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Chapter 14
Sirius was startled to here Remus enter so rushed and out of breath. His friend, werewolf or not, was almost always in control of the situation. Sirius found that he didn't even hold Remus to what he said around him because Sirius irked Remus in a way no other did, or probably ever would. He worried for his friend now because he had unsettled as of late and to see him running after such a glorious, relaxing swim meant that something happened, though Sirius doubted he would be kept in the loop.
It wasn't until Remus failed to notice the eyes on him that Sirius became truly upset. Was he not worthy of note? Or was Remus hiding something from him? Something so bid his mind could do naught else?
As Remus stared to the moon Sirius could discern his face. It could have been filled with fear, as coated Remus in times when the moon and Moony claimed his full mind. It could have been wonderment. He had often been found gazing at the moon and utter softly spoken endearments to the little light in the sky that controlled the tides of the sea and of his own mind. It was hard for Sirius, the clown of the group and the school, to see Remus so worked up. It didn't matter that they had fought today, come to blows today. They were as tight as they ever had been and the rashness of tonight's actions meant that Remus needed something beyond the simple promise to be kind to the bat of the dungeons.
This called for a distraction. Once his mind and body were distracted he would spill the ails that ailed him. Sirius pounced on Remus from behind, wrestling him to floor and resting atop him. His elbow were placed on Remus' broad shoulders and Sirius' head was held between the light fingertips. "Getting a bit slow, Rem. Your kind of pitiful recently."
"Yeah, Siri. I'm the pitiful one. We were apart for one day and you jump me as soon as I'm back in the room. And, I could take you if I wanted." Remus put accent on the word take and Sirius, though not insulted, was shocked at the change that had come about Remus.
"You know its not like that, Rem. I just want to be your friend. If I wanted more I would have it. But on the taking me part. Hmm. I fell I have already taken you dear one as you are pinned to the floor." Sirius was enjoying this, the teasing that he had missed this past day of classes. He liked Pads and Wormtail plenty but they were too self-absorbed. James was only ever interest in one subject, Lily Evans. And Peter had no personality at all so he might as well just talk to a wall with as much response as he would get from either of them.
Remus used his muscles, honed by years of transformations from beast to boy, to flip their little grouping. Now Sirius was pinned and had no chance of escape, save by devious and drastic measures. "I am stronger and smarter. I have the looks. Now dear Padfoot, what will you ever do when I grow out of these silly games and move on to bigger and better things." Remus accentuated bigger and better things with first a squeeze to the clenched bicep below him and than a light tap upon the shaggy head. He was laughing, enjoying feeling like the old him of, Remus looked back, of twenty-four hours ago. It seemed so long since he had been just Remus Lupin.
"Move from my silly games to other things Remus?" Sirius lilted as one with a card still yet to play. "Bigger and better, you say?" He smirked as he slowly slid down, Remus being to kind to actual grip him no power save in applying force in the same direction as gravity. "I have a guess and I like it little, though I will hold my tongue for your ears have grown sensitive of late." Remus smacked him playfully and grabbed him firmly by one shoulder and a fistful of dark and wild hair. "You've become such a pussy you cant even stand to be called out on it. You can't bare to hear me speak the truth of you." Sirius laughed in that way he did, were eyes crinkled and his smile lit the room as though a torch had be set ablaze. And yet none woke in this room, for this occurrence wasn't rare and neither James nor Peter paid the best of friends any mind so long as they didn't jump upon the bed of the sleeping.
"Say what you wish to say my friend for I have the power and you clearly wish to voice your thoughts tonight." Remus released his grasp on the shoulder but held firmly on the hair.
"I have been granted a great gift from the sovereign of this great land." He mock bowed as much as he could in his current state. "I shall use this gift to air the thoughts that consume the peace of mind I once had." Remus laughed at the absurdity of the words he spoke, and at the fact that some of their peers and teachers thought this master of words and trickery was slow. Obtuse yes, but in the strong-willed sense, not the weak-minded. "I would wish my humble grievances without the scorn and disdain of my liege."
"Remus nodded and decide to play along. He bade him to continue. "I was of the assumption that I have far superior looks. I am a right Adonis in the sun and hold much pride in out doing you in my far greater merit of my own Greek tale." Sirius was tensing but Remus didn't read the signs for what it was. He continued to play along and deigned to consent that betwixt the pair of them they held more splendor than many a legendary warrior.
"I would also like to state I outmatch thee in musculature and strength." While these words sunk in, though the sharp wit of Remus only took a fraction of a second, Sirius flipped them and instead of holding Remus pinned jumped back and over the bed so that he lay on his own bed and Remus was left on the ground alone. "And now that I bested you we can talk like a pair of normal, respectable folk." At that Sirius chuckled and his merriment was only increased when he watched Remus pull himself onto his own bed.
"What the hell was with the fancy speech?" Remus was laughing as well and didn't want to break the mood in the room and leave the void open for the near panic of earlier to enter and overwhelm him.
"I know how much you like those tales and times of old and I needed a good distraction and a good laugh. Looks like I got both." Sirius rolled over, all laughter gone from his face. He was serious to a point that hadn't been seen from Sirius since the first full moon they went through together. "How was your day?" Sirius smiled, serious still there. "I have never had to ask that as your day has always been our day." With that a gesture was made to include the two sleeping members of the room with both of the conversing friends.
"It was fine. I loved our swim. I really needed that." Sirius smirked a Slytherin worthy smirk. "Hey Siri. In the past minute your face has been serious and Slytherin. Showing your true colors, are you?"
"Rem. I worry for you. Why can't Serious and Sirius be one for once?"
"Sorry oh master of many faces." Remus was trying to make light of the situation but Sirius had plans for this conversation and wouldn't let them be delayed any longer.
"Speaking of Slytherins. What is going on between you and Snape?" Padfoot's eyes stared intensely at Remus trying to read the answer out of the depths of the other's eyes incase he chose to not answer.
"I feel bad for him. I worry for him. He has been through some of the same Slytherin shit you went through. I want to help him as I couldn't help you during your years in the pureblood hell. I want to make a difference and I want you to at least not make one so similar to you feel like shit. Is that too much to ask of you, Sirius?' Sirius looked hurt. He knew that Remus was stubborn but to think that he, his best friend, would work against him was as thick headed as it got.
"Rem, I just want to know what I ca know and what I can't. I'm not allowed to know the reason the school can't know about it. That much I understand. I just want to be kept in the loop so I can know you're safe. Today was fucktastic without you to temper James' self-worth and Peter lack of self. It sucked so stay safe because the only reason I'm still sane is knowing that I could see you later." He looked over to his friend. "By the way, if it was about bigger and better," he waggled his eyebrows suggestively, "I would be the obvious choice."
Sirius closed his eyes and listened for the expected chuckle and the slowing of Remus' breathing, knowing he was more pliable when nearly asleep. "If you fall in love with him bring him home to meet the family before you tell him. Got that, Rem?" Remus grunted in something close to assent. Sirius smiled at the 'Family' they had. They were lucky to have him and so was Snape. Dear Merlin, he wasn't even thinking of the git as Snivellus anymore. "What the hell has happened to the balance in the world when I, Sirius, don't hate him, Snape?" This was murmured so that it wouldn't wake the barely asleep werewolf in the next bed. He drifted off with thoughts of sunset swims and his true family floating in the water at his side.
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