Moony's influence

The next few days passed without another incident, Sirius healed fast after he had woken and the four of them, Remus, Sirius, Moody and Tonks, had cleared out enough rooms for the upcoming arrival of the Weasleys and Hermione. Tonks and Moody then had to leave, much more of an absence would have raised unwanted questions, so once again it was just Remus and Sirius, and Kreacher of course who had now hoarded so much he had to relocate to one of the bedrooms, no one much cared as long as he stayed out of the way.

Two days till the full moon

Remus and Sirius were in the kitchen having a small breakfast before they were going to tackle a bathroom on the second floor. A frown was set on Remus' face, Moony was humming happily with the moon approaching.

"What's wrong Remus'?" Sirius asked

Remus looked up, mentally berating himself for letting his feelings show "nothing" he replied a little too quickly. "Go ahead tell him Remus, if you don't I will make sure you do, three days to go" then the humming began again,

"Remus you cant fool me what's wrong?" he demanded again.

"Nothing Sirius honestly"

"I don't believe you" Sirius then stood up and placed himself between Remus and the door "Right now neither of us leaving this room until you tell me what's wrong"

Remus sighed into his cup of tea and placed it down in the table he turned to look at him, his dark eyes smouldering into his pale blue pools, Moony whimpered under the glare and Remus groaned and look away.

"It's just Moony, he's giving me a headache"

Sirius relaxed and moved towards Remus. "What's the bitch withering on about now?"

Remus couldn't bring himself to look at Sirius and give Moony the satisfaction of seeing his mate up close, Remus couldn't bring himself to tell Sirius the monster had chosen him either, so he lied. "Just the usual stuff, he's a bit restless with the moon coming, that's all"

Sirius obviously didn't believe him but accepted Remus' wasn't going to tell him "Alright then, let's get to work so you can get some rest"

One day till the full moon

Remus was sitting in the library reading and Sirius was lounging in front of the fire. Remus couldn't tear his eyes off of his best friend, the fire light was making his skin glow and his muscles gleam, the last few weeks had done him good, he had slowly started to put weight on and he was almost back to the condition he was before Azkaban, you could almost believe those years had not happened except for the haunting look that still remained in his eyes. "He's perfect even you know this" Remus didn't reply, for risk of his Sirius understanding what they were talking about. Remus just continued to stare at the man that he knew he was beginning to fall in love with.

"Remus why are you staring at me" Sirius asked, his eyes still closed.

Remus started then shook his head "I wasn't, must of spaced out"

"That doesn't sound like you" Sirius said getting up and kneeling in front of Remus, Moony began to pant at the submissive position Sirius had placed himself in.

"STOP IT!" Remus yelled, then saw the look of hurt in Sirius eyes. Guilt swept through Remus as he quickly apologised.

"I'm sorry I was talking to Moony" Sirius didn't seem to accept his excuse this time and grabbed his face in his hands.

"Remus would you please tell me what is going on, you've had arguments with Moony before but nothing that resulted in you shouting at him, you told me you always just ignored him when he started to irritate you, now would you please tell me what's going on"

Remus heart melted as he looked into Sirius' eyes and he felt his resolve crumble as tears spill down his cheeks.

"It's different this time" he whispered, Sirius just continued to look at him "He's chosen a mate, and I don't want him to hurt them" surprise was all that he could see on Sirius face

"Oh" Sirius let out letting go of Remus "I wasn't expecting that, who has he chosen?"

Remus shook his head, he had already let too much slip "Tell him, NOW REMUS, tell him"

"It doesn't matter" Remus said getting up and calmly walking to his room leaving Sirius behind looking concerned and Moony screaming in his head.

Full moon

Remus refused to leave his room all day, despite Sirius constantly knocking on his door, the only time he opened his door was to accept his wolfs bane from Snape in the afternoon.

The transformation began and Remus felt his hold over Moony weaken as he desperately tried to shake him off and break through the door, where he knew the dog would be, guarding the door. Remus held fast, the concern he had for Sirius outweighed anything Remus threw at him and forced him to sleep. Morning came and he felt warmth next to him. Sirius had come into the room during the night and lay down next to him, and was now sleeping, with a content look on his face