Just in case people don't know, I did start a new fic called Pointless Surrender and it's written as a sister-fic to this one, from Remus' POV.

It would be awesome if you guys decided to read it, and I guarantee you will feel so sorry for poor Remus :( haha

Anyway, I'm glad my last chapter wasn't too bad haha... sex scenes really aren't my area of expertise, but I thought I should at least try to write it :D

Sirius awoke the next morning to find Regulus' arms wrapped around him, and his face pressed against Sirius' chest. He could feel the slow breathing of his boyfriend, and he smiled to himself as he sifted his fingers through Regulus' soft hair. The previous night had been absolutely wonderful, and he couldn't help but feel like the luckiest person in the world. As he looked down at Regulus' sleeping form, he grinned and kissed the top of his head.

After a while, Regulus started stirring, and Sirius held on to him tighter.

"Mmm... Sirius?"

"Yeah?" whispered Sirius, peering down into Regulus' eyes.

"Hi," Regulus replied with a shy smile. Sirius leaned down and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.

"Morning," he said. Regulus slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes.

"Wow," he said, looking down at Sirius. "Last night..."

"I know," grinned Sirius.

"It was perfect," Regulus said. "Amazing."

"Just like you," said Sirius, winking and sitting up to pull Regulus in for yet another kiss. This one lasted a little longer, and it was extremely hard for Sirius to stop.

Regulus laughed. "Thanks. Hey, do you know what the time is?"

"Umm... no idea," Sirius said. "Why?"

"We have lessons today," Regulus groaned. "And people were probably wondering why we weren't in our dorms last night."

"Pfft," Sirius said. "My room-mates wouldn't notice."

"Are they still not talking to you?" asked Regulus.

Sirius shook his head sadly. "I wish I could fix it."

"I'm sure they'll start speaking to you soon," Regulus said with a small smile.

"What if they don't?"

"They will," reassured Regulus. "But, if not, then you always have me."

"You have your own friends," mumbled Sirius.

"I'll always have time for you," said Regulus.

"Really?"

"Of course," he grinned, planting a kiss on Sirius' lips and jumping out of bed. "Now, we should get ready for lessons.

"Oh no!" Sirius grumbled, falling back onto his pillow.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm going to be in so much trouble with McGonagall," he groaned. "Missed my detention."

"Oh," Regulus said. "When was it?"

"Last night," said Sirius. "But I'd already made plans with you. I didn't want her to ruin my night."

"We should have just rescheduled," Regulus said. "But I'm not complaining," he added. "It was the best night of my life."

"It was?"

"Yep."

"It was the best night of my life, too," said Sirius.

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"Where were you?" snapped James, as Sirius sat down at the breakfast table. Sirius glared at him.

"Why should I tell you?"

"McGonagall wants to know," said James.

"Well you can tell McGonagall that-"

"- That?" said an angry voice from above him. He looked up into the face of Professor McGonagall, who didn't look very impressed. "What can he tell me?" she asked.

"That I completely forgot to go to the detention last night, and I'm terribly sorry," he said, giving her an innocent smile.

"And where were you last night, when you should've been in your dormitory?" Professor McGonagall asked sternly.

"In the prefects bathrooms," Sirius lied. "My friends and I had a fallout, and I didn't want to sleep in their room, so I slept in the bathroom instead."

"And how do you know how to get into that bathroom? You aren't a prefect."

"Remus told me," he said quickly, giving Remus an apologetic glance.

"And why would you tell him, Mr Lupin?" McGonagall asked, rounding on Remus.

"I'm sorry, Professor," Remus said quietly. "I didn't know he'd try and sneak in there."

"Twenty points from Gryffindor each," she answered, looking between them angrily. "And Mr Black, you will have an extra long detention tonight."

"Yes, Professor," Sirius mumbled, as she walked towards the staff table. James, Remus and Peter were silent, and Sirius decided to focus on something else to ease the tension. He began waffling down his breakfast, hoping he could get out before the situation got any more awkward. After a while, Peter and James stood up and left, leaving Sirius and Remus alone in silence.

"Where were you?" Remus asked suddenly, making Sirius look up.

"I already told you!" replied Sirius angrily. "In the prefects bathroom!"

"Yeah. Right," said Remus coldly. "Were you with Regulus?" he asked sadly. Sirius decided he'd better be truthful if he ever wanted Remus back as a friend.

"Yeah," he replied. "I was."

"Oh," said Remus, looking down at his hands. "Did you have fun?"

"Yeah, it was great," said Sirius. He noted that Remus looked close to tears. Biting his lip, he spoke. "I'm sorry, Rem. I'm trying to be truthful with you, but I can see that it's upsetting you."

"I'm not upset!" Remus snapped. His eyes were filled with tears, and Sirius wasn't sure what to do.

"Oh... OK... umm... sorry," he said awkwardly. A few minutes went by, and neither of them spoke. Finally, the silence was broken again by Remus.

"What did you do?" he asked. "With Regulus?"

"It's-" Sirius sighed. "-I don't really want to tell anyone."

"Why?"

"It's private," said Sirius.

"Of course," Remus replied, nodding, and looking away.

"Did you mean what you said?" Sirius blurted out. "When you said you hate me?"

"I..." Remus looked torn. "No," he said quietly. "I didn't mean it. I was angry."

Sirius breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness for that," he said.

"Did you ever love me?" Remus asked in barely a whisper. Sirius gulped.

"I thought I did," he replied. "I honestly thought I did."

"But you didn't?" Remus said, his voice breaking. "You never loved me?"

"No," said Sirius. "I never loved you," his voice sounded cold – not how he intended it to sound.

"I thought you did," said Remus.

"I'm sorry," Sirius answered, trying not to cry, himself. Remus wiped away a tear, and stood up abruptly.

"I love you," he said. "And I always will. Just... think about what you've done. Maybe you'll regret it..."

With that, he walked off, leaving Sirius speechless.

He could honestly say, he felt like a complete monster. Though he absolutely loved Regulus, it didn't stop him from feeling extremely upset when Remus said these things to him. He hated breaking Remus' heart, and he knew that every time Remus saw him, he was breaking it a little bit more.

Sirius thought of what it would feel like if Regulus cheated on him. He wasn't sure if he'd be able to stand it – it would be terrible. Pity washed through him as he thought of poor Remus, who had to go through that pain, of watching the person you love, fall in love with someone else.

But Sirius didn't regret it. Being with Regulus was the most amazing feeling he could ask for, and if that meant hurting people along the way, then so be it. Regulus was perfect for him in every way, and the feelings were reciprocated.

With Remus, it had been one-sided love, but with Regulus, it was returned. That was all Sirius could ask for.

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The day went by slowly, and every single lesson, Sirius attempted to catch James' eye, but failed miserably every time. After the sixth attempt in potions, James sighed and turned around angrily.

"WHAT do you want?" he said through gritted teeth.

"Uh.. nothing," Sirius said sheepishly.

"Stop watching me! It's bloody creepy," James said, turning around.

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After that, James and Sirius never talked again. It had been an entire month and a half, and neither of them had even looked at each other – not even at Quidditch practice. Peter sometimes mumbled 'hello' and 'goodbye' to Sirius, but that was the longest conversation the two would share, and Remus was another matter altogether.

Sirius tried to make amends with him – tried to get him to see that they could only be friends, but Remus just wouldn't listen. It seemed that their conversation at breakfast had just been a one-off, and Remus had no more plans to speak to Sirius.

He was beginning to feel lonely. He occasionally hung around with Frank and Alice, but all they did was kiss. Other times, Lily would tag along with them and make snide remarks about Sirius, which he couldn't be bothered to endure, so he'd drift away.

Then, the only other person he had was Regulus, who was great. Sirius didn't dare go and speak to Regulus when he was with his Slytherin friends, and that was most of the time. It was very difficult to get his boyfriend alone, and when he did, it was for a limited period of time.

As Christmas drew nearer, for the first time in his life, Sirius was eager to get home. That way, he'd be with Regulus 24:7, and there would be no annoying Slytherin's to get in their way. There would be a huge double bed, and locks on the doors...

For once, 12 Grimmauld Place sounded like heaven rather than hell.

Sirius found himself counting down the days till Christmas.

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At long last, the final day of term arrived, and the students were all getting on the train. As Sirius stepped onto the train, he realised he had nobody to sit with. Swallowing the lump in his throat, he walked on past the carriage where Regulus was sitting with his friends, and on towards the end of the train. He looked in one of the compartments and saw Remus, James and Peter all talking and laughing in there, and he couldn't help missing them more than ever. Unwillingly, he carried on walking down the train.

"Sirius!" shouted someone, making Sirius swerve around quickly. He was surprised to see Remus standing behind him.

"Yeah?" he replied weakly.

"I just thought... well... er... I got you a present," Remus said awkwardly, handing him a wrapped present. Sirius stared at the gift in awe, and then back at Remus.

"This is for me?" he asked.

"Well... yeah. I thought... well... you know..."

"Thanks, Remus," said Sirius, smiling. Remus smiled back.

"It's OK," he said. "Well... umm... I hope you have a great Christmas."

"Yeah, you too," said Sirius, waving to Remus as he walked back into his compartment. Sirius carried on walking, until he reached Lily, Alice and Frank. Sighing, he slid open the door.

"Can I sit with you guys?" he asked.

"Of course you can," said Frank, moving over to let him sit down.

"Thanks," he mumbled. He looked down at the present Remus had given him, and smiled. Remus had actually got him something!

Carefully, he ripped the wrapping paper, and out came a huge selection of Honeydukes sweets. Frank, Alice and Lily stared at him in awe as he pulled the remainder of wrapping paper off of it.

"Where did you get that?" asked Alice.

"Present," said Sirius.

"It's got everything in it!" Lily said.

"Yeah," Sirius replied.

"Who got it for you?" asked Frank, eyeing the sweets with greed.

"Remus."

"Wow," Lily said. "He must really like you to get you something that expensive! I saw it in Honeydukes the other day, and it was the most expensive thing in the shop!"

"Really?" asked Sirius in confusion. Why would Remus get him something so expensive when they weren't even talking.

"Yeah!" said Frank. "I saw it too."

"That's great," Sirius said, grinning. He looked down and noticed a small note attached to the side of the packet, and ripped it off to read it. It read:

Sirius,

I know we haven't spoken in a while, and I know I'm supposed to be angry with you, but it's Christmas! I've given it a lot of thought, and although I'm still extremely hurt by what you did, I'm going to forgive you. It'll be New Year, right? We could just forgive and forget...

Maybe we could remain friends, and I can try and convince James to forgive you, too. You seem to be pretty lonely, and I hate seeing you like that, but I guess you got your punishment for what you did to me. I think you've suffered, and now I'm willing to just let it go. I don't want to lose you as a friend – losing you as a boyfriend was hard enough. I need you in my life in some way or another.

I hope all is well, and I wish you a Happy Christmas.

Love from,

Remus

xxx

Sirius re-read the note, over and over again – excitement bubbling inside him. Remus had forgiven him! He didn't know what to think...

He thought that Remus was being too nice to him, and that he really didn't deserve Remus' friendship, but he was still incredibly grateful that Remus had given him another chance. He would prove that he was an amazing friend, and that he'd never do anything to hurt Remus again.

Alice, Lily and Frank were all giving Sirius strange looks, as he sat, staring at the wall with a huge grin plastered on his face, but he couldn't even find it in himself to snap at them. He was just too happy at this moment in time. Suddenly, everything seemed as if it would be all right.

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