Now, Sakai Michiba presents:
Meeting Remus's Parents
Part 15 of the Smitten series
Sirius Black was not nervous over how well he did on the exam he had just finished. It was his final one, meaning that summer of 1975, even if they were still at Hogwarts, was officially there. He packed up his quill and parchment before he bounced out of the classroom, grinning to see Remus waiting for him out in the hall. "Hi," he said almost breathlessly, and he walked up to give the other a very wet lick on the cheek.
"Damn it!" Remus snapped, and he swiped at the spit on his cheek, making a sour face. "How many times have I told you not to do that!" He reached up and punched Sirius in the shoulder.
Sirius grinned as Remus took a swing at him, and he seized his lover by the upper arms to stop him from doing it again. "I think you will have to tell me…at least seven thousand more times. I'll be keeping count, mind you, so you should probably start cracking on that," he said in an aloof tone, and he took Remus's arm. "How was your Ancient Runes exam?"
Remus made a face and shook his head. "Let's not talk about that, shall we? You look pretty laid back for just having taken your Muggle Studies. Was it easy?" He smiled as Sirius pretended to look thoughtful, which always looked to Remus as though he were fighting a rather nasty bout of constipation.
"No. At least I don't think so. I slept through half of it!" Sirius chirped, and he smirked as Remus pushed him away with a dirty look. "Oh, don't give me that. It was easy, you dolt." He clapped his hands together a little and started climbing the stairs up to the tower. "Are you packed already? I am. I'm nervous about meeting your Mum. What if they find out about us? What if they hate me? What if they don't let us sleep in the same room?" He was suddenly full of questions.
Remus grinned at him and followed him up the steps. He was healing nicely, so walks to and from class were no problem anymore, but he liked to fake it sometimes just so he could hang on Sirius's arm without looking girly or stupid. He suspected that Sirius knew this and played along anyway, but as long as no one said it, he would continue. "I think, Sirius, that my Mum will let us sleep in the same room," he laughed, and he reached up to take Sirius's hand, letting him pull him up the stairs. "I'm already packed, they won't hate you, and if they find out about us, well, then that's one less thing to worry about," he answered.
Sirius laced their fingers as he pulled Remus up the stairs, and when they reached the top, he took the time to stop and lean in to kiss his nose right in front of James and Peter. He heard James snort and Peter gag, and when he pulled away, he grinned at them. "Well, I hope you're right, Moony," he said softly, and together the four boys went into the Tower, discussing their exams and spending quality time together before they had to leave one another the next day.
On the train the following day, Sirius and James could not seem to let go of one another. Remus smirked at them over the newspaper as they pretended to share "one last snog" before their long summer apart, and James swore that he would have Remus and Sirius in for a week and Peter would have to come too because there would be great food (which, truly, was the deal-maker for Remus). When the two had settled down enough to speak like normal human beings, James was perched on Sirius's lap and grinning at Remus. "So you gonna tell your Mum?"
Remus sighed and shook his head. "No," he claimed, and he folded his newspaper, setting it on the seat beside him. He looked up and smiled as Lily Evans came in to sit with them. "Hi Lily. And no, I think Mum would have kittens, honestly. Muggles aren't quite lenient about that sort of thing."
Lily smiled and sat down beside Remus, giving him a Chocolate Frog and smiling as he opened it and caught it before it had a good jump. "Ah, Remus, every time I've met your Mum, she seemed a right nice lady! Oh…I see your point. She's be disappointed that you chose such a great prat for a boyfriend, not that you were gay…"
Sirius made a strangled sound behind James, who was suddenly very heavy because he had stopped moving completely the moment Lily came in. Remus noticed this as well and smirked, elbowing Lily gently so she could see James gaping, complete with open mouth at her. Her cheeks ignited, and she kicked James in the shin. "Oh, stop it, you sod! You've seen me before!" she snapped.
"Not in that," James said, and he gestured to the green dress she had changed into. "Lily Evans, I think I fancy you."
"What was your first clue?" she growled, and she stood up, giving him a nasty look. "Maybe it was when you tried to beat Remus up? Or the flowers at Valentine's Day? You're such a wanker!" She smiled at Remus before she leaned down and kissed him on the forehead. "Maybe you should learn to be a man, like Remus."
Sirius roared in outrage in time with James, who both jumped up and tore after Lily as she cackled and ran from the compartment. Remus rubbed at his forehead and stood up, peeking out into the hall to see Sirius bellowing at James and Lily, who were scuffling on the floor. "LILY EVANS DON'T YOU EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER—"
Remus shut the door and made a face. "That's embarrassing," he moaned, and he shook his head. Peter nodded in agreement.
When they arrived at Platform 9 ¾, James hugged them all goodbye extensively before he trotted off to be with his parents. Sirius stood close to Remus's side, holding onto his trunk in the crowd of people, and he swallowed hard. "Remus, where are they?" he asked quietly, and he was just about to kiss his boyfriend on the cheek when there was a soft clearing of someone's throat.
"Remmie, honey…" Sirius's eyes widened as a slightly heavy woman with shoulder-length brown hair the same shade as Remus's and a tall, tired-looking man with Remus's hazel eyes and blonde hair came up to them. The woman grinned suddenly, radiating warmth, and she hurried forward to seize her son about the neck. "Oh Remus, we missed you! Home's just not the same without you…And look at you!" She released her son to look at Sirius for a moment before she threw her arms around him too. "You poor thing. We're only too happy to keep you, dear, too happy to keep you! You are a sight. The both of you!" She pulled back from Sirius, who looked shocked and flustered.
"Now, now, Flora," laughed Remus's father, and he stuck out a hand, shaking Sirius's with a nice smile. "It's nice to meet you, Sirius. I was only too happy to agree to let one of the Black children take refuge in our home; your father and I never did get along. A bit of a smack in the face to him, it was, when I mentioned it at work. Most displeased, he was. I don't think he could be any more angry if you had been staying with the Weasleys!"
Sirius flushed a little then laughed. "Well, if it pisses Father off, it was a good move on my part! I think we will get along, Mr and Mrs Lupin…" he claimed, and he smiled as Remus hid a chuckle behind his hand.
"Well, introductions over, let's get hoe and get settled in, shall we boys?" John Lupin asked, and Remus and Sirius nodded in unison. Sirius was quite ready to get settled in a room where it was only him and Remus, not everyone they went to school with.
