Chapter Ten;
Severus glanced around Diagon Alley, his eyes wide in wonder at all the stores. The three had apparated straight into Diagon Alley and Remus and Sirius walked side by side as Severus walked a foot or two in front of them, glancing around quickly. "Do you buy brooms here?" Severus asked.
"Yes." Remus smiled.
"You can buy dragons too? I read about dragons yesterday! They're very interesting… scary creatures. Except the ones that are nice, did you know female dragons are fiercer than male dragons?" Severus asked, though not waiting for a response as he continued his rant about dragons and how protective they were, and that most were magic resistance.
By the time the three reached Twilfit and Tattings, Remus and Sirius were plotting quietly on sewing Severus' lips together, but decided against it as they loved him rambling on. They stepped inside and Sirius stepped forward to wrap his arm around Severus' waist. "Guess who's going to be our model today?" He asked, smirking.
Severus blushed. "Remus." He responded.
"Oh, I don't think so." Remus smirked, placing a kiss to Severus' temple. "Now go over there and wait while we pick you out some clothes."
Severus nodded and did as told as Sirius and Remus began walking around the store to find things they think would either look good on Severus or that Severus would like. After picking a few outfits, they sauntered over to where Severus stood, thrusting the clothes into his hands. Severus at first stared wide-eyed but eventually went into one of the rooms and Remus and Sirius claimed a seat against the wall.
"I was thinking we can get drinks at the Leaky Cauldron, if that's okay?" Sirius suggested.
"The Leaky Cauldron?" Remus grimaced.
"Just for drinks, nothing… cooked…" Sirius blanched.
"Glad you see things my way." Remus chuckled. "Oh, we should head to the quidditch shop, let Severus pick out a few things."
Sirius nodded. "Sounds great, he's probably already broken my copy of Quidditch throughout the Ages," Sirius teased. "We'll have enough time, right? We should probably go to the quidditch place first, as Leaky Cauldron is open until the wee hours of the morning."
Remus nodded in agreement. "True."
Both stopped in their conversation as they glanced up when the door open and out walked a Severus in a very tight black shirt and black trousers. "This shirt is very tight…" He commented.
"It's supposed to be like that, actually. Do you like it?" Sirius asked, grinning.
"It's comfortable." Severus complimented, glancing up at the two and flushing at the look on Remus' face.
"Oi, Remus, it's not dessert time yet." Sirius smirked.
"Huh? Oh, right. Uh…" Remus flushed. "Go try on the other clothes, Severus. I'm sure they look amazing on you just as that does."
Severus turned on his heel and walked back into the dressing room, rolling his eyes. Remus sat back against his chair, his arms folded over his chest and Sirius smirked as he leaned over. "Remus," Sirius whispered.
Remus narrowed his eyes. "Yes, Sirius?"
"You know Severus is right behind that one door-" Sirius gestured to said door. "Probably naked by now… and could easily be ben—"
"Sirius!" Remus hissed, flushing a bit. "Be quiet."
"Why? Getting hard? You pervert." Sirius snickered.
"That's not funny…" Remus glared.
Sirius chuckled and sat back in his chair. Severus walked out, arms folded over his chest and glaring. Remus and Sirius' eyes gazed down him, smirking at the fact that he wore not only one of the tight white shirts he was given, and a pair of shorts, which made Remus almost laugh aloud at. "This isn't funny! I'm very pale… especially my legs…" He glared at the two, turning on his heel and walking back inside.
After Severus tried on a few more suits, the three left the store after forcing Severus to choose out his favorite outfits to purchase – which weren't many – and headed to the Quality Quidditch Supplies. Severus stepped inside and began browsing everything, a smile planted on his face. "Sev, the brooms are over here." Sirius signaled for him to follow as they walked to the back of the shop where all the new broom models were.
"Are these faster than yours?" Severus asked as he glanced around.
Sirius sought out the two brooms Remus and himself owned, pointing to it. "Here is our model, it has two newer brand models though, so yeah a lot of these are faster, but we don't really care for speed." Sirius gave a shrug.
"I like this one." Severus widened his eyes and stared at the Firebolt.
Sirius chuckled. "I bought one like that for Harry."
"Your godson?"
"Yes." Sirius smiled.
"What an idiotic thing to do… buy a teenage boy the fastest broom in the world…" Remus sighed.
Sirius chuckled. "Quiet."
"It's the fastest broom?" Severus asked in awe.
"Yes it is, for now at least until either they try to beat their record, or another broom brand does." Remus stated, smiling.
"Come on, I wanted to buy you a quidditch kit, Sev." Sirius smiled, walking down the aisle to the set of trunks. He grabbed a random one and pulled it with him to the counter, paying for it quickly. "Now we go to Leaky Cauldron!"
Severus and Remus followed Sirius out down the alley to the small entrance to head into the Laky Cauldron. Sirius pulled his wand out and tapped the bricks to cause them to pull apart from one another to reveal the back entrance. "Here we are."
"Wow…" Severus widened his eyes at the brick wall or where it used to be.
"Are you going to be in awe at even the smallest amount of magic?" Sirius asked, grinning and pushing the door open to hold it for the other two.
Severus flushed. "Maybe…"
Remus signaled for three glasses of firewhiskey as they claimed their seats at a table in a corner for privacy. Severus sat between the two and Sirius tossed his arm over Severus' shoulder, Severus resting his head on Sirius' shoulder and smiling. Remus grinned. "You two look comfy." He said as he grabbed Severus' hand and intertwined their fingers.
"You're jealous, Moony." Sirius smirked, placing a kiss to the top of Severus' head.
"Oh?" Remus asked, leaning over the table and pressing his lips to Severus', who responded, leaning forward to deepen the kiss.
"Oi." Sirius nudged Severus, 'causing him to pull away and flush though his lips were reclaimed by Sirius in a kiss. Sirius pulled away and gently tugged on Severus' bottom lip. "Ours." He growled, grinning like a mad-man.
Severus turned a light shade of pink as Sirius released his lip. His eyes sought out the glass set in front of him, his eyebrow quirking. "Firewhiskey!" He grinned, gulping down the drink.
Sirius chuckled. "Slow down, no getting drunk." He winked.
"M'kay." Severus smiled, sipping at his drink slower.
Remus smiled at both. "Oh, tomorrow, Sirius, we need to purchase quidditch tickets."
Sirius nodded. "Of course, Severus do you want to go with us?"
"To a quidditch match?" Severus asked, widening his eyes in excitement.
"Yup." Sirius grinned.
"Yes, please." Severus nodded.
"We'll buy them tomorrow then, England National is playing you know." Remus nodded as well.
The two continued their conversation about quidditch and the teams they liked, including Severus in on their debate on which team was better. After three or four glasses of firewhiskey, they all stood and walked out to apparate home, Severus wobbling a bit and leaning mostly on Remus as Sirius was carrying everything. "Next time we're watching how much you drink, Severus..." He chuckled. Severus mumbled some incoherent words before Sirius apparated to Grimmauld, and Remus pulled him close to apparate with him.
As they stepped into the dark house, Sirius left everything they had purchased on the ground by the door, the three walking upstairs and splitting up – Severus going to his room and Remus and Sirius walking up to Sirius' room to change into their night clothes. After the two changed, they agreed to go downstairs to Severus' room. As they reached the door, they pushed it open and both smiled as they came to a sleeping Severus who was still wearing his day clothes. "I think he passed out." Sirius smirked.
"Obviously." Remus responded, crossing the room to sit on the bed and gently stripping Severus to get him into some pajamas. "I'll put his potions on in the morning." He grimaced at the scars that didn't seem like they were healing.
"It takes time. Not even potions can heal something in a day." Sirius assured him, wrapping his arms around Remus' neck.
"I know." Remus whispered, leaning down to place a kiss to Severus' head, and then turning his head to kiss Sirius on the lips. "You on one side of him and I on the other?"
"Got'cha." Sirius winked, climbing into bed on the right of Severus and Remus laying down on the left. "Night, love."
"Night, Sirius." Remus mumbled, waving his hand to extinguish the light and the pair falling asleep.