Chapter ten – Away from prying eyes
A few days passed by and Remus and Sirius continued to sleep in the same bed. Remus' nightmares stopped and both canines were immensely happy to spend time in each others company at night.
The early morning sun rose slowly spreading red and orange across the soon to be blue sky. Remus' eyes opened carefully so he was not blinded by the sunlight which was streaming through the window. Even with the curtains closed around Sirius' four poster bed, the sunlight still managed to seep through.
Remus looked next to him and was met by Sirius' handsome face. His eyes were closed in contentment and his silky black hair was sprawled across his pillow. His chest was rising and falling slowly and Remus could just make out the shallow breathing which was producing from his mouth.
Remus slipped out of Sirius' arms, where he had been sleeping all night and he slid out of bed. Sirius shifted uncomfortably in his bed, noticing that his werewolf lover was no longer in his arms.
"Remus?" Sirius asked groggily with his eyes still closed. "Its ok love, I'm just going to have a shower" Remus replied softly, kissing Sirius' head. Sirius smiled sweetly and fell asleep once again which gave Remus the opportunity to shower before he awoke again.
He slipped in the shower after removing his sleeping garments and sighed softly as the warm water cascaded down his body. He emerged from the shower ten minutes later and dressed himself quickly.
Remus looked around the room and noticed that his fellow Gryffindor's had already gone to breakfast. Remus was surprised; it was a Saturday after all. But then he remembered that it was the first Quidditch match of the season today. Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff.
Remus didn't care much for Quidditch; sure he liked to fly but he never enjoyed the competitiveness Quidditch caused, especially between Gryffindor and Slytherin. James was a chaser on the Gryffindor team and Sirius was a beater. Peter and Remus usually watched their friends from the crowd, cheering them on with the other Gryffindor supporters.
'I had better wake Sirius up now, he hasn't got long left to get ready' Remus thought, walking over to his peacefully sleeping boyfriend.
"Sirius, wake up. You have Quidditch today" Remus said gently, nudging him. Sirius groaned slightly but slowly pulled himself into a sitting position. "I hate getting up" Sirius said irritably as he stood up and made his way to the shower, slumped over like a caveman.
Remus sat alone on Sirius' bed and wondered whether he should wait. Sirius walked back as though he had forgotten something important. He kissed Remus softly and briefly on his mouth and then said: "I won't be long". Remus smiled as Sirius walked back over to the bathroom.
About ten minutes later, Sirius emerged from the shower dripping wet with a towel wrapped around his waist. Remus stared at his bare chest and licked his lips slightly. Sirius noticed this and raised his eyebrows and smirked seductively.
Remus blushed slightly and turned away. Sirius walked over to him and sat on his lap. His fingers wrapped around Remus' brown hair and he began kissing his neck softly. Remus groaned slightly and tilted his head back so that his neck was exposed more.
Sirius bit him softly and then moved his lips to Remus' and gave him a deep, passionate kiss. They broke away and stared into each others eyes for a moment before Sirius sat up. "I had better get dressed now" he said. Remus nodded, wondering whether it was a good idea to have another shower, but colder.
Sirius and Remus made their way to the Great Hall and ate their breakfast with James and Peter. Once they had finished, James and Sirius decided they had better make their way to the pitch.
"See you later Rem, Pete" James said cheerfully. "Bye Pete, Remus" Sirius added. Remus stood up and moved closer to Sirius, expecting a kiss. Sirius looked around at the full Great Hall worriedly, smiled quickly and left.
Remus watched his retreating back and looked at the floor, feeling disappointed. Why is he so ashamed of being with me? Can't we just tell everyone already? All this secrecy is really getting to me Remus thought sadly. It was bad enough he already had an even bigger secret to keep, without his secret relationship with Sirius bringing him down.
James and Peter looked at him, both wearing the same worried expression. "Don't worry about it mate, he'll come around" James said. "Yeah" Peter continued. "That's just the way Sirius is sometimes, don't worry about it". Remus smiled at his friends.
"Thanks" he replied with a sigh, not feeling any better. James gave his shoulder one last squeeze and left to join Sirius by the Quidditch pitch. "Why does he have to be like that Pete?" Remus asked sadly. "I don't know Remus, but I do know that Sirius loves you. He's just afraid of letting other people know that" Peter replied.
"You're right Pete, thank you" Remus said, smiling at his friend. Peter retuned the smile and said: "Come on, we better go now so we can get good seats".
James ran after Sirius and walked next to him, his arms folded across his chest in annoyance. He sighed exasperatedly to catch Sirius' attention. "What?" Sirius asked. "You know what! Why are you acting like this?" James asked. "Like what?" Sirius said, acting as though he had no idea what James was talking about.
"As though you're ashamed that you're with Remus" James answered. Sirius' head snapped to face him. "I'm not ashamed of Remus!" Sirius replied indignantly. "Well stop acting like it! I can understand why you didn't want everyone to see you kiss Remus back there but you have to talk to him about it, you upset him" James said, searching Sirius' face for a reaction.
Sirius' eyes widened and he looked fearful. "I upset him!?" he chocked. Tears threatened to escape from his deep blue eyes. "Yes, you did" James said bluntly. "Oh god, I have to find him" Sirius stated. At this point they were already by the changing rooms. "Sirius, you can't. The game will start soon and you're never find him in that lot" James said, meaning the crowds of students which were trying to find seats.
Sirius bowed his head in defeat. "You're right. I'll just have to talk to him later" Sirius replied. James and Sirius walked into the changing rooms and listened to the Gryffindor captain, Annabelle Johnson give her speech to her team mates. After a discussion of team tactics, it was time to fly out onto the pitch.
Tylon was the commentator for the Quidditch games and his voice echoed over the stand as he introduced the team's members. "Welcome to the first game of Quidditch this season. I'm Tylon Kathan and here come the Hufflepuff team!" Tylon said loudly as the team in canary yellow flew onto the pitch. "Joseph Appleby, Katherine Bourne, Michael Frost, Thomas Hemming, Eliza King and captain Elias Turner" Tylon introduced. "Now here are the Gryffindors!" The Gryffindor team flew onto the pitch whilst Tylon said their names.
"Sirius Black, Kieran Brisbane, Amanda Cornwell, James Potter, Jeremy Rivers, Billus Weasley and captain Annabelle Johnson!"
All the players waited in the air as captains Annabelle Johnson and Elias Turner shook hands. Everyone waited until Madam Swain released the balls. The Snitch flew off towards the west, the bludgers rose and the Quaffle was thrown and caught by Gryffindor chaser Jeremy Rivers.
"And they're off! Rivers is in possession of the Quaffle, he passes to Cornwell who is intercepted by King, who passes to Hemming…" Tylon stated. The game carried on and James, Amanda and Jeremy scored twice each and Hufflepuff chasers Eliza and Joseph scored. Making the score 60-20 to Gryffindor.
Sirius hit the bludgers hard to release the anger he felt for himself. Why do I have to be so scared! He thought as he hit a bludger towards Eliza, who dropped the Quaffle. The game carried on for another forty-five minutes until Seekers Michael Frost and Kieran Brisbane caught sight of the Snitch.
After much flying, Kieran closed his fingers around the tiny snitch and the Gryffindor supporters erupted into cheers when Tylon announced Gryffindor had won, 240-70.
The whole Gryffindor team were congratulated by a massive crowd. Sirius was caught in the middle of it, searching for Remus. Five girls were throwing themselves at him and he was sick of it. His eyes found Remus'. He looked hurt and confused at the girls who were flirting with his boyfriend, who he also thought was ashamed of him. Remus gave him one last, searching look and he walked away with his head bowed. Sirius panicked and pushed the girls off of him and made his way out of the crowd so that he could run after Remus.
"Remus! Remus!" Sirius called, but Remus was no where to be seen. Sirius kneeled down, defeated. His tears splattered across the green grass in front of him.
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A/N: I know that was sooo cruel of me but it had to be done! Review please and I'll update as soon as I can. Thank you!