Sirius threw his bag against the dormitory wall hard enough to shatter one of his bottles of ink. "God-fucking-damnit!"

It had been a week since the huge fight had broken out between them and nothing had happened! It was frustrating and Sirius couldn't explain why! Remus had been all but ignoring him and that wasn't okay! You couldn't ignore him, he was Sirius Black! He made himself impossible to ignore! Sure, Remus had been around and had been doing homework and helping with plans, but he hadn't said anything. Why did this bother Sirius so much?

Honestly, all Sirius had wanted before was for Moony to get the hell over everything that had happened and just ignore it. But, he hadn't actually thought that he would get the hell over everything that happened and just ignore. He hadn't thought that Moony would really just accept what had happened as a prank and move on with it just like that. Remus was the sensitive one, he was the one that actually did feel emotions.

Sirius was the one who banished emotions because they were stupid and annoying. He was the one who ignored his emotions and went on like nothing was wrong. This wasn't something fun and he didn't like it. Fun was practically his middle name! He was Sirius Always Having Fun Black. This wasn't right. Everything had gone all backwards and Sirius had no clue what he was supposed to do.

James had forgiven Remus, Peter had forgiven Remus, everyone was perfectly fine and okay with Remus being back. So, why wasn't Sirius? Why was he letting this bother him so much? He was still frustrated with Remus. Remus had nearly split up the Marauders because he was being a selfish little priss. He had been the one to get all pissy and angry. Not only that, Remus had made him feel something that he never should have felt. Something that he should have been able to reject quickly. He wasn't a lover, he never had been. He wasn't a soppy headed school boy who got crushes on people. He was a great lover, soon to be of myth and legend. He was Casanova, not Romeo! That was what had pissed Sirius off the most. He wasn't supposed to feel! Sirius turned and kicked Remus's bed hard enough to make it shake.

"If you're attempting to destroy the dormitory, I'd appreciate it if you didn't start with my things. Kick your own bed if you want to wreck something."

Shit. Now the source of all his recent problems had come back. Sirius turned and glared at Remus. "Shut up, Lupin! I'll kick what I want and I'll do what I want!"

Sirius yelling was nothing new, but Remus still recoiled slightly. Hadn't he been yelled at enough this week? "Fine, I'll just fix it later," he muttered and, very calmly, walked over to his trunk.

Great, he was probably looking for some book or something stupid like that. There he went again, acting just like he always did. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Wrong with me? I'm not the one yelling." Again, Remus was perfectly calm on the outside. Inside was a completely different story. He was doing his best not to throw another tantrum.

Fuming, Sirius stormed over and grabbed the back of Remus's shirt, pulling him up and turning him around. "No, you've been ignoring me for the past week and that's not alright." He was holding the collar of Remus's shirt, making the smaller boy have to stand on the tips of his toes.

Remus froze up, shocked and frightened at being grabbed. He tried to shrink away but Sirius had a firm hold on his shirt. Since he couldn't leave he just looked away from Sirius. "I'm not-"

"Fucking look at me when you talk to me! For the love of…can you not even look at me? What in the hell did I do that made it to where you won't even look me in the eye?"

Finally, Remus did look up. "Gee, I don't know, Sirius. Maybe it had something to do with that fact that you absolutely humiliated me?" His voice was rising slightly but he wasn't yelling. He didn't want to yell again, not after everything that happened the last time.

Sirius let go of Remus. He back away and ran his hand through his hair. "I humiliated you," he repeated, quite a bit louder than Remus. "I fucking….God! Can't you just be happy with a moment? Why are you being so selfish? You nearly split up the whole group because of this! You yelled at James because you're a selfish brat who can't stand a joke!"

Remus swallowed, trying to keep himself from crying again. Crying was annoying and it wouldn't prove a point. The problem was that, sometimes, when people get really angry they had a tendency to cry. Fucking hell, this wasn't working at all. "It wasn't a very funny joke, Sirius." Remus was trying to yell, he was trying to get angry, but his voice cracked and it just wouldn't work right.

"It would have been if you hadn't…REMUS, ARE YOU FUCKING CRYING? Wait." Sirius shook his head and rubbed his eyes. Oh, now he'd made Remus cry. This wasn't something he could deal with. "Oh shit, Remus, are you fucking crying?" he asked again, though a bit softer now.

Taking a step back, Remus rubbed his eyes. "No. I'm not a stupid kid. I'm not crying." Merlin, he was bad at lying. Saying he wasn't crying would be like saying that the sky had turned green and it was raining Hippogriffs.

Sirius's expression softened. He wanted to run. Good God, he wanted to just bolt and not come back until he was certain that Remus had stopped crying. It was little more than a miracle that he didn't take off. Sirius's whole mindset was to act now, see what happened, and then either laugh or run. He wasn't laughing, so why wasn't he running? "Oh Merlin, come here." No so gently, he grabbed Remus by the wrist, pulled him across the room, and pushed him onto the bed. "Alright, you wanna talk, let's talk."

Remus sat up and stared down at the floor. Damnit. If he hadn't been a stupid brat and started crying then none of this would be happening. If he hadn't been an idiot and kissed Sirius in the first place then he would've been fine right now. "I don't want to talk. You're a jerk and that's all there is to it."

"How am I a jerk? I mean, I know I'm a dick to people, that's what I do. But, you don't have to throw yourself a pity party over a joke," he explained, trying to remain calm. He didn't quite understand why Remus was so upset about this.

"You just don't get it," Remus said and tried to get up to leave.

Sirius put his hands on Remus's shoulders and made him sit back down on the bed. "Then tell me what the hell is going on in that gigantic brain of yours."

"You're an idiot."

"Alright, if you call me stupid one more time then I'm going to get mad."

"You're already mad."

"No, I'm perfectly calm!"

Remus paused and shook his head. "You're an idiot."

"Stop saying that! Say actual words for a minute!"

"Stop yelling at me!"

Oh, he was yelling again, wasn't he? Sirius closed his eyes, took a breath, and knelt down on the floor. "Alright, I'm not yelling anymore. Now, tell Uncle Sirius what's going on."

Remus looked up. "When you call yourself 'Uncle Sirius' you sound like an id-"

"Don't call me dumb again."

"But you are. You're-"

"Remus!"

Sighing, Remus shook his head. "If you didn't get it before then you're not going to get it now. If you didn't understand when I kissed you then you're never going to get it and that's perfectly fine. It's probably better this way."

Sirius paused and looked down at the ground for moment. Oh…oh no…oh, this was happening. Honestly, he had kind of convinced himself that Remus had just gotten caught up in the moment and that was why he had kissed Sirius back. Now he was almost certain that he had broken Remus. Oh, he had broken Remus. You didn't just break Remus and get away with that. Remus needed to be protected. He was soft and squishy and easily hurt. And he was right. Sirius really was an idiot.

Taking advantage of Sirius being distracted, Remus got up and headed toward the door. "This is stupid. I don't wanna talk about it anymore, I just want to go on like nothing happened."

Snapping back into reality, Sirius jumped up and beat Remus to the door. "No, wait, I get it."

"Oh, do you? Maybe you're not such a fool," Remus said and rolled his eyes. "Now, let me leave. I have work or something to do."

"No, I get it! I understand now! Listen to me for a minute!"

"I might if you stop yelling at me!"

"No! I'm not the one who doesn't get it, you are! Ugh, you're impossible right now. Come with me." Sirius grabbed Remus's hand and pulled him along.

Remus pulled away from him. "I'm not going anywhere with you, Sirius."

Sirius rolled his eyes and grabbed Remus by the collar. "You're an idiot, Remus J-just shut up and hold still. I've done enough times that I should be good at it," he said before pulling and kissing him. It wasn't a very gentle kiss my any means. It was hard and harsh and mildly terrifying. Sirius pulled away and smirked. "I get it now. The shortest answer is doing the thing."

Remus blinked several times and tried to figure out what in the hell had just happened. "Don't joke around, Sirius," he finally said. "It's not funny. It wasn't funny the first time and it's not funny now."

"No, you're funny. Hilarious, even. Seriously, I'm being serious. Not serious with spelled S-I-R-U-S, although I am that. But, a serious spelled—"

"I know how to spell serious, Sirius. Also, you just misspelled your own name."

Sirius grinned and shrugged. "Don't care. Now, just so long as we're perfectly clear and there's no doubt in your mind as to what's about to happen, we're going to The Shrieking Shack this very second and there is no option not to go. I've been looking for a reason to rename that place The Shrieking Shag for quite sometime now."

"Wait." Remus shook his head and tried to digest all of this. They were going where and to what? No, that didn't…what? It just wasn't registering in his brain yet. "Can you let go of my shirt?"

"That's what you're worried about? Your stupid shirt? That's your response?"

Remus shrugged. He honestly didn't know what else to say.

Sirius groaned and grabbed Remus's tie instead. "C'mon, keep up or you'll choke to death and that won't be good."

"Sirius!" Remus was trying to keep up, but Sirius got faster when he was excited. "Where the hell are we going?"

"I told you, the Shrieking Shack."

"But why?"

"If you don't know by now then you're the idiot, not me."

"Sirius," Remus whined.

"Remus," Sirius said, mocking the whine.

"Can we just talk about this for a minute?"

"You didn't want to talk. So, no talking. Just…look, I know what I'm doing here. Just follow me and everything will be perfectly okay.'

"Why don't I believe that?"

"Because you're an idiot." Sirius came to a halt and turned around. "You're so slow!"

Remus blinked and shook his head. "You grabbed my tie and started pulling me through the castle. Forgive me if I'm not quite able to keep up."

"Fine, don't keep up." With ease, Sirius grabbed Remus and threw him over his shoulder.

Remus squeaked and grabbed the back of Sirius's shirt. "Siri! Put me down!"

"Hush, this is a wolfnapping."

"Siri! Put me down or I'll scream! Siri! Sirius Black, you put me down this instant!"

"Oh, stop whining. Honestly, you get as pissy when I don't kiss you and now you're all whiny. Merlin, you've got problems, mate. Serious problems."

"Oh, I have Sirius problems alright."

Sirius stopped for a moment. "That's only funny when I say it."

"No, it's never funny and I deeply regret saying those words. Look, I don't know what's happening and just want to go back to the room."

"And I just want to more attractive. But, Remus, we can't always get what we—wait, I'm already drop dead sexy. That was a poor example. Anyway, you get my point."

"I really don't."

Sirius smirked and started walking again. "Mmhmm. Want me to explain this?"

Remus really wasn't entirely certain that he wanted to know, but he was horribly confused. All he knew was that Sirius enjoyed kissing him and he enjoyed kissing Sirius, but he wasn't sure what they were doing now.

"We go to the Shrieking Shack, right? Then I'll take off your shirt, then I'll take off your trousers, are you following me?"

"Uh-huh," Remus said, only about half listening to this.

"And then, after that, we have sex. Honestly, we've already been over this. I thought that my intentions were quite clear."

"What? Wait, but, we can't!"

"We quite obviously can," Sirius said and rolled his eyes. "It's quite simple. Haven't you done it before?"

Instantly, Remus blushed. Had Sirius never noticed how awkward Remus could be? When had he ever had a girlfriend to 'do it' with? Or, for that matter, when had he had a boyfriend to 'do it' with? Remus really hadn't kissed anyone except for Sirius, unless you were counting the kiss he had gotten from Lily or the short and awkward kiss last year from Harmony Derrick. Remus didn't count the last two. Lily had just kissed him on the cheek and Harmony had been very drunk and the kiss had been sloppy and Remus hadn't expected it. Harmony had just climbed on top of him, tried to kiss him, and then thrown up on his lap before passing out. As far as romantic involvement went, Remus was severely lacking. Having barely even kissed anyone it was easy to assume that Remus had never had sex with anyone. Sirius, on the other hand, had plenty of experience. Remus was both jealous by this and intimidated.

"Oh," Sirius said and put Remus back on the ground. "Oh my God, you're a virgin, aren't you?"

Remus looked down and blushed even more. "Of course not," he muttered.

"You are the single worst liar ever." Sirius sighed and brushed back his hair. "I've never done anything with a virgin before. Huh, how do I do this? Shit…shit…man…just…just shit."

Remus had ever felt more ashamed of himself before. Sirius knew so much and Remus only knew what he had heard from Sirius. Sex, honestly, seemed a little scary. It seemed like a lot of touching and a lot of trusting. He did trust Sirius, but he wasn't sure if he trusted him that much. It was like handing yourself over to someone. "I'm sorry, Siri."

Sirius looked up. "What the hell? Moony, don't be sorry. It's not like…it's not something that…" Sirius shook his head. "Its fine, it's perfectly fine. It just means…" Sirius put his hands on Remus's shoulders, gently. "It's not a bad thing, alright. It just means that we're going to take things a little slower."

Remus blinked several times, trying to process all of this. "Slower…like, um, with sex and stuff?"

"Well…" Sirius thought for a moment. "We don't have to have sex if you don't want to. Actually, maybe we should wait. I don't want…I don't want to scare you away, alright?"

Was Sirius Black seriously saying that he could wait for sex? That never happened. Sirius wasn't usually the type of person who would wait for anything. "Well, maybe we could kiss again?" That seemed like a good idea. Remus didn't like the idea of having sex so quickly, but he didn't mind the kissing aspect of things.

Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure?"

Tentatively, Remus nodded.

Remus was the sensitive one, Sirius remembered that. Remus was the fragile one, the one that was easily broken. He was the one they had to look out for. And Sirius was the one that broke things. He knew this, he knew that everything he touched turned to ash in his hands. How selfish he was, trying to claim Remus for his own, but he couldn't help it. Remus's lips were soft and so innocently untrained. Sirius on the other hand knew exactly what he was doing. He was talented with his tongue and knew how to make someone melt under his touch. However, he wasn't doing that. He wasn't trying to make Remus melt and he certainly wasn't trying to break Remus. All he was trying to do was make Remus more comfortable.

Remus was surprised to say the least. Sirius moved his hand to Remus's waist. Good God, they were in the middle of the corridor! Anyone could walk in on them! What if James or Peter saw this? They would never forget it! But, after a moment Remus didn't really care. Regardless of what Sirius was trying to do, Remus was still melting. He tried to keep up. He relaxed and tried to do what he thought was right. He put his hands on Sirius's hips and leaned forward slightly. Everything was happening so fast! Usually Remus could rationalize things, usually he could think about them and figure out where to go. His mind was blank now. Everything he was doing now was out of pure instinct.

Sirius pulled away slightly. His lips were still so close to Remus's that he could feel Remus breath. Well, feel Remus panting. "Did I take your breath away?"

Remus kept his eyes closed and nodded, his nose hitting Sirius's. Oh, this was all so new! "Sorry, I hit your nose…"

"Stop apologizing, Moony. It's fine. Just tell me if you want to go slower or not."

"Slower…" Remus repeated. "I don't know…can we just kiss again?"

Sirius smiled and gave Remus a quick –and somewhat teasing- kiss. "Ah, not yet. Maybe later." Sirius hesitated for a moment and then reached out and gently took Remus by the hand and gave it a gentle squeeze before letting go. "C'mon, let's go to the dormitory."

Remus blinked several times. He wasn't exactly sure what had happened, but he liked it. That was the important thing, right? He was enjoying himself. Sirius was kissing him and he wasn't joking this time. It was so obvious that Sirius wasn't joking. Remus found himself blushing and smiling and just being so confused that he didn't know what to do with himself.

Sirius paused and looked back. "Remus! Are you going to stand there or are you going to follow me?"

Smiling, Remus trotted after Sirius. Everything was just amazing. They both understood that they couldn't mention this to James or Peter, but it was nice to have a secret. Maybe Remus would actually be able to keep this one. He hadn't done a very good job at keeping the werewolf thing a secret. But, this secret was a lot more fun.