Remus lay in bed, unable to sleep. Feeling cold and empty. And curious.
He had solved that Sirius was a Veela, of not full part. And the cold thing happened with all Veelas when they needed their mates. But Lucius provided Cissa with the warmth. Why did Sirius need Remus?
Maybe I am strong enough
Remus pondered. Would he want to be bonded forever with the boy he had been in love with since the lot had changed and Sirius was a dog. Therefor his Lanthyropy had caused him to love someone. Fall in love. Should he try and talk to Sirius?
He pictured the Pureblood only a bed away. The boys expressive eyes. Perfect length black hair. Perfect for running your hands through it.
Remus sighed. Wanting nothing more than to crawl into Padfoot's bed and curl up with him. Then snog him so hard he wont remember what he is. Veela, Human, Black, Wizard otherwise.
As if he was summoned the alert, and husky, voice of Sirius was sounded from Remus's bedside.
"Rem?" when he doesn't answer right away he adds "are you awake?"
"yeah" Remus breathes.
"Ace, uhm, I wanted someone to talk to" Sirius answers.
"about?"
"Shove over" The taller boy smirks down at Remus. the latter scoots over on his bed, making room for the other.
"you are getting too big for this" Remus comments realizing the bed wasn't as big as it was in first year, when they would sit shoulder to shoulder talking until the sun had risen, jolting all four boys into the reality they had stayed up much to late.
"maybe you are too big" Sirius snorts.
"im sure, what did you want to talk about?"
"well... remember when I asked about the Veela's?"
"yes" the werewolf says slowly. he's going to tell me he thinks ecstatically. "it was yesterday."
"well.. that's because I am a Veela" the pure blood holds his breath.
"that's great" Remus hugs his friend. "who's your mate?"
"one revelations per night, yeah?" Sirius asks.
"yeah, sure. are you still cold. wanna stay here?" Remus asks.
"I'd like that."Sirius smiles happily.
"anything I can do to help. maybe once we figure out who your mate is I can have my bed back" Remus jokes.
"maybe..." Sirius trails off. "the Veela is making me really possessive lately. so I am really sorry about snapping earlier. "
"I thought they were only possessive for their mates. but I suppose that because I am always around you may have reacted similarly" Remus smiles. "now lets get some sleep, yeah?"
Sirius nods and lets the smaller boy curl into his chest sub-consciously.
the next afternoon Sirius was walking aimlessly in the halls when he ran into the youngest of their pack, Peter.
"hey, Wormtail" Sirius greets the boy.
"Sirius! hey, James has been looking for you. runnin' round like a chicken with his head off looking for you." Peter says.
"really?" Sirius wonders.
"yes. he was near the Common Room last time I saw him" Peter says walking towards the Kitchen.
"thanks, Pete" Sirius calls walking towards the fat lady. he doesn't get far when he is shoved into a wall by soft, small, strong hands. Sirius scents another Veela and immediately thrashes.
"be still!" a female voice hisses. Sirius opens his eyes realizing they were closed. his younger cousin scowls up at him.
"sorry, Cissa." he says sadly.
"you will never believe what happened to little old me, just not 24 hours ago" she smiles smugly.
"do tell, coz" Sirius asks with little interest. what ever this Veela wants he wished she would get on with it. he had a friend to find.
"well, I was in the Slytherin Common Room with my mate, Lucius Malfoy if you do recall, and then a firstie ran up to us and told us the Defense Teacher wanted to speak with me and him. I as surprised to say the least, seeing as I was not taking such class" she began her tale. Sirius wondered why Remus had gone to the Defense to learn about Veela's. most likely because we are dark creatures. he muses.
"Very curious" the elder Veela adds to the story.
"indeed. so we, of course, went to see what he needed. we stepped into the classroom. and, my goodness, little Remus Lupin was there."
"He isnt little! He's taller than you" Sirius counters immediately.
"not as tall as my Lucius" Narcissa sneers. "anyways. he was there with the teacher. the teacher explains that Remus was curious about Veelas and seeing as I was obviously not hiding it wondered if Lupin could as us some questions" she continues. " a couch and chair was configured and we all sat down. He asked about what he could do about the 'cold waves' as he called it. I explained I don't get them because I had my mate. compensating the bond had made the cold go away during the heat. he was surprised and asked how your mate could be found. I told him the mates touch would lessen the cold. Remus was so sure that all other magical creatures could too. Lucius snapped and called your pup a... 'bleeding idiot' I believe. and Lupin got very upset. I appolojizes. he took it and asked if mates were pre-destined. I told him yes and that again with the cold thing. and it wont stop unless the mate is touching the Veela. he took the information and then spent the rest of the day with Lucius whilst I caught up on homework."
"are you serious?" Sirius said once the other Veela was done.
"I am" she says not cracking a joke like his friends would have.
"I am grateful for the information" he nods formally.
"when will you tell the wolf that you are mates?"
"when I feel I can without ruining our friendship" this received a smack on the head. Sirius rubs the spot.
"he really likes you! you and him are bleeding idiots. I am going somewhere else where I can talk to someone with more intelligence. maybe your good friend Snape would be of service" his cousin smirked.
"I am not related to you" he huffed.
"the tingling in your shoulders says otherwise." she says before stromping off with a sway to her walk.
"for Salazar's sake" Sirius throws his hands in the air and walks off in the opposite direction.
"Padfoot, come here this instant!" James yells down the hall. Sirius picks his head up and smiles at his best friend.
"yes, Prongs" he asks nearing the boy. James shoves Sirius hard into the wall.
"what the hell!?" The Veela sneers.
"Remus, you know your mate, just told me that he thinks he is in love with you. and then he began to sob. and I mean sob, heart wrenching, body shaking, sobs. " James informs Sirius. the latters eyes popped out of his damned head
"why did Remus cry?"
"well, he told me a very secretly secret, not to be told to anyone. you are a Veela. naturally I was shocked. how could you not tell your best mate such an intimidate thing to your best mate but to Remus?!" James makes himself sound scandalized.
"so Remus explained that you told him one night to explain the... what did he call it.. 'cold wave'? anyways, he was crying because now that you are a Veela you have a mate. and that cant be him, because, golly, Moony's a male and Male Veelas mate with Females. and add to the fact he believes he is a monster and you are a beautiful beast. so he cried and cried until I revealed my secret. I think you are gay, mate!" James laughs.
"you told him!" Sirius growls.
"my gods no. I just said I think you are gay. he was still upset because he wants you to be happy but he just loves you so much. he decided to stop letting you sleep with him and find your mate. so you can finally be happy" James slows down, noting he was done with his bemusingly acted story.
"oh no! I gotta tell him. did he really say love?" Sirius asks.
"yes, of course he loves you. you are Sirius black. I told him such" James beams.
"James, I love you so much. you are the best person in the world" Sirius was getting ready to find his mate and tell him that he was so.
"he went to the library I believe" James tells his friend.
Sirius runs down the hall, crashing into a small body. he grabs out to stop the person from falling.
"oh don't tell me Potter is around here" Lily's voice reaches the Veela's ears.
"Evans!" Sirius grins ear to ear.
"Black" she mocks.
"you would be so lucky to have my best friend around. he is in love with you. love, my dear, love. he is amazingly talented in everything he does. so you get off that high horse you are on and let him take you out" Sirius commands. Lily blinks and rubs her nose.
shit
Sirius thinks. the dominate part Veela in him released phermones to make the female listen to him.
"you are right, Black. do tell Remus I said hi" Lily says Sirius lets her go and rushes to find the ember eyed boy.
-TBC-