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Chapter 9

They wouldn't help him. What if Lupin dies? Don't they care? Why are they acting like this is…normal. He wracked his memory. Lupin had looked sick before he turned into a…werewolf. That was it. He got up from the chair the unhelpful person had placed him in and backed away from where he knew Lupin was. Lupin's protecting me, but can he protect me from himself? Only if they know someone other than me who can make Wolfsbane. He calmed when his mind came up with several nearby people.

But what if he eats you!" his mind screamed as he got back into the bed," like he almost did!"

"Dumbledore won't let him".

"Dumbledore didn't stop father"

"Dumbledore didn't know, but he knows about Lupin, and Lupin will get the potion"

He wrapped his arms around Lupin who weakly did the same. There were no vampires here, only a werewolf and Lupin will get the Wolfsbane potion.

"And if he dose eat me?"

"They go for the throat it won't be painful for long"

"That's comforting", his mind said sarcastically

"What have we got to live for besides Lupin?"

His mind settled after that, and he joined Lupin in sleep shortly thereafter.

Remus was normally an early riser, but the next morning he just couldn't get up. He squeezed Severus's hand and received a squeeze back. Snape got up still holding his hand, and Remus tugged on his arm trying to make him understand. Snape sat back on the bed. Remus pushed him foreword gently and he stood up again, and again he tugged. He got it after the 3rd time and had to practically carry him to the bathroom. Snape worriedly put him back in bed afterwards, and was standing beside the bed when Molly came in with breakfast.

She tried to pull him away from Remus. He fought her viciously. She put a spoon in his hand and tried to lead him away again. He was unmovable, and had grabbed Remus's hand. She smiled knowing that they'd end up friends all along, and making a mental note to tell her disbelieving son. She put the food on the nightstand and placed Remus's tray over his lap, and then stood back and watched as Snape fed Lupin. Smiling, she went downstairs and back to work.

The next night someone much stronger and more dedicated than Molly Weasley had been, ripped him away from Lupin's side. He fought, kicking and clawing to get out of their grasp.

Remus heard it all as he lay in bed knowing he couldn't do anything but ask Charlie to not hurt him. Five minutes later his change happened. None of it hurt worse than his eyes. They had tried to change, but there had been nothing but massive amounts of scar tissue to change and so it hadn't worked, it had just pained him way more than it should have. He let out the loudest scream he'd ever made when they did. Luckily Charlie wasn't unnerved and held Snape throughout the half an hour of it.

His captor let go suddenly. He stumbled, and fell forward off balance onto the bed and into this big hairy thing. Werewolf, his numb mind told him. He jumped when Lupin licked him. Licked him, didn't lunge for his throat. He eventually calmed and laid down next to Lupin stroking his fur.

He jumped. Oh, no he's going to freak out and run away. He thinks I'm going to eat him. He felt Snape tentatively touch him, and held still. He did it again and again gaining confidence. He doesn't think I'm going to. He licked Snape's hand, and was delighted when he didn't jump.

Charlie grabbed him off again, and even though he knew why he did it, he fought him. Let me go. I know he's changing back. I'm blind, deaf, and mute, not brain damaged. Frustrated he resisted kicking whoever it was in the shin when they let him go. He walked determinably back and sat on the bed next to him.

"So are you two together or something?"

"I don't know", Remus answered tiredly, "but as soon as I'm better I'm going to find out."

Two days later he pulled Severus to the piano. He sat there waiting hands poised above the keys. Remus finally found what he was looking for. He brought Severus's fingers to the first page and then the second.

Snape curiously felt the letters. I-L-O-V-E- he skipped a letter and put it on the one beside it-Y- his fingers were put to a new page O- a few letters were skipped-U-

I love you, his father's voice told him. He jumped up. His father said that right before he ate him, right before…Lupin didn't eat me. He wracked his memory again hoping to make sense of this. "I love you", he'd seen James say to Lily right before she kissed him, and James and Lily hugged and did stuff together all the time, just like we do. He remembered seeing the look of dejection on Black's face whenever those two spent hours together alone, just like we do. If that was love, then he supposed he loved Lupin too. He did the only thing that came to mind. What Lily had done. He sat back down and kissed Lupin haphazardly, and the kiss landed on his chin. It wasn't right, so he moved his lips slowly into position from there and found the lips.

He left. What if he doesn't even want to be friends now? What if-? A clumsy kiss landed on his chin. He sat still as he felt those lips move up to his mouth, and then they left. He wrapped one arm around Severus and used the other to bring their lips closer. It was a much clumsier kiss this time. He opened his mouth wide and Severus followed his example. He pulled back terrified when Lupin's tongue slipped inside. Remus felt like he'd been slapped. Alright, so he doesn't like that. He put his arms around him, wanting to scream when he felt him flinch and scoot away. He leaned forward, kissed him gently on the cheek, and pulled back. Severus scooted back to where he'd been.

Doesn't Lupin know tongues hurt? He felt the arms, no don't. Don't tongues hurt! He felt a kiss on his cheek. He's not going to do it again. He felt relieved as he scooted back. Lupin wouldn't hurt me. Maybe he likes tongues, though. How can you like something that hurts….unless it didn't hurt. Maybe Lupin knew how to do it without hurting. He wouldn't force me, that much I know, and I can always pull back. He thought as he leaned foreword, and re-wrapped his arms around Lupin. He moved his lips around Remus's face until at last he found the lips. He tilted his head a little like it had been, and pushed at Remus's lips with his tongue insistently.

He felt the roving lips all over his lower face, until they connected with his own. He opened his mouth wide at Severus's tongues insistence, and felt relief when Severus made the first move. He felt the tongue tentatively touch his own, before he set out to show Severus how kissing was done. Completely painless kissing.

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