With arms laden with books and a quill in his mouth, Tonks nearly runs into him on the staircase. A foolish muggle superstition comes to his mind.

The stair gives an ominous creak when she avoids his eyes and says bluntly, "I'm sorry for sleeping in your bed all those times."

"Oh." He pauses, wishing he didn't look so idiotic in the moment. He waits for the punchline, but it doesn't come.

"I'll not do it again," she sniffs, brushing past Remus in her hurry down the stairs, not looking back as she leaves through the front door.