Author's Notes: Well, apparently my brain is working out happily...What to do, what to do...Write. School has been quite annoying lately...Haven't been able to finish this chapter...*Growls a bit* Sorry 'bout that...^_^;
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The night breeze that flowed through Hogwarts brought a peaceful feeling, students located everywhere around the large grounds. James and Sirius had gone to the Great Hall and got some food, and after the little time they spent there, they walked back to the Common Room. As much as they wanted to, they didn't let people know about them just yet, not until they were completely ready. At the arrival to the Fat Lady, James muttered the password, and when the two of them walked in, they noticed Remus asleep in front of the fire. He didn't look very good...
Both James and Sirius stepped over to the fire, and when they looked at their friend, they noticed he was fine, but the way the light had reflected off of him from the fire made him look sickly. But then again...sometimes Remus -did- look like that. James looked to Sirius.
"We should leave him there, he looks comfy," he whispered.
"Hmm, yeah..." Sirius agreed. The Common Room was empty as usual...
"Where's Peter?" James asked randomly. His eyes were peering around the empty area, and usually one wouldn't find Remus without Peter's company.
"I...Honestly don't know," Sirius replied, sort of curious now. He hadn't seen Peter for a bit, but granted, he'd only been back for less than a day.
James, now taking advantage of this moment of being alone with Sirius, grasped his hand gently. "Let's go up to the dorm."
Sirius just nodded, letting James walk him up the stairs to the dorms.
Once they arrived up in the sixth year boy's dormitory, James and Sirius noticed that once again, they were empty. Was everyone outside? It was a surprisingly warm spring evening...Maybe they were. It wasn't important, though. Now Sirius and James had the rest of the evening to themselves...This was nice.
Pulling Sirius over to his bed, James slid onto the soft comforter. It was long before he was lying down, Sirius atop him. He made sure to lie in a special way, as to not hurt James. As comfy as the younger boy found himself, he gently pushes Sirius to his side, cuddling up to him. Now it was flipped: Sirius had the robes and James didn't. With a light shiver, James huddled himself against Sirius, the older one wrapping his arms around him.
"Cold?" he asked, James just odding gently. With a light chuckle, Sirius pulled the covers out from beneath them, still holding the boy close to him.
An odd sensation arose from Sirius - a yawn. James looked up to him, an expression that could be described as curious, yet amused at the same time.
"What?" Sirius asked, almost sleepily.
"Tired?" James asked, his hand running over Sirius' clothed body. James shivered a bit more.
Sirius shook his head, though he got a devious idea. "No no....But you're still cold? You know...Bodies release more heat when they're bare."
James' lips curled into a small smirk. "Really now...? Maybe we should do that, then..."
It didn't take the two of them very long to strip down to their bare selves, and once they were finished, Sirius pulled James into a soft embrace. The older boy yawned once again.
"Oh...You -are- tired," James said with a gentle laugh. All he got from Sirius in response was a low mumble. "You know you are...It's been a tiring day."
"You're right," Sirius replied. "Now...I also heard that...If my chest was to -your- back, we'd get much more heat moving around..."
James was more than happy to agree. Slowly rolling over, he pressed his cold back to Sirius' chest. With a shudder, Sirius' left arm slid under the pillow while his right arm slid around James' waist, onto the paler boy's chest.
"Warm now?" James asked. He didn't like the fact that he couldn't look at Sirius. Though, seconds later, he felt the other boy's soft breath on his neck.
"Oh yes," Sirius replied with a purr, his nose nuzzling against James' ear. "Just to let you know," he began, "there's a rather large hickey forming on your neck..."
James' cheeks flushed red. A hickey? Oy...Remus and Peter would have a hayday with that. He suddenly realized, though, that it wasn't that big a deal... "I do?"
He felt Sirius nod. "Yes...My mark."
"I don't mind being marked by you..." James purred. He awaited Sirius' reply. He found none but soft breaths on his neck - Sirius had fallen asleep. "Good night, Padfoot," James whispered, closing his eyes gently. It wasn't long before they were both asleep beneath the covers, Sirius' chest brushing gently against James' back.
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Sirius awoke to James' hand over his, both set on the younger one's chest. This was...Bliss. James was breathing softly, and Sirius had his face buried in James' shoulder. He let out a soft breath, tickling James' ear lightly and causing the boy to grumble. He shifted around, rubbing his back to Sirius chest as well as his lower half to Sirius'.
With his tongue, Sirius slowly began to lick the outside of James' ear, making the other fidget about. He finally awoke with a light groan, Sirius able to tell since James grumbled something under his breath...Something about being cold. Sirius, happily obliging to keep his love warm, squeezed James' hand lovingly.
"Morning..." he whispered, rubbing his thumb softly over James' hand.
"Morning..." James replied in a quiet voice, his lips parting for a yawn. He felt quite warm and comfy...He didn't want to move. James snuggled himself closer to Sirius' body, he lifted the boy's hand to his mouth and nibbled at his fingers.
"Sleep well?" Sirius asked, his nose nuzzling into James' unruly black hair.
James responded with a small nod, still nibbling on Sirius' fingers. He kissed each of them once apiece, and when he finished, he set the hand on his stomach. Sirius, fighting to keep himself in check, lost some control, his hand running down the front part of James' body, stopping just at his hips.
"Almost..." James said with a snigger, slowly rolling himself over to where he was now face to face with Sirius.
Sirius' lips curled into a gentle smirk. "You had me there...Almost..."
"That was the idea...It -is- morning you know...Fresh start?" James leaned in, kissing Sirius softly. As he pulled away, he tugged on the older boy's lower lip.
Sirius purred softly. "Don't tempt me, I might just make us go back to the locker room. That is much more private than the bathrooms..."
James smiled innocently. "Me? Tempting? Never...You're thinking things..." Though the sound of the locker room sounded really intriguing, James didn't want to push Sirius to do anything he didn't want to do. But then again...Sirius suggested it...That wasn't on the younger one's part...
Sirius kissed James' forehead softly. "Cute. Now, what time is it...?" He peered over the side of James' bed to the nightstand, the younger boy's watch just barely. He squinted his eyes painfully, but he could see that it was about six in the morning. Lifting his head up, Sirius used the hand that resided near James' lower half to brush some hair out of his face. He had noticed now that someone had put the curtains up over the four poster, and with a light smile, he knew that it had been Remus. Peering out of the little hole that was between the two sheets of fabric, Sirius noticed most, if not all of the other 6th year boys were asleep. As Sirius looked over towards Peter's bed, he noticed he wasn't there. Where -was- Wormtail? It didn't matter. Well...It did, but just not to the biggest degree in Sirius' mind.
"Something wrong?" James asked, interrupting Sirius' thoughts.
"No," he replied in a whisper. Dropping himself softly back into the warm comfort of the bed, he snuggled up close to James. "Nothing. It's about six. Everyone won't be up for a while. Think you wanna maybe...Walk the halls?"
James sort of liked that idea... Perhaps it would be fun. "Hm...?" He asked incoherently, rubbing his eyes. "Maybe..."
"It'll be a little cold...Want to borrow my robes again? It's cute to watch you walk around in them..." He nipped at James' neck.
"Really..?" Sirius felt James blush, and though it was odd, he knew it. All the little hairs on James' body stood up when he blushed, the easiest way to tell he was flattered.
Sirius nodded softly, slowly pulling his lips away from James' soft, supple skin. "So d'you want to walk around?"
"Honestly?" James asked, hesitantly. "I think...I just want to...be in here with you..." Tugging on Sirius, he slowly pulled the boy atop him, a small smirk crawling onto his lips. "Y'know...It's only early morn...Maybe we should...?"
"This early?" Sirius asked curiously, eyes glittering. "You sure?"
James nodded. "...Right here, right now. We've done it pretty much everywhere -but- here..."
"If you really want to..." Sirius said quietly, reaching for his robes at the foot of the bed. "I know a spell that could help us here..."
James watched as Sirius slowly pulled out his wand, and, pointing it to the roof, said "Quietus." A light, soft and ghostly pale, surrounded the four poster, but soon faded as it covered them whole.
"Yell all you like, no one will hear you," Sirius said with a light smirk. James was a little weirded out by that comment, especially since the dream with the killing of him by Sirius, but then...if he had killed him now, he wouldn't have had the son...Or would he? Was Lily pregnant?! No no...James shook his head, causing Sirius to blink.
"You alright, James? You don't want to do this?"
"N-No....Thinking about something else," James quickly responded, a nervous laugh coming from him.
"Oh..."
"D-Don't worry," James said, "it's nothing."
With that, Sirius slowly leaned down and planted a soft kiss on James' lips. "Well then...Let's get started, shall we?" His hand slowly lowered to between James' leg, but the boy shook beneath the other. Sirius just stopped in his tracks, looking into James' eyes. "What -is- it, James? You're the one that wanted this...Is it me?" Sirius' eyes lost their shimmer, returning to their black color.
Sirius' last question was...rather random, but it was something that James worried about. "Sirius! Don't -ever- say that! It has -nothing- to do with you...I was just...It wasn't anything important...Please, don't blame yorself..." James slowly lifted a hand to Sirius' cheek and rubbed it gently with his fingers, a smile on his face.
"You mean that, right?" His voice sounded...shaky...
"Yes, of -course- I mean it...You're my one and only, and I love you more than anything in my life..." Leaving it at that, James snaked both his arms around Sirius' neck and pulled him into a soft, yet passionate kiss. Those soft lips...James only felt them like this when he had left Sirius at the main entrance when he was suspended.
Sirius pulled away slowly, the glitter in his eyes rekindled. "You...James, do you mean that? You love me more than anything? R-Really?" His voice was beginning to tremble.
James nodded. He really, really meant that. Sirius was going to be, if not already, the most important thing to him. But then, at the same time, he had thought about Lily the same way...He never really realized how quickly his affection seemed to change, but...He just noticed that, he didn't care. He felt a soft tear drip on his bare chest, and when he looked up, he noticed more welled up in the corners of Sirius' eyes.
"What's wrong, Sirius?" he asked.
"N-Nothing...I just...James...I love you so much...You don't know how much that," Sirius was stopped by a sniffle, "how much that means to me..."
James had never, really, never seen Sirius cry in his life. Well, not to this caliber. Maybe a tear or two when Sirius was seriously injured during one of their last romps with Snape, but that was because the slimy git broke Sirius' leg. Now, warm tears flooded from his softened eyes, his body just simply collapsing on James'. With an inviting feel, James wrapped his arms around Sirius tightly, holding his love close.
"Let's just sleep, hm?"
Sirius nodded, mumbling some incoherently that sounded faintly like 'I love you', and James just smiled, his eyes closing as he pulled the sheets over him and Sirius. "Sleep well," he whispered, kissing the top of Sirius' head softly, whispering into the older boy's ear to lull him to sleep.
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Sirius awoke about two hours later to the touch of Remus' hand on his shoulder. He grumbled lightly and released James' body, the naked boy gently rolling over. Though Remus should have been a bit surprised by this, he wasn't.
"You two should get up. Everyone will be waking up soon and I can figure you don't want to get caught." Remus smiled softly.
Sirius yawned, arms stretching up toward the headboard. With a light groan, he let his body fall limply to the bed.
"Do I have to...?" he whined, his eyes peering over at James longingly. He just wanted to curl up with the boy...That's it.
Remus replied with a gentle smile, "Yes, you do. You need to get up and sleep in your own bed."
"Oh fine," Sirius huffed, a light chuckle following. "But...Where're my robes?"
Remus held up the clothing, extending it to Sirius. "You left it on the floor. Not very smart."
"Did anybody see it?"
"Doubt it."
Sirius took the clothing and slipped it under the bed, his form sliding into it and ending with him tying the knot. He crawled out of the warm bed with a sigh, clasping a hand on Remus' shoulder to keep balance. He shivered.
"Oy...It's cold..."
"Well, that's what you get for sleeping with someone. You get used to it."
"How do you know?"
Remus blushed softly. "I just do, thank you..."
Sirius smirked just a bit. "You'll have to tell me later, Moony."
"I'll be sure to let you know, Padfoot. But as of now, you should get to your bed. I bet our talking is going to wake some people up..." Remus' golden eyes peered about the room. He slowly tiptoed over to his bed and crawled into it.
"This is the third time..." Sirius mumbled to himself, he also crawling into his bed. Gods it was cold...Sirius felt goosebumps pop over all over his skin, a light shiver following. Why couldn't he just sleep with James? Oh. Right. People would say things. Sirius was beginning to wonder, exactly, what they could do to make him feel weird...Most likely nothing...Though, he didn't want to ruin James' reputation...That's the LAST thing he wanted...
It didn't take long for Sirius to finally fall asleep, only to be awoken about an hour later. Though, to a quite surprising hand - that of Peter Pettigrew.
"Sirius?"
"Wha...?" Sirius mumbled lightly, rolling over and rubbing his eyes. He was sort of curious as to who it was, and when his eyes came into focus, he gasped lightly.
"Peter? Where've you been?!" He was hushed when he saw Peter wave his hand. "Where've you been?" he repeated.
"I was...at home. I had to visit mother." Peter's voice seemed to be quivering.
"You alright?" Sirius asked, sitting himself up against the headboard. "You look a little shaken."
"I'm fine, I just...I wanted to ask you something."
"What is it?" Sirius asked curiously. He had always been a -friend- of Peter's, but they never really talked much unless they were around both James and Remus. It was sort of a pair off.
"Well..." Peter began, "I was wondering...How would you tell someone you like them? I mean...I'm thinking I should-"
Peter was cut off by Sirius' soft chuckle. "Lemme guess who it is. Remus, perhaps?"
Peter blushed furiously, shaking his head. "N-No...! Far from it..."
That came as a soft shock to Sirius. Remus and Peter always seemed to have a little thing going...But then, Sirius felt that Remus sort of liked him, at one point...His mind began to wander off, eventually causing a blank, vacant look on his face.
"S-Sirius? You alright?"
Brought back to reality, Sirius shook his head. "O-Oh...Yes, I'm fine. Don't worry."
"A-Alright...B-But...How would you tell?"
"Well...I suppose all you'd have to do is...simply tell them. That's what I did..." Sirius smiled for a moment, eyes peering over to James' resting body.
"W-Well, I suppose that'd work. It worked for you?"
"'Course it did. I reckon it'd work for you too...Just gotta try, hm?"
Peter nodded and smiled brightly. "Thanks..." His softened eyes gazed around the room quickly, hovering over James for just a little bit more time. He waved a simple 'goodbye' to Sirius and exited the Common Room, curious as to where exactly it was he had been, and where he was going off to.
Sirius didn't have much time to think about it, seeing as Remus and James both awakened. A moment later, so did Alex and Danny.
"Damnit," he whispered.
Since his curtains weren't closed, Sirius got a good look at James waking up. He stifled back a snigger as he noticed James' expression when he noticed he was naked, the boy's eyes widening and him shooting under the covers.
Apparently some of the other boys knew what had happened, and, as hard as it was, each of them kept their sniggers to themselves. While James feverishly continued to try and redress, Remus found his way to Sirius' bed and sat down upon the softened surface.
"'Llo, there."
"Morning, Remus. Guess who I ran into...Erm...Who ran into me?"
"Who?"
"Peter." When Sirius saw Remus' expression, he nodded along. "I know, I was surprised myself. He said he was visiting his mum..."
"That might be true," Remus mused, a hand lifting to his chin. He stroked the soft skin for a moment, eyes peering over at James with a soft chuckle. Both boys watched as the red-faced one stepped over to them.
"Could've had some decency to cover me!" James whispered sharply to the two of them, plopping himself on the bed beside Remus.
"Well, I think we all know why that didn't happen," Remus stated with a snigger, his hand sliding up over his mouth.
James' cheeks, if it was possible, grew an even deeper shade of red. He let himself fall down to the bed. "You two...I swear..."
Sirius smirked. "Well, James, you know...If that's what you want..."
Thought he knew Sirius was joking, the nightmare that occurred a bit ago came back to him. With a shudder, he sat of quickly. He changed the subject quickly. "Let's get some food, shall we?"
Remus tilted his head curiously, slowly standing from the bed. "Hmm...Let's. Tummy's rumbling."
Sirius blinked, but nodded in agreement. "Sure...Let's." He had a bit of a skeptic tone to it, but he couldn't be picky right now. His stomach was growling...
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Author's Note: Oy...Took me forever...Give me some enjoyment and review? ^_^ I love it.
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The night breeze that flowed through Hogwarts brought a peaceful feeling, students located everywhere around the large grounds. James and Sirius had gone to the Great Hall and got some food, and after the little time they spent there, they walked back to the Common Room. As much as they wanted to, they didn't let people know about them just yet, not until they were completely ready. At the arrival to the Fat Lady, James muttered the password, and when the two of them walked in, they noticed Remus asleep in front of the fire. He didn't look very good...
Both James and Sirius stepped over to the fire, and when they looked at their friend, they noticed he was fine, but the way the light had reflected off of him from the fire made him look sickly. But then again...sometimes Remus -did- look like that. James looked to Sirius.
"We should leave him there, he looks comfy," he whispered.
"Hmm, yeah..." Sirius agreed. The Common Room was empty as usual...
"Where's Peter?" James asked randomly. His eyes were peering around the empty area, and usually one wouldn't find Remus without Peter's company.
"I...Honestly don't know," Sirius replied, sort of curious now. He hadn't seen Peter for a bit, but granted, he'd only been back for less than a day.
James, now taking advantage of this moment of being alone with Sirius, grasped his hand gently. "Let's go up to the dorm."
Sirius just nodded, letting James walk him up the stairs to the dorms.
Once they arrived up in the sixth year boy's dormitory, James and Sirius noticed that once again, they were empty. Was everyone outside? It was a surprisingly warm spring evening...Maybe they were. It wasn't important, though. Now Sirius and James had the rest of the evening to themselves...This was nice.
Pulling Sirius over to his bed, James slid onto the soft comforter. It was long before he was lying down, Sirius atop him. He made sure to lie in a special way, as to not hurt James. As comfy as the younger boy found himself, he gently pushes Sirius to his side, cuddling up to him. Now it was flipped: Sirius had the robes and James didn't. With a light shiver, James huddled himself against Sirius, the older one wrapping his arms around him.
"Cold?" he asked, James just odding gently. With a light chuckle, Sirius pulled the covers out from beneath them, still holding the boy close to him.
An odd sensation arose from Sirius - a yawn. James looked up to him, an expression that could be described as curious, yet amused at the same time.
"What?" Sirius asked, almost sleepily.
"Tired?" James asked, his hand running over Sirius' clothed body. James shivered a bit more.
Sirius shook his head, though he got a devious idea. "No no....But you're still cold? You know...Bodies release more heat when they're bare."
James' lips curled into a small smirk. "Really now...? Maybe we should do that, then..."
It didn't take the two of them very long to strip down to their bare selves, and once they were finished, Sirius pulled James into a soft embrace. The older boy yawned once again.
"Oh...You -are- tired," James said with a gentle laugh. All he got from Sirius in response was a low mumble. "You know you are...It's been a tiring day."
"You're right," Sirius replied. "Now...I also heard that...If my chest was to -your- back, we'd get much more heat moving around..."
James was more than happy to agree. Slowly rolling over, he pressed his cold back to Sirius' chest. With a shudder, Sirius' left arm slid under the pillow while his right arm slid around James' waist, onto the paler boy's chest.
"Warm now?" James asked. He didn't like the fact that he couldn't look at Sirius. Though, seconds later, he felt the other boy's soft breath on his neck.
"Oh yes," Sirius replied with a purr, his nose nuzzling against James' ear. "Just to let you know," he began, "there's a rather large hickey forming on your neck..."
James' cheeks flushed red. A hickey? Oy...Remus and Peter would have a hayday with that. He suddenly realized, though, that it wasn't that big a deal... "I do?"
He felt Sirius nod. "Yes...My mark."
"I don't mind being marked by you..." James purred. He awaited Sirius' reply. He found none but soft breaths on his neck - Sirius had fallen asleep. "Good night, Padfoot," James whispered, closing his eyes gently. It wasn't long before they were both asleep beneath the covers, Sirius' chest brushing gently against James' back.
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Sirius awoke to James' hand over his, both set on the younger one's chest. This was...Bliss. James was breathing softly, and Sirius had his face buried in James' shoulder. He let out a soft breath, tickling James' ear lightly and causing the boy to grumble. He shifted around, rubbing his back to Sirius chest as well as his lower half to Sirius'.
With his tongue, Sirius slowly began to lick the outside of James' ear, making the other fidget about. He finally awoke with a light groan, Sirius able to tell since James grumbled something under his breath...Something about being cold. Sirius, happily obliging to keep his love warm, squeezed James' hand lovingly.
"Morning..." he whispered, rubbing his thumb softly over James' hand.
"Morning..." James replied in a quiet voice, his lips parting for a yawn. He felt quite warm and comfy...He didn't want to move. James snuggled himself closer to Sirius' body, he lifted the boy's hand to his mouth and nibbled at his fingers.
"Sleep well?" Sirius asked, his nose nuzzling into James' unruly black hair.
James responded with a small nod, still nibbling on Sirius' fingers. He kissed each of them once apiece, and when he finished, he set the hand on his stomach. Sirius, fighting to keep himself in check, lost some control, his hand running down the front part of James' body, stopping just at his hips.
"Almost..." James said with a snigger, slowly rolling himself over to where he was now face to face with Sirius.
Sirius' lips curled into a gentle smirk. "You had me there...Almost..."
"That was the idea...It -is- morning you know...Fresh start?" James leaned in, kissing Sirius softly. As he pulled away, he tugged on the older boy's lower lip.
Sirius purred softly. "Don't tempt me, I might just make us go back to the locker room. That is much more private than the bathrooms..."
James smiled innocently. "Me? Tempting? Never...You're thinking things..." Though the sound of the locker room sounded really intriguing, James didn't want to push Sirius to do anything he didn't want to do. But then again...Sirius suggested it...That wasn't on the younger one's part...
Sirius kissed James' forehead softly. "Cute. Now, what time is it...?" He peered over the side of James' bed to the nightstand, the younger boy's watch just barely. He squinted his eyes painfully, but he could see that it was about six in the morning. Lifting his head up, Sirius used the hand that resided near James' lower half to brush some hair out of his face. He had noticed now that someone had put the curtains up over the four poster, and with a light smile, he knew that it had been Remus. Peering out of the little hole that was between the two sheets of fabric, Sirius noticed most, if not all of the other 6th year boys were asleep. As Sirius looked over towards Peter's bed, he noticed he wasn't there. Where -was- Wormtail? It didn't matter. Well...It did, but just not to the biggest degree in Sirius' mind.
"Something wrong?" James asked, interrupting Sirius' thoughts.
"No," he replied in a whisper. Dropping himself softly back into the warm comfort of the bed, he snuggled up close to James. "Nothing. It's about six. Everyone won't be up for a while. Think you wanna maybe...Walk the halls?"
James sort of liked that idea... Perhaps it would be fun. "Hm...?" He asked incoherently, rubbing his eyes. "Maybe..."
"It'll be a little cold...Want to borrow my robes again? It's cute to watch you walk around in them..." He nipped at James' neck.
"Really..?" Sirius felt James blush, and though it was odd, he knew it. All the little hairs on James' body stood up when he blushed, the easiest way to tell he was flattered.
Sirius nodded softly, slowly pulling his lips away from James' soft, supple skin. "So d'you want to walk around?"
"Honestly?" James asked, hesitantly. "I think...I just want to...be in here with you..." Tugging on Sirius, he slowly pulled the boy atop him, a small smirk crawling onto his lips. "Y'know...It's only early morn...Maybe we should...?"
"This early?" Sirius asked curiously, eyes glittering. "You sure?"
James nodded. "...Right here, right now. We've done it pretty much everywhere -but- here..."
"If you really want to..." Sirius said quietly, reaching for his robes at the foot of the bed. "I know a spell that could help us here..."
James watched as Sirius slowly pulled out his wand, and, pointing it to the roof, said "Quietus." A light, soft and ghostly pale, surrounded the four poster, but soon faded as it covered them whole.
"Yell all you like, no one will hear you," Sirius said with a light smirk. James was a little weirded out by that comment, especially since the dream with the killing of him by Sirius, but then...if he had killed him now, he wouldn't have had the son...Or would he? Was Lily pregnant?! No no...James shook his head, causing Sirius to blink.
"You alright, James? You don't want to do this?"
"N-No....Thinking about something else," James quickly responded, a nervous laugh coming from him.
"Oh..."
"D-Don't worry," James said, "it's nothing."
With that, Sirius slowly leaned down and planted a soft kiss on James' lips. "Well then...Let's get started, shall we?" His hand slowly lowered to between James' leg, but the boy shook beneath the other. Sirius just stopped in his tracks, looking into James' eyes. "What -is- it, James? You're the one that wanted this...Is it me?" Sirius' eyes lost their shimmer, returning to their black color.
Sirius' last question was...rather random, but it was something that James worried about. "Sirius! Don't -ever- say that! It has -nothing- to do with you...I was just...It wasn't anything important...Please, don't blame yorself..." James slowly lifted a hand to Sirius' cheek and rubbed it gently with his fingers, a smile on his face.
"You mean that, right?" His voice sounded...shaky...
"Yes, of -course- I mean it...You're my one and only, and I love you more than anything in my life..." Leaving it at that, James snaked both his arms around Sirius' neck and pulled him into a soft, yet passionate kiss. Those soft lips...James only felt them like this when he had left Sirius at the main entrance when he was suspended.
Sirius pulled away slowly, the glitter in his eyes rekindled. "You...James, do you mean that? You love me more than anything? R-Really?" His voice was beginning to tremble.
James nodded. He really, really meant that. Sirius was going to be, if not already, the most important thing to him. But then, at the same time, he had thought about Lily the same way...He never really realized how quickly his affection seemed to change, but...He just noticed that, he didn't care. He felt a soft tear drip on his bare chest, and when he looked up, he noticed more welled up in the corners of Sirius' eyes.
"What's wrong, Sirius?" he asked.
"N-Nothing...I just...James...I love you so much...You don't know how much that," Sirius was stopped by a sniffle, "how much that means to me..."
James had never, really, never seen Sirius cry in his life. Well, not to this caliber. Maybe a tear or two when Sirius was seriously injured during one of their last romps with Snape, but that was because the slimy git broke Sirius' leg. Now, warm tears flooded from his softened eyes, his body just simply collapsing on James'. With an inviting feel, James wrapped his arms around Sirius tightly, holding his love close.
"Let's just sleep, hm?"
Sirius nodded, mumbling some incoherently that sounded faintly like 'I love you', and James just smiled, his eyes closing as he pulled the sheets over him and Sirius. "Sleep well," he whispered, kissing the top of Sirius' head softly, whispering into the older boy's ear to lull him to sleep.
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Sirius awoke about two hours later to the touch of Remus' hand on his shoulder. He grumbled lightly and released James' body, the naked boy gently rolling over. Though Remus should have been a bit surprised by this, he wasn't.
"You two should get up. Everyone will be waking up soon and I can figure you don't want to get caught." Remus smiled softly.
Sirius yawned, arms stretching up toward the headboard. With a light groan, he let his body fall limply to the bed.
"Do I have to...?" he whined, his eyes peering over at James longingly. He just wanted to curl up with the boy...That's it.
Remus replied with a gentle smile, "Yes, you do. You need to get up and sleep in your own bed."
"Oh fine," Sirius huffed, a light chuckle following. "But...Where're my robes?"
Remus held up the clothing, extending it to Sirius. "You left it on the floor. Not very smart."
"Did anybody see it?"
"Doubt it."
Sirius took the clothing and slipped it under the bed, his form sliding into it and ending with him tying the knot. He crawled out of the warm bed with a sigh, clasping a hand on Remus' shoulder to keep balance. He shivered.
"Oy...It's cold..."
"Well, that's what you get for sleeping with someone. You get used to it."
"How do you know?"
Remus blushed softly. "I just do, thank you..."
Sirius smirked just a bit. "You'll have to tell me later, Moony."
"I'll be sure to let you know, Padfoot. But as of now, you should get to your bed. I bet our talking is going to wake some people up..." Remus' golden eyes peered about the room. He slowly tiptoed over to his bed and crawled into it.
"This is the third time..." Sirius mumbled to himself, he also crawling into his bed. Gods it was cold...Sirius felt goosebumps pop over all over his skin, a light shiver following. Why couldn't he just sleep with James? Oh. Right. People would say things. Sirius was beginning to wonder, exactly, what they could do to make him feel weird...Most likely nothing...Though, he didn't want to ruin James' reputation...That's the LAST thing he wanted...
It didn't take long for Sirius to finally fall asleep, only to be awoken about an hour later. Though, to a quite surprising hand - that of Peter Pettigrew.
"Sirius?"
"Wha...?" Sirius mumbled lightly, rolling over and rubbing his eyes. He was sort of curious as to who it was, and when his eyes came into focus, he gasped lightly.
"Peter? Where've you been?!" He was hushed when he saw Peter wave his hand. "Where've you been?" he repeated.
"I was...at home. I had to visit mother." Peter's voice seemed to be quivering.
"You alright?" Sirius asked, sitting himself up against the headboard. "You look a little shaken."
"I'm fine, I just...I wanted to ask you something."
"What is it?" Sirius asked curiously. He had always been a -friend- of Peter's, but they never really talked much unless they were around both James and Remus. It was sort of a pair off.
"Well..." Peter began, "I was wondering...How would you tell someone you like them? I mean...I'm thinking I should-"
Peter was cut off by Sirius' soft chuckle. "Lemme guess who it is. Remus, perhaps?"
Peter blushed furiously, shaking his head. "N-No...! Far from it..."
That came as a soft shock to Sirius. Remus and Peter always seemed to have a little thing going...But then, Sirius felt that Remus sort of liked him, at one point...His mind began to wander off, eventually causing a blank, vacant look on his face.
"S-Sirius? You alright?"
Brought back to reality, Sirius shook his head. "O-Oh...Yes, I'm fine. Don't worry."
"A-Alright...B-But...How would you tell?"
"Well...I suppose all you'd have to do is...simply tell them. That's what I did..." Sirius smiled for a moment, eyes peering over to James' resting body.
"W-Well, I suppose that'd work. It worked for you?"
"'Course it did. I reckon it'd work for you too...Just gotta try, hm?"
Peter nodded and smiled brightly. "Thanks..." His softened eyes gazed around the room quickly, hovering over James for just a little bit more time. He waved a simple 'goodbye' to Sirius and exited the Common Room, curious as to where exactly it was he had been, and where he was going off to.
Sirius didn't have much time to think about it, seeing as Remus and James both awakened. A moment later, so did Alex and Danny.
"Damnit," he whispered.
Since his curtains weren't closed, Sirius got a good look at James waking up. He stifled back a snigger as he noticed James' expression when he noticed he was naked, the boy's eyes widening and him shooting under the covers.
Apparently some of the other boys knew what had happened, and, as hard as it was, each of them kept their sniggers to themselves. While James feverishly continued to try and redress, Remus found his way to Sirius' bed and sat down upon the softened surface.
"'Llo, there."
"Morning, Remus. Guess who I ran into...Erm...Who ran into me?"
"Who?"
"Peter." When Sirius saw Remus' expression, he nodded along. "I know, I was surprised myself. He said he was visiting his mum..."
"That might be true," Remus mused, a hand lifting to his chin. He stroked the soft skin for a moment, eyes peering over at James with a soft chuckle. Both boys watched as the red-faced one stepped over to them.
"Could've had some decency to cover me!" James whispered sharply to the two of them, plopping himself on the bed beside Remus.
"Well, I think we all know why that didn't happen," Remus stated with a snigger, his hand sliding up over his mouth.
James' cheeks, if it was possible, grew an even deeper shade of red. He let himself fall down to the bed. "You two...I swear..."
Sirius smirked. "Well, James, you know...If that's what you want..."
Thought he knew Sirius was joking, the nightmare that occurred a bit ago came back to him. With a shudder, he sat of quickly. He changed the subject quickly. "Let's get some food, shall we?"
Remus tilted his head curiously, slowly standing from the bed. "Hmm...Let's. Tummy's rumbling."
Sirius blinked, but nodded in agreement. "Sure...Let's." He had a bit of a skeptic tone to it, but he couldn't be picky right now. His stomach was growling...
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Author's Note: Oy...Took me forever...Give me some enjoyment and review? ^_^ I love it.