Chapter Thirty-four;
Sirius walked out of the Great Hall after lunch – it had been an okay day. He was engaged, everyone congratulated him, but he hadn't seen Severus since breakfast – actually no one had claimed to see him. Sirius figured he was working on some potions or something so here he was walking to Severus' potions lab. When he came to the door he knocked once, tapping his foot and waiting for an answer.
"Come" he heard Severus' baritone voice call. Sirius opened the door and stepped inside, seeing Severus working on a potion, he sniffed the air and noticed it was a batch of Veritaserum. He looked around the room and glared when he saw Lucius sitting in a chair at Severus' desk reading a book.
"You weren't at lunch, I was just curious if you were hun-" Sirius began but was interrupted.
"I'm going for lunch in a few minutes. I have some ingredients to pick up in Hogsmeade, and Lucius does as well so he invited me to have lunch with him at the Three Broomsticks" Severus explained.
"Ah. I'll join you then." Sirius replied, shooting a glance at Lucius who never took his eyes off his book.
"Didn't you just eat?" Severus asked.
"Oh, just a little. I could do for something small" Sirius said, smiling.
"Alright then… let me add this ingredient…" Severus paused to add in something that was in powder form. "There, now it brews for a few days. Shall we?" he asked as he picked up his cloak, putting it on and walking out. Sirius nodded his head as did Lucius and both walked out following beside Severus. Sirius kept glancing out of the corner of his eye at Lucius, who was ignoring his existence. Sirius quietly snorted, slipping his hand into Severus' who responded by holding his hand back.
They walked into Hogsmeade in silence, heading straight to the Three Broomsticks and after going inside finding a table out of view and in the corner. Sirius took a seat next to Severus and Lucius took a seat across from Severus – it was then that Lucius acknowledged Sirius by glaring, he received a glare back and they continued their vicious glaring battle, Severus not noticing from either. "I'll go ask for three Firewhiskeys" Severus said as he pushed out of his chair and walked up to the bar.
"Do you have a problem with me?" Sirius asked when Severus was out of hearing range.
"Why would you assume that?" Lucius asked, politely smiling.
"Oh, I don't know just the fact that you give a bad aura?" Sirius snorted. "Well every time I walk in the room before today you glared. Just seems like you don't want me around."
"Oh, please, I only glare because you do." Lucius said.
"Bullshit."
"Language, Black, language…"
"Hmph." Sirius grunted, sitting back.
Lucius stared at Sirius, when their eyes connected Sirius felt a push on his mind; he quickly turned his head away. "Oh, a sex dream, about me?" Lucius asked, chuckling.
"Stay the hell out of my mind, Malfoy" Sirius spat, glaring.
"Why, I can't help myself. You really should learn to shield your mind. I'm not even that good at Legilimency and I can easily get inside your head. Even if that head of yours is empty – I would advise learning occlumency."
Sirius slammed his fists on the table and stood up to tower over Lucius over the table. "How dare you, you pompous slimey Slytherin gi-"
"Sirius!" Severus whispered harshly, putting down the three glasses of firewhiskey. "What the hell are you two doing? Must you always cause a scene when we come here?" Severus asked, taking a seat.
"He's the one who's starting a scene! The little git went through my memories and found out you had a sex dream about him" Sirius said, taking his seat.
Severus' face heated up. "Sex dream…? Severus, you…" Lucius began, trying to contain a chuckle.
"Sirius!" Severus said, glaring. "What the hell is your problem? Lucius can't even do Legilimens, even on an unshielded mind! Don't blurt things out!"
Sirius glared at Lucius. "Oh, sod off, Malfoy! You read my mind, and you know it!"
Lucius snorted. "Oh please. I wouldn't want to read your empty mind…"
"You pomp-"
"Enough, Sirius." Severus said calmly.
Sirius glared at Severus and then back at Malfoy, grabbing a glass of firewhiskey. "Fine."
Sirius was quiet throughout the entire meal, barely picking at his food as he listened to Lucius and Severus talk about potions and the Ministry and other boring stuff. By the time the meal was over, Lucius and Severus seemed to had forgotten about Sirius as they stood up and walked out, Sirius trailing behind, they walked into the apothecary and Sirius began to look around whilst Lucius and Severus began discussing a book they had picked out.
He looked through various potions and ingredients until he came to a shelf which held potions that were used as… lubricant. Sirius looked over them, turning a light shade of pink and grinning as he saw some were flavored. He chuckled quietly – not sure why, maybe just the childish Gryffindor in him. He jumped when he heard a 'tsk' sound. He looked over his shoulder, rolling his eyes as he saw Lucius walking forward to stand next to him. "Lubricants?"
"Sod off, Malfoy" Sirius said.
"Why – I'm only trying to have civilized conversation with you." Lucius said as he lifted up a small vial and examined it. "I hope you weren't planning to buy any of these."
"And so what if I was? What business is it of yours?"
"Oh, just… things I've discussed with Severus" Lucius responded, putting the vial back down.
"What things…?" Sirius asked, mentally kicking his arse for getting roped into this conversation.
"Well, for one I heard of your proposal. To think Severus actually agreed to marry… /you/"
"What does this have to do with… this" Sirius asked, gesturing to the vials.
"That he's planning to hold out until the wedding night, which he is planning on making it be months away, possibly a year. He finds it as the perfect reason to deny your advancements." Lucius explained.
Sirius quirked his eyebrow, glaring. "You're lying."
"Am I now? How would you know that? Unless you want to ask Severus – but then that would sound like you were accusing him of something…" Lucius said, giving a shrug. "I better get back to Severus now. Have fun with your shopping." He said, smiling and nodding his head as he turned and walked away.
Sirius growled loudly, clenching his fists. 'Who the hell does he think he is?' he thought to himself, turning and walking towards the book section to find where Severus was. He heard them talking, he stopped and stayed hidden behind the shelf, not wanting to eavesdrop but he couldn't help himself.
"I see. But I must ask why on earth would you choose Black, Severus? You could do much better…" Lucius said with a sigh.
Severus made an incoherent noise. "Oh? Like who?" Severus asked, he had a sarcastic tone, or a bored tone, Sirius couldn't tell.
"Like me?" Lucius asked, Sirius could hear the smirk.
Severus chuckled. "Right."
The conversation died and after a few seconds, Sirius poked his head to get a view and saw that Severus was reaching for a book on a high shelf; his wrist grabbed by Lucius and pulled down so he could examine the bonding bracelet. "Interesting… protection charms, tracking charms, must've cost a fortune?"
"I suppose" Severus replied, looking down at the bracelet as well.
"Ah. I can feel magic pulsing from it." Lucius said, dropping Severus' wrist then leaning his hand up to push a strand of Severus' hair behind his ear. Severus turned a light shade of pink then quickly turned away and reached for the book he was wanting before Lucius grabbed his wrist in silence. Lucius smirked and reached his hand over to hover over the side of Severus' hip. "He must really like you – to have spent that much money?"
"I… yes." Severus replied, his voice a bit strained and his body seemed to have stiffened.
"Must be the only good thing you're marrying into – the money."
Severus didn't reply, instead pulling away and walking down the aisle, bumping into Sirius whom had shot his head back when he saw him walking in his direction. "Oh, Sirius, we're ready to leave. Are you done?"
Sirius watched Severus' face, examining it. "Yeah. Ready."
They walked to the counter so Lucius and Severus could purchase their books as well as give the salesman a rather long list of ingredients to be owled to Severus' chambers and then they walked out. Lucius walked towards the edge of Hogsmeade with them before stopping. "I should get going now, I suppose. I promised Narcissa I'd be home. I'll see you tomorrow, right, Severus?" Lucius asked, throwing a smug smile in the direction of Sirius.
"Yes of course." Severus replied.
"Very well." Lucius said, nodding his head. "Have a nice day you two." He said before disappearing in a crack of apparition.
Sirius slipped his hand into Severus' and intertwined their fingers. They walked towards the path that led to Hogwarts together, Sirius glancing over at Severus every few steps. "What're you staring at?" Severus finally asked.
"You."
"Why?"
"Because I can?"
"Why would you want to stare at me, Sirius?"
"Because I love you?" Sirius said, smiling over at Severus. Severus turned red and looked at the ground. Sirius grinned; he loved it when Severus blushed. "I do, you know…"
"What?"
"Love you."
"O-oh…" Severus replied, clearing his throat.
Sirius pulled Severus into an alley, pinning his hands to the wall against a building. "Oh? That's all you have to say?"
"What else do I say? Or every time you say that do you want me to reply 'I love you too, Sirius' like some lovesick teenager?" Severus asked, trying his best to glare at Sirius.
Sirius' lips curled into a smirk and he leaned in to place a quick chaste kiss to Severus' lips. "Do you know how happy I am?"
"Happy…?"
"Yes, happy."
"No."
"I'm… Blissful. Absolutely ecstatic." Sirius said.
"… Why?" Severus asked after taking a pause of silence.
"Because you said yes this morning." Sirius replied. Severus blinked, staring at Sirius in silence.
"I… I wasn't going to. At first…" Severus admitted.
"Why? I mean why would you say no? If you don't want to do this, Severus, we don't ha-" Sirius began to reassure him but was interrupted.
"No. I- I wanted to, I just… we get in a lot of fights." Severus said.
Sirius chuckled. "Not to many, I'm sure other couples fight a lot as well. The course of true love never did run smooth, you know."
Severus quirked his eyebrow, his lips threatening to smile. "Did you just quote Shakespeare to me?"
Sirius smirked, "Maybe."
Severus rolled his eyes. "You compare love from his works to our love?"
"I do."
"I see."
"Do you now?"
"Perchance."
"Perchance? Bloody hell, can't you just say maybe like a normal person?"
"What's the fun in that?"
"Fun?"
"Yes. In being a normal person. I assure you, Mr. Black, I am in no way a normal person." Severus said.
"I love you all the same." Sirius said, pressing his lips to Severus'.
Severus responded to the kiss immediately, slipping his hands out of Sirius' loose grip of having them pinned to the wall to wrap his arms around Sirius' neck. Sirius grabbed Severus' hips and pull their bodies together, groaning into Severus' mouth and feeling Severus gasp into his mouth, taking chance to slide his tongue past Severus' lips to explore his mouth. Sirius pulled back, sucking Severus' bottom lip in between his teeth and tugging gently. Severus blushed and pulled his head back, rolling his eyes. Sirius latched his mouth onto Severus' neck, first nipping, then licking, then placing a chaste kiss to the small part of his neck before moving onto a new spot. He slowly kissed a trail up Severus' neck until he was at his ear where he quietly whispered "For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." He said, biting Severus' earlobe which made Severus shudder a bit.
Severus was quiet for a minute before letting out a chuckle and resting his forehead on Sirius' shoulder. "Did you just quote me Judy Garland?"
Sirius laughed as well. "Perchance!"
Severus hit his stomach gently, rolling his eyes. "You're the sappiest person I have ever-"
"And you love it" Sirius said, placing a kiss to Severus' brow.
"Preposterous…" Severus groaned, kissing Sirius' neck.
Sirius smiled, panting softly. "Don't deny it. Why else would you be with me?"
Severus bit down on Sirius' neck, grinning against it. "Your good looks? No, your knowledge on quidditch? No, no. It has to be… yes, your dog form. It's finally come out in the open, I'm into bestiality and I'm only with you for your animagus form."
"I knew you were a bit off in the head, Severus." Sirius joked, chuckling.
Severus nuzzled his face into Sirius' shoulder, breathing him in. "Very off in the head… Especially if I'm dating a Gryffindor – and not just any Gryffindor, Sirius… ah, how did you announce yourself? Oh, yes. Sirius Sex God Black."
"I'm glad you admit it, Severus, you know the first step to getting help is admitting your problem." Sirius told him, wrapping his arms around Severus' waist. Severus leaned against Sirius, closing his eyes and not responding. Sirius smiled and once again placed a kiss to his brow. "I love you… I wish I could've seen it earlier, like when we were teenagers. Things could've been so different…" Sirius said, frowning. He pulled Severus as close as possible and held him, enjoying the close contact.
"You know… as much as I'm enjoying this, I do have multiple potions I need to do today." Severus said, tightening his arms around Sirius' neck.
"Alright, but I'm enjoying this too much, so I hope you don't mind while you work if I'm clinging to you." Sirius joked.
Severus rolled his eyes. "Fine. Let's go, mutt." Severus said, pulling away from Sirius.
Sirius smirked and took Severus' hand once again. "Fine, fine, snarky snake." He said as he pulled Severus to follow him to go back to Hogwarts.