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Sirius walked into the Great Hall the morning after Remus' birthday, whistling.
"You seem cheerful," James said as Sirius sat down at the Gryffindor table.
"I'm always cheerful," Sirius said, grinning. James shook his head.
"More cheerful than normal," James said, frowning. Sirius shrugged as he took a couple of sausages.
"You and Remus didn't come back to the dormitory last night," James said.
"Nope," Sirius said, grinning, "Remus didn't want to come down yet. He's still tired."
"What did you two do last night?" James asked, then closed his eyes, "Wait don't tell me that."
"He thanked me for the present I gave him," Sirius said, smirking.
"I really didn't want to know that," James said, "You've never been this happy, though, it must've been better than normal." Sirius looked away, and James frowned, "It wasn't the first time, was it?"
Sirius scratched the back of his neck, "Er… yeah… we've been having you on for months. Your reactions have been too funny, though." Sirius grinned, and James groaned.
"I hate you two so much," James moaned, putting his face in his hands, "Why would you do that?" Sirius chuckled.
"It was priceless, though I guess it's over now," Sirius said, "Guess we'll just have to tell you when it actually happens."
"Please don't," James groaned, "Unless you want me to start telling you all about what Lily and I get up to."
"I don't imagine you get up to too much, you've been dating a week," Sirius said, "And do you really want to risk telling a gay man about your private business with Lily when there's a risk he'll be thinking about your bits?" James snorted.
"You wouldn't think about that," James said, "I'm not even remotely worried about that. And since when have you been gay?"
"James… you do know I'm with Remus…" Sirius said, confused.
"Yeah, but you've never actually said you were gay," James said, "All I knew was that you liked Remus." Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Well, fine, I'm gay," Sirius said, "Should I announce it to the whole hall, and tell them all about the hot gay sex I had last night?"
"If you like," James said, and Sirius nodded, and stood up on his seat.
"Excuse me everyone, I have something to tell you all. Apparently my snogging Remus Lupin in front of you all hasn't been clear enough for some people," At this he gave James an exasperated look, "So, I thought I'd clear up some confusion. I am gay. Also, last night-" Sirius was suddenly hoisted down by Remus pulling on his arm.
"What are you doing?" Remus hissed.
"Apparently there was some confusion, I just wanted to clear it all up," Sirius said.
"And what else were you going to say? They don't need to know about last night," Remus said, "And what does it matter, anyway? Who cares if there's confusion?"
"Remus…"
"Sirius, this is our own personal life, you can't just shout about it in the Great Hall!" Remus hissed, letting go of Sirius' arm. Sirius looked down, feeling a little guilty, and Remus just shook his head and stormed out of the Great Hall. Sirius looked at James, who was staring after Remus.
"Bad move there, mate. When I said 'if you like' I didn't actually mean it," James said.
"I didn't mean to upset him…"
"And you did so well last night," James said, "I was about to cry from the present you gave him. After I threw up in my mouth a little, of course." Sirius wasn't listening to James.
"I have to talk to Remus," Sirius said, standing up and leaving the Great Hall. James was left in the Great Hall to eat his breakfast. As he finished eating, Lily sat down next to him. James turned to her.
"Good morning," he said, kissing her quickly, "Snape is glaring at us." Lily looked over at the Slytherin table, and Snape looked away. Lily bit her lip, and looked down, "I shouldn't have said anything, Lily, I'm sorry." Lily shook her head.
"No. It's fine. Sev… Snape can mind his own business," Lily said, before she kissed James again, "Where was Sirius running off to?"
"Oh, he has to try and make things up with Remus. He decided to shout out to everyone that he's gay and he very almost shouted about what they did last night before Remus pulled him down," James said. Lily looked confused.
"Everyone knows he's gay, he's been snogging Remus publically for months," Lily said. James scratched the back of his neck.
"Yeah, that part may have been my fault," James said. Lily sighed.
"James…"
"What? He said something about being a gay and I'd pointed out it was the first time he'd actually come out and said it," James said.
"He didn't really need to, though, did he? Snogging Remus constantly is pretty obvious," Lily said.
"It's not like Moony is gay. He likes girls, too," James said, "I just wasn't sure if Sirius did too."
"Well, it's not like you made Sirius make a public announcement about his and Remus' activities," Lily said, "I don't know what Sirius was thinking."
"I don't think he was."
Remus was determined not to look at Sirius. His eyes stayed on the book, but he wasn't really reading it. He was furious with Sirius. He had no business announcing what had happened the previous night to the whole school. He could shout he was gay all he liked, but he had started to bring up things that should stay personal and private.
Sirius sat on his bed, just looking at Remus. He had already tried to apologise, but Remus had brushed him off, not wanting to hear anything Sirius had to say. Sirius didn't know whether to give it time, and then try to talk to Remus, or whether giving Remus time would make things worse.
"Moony…"
"Shut up, Sirius," Remus said, not taking his eyes away from the book. Sirius sighed, fidgeting with the blanket on his bed.
"I know I shouldn't have started saying anything, Remus, I'm sorry," Sirius said softly. Remus closed the book, and put it down next to him, only then looking at Sirius. Sirius winced at the glare Remus was sending him.
"No, you shouldn't have. Sirius, that is so personal, and yeah, we might joke around with James and Peter about it, but that's James and Peter. Not the whole school! Those people who call us names behind our backs and to our faces! You would have just given them more ammunition," Remus said. Sirius looking confused.
"Ammunition?" he asked. Remus ignored him.
"Not to mention, you ruined it. Last night you were so thoughtful with those books, and it was amazing, if a little awkward at times, and you doing that, shouting to the whole school about it, completely ruins everything," Remus said, "But you got what you finally wanted out of me, so you can leave me alone now."
"Got what I… what on earth are you talking about, Remus?" Sirius asked.
"What am I supposed to think, Sirius? We had sex last night, and then this morning I find you about to shout about it in the Great Hall. If I was just something to conquer, at least be honest about it," Remus snapped. He picked up his book again, and started reading.
"What? No, Remus, that's not – I wouldn't do that," Sirius exclaimed, frowning He got off his bed and went over to Remus'. He tried to take Remus' hand, but Remus pushed him away.
"Then explain," Remus said simply.
"I wasn't thinking, Remus. I'm sorry," Sirius said.
"You're sorry. That makes everything better," Remus said sarcastically, "Look, Sirius, I'm just a little too annoyed right now. Maybe you should talk to me later."
"What am I supposed to do, I don't really want to do anything with you annoyed at me like this," Sirius said, closing his eyes, "I'm so stupid, Remus, I'm sorry."
"You are stupid," Remus agreed, and put his book aside again, looking up at Sirius, "I can't stay mad at you." Sirius smiled.
"Because I'm so amazing and perfect?" Sirius suggested. Remus shook his head, kissing Sirius quickly.
"Because I love you and even if you were stupid at least you know you were," Remus said. Sirius laughed before he kissed Remus, wrapping his arms around Remus and pulling him close to him.
"Oh, thank Merlin you're snogging."
Remus and Sirius stopped snogging, though their arms were still around each other, and they looked to the doorway where James stood, looking very pleased.
"You always seem to complain when we snog," Sirius said.
"Yeah, but I'd prefer you snogging than arguing. I was worried you were going to break up. It would ruin everything," James said.
"We had one argument so we were going to break up. Sounds like a healthy relationship there," Remus said. Sirius laughed.
"Sorry for being so relieved to see you guys made up," James said.
"You are ridiculously invested in our relationship," Remus said, shaking his head, "And yet you keep telling us how gross we are."
"Lily and I went through a lot of work to get the two of you together," James said, "And I won't ever say this again, but you two are sort of perfect for each other and I'm just happy you have each other. But I'm not a girl, so I'll deny it if you ever claim I said that." Sirius laughed, and Remus gave a glance to Sirius.
"I'm happy we have each other, too," Remus said, "And I don't see how being happy for your friends is girly."
"It was more the thinking you guys are perfect for each other…" James said, refusing to look at his friends. Remus and Sirius laughed.
"Don't worry, I won't tell Lily," Remus said, shaking his head.
"I do have one question though. You guys have been having me on about having sex these last few months right? But you've been showering together," James said. Remus looked at Sirius, who smiled apologetically.
"You told him?" Remus asked. Sirius nodded, looking sheepish.
"Sorry," Sirius said, "It sort of… came out."
"First of all, just because people are showering together doesn't mean they're shagging in the shower. Secondly, we weren't actually showering together, James, we wouldn't have... I wouldn't have been able to keep my hands to myself, I don't know about Sirius. We were just going into the bathroom together to mess with you. We were supposed to be looking away while the other had a shower," Remus said, emphasising 'supposed' and giving Sirius an exasperated look, but Sirius smirked.
"You should be glad I like your-"
"I really don't want to hear the end of that sentence," James said, but he was ignored as Remus and Sirius had started to snog each other again. James sighed, leaving the dormitory. Lily was waiting down in the Common Room, and she gave him a questioning look.
"They're snogging right now, they're good," James told her. Lily smiled.
"I'm glad. I'd hate to see them fighting," Lily said.
"I know, me too. The last time Remus refused to talk to Sirius was awful enough, and that was a couple of years ago," James said, thinking back to that time Sirius had told Snape how to get past the Whomping Willow.
"What happened then?" Lily asked, "Why wasn't Remus talking to Sirius?" James looked at Lily thoughtfully, then shook his head.
"It doesn't matter. Though I didn't talk to Sirius for a few days after that as well," James said, "Sirius really… well, it doesn't matter." Lily took James' hand.
"You don't have to tell me," Lily told him, "I'm just glad that Remus and Sirius have worked things out." James smiled, before pulling Lily close to him and kissing her softly.
AN- I've slowed updates down to once a week for now, though that could pick up to twice a week again at any point. Thanks for reading :)