Author's notes: It was time for this. ;.;

And now, Sakai Michiba presents:

Tutoring Snape

Part 10 of the Smitten series


Remus looked down at his watch and sighed, closing the book he had been studying in the common room. "I have to go to the library," he sighed, and he began to pack his books into his knapsack. He heard Sirius snort from across the room, and he shot him a nasty look. "Don't start with me, Black."

"Come on," Sirius whimpered, and he banged his head on the arm of the couch he was currently inhabiting. "You've been studying for like four hours. I'm bored. It's your duty to entertain me." He peeked over the back of the couch and he pouted miserably. "We're the only people in here and you're wasting valuable snogging time so you can study something you already know anyway."

"Yes, well, unlike you I intend on graduating. I'm going to the library, okay? I'll be back in an hour." Remus smirked at him as he moaned into the upholstering, and he left the common room swiftly, slinging his knapsack over his shoulder.

He felt rather bad; Sirius would kill him if he found out that he and Snape were tutoring each other. Remus did not have the guts to ask for help in Potions from his other friends (they would surely laugh at the idea of him being less than proficient in any subject), and so when Snape came to him seeking assistance in Charms (apparently he could not ask his friends, either), he had said all right. In return, he asked for help in Potions, which Snape was content to give in return.

They always studied in the library; none of Remus's friends went there. It was almost a taboo for them, and he always fancied them taking cleansing showers as soon as they left the "cursed place." Sirius would never follow him to such a place, and so he and Snape decided to meet there.

When he arrived in the library, he reflected a small smile to Severus. "Hey," he greeted, and he slid into the chair beside him, unpacking his bag. Severus gave him a bit of a scowl and opened his Charms book, giving Remus a pointed look. The lycanthrope laughed and nodded, opening his Charms book as well. "Fine, we'll get straight to it then." And they settled down to study.

Sirius sighed as he sat in the common room, utterly bored. He thought about Remus all alone in the library, doing nothing but studying, and with a sigh, he stood up and stretched. He would go sit with Remus; at least then they could have some alone time without being interrupted, even if they were only holding hands while Remus pored over his books.

He went down to the library and shuddered before he opened the door, looking around for a moment before he recognized a brown patch of hair over one of the shorter bookshelves. Grinning, he moved to walk around the bookshelves when he was greeted with a stomach-lurching sight. His Remus was sitting very close to Snivellus, smiling at him and talking with him very quietly.

His eyes narrowed in fury before he stalked up to the two of them. "Erhem." The sound of his clearing his throat made Remus visibly freeze, and when he did turn around to look at Sirius, his expression was one of mortification. "Hi," Sirius said, his voice laced with venom as he glared down at Snape, who was quickly gathering his books and making to leave the premises. "Leave." Sirius's tone was dead serious, and Severus did not need telling twice.

The moment the Slytherin had disappeared, Sirius rounded on Remus. "What the fuck, Moony? Have you just been hiding this from us? From me! What, does he snog you, too? Is that why you've been spending so much time in the library!" He was rapidly approaching hysterical, his face turning red.

"Oh my God, Sirius Black!" Remus growled, slinging his knapsack over his shoulder as he stood up and glared at his lover. "Do you trust me so little! I was tutoring him in exchange for tutoring in Potions, because Merlin knows I can't ask you." He looked very hurt that Sirius would even suggest that he had been unfaithful to him.

"And why? Why the fuck can't you ask me? Or James? We're tops in the practical stuff! You…You're a traitor! To us and to Gryffindor!" Sirius snapped, and his eyes widened as Remus lifted a hand and slapped him in the face.

"Fuck you, Sirius," Remus said in a very low voice. "You know what? Fine. I come in here three times a week to share a wank with Snape under the table. After you fall asleep at night I take him up to the Astronomy Tower and we shag like bunnies. You have me all figured out. I'm only doing it, of course, to piss you and James off. Wow, Sirius, how did you know so much?" He felt tears burning in his eyes, and he shoved past him. "The full moon's tonight, though I expect I wouldn't be sharing your bed even if it weren't."

Sirius stared after him, glowering and trembling. He and Remus had never been in a fight before, and especially not as lovers. It frightened him. Slowly, he gathered up the papers Remus had left and flipped through them, his heart falling as he found in Remus's perfect notes a parenthetical citation that read: (I hope Sirius kisses me after class…).

Remus sniffled as he walked swiftly down to the hospital wing, walking in the shadows so he could hide the fact that he was crying. He had no idea why he wanted to cry so much, so he wrote it off as being the fault of the full moon even though he knew it was because of the things Sirius had said. So Sirius did not trust him, apparently.

Nothing had ever hurt so much.