His marks will be red.

Sev's POV

It had been a few days since my wonderful mother's funeral. The pain was still there, rife in my heart. But there was another pain wracking me too. The pain to mate. I had until the end of the week. I had hoped that if I left it and didn't mention it, then Remus would mention it first. But he hadn't. And time was running out. I decided that I'd do something nice for him tonight and hope we could cement our bond.

I started to plan while I was in class. This was History of Magic, the most boring class in the whole school. I glanced sideways and saw my Rem, sitting at his desk, furiously making notes. His small pink tongue was sticking out the side of his mouth and he was concentrating hard. I smiled fondly. He was beautiful. My mind most certainly didn't drift to what else that pink tongue could do. No, certainly not. Oh but it did. Shush. No it didn't.

Once the lesson was over, I had my plan sorted. Remus walked over to me and I smiled at him. He hugged me and we ignored the sneering bystanders. Stupid people. They didn't know how wonderful my boy was.

'Are you busy tonight?' I asked quietly. I was quite nervous and I think he could tell. He took my hand and smiled.

'Free for you, busy for anyone else,' he said and we laughed lightly.

'Then don't go to dinner. Instead, meet me outside of the Room of Requirement. I have plans'

'Yes Sir!' he laughed as he mock saluted at me.

He continued to laugh as he walked away and to his next class. I had a free period before lunch. I headed towards the kitchens, I needed to speak to the elves to help prepare tonight.

After the last class of the day, Potions (my favourite), I hurried towards the Room of Requirement. It was increasingly difficult to walk in the opposite direction to the masses, but somehow I managed it. I did grumble to several of the students, but they had it coming. Dolts! I paced infront of the room three times, wishing for my wardrobe. I had realised that I hadn't got changed. That wouldn't do. I walked in to find all of the clothes I'd ever owned, which didn't amount to a lot. I found my smart black trousers and a dark green shirt. They would look great. I tied my hair back with ribbon and exited the room. I didn't have to wait long before Remus came around the corner, looking as dashing as ever. His sandy hair fell neatly around his face and his mouth was set in a sweet smile. His deep brown eyes lit up as he saw me and he hurried forward. He was dressed in a dark blue shirt and black trousers. I kissed his cheek as he approached and he blushed.

'Are you ready darling?' I said softly.

He nodded with trepidation as I paced infront of the door. It opened to reveal a beautiful outdoor ice rink and skates by the side of it. It appeared to be under two trees with icicles hanging from them, but the air felt comfortably mild. I glanced a look to see his face filled with wonder. He looked at me excitedly and pulled me towards the skates. This was turning out to be a great idea.

'I'd never pegged you as a muggle date planner Sev, but its wonderful. Lets skate' he said as we applied our skates. I was nervous. I had never skated before. I put my feet on the ice and definitely decided it wasn't for me. My left leg went one way and my right leg went the other way. Just as I was about to fall, Remus caught me with a chuckle. I grumbled at him, which caused him to laugh at me even more. He took my hand and we skated together around the rink for a while. I stood at the side so Remus could skate round faster than I could do and I watched in fascination. He was so graceful and beautiful. I'm so lucky. At this thought, my vampire roared at me and demanded to mate. I ignored it best I could.

He skated back to me, red cheeked and breathless.

'I think I'm finished skating now,' he panted.

Wow he should not be panting like that. He should be later. Stop that you!

I took his hand and we walked towards the table set up under the canopy. I held his chair as he sat down and tucked him under the table. As we started to eat, we chatted. I was still pained but tried not to show it. I think he caught my wince because he put down his fork and asked what was wrong. I knew he wouldn't accept if I told him nothing was wrong and I didn't want to start lying to my mate.

I sighed. 'Friday marks two months since my inheritance Remus….'

'Yeah and…?'

'Two months in a vampire inheritance. Think'

A look of realisation dawned on his face. 'Oh! We need to…'

'Yes. We need to mate.'

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