Regulus POV
'How?' the smaller boy asked, 'How do I fix it?'
'Please don't even contemplate it if you're just going to leave him once he's better. If you're not serious about him, please just leave now and let me say goodbye to my brother.' I said softly.
'Of course I'm serious. I like him. I could learn to love him, I think. I'm already halfway there.' Remus said.
I smiled softly. I could see this boy was telling the truth. He wore his heart on his sleeve. He was slowly stroking my brother's hair.
'Then you have to let him taste your blood. Cut your wrist and put it against his lips. He'll do the rest. But please, like I said, don't do it if you're not going to stay with him.' The boy nodded as I left the room.
Sirius POV
I knew. I knew I was close to the end. The pain was slowly ebbing away, leaving me feeling nothing. I sighed. The light was getting closer. If I'd have been awake and alive at this point I'd have scoffed at myself. The light? How corny and ridiculous. You are such a drama queen Sirius Black. Then suddenly I smelled it. The blood of my mate. It sang to me. But why is he here? Probably come to torment me or check I'm dead. My vampire was angry at me for thinking that about our mate but I knew it was the truth.
Then the smell became stronger alongside a hiss of what sounded and tasted like pain. If I was coherent I'd have growled. Sadly, I was not. Then I felt something at my lips. It was warm and wet. I tentatively reached my tongue out and licked it softly. Something clicked. Blood. My mate's blood. I latched onto the proffered appendage and sucked his blood. It tasted wonderfully. Like I'd been dying of thirst on a desert island, only to discover a well of fresh water.
I sensed I was taking a little too much now so I eased off and licked the wound closed. My eyes fluttered open to see his face, anxious and biting his bottom lip.
'Remus….'