Sirius' heart nearly crumpled as breakfast ended and Remus hadn't arrived. It wouldn't have mattered as much if Remus hadn't already disappeared from the dormitory before anyone had woke up. Sirius spent the entire morning attempting to think about anything but the fight, which would cause him to tear up every time. It was sad, he noted, that as packed as the Great Hall was, it seemed entirely empty without Remus.

He slowly stabbed his scrambled eggs with his fork, not caring much about the food on his plate. "No' 'ungry?" James asked him, mouth full. Sirius merely shook his head. Every kind of food he could imagine lined the table, and for once not one thing sparked his interest.

Breakfast ended and with it being Saturday, he went to the only place where he thought he would find Remus. The library.

Sirius hurried along the corridors, finally bursting into the library. He ran through the rows of thousands of books, skipping some and going to the usual places that Remus would be looking things up for his homework assignments. He went past all the lycan's favorite tables, and even gave a glance down the Restricted Section, but in the end he was just surrounded by stacks and stacks of books, all of which were completely Remus-less. Frustrated, he threw himself into one of the squishy armchairs and buried his face in his hands.

Lily Evans walked into the library, completely shocked to see Sirius Black sitting there. "Black? What in the world-" she stopped as his eyes met hers, face looking somewhat tear stricken. He hurriedly dragged a hand across his eyes in a manly fashion, cursing.

"Damn it, Lily! What do you want?"

She pretended not to notice he'd been crying. "Lily? Since when do you call me Lily?" She walked over, sitting the chair across from his. "What's wrong, Black?"

"Oh, like you actually care."

She looked at him carefully. "Well, you know Remus is a good friend of mine and I don't know what else you would be so upset about."

Sirius glared at her, but gave in. "We had a fight… he misunderstood something I said and I haven't seen him since last night."

"Well, what didn't he get?" She asked.

"Look, he's been really stressed lately with school and stuff, you know? So we were talking last night and I asked him to lie down and take his shirt off, but I didn't get to tell him if was so I could give him a massage, and he thought I meant something else. I don't want to sleep with him! Well at least not yet," he added quickly. "I don't cry, okay? I haven't since I was like six! But Merlin… having him so upset and avoiding me, I can't take it," he paused. "Damn it, Evans… I think I love him."

She gave him an extremely doubtful look. "You… what?"

"I… love him…"

"Look, Black, you've said that to tons of girls, so its not out of the norm for you to tell whoever you're with that you 'love' them," she stated, putting air quotes around the word 'love'.

"Nooo!" he hissed in frustration. "I don't care about- girls aren't- Dear Merlin! I'm completely riding a broom for the other team- I don't care about those girls! Remus is… he's… damn! Do you remember the last Quidditch match we had, when I almost fell off my broom? Remus had smiled at me. Just a simple smile! No one's ever managed to distract that much when I've been flying! He's my everything, my whole universe! Do you get it yet, Evans? He's the air I breathe… the reason I wake up in the morning… if it wasn't for him, I'd be nothing… I love him."

"Siri? Do you mean that?" A small, familiar voice from behind him asked. Unbeknownst to Sirius, he had been standing there for nearly the last 5 minutes.

He jumped up, almost knocking the chair over. "REMUS!" There was a chorus of exasperated "Shhh's" but Sirius didn't care. He cleared the chair, giving the lycanthrope a nearly rib-crushing hug and started a long stream of apologies.

Lily smiled subtly to Remus, and then quietly walked away. "No… shush, love," Remus cooed. "Let's talk about this upstairs." The two walked the entire way, Padfoot holding on to the other boy's hand for dear life, or so it appeared. They made their way straight to the dormitory and sat down on Sirius' bed. The black haired, boy rested his back against the headboard, then gave Remus a pitiful look. "Hey now," he sighed. "None of that."

Sirius responded by merely holding out his arms, and the werewolf complied by crawling into his lap, where he was cradled like a little kid.

"Siri, I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions! I'm so sorry… I was in a terrible mood, ready and waiting to be upset with the first person that came along. Can you forgive me? Please? I feel like a complete prat, for what it's worth." Remus waited, mentally begging for forgiveness.

Padfoot smiled, entirely thankful for once in his life that Lily Evans existed. "How about we skip the apologies? I do owe you a massage," he smiled.

Happy to oblige, Remus pulled his shirt off and laid down across Sirius' bed, but not before giving him a very thankful kiss. "Siri…" he mumbled once the massage began. "I love you, too."

The black haired boy's hands stopped and he leaned forward giving Remus a humongous hug. "Yay for love!" he paused. "Do you love me enough to let me skip Transfiguration Monday?"

Remus gave him a very doubtful look.

He shrugged. "I figured it was worth a try," he smiled and he started massaging Remus' back once more.

"That feels scrumptious," he said, completely relaxed as his boyfriend's magical hands roamed across his bare skin, forcing every muscle to surrender to feeling good. Sirius' hands cascaded across his back, kneading and rubbing and rolling Moony closer and closer to sleep with every touch.

He tried to stifle a yawn, making Sirius chuckle. "Are you tired, my love?" The lycan nodded slowly.

"I blame no breakfast for early morning fuel and you for making me feel so exquisite," he murmured. "Siri, take a nap with me…"

"My pleasure," he replied, curling up next to the shaggy-brown haired boy and yawning himself.

Remus pulled him closer so Sirius' back cam in contact with his bare chest and began the usual habit of stroking his hair. "Mmm, Rem?" Sirius said.

"Yes?"

"If I tell you that I know where you keep your chocolate stash and threaten to destroy it unless we both skip our classes Monday, would that work?"

"Good grief. Go to sleep, Siri, and no, we aren't skipping our classes. Even if you did know where my chocolate stash was, we have Hogsmeade next weekend, so I could just by more and eat it on the spot. Therefore, you lose."

Both boys were quiet for a few minutes, and soon Remus noticed that his Sirius' eyes had closed and his breathing had become increasingly steady. How could he have almost let this go? He'd been so mad over almost nothing just a few hours earlier, and now with the figure asleep in his arms, he scolded himself. He'd really need to watch what he got angry about. How close was the full moon, anyway? Maybe that had played a role. At least then he'd have an excuse…

So… thanks to those who've reviewed/author alerted me! You guys make me incredibly happyful!! If you wanna check out some amazingly spectacular Rem/Siri fics, I uber highly recommend checking out Riding Lessons and it's sequel, Lessons in Etiquette by albe-chan, they're some of the best of their kind I've ever read! yayness! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this and PLEASE REVIEW! Love from, Kurama