Love is a Devil. There is no evil angel but Love.
Sirius was really learning to hate anything and everything to do with love. Sure, at first the random declarations of love had been flattering, and his ego had been more than satisfied, but that had gotten old fast. Now in his sixth year at Hogwarts, the rabid fangirls who claimed to love him had not only multiplied in number, but had also become more enthusiastic with time. He, of course, had no clue as to how that had happened, because he sure hadn't encouraged them.
"Sirius, I love you, please go out with me!" Sirius abruptly stopped his almost violent stalk down the hall and just barely managed to suppress the glare and sneer he wanted to throw at the girl in front of him. This was really not his day.
After his argument with Remus, all he'd really wanted was the peace and quiet of his dormitory, so of course he'd already been stopped three times on his way from the Great Hall before he'd even reached the fourth floor.
Sirius sighed, pulling out of his thoughts and returning his attention to the girl in front of him. She was staring up at him with wide, hopeful eyes, her hands clasped innocently in front of her, and if she wasn't a Slytherin, Sirius might have even bought the naïve act. As it was, Sirius just attempted to duplicate Remus' kind smile, apologized and took off down the hall.
"Love is but an unnecessary weakness. If you can, spare yourself, and if you cannot, at least choose the right people. Pure people."
Sirius couldn't shake his mother's rant from his head. At the time he'd just scoffed and flooed to James' house, but at the present moment, he could almost believe it. As he sprinted down the hall, dodging further propositions of "love", the irony of his situation hit him, and he almost laughed.
Every day, girls practically - and some bold ones, literally - threw themselves at him, but of course, the one person that he wanted, had already found himself a girlfriend. No, you didn't hear wrong, Hogwarts' infamous lady's man was gay, and for one of his best friends at that.
Sirius strained slightly as he sprinted up the familiar stairs to his dormitory, and once there, slammed the door behind him and locked it for safety. After all, with the girls able to enter at will, one never knew what to expect.
"Sirius Orion Black, the notorious lady's man of Hogwarts, entering the dormitories without a giggling, air-headed girl on his arm?" Remus' sarcastically shocked tone made Sirius' blood boil, as he remembered their earlier argument.
Sirius slowly turned to face the bed closest to the door, and growled as he realized Remus hadn't even bothered to look up from his book. Did he really have such little affect on the werewolf?
"Well speaking of simpering, mindless girls, where's yours? Isn't she so insecure that she has to be with you at every second of every day?" Sirius snarled maliciously, aiming to hurt Remus as he was hurt.
"She's not an idiot!" Sirius almost grinned at the grimace that passed over Remus' face even as he stood up for his girlfriend. They all knew that the girl wasn't and would never be the one for Remus, only he himself stubbornly refused to acknowledge it.
The glared at each other in total silence for what felt like eternity, before Remus finally gave in and slumped against the headboard of his bed. "I broke up with her. Although I hate to say it, you guys were right. She is annoying, and that argument this morning proved it to me."
And with those three short sentences, all was right in Sirius' world again. His body reacted before his mind did, and he tackled Remus into a hug, an ecstatic smile on his face.
The light blush that graced Remus' cheeks at his proximity made Sirius smile and he brought a hand up to brush against Remus' pink cheek just to see the blush deepen. Sirius was feeling lighter than he had for months and with his selflessly kind best friend single and beside him again, Sirius could almost believe that love wasn't so evil after all.
A/N: A fun game to practice writing between Clickie (Clicio) and I. Hope you all enjoy it!