Sirius made a hand shake with the kid. Nigel. This second year was the next prankster progity according to James. It had been last term than Nigel and his friends began making pranks that impressed the Marauders. They were kind of jealous of the new counter pranksters and worried of losing their touch. Then they discovered it was Nigel and his group.
James became friends with Nigel for whatever reason. And now they were very close. James said they might need to consider leaving their legacy to younger kids, since they were graduating this year. But Sirius didn't want to think about that. He didn't want to grow up and stop doing pranks.
Today, Nigel look sad and lost. He reminded Sirius of himself back in the summer after he left Grimmauld Place.
"Hey, have you seen James?" Nigel asked, hugging himself.
"He is probably snogging his girlfriend somewhere" Sirius rolled his eyes without thinking about it. Not even him, James's best friend, had seen much of him. Ever he became a Head Boy, Rugby Captain and The Ginger's boyfriend, he barely have time anymore. That was why Sirius had been spending more and more time with Remus. He loved Moony, perhaps he had been developing feelings for him. Feelings that scared him. But he missed James. His Prongsie. His best friend. His soulmate.
Sirius didn't know how to tell him everything that had been happening lately. All the negative thoughts about himself and his life. He was too embarrassed.
And apparently Sirius wasn't the only one who needed James. Nigel looked sad.
"Are you okay, mate?" Sirius asked
"Yeah, I just wanted to talk to him about something" Nigel scratched his head.
James had become the confident of lots of Gryffindor students since he became Head Boy. Sirius wasn’t the only one James could help. He needed to stop being selfish and a jealous wanker.
"Do you want to talk to me? Maybe I can help you"
Nigel looked at Sirius considering it. Even though Nigel spent lots of time in the Marauders' dorm, playing with James's video games, and Sirius was impressed with the kid, he wasn't good with these things. James was the perfect shoulder to cry on. Sirius knew that first hand. There were so many things he wanted to tell his best friend and didn't know how.
"Nah, it's okay. I rather talk with him..." As soon as he said this, his eyes glowed seeing something behind Sirius. "James!"
Sirius turned to see the man of the hour and Lily behind him climbing through the Portrait Hole.
"Nigy... Nigy..." James beamed, hitting the boy's palm. "What's up, man?"
"Hey" Nigel was smiling now "Hey Lily"
"Hello, darling" Lily smiled.
"Prongs! Nigel here wanted to speak with you" Sirius said, crossing his arms. When did they break apart? Sirius and James used to be inseparable. Sirius felt he was losing him. They were distant and cold. James was holding Lily's hand. Not even looking at Sirius. Sirius felt that girl was taking his best friend away. And that pissed him off.
"Yeah?" James ruffled Nigel's hair "Is it about another prank?"
"A prank?" Lily asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Did I say prank?" James asked innocently "I meant... Frank... Do you like Frank?"
Lily pursed her lips. But it was obvious she wanted to laugh.
"Who is Frank?" Nigel asked.
"Frank! Frank Longbottom? Our mate..." James sighed "Never mind"
"I actually wanted to talk about something else" Nigel said nervously "Alone please?"
James immediately adopted his worried expression of a father. The one that had used with Sirius many times. He nodded.
"Dorm is empty, Pads?" James asked, making Sirius blink in surprise.
"Yeah"
"Okay, let's talk there" James said and Nigel nodded. But James stopped on his tracks to say something else.
"Wait... Wait... Before we go... Who is this hot stuff??" James asked grabbing Lily's head and kissing her lips "Oh yes, my girlfriend..." he grinned.
Lily giggled with her cheeks flustered. Nigel tutted with a smile and Sirius pursed his lips.
"And wait... Wait... Who is this other hot stuff?" James said now kissing Sirius’s cheek, taking him by surprise. "My best friend!" he added squeezing his chin. "All good, handsome?"
Sirius raised an eyebrow "Yeah, brilliant"
Then he smiled because he was so happy that James was treating him like before. He missed how he joked flirted with each other.
"Okay, now let's go, Nigy" James said taking Nigel's shoulders and leading him to the stairs.
Sirius and Lily watched them go with similar smiles on their faces.
"Should we get beer for our chat?" Nigel asked as they climbed up.
"Nice try, mate"
Sirius realized that Evans had a foolish lover look on her face. She was looking at James as she could have melted right there.
"Isn't he great?" she asked with a sigh. Perhaps the ginger fancied James more than Sirius thought. But still there was something about her that Sirius couldn't stand.
"Watch it, Ginger. You're drooling"
Lily pursed her lips but she was red as a tomato.
"Moony?"
"Try the Library" Lily crossed her arms.
Sirius gave her one nod, before walking away. When Lily spoke.
"Maybe you should try opening up to James. Like Nigel does"
Then Sirius remembered why he didn't stand this girl. She was too nosy. And God knows what James had told her about him. It was none of her business.
"He is your best friend, Sirius. Maybe he can help"
Sirius was so scared of losing James. So scared of James judging him or seeing him differently. Sirius loved him. Perhaps more than anyone in this world.
So Sirius walked away without responding. He'd find a way to talk to James.
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Celestial NATO. Wukong is in a stagnant at how to help MK after his S4 predicament))
Wukong: I don't know how to convince him he isn't bad
Anansi: well shit
Eris: well it's not like he's doing it on purpose
Coyote: it was inevitable he'd find out
Hermes: I dunno. Chaos isn't necessarily bad, look at my siblings Dionysus and Persephone. Dionysus' chaos brought people together and Persephone's name means destroyer of light yet she's in control of herself.
Loki: maybe you should ask the other gods, the ones who like you, to help.
all the other gods checking in on MK like:
Seeing how primordial chaos is such a hard thing to personify, MK is having some trouble finding common ground with other gods/divine beings.
Zagreus (think similar to the Hades game vers) ends up vibing with MK over "not supposed to exist" stuff.
Theres also a concept in japanese mythos of Nigi-mitama and Ara-mitam; aka forces of "good" and "bad" chaos that can manifest as little mini gods. MK just gets covered in little chaos imps wanting him to feel better.
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