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ºIt Was Because of That Chocolate º

It was Halloween and little third year Remus Lupin was walking towards the Gryffindor common room with a small purple bag filled with chocolate. He had a small smile plastered on his face as he reached the Fat Lady's portrait and said the password; he entered the common room and went upstairs towards the third year's dorm where he expected to find the rest of the Marauders. As he entered the room a wave of laughter washed over him as he looked at two of his friends, who were bending over a game of Exploding Snap which Sirius apparently had just won. James swore under his breath and handed Sirius a bag which, by the sound of it seemed to contain a rather large amount of coins.

"Well that certainly spoilt it for me," James said with a highly annoyed look, Sirius on the other hand could not seem to be able to keep a smirk of his face.

"C'mon Jamie, wanna try again?" his smirk only intensified, "you might win your money back," he shook the small bag in front of him and the coins clattered inside of it. James seemed tempted by the offer, which made Remus shake his head helplessly; the bespectacled boy, however, came back to his senses.

"I'll let you keep the money for today," he said with a smirk of his own, "it was time for you to win one game, don't you agree, Rem?"

Remus nodded his head and could not help a chuckle for he could feel Sirius glaring at him. James stood up, patted Sirius on the shoulder and walked towards Remus whom he patted as well as he started towards the door of the dormitory.

"Where are you going?" Sirius asked from his bed.

"Gonna give Miss Evans her Halloween treat!" James said as he turned to look at them over his shoulder, a frighteningly large grin on his face. As the door closed behind him, Remus turned to Sirius with a large sigh of pity towards his bespectacled friend.

"He is quite helpless," Sirius stated with obvious amusement in his voice.

"I don't think anything we say will make him stop swooning over Lily," Remus said with a small smile, "he won't listen,"

"He's James," Sirius stated as he watched Remus sit on his bed with his little bag in his hands.

"So where's Pete?" Remus asked as he looked around the room, "I expected him to be here with you guys,"

"Uhm… he said he was going to the Great Hall to get some dessert, suppose he'll stay there all night," Sirius replied with a bored tone, "can't believe we did not perform any pranks today…I feel so…incomplete,"

"It is perhaps better, after the wreckage James and you caused last week you were risking detention, you would not want a detention on Halloween would you, Sirius?"

"Well no, but Halloween without pranks…simply can't be Halloween," he stated, "I might add, my dear Rem that you participated in the so called 'wreckage'" Sirius remarked with a smirk and a raised eyebrow.

"Which is the reason why you did not end up in detention!" Remus replied with a triumphant smile.

"You cocky bastard," Sirius said under his breath.

"Language, Sirius," Remus said as he placed his bag in his pocket, a hint of mockery in his voice, "no need to get rude,"

"What is that you have there, anyway?" Sirius said as he moved towards Remus, "is that chocolate I smell?" Remus put his hand protectively on his pocket and he stood away from Sirius.

"No," was all Remus said; Sirius, however lunged towards him and started chasing him through the dorm, his laughter echoing on the walls.

"Gimme a little piece!" Sirius exclaimed, "Don't be a meanie!"

Remus continued to run, unwilling to share his precious Halloween chocolate with anybody plus it was increasingly funny watching Sirius running around the room as he chased him. Suddenly, Remus hit his foot with one of the trunks which was lying around the room, he fell right onto the floor and Sirius followed suit with a loud 'Oomph!".

"Mmmhp!" Remus said from under Sirius, his legs kept convulsing all around and he kept waving his arms continuously, he moved a little towards the right so that his face was merely visible as it was covered by Sirius dark hair, "I can't breathe you big oaf!"

"Ouch, that hurt," Sirius said as he pushed himself up, he was then, looking down at Remus who was sprawled on the floor breathing heavily, "You definitely gotta gimme chocolate now, mate, this is your fault,"

"MY fault? YOU started chasing me all around!" Remus snapped with a highly annoyed look.

"Yeah well, you should have just shared the chocolate with me in the first place!" Sirius replied as he grabbed the bag, procured a bar of chocolate and took a bite from it. Remus glared at Sirius while he did this however he did not bother to stop him, when the dark-haired boy took a bite of the bar Remus pounced on him and the play fight began.

They kept rolling around the floor until, once more, Sirius lay on top of Remus breathing heavily and staring at him with dark shining eyes. The honey-haired boy noticed that Sirius had a small piece of chocolate on the corner of his mouth; he stared at it for a few seconds before stretching his hand towards his face. Sirius' eyes went wide but he did not stop Remus, he did not even utter a word as he felt Remus' hand on his face but then it was gone. Sirius felt as if his heart had stopped, he closed his eyes for a brief second before opening them again and letting out a shaky breath. Remus' hand on his face had sent a jolt of electricity throughout his entire body and now Sirius felt completely numb as he stared down at his friend.

Remus stared at his friend with curiosity for in a brief period of time his eyes started glowing with something that Remus had never seen in Sirius' eyes. He cleared his throat uncertainly but Sirius seemed to be in a daze for he did not blink and Remus started to wonder if he was even breathing.

"Sirius are you alright?" he whispered, Sirius blinked as he heard Remus' voice and shook his head slightly.

"Yeah…yeah," he said a little out of breath and Remus started feeling rather awkward for his heartbeat sped up immediately as he heard Sirius' breathless voice and he stared at his glowing grey eyes.

"You had a piece of chocolate on your face...uhm…" Remus whispered once more, finally noticing the compromising position they were in and feeling a small blush reach his face.

"Right," was all Sirius replied, suddenly he moved his hand slowly towards Remus' cheek and traced the side of his face slowly and gently. That was the first time Remus ever felt his heart stop, he had absolutely no idea what Sirius was doing or even why he was doing it…but even Sirius seemed unconscious of his actions.

The dark-haired boy slowly started leaning down towards his friend, his hand never leaving his face or stopping its ministrations; he heard Remus' breath hitch and he saw his eyes widen but suddenly it did not matter. Sirius could feel Remus' soft breathing on his face, he closed his eyes and leaned in closer so that his nose grazed Remus' lightly and he released a shaky breath. The golden-eyed boy could hardly believe what was happening, Sirius was leaning into him, grazing his nose ever so slightly and breathing right onto his lips; the whole world had diminished and all that was left were Sirius and him.

"Sirius, wha-," Remus was interrupted as Sirius brushed his lips lightly with his own and then…

"Rem…" he whispered huskily with his eyes closed, "Rem…"

"What is it?" Remus asked softly and a little worried, he was amazed by the calmness of his voice for his insides seem to be in quite a turmoil, "What is it, Sir-," Sirius lips had landed on Remus' and the latter's eyes almost popped right out of his skull, his heart was throbbing and as he placed his hand of Sirius' chest to push him away he noticed that his was as well. He was intending to push Sirius away but feeling his heartbeat beneath his hand he suddenly realized he could not, his had slid up slowly towards Sirius neck as the other boy continued to kiss him softly and slowly. Remus responded hesitantly to the kiss and moaned softly as he felt Sirius' tongue caress his lips.

When both boys ran out of breath they broke apart, their eyes remained closed yet Remus could not recall when he'd closed his. Sirius was breathing heavily and he was still awfully close for his friend could still feel his warm breath on his lips, however, he was trying to get a grip on what had just happened between them. Remus could not grasp how they had gone from running around the dorm to lying on the floor and kissing tenderly, he raised his hand towards his lips and he felt them tingle with the ghost of Sirius' lips hovering on them.

Sirius' mind was a complete whirlwind, after Remus had touched him everything had lost its sense and suddenly the only thing Sirius wanted was to touch Remus again, to feel his soft skin against him and to taste those small, soft and slightly bitten lips. He fulfilled his desire and it felt amazingly glorious, he became overwhelmingly sensitive in each of the places where his body and Remus' met, he was in a complete state of bliss and he was incredibly reluctant of letting go of that sensation but eventually he had to. The time came to face reality and to face his friend, the time came for him to open his eyes and when he did, he gasped.

Remus was looking up at him with glowing eyes; they seemed to glow with such tenderness and confusion that for an entire minute Sirius was left speechless. The smaller boy cleared his throat lightly and Sirius looked away from the intense gaze, he noticed both of his arms were at each side of Remus' head and he was almost lying on top of him. He quickly withdrew and kneeled on the floor as his friend hoisted himself up to a sitting position, once more their gazes met. Sirius looked quite uncomfortable and he hesitated several times before he was able to utter a word…

"I…Rem…I," he scoffed, " I'm sorry Rem, I should not have done that…I don't…I have not idea what came over me," Remus felt as if a hand had gripped his heart and started twisting harshly.

"Don't…It's fine…I believe you are as much to blame as I am," the light-haired boy replied with a choked voice. Sirius said nothing about that and suddenly an awkward silence fell and both boys were dying to break it.

"It was because of that ruddy chocolate you know!" Sirius exclaimed suddenly with a small, quite forced smile. Remus did not fail to notice Sirius' attempt at lightening the mood and thus he decided to follow him and pretend like nothing had happened.

"Yeah well, I hoped you managed to calm your craving for it," Remus said with a light smile.

Something is Sirius' eyes shifted and as he was about to reply to what Remus had said the door was slammed open and in came Peter and James with loads of muffins, cauldron cakes and bottles of butterbeer. Sirius stole a quick glance at Remus who wore his usual calm smile and he looked at the two boys, he shook his head and looked back at James who shoved three bottles at him and said:

"I believe it's party time, lads!"

They all drank that night and got drunk, Sirius and Remus went on as if nothing had happened, they laughed and drank, engaged in a pillow fight and sang random Halloween songs together. They both went on as if they could not remember the feel of the other's lips on their own, as if the silent caresses exchanged that afternoon had been a delusion created by the excess butterbeer.

But in their hearts they knew better.


A/N: OK. 'Tis the very first chapter of meh very first HP Fanfic. I hope you continue reading! Cheers!