What Remus Has To Tell
Remus bit his lip as he concentrated on writing his Charms essay. The other three Marauders were nearby, but only Peter was putting any effort into his essay. James and Sirius had worked for five minutes before James flicked a small piece of paper Sirius' way. Now they were engaged in full out parchment warfare.
"Guys," Remus said, instantly catching their attention and causing Peter to look up from the passage he was reading.
"Yeah?" Sirius asked, shaking some of his hair out of his eyes. Remus shook his head.
"You're wasting parchment doing that." He heard James chuckle.
"Ah Remy, always one for conserving valuable homework materials, eh?"
"…Remy?" Remus asked, raising a delicate eyebrow. James grinned and plopped down next to him on the couch.
"Yes, Remy. I think it's cute. It suits you," James stated, ruffling the boys soft blonde hair as the smaller one blushed lightly.
"I'm not 'cute' James," Remus said, smoothing down his hair, "and I'd appreciate it if you refrained from calling me such."
"I never said you were cute, just that the name Remy was. Anyway, how's the essay comin'?" James leaned over the blonde boys lap to see the piece of parchment the armrest.
"I'm going to take a nap," Peter cut in, yawning and standing before making his way to the stairs. "See ya."
"Bye Peter, and I'm nearly done, James," Remus replied. "I suspect you and Sirius will be copying." James sat up and gave Remus a disbelieving look.
"Copy? Us? Remus! How could you even suggest such a thing? No, no, no. We'll merely…compare your paper with ours." Sirius came over and nodded sagely.
"Yes. Our papers which will most likely be blank." James stuck out his tongue at Sirius as Remus rolled his eyes.
"Don't do that James, unless you plan on using it," Sirius purred, causing James to pout and cross his arms in a very dejected manner that had Remus giggling.
"Y'know Jamsie," Remus said, trying to contain his laughter, "you look pretty cute when you do that," he finished in a purr much like Sirius'.
At that James turned to Remus with a shocked look on his face that caused the smaller boy to burst out into a fresh round of laughter. Sirius was also giving Remus a silent look as he shook in mirth. When Remus regained his composer he straightened up to see the two dark haired boys still looking at him oddly.
"What?" he asked innocently blinking up at his gawking friends. Sirius broke the silence.
"You...you just flirted with James!" Remus blinked again and tilted his head.
"So? You do it all the time." Sirius just continued to gape.
"What he means, mate, is that we expect it from each other, but we didn't pin you as the type to…" James trailed off as Remus began giggling again. "…Okay." He gave Sirius a perplexed look which was returned with a shrug.
"Uh…Remus?" Sirius asked tentatively, coming to stand in front of the couch. Remus stopped giggling and looked up.
"Yeah?" Sirius glanced at James before looking back at the blonde boy.
"Are you…feeling alright?" This caused Remus to fall into another fit of laughter that had him tipping over and landing in James' lap. For his part James was trying his best not to laugh himself as he watched Remus shake from the force of his amusement.
"I…I…I'm fine," Remus forced out as he began to calm down. "Chocolate." And as Remus lost himself to the humor that apparently only he could find in that single word, James and Sirius nodded to themselves.
"That explains it," James said, watching as tears began to leak from Remus' eyes due to the length of his laughter. "Can't believe we didn't spot it before," he continued, looking up at Sirius who was still watching the convulsing boy.
"Yeah…chocolate does usually make him hyper. And from the looks of it," Sirius said, also looking up, "this was pure chocolate."
"Delicious is what it was," Remus interjected, having calmed himself once more. He was now lying on the couch, looking steadily up at Sirius, with his head resting on James' lap. After a moment on silence Remus began switching his eyes back and forth between the two. "…What?"
"Well…" Sirius began, "your head's on Jim's lap."
"And…?"
"Hey! Sirius! Don't call me Jim!" James said loudly, causing Remus to snicker and Sirius to roll his eyes.
"Yeah, Siri. Call him Jimmy," Remus said lazily, stretching languidly.
"Siri?"
"Jimmy?"
"Yep," Remus said softly, "Then we can be Remy, Jimmy, and Siri. Nice rhyme scheme." And with that Remus rolled over, wrapped his arms around James' waist, and snuggled his head into the stomach just beside it.
"Er…" James said, watching this whole process in mild confusion. "Hey…Rem…you want to go upstairs or somethin'?" Upon hearing Sirius choke on his own tongue and feeling Remus snicker again, James quickly realized what he said. "Not like that! I meant do you want to go upstairs to go to bed!" More snickering ensued from his stomach region and, now, Sirius. "Sleep! I meant go to sleep!"
"Ah, Jamsie," Remus purred once again, lifting his head to look at said boy, "if you wanted to take me to bed all you had to do was ask." James blushed and looked away at that as Sirius tried to disguise his laugh as a violent cough.
"What was in that chocolate," the bi-spectacled boy wondered aloud before he felt a hot tongue lick its way up his throat. He was stunned into immobility and he was vaguely aware that Sirius had stopped laughing.
"I dunno," Remus whispered when he reached his ear, "but it sure tasted good." And James, had he been of the weaker sort, would have melted at the seductive voice and warm breath gently tickling his ear. But that was all before Remus broke down into another giggle episode and collapsed back into his lap.
"Okay Remus," Sirius said, stepping forward, "that's enough for one day." The taller boy lifted the still-giggling boy from the couch and carried him, in a way very reminiscent to how James had carried him earlier, to a nearby chair. James on the other hand, had yet to speak, or even move, from his shocked position.
"Siri, Siri, Siri. You're supposed to be the fun one," Remus complained, pouting as he sat on the chair by himself.
"There had to have been something in that chocolate," James said, snapping out of his daze. "I mean, he's never acted like that before." Sirius nodded in agreement.
"Remus, where did you get the chocolate?" Remus grinned broadly at them.
"I found it." Sirius groaned.
"You ate some chocolate you found laying around? I thought you were supposed to be the smart one." Remus pouted again.
"…It was chocolate. You don't ask questions when it comes to chocolate," Remus stated matter-of-factly. James sighed.
"You do when it makes you act like, like that." Sirius once again nodded his agreement.
"Yes, yes. Mr. Lupin is acting most peculiar. The only thing to do is wait it out I guess. Unless we want to take him to Madame Pomfrey." James stood up and walked to stand next to Sirius.
"Well, as pleasant as having him come on to me is, I think Pomfrey may be the best bet. We don't know what was in that stuff, or how long it'll last. And Remus acting all…sexual is a bit weird." Sirius sighed.
"Alright then. Come on Remy, let's get you to the Hospital Wing." Remus stood up readily and walked toward the portrait hole.
"Aye, aye Capitan." The blue-eyed boy shook his head and followed after.
"I'll wait here," James said before they left while rubbing his neck awkwardly. "In case Peter wakes up." Sirius nodded and continued on his way, quickly catching up to Remus who was humming as he walked along.
After a few minutes they had nearly reached their destination and Sirius decided to speak.
"Remus?" he started, halting his walking. Remus stopped as well and turned to face him.
"Hmm?" Sirius shuffled from foot to foot.
"You do know that you can tell me…anything right?" Remus tilted his head to the side.
"Whaddya mean?"
"Well, you don't have to keep any secrets, that's what I mean. Me and James and Peter, we'll accept you no matter what. You know that, right?" He asked looking up to stare into those perplexing golden eyes. Those eyes smiled at him now, showing great amusement.
"Well then, I've got something to tell you Sirius," Remus said, stepping closer. His face changed into one of seriousness, no pun intended.
"Ye-Yeah?" Sirius asked, backing away as the smaller boy kept advancing.
"Yeah…but remember, you asked for this." And Sirius felt his back against a wall. Remus didn't stop though; he kept coming until he was flush against Sirius.
Now, Sirius was having a hard time. He was very nervous, being pinned against a wall with such a heated and intense stare focused on him. Suddenly he wasn't so sure he wanted Remus to tell him here, like this. This was supposed to happen with all four of them present and accounted for. Sirius found himself thinking that he wasn't supposed to be backed against a wall and-
Any other thoughts were cut off as Sirius felt a pair of lips crash into his own and a set of hands pulling his waist closer. He just stood there, shocked in the same way James had been shocked earlier, as he watched Remus kiss him. It only lasted a few seconds but it still left Sirius breathless.
When Remus pulled away he looked into startled blue eyes and smirked. He then leaned up and whispered, "I'm bisexual Siri." With that he pulled away and continued down the hall to the Hospital Wing that was now in view.
Sirius let himself slide down the corridor wall and sat there in a daze. Slowly he reached a hand up to touch his slightly swollen lips.
"Well…that was unexpected."
And down the hall, sitting on crisp bed sheets while Madame Pomfrey bustled about trying to figure out what had been in the 'mystery chocolate,' Remus smiled.
