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It is a detail but in this story, Sirius left his family in fourth year, it is not really important but I may use it later if there are any vacations on talk about his family, I don't know but I put it out here now.

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Sirius had stormed off then, leaving Severus to nervously pace around the forbidden forest. Maybe he shouldn't have proposed that, maybe he was better off doing his stuff on his own. What if Sirius purposefully wrecked his plan ? No, that wouldn't make sense. If Severus was certain about one thing, it was that the guy was as in love with his best friend as he was with his own. And for the first time ever , his unrequited love didn't feel so impossible to live with, at least he fit the gender Lily went after.

His mood lifted up by that thought, he quickly made his way back to the school, passing Regulus in the way who was meditating near the Lake. The youngest black brother was weird even by magical standards, he spaced out every so often and spoke of things only he could see. Usually, it amused Severus, but today he had a plan to prepare, so he didn't stop until he was in the library, almost completely deserted on the weekend.

Still hopeful, the mean gryffindor would come to see the greatness of his offer, he poured his focus into crafting a plan involving both of them. He was deep into clearing the details when a shadow fell in his paper. Snape looked up to see Sirius Black sitting down across from him, looking torn about his decision.

"You came, huh ?" Severus crossed his arms and smirked smugly, he absolutely enjoyed having the upper hand.

"I haven't accepted yet, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to hear this plan of you."


When he stormed off in the morning, leaving Snape alone and confused in the forest, Sirius went to the DADA classroom. It had became their hangout place after their third year, when they figured out they could come and go as they pleased as no teachers ever thought to check the heavily warded room, that was thankfully unwarded against students.

James was lying on one of the tables swallowing his way down a maxi pack of Bertie Bott's flavoured beans. Remus was working on his homework and from the foot long paper he had already written, Sirius bet on Ancient Runes. Peter was reading comics in a corner, the magically animated first page showing Merlin riding a dragon.

Despite his furious mood, as he looked at James Potter trying to throw beans on his mouth and failing repeatedly, Sirius snorted. Amusement washing through him at the idea that he could feel anything romantic towards James Freaking Potter who was more like a brother to him than his own.

One could always count on Severus to come up with new ways of annoying him.

It had started on their first day at Hogwarts. Sirius was feeling down, torn between following in his parents footsteps and being his own person. He was only eleven and already felt like he was suffocating, that's how Severus Snape found him in the train to Hogwarts : curled up at the end of the last wagon, tears and snot running down his face alone in a corner. The pale little Snape had offered him a small piece of chocolate on the spot and as Sirius stuffed his face with the sweet, he calmed him down by introducing himself.

For the first time, someone not related to his family had reached out to him, and despite the mean streak possessed by every kids over the age of six, had ignored his breakdown and ignoring his weakness, helped him face his first day on his own. He still remembered the beaming smile he sent his way as he left him when he looked calm enough, he was still in a daze when he ran into James for the first time.

The first betrayal had been when the Sorting Hat had shouted Slytherin and the boy's robes had taken the house cold colours.

The second betrayal happened just as he approached the Gryffindor table and totally passed Sirius, his eyes not leaving the red hair of one Lily Evans. It had really been innocent when Sirius tripped him the first time, the shorter boy flying over his feet gathering everyone's attention and provoking a round of laughters. But it dit get his attention.

Now, six years later and he was still down to step one : pick on him to get him to acknowledge his presence.

Sirius had honestly hoped his little crush would go away in time. During his fourth year, he was resolute to forget about Snivellus very existence. It was hard as James had decided he loved his best friend, and resorted to the same trick as he did to get her attention, and thus they were always either going after Lily and her dear Snape or picking on Snape alone. It was hard but Sirius was resolute, that year he was moving on. Then he got into a huge fight with his family, almost severing his ties with them. Sirius still remembered getting into a fight with Regulus in front of the Slytherin common room entrance, the portraits around them filled with pure bloods howling at him for betraying his family line. He had left red faced and feeling miserable, he wanted to hit someone or break something, his magic was raw and had formed a protective offensive electric shield around him. The corridors were being childish and ignoring the pain he was in, made it hell to leave the green and silver quarters. Then in walked Severus, looking at him straight in the eyes and there was no pity, like from the gryffindors, nor judgement like from the Slytherins, the neutral look made him furious. He wanted to grab him an throw him through the window or kiss him senseless. And without a word he passed by him, his magic moving on its own to let him through uninjured. "Touch the portrait of Salazar Slytherin to make it stop."

To this day, he didn't understand why he had helped him, why he hadn't taken advantage of this moment of weakness to get back at him. But what he knew is that that moment was the shift between infatuation and real genuine love. From that moment on he decided that he couldn't not be part of Severus' life, be it as friend or foe, he had to be there.

He was brought back to the present by James chocking on a bean. The blond teen was turning an alarming shade of purple when Sirius finally got moving.

"I hate snot flavoured ones," he gasped after Sirius had pounded the candy out of his throat. "Where were you ?"

"Running," he shrugged avoiding his friend's eyes.

"Running running or running snogging yet another guy ?" He teased reaching for yet another bean, but sitting now.

"They throw themselves at me," he said only half joking, they were quite popular. "But no, alas I was only running running."

"That's so muggle of you," he grinned. "Your parents would have a stroke !"

Sirius tried to have fun with his friends, but his brains kept replaying the scene from the forest. The grin on Snape's face as he believed he had it all figured out. The ridiculous assumption he had made. The offer.

It burned his chest to have yet another proof that straight Severus Snape would never look at him that way. He felt the ugly green monster that had become his loyal companion over the years spent near Lily James, rear its head. She had her childhood friend wrapped around her fingers and nothing ever got between them. Not even the time their bullying got him to insult her. It was infuriating their bond, he wanted to break it with his own hands. It was infuriating to be stuck living a straight boy in love with a straight girl, because on top of not being on his radar, he had to live with the fear of knowing he was on hers and one day Lily may wake up and find herself feeling more than simple friendship for Snivellus.

"Guys, I need to get Lily to fall for me this year," James sighed during a lull moment.

"You're getting close," Remus said not raising his head from his essay, quill furiously scribbling on the paper.

And just like that Sirius had a brilliant idea. If Lily and James got together, Severus would stop running after her. Also Lily would have less time to spend with him and that would make more time for him. This was brilliant. Risky too, but brilliant. He had no idea how he was going to go about it, but he knew Severus was going to start acting soon and he had to sabotage him.