They say falling in love is like falling asleep, first slowly, then all at once. For the first time in his life, Sirius Black agreed with a ridiculous Muggle cliche. First, you notice small things, like the way they flip their hair to get it out of their eyes while reading. Or how they twirl their quill as they pause to think about the next sentence in their Potions essay.
Then you start to notice more important things, like how the hair flips become more frequent when they are in need of a haircut. Or how their eyes morph from light amber to almost gold when they are particularly passionate about something. And then, one night, you wake up from a strangely vivid dream and realize: Shit. I love him.
From there an internal battle wages. For weeks, you go from extreme happiness at the fact that you've finally found your 'one true love', to unparalleled depression because you know there is no way he could feel the same. You try to distance yourself from him, because maybe, if you ignore him, all this will go away and you can go back to being best friends with no strings or awkward feelings attached. But finally, all hell breaks loose.
"Sirius Black! I demand to know the exact reason you have been giving me the cold shoulder for three fucking weeks! And none of that BS about how you've been too busy, or you forgot something in another room the second I finally track you down. I want the truth, Sirius. I think you owe me that much", Remus Lupin screamed at Sirius when he finally cornered in an empty classroom.
"Moony…" Sirius trailed off.
"Did I do something wrong?" Remus asked softly, anger gone, replaced by a sadness that broke Sirius' heart.
"No, I swear Remus. You did nothing wrong. It's just, I guess, umm…" The raven haired teen broke off, rubbing his long fingered hands over his face and through his hair. "Shit, Rem. I know I've been the world's biggest prat", Remus scoffed at that. "But, please, just listen. I came to a realization a few weeks ago. And I thought if I ignored it and you that all of this would go away, but I guess it doesn't work like that."
"Well that was all nice words and stuff, but I still have no idea what you're on about", Remus said, confused.
"Merlin, Remus! I just- I'm fucking in love with you okay?" Sirius yelled to a shocked looking Remus. "I notice all the little things about you, and I can't get you out of my head, and it's all a hundred times worse because you'll never feel the same and I-" Sirius' rant was cut off by the werewolf's soft lips covering his own. The kiss lasted no more than ten seconds, but to this day, Sirius claims it was the best he ever had.
"You silly mutt", Remus growled. "How could you not notice how I feel about you? All the late night chats, random touches? How did that not clue you in? Do you see me doing that with James or Peter? Hell, they figured out ages ago. I love you Sirius Orion Black."
Sirius blinked a few times, before doing what any sensible bloke would do. This time, the kiss lasted much longer.
Alright. So this is my first fanfiction on this site. I have 2 oneshots on wattpad (masked-mistake22) if you want to go check those out. Hope you like this! Please review and all that jazz. Also, constructive criticism would be cool.