A/N: I'm so mean, aren't I? I promised everyone who reviews chocolate frogs and Kudos, and now it's lent and everyone gave up chocolate. Dammit, I'm such a tease. Well, ok then… seasoned beets to whoever reviews! Their actually quite tasty, I tried my first one the other day…
But that's beside the point!
Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I wouldn't have finished the story without people encouraging me. So Happy St. Valentine's Day, Happy St. Patrick's Day, and Happy Easter!
P.S. Although it was a really good idea, I'm not going to have Sirius try to kill Severus after this fiasco. Why not? Well… because… you'll see…
Ch.5 Hopeful Revenge:
It was three days after the glomping fiasco and there were still random fliers on the walls. They were pink and had "passionate lovers" written in big red letters, underneath it was a picture of Remus clutching Sirius' ass, and at the bottom it read, "Lupin is a bitch" in black. James had been keeping his eyes peeled for them. The first day they came out he had attempted to burn them all, but there were still a few left in the hands of snickering slytherins.
As Snape thought, no one suspected it was him… at first… but James saw him with a camera before and then the flyers came out, and he wasn't stupid. After an hour of beating him up, "Snivellus" ended up spilling the beans. He told him everything: how he planned it all, the potion, the flyers, everything. Then James got his true revenge…
The next day, Snivellus hung from the flagpole at the front of the school… by his underwear.
(A/N:This resulted in him having a permanent wedgy for the rest of his life^-^)
As a ritual of the marauders, Sirius would have never missed out on seeing his revenge, but he had remained locked in the dormitory, and would not come out for anyone. During the day, he made himself as invisible as possible, and would not get within 5 feet of anyone, especially Remus.
It wasn't a good enough revenge for Remus, though.
Remus knew (or thought he knew) why Sirius was sulking. He had completely ruined his reputation, everywhere he went he would be claimed to be gay, that was a perfectly good reason to be mad at him. Remus constantly tried to talk to him, to tell him he was sorry, but it's kind of hard to talk to someone while they are running in the opposite direction.
Any other boy would have been relieved to find out that Remus had only been poisoned. Or that he wasn't really gay… But when James had explained the situation, Sirius went to his dorm alone, and Remus heard stifled sobs that night.
It was very curious to Remus; Sirius really wasn't the one to worry about other people's reactions. All the girls knew he was strait. He practically had the most testosterone in the entire Gryffindor house (besides… maybe James). Plus, when did he care what other people thought? If Sirius was normal, he thought, he would have bounced back by now, he always does…
Something else must be wrong…That was why, three days later, Remus had invaded his friend's privacy and spoke with him.
"Sirius, something's wrong, and I want you to tell me what it is…"
(A/N: That would have been a good cliffy wouldn't it? But, no I'm not that evil)
Sirius blushed deeply, and turned his face away from him, staring fixedly, at the corner of his red-curtained bed. No one else was in the dorm but them; Remus locked it before he came in so that he wouldn't be interrupted. But their conversation didn't require an interruption to be ruined, because Sirius wasn't saying a word.
"Stop looking at me," he whispered finally, in a hurt way that made Remus shudder. Remus looked at his feet.
"Sirius, I just want to say, I'm sorry for everything," his face winced, "but your being sort-of selfish for being mad at me because it's not my fault…"
He turned away from him completely, now, but Remus could tell from his quivering shoulders, that he was crying. "Don't be sorry, Remus, please, just don't be sorry…" Sirius look more pathetic than Remus had ever seen him.
"Um… I'm sorry?"
Sirius turned around and smiled, eyes full of tears, "Stop! I told you not to!"
Remus grinned too, "Alright, Sirius, can you tell me what's the problem?"
"Well… I guess… I…" Sirius paced for a few seconds, around his bed. He opened his mouth to speak, and made a choking noise. Then he started pacing again.
"Well?"
"I just can't form the words…" Sirius said sheepishly, "I'm not good at this stuff…"
"Aren't you mad at me?"
"Before I was mad at you, but now… I don't know…"
"Are you mad at being called gay?"
"A little, but that's not the problem…"
"Well, what is it then?"
Sirius made the choking noise again, "Promise you won't laugh?"
"I promise."
"And you won't tell anyone else for as long as you live?"
"I won't tell."
"Alright," Sirius breathed, "Perhaps it would be best if we sat down."
They sat down on his bed; Sirius took hold of both Remus' hands. They stared into each other's eyes for a while; Remus felt as though he drank the potion again.
He shuddered and sighed, as though he was finally giving in to something, "Well, I've liked someone for a really long time, almost three years, and they never really knew about it. I was obsessed. I love this person, Moony, though I've never have had the courage to say it. I agreed to myself that on Valentine's Day I would tell this person my secret, how much I loved them…"
"But instead you had tea with me…"
"Yes… well… things didn't really go as planned… I never got to tell him how I felt…"
"Him?"
"Yes, Moony, him. Funny, isn't it? I never really wanted to be gay… but this person is so beautiful, so gentle, so sweet, that I was bound to fall in love with him."
"Who is he? Is it that Ravenclaw boy?
"No, I'll tell you who it is in a moment. You see, I wanted to find out if he loved me back, but it ended up he was only in ecstasy. That's my problem, Remus, I don't know whether or not he loves me…"
"Oh," Remus said. He probably doesn't love you as much as I do… "Who is he?"
"Well… Remus…" He paused, unable to find the words again, "I think there's something on your lip,"
"Oh?" Remus wiped his face.
"Here, let me get it for you…"
Their lips met, and Remus fell into a wave of passion. It was not like before… Sirius' arms wrapped around him, his body felt warm and gentle against his own… before it was only ecstasy… Sirius' tongue entered his mouth, Remus didn't quiver or move away, in fact, he held him back… now… it was love.
After a few seconds, they broke away, breathing hard. Sirius stared with his big, puppy-dog eyes, "Well, Remus, do you love me?"
Remus grinned and pulled him into a hug, "Of course I do, Sirius."
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A few hours later, Sirius and Remus were in the hallway, holding hands. Because of the experience they went through before, they were no longer afraid to be seen as gay in public (no reason to fuss about being called a homo when you're already being called a homo). There were looking for James, whom they found in the library with a huge book in his lap. When he saw them holding hands his eyes flashed it aw…
"James, we have something to tell you…" Sirius began.
"About us…" Remus said.
James just gawked, his mouth hanging unhandsomely open.
"Prongs… we're…"
"Gay." Remus finished.
James just looked at them in pure horror for a moment or so. Then his face straitened, "I know what it is…" he began. Then, gripping his wand he stormed out of the Library as fast as he could.
"James!" Sirius whimpered, worried he had lost a friend.
"It's alright, he'll come around," Remus said tugging his boyfriend's arm. But Sirius followed after him, using the marauder's map. Remus trudged after him.
Finally, when they had found him, he was outside, beating up a certain greasy slytherin…
"STOP POISONING MY FRIENDS YOU SICK FREAK!"
Severus looked dumbstruck and horrified at the same time, "But… I… I didn't"
His eyes then fell on the two boys still holding hands, "What the…?"
"I can't believe you would do this to both of them…"
"Huh?"
"But what's more amazing is that you had the gall to do it twice…"
"mibblewibble?"
"Your gonna get your ass kicked…"
"No!"
The noises of various explosions came from the courtyard.
Remus turned to Sirius, "Should we stop him?"
They looked at each other and grinned, "Naaaahhh…"
So, they went back to the common room, arm in arm, grinning like madmen.
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Remus paid his bill, and was about to leave the smoky dinner when he turned to his friend and said, "You know, I really must thank you for doing that…"
And the bell on the door rang as he left into the cold winter, leaving Snape and his mug reminiscing about old times…
(A/N: The End)