Y o u r P r i d e , R e m e m b e r ?
It was just then that James burst through the door. "Hey guys, guess what! I - "
The words died on his tongue, as his ocean hued eyes took in the scene before him. Took in the white and shocked face of Sirius Black, and the saddened expression of Remus Lupin's. "Bloody hell, guys, what happened?"
Both flinched visibly, and Sirius fought to think of a reasonable way of explaining to his best friend. But before he can even start, Remus burst out, "I broke up with Sirius, James. I... I felt this relationship is... boring. Unsatisfactory."
Both Sirius and James stared at him, shock and disbelief etched on their faces, but for totally different reasons. "What?" whispered James. "It was boring? How could you say that?" Sirius tried to speak, but his throat was locked, unable to produce any sounds, and he was forced to merely wave his arms about, trying to get James to looka to look at him and let him explain. "So you mean, you mean - you weren't getting enough out of this? That- that all this was too little, that you wanted more? You wanted more... enjoyment?" the unruly hair lad continued to hiss at the werewolf, both blatantly ignoring Sirius' vain protests.
Silently, Remus nodded. "Yes."
"I don't BELIEVE you!" James yelled at him. "Don't you see how much Sirius loves you? Don't you see how much he cares for you? He was totally smitten with you, how DARE you! I'd always thought you were, what, a quiet and studious friend, calm and unable to bear the thought of hurting anyone, but look at you! How could you? How could you do this to Sirius when you know how much he cares about you, Lupin?"
The other nodded again, still staring mutely at the ground. //I'm not going to cry. I'm not going to cry. And I'm not going to let Sirius' pride be crushed. I'm not going to let James know the truth.//
"Go to hell, Lupin!" James shouted, anger spilling out of his eyes. He grabbed Sirius' wrist, and proceeded to haul him out of the room. "Come on Sirius, let's go. I don't want to look at this loser in the face just yet."
And with that, the former tugged the latter out of the room, and the last Remus ever saw of Sirius was a shocked, questioning look on his face - Why??
***
"James, JAMES!" Sirius yelped as he tried to stop his best friend from his furious stomping, but to no avail.
"...how could he, that bastard, that horrible monster! He knew how much you cared, how much you loved him, and all this while he's been treating you as a toy!" James continued to mutter as he stomped through the halls of the large Hogwarts castle, dragging Sirius along behind him.
"Stop, James, stop! Where are you taking me??"
"To the Library. Anywhere but one where that little brat is at."
"No, James, listen -"
"You listen to me, Sirius. Look. I'm very sorry for you that you ever fell into that trap of ... that person, and I swear it upon my soul that I'll seek revenge for you. That and I'll probably never speak to that heartless bastard again."
A frustrated sigh. "Will you just listen, James?"
"Fine."
The head boy pulled to a stop, and swung around to face Sirius. "Talk. What is there to talk about? He's one cruel bastard, that's what he is. I've heard it all."
"No... no. What he told you isn't the truth." Eyes screwing mentally shut, trying to block out the images of what James would do to him once the truth, the real truth is out.
A questioning frown. "What do you mean, it isn't the truth?"
"What he said... at least, I think it's the reason. It's to save me. Save me my own damn stupid pride."
I admit, kinda short, but I finish chapters according to the story, like, what pauses would work better with the story. :D And here's the answer to the reviews.
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