Disclaimer: I think you get it by now. In case you didn't, I think you need or glasses, or some lessons in English. Not mine.
A/N: God… Do I even dare to show up here again? It's been two whole YEARS since I last updated this story! Man, the spelling mistakes I made back then… Just horrible! I hope there are still readers, even though it's been such a long, long time! But… Moment of truth, hmm? Let's find out if Remus had the same thought as Sirius…
'Are you trying to avoid me for that? Because I only cause you a sore butt? Well, I assure you, I won't say a thing anymore whenever your ass can possibly be in danger. Trust me.'
He smiled reassuringly, and Sirius felt hugely relieved. Now he could still postpone that awkward moment for a while. He sighed. He could praise himself lucky that Remus wasn't very suspicious.
'Eh, yeah. Of course that's the reason. What other reason could there be, aha… Thanks for understanding,' he mumbled. Remus smiled again. 'Poor butt,' he said with a grin. 'Suffered so much pain… If it wasn't that particular place that hurt, I'd give a kiss on it.'
Sirius' heart skipped a beat. He would've liked it if Remus had kissed it, he knew that for sure. His nervous laughter sounded. 'Yeah, that's the least thing you could do to ease the pain…' Remus chuckled, but then his expression softened.
'Perhaps I'm not allowed to give you a kiss on that place, but then I'd like to excuse me with a kiss somewhere else. If you'd allow me?' Without waiting for a reply, Remus bent over and gave a soft kiss on Sirius' cheek. Then he smiled one last time and walked out of the dormitory, leaving an astonished Sirius behind on the bed. This last one blinked twice and raised his hand to touch the place where Remus had kissed him. It still felt warm, and when Sirius closed his eyes for a while, he could still feel Remus' lips on his cheek…
He swallowed. If there existed a perfect moment to tell his feelings, well, then it would've been this, and he had just let it come to an end without even waving at it as it passed by. Then perhaps it was now time for action…?
The next thing he remembered doing, was that he got his lazy and still aching butt off of Remus' bed and sprinted out of the dormitories, nearly knocking over a confused Peter who was just about to enter them. 'Hey!' this last one brought out indignantly, at which Sirius murmured a quick 'Sorry!' before continuing his pursuit. If he were Remus, where would he go to…? Ah, the library of course!
He quickly ran in the direction of the Room That Should Never Be Entered and threw the heavy doors open, scanning every table and bookshelf. At long last, his eye fell on his dear friend, and he happily shouted: 'Remus!' This action earned him a few dozens of angry looks, though, so he grinned apologetically and quietly made his way towards the object of his desires.
Remus was eying him rather surprised. 'Sirius?' he asked softly as not to disturb the other pupils. 'Did a miracle just happen, or did you fall on your head this time? You do realise that you're actually standing in the library, right?' Sirius laughed nervously. 'I know, isn't that awkward? I still don't get why people would actually come to this horrible place where there are books and manuals, but, well… I've come to tell you something.'
Remus cocked his head to the side. 'Oh?' he asked. 'Right here? And right now? Why couldn't you have said it when I was with you in the dormitories?' Sirius ground his teeth, trying not to say that he couldn't possibly have said it then because he was too dazed by Remus' previous action, namely kissing him.
'Doesn't matter,' he muttered. 'I just… Want to tell you now. Can I?' Remus shrugged in allowance. 'Sure. Go ahead,' he said, not in the least understanding what hell Sirius was going through at the moment. The raven cleared his throat. 'Well, eh, I know it's going to sound rather strange, but… I… I like you, Remus. I really do.'
Remus remained silent for a while, looking at his friend. Sirius could almost see the question mark burning behind his eyes, and he did his best not to turn red. Then, Remus suddenly burst out in uncontrollable laughter, making Sirius jump and other pupils glare angrily at the two of them.
'You came all the way here to tell me that you like me?' Remus questioned, wiping away some tears of laughter. 'You idiot! I know you like me! And I hope you also know that I like you too!' Sirius' heart fluttered for a moment. 'You do?' he asked with a hopeful voice. Remus smiled at him in a nearly angelic way. 'Of course I do, you big dope. You're my best friend, just like James and Peter! Why shouldn't I like you?'
Sirius' heart dropped again. 'Oh,' he muttered, trying to sound as casual as possible while every nerve in his body wanted to shake some sense into Remus to make him understand. And then everyone said that he was dim-witted? Remus was a lot worse!
'Well, but, what I'm trying to say is…' he started again, but his voice faltered. He sighed in defeat. 'Man, this is a lot harder than I thought,' he mumbled. Remus didn't seem to have understood him, so he gathered all his courage and tried again.
'Okay, Remus. This is going to be a long explanation, but you must bear with me. I just feel that I must tell you how I feel. I've been feeling these strange feelings for quite a long time without feeling comfortable while feeling them, so I felt that, if I just told you about the feelings I felt, I'd feel better about them. I certainly hope that you feel the way I feel so that my feelings won't get hurt, but you know, if you don't feel like telling me how you feel, that's okay with me too. I just felt that you had to know how I felt, so I can finally come to terms with my feelings and feel better afterwards.'
After he had blurted this out, Sirius looked at Remus. The latter was just gazing at him, a confused look in his eyes. Carefully, Sirius added: 'Did you catch that?' Remus raised an inquisitive eyebrow. 'Well, I believe you were talking about feelings or something. Just a guess.'
Sirius cried out exasperatedly, causing some now really angry pupils to snarl 'Hey!' or 'Shut your big mouth!' at him, but he couldn't care less. There was just no way he'd ever be able to get his feelings across to Remus if he tried to carefully tell him. So, he just decided on the most blunt way he could imagine and shouted as loud as possible through the library: 'Remus, don't you get it? I love you! I LOVE YOU!'
The silence that followed made Sirius understand what he had just done. And it made him understand as well that he had better sunk through the ground in shame.
