"I was being stupid, like usual." Sirius Black whined as he pulled himself up into the crawl space, squeezing his body through.
"Not stupid," Remus corrected kindly, following his friend up. That last night hadn't gone quite according to anything that could be considered a plan. And Remus had to hide his smirk as he knew his friend was feeling it. "Just bad judgment."
Sirius popped out of the other end, rubbing his head with a sigh. "...I might actually need to go to madam Pomfry..."
"Tell her it's the fumes from your potion homework getting to you," Remus said, trying to think up a feasible excuse. He didn't like to lie to teachers, but he wouldn't allow Sirius to get into any trouble.
"Alright- you can go back to the common room if ya want." Sirius grumbled, shuffling to the stair case.
"Nah, i'll walk you to the hospital wing," his friend offered, helping him along.
"Thanks." He breathed, leaning against the other. "You're a good bloke."
"You'd do the same for me," he laughed lightly as they neared the infirmary. He smiled lightly to the other, Madam Pomfry taking Sirius quickly and hammering him with questions.
"See you, Padfoot!" Remus said, leaving him to the nurse and her endless barrage of questions.
Padfoot gave a small wave, then allowed himself to be treated.
Remus Lupin walked, and did not cease to walk until he was well away from anybody's line of sight. Outside, back to the wall, he collapsed.
"Bloody Hell," he swore to himself, "Moony, what have you gotten yourself into?"
He was given some pepper up and forced to sleep a little while later.
he finally was released, of course he hit the showers first, sighing a bit, grumbling snippily to a few first years who were taking a shower as well.
Remus spent the rest of the day outdoors, ignoring the biting fall weather and just sitting, watching the lake. But it was not long before he was joined by Sirius. who sat down by the other's side, glancing out at the lake as well. "Aren't you cold?"
"Not really," he said lightly, "How're you feeling?"
"Worn. You?" He shrugged, scooting a bit closer. He was cold and the other was practically vibrating off warmth.
He shrugged. "How's your head?"
"It hurts." Sirius mumbled, sighing a bit.
"Welcome to the world of hangovers," Remus laughed dryly as he looked out and watched the Giant Squid surface for a moment.
Sirius groaned a bit, shaking his head. "I'm never drinking that much again..."
"Bet you wish you listened to me, eh?" he said, finally looking at him.
He nodded his head, giving the other a small smile. "You're the voice of reason."
"Always," the prefect laughed, "Always."
"Thanks for not messing with me when I was drunk." he chuckled a bit. "If I had been with James, no doubt there would have been all sorts of drawings and whatnot on my face."
"Mess with you?" he laughed, hiding his nervousness perfectly, "Never."He grinned, leaning against the other. "Well, you're a trustable person~"
To this he said nothing, just huffed a bit, slumping on the wall.
Black glanced over, frowning. "What's wrong?" He questioned, eyebrows rising up.
"We should return the map and cloak to James," Lupin said, avoiding the query.
"Ah, good idea." He stood up, holding his hand out for the other to take.
He studied the hand for a moment, but took it and let himself be assisted up, nonetheless. "Good lord you're freezing!" he said, feeling the cold of Sirius's hand.
"I don't have heat resistance like you." He murmured, managing a sheepish smile.
He smiled back. "c'mere," he said, grabbing the boy and hugging him tightly, rubbing his hands very quickly on his back to create friction and heat Sirius up. Sirius blinked several times, then leaned against, chin set on his shoulder, comfortable at the seat.
Remus couldn't help himself- he stopped rubbing and just hugged Sirius tightly.
The hug was nice, but, he realized what was happening and quickly stepped away. 'Not a shirt lifter, I am not a shirt lifter'
"Lets go give bag the stolen good, kay?"
"...kay," he said with a nod, walking off with him as if nothing had happened.
"Ya think he's in the great hall or common room?" He asked lightly.
"We can't just hand over the map and cloak in the great hall!" he said, "You daft?"
"Yes. But we can notify him of what we have-" He paused, and then grinned. "Or we can just sneak it into his cloak." Sirius grinned, "Remus you sneaky git, I didn't know you were so clever!"
That was probably not what Remus was thinking, though.
"Wha-what? what are you talking about?" he watched the boy pull out the cloak, "Oh, Sirius you cannot be serious!"
"Think of how much the students would be startled seeing James pull a disappearing act in the great hall!" He exclaimed, pulling Remus under the cloak.
"Sirius, NO," he insisted, struggling.
He kept an arm around him, leading him into the great hall. "Hush-"
"...idiot..." he muttered as they walked.
Sirius neared up to James, who was stuffing his mouth with food.
"Brilliant idea, Moony." He praised, grabbing James and yanking him in.
James gasped, choked for a moment, then glared back at the two.
"...It was Remus idea..."
"You liar!" Lupin said in a hoarse whisper as they shuffled back to the common room, trying not to let their feet show.
"Was not, you suggested, I told you it was a bloody stupid idea." Sirius was grinning the whole time, entering the common room quickly after a few third years, then walking up the stairs.
James stripped off the cloak once they reached their room. "I wasn't done eating!"
Sirirus shrugged his shoulders up. "Too bad, you need to lose wait, anyway. Lily won't like a tubber."
He groaned. "I hate you so much," he told Sirius. "I'm sorry about that, James," he said slowly, "blame the idiot."
James sighed, snatching his cloak and starting to fold it up.
Remus sighed and collapsed on his bed, staring at the four-poster grinned, hopping onto the bed, as James grumbled some insults, walking out of the room.
"that was a fantastically bad idea," he groaned, rolling his eyes.
He leaned over him, grinning to him. "It was hilarious! Did you see the look on their faces?"
"No," he said, "I was a bit preoccupied with the teachers."
HE grinned. "I bet they weren't even paying attention~"
"Shows what you know!" he snorted, "You best thank your lucky stars that Dumbledore wasn't there- he'd never have missed it."
"I'd be sent to his office and he'd give me some candies. It happens pletny~" he grinned, nodding his head.
He sighed and rolled his eyes.
"One of these days, Sirius," he said slowly, "you're going to get yourself in some real trouble, and nobody is going to be around to help you out."
He gave a wave of his hand. "I'll never do anything that bad." He grumbled.
"Just you wait," he warned.
"Even if it does happen, I'll probably be old by that time." He dropped down onto the bed next to him.
"And nothing matters when we're old, eh?" he asked with a smirk.
"Nope." he stated with a nod, grinning over to the other.
"Nothing matters at all," he mused, kicking Sirius absentmindedly.
He let out a doglike whine, then kicked him off.
"HEY!" he shouted, jumping back up.
"That's MY bed!"
He stretched out on it. "Nope. Mine."
"Bad dog, no sleeping on master's bed!" he ordered, standing over him and swatting him playfully.
He barked to the other, bit his hand and rolled onto his stomach.
"ow!" he exclaimed, drawing his hand back.
Then he got an idea.
He rushed off, grabbed a copy of The Daily Prophet, rolled it up and... Sirius was swatted rudely on the nose.
He gasped, covering his nose with his hands. "You twit!" He exclaimed, rubbing the now red area.
Laughing, he hit him on the head with the newspaper.
He whined, burying his head under his pillow.
So Remus smacked him once more, this time on the ass with the paper, laughing all the time
"Off my bed, puppy!"
HE grumbled, crawled away, knee hitting the edge and flipped off. "Ah. Blimey." He sat up, blinking.
And Remus took his prize, laying down on his bed, propping up the pillows, and starting to read the paper with a smirk over his face.
"Good doggie."
He crossed his arms, lips pursed. "stupid paper..."