3 - The Actual Date
"Did you find anything in the kitchen?" Sirius asked, when they met again in the common room. He had sent Remus to get some food while he himself took a long and hot shower to wash away all that nasty sweat and any other residue from being sick. He felt energized and happy now and he wanted back the date that was so cruelly taken from him earlier. Remus didn't have the heart to tell him no, so here he was standing with a bag full of food, hoping this wouldn't end up in some catastrophe like so many Sirius' ideas before.
"Yeah, I found some cold roast beef - I used it to make sandwiches, some fruit and sweets, even a bottle of elderflower wine… Are you sure your stomach will handle it?"
"Totally, the hex's gone and I'm starving. I'm telling you, Moony, I lost at least five pounds. I'm not sure if I will manage not to faint from hunger on our way. I just hope you still find me attractive after this savage change," Sirius answered over-dramatically, hand clutching his stomach.
"It's good to see you being you again. Though you were kind of cute while you were sick," Remus remarked.
"Thanks… I guess?" Sirius said, not sure how to take it.
"I mean… You always take care of me around Full Moon, it was just nice to return the favour for once, that's all," Remus added, blushing slightly. "Where are we even heading? The greenhouse?"
"Nah, I had better idea while I was in the shower. Shower ideas are the best, don't you think?"
"Sure. So are you going to tell me where are we going?"
"Why the Astronomy Tower, of course," Sirius exclaimed proudly. "It's romantic, nobody would disturb us there and you can tell me more about the Moon and the Night Sky there. It's thematic."
"Or you can test me for my next Astronomy exam," Remus offered teasingly.
"Haven't our date been spoiled enough by Snivellus? How can you say something like that? Knowing how painful it is for me to focus on school things when I want to have fun!" Sirius said, acting hurt.
"You're impossible," Remus snickered.
"You think so?" Sirius smirked, stopped all at once and pinned Moony against the wall of the hallway.
"Padfoot, what the-" Remus started, but before he could finish the sentence, Sirius' lips were over his mouth and all thoughts of protest left his mind as he pulled the other boy closer and buried his fingers in the soft fabric of his sweater. He felt Sirius' slender body pressed against his and groaned silently in the back of his throat. He could sense Sirius smiling on his lips and kissed him deeper, gaining an amused little moan from him. After few moments Sirius pulled away and rested his head on Remus' chest.
"Just wanted to show you there are things that are thousand times better than testing you for some exam. Also, I haven't kissed you all day, what a terrible waste," Sirius whispered and then kissed Remus' neck, which made the other boy gasp. Sirius smiled for himself and placed another kiss just below Remus' ear and then teasingly bit his earlobe. He felt Remus' fingers digging into his back and pulled away once more.
"See? Fun," he smirked.
Remus just giggled and put his arms around Sirius' shoulders in tight hug, heavy breathing and caressing his boyfriend's back lazily.
"Come on," he sighed, not really wanting to let go. "If you want to get to the tower before dawn, we should get going."
They started again, hand in hand, fingers securely interlocked. It took them a while and couple more kisses to get there, but finally they were on the tower. The sky was cloudless, but it was awfully cold.
"Merlin, it's freezing! This is a bad idea, I'm not staying here, we need to come up with a plan b," Remus exclaimed as cold air bit into his skin.
"Yeah, Moony, because we're definitely not wizards and we don't know any charms that would keep us warm, right?" Sirius answered ironically, raising his wand.
"Oh. Right," Remus said and got out his own wand.
Sirius started casting all spells he knew for them to be as comfortable up there as they could be. When he finished, he saw that Remus in the meanwhile prepared the food. He even managed to conjure some pillows and blankets and now was making something between a nest and a pillow fort.
"This is the most cheesy first date I can imagine and I love it," Sirius announced excitedly when the nest-fort was done.
"In that case I'm really glad that I didn't bring any music. We've got late night picnic and stargazing... Music would be definitely too much. This is just below the 'too much' line."
"Come on then, I'm still starving and I want to cuddle and a story, all at once please," Sirius told him and jumped in the centre of pillows. Remus handed him a sandwich and sat next to him with the bottle of wine.
Sirius took few bites of the sandwich, but then he noticed Remus was frowning.
"What's wrong?" he asked, startled that he did or said something upsetting and didn't even know.
"I just realized… with all that kissing… and wine… and all these pillows and blankets… I don't want you to think we're gonna… you know." Remus' cheeks blushed more and more, his gaze fixated on his hands.
"Oh. No. No, we're not. I mean… do you want to?" Sirius felt blood rushing to his face as well.
"No!" Remus exclaimed in panicked voice, but when he saw Sirius raising eyebrows, he added, "Well… I do, just… you know, not now."
"Yeah, I understand. It's already cheesy enough, losing virginity here would make for pretty dumb 'my first time' story," Sirius pointed out trying to ease the awkward situation. Remus let out relieved chuckle, poured some wine into his mouth and everything was alright again.
"I'm glad we're clear. Also, look at us, solving problems right away and not waiting till one of us is absolutely freaked out, we're totally adult now," Sirius said proudly and finished his sandwich. He then took a sip of wine and settled with his head on Remus' thighs passing him the bottle back.
"Now the story," he demanded. Remus smiled down at him, leaned against the stone wall and tangled his fingers in Sirius' black hair.
"So, the Moon and the Night Sky were walking through some forest this day," he began and started massaging Sirius' scalp.
It was definitely cheesy first date, but on the other hand, Sirius thought, the fact that the day started with him throwing up in the toilet while Remus held his hair should compensate for it enough. So it was the best first date ever after all.