Disclaimer – See chapter 1

Author's Notes: Italics are talking in each other's mind.

III

Remus sighed as he reclined himself in a worn out armchair. The nights and morning afters were beginning to toll on him, each time it took longer to recuperate.

'Sirius, I need you.' he thought as he drifted off to a fitful slumber.

III

'Moony? Moony, wake-up!'

"...Padfoot?"

"Moony, you have to wake-up. If you don't I can't prevent what will happen to you."

"What are you prattling on about now?"

"Remus, don't ask questions. GET UP!"

"And if I don't?"

"Don't you dare start having suicidal thoughts Remus Lupin, because I swear if you die right now I'll kill you in the next life!"

"Will I see you if I die?"

"No, because I'm not dead, I told you that. Now get up and stop asking me things that can wait 'til later!"

"Fine."

III

Remus awoke to voices calling out to him from outside the house.

"Remus Lupin, you have two minutes to come out on your own without your wand, or you'll be forced out by the dementors!" Remus recognized the voice as Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic. Panic ran through him. What had happened last night that the Ministry was literally pounding on the door?

"Bloody hell, what am I supposed to do now?" Being on the inside looking out into a mass of darkness was defiantly not a position he wanted to be in, but he was surrounded. How was he supposed to get out?

"Calm down, Remus, I'll get you out. You're in the living room, right?"

"Sirius, what's going on? What does the ministry want with me?" the werewolf cried.

"Relax, will you? I got this under control."

"Yeah, that makes me feel a whole lot better." Remus replied sarcastically.

"You want to be sent to Azkaban?"

Sirius shot back. He got silence as he answer. "I didn't think so. Now, the dementors are not easily lost. They can smell fear and cheerfulness a mile away, so be careful. Go into the kitchen and into the hallway that leads to the garage."

Remus remained frozen for a moment, than ran full-speed for the hall. He reached he end of the hall and awaited his next instructions.

"Good," Sirius said. "Now, on your left there's a staircase hidden behind the wall. The password for it to open is your nickname."

Remus smiled slightly"Really?"

"Yeah." Remus could hear the blush in his voice and he felt his cheeks redden as well.

"You have one minute, Mr. Lupin!" Fudge's voice called though the house.

Remus turned to the wall and said the password.

"Moony."

The wall leapt aside in the form of a werewolf and a dog, revealing a wooden staircase leading into a very black room. Remus ascended quickly, distantly hearing the cement dog duo place themselves back against the wall. When he reached the top, Remus took in his surroundings. The room was painted black, with silk silver curtains hanging from eight windows that appeared to exist only to deceive unwanted visitors, but the truth was, these windows led to memories, gateways to the happiest times in Sirius's life. Remus was embarrassed to discover that most of them included him. One particular window showed the men's first time together, causing Remus to blush furiously.

"Such a lovely memory, isn't it?"

Remus spun quickly he nearly fell over, and if it weren't for the arms of one Sirius Black, he would have done just that.

"You should be more careful, Moony. Can't have you fallen for me all over again, though if it involved twice as much sex, we could arrange something, I'm sure."

Remus Lupin could hardly believe his eyes. He blinked his amber eyes a few times, taking in the sight. There he was, the man he would forever love, his black hair dusting the tip of his nose and strewing his vision. His blue eyes were like forbidden crystals, a rare beauty indeed, and his face was pale, probably because of his inexposure to sunlight.

He lifted his hands to the other man's face, feeling warm flesh and stubble beneath them. Before he could comprehensibly think, Remus had crushed his lips against the Sirius's, tasting what was paradise to him again.

"Remus Lupin, your time is up! We're sending in the Dementors! You're now officially Wizard Enemy Number One!" Fudge's voice bellowed.

The men quickly pulled apart, to both of their dismays. Sirius strode to the opposite side of the room, Remus tagging behind closely. He opened a window with no memory within it, just a white hole, and motioned for Remus to climb through.

"Where does it lead?" the werewolf asked, never being one to do anything without knowing all of the facts first.

"Reveal to me your secrets!" A Ministry member yelled, and Sirius and Remus turned their heads toward the door as they heard the white plaster dogs yelp out of the way, revealing their hiding spot to them.

"No time. Just go!" Sirius said pushing his lover through the window of blankness. Remus let out a small cry as he was carried through the nothingness, and Sirius joined him just as the door opened to their secret spot.

Cornelius Fudge stomped his foot angrily.

"He got away! After him!"

The Dementors moaned in protest, then set out to find the werewolf in question.