~Old Memories~
The days past by in a blur, and before either of them knew it, a week had been spent. Remus had just casually set his two suitcases by the front door when he heard a door slam upstairs.
"Mooooony!" Sirius whined from upstairs, "Get up here and help me!"
Remus chuckled half from exhaustion, half from frustration. Sirius couldn't do *anything* that required any amount of brain activity by himself.
"Help you with what?" Remus shouted back up to him.
"I can't find something!" another door slammed.
Remus rubbed at his eyes, but forced himself to climb the stairs to the Sirius-amuck havoc that was the second floor. He finally found Sirius in his bathroom crawling on the floor.
Remus leaned against the doorframe, "One, what are you looking for, and two, why would it be in my lavatory?"
"I can't find my hair tie and I've looked everywhere else!"
The sandy-blonde would have laughed 'till tears shone in his eyes, but the scene before him was a little more then pathetic, "Sirius, you have at least a dozen ties. How could you loose them all?"
"I didn't loose them all, but I lost my favorite one!"
"You have a favorite hair tie?" Remus raised an eyebrow. He was deeply concentrating on the difference between a five year old loosing her beloved teddy bear and Sirius right now. There wasn't much of one.
"Yeah, it's the black one that you gave me! The first one I ever had!" Sirius finally got up off the floor and looked at the blonde who was trying so hard not to laugh.
"You still have that?" Remus was sort of shocked. He had given that to Sirius in their fifth year when he got fed up with his hair falling in his face all the time.
"Yeah I still have that! It's like a memorial for the Marauders!"
Remus looked a little lost, "A memorial? For what?"
Sirius looked shocked, "You don't remember?"
"Um..." Remus shook his head, "No..."
"You don't have any idea what you said when you gave it to me?" Sirius continued to stare wide-eyed.
The sandy-blonde continued to shake his head, "What did I say?"
Sirius started to laugh and did a great Remus imitation, "Sirius, take this and tie your bloody hair out of your face before I fucking cut it off while you're asleep!"
Remus just stared as the raven-haired man continued to laugh, "So?"
Sirius quit laughing, "So? So?!! Rems, that was the first time you had cursed in your entire life! The rest of us had been trying to get you to do that since we met you, and all it took was for me to just not cut my hair! Don't you remember that we practically threw a party that night?"
Remus scrambled through his memories and he finally remembered. When he said that to Sirius, the whole common room had gone quiet before it erupted in cheers, laughter, and congratulations to both him and Sirius. His face had been red the entire night, especially when Sirius had carried him around on his shoulders for at least fifteen minutes. That was before he had a chance to get a hold of something from the ceiling, he thought it was a decoration, and knock them both off balance sending them onto a couch. He guessed with all the pressure from the O.W.L.S., the fifth years would celebrate anything and the rest of the house would join in no matter what.
Remus knocked his head against the doorframe he was leaning on, "Leave it up to you to remember *that*."
"So you do remember!" Sirius grinned, "Besides, what kind of Marauder would I be if I didn't memorize that history-in-the-making moment?"
"History-in-the-making moment?"
"Yeah, and now I can't find the monument that documents said historic moment!"
Remus continued to lean his body back against the doorframe and smiled, "Sometimes, Padfoot, you are an arse."
"Ha! See, you wouldn't have said that to me if I didn't keep my hair untidy because you probably would have never cursed!"
Remus just banged his head against the doorframe.
"You know, you have a bad habit of doing that?"
Remus just thumped his head again.
Sirius shook his head, "Ok, Moony, you can do that later. Just help me find my hair tie!"
"Alright, where did you have it last?"
"I put it back in my lavatory."
"So why would it be in *my* lavatory?" Remus questioned.
"Maybe it likes your lavatory better then mine. How the bloody hell should I know?"
Remus walked out of his bathroom and across the hall to Sirius's room, "Now if I know Sirius..."
Two black suitcases on the bed caught his eye and he went over and opened the first one, "It should be in this one..."
Remus rummaged through the bag and, sure enough, on the very bottom, Sirius's hair tie was sitting innocently. The blonde took it out and zipped the case back up.
Remus walked back into his bedroom, "Oh, Sirius..."
Sirius came out of Remus's bathroom and watched as Remus held out his hair tie, "Where'd you find it?!"
"You packed it you moron," Remus smirked.
"I did?" Sirius scratched his head and took the tie pinning his hair back, "I don't remember doing that."
"You don't remember what happened twenty minutes ago..."
Sirius picked up a pillow and threw it at Remus's head.
"Sometimes, Sirius, you act like such a child."
Sirius got a gleam in his eyes, "A child huh? *This* is acting like a child..."
In one swift motion Sirius crossed the room, scooped the other man up into his arms, and started spinning.
"Sirius!" Remus yelped, "Sirius, put me down! You're gonna make me sick!"
Sirius grinned and practically threw Remus onto his bed immediately lifting up his shirt and tickled his stomach.
"Sirius!" Remus started to gasp for air, "Quit it! You know I hate that!"
Sirius continued his assault on the smaller man below him. Remus wiggled under Sirius, but finally managed to squirm away. He took off running with Sirius in close pursuit.
Remus got almost to the top of the stairs when Sirius caught up with him. The raven-haired man pinned him to the wall, but he wasn't going to give up that easily. Having some wolf strength did come in handy.
"Ok," Remus growled, "You want to play rough do you?"
Remus shoved Sirius, but the raven-haired man had too strong of a grip on him so they both tripped over one another. Sirius lost his footing and the two tumbled backwards... down the stairs.
They fell downward, banging into the wall and the railing as they went. They hit the bottom with a huge 'thump', tangling themselves together.
"Ow..." Remus groaned.
"My head..."
"Won't be any less damaged," Remus smirked 'finishing' his sentence.
"Hey!" Sirius yelled.
The two finally realized what kind of a mess they were in. Remus had landed squarely on his back with his right leg bent underneath him and his right arm tucked under his neck. Sirius had landed on his stomach, his upper body completely pinning Remus to the floor. His right arm was completely trapped beneath the blonde's back and his left leg was caught in the railing at the end of the step.
"Sirius?" Remus's voice was slightly ragged.
Sirius looked down into Remus's golden eyes. Their noses were almost touching, "What?"
"You're crushing me."
"Oh! Sorry!" Sirius struggled to get up, but his arm wasn't cooperating, "Moony, could you lift your back up so I can get my arm out?"
"I can't. You're body is squashing mine."
"Well, wait. What if I do this?" Sirius wiggled around pulling his arm, but the more he moved, the more of his weight was shifted on top of Remus.
"Sirius, wait!" Remus choked.
Sirius quit squirming, "Sorry, Remmy, but I can't move. My foot is stuck between the railings in an uncomfortable position."
"I know, but I think I can raise my hips enough now for you to get your arm back."
"Ok, try."
Remus struggled against Sirius's complete body weight resting on him as he slowly raised his hips off the floor with one leg. Sirius felt the friction of their bodies sliding against one another and would have blushed if he hadn't been so concentrated on pulling his arm out.
As soon as his arm was free, he rolled off of Remus and pulled his foot from the railings. Luckily, he didn't break it.
Remus finally got up on his feet and leaned against the wall, resting his head back, "Ow."
"That was your fault."
Remus raised an eyebrow, "My fault?!"
"See, you agree with me," Sirius smirked.
"It was your fault."
"You're the one that pushed us down the stairs!"
"You're the one that started the whole thing!"
"Blame me for everything!"
"That's because everything is usually your fault!" Remus snickered, "Go get your suitcases, the taxi will be here soon."
"Taxi?" Sirius quirked his head.
"We are going to a muggle airport, so I figured muggle transportation would be best. Besides, airports usually don't have fireplaces, and I really don't think apparating in front of a large crowd of muggles would be a good idea.
"Right," Sirius headed up the stairs backwards blowing some hair out of his face that had come loose from his tie during the scuffle.
"And retie your bloody hair out of your face before I fucking cut it off while you're asleep!"
Sirius could be heard laughing all the way to his bedroom.
|~*~|
Before either of them knew it, they were standing outside the airport with their luggage in their hands.
"I don't know about you Remus, but I've never been to one of these muggle airports. Where the hell do we go?" Sirius shifted a bag in his right hand.
Remus began studying the building, "I don't have a clue. I've never been on an airplane before either." He watched as a few muggles brushed past him and made their way inside, "I guess we follow them."
Sirius grumbled, "Follow muggles."
Remus shook his head ignoring the man to his left and proceeded up the few steps and into the large off-white building. Inside was packed with muggles, some casually walking, most running, and more then a few were cursing. Sirius gazed around, looking as people pushed passed one another trying to get to their own flight. Remus just had that lost look in his eyes.
"I think we go there," Remus pointed to a large counter with a few box looking things on top with wires running out of them. A few people in uniforms were talking to others with suitcases.
Remus pulled Sirius by the sleeve over to a free employee. The brunette, who looked as though he was in his early twenties, looked up from the screen of the box on the counter and stopped pressing buttons. Remus dropped a bag from his shoulder and smiled. The man smiled back, but his eyes weren't exactly focusing on Remus's face. They traveled down his chest very slowly then back up finally meeting Remus's gaze. The blonde blushed a little now focusing on the nametag which read 'Steven'. Sirius, who had been watching them both, stood next to Remus and glared at the man.
Steven's eyes went a little large in some sort of realization. He watched Sirius for a moment, took a glance back at Remus, then looked back upon the raven-haired man. Immediately he stopped smiling, but he looked content, "May I help you?"
"Uh... yes," Remus finally managed to say, "We need to pick up two tickets."
Steven immediately began to press buttons on the flat piece of plastic in front of him, "Name?"
"They're under Jason Randall for Remus Lupin and Sirius Black."
The employee continued to type, "And may I see some identification?"
Remus took a card from his pocket that resembled a driver's license and handed it to him. Steven glanced at it and set it on the counter. He stopped typing and Remus found two blue papers thrust into his hand.
Steven looked up, "May I take your bags?"
Remus thought about this for a moment, "Uh... yeah. Thanks."
Hauling his bags from the floor, Remus gave them to Steven, and after much fussing with Sirius, finally got him to hand over his as well.
"Ok, your flight is number six so head straight on down to your left."
Remus looked toward his left, "Thank you."
Sirius ushered Remus away from the counter and toward gate six. Remus gave a nervous chuckle, "That was... um... strange."
"I'd rather knock his teeth out," Sirius grumbled.
Remus laughed, "Honestly, Sirius, you may be my best mate, but sometimes I think you're a little protective."
Sirius gazed into Remus's eyes'; a hint of playfulness was gleaming brightly, "Oh! So you'd have rather I let the man continue to stare and visually assault your upper body! Now I get it! I didn't know your door swung that way, Rems."
Remus shook his head and continued to smile, "Nah, not my type."
"Type huh? Like not a woman?" Sirius poked Remus in the ribs with his elbow.
"No, type as in too feminine."
That made Sirius stop dead in his tracks. Wait... Remus is... "You're... you're gay?"
Remus gave him an odd stare that clearly said 'where have you been?'. In fact, he voiced the question, "Where have you been?"
"What do you mean 'where have I been'? I've been... I've been... when did you turn gay?" Sirius had that bemused sort of shocked expression on his face.
Remus started laughing, "Sirius, you're my best mate and you didn't know? Everyone knows! Why do you think I hung out with more guys then girls in my last two years of school?"
"You've been a pouf since sixth year? How come you never told me?"
"We thought you knew! Everyone else did! Sirius, were you blind? We thought you were just too freaked out to mention it!" Suddenly Remus got a little quiet, "Are you freaked out?"
Sirius shook his head, "Nah, you're my best mate; nothing that you've done could freak me out. If you're a pouf then that's just who you are."
Remus let out a silent breath, "Ok, enough with my personal life. And don't call me a pouf!"
Sirius chuckled, "Alright, alright."
"Now, where is gate six," Remus mumbled to himself getting back on track, "Six, six, ah there it is!"
Sirius continued to follow Remus up to a bunch of machines, 'Remus is gay? No wonder I never saw him around any girls. Guess it never really occurred to me. Who would have known? Well, I guess I would have if I hadn't been so busy with those girls in our year.' Sirius smiled at a particular memory.
Remus raised his eyebrow, "What are you smiling at?"
Oh, heh, nothing."
"Now I don't even want to know."
Remus walked up to a large metal box. A guy with an officer's uniform was standing nearby, "Please step through."
Remus and Sirius both began to go through.
"One at a time," the officer growled.
Sirius back up and Remus went through. The officer nodded at Sirius and he proceeded to go through as well.
'What the hell is this?' A series of loud beeping noises penetrated his ears and he jumped.
Remus giggled at the expression Sirius had on his face.
"What the bloody hell was that?" Sirius barked.
The officer looked annoyed. He held out a silver container, "Please place all metal objects and coins into here and step back."
Sirius looked a little puzzled, but didn't argue. He reached into his pants pocket and brought out a set of keys and placed them in the tray. He took a step back and proceeded to go through once more only to have it beep again. Remus snickered.
The officer looked a little red. Obviously, he wasn't having a good day, "Please place all metal objects and coins into here and step back."
Sirius looked like he was just as angry as the officer. He reached into his back pocket and took out a few coins then stepped back. The officer nodded and Sirius, once again, went back through. Nothing happened and Sirius let out a frustrated breath. He grabbed his things and shoved them back into his pocket.
"Third times the charm," Remus smiled.
Sirius grumbled, "What was the point of that?"
Remus sighed. He knew that the best way to answer any of Sirius's questions was just to not answer, "It's just a muggle thing."
"Stupid muggles."
Remus shook his head, "Have a seat, Sirius. We're a little early."
Sirius took a seat to the right of Remus. He looked around at the two dozen people sitting in rows of seats. Remus poked him and Sirius looked over to his left. Coming right up to them was the guy who gave them their tickets, Steven.
Remus began to look a little uncomfortable, "Uh... hello again."
Sirius glared.
"Hey," Steven seemed a little out of breath, "Remus, right?"
"Yeah."
The brunette smiled, "Nice name."
Remus blushed; Sirius growled.
Sirius's growl seemed to bring the man back into reality, "Oh... you left your card back on the counter." He handed Remus the square piece of plastic.
"Thanks," Remus put up a fake smile.
"Yeah," he grinned, "To bad you're taken. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind inviting you to dinner when you got back."
Remus's face went completely red and Sirius started to stand up. People were watching for a fight to break out.
"Leaving!" Steven practically ran out of the waiting area far away from Sirius.
Remus put his very reddened face in his hands and mumbled something incoherent. Sirius sat back down, "What's the matter, Moony?"
"Hephsallffsedsmmpfple."
"What?"
Remus raised his head from his hands. His face was still tinted pink, "I said 'He called us a couple'."
Sirius had a blank look on his face, "He did?"
"He said 'to bad you're taken', Sirius. He was referring to us, as in me and you."
To Remus's surprise, the dark man chuckled, "Muggles."
Remus raised an eyebrow, "You don't mind?"
Sirius quirked his head, "Well... if it was anybody else I would, but it probably got you out of being sexually assaulted by a hormonal idiot."
The blonde smiled, "Thanks, Padfoot."
"Anytime, Moony."
The days past by in a blur, and before either of them knew it, a week had been spent. Remus had just casually set his two suitcases by the front door when he heard a door slam upstairs.
"Mooooony!" Sirius whined from upstairs, "Get up here and help me!"
Remus chuckled half from exhaustion, half from frustration. Sirius couldn't do *anything* that required any amount of brain activity by himself.
"Help you with what?" Remus shouted back up to him.
"I can't find something!" another door slammed.
Remus rubbed at his eyes, but forced himself to climb the stairs to the Sirius-amuck havoc that was the second floor. He finally found Sirius in his bathroom crawling on the floor.
Remus leaned against the doorframe, "One, what are you looking for, and two, why would it be in my lavatory?"
"I can't find my hair tie and I've looked everywhere else!"
The sandy-blonde would have laughed 'till tears shone in his eyes, but the scene before him was a little more then pathetic, "Sirius, you have at least a dozen ties. How could you loose them all?"
"I didn't loose them all, but I lost my favorite one!"
"You have a favorite hair tie?" Remus raised an eyebrow. He was deeply concentrating on the difference between a five year old loosing her beloved teddy bear and Sirius right now. There wasn't much of one.
"Yeah, it's the black one that you gave me! The first one I ever had!" Sirius finally got up off the floor and looked at the blonde who was trying so hard not to laugh.
"You still have that?" Remus was sort of shocked. He had given that to Sirius in their fifth year when he got fed up with his hair falling in his face all the time.
"Yeah I still have that! It's like a memorial for the Marauders!"
Remus looked a little lost, "A memorial? For what?"
Sirius looked shocked, "You don't remember?"
"Um..." Remus shook his head, "No..."
"You don't have any idea what you said when you gave it to me?" Sirius continued to stare wide-eyed.
The sandy-blonde continued to shake his head, "What did I say?"
Sirius started to laugh and did a great Remus imitation, "Sirius, take this and tie your bloody hair out of your face before I fucking cut it off while you're asleep!"
Remus just stared as the raven-haired man continued to laugh, "So?"
Sirius quit laughing, "So? So?!! Rems, that was the first time you had cursed in your entire life! The rest of us had been trying to get you to do that since we met you, and all it took was for me to just not cut my hair! Don't you remember that we practically threw a party that night?"
Remus scrambled through his memories and he finally remembered. When he said that to Sirius, the whole common room had gone quiet before it erupted in cheers, laughter, and congratulations to both him and Sirius. His face had been red the entire night, especially when Sirius had carried him around on his shoulders for at least fifteen minutes. That was before he had a chance to get a hold of something from the ceiling, he thought it was a decoration, and knock them both off balance sending them onto a couch. He guessed with all the pressure from the O.W.L.S., the fifth years would celebrate anything and the rest of the house would join in no matter what.
Remus knocked his head against the doorframe he was leaning on, "Leave it up to you to remember *that*."
"So you do remember!" Sirius grinned, "Besides, what kind of Marauder would I be if I didn't memorize that history-in-the-making moment?"
"History-in-the-making moment?"
"Yeah, and now I can't find the monument that documents said historic moment!"
Remus continued to lean his body back against the doorframe and smiled, "Sometimes, Padfoot, you are an arse."
"Ha! See, you wouldn't have said that to me if I didn't keep my hair untidy because you probably would have never cursed!"
Remus just banged his head against the doorframe.
"You know, you have a bad habit of doing that?"
Remus just thumped his head again.
Sirius shook his head, "Ok, Moony, you can do that later. Just help me find my hair tie!"
"Alright, where did you have it last?"
"I put it back in my lavatory."
"So why would it be in *my* lavatory?" Remus questioned.
"Maybe it likes your lavatory better then mine. How the bloody hell should I know?"
Remus walked out of his bathroom and across the hall to Sirius's room, "Now if I know Sirius..."
Two black suitcases on the bed caught his eye and he went over and opened the first one, "It should be in this one..."
Remus rummaged through the bag and, sure enough, on the very bottom, Sirius's hair tie was sitting innocently. The blonde took it out and zipped the case back up.
Remus walked back into his bedroom, "Oh, Sirius..."
Sirius came out of Remus's bathroom and watched as Remus held out his hair tie, "Where'd you find it?!"
"You packed it you moron," Remus smirked.
"I did?" Sirius scratched his head and took the tie pinning his hair back, "I don't remember doing that."
"You don't remember what happened twenty minutes ago..."
Sirius picked up a pillow and threw it at Remus's head.
"Sometimes, Sirius, you act like such a child."
Sirius got a gleam in his eyes, "A child huh? *This* is acting like a child..."
In one swift motion Sirius crossed the room, scooped the other man up into his arms, and started spinning.
"Sirius!" Remus yelped, "Sirius, put me down! You're gonna make me sick!"
Sirius grinned and practically threw Remus onto his bed immediately lifting up his shirt and tickled his stomach.
"Sirius!" Remus started to gasp for air, "Quit it! You know I hate that!"
Sirius continued his assault on the smaller man below him. Remus wiggled under Sirius, but finally managed to squirm away. He took off running with Sirius in close pursuit.
Remus got almost to the top of the stairs when Sirius caught up with him. The raven-haired man pinned him to the wall, but he wasn't going to give up that easily. Having some wolf strength did come in handy.
"Ok," Remus growled, "You want to play rough do you?"
Remus shoved Sirius, but the raven-haired man had too strong of a grip on him so they both tripped over one another. Sirius lost his footing and the two tumbled backwards... down the stairs.
They fell downward, banging into the wall and the railing as they went. They hit the bottom with a huge 'thump', tangling themselves together.
"Ow..." Remus groaned.
"My head..."
"Won't be any less damaged," Remus smirked 'finishing' his sentence.
"Hey!" Sirius yelled.
The two finally realized what kind of a mess they were in. Remus had landed squarely on his back with his right leg bent underneath him and his right arm tucked under his neck. Sirius had landed on his stomach, his upper body completely pinning Remus to the floor. His right arm was completely trapped beneath the blonde's back and his left leg was caught in the railing at the end of the step.
"Sirius?" Remus's voice was slightly ragged.
Sirius looked down into Remus's golden eyes. Their noses were almost touching, "What?"
"You're crushing me."
"Oh! Sorry!" Sirius struggled to get up, but his arm wasn't cooperating, "Moony, could you lift your back up so I can get my arm out?"
"I can't. You're body is squashing mine."
"Well, wait. What if I do this?" Sirius wiggled around pulling his arm, but the more he moved, the more of his weight was shifted on top of Remus.
"Sirius, wait!" Remus choked.
Sirius quit squirming, "Sorry, Remmy, but I can't move. My foot is stuck between the railings in an uncomfortable position."
"I know, but I think I can raise my hips enough now for you to get your arm back."
"Ok, try."
Remus struggled against Sirius's complete body weight resting on him as he slowly raised his hips off the floor with one leg. Sirius felt the friction of their bodies sliding against one another and would have blushed if he hadn't been so concentrated on pulling his arm out.
As soon as his arm was free, he rolled off of Remus and pulled his foot from the railings. Luckily, he didn't break it.
Remus finally got up on his feet and leaned against the wall, resting his head back, "Ow."
"That was your fault."
Remus raised an eyebrow, "My fault?!"
"See, you agree with me," Sirius smirked.
"It was your fault."
"You're the one that pushed us down the stairs!"
"You're the one that started the whole thing!"
"Blame me for everything!"
"That's because everything is usually your fault!" Remus snickered, "Go get your suitcases, the taxi will be here soon."
"Taxi?" Sirius quirked his head.
"We are going to a muggle airport, so I figured muggle transportation would be best. Besides, airports usually don't have fireplaces, and I really don't think apparating in front of a large crowd of muggles would be a good idea.
"Right," Sirius headed up the stairs backwards blowing some hair out of his face that had come loose from his tie during the scuffle.
"And retie your bloody hair out of your face before I fucking cut it off while you're asleep!"
Sirius could be heard laughing all the way to his bedroom.
|~*~|
Before either of them knew it, they were standing outside the airport with their luggage in their hands.
"I don't know about you Remus, but I've never been to one of these muggle airports. Where the hell do we go?" Sirius shifted a bag in his right hand.
Remus began studying the building, "I don't have a clue. I've never been on an airplane before either." He watched as a few muggles brushed past him and made their way inside, "I guess we follow them."
Sirius grumbled, "Follow muggles."
Remus shook his head ignoring the man to his left and proceeded up the few steps and into the large off-white building. Inside was packed with muggles, some casually walking, most running, and more then a few were cursing. Sirius gazed around, looking as people pushed passed one another trying to get to their own flight. Remus just had that lost look in his eyes.
"I think we go there," Remus pointed to a large counter with a few box looking things on top with wires running out of them. A few people in uniforms were talking to others with suitcases.
Remus pulled Sirius by the sleeve over to a free employee. The brunette, who looked as though he was in his early twenties, looked up from the screen of the box on the counter and stopped pressing buttons. Remus dropped a bag from his shoulder and smiled. The man smiled back, but his eyes weren't exactly focusing on Remus's face. They traveled down his chest very slowly then back up finally meeting Remus's gaze. The blonde blushed a little now focusing on the nametag which read 'Steven'. Sirius, who had been watching them both, stood next to Remus and glared at the man.
Steven's eyes went a little large in some sort of realization. He watched Sirius for a moment, took a glance back at Remus, then looked back upon the raven-haired man. Immediately he stopped smiling, but he looked content, "May I help you?"
"Uh... yes," Remus finally managed to say, "We need to pick up two tickets."
Steven immediately began to press buttons on the flat piece of plastic in front of him, "Name?"
"They're under Jason Randall for Remus Lupin and Sirius Black."
The employee continued to type, "And may I see some identification?"
Remus took a card from his pocket that resembled a driver's license and handed it to him. Steven glanced at it and set it on the counter. He stopped typing and Remus found two blue papers thrust into his hand.
Steven looked up, "May I take your bags?"
Remus thought about this for a moment, "Uh... yeah. Thanks."
Hauling his bags from the floor, Remus gave them to Steven, and after much fussing with Sirius, finally got him to hand over his as well.
"Ok, your flight is number six so head straight on down to your left."
Remus looked toward his left, "Thank you."
Sirius ushered Remus away from the counter and toward gate six. Remus gave a nervous chuckle, "That was... um... strange."
"I'd rather knock his teeth out," Sirius grumbled.
Remus laughed, "Honestly, Sirius, you may be my best mate, but sometimes I think you're a little protective."
Sirius gazed into Remus's eyes'; a hint of playfulness was gleaming brightly, "Oh! So you'd have rather I let the man continue to stare and visually assault your upper body! Now I get it! I didn't know your door swung that way, Rems."
Remus shook his head and continued to smile, "Nah, not my type."
"Type huh? Like not a woman?" Sirius poked Remus in the ribs with his elbow.
"No, type as in too feminine."
That made Sirius stop dead in his tracks. Wait... Remus is... "You're... you're gay?"
Remus gave him an odd stare that clearly said 'where have you been?'. In fact, he voiced the question, "Where have you been?"
"What do you mean 'where have I been'? I've been... I've been... when did you turn gay?" Sirius had that bemused sort of shocked expression on his face.
Remus started laughing, "Sirius, you're my best mate and you didn't know? Everyone knows! Why do you think I hung out with more guys then girls in my last two years of school?"
"You've been a pouf since sixth year? How come you never told me?"
"We thought you knew! Everyone else did! Sirius, were you blind? We thought you were just too freaked out to mention it!" Suddenly Remus got a little quiet, "Are you freaked out?"
Sirius shook his head, "Nah, you're my best mate; nothing that you've done could freak me out. If you're a pouf then that's just who you are."
Remus let out a silent breath, "Ok, enough with my personal life. And don't call me a pouf!"
Sirius chuckled, "Alright, alright."
"Now, where is gate six," Remus mumbled to himself getting back on track, "Six, six, ah there it is!"
Sirius continued to follow Remus up to a bunch of machines, 'Remus is gay? No wonder I never saw him around any girls. Guess it never really occurred to me. Who would have known? Well, I guess I would have if I hadn't been so busy with those girls in our year.' Sirius smiled at a particular memory.
Remus raised his eyebrow, "What are you smiling at?"
Oh, heh, nothing."
"Now I don't even want to know."
Remus walked up to a large metal box. A guy with an officer's uniform was standing nearby, "Please step through."
Remus and Sirius both began to go through.
"One at a time," the officer growled.
Sirius back up and Remus went through. The officer nodded at Sirius and he proceeded to go through as well.
'What the hell is this?' A series of loud beeping noises penetrated his ears and he jumped.
Remus giggled at the expression Sirius had on his face.
"What the bloody hell was that?" Sirius barked.
The officer looked annoyed. He held out a silver container, "Please place all metal objects and coins into here and step back."
Sirius looked a little puzzled, but didn't argue. He reached into his pants pocket and brought out a set of keys and placed them in the tray. He took a step back and proceeded to go through once more only to have it beep again. Remus snickered.
The officer looked a little red. Obviously, he wasn't having a good day, "Please place all metal objects and coins into here and step back."
Sirius looked like he was just as angry as the officer. He reached into his back pocket and took out a few coins then stepped back. The officer nodded and Sirius, once again, went back through. Nothing happened and Sirius let out a frustrated breath. He grabbed his things and shoved them back into his pocket.
"Third times the charm," Remus smiled.
Sirius grumbled, "What was the point of that?"
Remus sighed. He knew that the best way to answer any of Sirius's questions was just to not answer, "It's just a muggle thing."
"Stupid muggles."
Remus shook his head, "Have a seat, Sirius. We're a little early."
Sirius took a seat to the right of Remus. He looked around at the two dozen people sitting in rows of seats. Remus poked him and Sirius looked over to his left. Coming right up to them was the guy who gave them their tickets, Steven.
Remus began to look a little uncomfortable, "Uh... hello again."
Sirius glared.
"Hey," Steven seemed a little out of breath, "Remus, right?"
"Yeah."
The brunette smiled, "Nice name."
Remus blushed; Sirius growled.
Sirius's growl seemed to bring the man back into reality, "Oh... you left your card back on the counter." He handed Remus the square piece of plastic.
"Thanks," Remus put up a fake smile.
"Yeah," he grinned, "To bad you're taken. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind inviting you to dinner when you got back."
Remus's face went completely red and Sirius started to stand up. People were watching for a fight to break out.
"Leaving!" Steven practically ran out of the waiting area far away from Sirius.
Remus put his very reddened face in his hands and mumbled something incoherent. Sirius sat back down, "What's the matter, Moony?"
"Hephsallffsedsmmpfple."
"What?"
Remus raised his head from his hands. His face was still tinted pink, "I said 'He called us a couple'."
Sirius had a blank look on his face, "He did?"
"He said 'to bad you're taken', Sirius. He was referring to us, as in me and you."
To Remus's surprise, the dark man chuckled, "Muggles."
Remus raised an eyebrow, "You don't mind?"
Sirius quirked his head, "Well... if it was anybody else I would, but it probably got you out of being sexually assaulted by a hormonal idiot."
The blonde smiled, "Thanks, Padfoot."
"Anytime, Moony."