Chapter fifteen – Sparks are flying

The days passed by and soon enough it was New Years Eve. Sirius and Remus were still fast asleep that morning, in their usual sleeping position; holding each other. Neither of them had discussed plans for New Years Eve but they both had their own ideas.

Remus woke up first that morning and began prodding Sirius gently in the arm. "Come on, Sirius it's time to get up" Remus said softly. But Sirius merely grunted and shifted away from him. Remus smirked and wrapped his arms around Sirius' chest and began giving him small kisses around his ear and on his cheek and edging closer to his lips.

Sirius smiled but kept his eyes closed; he didn't want this game to stop. Remus continued kissing him everywhere except for his lips and Sirius was growing impatient. But then, after one more kiss on Sirius' temple, Remus did something unexpected; he started tickling Sirius' ribs and under his arms.

That woke Sirius up quickly as he began to laugh manically and was rolling around on his bed whilst Remus continued to tickle him mercilessly. "Stop" Sirius choked out in between laughter. "Oh and why would I do that?" Remus asked playfully.  

"Because…you're…killing…me" Sirius managed to get out. But Remus didn't stop and he carried on tickling his boyfriend. "Now, I will stop if you promise to get up" Remus said calmly. "Ok ok!" Sirius answered. Remus stopped tickling him but that was a wrong move.

Seeing Remus' sign of weakness, Sirius pounced and straddled him and started tickling him. "You should know never to trust me after you've just almost killed me with laughter" Sirius said to Remus, who was twitching and laughing hysterically.

"Mercy!" Remus forced out. But Sirius smirked at him and continued getting his own back. "Oh no my dear Remus, not until I'm finished" Sirius answered. After more tickling and laughter, Sirius finally stopped but he did not get off of Remus.

Remus lay there, smiling and panting for breath whilst Sirius smiled at him. "Had enough?" Sirius asked him. Remus nodded in reply. "I'll get you back for that when you get off me" Remus said to him. "Oh, will you now? And what makes you think I'm going to get off of you?" Sirius asked him.

Remus smiled at him. "Because you love me and would never trap me my whole life" Remus replied sweetly. "Good point" Sirius said and he removed his legs off of Remus and stood next to the bed. Remus was slightly disappointed but then smirked when he remembered what he'd promised to do to Sirius. Remus stood up and pounced on Sirius. But Sirius, expecting an attack merely caught Remus in his arms and slung him gently over his shoulder. "Your little plan backfired my dear" Sirius said to him as he began to move towards the door. "Where are you taking me?" Remus asked him. "No where far" Sirius said, as he opened the door and stepped out of the room.

Sirius managed to hold the light Remus with no problem as he is on the Quidditch team and therefore rather strong. Sirius carried him downstairs with one arm holding him around his waist and the other supporting his arse. Sirius dropped him onto a nearby sofa in the common room. "Remove your shirt please, Remus" Sirius told him calmly.

"What am I? Your slave?" Remus asked with a smirk. "Yes now hurry up". Remus did as he was told and removed his shirt. His thin body was in front of Sirius with traces of cleaned scars from his last transformation. Sirius gazed at him, forgetting his playfulness for a moment as he remembered him and Remus' first night together.

"Are you just going to stare at me or are you actually going to do something?" Remus asked the gawping Sirius. Sirius snapped out of his trance and a smile lingered on his lips. He straddled Remus again and started kissing his chest in the same way Remus had been kissing him this morning.

He moved downwards and kissed around Remus' bellybutton and slowly made his way towards Remus' groin. He did not remove his trousers though, it was far too early for that, instead he began kissing and licking the sensitive spot right above his groin which made Remus shudder with excitement.   

Sirius moved upwards and began licking Remus' chest with his skilful tongue until he was right up by Remus' face. "I love you" Sirius said gently before kissing him passionately on the lips, letting his tongue wrestle with Remus' like their two bodies had done upstairs. 

This continued for a while until Remus broke the kiss. "We better get dressed now, Sirius". "Yeah you're right, I have something important to do today" Sirius said, getting off of Remus. "What's that?" Remus asked curiously. "Ah now that would be telling wouldn't it" Sirius said with a wink. "Come on then you lazy sod, time to get up" Sirius said to Remus whom was still lying on the sofa.

"But I'm just so tired, I don't think I'll make it up the stairs" Remus said, faking distress. Sirius smirked at him. "Would you like me to carry you again?" Sirius said, cocking an eyebrow. "Yes! I mean, if you want to" Remus replied. Sirius put one arm under Remus' back and let his legs rest on his other arm. He picked him up with ease and carried him upstairs.

He placed Remus on the bed and made his way to the bathroom. "Where are you going?" Remus asked, wincing at the pathetic ness in his tone of voice. "To have a shower, I would ask you to join me but you're too tired…" Sirius said, trailing off. Remus jumped up quickly. "No I'm fine" Remus said. Sirius laughed and took Remus' hand and they went for their shower together.

After they were showered and dressed, the couple went for a quick breakfast in the Great Hall and noticed the New Year's decorations that had replaced the Christmas ones. "So where are you going today?" Remus asked Sirius after he took a bite of his toast. "To Hogsmeade" Sirius replied. "What for?" Remus asked with interest. "You'll see" replied Sirius, putting down his finished drink along with his finished breakfast.

"I'd better be off now actually" Sirius said standing. He made to kiss Remus but he glanced around quickly but noted that they were the only ones there because of their late start. He kissed him quickly and said: "see you later" and he was gone.

Remus finished his breakfast and went back to the common room to collect a few books so he could catch up on some homework. When he arrived, he saw his owl waiting for him with a letter. "Thank you" Remus said, stroking her head gently before she took off back to the owlery again. Remus picked up the letter and began to read it.  

Remus,

I hope you're having a good holiday and your Christmas wasn't too bad-

'Wasn't too bad? It was amazing' thought Remus before he continued reading the letter.

Have a good new year and I'll see you when I get back to school.

Severus

Remus smiled and hid the letter in his trunk so that Sirius wouldn't find it. He knew he wouldn't be happy with his friendship with Severus and perhaps even jealous after what he told him a few days ago. Remus shook that thought away and picked up his books and made his way to the library.

Remus stayed there for a while and he managed to finish all of his homework. But then he felt rather bored and he wished Sirius would hurry back. He sighed and put his books back in his dorm room. Remus wandered around the corridors for a while, not knowing where to go until he found himself near the kitchens, so he decided to pay the house elves a visit.

Tinky greeted him enthusiastically and gave him a plate of biscuits and a glass of orange juice. "Thank you" Remus said to the small elf. Tinky smiled and took a seat near Remus. "Is Master Lupin enjoying the holidays?" Tinky asked in a squeaky voice. "Yes and its Remus, Tinky. How have your holidays been?" Remus asked her. "They have been fine Master-" Tinky was cut off by Remus raising his eyebrows at her. "Remus" She finished and Remus smiled at her.

He stayed talking to Tinky and the other house elves until he decided to go and see if Sirius had returned yet. Remus had already finished his lunch with the house elves, which he thanked them for and then he left the kitchens. Remus went to look for Sirius by the one eyed witch but he couldn't find him. Suddenly, he felt strong arms around his stomach and he breathed in Sirius' scent.

"Hello love, did you miss me?" Sirius asked. "Of course" Remus replied, turning around in his arms and kissing him softly. "Have you gotten everything you needed from Hogsmeade?" Remus asked whilst him and Sirius walked back to the common room hand in hand. "Yep and tonight's going to be a night to remember" Sirius replied.

"What exactly have you got planned?" Remus asked. "It's a surprise" Sirius said, kissing Remus' cheek. "Ok ok fair enough" Remus replied.

They spent the rest of the afternoon playing chess, kissing and talking about general things. By eleven o' clock, Sirius collected a bag with unknown items in it and him and Remus went outside. They lay underneath their tree and talked for a while, both of them bathed in the crescent moonlight and sitting underneath a warm blanket.

"Are you going to tell me what's in that bag?" Remus asked Sirius when it was quarter to twelve. "Yes my dear" Sirius said, opening the bag. Remus' eyes widened as Sirius showed him many different shaped and sized fireworks. "I got them from Zonko's, they automatically go off at midnight" Sirius explained. Remus nodded and smiled at Sirius, he was always one for great surprises.

Sirius set up the fireworks and went and sat under the blanket with Remus again. It was now only a minute until midnight and Sirius took his hand in Remus'. "I know we haven't been together all of last year but I hope we stay together for the next one and all of them after that" Sirius said to a smiling Remus.

"I feel the same way, love" Remus replied. Sirius glanced at his watch. "Five seconds" He said. "5, 4, 3, 2" they said together. On one the numerous fireworks rose and exploded into the air but the two boys didn't notice because they were too busy having an amazing New Year's kiss.

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