Chapter Forty-eight;

When they finished apparating, Albus rushed inside the rather giant tent. Sirius took a look around and frowned when he couldn't tell where they were – except that they were next to a lake. "So…" Severus muttered, looking towards the tent. "We should get inside."

"Hm?" Sirius hummed, taking hold of Severus' chin and turning his head to face Sirius and pushed their lips together, murmuring against his lips: "You know, that kiss earlier was… very chaste."

"Oh…" Severus whispered, turning red.

"I love it when I make you blush."

"I do not blush…"

"You don't?"

"No."

"Oh, right, you just normally turn redder than a Weasley."

Severus' cheeks heated up more. "Hush, mutt."

"A mutt whom you're married too" Sirius murmured before kissing Severus.

Severus moved his lips with Sirius, raising his arms to wrap around Sirius' neck, Sirius moving his arms to wrap around his waist, grinning into the kiss. Sirius pulled their bodies together and Severus moaned – Sirius took this chance to push his tongue past the barriers, tracing Severus' mouth. Severus nipped at his tongue and Sirius pulled back, smirking. "Oi, don't bite me."

"Can't help it, Snakes tend to bite." Severus said, curling his lips into a smirk as well.

Sirius chuckled softly, leaning his head in and kissing Severus' neck. Severus moaned softly and ran his hand through Sirius' hair. Sirius smirked against his neck and then began kissing it again, nipping and licking apologetically after each nip. He thought for a moment as he slid down Severus' neck and to his throat whether or not he should mark him, but he also didn't want to embarrass Severus. "Ahem…" Albus cleared his throat.

Sirius pulled back enough to see him and grinned. "Yes?"

"We're all waiting" Albus said, smiling, his eyes twinkling madly.

"Oh! Of course, shall we, Sev?" Sirius asked, placing a kiss to Severus' chin.

With Severus' nod, they both followed Albus in, wincing at the loud noise as everyone became very loud when they entered, everyone shouting their congratulations and toasting towards them. They made their way up towards a table and took a seat, Sirius tossing his arm to rest over Severus' shoulders. Severus turned a light shade of red and leaned back into the chair, grabbing a glass in front of him and sipping at the wine. Sirius took this moment to attach his lips back to Severus' neck. Severus swatted at his leg and glared at him – though Sirius could tell it was a playful glare. "Stop it, mutt."

"It's not nice to call your husband a mutt" he muttered, pushing their lips together for a quick kiss.

Severus smirked. "I only call as I see."

"Hmmmph." Sirius grunted, turning back to the table and grabbing a glass of wine as well.

Remus snuck up from behind them and swatted Sirius in the back of the head. "Oi! What was that for?" Sirius groaned.

"You two are supposed to have your first dance, you know." Remus commented, smiling at the two.

"Our first what?" Severus asked, glaring at Remus.

"First dance, we're all waiting, so go on and get up there" Remus ushered Sirius out of his chair.

Sirius groaned. "Fine." He said as he pulled Severus up and walked out towards the middle of the crowd where he assumed the dance floor was.

Severus followed and growled as Sirius positioned them, placing his hand on Severus' hip and taking hold of his hand with his other. "I never said I was going to dance" Severus said, glaring.

"Are we going to have this argument every time we try to dance?" Sirius asked, stepping forward and stepping on Severus' foot as he didn't follow in step.

"Ow!"

"Follow then" he said as he stepped forward once again and this time smiling as Severus followed.

"Shut up…" Severus groaned, rolling his eyes.

Sirius grinned, leaning forward and placing a kiss to Severus' brow. "You know…"

"What?"

"I looove you" Sirius murmured against his brow, his grin widening.

"Oh really?"

"Of course."

Severus gave a faint smile. "I… love you too" he whispered so no one could hear, turning a light shade of pink.

"Yeah – I know, I'm just loveable." Sirius joked, pulling Severus closer to him.

Severus rested his head on Sirius' shoulder, facing his neck and smiled. "You're going to be the death of me, Black."

"Oi, what is our last name?"

Severus raised his eyebrow. "When we sign the papers for the Ministry – which Albus should have ready when we get back to school, we choose."

"Hmmm… I dislike Black, and you dislike Snape, I take it?"

"Yes."

"Then a mixture of the two, so Snape-Black or Black-Snape?"

"Snape-Black." Severus said, letting out a yawn.

Sirius quirked his eyebrow. "Tired, love?"

"A bit. Can you feel that?" Severus asked.

Sirius thought for a moment on what Severus meant and then he took a look at his bonding bracelet – magic was still humming off it. "Yeah, I wonder how long it'll do that."

"Few hours I figure" Severus murmured, smiling, and then frowning as he remembered he couldn't hide behind Sirius' hair anymore when resting his head like this. "I'm going to kill Potter for your hair…"

"Oi, I like it, actually. You don't?" Sirius asked, grinning.

"I- Well, it's not bad. I just… need to get used to it, I suppose." Severus said, shrugging his shoulders. "How long… do we have to stay here?"

Severus quirked his eyebrow. "A few hours I suppose, why? Eager to get on our honeymoon?" Severus asked with a smirk.

"I will step on your shoes as hard as I can, now hush" Severus whispered harshly, turning red.

"Fine, fine, fine." Sirius murmured, looking around as he noticed others were now dancing. "Oh, we can probably slip back to our table, want too?"

"Okay" Severus said as he pulled back and walked off the floor and back to the seats they had.

The party after that was boring; Sirius and Severus were pretty much only paying attention to each other, occasionally nodding their head when someone would walk up and randomly congratulate them. After about three hours, the party – or at least the conversation, dancing, and drinking was still going on and Severus had his head resting on Sirius' shoulder, Sirius was sure he was half asleep, Sirius felt a bit tired as well, which he thought was weird as it was only about 10PM he figured. He turned his head and placed a kiss to the top of Severus' head, smiling when Severus didn't react – which meant he was asleep.

"Ahem" Albus cleared his throat as he walked over to the table and took a seat. "Congratulations."

"Thanks" Sirius muttered, leaning his head against Severus'.

"You're both tired from the bonding ceremony, I'm sure. I don't think others would mind if you left now." Albus said, smiling over his spectacles.

Sirius nodded his head. "Yeah, okay. Uh, coordinates to where I'm going when apparating?" He asked as he pushed out of his chair which woke Severus up and caused him to yawn.

"Oh yeah, here." Albus said as he pulled out a piece of paper with some coordinates on it and handed it over.

Sirius read over the paper and nodded his head. "Thanks, Albus. We'll see you—"

"Next week, a Hogwarts owl should be there, send me a letter every few days, firecalls' can't reach you – though if you set up the fireplace I'm sure you could call anyone you need. Have fun" Albus explained as he pushed out of his chair and walked away.

Sirius pulled Severus up and walked out of the tent, Severus leaning against him. Sirius grinned and as they reached outside, pulled Severus to him, wrapping his arms around his waist and then closing his eyes to recite the coordinations in his head. They both disappeared in a crack of apparition.