It was a sunny a cheery morning , breakfast was laid on the table and student and teachers alike were feasting on the perfectly cooked hasbrowns, eggs, toast, juice and bacon.
That is, until Sirius stood up on the table, cleared his throat and began to speak. "People of Hogwarts, I would like to clarify a few rumours that have been spread about yours truly-"
"-Sit down Sirius." Advised Remus under his breath, Sirius pretended to ignore him completely.
"For one, I have not ever smoked any illegal substance."
Remus shook his head and sunk into his seat.
"I do not have a tattoo of the Chudley Cannons on my thigh, I do not know why anyone would think so in the first place, this is because the Cannons are rubbish. And, I would much prefer to get the words 'Diva' printed across my chest."
"I am begging you…" Pleaded Remus. "Please stop before you get massacred."
"I am ninety percent sure that there are many more rumours, but to allow you all to get on with your miserable lives I would like to add another rumour." Sirius grinned as he dragged Remus, who was very firmly attached to the seat and had no intentions of moving, and snogged him carelessly in front of the whole school. "That's right, I don't mind guys in bed at all, sorry MacDonald, and really, I am very sorry, but I don't think I will ever see you naked again. Unless of course I have to give you a sponge bath or something…."
Then Sirius strutted out of the Great Hall without turning back, his face in a twisted smirk of achievement until Remus followed him and confronted him in the corridor.
"What the hell was that?" Demanded Remus, who was bright red and looked absolutely furious.
"I was just trying to clear rumours Moony." Said Sirius airily.
Remus's jaw was clenched. "No, what the hell was that little stunt that you just pulled back there?" Growled Remus.
"I just wanted to let people know that I am not completely straight." Summarised Sirius.
"But why was it me?" Asked Remus.
"Why not? We'd be great together, and we're halfway there, considering I just stuck my tongue down your throat, we're fighting like an old married couple and we live together." Exclaimed Sirius, throwing his arms up in the air as if to make his argument more stable.
"Even you should know that doing that in front of the whole school was stupid. Do you have any idea how hard it is for me to blend in? It's hard enough when I've got you and Prongs gallivanting around the place like you own it, with Peter and I tagging along, do you have any idea how difficult it is to try and keep up with school works and to keep track of all of the building up lies you have been telling to your friends for years? But I don't expect you to know about that at all, because you're too busy getting laid at ungodly hours and hexing Slytherins!" There, there was the first sign that Remus was cracking, his hand was shaking. That was all it took, a shaking fist to tell Sirius that Remus was beyond rational thinking.
"Remus…" Sirius placed both of his hands on Remus's shoulders and pushed them down ever so slightly to encourage Remus to sit down, Sirius did so as well. "I know that you're pissed, really pissed, but you have to listen to me, please. Remember back in fourth year? Back where I covered you with my jacket that first night after the full moon? I have been deeply in like with you since that." Sirius was talking with wisdom in his voice that Remus had no idea he had.
"We're in sixth year now Sirius-"
"I'm aware of that, I've wanted you for two whole years, can't I just get one date? And there's thing called denial, and adrenaline from doing stuff like this. Both of which will not be working in my favour in a few minutes."
Remus looked into Sirius's eyes, but he had to look away again half a second later, for his heart started beating harder and faster, like drums. Where to look, where to look? Remus settled for looking at his own scarred hands, most of those scars had been placed before Sirius had transformed into an animagus for him, after that, the full moon hadn't seemed nearly as bad, you could even go to say that Remus almost enjoyed the full moon, then it hit him.
It wasn't the full moon, it was Sirius.
"One date." Remus let out a small smile.
"I'll pay." Promised Sirius.
And little did they know that one little date to the Three Broomsticks turned into many, many more 'one' dates.
And after that incident in the Great Hall, Sirius could finally scratch entry number eighteen of the list with a triumphant feeling in his chest.