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Becoming Moony: Forever In A Day

Remus stared in astonishment as Sirius and James strolled down the hall. They had bright pink feathers sticking up every which way and their skin was neon blue. It looked as though neither boy cared. They simply strutted down the hall as if they looked normal and that was odd in itself.

"You two do realize that you have hot pink feathers everywhere and your skin is a horrid shade of blue, right?" said Remus, as the two young men reached him.

"A horrid shade…how very proper. He's always so proper, isn't he, James? It's right boring is what it is." responded Sirius with a very posh accent. James nodded solemnly in answer.

"Indeed, it's positively dreadful to have such a disgustingly exhausting vocabulary. It's worse that he deems it appropriate to flaunt such a vocabulary onto us plebeians." said James, adopting the same infuriating accent. Remus considered smacking them both to make them shut up.

"Moony, we need help. We were experimenting and something went wrong, again." whispered Sirius, leaning close while James continued to prattle on, which Remus figured was to distract the viewers.

"Why should I help you? I've been abusing you with my oh-so-extensive vocabulary." asked Remus, folding his arms across his chest. Sirius froze and looked down at the stone.

"Because you're wonderful and you love me?" asked Sirius, not seeing how his words had affected Remus. Remus laughed even though his heart was pounding wildly. It felt just like in second year when Sirius had figured out about Remus's furry side. But Remus knew that Sirius didn't mean anything by it, he couldn't, and he wasn't into boys the last time Remus checked.

"Yes, I'll help you, but you owe me big time." Remus called over his shoulder as he began the trek back to the dorm rooms. Sirius and James rushed after him anxious to remove the odd colors from their bodies.

Two hours, three bars of soap, a bottle of Mr. Marven's Magical Mess Remover, and six sore arms later the strange coloring still hadn't come off. Remus began to think they were going to need a higher power to fix this mess.

"How the...hell…did you…. manage to get this done to you?" grunted Remus, scrubbing at Sirius's arm. James had quit after a painful hour and a half. Sirius claimed to have a higher tolerance for pain and wanted to continue.

"Don't know. We were messing around with some potions ingredients and suddenly it went up in a very pretty smoke." said James. Remus knew then that they would need someone very versed in potions to get rid of this.

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It took another hour and a half to convince Lily to even attempt the project. Remus had to beg and plead and offer to do anything she wanted before she agreed. As Lily and Remus trooped up to the dorm she warned him:

"If Potter even thinks about doing something perverse I am going to leave him the way he is. Got it?" Remus got it and made a mental note to warn Sirius and James to sit quietly.

"Lily flower! How are you this…day?" started James, stopping with Remus's across the neck slashing movements. James's eyebrow disappeared into his hairline as he stared at Remus. Remus shook his head and mentally warned James not to do want he was about to do.

"Alright, idiots, not including Remus, let's see what you managed to do to yourselves." Lily settled in to work, pausing only to grab certain potions from her room. It took four hours, they successfully managed to miss dinner, and a whole box of potion ingredients to counteract the original potion but Lily managed to get James and Sirius back to their normal color. Remus smiled; glad that he wouldn't have to deal with their whining if it had stuck.

"Uh...thank you, Lily. I, we appreciate it." stammered James. Lily looked at him like an alien had just crash-landed in the dorm room, but she smiled tentatively back. Remus grinned, that was almost human of James, who did have a tendency to act like a spoiled snot. He was very proud of James and sincerely hoped that he kept this up.

"You're welcome." replied Lily as she carried her supplies out of the room.

"Did you see that? She smiled at me! She didn't hit me! Remus, what did I do?" asked James, dancing around excitedly. James was so happy that Lily hadn't caused him bodily harm that he had forgotten what he had done to get to that point! Remus shook his head in exasperation. The poor guy never caught a break.

"That was called acting human, James. It's all the rage right now, you know." said Remus. Sirius laughed and slung a normal colored arm around Remus.

"Very funny, Lupin, very funny. There's no need to be sarcastic." drawled James, patting Remus's arm.

"Let's go raid the kitchen. We'll find Peter while we're at it." stated Sirius, hunger evident in his voice.

"Hey Sirius, remind me when we get back to give you the biscuits my mother sent you this morning." Remus said, putting his arm around Sirius as well. Remus could see Padfoot's ear perk up at the mention of biscuits.

"What type did she send?"

"It doesn't matter what type, James. The woman is a complete genius at baking. I'll eat anything she makes me."

"You eat anything anybody makes you, Padfoot."

"At least I'm not a wuss, Prongs, you couldn't even hold still for a little harmless scrubbing."

"Why you…"

"Now boys, lets all calm down and go raid the kitchens like normal teenage boys. Okay?"

"Yes, Moony."

"Yes, Mother."

THAP! Went the back of Sirius's head as Remus's hand connected with it. A miserable ouch came from the vicinity of James's left kneecap.

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It was Christmas once again and all through the dorm not a creature stirred, not even a mouse. Well, except for in the seventh year boys' dorm. Remus and Sirius were they only seventh years that had stayed for the holidays. Sirius didn't want to intrude on the Potter's so soon after Harold's murder by Death Eaters and the full moon was on Christmas Eve, so Remus didn't want to cause his mother any undue stress.

Both boys were happy enough basking in the quietness of the dorm and each other's company. It did get a little uncomfortable for each boy was harboring a secret that could make or break their friendship. Love was the secret that was kept, but little did they know it was about to be spoken.

"Hey Remus?"

"Hmmm?" hummed Remus, barely paying attention to anything other than the book in front of him. Tollkien sure knew how to draw people into his books, thought Remus.

"Have you ever liked someone but didn't want to say anything because you were afraid of their reaction?" asked Sirius, successfully snapping Remus out of his book induced stupor.

"Why do you ask?" Remus was a tad worried. If Sirius had some unknown crush, what did that mean for Remus?

"Well, I like this person and I don't want to hurt our friendship. Its really strong and I almost ruined it once, I don't want to do it again."

"If this person is your friend then it shouldn't matter. And what do you mean by person? Is this person not a girl?"

"No. It's a he."

"I thought you liked girls?"

"Well, I do. But I like this guy too. I only like this one guy, not any others."

Remus sighed, "Oh. Well like I said if this person is great enough for you to risk your straightness for them then it shouldn't matter. Even if they don't feel that way about you it shouldn't ruin your friendship."

"Oh. Hey, Remus?" Remus sighed again and put his book aside, it was obvious he wasn't going to get through it tonight.

"Yes, Sirius?"

"Um…"

"Sirius?" Remus started as he looked up into a very nervous face. A face that was very close to his own. The face that was reflected in his dreams in this same position almost every night.

"Remus. I don't know how I can say this but…"

"But…?"

"I think I'm in love with you."

Remus couldn't move, he couldn't speak. Sirius had just confessed his love for him and he didn't want to wake up and find that it was a dream.

"And like you said, it shouldn't matter if you don't feel the same. I can deal with that. It's not like…"

"Sirius?"

"Huh?"

"Shut up and kiss me." Remus stated before pulling Sirius's face to his. He felt like being spontaneous and this was as spontaneous as he could get at the moment.

Their first kiss together wasn't perfect. It was nervous and full of teeth and awkward limbs, but it was theirs. It was a moment that they could share for, hopefully, years to come. As Sirius melded his lips to Remus's he wondered how he could be so lucky as to have Remus care for him as well.

All Remus could think of was how well they seemed to fit together and how incredibly lucky he was. To find someone who didn't care about his furriness or any secrets he ended up keeping. As he ran his hands up into the black liquid curls, he knew this was what love was.

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Remus and Sirius stood side by side on the platform, waiting impatiently for their two other friends to arrive from the break. Inside the crevice created by their robes their hands lay entwined. As the train pulled into the station they reluctantly pulled apart their hands. It wouldn't do for the entire school to know about their relationship before their friends did.

As James stepped off the train, Sirius and Remus moved towards him. They stopped at the look that covered James' face. It was a look of shock and wonderment. It was a look not normally seen on James Potter. And, quite frankly, it worried Remus. That was not normal and it looked as though he had been stunned.

"Hey, Prongs, what's going on?" asked Sirius, coming to stand next to the stunned looking male.

"She said yes."

"Huh? Who said yes to what?" asked Remus, coming up on the other side and placing a comforting hand on James's elbow.

"Lily. She said yes to going to Hogsmeade with me." Sirius and Remus looked at each other in shock. Lily had said yes? To James Potter?

"It's the end of the world and I feel fine." mumbled Remus, looping an arm through James's and leading his towards the carriages. Sirius snickered; he had apparently heard Remus's joke.

They managed to weasel the rest of the story out of James on the ride back to Hogwarts. James had evidently had some more human moments, which probably came from his father's sudden death, and had been rather nice to Lily. She had, in Sirius's words, had a moment of temporary insanity and said yes to his latest invitation to the village.

Sirius glanced over at Remus and they made a mental agreement to let James have his glory and to not mention their relationship just yet.

At dinner later that night, James had yet another out of body experience. As Lily walked by he said hello and told her he was looking forward to their date. Lily no longer had the deer in the headlight look when James said something nice. She probably thought that he had had a major mental meltdown with the news of his father's death. Which was partially true, thought Remus, James hadn't been well the first week after the news came. He was positive that Josephina was worse off, all alone in the large house the Potter's had.

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As December turned into January and January turned into February, the group known as the Marauder's seemed to split at the seams. Peter had a girlfriend, even though no one had met her. James was still dating Lily, which was miraculous. Both of them seemed to spend less and less time with the other two Marauders and more time with their girlfriends. This did not necessarily bother Remus but it seemed to bother Sirius to no end.

It came to a head one night in March. James had gone with Lily on a romantic, midnight stroll and Peter was off with his girl doing who knew what. Remus was in bed reading his latest book and Sirius had been moping about the dorm for the last three hours.

Remus felt the bed dip and suddenly a warm body was pressed up against him and a face was buried in his stomach.

"Can I help you?" asked Remus, curling his fingers into the head of hair. Sirius shook his head and wrapped his arms around Remus's waist.

"Remmie, do you think that James doesn't want to spend time with me anymore?"

"Why would you think something like that, Sirius? You know James thinks of you as the brother he never had." said Remus, putting the book down.

"I don't know."

Remus waited a moment and then asked, "You don't?"

Sirius shook his head, "No."

Remus rolled his eyes up toward the canopy and let out a breath. It was going to be a long night if Sirius insisted on acting like a two year old every time he had a problem with somebody.

"Are you sure you don't know. Because I'm sure you do."

"Yeah I know. Its just that he always seems to want to spend time with Evans and none with me. You realize we haven't played one prank since November?"

Sirius was right; they hadn't played a prank since November. The school had gotten so used to there being no pranks that a sense of well being had fallen over the castle.

"Sirius, it'll be okay. You know that James isn't purposely ignoring you. He just, wants to spend time with Lily. He has been "lusting" after her for six years you know."

"Yeah, hopefully its just a phase. We can name it the Evil Evans phase."

"Sirius!"

"Sorry, Remmie." Sirius moved up until his head lay on Remus's shoulder. Remus rested his head on top of Sirius's. Times like these were what made life worth living.

"I wouldn't worry about it, Sirius. It'll get better, once the newness of his relationship wears off James will be back. It'll be okay, you'll see. Besides you have me, right?"

Sirius smiled up at Remus, "You're right, Remmie."

"Of course." Sirius laughed and pressed a kiss to Remus's neck. Remus opened his book back up, glad that Sirius was better and wasn't liable to jump off the astronomy tower if pushed too hard.

"Hey Rem?"

"Yes?"

"Can I stay with you tonight? I don't really feel like being by myself." Sirius sounded so pathetic that Remus didn't have the heart to say no. The fact that Remus and Sirius hadn't come out about their relationship yet didn't matter.

"Sure. Get in you great pathetic lump." Sirius grinned widely and slid underneath the red covers.

"You aren't going to read all night are you?" asked Sirius and Remus shook his head.

"Just let me finish this chapter and then I'll put it down. Now be quiet and let me read."

"You love your books more than me don't you? You're such a cold lover." Sirius whined, rolling over.

Remus shut the book with a snap. "Sirius, don't be silly. I'd rather have you than a pile of books any day."

Sirius grinned once more and rolled back to face Remus, "Good."

Remus put his arms around Sirius and closed his eyes, content to fall asleep in the arms of the man he cared deeply for.

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"What the hell is going on here?" came an irate voice from above the sleeping puppies. Their eyes snapped open in tandem. Sirius yawned as Remus shot straight up from his position wrapped around Sirius's chest.

James Potter stood above Remus's bed and stared at the guilty looking puppies. Or looked at one guilty puppy and one sleepy puppy. Remus reached behind him and wrapped his hand around Sirius's.

"Well James, I am in bed with Remus. What does it look like?" said Sirius, putting his other arm around Remus. Remus blanched and slid back into Sirius's warmth. That may not be the best way to break the news to the highly volatile Gryffindor.

"It looks as though something is happening here that I'm not sure that I want to know about."

"Be as that may James, I'm not giving Remus up for anything. Not even for you." Remus looked at Sirius in surprise, that was something new. James looked quite taken aback, as though he had never seen Sirius before then. This was very odd for everyone.

"I'm okay with it, I guess. I just didn't expect that you two would be….like this. I can get used to it. Is this because of me? Because I'm not spending enough time with you guys?"

"No James, this has nothing to do with you. Although we wouldn't mind seeing you around some more." replied Remus, glad that James didn't seem to be angry.

"Great. You know, Lily said that you two were together, but I didn't believe her. I guess I should listen to her more often. Um, anyways, it's time for breakfast." James said, laughing before heading out the door. Peter scrambled out after him, saying nothing to the two still in bed.

"Well, I guess we'd better get to breakfast."

"Yeah."

Remus stepped out of the bed and padded into the bathroom. "We don't have much time before class starts. We should conserve water don't you think?"

Sirius was out of the bed, stripped, and into the shower before Remus had even finished speaking. Remus laughed and followed the crazed male into the bathroom.

A/N: There you have it. I am being insanely productive. Actually I was with my mother at a bazaar thing for a high school and had a LOT of extra time. Very boring, the highlight of my weekend was getting to use the credit card machine.