AN- AH! I love you guys, I really do. So many reviews for 4 chapters! Well, here is your reward! A FIFTH CHAPTER! Yeah, it's really not going very far in here, just nice, loverly fluff. Best kind eh? I promise, a plot will surface soon. BTW- this takes place in spring of their 5th year. Ah- well, I love you all! Read and review! (You're all wonderful at it after all! *beams*)
Disclaimer- Not mine....I want...want to steal...must not steal, must not steal...BAD LILA! BAD LILA! *slams head against wall* Ah well, they aren't mine, and never will be. All bow to J.K. Rowling...
Yes, yes, getting on with it!
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Sirius looked up at Remus after everyone had gone upstairs. Remus was still standing there, just looking at him. Sirius blushed and looked down at his feet.
"I…err…um..." he stumbled looking for something to say. When he looked up again, Remus was closer. Sirius gulped nervously. "Um…Remus?" he asked hesitantly, "Can I…may I…kiss you again?"
Remus smiled, stepped forwards and nodded before quickly pressing his lips to Sirius's. Sirius felt the world around him spin like a top before he slowly pulled away.
"Sirius, I love you." Remus stated simply. How could he be so calm? Sirius stood there shocked for a moment, unable to say anything at all. "Sirius…I…will you be my…my…mate?" Remus asked slowly, trembling slightly in Sirius's arms. Sirius blinked in confusion. Was this really happening? COULD this really happen?
"I…" Sirius began, but Remus cut him off.
"You don't have to decide now; I can wait for an answer." Remus said quickly. "I just, I just love you Sirius, and I can only hope you feel the same way about me."
In response, Sirius leaned over and kissed Remus again, only this time more slowly. He smiled down at Remus when their lips parted and whispered. "I…I want to be with you Moony. I want to be with you always."
The smile on Remus's face just then was the most beautiful thing Sirius had ever seen. So beautiful that he could hardly help himself from smiling right back down at the slightly shorter werewolf.
"You know what Moony?" Sirius asked, grinning. Remus tilted his head slightly. "I'm not sure whether I should kill or hug James. He scared the shit out of me, but ended up to be one damn good matchmaker."
Remus laughed, a sound like silver to Sirius's ears. "You know…that's a good point. And it brings up another question. What're we going to say to everyone? Or should we say anything at all?"
"Hmm…I say we let them figure out." Sirius said before suddenly sweeping Remus off the ground and swinging him around in a circle.
"Why's that?" Remus asked when his feet were safely returned to the ground and he had caught his breath from laughing.
"Well, that way we don't kill James for the fright, but we aren't being completely nice about it either. He deserves a LITTLE punishment for that at least!" Sirius said with a flourish.
"And not to mention the humor factor, eh Padfoot?" Remus added with a smile.
"Indeed not my dear Moony!" Sirius stated before leaning down to kiss Remus once again before they both went up to bed, quietly so as not to disturb the sleeping, and unsuspecting, James.
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As soon as Remus and Sirius had turned the corner to their dorm, James's slipped the invisibility cloak off his head, grinning like a madman.
"Perfect." He stated to the empty room before darting upstairs, hoping his absence had gone unnoticed.
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Sirius yawned and stretched the next morning as the sun woke him.
"Damn, forgot to close the curtains," he mumbled, trying to shield his eyes from the bright sunlight. He quickly rolled over and stuffed his head under the pillow in an attempt to hide from the 'bloody sunlight'.
"I don't think so Siri!" Remus stated, just before pulling the pillow out of Sirius's grasp.
"ARG! MOONY! GIVE THAT BACK!" Sirius hollered, leaping out of bed.
"What ever for?" Remus asked calmly from his perch on Sirius's trunk. "After all, you're out of bed now, which was the purpose of stealing it to begin with." Remus laughed and tossed the pillow back onto Sirius's bed. "Rise and shine, love. It's a beautiful day."
Sirius smiled, finally noticing the absence of their dorm mates. "Say, where is everyone?"
"Eating. They still believe in Saturday morning breakfast after all."
"And you don't?"
"I believe in breakfast at 7, not 10:30." Remus replied with a smirk.
"You get up to bloody early, Moony." Sirius said, just as he did every morning.
"Yes well, it leaves marvelous opportunities wide open." Remus once again smiled, it was becoming almost intoxicating to Sirius to see him smile, so…inviting.
Sirius grinned and walked closer to Remus, so that he was now only a few inches from his face. Quickly taking up on his 'opportunity,' Remus tilted his chin up slightly and leaned into Sirius, whose lips had descended to Remus's within moments.
The kiss, although chaste, lasted rather longer than anticipated and was only broken by the tell tale noise of someone running up the stairs. Sirius gave Remus another soft kiss before parting towards his trunk.
"Who needs breakfast when they can have Moony in the morning?" he asked quietly just as the door opened to reveal a panting James who was holding something tightly in his fist, grinning triumphantly.
"Padfoot! Moony! Look what I caught!" he exclaimed happily, shoving his clenched hands in front of them.
"Err...James?" Sirius asked, frowning in confusion, "We all know you have hands…"
"No you stupid git, INSIDE my hands…I caught a Snitch just lurking around outside!" James was positively BOUNCING in excitement. Sirius quickly caught on and smiled, trying to cover his disappointment that such an interruption couldn't be more important. No rogue Snitch was worth more attention than his Moony. Remus was now sitting on his bed, his eyes dancing with mirth.
'I swear,' Sirius thought to himself, smiling fondly at Remus, 'I've never seen him this…this…happy.'
Remus chose that moment to add his two knuts to the conversation. "Well, now you can practice catching it. Maybe you'll catch it more often on the pitch." He stated before quickly grabbing Sirius and using him as a human shield.
"Oi! Not fair Moony!" Sirius protested. "No innocent bystander should be injured here!"
James, who had been close to throwing something (he didn't know what) at Remus, suddenly began laughing at the show they were putting on.
"Not funny!" Sirius hollered, grabbing Remus's pillow and throwing it at James.
"Hey, that's mine!" Remus yelled, releasing Sirius and grabbing for the pillow. He missed and Sirius took the opportunity to pounce on the flying Remus to prevent him from once again stealing his pillow.
"You already took that once this morning!" Sirius said, quickly removing the pillow from Remus's reach. Remus twisted out from underneath Sirius and darted over to James's bed where he grabbed that pillow and threw it at Sirius. Sirius, however, saw it coming and ducked, leaving James to take the pillow right in the face.
"Oh no," James said, releasing the snitch and picking up the nearest pillow. "You don't insult me and throw two pillows at me, one of which happens to be MINE, without some retribution!" James threw both pillows with almost startling accuracy, knocking Sirius over and hitting Remus in the face.
In the moment that followed, Sirius stood up, brushed himself off and stated nonchalantly, "I think, my dear Marauders, we have begun a WAR!" With that, Sirius grabbed the pillow that had knocked him over and beat James over the head with it. Pretty soon, the only thing that could be seen were three teenage boys, one still in his pajamas, covered in feathers. Peter opened the door at one point, only to quickly shut it to avoid a pillow that was hurtling towards him. He turned around and retreated to the relative 'safety' of the Commons to be entertained by the color-changing Bill Weasly.
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The pillow fight finally came to an end at noon when Remus announced that it was lunchtime. He was answered by a loud growl from Sirius's stomach.
"Sirius?" Remus asked. Sirius looked up from the pillow he was repairing. "Are you ever going to get dressed?"
Sirius looked down at the boxers and white t-shirt he was still wearing and laughed. "I suppose I should, and I also suppose I should eat." He added, pulling a clean set of robes out of his trunk and heading towards the bathroom.
Remus turned to James who was directing the feathers floating in a corner back into what was his pillow. "Go ahead, I'll take care of this mess." He stated after James had made several failed attempts to get the feathers INTO the pillow instead around it.
"Thanks Moony, see you in a few minutes." James said before bolting out the door and towards the Great Hall.
Remus had all the pillows back together in no time. Charms came easily for him. Sirius came back fully clothed with his hair neatened…slightly.
"Time for food?" Sirius asked hopefully.
"Ah, can't live entirely on me now can you?" Remus asked as Sirius's stomach let out another grumble. "We'll go, but you don't get through this door without giving me another kiss." Remus said, standing squarely in front of the door.
"Oh such sacrifice." Sirius said, sarcasm positively dripping from his voice as he advanced on Remus. He leaned down and planted his lips once more upon his prize before pulling back, smiling. "As much as I love doing that…let's go eat." He said, lifting Remus off the ground and almost carrying him down the stairs to the commons, which was empty, thankfully.
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R&R! Pretty please? Pretty pretty please? I'll give you a cookie if you do! (really! I will!)
Disclaimer- Not mine....I want...want to steal...must not steal, must not steal...BAD LILA! BAD LILA! *slams head against wall* Ah well, they aren't mine, and never will be. All bow to J.K. Rowling...
Yes, yes, getting on with it!
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Sirius looked up at Remus after everyone had gone upstairs. Remus was still standing there, just looking at him. Sirius blushed and looked down at his feet.
"I…err…um..." he stumbled looking for something to say. When he looked up again, Remus was closer. Sirius gulped nervously. "Um…Remus?" he asked hesitantly, "Can I…may I…kiss you again?"
Remus smiled, stepped forwards and nodded before quickly pressing his lips to Sirius's. Sirius felt the world around him spin like a top before he slowly pulled away.
"Sirius, I love you." Remus stated simply. How could he be so calm? Sirius stood there shocked for a moment, unable to say anything at all. "Sirius…I…will you be my…my…mate?" Remus asked slowly, trembling slightly in Sirius's arms. Sirius blinked in confusion. Was this really happening? COULD this really happen?
"I…" Sirius began, but Remus cut him off.
"You don't have to decide now; I can wait for an answer." Remus said quickly. "I just, I just love you Sirius, and I can only hope you feel the same way about me."
In response, Sirius leaned over and kissed Remus again, only this time more slowly. He smiled down at Remus when their lips parted and whispered. "I…I want to be with you Moony. I want to be with you always."
The smile on Remus's face just then was the most beautiful thing Sirius had ever seen. So beautiful that he could hardly help himself from smiling right back down at the slightly shorter werewolf.
"You know what Moony?" Sirius asked, grinning. Remus tilted his head slightly. "I'm not sure whether I should kill or hug James. He scared the shit out of me, but ended up to be one damn good matchmaker."
Remus laughed, a sound like silver to Sirius's ears. "You know…that's a good point. And it brings up another question. What're we going to say to everyone? Or should we say anything at all?"
"Hmm…I say we let them figure out." Sirius said before suddenly sweeping Remus off the ground and swinging him around in a circle.
"Why's that?" Remus asked when his feet were safely returned to the ground and he had caught his breath from laughing.
"Well, that way we don't kill James for the fright, but we aren't being completely nice about it either. He deserves a LITTLE punishment for that at least!" Sirius said with a flourish.
"And not to mention the humor factor, eh Padfoot?" Remus added with a smile.
"Indeed not my dear Moony!" Sirius stated before leaning down to kiss Remus once again before they both went up to bed, quietly so as not to disturb the sleeping, and unsuspecting, James.
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As soon as Remus and Sirius had turned the corner to their dorm, James's slipped the invisibility cloak off his head, grinning like a madman.
"Perfect." He stated to the empty room before darting upstairs, hoping his absence had gone unnoticed.
~*~
Sirius yawned and stretched the next morning as the sun woke him.
"Damn, forgot to close the curtains," he mumbled, trying to shield his eyes from the bright sunlight. He quickly rolled over and stuffed his head under the pillow in an attempt to hide from the 'bloody sunlight'.
"I don't think so Siri!" Remus stated, just before pulling the pillow out of Sirius's grasp.
"ARG! MOONY! GIVE THAT BACK!" Sirius hollered, leaping out of bed.
"What ever for?" Remus asked calmly from his perch on Sirius's trunk. "After all, you're out of bed now, which was the purpose of stealing it to begin with." Remus laughed and tossed the pillow back onto Sirius's bed. "Rise and shine, love. It's a beautiful day."
Sirius smiled, finally noticing the absence of their dorm mates. "Say, where is everyone?"
"Eating. They still believe in Saturday morning breakfast after all."
"And you don't?"
"I believe in breakfast at 7, not 10:30." Remus replied with a smirk.
"You get up to bloody early, Moony." Sirius said, just as he did every morning.
"Yes well, it leaves marvelous opportunities wide open." Remus once again smiled, it was becoming almost intoxicating to Sirius to see him smile, so…inviting.
Sirius grinned and walked closer to Remus, so that he was now only a few inches from his face. Quickly taking up on his 'opportunity,' Remus tilted his chin up slightly and leaned into Sirius, whose lips had descended to Remus's within moments.
The kiss, although chaste, lasted rather longer than anticipated and was only broken by the tell tale noise of someone running up the stairs. Sirius gave Remus another soft kiss before parting towards his trunk.
"Who needs breakfast when they can have Moony in the morning?" he asked quietly just as the door opened to reveal a panting James who was holding something tightly in his fist, grinning triumphantly.
"Padfoot! Moony! Look what I caught!" he exclaimed happily, shoving his clenched hands in front of them.
"Err...James?" Sirius asked, frowning in confusion, "We all know you have hands…"
"No you stupid git, INSIDE my hands…I caught a Snitch just lurking around outside!" James was positively BOUNCING in excitement. Sirius quickly caught on and smiled, trying to cover his disappointment that such an interruption couldn't be more important. No rogue Snitch was worth more attention than his Moony. Remus was now sitting on his bed, his eyes dancing with mirth.
'I swear,' Sirius thought to himself, smiling fondly at Remus, 'I've never seen him this…this…happy.'
Remus chose that moment to add his two knuts to the conversation. "Well, now you can practice catching it. Maybe you'll catch it more often on the pitch." He stated before quickly grabbing Sirius and using him as a human shield.
"Oi! Not fair Moony!" Sirius protested. "No innocent bystander should be injured here!"
James, who had been close to throwing something (he didn't know what) at Remus, suddenly began laughing at the show they were putting on.
"Not funny!" Sirius hollered, grabbing Remus's pillow and throwing it at James.
"Hey, that's mine!" Remus yelled, releasing Sirius and grabbing for the pillow. He missed and Sirius took the opportunity to pounce on the flying Remus to prevent him from once again stealing his pillow.
"You already took that once this morning!" Sirius said, quickly removing the pillow from Remus's reach. Remus twisted out from underneath Sirius and darted over to James's bed where he grabbed that pillow and threw it at Sirius. Sirius, however, saw it coming and ducked, leaving James to take the pillow right in the face.
"Oh no," James said, releasing the snitch and picking up the nearest pillow. "You don't insult me and throw two pillows at me, one of which happens to be MINE, without some retribution!" James threw both pillows with almost startling accuracy, knocking Sirius over and hitting Remus in the face.
In the moment that followed, Sirius stood up, brushed himself off and stated nonchalantly, "I think, my dear Marauders, we have begun a WAR!" With that, Sirius grabbed the pillow that had knocked him over and beat James over the head with it. Pretty soon, the only thing that could be seen were three teenage boys, one still in his pajamas, covered in feathers. Peter opened the door at one point, only to quickly shut it to avoid a pillow that was hurtling towards him. He turned around and retreated to the relative 'safety' of the Commons to be entertained by the color-changing Bill Weasly.
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The pillow fight finally came to an end at noon when Remus announced that it was lunchtime. He was answered by a loud growl from Sirius's stomach.
"Sirius?" Remus asked. Sirius looked up from the pillow he was repairing. "Are you ever going to get dressed?"
Sirius looked down at the boxers and white t-shirt he was still wearing and laughed. "I suppose I should, and I also suppose I should eat." He added, pulling a clean set of robes out of his trunk and heading towards the bathroom.
Remus turned to James who was directing the feathers floating in a corner back into what was his pillow. "Go ahead, I'll take care of this mess." He stated after James had made several failed attempts to get the feathers INTO the pillow instead around it.
"Thanks Moony, see you in a few minutes." James said before bolting out the door and towards the Great Hall.
Remus had all the pillows back together in no time. Charms came easily for him. Sirius came back fully clothed with his hair neatened…slightly.
"Time for food?" Sirius asked hopefully.
"Ah, can't live entirely on me now can you?" Remus asked as Sirius's stomach let out another grumble. "We'll go, but you don't get through this door without giving me another kiss." Remus said, standing squarely in front of the door.
"Oh such sacrifice." Sirius said, sarcasm positively dripping from his voice as he advanced on Remus. He leaned down and planted his lips once more upon his prize before pulling back, smiling. "As much as I love doing that…let's go eat." He said, lifting Remus off the ground and almost carrying him down the stairs to the commons, which was empty, thankfully.
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