Chapter Thirty-seven;
Severus tossed a rock at the knot on the Whomping Willow, paralyzing the tree, and then walking over and sliding down the entrance, landing on the ground and standing up to brush himself off. He glared down the hall and began walking slowly towards the door to the shack. When he finally came to, he pushed it open and looked around; he saw nothing and frowned, rubbing his tired eyes. "Sirius?" He called out, glaring at the ground when he didn't get a response. "Sirius!" He yelled, walking into the room and looking around – still no response – "Black, if you are playing some kind of trick here, I will immobilize you, and then cut you up into pieces to use for potions! Do you understand me?" He asked, slowly venturing towards each door and pushing them open to see if he could find Sirius. He finally came to the stairs and began walking up them to the second floor, which were one big room and the same room being where Severus has cornered him in Harry's third year.
He pushed the door open slowly and widened his eyes when he saw the room was completely remade. He examined it, his eyebrow quirked in curiosity – The piano that sat to the side looked as if it was just purchased, the walls were repainted a dark brown color, two burgundy red armchairs sat where a fire was lit in the fireplace, the windows had shades and were covered by a see-through black cloak, and the four post bed looked brand new as well with burgundy sheets and blankets. Severus looked around and was very confused by it all. "Sirius?" he called out as he stepped towards the piano.
Severus jumped when he heard the door close behind him and then he felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist. "Sirius…" he said as he was pulled back to lean against Sirius' chest.
"Hello, love. Did you have fun?" Sirius asked, Severus could hear the smirk in his tone.
"No. That whole thing was bloody ridiculous. Now what was the point of it all?" Severus asked, turning to glare at Sirius who had a blindfold resting on his forehead. "What is that?"
"For your surprise, of course." Sirius said as he released Severus' waist and removed the blindfold and reached over to place it over Severus' eyes.
Severus quickly grabbed Sirius' arms in a panic and stumbled backwards. "What're you doing?" he asked in a frantic tone.
Sirius frowned. "You have to trust me. I'm not going to do anything – I promise."
"Then why do I need the blindfold?" Severus asked, still a bit shaken up about the fact that Sirius wanted to place the blindfold on him.
Sirius was quiet for a minute, his frown deepening. "You have to trust me, okay?" Sirius asked. Severus stared at the blindfold, debating in his head if he should or not. "Please?" Sirius asked as he took a step towards Severus. Severus finally nodded his head and closed his eyes as Sirius slipped the blindfold on. Severus leaned back against the piano to steady himself.
"How long do I…?" Severus asked, not wanting to finish the sentence.
"Just a second" Sirius said, and then Severus heard some rustling around and Sirius murmuring a spell. His brows furrowed, desperately wanting to know what Sirius was doing. He heard more rustling around and then Sirius digging around in a box – or so it sounded like. "Done." Sirius said as he stepped over towards Severus and held his hands to Severus' temples, placing his fingers on the straps. "Ready?"
Severus reached his hands up to rest on Sirius' to remove the blindfold, nodding his head. "Yes, ready, just come on…" Severus said in a desperate tone.
Sirius smiled as he removed the blindfold and Severus blinked lazily at him. Sirius then stepped aside and pulled Severus to him, his arms wrapping around his waist and Sirius' chin resting on Severus' shoulder. "Like it?" He asked, gesturing for Severus to stare ahead where the bed rested.
Severus stared at the bed – which was now covered in small rose petals from the empty pots in the greenhouses, the top of the bed enchanted with a charm to show as if it were night time outside on a clear sky, a box of chocolates on the small table next to the bed, and finally next to the chocolates were a few bottles of potions, Severus immediately recognizing them all and widening his eyes as he saw this was the scene Sirius wanted to make their first time ma- he paused in his thoughts, biting the inside of his cheek.
"Sev?" Sirius asked, leaning his head forward and frowning. "What's wrong? Do you not like it?"
"You…" Severus began, trying to contain himself but not able to, he pulled away and began laughing loudly, hunching over and holding his sides. "This… that… bloody hell! What did you do? Read some romantic sappy love story to create this scene?" Severus asked, gasping for air as he laughed.
Sirius stood flabbergasted. He crossed his arms over his chest. "Oi! I'm trying to make this special!"
"Special? Sirius – honestly, this is… like one of those stupid love scenes in teenage movies!" Severus said, looking at the scene once again and shaking his head. "This took you all day?"
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Well – fine, no more trying to be romantic. I'll just bend you over the desk when I want some, and then afterwards go out with my friends for a beer."
Severus rolled his eyes and stood up, finally catching his breath. "You- I…" he paused, trying to not laugh once again at the scene and the fact that Sirius was mad. "You're cuter when you're mad."
Sirius was quiet for a moment, quirking his eyebrow. "Cuter?"
"Yes. Once you said I was cute when I was mad, but you're in fact cuter in the situation" Severus explained.
Sirius smirked and leaned over to pull Severus to him, wrapping his arms around his waist once again. "I highly doubt that." He murmured, brushing his lips to Severus'.
"Hmmm, do you now?" Severus asked, smiling against his lips.
"You know – you smile a lot" Sirius commented, quickly placing a chaste kiss to his lips.
"Do I? I'll have to stop doing that – I have a reputation to uphold. You damn Gryffindors always want to ruin ones reputation though, don't you?" Severus asked, responding to the quick kiss.
Sirius hummed, nipping at Severus' bottom lip before kissing him, pulling their bodies together when Severus began to respond to the kiss. He leaned his head forward to deepen the kiss and grinned against Severus' lips when Severus reached around to hold Sirius' hands. Sirius pulled his head back and placed a kiss to Severus' nose. "I love you."
Severus turned pink, holding Sirius' hands. "Oh?"
"Don't be a git" Sirius said, curling his lips into a smirk.
"Fine – I love you too – but being a git is far more fun…" Severus replied, smirking back.
"Is it now? I'll have to try it sometime."
"Hmm" Severus hummed, moving his head forward to quickly kiss Sirius' chin.
"So shall we?" Sirius asked, gesturing to lead Severus' to the bed.
Severus stared over at the bed; smiling and turning his gaze back to Sirius to push his lips against Sirius', speaking against them. "We shall."