Hey, everyone! This is a new story I cooked up after Loving My Best Friend ended. Hope you like it :)
*+*+*
Chapter One
"I'll see you later," Sirius said breathlessly, pulling away from Remus's lips.
Remus sat up and ran a hand through his tousled hair. "Where are you going?"
"I'm supposed to meet up with Kayla Connors before astronomy," Sirius closed his bag after he made sure that everything was in there. "See you later, Moony."
"Bye, Padfoot." Remus waved as his friend left the room. He straightened his uniform and put a hand to his lips. They were bruised from his snogging session with Sirius.
He lay back down in bed and tried to remember who Kayla Connors was. She was a pretty Ravenclaw from his Ancient Runes class. And, now that he thought about it, she was always making eyes at Sirius in class. She was quite pretty and it wasn't a surprise that Sirius would fancy her. Remus frowned and tried to push back the jealousy he was feeling from thinking about Kayla and Sirius. He had no right to be jealous. Sirius could date whoever he wanted. That was, after all, part of their agreement.
Flashback
Remus sat in front of the fire, reading a book. The common room was mostly empty because it was already midnight. The only people left were mostly older students who were hurrying to get their homework out of the way. Remus shifted slightly in his seat and continued reading his book.
An hour passed and by now, everyone but Remus was out of the room, though he didn't mind. With friends like James and Sirius, it wasn't every day that he got a chance to enjoy a book. The sound of the portrait opening caught Remus's attention. He looked over to see who would be coming in at one in the morning. It was Sirius. And he didn't look too happy.
"Bad date?" Remus asked, turning his attention back to the book. Sirius groaned in response and plopped down next to Remus.
"Girls are so damn complicated sometimes!" Sirius whined after a while. Remus made a noise that showed he heard Sirius. Sirius took that as his cue to continue. "I was with that Hufflepuff, Amanda, and it was great. We were snogging up in a room on the sixth floor and everything was just fine. Then, right when I was about to get into her shirt, she pulls away and says we should take our relationship to the next stage."
Sirius made a face when he said 'next level'. Remus marked his place in his book, set it aside, and turned to Sirius. "Wouldn't that be a good thing?"
"I thought so," Sirius leaned back in his seat. "But apparently, next level meant she wanted me to meet her parents and that kind of junk."
Remus winced, knowing how Sirius wasn't the 'meeting the parents' type of guy. "So what did you do?"
"I broke up with her, of course," Sirius said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Then she started freaking out and crying."
Remus looked at Sirius carefully and realized that his left cheek was slightly red, compared to the rest of this pale skin. "And she slapped you?"
"Shut up!" Remus tried to hide his laughing by clearing his throat. Sirius glared at his friend.
"But really, why are girls so into this commitment crap? Why can't they just enjoy snogging and fooling around with no strings attached?"
"Because girls aren't just satisfied with fooling around like guys are?"
"Hmm, do you like fooling around?" Sirius asked, his anger and frustration disappearing.
"Where did that question come from?" Remus asked, purposely avoiding the question.
"You just don't seem like the type."
"I'm a sixteen year old teenage boy, Sirius. I have hormones, too."
"Interesting," Sirius said more to himself than anything else.
Remus raised an eyebrow at his friend but said nothing. He picked up his book and continued reading, leaving Sirius to his silent musings.
"Why don't we hook up?" Sirius said after a long moment of silence.
"What?" Remus dropped his book in shock. That was not close to anything he was expecting Sirius to say.
"Not hook up, hook up," Sirius explained. "Just, you know, to mates fooling around and having some fun."
"You mean friends with benefits?"
"Yeah,"
Remus paused and thought about it for a while. He had no problem fooling around with other guys. Last year, he and Sirius came to the realization that they were both bisexual.
"Sure," Remus finally said, after giving it some thought.
"Good. So no strings attached?" Sirius moved closer to Remus until they were only inches apart.
"No strings attached," Remus replied, closing the distance between them and pressing his lips against Sirius's.
End Flashback
That had been almost three months ago. He and Sirius fooled around almost all the time. Sirius would still mess around with other girls, but that was part of their deal. There were no strings attached. Either one of them could mess around with whoever they wanted and the other had no right to be upset because it was what they agreed on.
Last month, however, Remus noticed a change in the way he felt around Sirius. He looked forward to snogging him so much more and found the idea of Sirius with other girls upsetting him. Remus realized he was slowly getting attached to Sirius.
Sirius was attractive; he'd be blind not to admit that. And he was an amazing kisser. But it was the little things that got to him. Like how they would sit, cuddled up together and Sirius would hold him close before kissing him softly. Or how Sirius offered to help carry his stuff when he had a little too much books. Or how Sirius would go behind him and give him a small massage when he was feeling a little tense. Sure, Sirius had offered him massages and carried his books before, but it was different now. Before it was just being a friend and helping him out, but now it just felt different.
Remus couldn't explain why he started feeling that way about Sirius; he couldn't even say when it happened. All he knew was that he felt different about Sirius. He found himself wondering what it would be like to be with Sirius as more than just friends with benefits. He wondered what it would be like to be able to wrap his arm around Sirius and snog him in front of everyone else. But, he knew he couldn't keep feeling this way. He and Sirius had an agreement: they'd fool around together all they wanted, but there's no strings attached.
*+*+*
Well, that's the pilot chapter for this new story. Later chapters would be much longer. But that depends on you guys. What do you think? Should I continue?
Feedback is greatly appreciated. And it lets me know that I'm not wasting my time writing a story no one cares for.
Also, feel free to leave suggestions. They help me get a feel for what you guys like and don't like about the story and help me write it so you'll all enjoy it.
Don't forget to drop me a line or two :)
Lots of love,
Nixxx
