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Sirius' hand instantly flew to his wounded shoulder trying to somehow protect the identity of the person who gave it to him. "James I really have to go," Sirius said trying to push past his friend, but James took advantage of Sirius getting close to him. He grabbed him by the arm with one hand and with other yanked down his shirt to reveal his shoulder and expose the bright red mark that was branded on Sirius' white skin.

"No! You tell me who did this to you? Now!" James' eyes were bulging out of his skull. I don't think I ever seen him look so livid. At least not concerning me. Sirius tried to wriggle from James' grasp, but the hold James had on him was too great.

Sirius racked his brain, he had to think of something to say. "I did it to myself." He wanted to hit his head against the wall. Of all the people in Hogwarts to say he avoided saying Severus' name, but he said his own instead.

James looked at him with concern. "What? You expect me to believe that?"

"Yes." Sirius nodded his head vigorously. He attempted once more to get out of the hold James had on him. He pulled his arm away from him and stumbled back, fixing his shirt in the process, now it hung limply around his neck from being pulled so hard by James.

"Sirius tell me the truth," James pleaded with him. Sirius felt a small tug at his heart strings to tell his best friend the truth, a stronger tug pulled him in the direction of keeping Severus' name out of it for the time being. Until they were both ready to tell everyone what was happening between them.

Sirius decided to give something to James to finally let him down gently. "James I can't tell you the whole truth now. I will someday soon, not now. I can't be with you." Sirius took in a shuddering breath. This was harder to say than he thought it would be, it was best for both of them. It wasn't right to give James false hope when there was no hope to begin with in the first place. "You're my friend and that's how I want it to stay. I don't want to ruin our friendship in any way. And I already have someone I like." Sirius kept that fact that he was dating the one he liked to himself. It should stay a secret for now.

James looked completely crushed with the information. His brow pinched together and his breathing became ragged. Sirius rushed to his side and helped into their room where he helped James sit on his bed.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" James asked leaning against Sirius. Sirius wanted to pull away for fear he might give James the wrong impression, but seeing his friend in pain hurt him too much to do it though.

"I didn't know how to tell you."

"Then the person you like, did they leave that mark on you?" Sirius nodded. James moved away from Sirius to the other side of the bed. He stood up rigidly and faced away from Sirius. "I'm not going to give up. You can learn to like me as more than a friend in time." James left without another word leaving Sirius shell shocked.

James wasn't going to give up? But I turned him down and made it clear that I didn't want to pursue that kind of relationship with him.

Sirius hauled himself to his feet with the help of the bed post. He mechanically changed his shirt and grabbed everything Severus told him to get. The walk down to the lake was a long one. He was exhausted. Sirius finally made it outside where he was greeted with a small smile on Severus' lips. His heart nearly burst with happiness. The smile was barely noticeable on Severus' lips, but it was there. Severus sat at the same tree they met at last time. The lake was before them shining brightly in the sunlight. Sirius shaded his eyes to get a better look at the lake. It was a beautiful sight. He plopped down next to Severus and opened his book and set his scrolls down next to him. Severus already had everything out and had started writing his report. From what Sirius could tell he was almost done with everything.

Sirius turned to look at Severus and smiled for the first time since his conversation with James. This was how he wanted to feel with someone he liked and he didn't feel that for James. How could he explain the feeling to James to make him understand that he would never feel that way toward him?

"You actually brought everything to work on our paper," Severus said with surprise. His brow raised and his eyes widened a fraction.

"You told me too." Sirius laughed at the look of surprise.

"I didn't think you would listen to me. I thought you would want to pick up where we left off in the library." Severus scooted closer to Sirius and brought there bodies in contact. Sirius instantly felt a rush of heat shoot through him. Severus came closer and laid his hand gently on Sirius' shoulder, where he left his mark. "How does it look?" Severus asked his voice dropping to a low whisper. He started to move the fabric of Sirius' shirt off his shoulder to get a better look at his handy work.

"Big and red," Sirius said swallowing hard.

"You're right." Severus pulled on Sirius' shirt and found the wound he made. He lowered his head and slowly ran his tongue over the big red mark and blew on it. Sirius' eyes rolled to the back of his head, his entire being went limp. Sirius opened his eyes and found Severus smirking at him and he was back to leaning against the tree. "You don't seem to mind having it."

"If you do that then it's not so bad." Sirius started to move toward to Severus who started reading his book, Sirius pulled himself back and leaned on his haunches.

Severus' smirk dropped from his face and he gazed at Sirius. "I thought you were about to pounce me," Severus said brow lifting in confusion. He set his book down and turned his full attention to Sirius.

Sirius sat down crossed legged next Severus. "I told James about liking someone else and not being able to give him anything other than friendship."

Severus sucked in a breath. "And?"

"He said that he would still chase after me," Sirius said glumly.

"You mean even though you told him that you didn't like him that he's still going to go after you?" Severus' eyes narrowed and his jaw clenched. His hair fell into his face as he hung his head for moment. "I'm going to have to do something about it then. You're mine and he needs to know." Severus stood up and began rushing to the castle.

Sirius got up quickly and caught Severus by the arm. "No," he said as he brought Severus in to a hug. He crushed Severus to his chest and kept him there.

"We'll think of something, but we can't go rushing off doing something without thinking. And James is still my best friend. I can't hurt him."

Severus wrestled out Sirius' grip. "Fine, but you have to do something to get him to stop wanting you." Severus marched back to his spot by the tree and crossed his arms over his chest as he sat down and collected his fallen books.

Sirius smiled at how protective Severus was being. Something would come to him later. For now he would enjoy the time he was spending with Severus.