Sirius

Remus and Sirius stood in the door of the boy's toilets on fifth floor. The whole room was flooded with water and one of the walls had a big hole which showed several pipes, most of them broken.

»Eww. Please, remind me of this, the next time James has one of his 'genius' ideas. This is gross. «, Sirius said, with a disgusted look on his face.

»As if you didn't enjoy yourself last night. «, Remus replied with a smile.

»And you didn't? «

»I'm not gonna answer that. «, he said and began to wade through the water to pick up the broken pipe – parts. They worked in silence except for Sirius' occasional remarks.

»Merlin's holy socks, this looks like someone's tried to flush their underpants! «, he said, holding up a dripping, grey piece of cloth.

»Put that away Sirius. «, Remus said.

»You're right. «, Sirius answered and threw the underpants across the room; if Remus hadn't half expected something like that he wouldn't have been able to duck in time. The cloth smashed against the wall behind him.

»You - «, Remus began, took the mop in his hand to fire back.

They ran and jumped all across the room and the water splashed every time they tried to avoid a thrown cloth, their clothes were soon soaking wet. Laughing and struggling for breath they hurried out of the toilet to return to the common room.

»What the hell? What happened to you two? «, James asked, as they entered their dormitory. »Aren't you supposed to clean up the toilets? «

»Well we did. « Sirius answered, taking his shirt off. »But then Moony decided to throw a mop at me. «

»You started it. «, Remus complaint.

Sirius gave him a smirk and continued to undress. James, still laughing, left the room and suddenly Sirius realised that they were alone. Alone and half naked. He looked at Remus' back, scarred with old wounds and cuts. His mouth felt strangely dry, Remus back muscles flexed as he took off his shirt and looked for a new one.

»Pads, have you seen my other red shirt? «, he asked, turning around. »Pads? «

Sirius swallowed and tore his eyes away from Remus bare chest.

»No. « his voice sounded husky and strange. He cleared his throat and tried again, »No, I haven't «

Remus starred at him and blinked eventually. »Okay. «, he sad and turned away quickly. Sirius grabbed a fresh pair of trousers and rushed to the bathroom, trying to hide the erection in his pants.

When he got back to the dormitory, Remus was gone. He went downstairs, but he wasn't there either, only James who told him that Remus had gone back to the bathroom. Sirius followed and found his friend busy with wiping the water up. Without a word Sirius went to help him and soon the floor was more or less dry.

»Well, « Remus broke the silence. » That wasn't too bad was it? «

»Shut up. « Sirius replied, smiling.

They went to Professor McGonagalls' office to tell her that they have finished, but their teacher only laughed. »Well, well. I think it will do no harm if you clear the other toilets as well. «, she said and shut the door.

»That, is not fair. «, Sirius outraged on their way back to the common room.

»I agree with you but I'm afraid there's nothing we could actually do about it. «

The next weekends the two friends spent with cleaning every toilet in the school, at least Moony is with me, Sirius thought for himself. His company was indeed comforting and he found himself looking at his friend rather often and by that time he had given up the attempt to fight back his feelings, he had, as he soon had to admit to himself, a major crush on Remus Lupin.