Of Secrets and Stags
Sirius had been acting strangely lately. There were many, many indications of his increasing insanity.
For instance, in Transfiguration, he was actually paying attention.
"Mr. Black, what does this spell require before the actual incantation is said?"
"You have to make sure that it is asleep, otherwise the tiger would go crazy," Sirius had said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Another weird thing was that he was spending as much time as possible in the Boy's Dormitory and was going to sleep more. He would leave in the middle of dinner, and by the time the other Marauders (and Frank) got there, he would have already passed out.
He also read as much as possible and actually did his homework, but refused help from Remus. He would agree to help from James or Peter, but blatantly refused Remus' help.
This went on for about a few days. And then, he started going out of it. People could swear they saw his hand twitch or see him glance from side to side. James, Peter, and Remus seriously thought that he would be put into St. Mungo's Ward for the Legitimately Insane.
"Sirius has been acting strangely lately," Remus said to Peter and James just after Sirius had gone up to bed.
"I noticed…" Peter muttered.
"One of us needs to talk to him," James said.
"Well, which one of us, then, James?" Remus asked after leaning over.
"Not me!" Peter cried out.
"Baby. I'll do it," James volunteered.
"Good. You know him best," Remus said with a nod.
"Yeah, yeah…" James muttered.
So, the next day, Remus and Peter suddenly excused themselves for a quick tutoring session, leaving Sirius and James alone and walking to the Common Room after dinner.
"Sirius?" James asked, without getting a response at all from him.
"Earth to Sirius?" James asked, before waving his hand in front of his friend's face.
Sirius jumped up, startled. His expression softened before he asked, "Yeah…?"
"Sirius... has something... been bothering you lately, or is it just my...?"
"No! I… I… I think I'm a... a pouf!"
"No!" James' eyes shot wide-open in mock surprise.
"What the bloody hell? You knew?"
"Of course I knew. It was obvious to everyone except you and him."
"So... what... what d'ya think?"
"Go for it. I can tell he likes you. He won't reject you... And if he does, keep pushing."
"This makes no sense."
"Love never does. I fell in love with Lily with no real reason, right? So... Why hold back, if it's real, real love?"
"... I have something to attend to..." Sirius said, excusing himself before running off in the direction of the Common Room.
"About bloody time..." James muttered with a smirk as he watched his friend run off.
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"Remus!" Sirius called out as he ran into the Boy's Dormitory, out of breath after having run to the Library, back to the Common Room and up the stairs.
"Yes, Sirius…?" Remus asked, confused.
"I… Oh, bloody hell. I love you!" Sirius cried out in his confusion. Remus' eyes popped open and his jaw fell down about a fourth of an inch.
"I… I know you… probably don't…" Sirius began, but stopped abruptly when he noticed Remus get up and walk over to him.
"Shut up. I love you, too, mon cur (1)," Remus said with a small smile.
Sirius' face broke out into a huge smile and they awkwardly stared at each other for a moment.
"I've never said that and meant it…" Sirius muttered it.
"Hell, I've never said it…" Remus muttered with a cough.
Sirius stared blankly at him before he lunged at Remus.
At that moment, James and Peter chose to walk in.
"Umm…" Peter said, staring at the two.
"Take it to the showers," James said embarrassedly and pointed at the bathroom.
"…Right…" Remus and Sirius muttered.
"What the bloody hell is going on?" Peter asked James after they left.
"I'll tell you when you're old enough," James joked before rolling his eyes.
"Haha," Peter muttered before he crawled into bed.
1. Mon cur means my dear mutt. I got it from some random fan fiction on this site... Shoutout to whichever fan fiction I got that from... But I forgot which one it was.
A/N: Bwahaha. I'm back and uploading this chapter. I was annoyed when, almost as soon as I got back home, my dad made me go to his girlfriend's place. I'll update ASAP for the er, wait on this chapter. xP