A/N this has been edited for a very slight continuity error
Remus Lupin had been living in their dorm for around a fortnight, and Sirius was beginning to, dare he say, enjoy his company. He was thoughtful. Sirius had never really known anyone thoughtful before. His family were the most inconsiderate insane bunch of bastards he'd ever met, James was kind, but sometimes, he was a little rash, (well that's the pot calling the kettle black isn't it, thought Sirius) and Peter, had he been thoughtful in any way shape or form, he would have stopped following Sirius and James over a year ago. Lupin also actually listened to him when he spoke, if Sirius asked James or Peter how he looked with his hair parted this way, they would just say "Fine" without even looking at him; Lupin would actually look, think about it and then say "fine". He also rarely spoke, he didn't snore, he didn't smell, he was clean; he would even clean the whole dormitory for them and the bathroom. Sirius had just wished Remus had been put in their room originally instead of Peter. Something else had also dawned on Sirius in the short week he had shared a dormitory with Remus. He was extremely good looking. Sirius had automatically and arrogantly (but accurately) assumed that he was the best looking boy in his year, but after spending a few hours looking at Lupin, while he read and Sirius (sort of) did his shrinking potions essay, he was beginning to think he might have some competition. He was taller than Sirius; by around half a head, maybe a little ill looking and a bit too skinny but he had a really nice face. Remus had these big amber eyes, with the longest, thickest, blackest eye lashes he'd ever seen on a boy, they looked almost gold when they caught the light, his hair wasn't long but it wasn't short either and was cutely tousled, it was a golden brown sort of colour and almost matched his eyes; he had very delicate features, a thin straight nose and high cheek bones which were sparsely dotted with freckles, his face was oval shaped and his lips were almost red and very pouty. Remus Lupin might have been the prettiest boy Sirius had ever seen. Sirius was good looking but he was more dashing... handsome... striking. He had good bone structure, big grey eyes, long shiny hair and nice lips but he was still very masculine looking. With a bit of makeup and the right clothes, Remus could've easily passed for a girl whereas Sirius would've made a fairly ugly looking woman. Sirius almost thanked God Remus was gay, otherwise girls might start paying more attention to Lupin than him, perish the thought. James and Peter had both gone home for the Christmas holidays so it would just be him and Remus for a couple of weeks, he was looking forward to getting to know him better. Most students had gone home this year; it was only the 2 of them and a couple of first year girls left in Gryffindor. One night, they sat alone in the common room by the fire, Remus was reading a book on defensive spells and Sirius, who had been playing with his wand, had gotten bored.
"Remus?"
"Yes?" Remus looked up from his book
"What's up?" Sirius smiled
"What do you mean "What's up?""
"I don't know... how are you?"
"You know how I am" Remus laughed a little "You've been sitting with me for the last 3 hours"
"So... you don't say much... I'm bored, just humour me"
"Okay, I'm just wonderful Sirius, how are you?"
"I'm bo-o-o-ored" he moaned "But! You know what would be fun?" Sirius sat up in his chair excitedly, Remus sighed and closed his book before replying, setting it down on the table in front of them
"Go on then Sirius, what would be fun?"
"We should go down to the kitchens"
"And..."
"Well, the house elves'll make food for us and stuff"
"But I'm not hungry"
"Well neither am I, but it's something to do"
"That's a bad habit you've got"
"Huh? What is?"
"Boredom eating"
"It's not a habit! It's just... Oh... well... we could... I don't know"
"We could go for a walk"
"Alright then! Sounds like a plan Loo..." Sirius tailed off, he went to call Remus Loony again, he hated that every time he made this easy mistake, Remus's face would fall and guilt would wash over Sirius "...pin... sorry, I did it again" Remus shrugged "You know I don't mean it though don't you... I just got kind of used to calling you Loony that's all"
"It's better than Fruit Lupe" Remus smirked and stood up, beckoning Sirius to join him as he laughed awkwardly. They climbed through the portrait hole and began to wander through school.
"So..."
"So..."
"This is a little awkward isn't it" said Sirius
"Sorry... I always get a little uncomfortable around people... especially in one on one situations like this and it's not like it shouldn't be awkward anyway, we've only known each other for a few weeks haven't we" Remus looked at him with his crooked smile, Sirius imagined that, if he was a girl, which he wasn't, or if he was gay, he would've thought his smile was dreadfully cute.
"Yeah I s'pose" he smiled back "we should try and get to know each other better"
"What do you want to know?" As Remus said this their footsteps began to synchronise
"I don't know... What's your favourite colour?" Sirius thought this was a stupid question, but it was all he could think of
"Black, yours?"
"Gold, I think, maybe purple"
"Interesting"
"Is it? Erm... how do you know you're gay already? It usually takes people years to work out, doesn't it?"
"Now, that's interesting... I don't know myself really... erm... I suppose I always thought I might be... I've never really been remotely attracted to girls; I knew they were pretty but I didn't think they were..."
"Sexy?"
"Yeah, I guess"
"But you did think men were sexy?"
"Er... kind of... I've never specifically fancied any one boy but if a good looking boy was around, I'd just watch him, think he was really good looking, imagine spending time with him..." he sniggered a little "...and stuff"
"Okay, that's enough" Sirius laughed "Okay... I have another question"
"Okay, go ahead"
"Where'd you go last week, and why did you miss the morning lessons? In fact... you seem to do that quite regularly... disappear in the evenings and then reappear the next afternoon"
"Oh... it's my... erm... my Mum?" Remus didn't sound entirely sure about his answer "erm, yeah, she's ill and because it's this weird rare thing, we can't really use magic on her... she's got... er... well she's sick a lot and sometimes she asks for me and Dumbledore is under strict instruction to let me leave whenever she does" Remus wiped his forehead, he was shaking
"Are you cold?"
"No, I'm alright, anything else you want to know"
"Yeah, but I don't have to find out everything in one evening do I?" Sirius moved his arm to put it round Remus's shoulder, but Sirius had noticed the look on his face whenever Evans hugged him and decided Remus, probably wouldn't appreciate this "Do you have anything you want to ask me?"
"Okay, well, when James told me to stay with him, you and Peter, you didn't want me there so, are you glad I moved in after all?"
"Yes Remus, I can say I am very glad you moved in, I really like you"
"I really like you too Sirius"
"So are we like, officially friends"
"Yeah, we are"
"Cool" Sirius grinned and Remus returned his usual crooked beam.
They walked round the castle for the rest of the night, till Filch chased them back to the common room.
They spent all of the Christmas holidays together in the common room, Remus would read, Sirius would distract him, they'd play wizard chess or exploding snap, they'd go down to the Great Hall for lunch and then wander the corridor for hours, chatting and laughing and being spied on by Filch. By the end of the holidays they weren't awkward round each other at all. Sirius thought that Remus might come into the category of most awesome people he'd ever met, something which he'd previously only thought about James. True, Remus and him didn't have as much in common as him and James, both Sirius and James a little manic and destructive they were bouncy, loud and brash, words you'd never use to describe Remus, who was sedate, cerebral and always considerate, all together very stable. Sirius thought Remus... complimented them both very well; he was a calming Ying to their explosive Yang.
Sirius had been wrong again, it seemed a lot of good could come from living with Lonny Lupin.
A/N: Sorry this chapter's a little shorter than the rest; remember to leave a review (a glowing one if you can manage it!)
