Hermione could not restrain a grin, despite watching Remus' uncomfortable stature, she was feeling quite excited. Remus cleared his throat, looking around at the faces surrounding the table. He doubted any of them would mind they were gay, he was just scared of their reactions. Seeing Molly's anxious glances at the clock, for their dinner, he thought it best to get on with it. "Well, the thing is..." he began. His hand, still grasped in Sirius' beneath the cover of the high table, received a gentle squeeze. Looking up at his partner, Sirius smiled, with a small encouraging nod. "Sirius and I..." Remus continued, a thin layer of sweat beginning to form on his brow. Remus swallowed, now avoiding everyone's gazes as though he imagined he was just talking to the wall opposite him. "Well, we're...erm..." Remus bit his lip, the sweat now becoming more prominent as everyone's attention was fixed on him. Sensing his unease, and remembering his earlier kindness, Hermione whispered, "Do you want me tell them?" Remus glanced at her, took a deep breath and said, "No thank you." Turning back to his small audience, Remus said, "Sirius and I are...together," he said, cowering back slightly as he waited for the onslaught of verbal abuse. As it was, the people stayed silent. Remus sunk back into his chair, daring not to look at anybody. Sirius rolled his eyes, watching his friend and leant over to place a small kiss on Remus' cheek. Looking scandalised, Remus looked at Sirius, too horrified to speak, and too embarrassed to look at anyone.
Around the table, Molly and Arthur exchanged glances, Arthur nodded, seeming mildly interested in the news. He didn't have a problem with it. Molly raised her eyebrows, extremely surprised, as she went on to examine the couple closely. Ron sniggered slightly, but a frown from Hermione silenced him. Ginny found the news exciting, whispering to Hermione beside her, "How amazing is this?" Then she remembered something and said, "You knew?" Hermione nodded, hoping Ginny didn't ask... "How?" Ginny said frowning, before Hermione could get the thought through her mind, "I erm..." Ginny's eyes widened in disbelief, guessing, "You caught them? Together? Like...together, together?" Hermione nodded a small nod, glancing over at Remus and Sirius to see if they'd heard. They hadn't, for both of their attention was on the remaining boy, who's expression was far from overjoyed or surprised, it was closer to annoyance. Sirius rose from his chair, releasing Remus' hand. Remus' hand immediately went up to Sirius' arm, his paranoia about being watched as he had any physical contact with Sirius, had vanished momentarily. "Be gentle about it," Remus warned quietly. Sirius nodded, and walked over to where Harry sat.
Seeing his Godfather stand, Harry got up from his seat and ran out of the room. Sirius stopped helplessly on his way to the door. Molly and Remus also got up from their seats, but Arthur placed a restraining hand on his wife's arm. "I..." Molly began, but, with a pointed look in Remus' direction, Arthur shook his head at his wife. Un-noticing, Remus walked over to Sirius, "Don't worry. He'll come round," he said, his lips close to Sirius' ear as his hand rubbed Sirius' soothingly, "Harry is probably just worried about whether James knew or something," Remus added, recalling how Hermione had also done. Sirius nodded, moving away from Remus, "I'm going to talk to him," he began, "if he is truly upset," he continued, now talking to Molly, "Can I...?" he trailed off, as she nodded, "If you need me, just let me know Sirius." Sirius gave her a small, thank you smile and walked out of the room. Feeling guilty, Remus returned to his seat at the table. The others watched him nervously.
"So..." Molly said after a few moments of awkward silence," I take it this is what you were discussing with Hermione this morning?" Remus nodded, looking guilty. Molly glanced figuratively over at Hermione who, after a brief moment, looked away; once again hoping the likely question wasn't asked. "How did you find out, Hermione?" Molly asked her across the table. "I erm..." Hermione began nervously, looking over at Remus for help. He did not see, for he was looking down at his hands, on his lap, playing with his fingers as he waited for Hermione to tell them. Sighing, Hermione looked back at Molly, "I...was looking for Crookshanks the other night. But instead I found..." she jerked her head towards Remus slightly, not continuing. Molly grimaced slightly, although Remus knew the things she was imagining wouldn't even be close to reality. He gave a small, grateful smile to Hermione, who smiled with an 'it's okay' smile in return.
"I wonder how Sirius is getting on," Arthur said after a while, again, Remus offered him a grateful smile for changing the subject, before he pondered.