Meet-Cute Marathon: Day 13 - I came to get tools to do some landscaping and you're hiding in my shed after you got inadvertently sucked into a game of Hide and Seek with the local kids

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Shed Boy

When Sirius first got into gardening, he expects to be surprised by his flower's growing and the amazing growth of certain flowers. Not by random men heavily panting inside of his gardening shed.

It's an experience, to say the least.

There are lots of mysteries surrounding the person in his shed. First, why are they panting so hard? Are they doing something inappropriate? God, Sirius doesn't even want to know what they could be doing in there. And right next to his watering can!

Sirius knows he has to open the shed when he hears strange cooing sounds coming from the shed. He just needs to get that random person away from his tools. He even stomps the ground loudly to alert the person in case that man (he's calling the person a man because he's not sure if a woman will do what this person is doing) is like, jacking off to his gardening magazines.

So when he pulls the shed door, he's not expecting a cute guy to pop out and yell, "You found me!"

Sirius blinks and takes a step back because what the fuck. Why are the cute guys taken or crazy?

The cute guy's face freezes. His amber eyes widen and his jaw drops. Next thing Sirius knows, a lovely pink blush spreads over the cute guy's cheeks. "I'm so sorry," the cute but potentially crazy guy says, hands held up in a frantic gesture. "I thought you were one of the kids! We're playing hide and seek and they said this house was fair game. I should've known they were lying. I didn't mean to be a creep or anything like that. Except why were you stomping?"

"Because I thought you were a psycho," Sirius shouts, glaring at the man. "I thought you were like, you know, masturbating to my flower magazines. I don't know. I wanted to give you the warning to stop."

Said cute guy bursts out in laughter. Sirius huffs. The man gets up from his crouched position and smiles. "Sorry. That was really nice of you," he says, wiping his pants. "I didn't want the kids to feel bad when they asked me to play."

That's sweet and Sirius nods. He can understand not wanting to upset the local kids. He can never say no to his own godson, Harry.

"Did a boy named Harry ask you to play?" Sirius asks, looking behind him when he hears loud laughter.

"How does he look like?" Remus frowns, trying to recall.

"Messy, black hair, circle glasses, and a wicked scar on his forehead." Just as Sirius finishes describing Harry, small children rush past him and attack Remus. Sirius stares as they tackle Remus to the ground and cheer loudly. He even spots Harry in the group.

"Uncle," Harry yells in surprise. He smiles wide, showing his missing front teeth. "Can we use your backyard to hide in? Not the garden, promise."

Sirius smirks and ruffles Harry's hair. He laughs at Remus who's smiling sheepishly back at him. "Okay, but let me play too. Actually, me and Remus will look for you guys. How about it?"

Harry nods and runs off to hide with a gaggle of kids following him. He walks to Remus and helps him up. "So, Remus, fancy a game of hide and seek?"

The smile on Remus' face makes up for the fact that Sirius will do no gardening today.