Sirius tore round through the long, winding Hogwarts corridors, cursing his earlier lack of drive. His blood pounded heavy in his ears as the corridors widened and narrowed, seemingly endlessly trailing through the large castle.

Running down the final staircase, Sirius threw himself over the banister, landing nimbly with barely a break in his stride as he continued his run. Throwing himself through the last few corridors, he reached the final corner which lead to the kitchen entrance.

As the large fruity portrait came into view, Sirius' eyes traced their way down the imposing frame, until it located two figures at the bottom. Anger tore through him as he recognised both figures, with fear spreading through his veins as he spotted a small, feminine arm resting on his Remus' arm. A sound which he hoped resembled the boy's name rattled from his burning throat, and as those amber, luminous eyes came into view, all rational thoughts flew from Sirius Black's head, and instinct took over.

Instinct that lead to him wrapping his arms tightly round Remus' waist, not breaking stride, and pushing the boy to the wall, as far from the she devil as possible. Hands sprawled as Sirius pressed his entire body against the shocked werewolf, tucking his head into Remus' neck tightly.

"I'm sorry I didn't grab you before and I'm sorry I kissed all those people but I didn't want to like you as much as I do so I thought it would be best if I found someone else but no one else made me feel the same as you do so I kept going and going in the hope that I'd find someone as good as you but my sexual rendevouz pushed you into the arms of Lily Evans which is never a good thing as now you're going to fall in love with her and then James is going to kill you and then I'm going to have to spend the next 20 years in mourning and -"

"Sirius." Remus started, finally coming to his senses and reaching up, hands running calmingly through the pureblood's hair. Lily held back a sigh as Remus' head tilted to the side slightly, leaning on Sirius as the werewolf inhaled, resting his lips lightly on the crown of his head. "I didn't get a word of that. If you could repeat it with some punctuation and pauses, that would be great." He smiled, hand shooing Lily away.

Lily made it as far as the corner, just leaving their line of sight as she felt a hand grab her, seemingly out of thin air. Before the scream could leave her lips, James Potter appeared, luminescent cloak in his hands. "What? You thought I'd leave them to their own devices?" He whispered, smirk resting on his handsome jaw. "We won't interfere unless they start being complete idiots, promise." He grinned, offering the cloak out to the girl in front of him. Contemplating for a moment, Lily returned the grin, stepping tentatively into the proffered cloak.

"I'm so sorry, Moons. Sorry that I'm a complete idiot, sorry that I couldn't keep my tongue to myself, sorry that I didn't realise how important you are to me sooner." Sirius whispered into his friend's neck, hands wrapping themselves securely around the werewolf's waist. Remus' hand left the silky hair in front him, instead trailing down to the pureblood's face, pushing the chin upwards until the pair stood eye to eye. Fighting tooth and nail with the wolf to maintain control, Remus peered into Sirius' steel orbs, dropping the hand from his chin to the strong, aristocratic shoulder.

Pulling the werewolf closer, Sirius never let his eyes leave the pools of gold in front of him, whispering the apology once more as his lips hovered millimeters from his friend's plush mouth. Untangling his hands from his friend's waist, Sirius trailed his hands upwards, finally resting on the sides of his companion's face as Remus' eyes shut momentarily.

Sirius let his eyes shut also, leaning forward to rest his forehead upon his friend's. "I like you. I really like you. And I know that a part of you must like me too, or I'd have been thrown down the corridor by now. I've tried so, so hard to not like you in the way that I do, tried to find other people to could fill the gap that you created when you grabbed me that day in the dorms. There's a million and one reasons why we shouldn't be together, but we can work past that, I swear." Sirius whispered, lips ghosting across the pair in front of him.

"I'm not gay." Remus whispered breathily, hands wrapping around the boy's shoulders tightly.

"That's fine by me." Sirius replied, thumbs rubbing circles on his friend's cheekbones. "I'll be the woman." Sirius smiled, closing the short distance between their lips for a second, smirking slightly as he felt Remus' hand curl round to hold his neck in place. "Not gay?"

"Most definitely not." Remus replied, kissing the corner of Sirius' mouth with a smirk. "Just you."

"Okay, well that's problem number one sorted." Sirius smiled, eyes scanning the smiling face in front of him. "Now we've just got to sort out the whole 'oh I don't want to ruin our friendship' thing, which, pardon my french, is a load of crap. Then we'll sort out the 'oh, I'm a werewolf and you're a Black and the ministry -'"

"Sirius, stop being an idiot and kiss me." Remus smirked, mouth upturning as Sirius shortened the distance between them, capturing the werewolf's lips with his own.

The pair connected fluidly, lips pressing firmly against one another, and for the shortest of moments, everything froze as the pair stood, hardly believing what was happening. Then, all at once, movement resumed, Sirius' hands twining their way rapidly into Remus' hair as the wolf howled in appreciation, Remus letting a moan escape from his own lips. Taking advantage of the open mouth in front of him, Sirius advanced, letting their tongues fight for dominance as hands explored their way round the bodies presented to them. Wolfy instinct taking over, Remus pinned Sirius' tongue to the roof of his mouth in victory, humming as he did it and eliciting a groan from the submitting canine.

Remus pulled back slightly, disconnecting their lips for a moment as he stared at his friend, smoothing the hair in front of him slightly. Sirius grinned happily as he spotted the werewolf's hair, mussed from his tugging and twining, claiming Remus as his.

"I don't know if this is going to work." Remus whispered, hands framing Sirius' face as Sirius gripped his arms tightly. "But we can give it a go. It doesn't make a difference anyway; I can't just be friends with you when all I'm thinking about is how brilliant your lips taste." Remus smiled, leaning in to claim the aforementioned lips once more in a shorter, less demanding kiss.

"Well, wouldn't want you to miss out on the brilliance of my lips, you wolfy devil, you." Sirius smiled, hands intertwining with Remus' own. "Thank you, Rem."

"For what?"

"For giving this a chance." The pureblood said softly, closing the gap between the pair once more.


James placed his hands firmly over his eyes as the make out session commenced, unable to watch the unbridled puppylove that was unfolding before his very eyes. Why, the sight of the two of them together was so sickeningly sweet that getting through the evening without spewing would be a very very very good turn out.

Keeping his vision blocked from the sight of the practically-fornicating couple, he turned to Lily, slightly annoyed at the soft, adoring look on her face, as if she was looking at a kitten. Lord knows that if circumstance let her speak, she'd most likely make an 'aww' noise. Her hands were clasped lightly on her chest, eyes blinking rapidly, and although James knew that the look of happiness and contentment was not on her face due to his presence, he couldn't help but admire how beautiful she looked.

Lily glanced at him quickly, eyes slightly glazed as she smiled, lips pursed together in forced silence. Eyes connected for a moment, and before Lily knew it, her tongue darted out, wetting her lips.

James' eyes closed momentarily as he memorised the loving look on her face as she looked at him, heart softened by the silky sweet scene in front of them. Opening them once more, James watched in surprise as Lily leaned forward, closer, closer, until -

"James, I suggest you leave quickly, as if you don't go now you're going to be subject to permanent mental images that you will - oh - greatly regret." Remus stated loudly, glaring over his partner's shoulder in the direction of the invisible pair, freezing their movements. James looked shocked for a moment, before slapping his head at his idiocy, muttering about stupid werewolf senses. His mind sighed in disappointment as Lily leant away from him once more, head dropping.

"Yeah. Evans, if you wouldn't mind-" Sirius started, pausing to nibble his way along Remus' ear "giving us a - oh - moment or two of - heavens Moons - privacy, that'd be fan-frigging-tastic." The hidden pair smiled sheepishly at one another, shuffling silently round the corner until the canine pair were out of sight.

"I'm sorry, Potter, I don't know what came over me back there." Lily stated, straightening her top unnecessarily before looking at her watch. "Must have been all the pheromones in the air."

"Lily-" James started, unsure of what to say as he gazed into the emerald stones once more, mind trying to process what was going on.

"Bye Potter." Lily whispered, moving out from under the cloak quickly. However, James was faster, hand darting out to stop her for a moment. Eyes connected once more, emerald green burning James' retina, until Lily could bare the silence no more, turning and running out of the corridor.

"Bloody Mongrels." James yelled, unsurprised when he heard a voice yell 'voyeuristic deer!" from around the corner.

However, he was slightly more surprised when he realised the voice belonged to a one Remus Lupin.


Remus laughed as Sirius lead the way back to the dormitories, a noticeable spring in his step. Although Remus could hear the melodic tones of the pureblood, he was too shocked to try and find meaning in the ramblings, his brain still fully focussed on trying to figure out the events of the previous 15 minutes.

"My Moony!" Sirius grinned, hand entwining within Remus' own as he dragged him down the corridor happily, singing odd songs about Centaurs, bunny rabbits and the giant squid as he hopped along.

They came to the common room entrance, Sirius proclaiming the fat lady to be the most beautiful vision he ever did see as they watched her open, blushing heartily. Sirius went to enter, stopped by the unmoving werewolf attached to his arm.

He watched with a frown as Remus untwined their hands, stepping away from him slightly as he began to enter. "I'd-well, I'd rather not tell everyone, at least not until I've worked out what's going on myself." Remus admitted, trying to ignore the flicker of hurt that passed across his friend's face as he passed him. "Not forever, of course, but just -"

"That's fine, Moons, as much time as you need." Sirius smiled sadly, falling back into step with his friend, directing him towards the dormitories.

The pair entered in contemplative silence, both going to sit on Remus' bed quietly. Looking at one another, both realised that they had no idea whatsoever how to talk to someone after kissing them as thoroughly as they just had.

"So..." Sirius started, smiling nervously as he watched the werewolf pick at his cuff.

"Nice weather." Remus smiled awkwardly, rubbing his hands together as he looked out the window. Sirius sighed dramatically, looking to the ceiling in exasperation.

"Please don't let us be reduced to talking about the weather, Moons. Just because we're now kissing each other senseless occasionally, doesn't mean we have to have those forced dating conversations that no one really enjoys." Sirius exclaimed, rolling over to lie on his back, head resting in the werewolf's lap.

"Oh... okay... Where are you guys planning on taking me tomorrow night?" The werewolf asked instead, allowing his hands to rest in the pureblood's hair. "I'm assuming you wont want to spend the evening in the shack..."

"Prongs wants to go over to the other side of the lake, so we'll probably venture over there and see if there's any new areas that we can stake a claim to." Sirius grinned, eyes closing as Remus began massaging his scalp lightly. "Here's a question; How did you know you liked me?"

"I just knew, I suppose. You're the most attractive man I know, the funniest, one of the smartest, and we just... Match, I suppose. How about you? After all, you've had the choice of every single person in this building, excluding perhaps James and Snape. Why me?"

"God, how can I explain it..." Sirius mused, head resting back onto the board, looking at his lover musingly. "Imagine I had some food, and it looked like chocolate, smelt like chocolate, felt like chocolate. But then I bit into it and found that it tasted like apple. Now, apple is not the taste I was expecting, nor was it the taste I was craving, but it is not a bad taste, and I am still hungry, so I eat the unfulfilling apple, in the hopes that eventually it will either begin to taste like the chocolate I'm craving or I will adjust so that the apple taste is more appealing."

"However, there is a problem with this logic, as I, Sirius Black, have never settled for second best in my life. So after a while, I gave up on that fake chocolate bar, moving on to taste another chocolate bar. However, this was seemingly the wrong flavour entirely - really really cheap, nasty chocolate. However, there's something about it that makes you keep going back for more and more, regardless of how unfulfilling that bar is as well. Then suddenly, in the corner, you spot the honey moon milk chocolate bar, which has been there for years and has always been appealing in its own way, but a bit too expensive for you to ever break into. However, this time it throws itself into your mouth, and you cannot resist just taking it into your mouth and licking and sucking the entire bar from root to tip, running your tongue along the underside sensu-ppmh"

Sirius wished he could remember when his description of his love for Remus turned into an R rated escapade, but he found himself caring less and less as the werewolf's hands wound themselves into his hair, tugging the animagus up so that their bodies could press together intimately. "Chocolate porn is not allowed in serious conversation, Pads." Moony moaned lightly, leaning out of the embrace to his partner's displeasure.

"Does breaking that rule always have such enjoyable consequences?" Sirius grinned, laughing heartily as Remus leant in for more.


Sorry its short! I'm about to head over to London to see Blur, but wanted to publish this first, so that when I get home there'll be at least a few reviews in my inbox :)

And, for your enjoyment, you get a sneak peek at what the next chapter's like! Ah, I'm so generous...

"Sure! Moony and Padfoot are really close friends, just like me and you are close, Prongs." Peter smiled, confused by the rapid green tinge that overtook James' face.

"Please, never ever compare Moony and Pads to you and I ever again, Pete."