"Sirius, I have a question." Harry sounded very serious for someone who was barely 4 feet tall. Sirius laughed.
"Harry, I have an answer."
"Does chocolate milk come from chocolate cows?" He asked, taking a drink from his cup that was full of milk that was excessively chocolaty.
"Yes." Sirius said with a straight face.
"Promise?"
"Pinky promise."
"Okay." Harry looked satisfied. "What's for breakfast?"
Sirius picked him up and set him down on the counter. "How does… cereal sound?"
"What kinda cereal?"
"Lucky Charms?" Sirius shook the box.
"Can we eat like this?" Harry asked, swinging his little legs.
"If you promise to be super careful." He paused. "And don't tell Remus."
"Kay!"
James couldn't stop laughing. "Chocolate cows.." he took a breath and looked at his wife. "He's gonna grow up believing that chocolate milk comes from chocolate cows and I'm so proud of Sirius for that one." He wiped his eyes. "It's exactly what I would've done."
"I know." Lily laughed. Then she looked sad. "My baby's getting so big.."
"Why is Harry sitting on the counter?" Remus closed the door behind him.
"Because this is where we wanted to eat our cereal." Sirius explained. "Stop being boring and come enjoy a bowl of lucky charms with us."
"Did you know that chocolate milk comes from chocolate cows and that's with my chocolate milk is always so chocolaty?" Harry said with his mouth full of cereal. Remus laughed as he added milk to his cereal.
"Your chocolate milk must come from a special cow 'cause my chocolate milk is never as chocolaty as yours."
"Mhm, I must have gotten the best cow there is." He said importantly, handing his empty bowl to Sirius. "My mummy and daddy must've picked it out."
Sirius and Remus paused, both of their smiles faltering for a split second.
Lily sighed heavily. "My poor baby." Her eyes filled with tears and she tried to reach down to touch Harry, but she was grabbing at thin air. "I love you, Harry."
"Your dad always did like really chocolaty milk." Remus said, smiling at Harry and picking him up. He hugged him tightly for a second before placing him back down on the floor. "Like even more chocolaty than yours." He tapped Harry's nose.
"Are you sure?" Harry narrowed his eyes.
"Positive."
"Okay." Harry smiled. "I'm gonna go color now, wanna color with me?" and he grabbed Remus's hand.
"I would love to color with you, Harry." Remus smiled and allowed Harry to drag him to his room.