A/N: Well well, aren't I awesome! I must be like the first Remus/Sirius writer who DOESN'T have legalised gay marriages right from the word go. That does get rather irritating sometimes. Also, I must add that I was just playing solitare to get my mind off it, and started thinking the cards were gay. I really should sleep... 19 hours in three days probably isn't enough. And I just had to plug my iPod in to charge it and it doesn't work while charging here for some reason. So now I am sad. I cry. :cries:
Oh, and FF .net locked me out of the documents page, so this is late. I'll update every day this week to make up. WHOO.
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Canine Affinity
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Four days until the conference...
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Remus had calmed down significantly now, and was lying lazily in the crook of Sirius' arm on his bed. They had had a shared free period for once, and had used it to it's full potential. Well not that full. You know what I mean.
"Have you changed your mind yet?" Remus asked sleepily.
"About what?"
"The confrence. I still want to stand up for ourselves."
"Remus, I told you. It's not going to happen."
"Fine, then I can't ever have sex with you."
"Huh... what?" Sirius blinked, jumping to his knees. Remus seemed unscathed.
"Simple. Having sex is the same kind of commitment to a werewolf as getting married is. So, unless we can get married, I won't ever sleep with you." He smiled innocently.
"Wuh... buh... Remus! That's not fair!"
"Of course it is. It's perfectly fair." Remus smiled. "I want to get married one day. You want booty. Similar commitments. So, we help each other."
"So, let me get this straight. Unless I stand up and announce that I'm gay, you'll never sleep with me."
"Right." Remus nodded.
"I hate you." Sirius glared at him evilly, and Remus knew he had won.
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Still four days...
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"It worked! It worked! I'm so happy!" Remus smiled, jumping up and down excitedly in the library. "He said he will!"
Severus laughed lightly. "Congratulations. I told you, men like that are easy enough to manipulate. Mention the withholding of sex in any degree, and he'll fall over himself to do anything you want."
"Thanks, Severus. I knew I could count on you."
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Three days!
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"Remus, why do we have to pick what to wear? We're going to stand up and say we want the right to get married, who cares what we wear?"
"I told you, we're representing the homosexual community at large. We need to look good."
"But there are three days left! Why now?"
"So that you don't accidentally wear what you're going to wear."
"Fine." Sirius sighed, grabbing a robe, a shirt, and some pants. "Done."
Remus rolled his eyes and reached into Sirius' trunk, searching until he found a clean shirt and robes, and a pair of smart black pants. "You're wearing that." He then returned to his own clothes, carefully picking his own outfit.
"Now, no touchies until the day. And no giving me hickeys either. I really don't want to have to wear a scarf."
"Fine, fine. But afterwards, can I give you hickeys and snuggle you in public and eat with you sitting on my lap?"
Remus laughed. "Fine... I suppose."
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Still three days
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"I hereby call this meeting of the Marauders open! Is there any business at all?" Three shaken heads. James smiled. Being a leader was fun.
"Okay, what's new on the grapevines, Peter?"
"Not much, just speculation about who's gay and who isn't. Nothing unusual."
"Anything on Snape, Sirius?"
"Nope, he's keeping quiet, being good. Almost asking us to get him."
"Good. After Remus' homework session, we can think of what to do to him. Over to you, Moony!" James surrendered the focus of the group to his lycanthropic friend. When they had been planning the Marauder meetings, each person had gotten something suited to them to talk about. James would lead the meetings and supply snacks from the kitchens, Peter would keep them up to date on the school gossip, Sirius would talk about Snape sightings, and Remus... Remus had requested that they all do homework for his section.
"Okay." Remus stood up, breathing deeply. "I invited a guest to help with the homework this time, a friend of mine."
There were general cries of outrage. "You're bringing an outsider in? Remus, this is crazy!"
"I'm pretty sure you'll all think that, especially at first, but trust me. I trust him."
There was a knock on the hidden door and Remus strode over, opening it to reveal...
Severus Snape.
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That damn third day again...
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"Snivellus?!" James and Sirius cried at the same time, and Peter screamed and tried to hide under his beanbag chair.
"Severus, if you don't mind." Snape said cooly, sweeping into the room with a smile from Remus. "Although Snape will suffice if you cannot dredge up anything like niceness." At this, Remus frowned, then turned to the others to explain.
"I've been spending a lot of time with Severus lately, and I realised something. I used to be just like that before I had friends. So I figure all he needs is friends. He manages to be perfectly nice when we study together."
"You study together?!" James cried. "Just great. One of my best friends studies with my worst enemy."
"At least he isn't your boyfriend..." Sirius retorted, earning more shocked looks from James and even Peter, who peeked out from under the bag.
"I already know." Snape drolled. "It was how Remus and I met."
"Ah yes, it was a romantic early morning..." Remus began, adding his own brand of sarcasm. "I remember the feel of the egg dribbling down my chin, and Sirius licking off every drop, and then my eyes met Severus' across the table... it was love at first sight." He fake-swooned.
"Stop that." Sirius glared at him. "I bet it was him that suggested your chastity... does he know about your furry little problem too?"
"What?" Remus looked genuinley shocked, while Severus seemed confused. "Of course not! I didn't even tell you guys that, you had to figure it out. I just said that sex means a commitment for me."
"What furry-"
"A comitment? A commitment? You do realise, don't you, that this will forever label us as those gay guys who wanted to get married! Even if I want to find a woman in the future, it's doubtful."
"Stop being ridiculous. At least give Severus a chance. He's willing to give you one, which is surprising, considering what you put him through!"
"I don't believe this." Sirius said sadly, and stormed out. Remus chased after him, leaving a confused Severus, a shocked James, and a terrified Peter attempting to hide unsucessfully under a beanbag.
"So... homework?" Severus attempted a smile.
A/N: OMG... about halway through this chapter I went to buy candy and GUESS WHAT THEY HAD!?!?!??!?! I spent like a dollar on fizzing whizzbees, these purple-flavoured chewy candies with sherbert inside:ultrahappiness dance: they tastes soooo good and just one made my cravings for sugar go away, to be replaced by inspiration! WOOO! And now, I'm going to write the last chapter before anything else, because it's eating away at my insides. :sucks on cola flavoured lollipop: n.n
Next Time: Sirius and Remus fight, James finds an unexpected friend, and someone else finds out...