It was the night after the Hogsmeade visit. Remus sat at the table picking at his food, and wondering why he was even staying in the first place. He didn't really want Sirius to come back and begin telling about how great his date was before he even sat down. Beside him, James was half-heartedly shoving food in his mouth. Remus knew that his messy-haired friend was thinking the same thing.

Remus turned around to get up, and saw a figure standing right behind him. He looked up into the face of Micheal Poloque. His face was indeed, rather handsome, his hair was wavy and blonde, and he held an expression like he had some sort of secret joke. Upon seeing the stony expression on Remus' face, he burst out laughing.

"Congradulations, Lupin," he said, before walking away, still laughing.

A moment later, Sirius came and sat down, looking depressed.

"Well," James said after a moment of silence. "What happened?"

"He laughed," Sirius said, looking confused. "It started good. And we talked for a while at lunch and stuff. But he started getting this expression like something was extremely funny. And then he just started laughing."

"Why?"

Sirius looked completely clueless.

"I know why."

Lily came and sat down at the table. "He was telling the other Ravenclaws about it. He said that Sirius was absolutely smitten the whole time. But it wasn't over him. It was over somebody else. It was the only thing Sirius talked about. And he didn't even realize it."

"Huh?"

"Figure it out, Black," Lily said. She then stood up and left.

"Okay," James said. "Who was it?"

Sirius looked dumbfounded for a moment. "I……mentioned Remus' name a few times………but………"

James and Remus exchanged a glance, before Remus stood and grabbed Sirius by the arm.

"I need to talk to Padfoot for a moment."

He pulled Sirius off. After a few moments, they reached an empty classroom. Remus pulled the door shut behind them, then walked over to a candle and lit it. All through these actions, Sirius watched Remus with a nervous fascination. He wasn't quite sure what was about to happen. But one thing he did know, he wasn't about to ruin his and Remus' friendship over a crush he had.

"Remus………?" Sirius said quietly.

Remus stopped and stared at the wall for a moment. When he turned around, Sirius saw him laughing, and a moment later, Remus had thrown himself on Sirius, pulling him down to kiss him.

A few moments later they separated, Remus leaning his head on Sirius' shoulder and still laughing.

"Padfoot, you dope," he said. "I—" more laughter.

"Does this make us………boyfriends?"

Remus looked up, surprised.

"If you want to be superficial and casual about it," he said, raising an eyebrow. "The term 'boyfriend' makes it feel like we don't intend to keep it."

Sirius studied Remus for a moment. Of course, it was just like Remus to put meanings to such things. But right now, Sirius wasn't in the mood to argue about something so silly. He was thinking about something else.

"James knew," he stated.

"Yes."

"And Evans."

"Yes."

"Micheal?"

"No. I'm not that shallow. I care about you more than that."

"Ah." Silence for a moment. Then, Sirius drew back and looked at the door. "Do you think dinner is over? I'm hungry."

Remus smiled. His appetite had returned, too. The two of them returned to the Great Hall, and sat down. Peter was chatting excitedly to James, but James' attention was on Remus and Sirius. Remus nodded to James and smiled, who returned the look. And underneath the table, Remus and Sirius had their fingers entwined.

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Notes: Well, I think that may be the end. I always knew this would be a short story. If I feel like it, I might add an epilogue. Reveiws would be very nice!

Mako-Kigue: Glad you like it !

Tanya J Potter

Miko: Yeah, Sirius is blind. Even though he had a crush on Remus all along . !

Versipellis: Nah. Remus ain't a jerk. He would just hope that that Sirius came around.

Cacti-chan: oh good. I've never written a serious romance before. And certainly no slash, so I'm happy that it worked out okay!

Xandria Nirvana: No. Not one-sided.

Celi

xBrOkEnBoTtLex: Well, it really was supposed to happen about five chapters ago. And as for the play, we're doing The Moustrap, by Agatha Christie (in chase you know it, I get to be Miss Casewell !!!)

Sir Deranged Reindeer: Yeah. He did. I could imagine that it would drive Remus crazy, especially since Sirius saw it as an innocent gesture.