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PRESENT/ REMUS POV
“WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!” Sirius yells while he slams the latest edition of Time Magazine on the table. The glossy cover has a picture of Remus and Sirius on stage at their last concert and in big bold letters it says “ARE BANDMATES REMUS LUPIN AND SIRIUS BLACK DATING?!” Remus picks it up and flips to the page that talks about how they are supposedly in a relationship.
“Well if you read it, which I'm assuming you didn't, it says that we’re supposedly dating,” Remus deadpans. Sirius whips his head towards Remus and scowls. He then snatches the magazine back and looks at the others.
“I mean that is what it says,” James shrugged.
“Well, why the hell is Time saying that Remus and I are dating?!” Sirius shouts. For once Remus agrees with Sirius, why would they say that? Especially with Sirius, the man he hates?!
“They're just rumors, Sirius, I wouldn't get too worked up about it,” Lily says calmly.
“I agree with Lily, they're just rumors,” Peter says, fiddling with the hem of his shirt.
Sirius just grunts and flops down on the couch. Then Marlene burst through the door with the same magazine in her hand.
“Have you guys seen-”
“We have,” the whole band says in unison.
***
Remus doesn't know how a band that his friends and he started as a joke became so popular so quickly. How it all started was back in secondary school James and Sirius came up to him and asked him if he could play an instrument. When Remus said yes the two boys begged him to join their shitty band. Now they are one of the most popular rock bands and are touring around the world.
Remus plays bass, James plays guitar, Peter is the drummer, Lily sings, and Sirius both sings and plays guitar. Then Marlene is their manager. Regulus, Dorcas, and Mary just tag along because they’re dating band members or in Dorcas's case dating the manager.
“Hey, are you almost ready? You have to be out there in under ten minutes,” Marlene asks when she pokes her head in Remus’s dressing room.
“Yeah, just give me one more second Marls and I will be out,” Remus says as he is doing some last touch-ups on his hair. Once he is done he walks out to where the rest of the band is or so he thought. The only other one that is out of their dressing room is Sirius.
His hair is in a half bun, he has a David Bowie cut-off shirt matched with leather pants and has Doc Martens on. He is tuning his guitar until Remus walks over to him. When Sirius faces Remus he notices he has makeup on. He has smudged eyeliner and a tad bit of sparkly black eyeshadow.
“What do you want?” Sirius grumbled rolling his eyes. As Remus gets closer to Sirius and the stage the louder the crowd cheers are. They were either screaming their names or just screaming.
“Waiting for the others like you,” Remus said. Sirius just ignored him and went back to his guitar. “Good talk,” Remus mumbled sarcastically.
“Hey guys! You two didn't kill each other while we were gone, right?” James says, chuckling at his joke. The two boys just rolled their eyes.
***
“THANK YOU GUYS AND GOOD NIGHT!” Lily calls out to the crowds and the rest of the band walks off stage. Remus dramatically blows kisses to the crowd as he walks off. His bandmates do other forms of saying goodbye to the crowd when they walk off as well.
“Finally the first leg of the tour is done and many more to go,” James sighs loudly. The crazy haired boy flops down beside Remus and rolls his head back, closing his eyes.
“And at least we get a two-week break before we start back up in America,” Peter huffs. Then the door opens to reveal Mary. She is wearing a medium-length pink dress. The short curly-haired girl runs to Lily and hugs her, then pulls back to kiss her.
“Hi! Where's the others?” Lily giggles.
“Oh they're coming,” Mary says with a huge smile on her face. The door opens again to reveal a little boy who looks exactly like James, but has Lily's eyes and behind him is Regulus. The little boy is Harry.
Lily and James dated for two years and the product of that relationship was little Harry. When they realized they were better as friends they decided that they would share custody of him. Now when the band isn't busy, he goes back and forth between the two each week.
“MOMMY! DADDY! I SAW YOU PLAY WHEN I WAS WITH REGGIE!!! YOU WERE SO GOOD!!” Harry yells while attacking both his parents with hugs. Regulus walks over to James and gives him a small hug and kiss. Remus looks over at Sirius whose face scrunches up, not pleased to see his best friend and brother kissing. Even after a whole year he is still not happy about it.
Remus still remembers when they first told Sirius about their relationship. He made it a huge thing and didn't talk to either of them for a month. But still after coming around and talking to them again, he didn't like it at all. Remus doesn't believe Sirius will ever approve, but he knows that Sirius is happy that they are happy.
Marlene and Dorcas eventually come into the room to talk business. None of the band was happy about this at ALL.
“Okay I have some news for you guys,” Marlene clapped her hands together and continued, “We're not spending our last night on the tour bus.” The room erupts into groans, gasps, and “WHAT” s. “LET ME FINISH! The reason we are not spending the night on the bus is because I got us hotel rooms, so we can spend our last night on an actual bed.” The room is then filled with cheers.
“The only thing is that everyone will have to share a room with at least one other person.” Dorcas finishes for her girlfriend. Remus hopes he’s not sharing a room with the one person he doesn't like.
***
“WHAT!”
“OH HELL NO!!!”
“I'm sorry, but you guys are going to have to deal with it,” Marlene says. Dorcas had handed out a paper that stated who is with who. The paper stated in Dorcas's swirly handwriting:
Mary & Lily
James & Regulus
(Harry can sleep in either of his parents rooms his choice)
Dorcas, Marlene, & Peter
Remus & Sirius
Remus would rather gouge his eyes out with Peter's drumsticks than share a room with Sirius. But he guesses he doesn't have a choice in the matter. So here he is in front of a hotel door with Sirius beside him.
“Did you get the key,” Remus asks with a glare.
“Oh give me a second,” Sirius starts to pat his pockets until he fishes the key card out of one of his back pockets. He takes it out and taps it on the scanner. They then walk in and realize that the room only has one bed.
Notes:
Hi!!! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter!!! This fic is named after The Doors song Hello, I Love You and the first chapter is named after the song I Won't Let Her Get To Me by Whiskey Child!!! That's all for now!!!
Lots of love,
~ Paige
Chapter 2: Somebody To Love
Notes:
I'M BAAAAACK!! :)
Edit 8/10/25: bro as I was thinking up a new chapter I realized that I didn't do a TW for underaged drinking so ...
TW: MENTIONS OF UNDERAGED DRINKING AND SEX!!! (Its not too bad tho bc it barely mentions it or is in one sentence)
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PAST/ SIRIUS POV
“Are you sure Moony will want to go to this party?” James asked while pushing his big round glasses up his nose.
“Oh trust me Prongs, I WILL convince him to come with us,” Sirius says very sure of himself. Peter just laughed at Sirius’s sureness. This all started because Lily Evans invited James to a party that Marlene McKinnon was throwing. James couldn't say no to Lily because he has a huge crush on her since the first day he landed his eyes on her.
When they walk into the classroom Remus is talking with three different girls: Mary Macdonald, Lily, and Marlene. They were all going over different notes. Remus was practically glowing, he always loved teaching people things. Sirius will be shocked if he doesn't end up being a teacher of some sort.
Remus's hair is messed up in that perfect way, his sharp features softer due to his laughing, and the long sleeves of his white uniform shirt are rolled up to his elbows. Even in the ridiculous fucking uniforms, Remus looks good. He always looks good in Sirius's opinion. He then looks up from his notes to look at him, a soft smirk on his face.
“Well if it isn't Black, Potter, and Pettigrew,” Marlene says with a smug look. Sirius rolls his eyes and sits next to Remus. James follows suit and sits on the other side of Remus. Peter then sits next to James. “So are you guys coming to my party tomorrow?” Marlene asks, resting her head on her hand.
“I don't know Marls, I've got a lot of studying to do,” Remus awkwardly says, rubbing the back of his neck.
“Oh come on Moony!!! You should come!! You barely ever have fun nowadays!” Sirius says dramatically. Peter and James nod in agreement and Remus just sighs.
“Pads I need to study for all the exams coming up soon and so should you,” he chuckles pointing a finger at Sirius.
“Come on pleeeease,” Sirius whines while also giving him a puppy dog look.
Remus huffs and throws his hands up, “God dammit… sure fuck it why the hell not.” The whole group erupts in cheers and Sirius gives him a big side hug.
***
“I hope you know that I regret agreeing to come to this stupid party,” Remus deadpanned. He is wearing a big grandpa sweater and ripped jeans, and he has a cup full of juice (he hates the taste of alcohol) in his hand. Sirius just chuckled and took a sip of his beer. Sirius was wearing a leather jacket, a Beatles t-shirt, black skinny jeans, and a pair of boots.
James was off pestering Lily and Peter went to hang out with Mary, Marlene, and Dorcas Meadowes. Shitty pop music was blaring and there was a sea of drunk teenagers. Everyone was either talking, dancing, kissing, drinking, or having sex. Remus was right, this party was stupid.
“Well it's a bit too late now don't you think,” Sirius said smugly.
“It's not TOO late… I could just leave,” the tall boy shrugged.
“But James is your ride… well he's our ride. So how the fuck are you getting home.”
“Are you sure because from what I can see Prongs is five beers in and unless you want to die, I think I'll walk home,” Remus said dryly. He did have a point, James was a lightweight. Sirius looked over to James who was laughing and tripping over his own feet. Lily looked like years were being taken off of her life as she made sure James didn't bump into people.
“I think I'm going to get another drink, wanna come with?” Sirius asked. Remus agreed and followed him. The kitchen was empty and the only noise was the muffled music and voices in the other room. The countertop had many different bottles crammed together. He walked over, picked the most interesting bottle, and poured it into his cup. Remus watched Sirius as he got his drink and scrunched his nose.
“I don't understand how you can drink that stuff,” Remus said, making a disgusted face.
“Because it tastes good,” Sirius said while taking a drink and Remus made a face, “Want some?” He extended the arm that had the cup in it. Remus looked at it and then took it out of his hand. He took a sip and winced as he swallowed.
“Yep, I still don't like alcohol,” he coughed, his voice strained as he said it. Sirius laughed as he took his drink away from a dying Remus.
***
“The moon looks nice tonight,” Remus commented. They are walking to Remus's house because it is the closest and Sirius doesn’t want to get a lecture from his parents. Sirius hummed in response and then the only noise was the crunching of the leaves they stepped on.
After a while Sirius says, “You know Prongs is going to freak out once he figures out that we're gone,” he laughs as he says it.
“Yeah, he's going to call one of us and say ‘WHERE ARE YOU GUYS’ while he's ugly crying,” Remus laughed. Sirius laughed harder as he pictured a drunk James crying over his lost friends. They both start laughing so hard that they have to stop walking down the quiet cracked sidewalk. They all of a sudden hear Sirius’s phone ring.
“Twenty bucks that it's James,” Remus says, still laughing. Sirius looks at his phone and it is indeed James. He turned the phone screen to Remus and the tall boy cheered at his success. Sirius clicks the answer button.
“Yes James…”
“WHERE ARE YOU GUYS!!!”
“Well since you didn't seem like you were in the best shape to drive us home we're walking to Remus's.”
“Oh… are you going to yours tonight?” James's voice was laced with concern.
“No, I will when I'm more sober… I don't want to get yelled at tonight,” Sirius sighed at the last part.
“Okay well call me when you get home tomorrow… got it,” James says. He has always been the parent of the group.
“Yes Jamie, I will,” Sirius said, rolling his eyes.
“Good, I love you guys! Night, be safe!” James says.
“We love you too and you also be safe,” Sirius responded as he hung up on his friend.
“Was it what we guessed it was,” Remus said while he raised an eyebrow. Sirius groaned and shook his head. Remus let out an even louder cheer than before.
“YES!!! YOU OWE ME TWENTY BUCKS!!!!” Remus said while cheering. Sirius looks at him fondly. His heart grows bigger with all the love he feels for his best friend. His big smile, the way he's jumping up and down, his little excited giggles, and the way Remus is letting Sirius see his childish side. He couldn't help what he said next.
“I love you,” Sirius says.
“What?” Remus stops what he's doing and looks at the dark-haired boy.
Notes:
HI!! If you can't tell I love myself a good cliff hanger sooo that's how a lot of chapters will end!! :) Please give ur thoughts and opinions on this chapter. This chapter is named after Somebody To Love by Queen. Anyways I hope you liked the chapter byeee!
Lots of love,
~Paige
Chapter 3: Soul Love
Notes:
Hi!!! I'm excited to share this chapter bc of some lore being dropped sooooo yay!!! Btw I'm going to link my Tumblr so you guys can see some of the visuals and other stuff about the fic :)
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/ga1axy-gir1
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PRESENT/REMUS POV
“MARLS WHAT THE HELL!” Remus yells into the phone. As soon as he found out about how there is a singular bed in their room, he called Marlene.
“Okay, first, what are you talking about, and second, why are you yelling at me? And I swear if this is about Sirius, just fucking grow a pair it hasn't even been an hour!!”
“Oh my fucking god, no!!!! You gave us a room with one bed!!!” Remus said while rolling his eyes.
“What? I thought I gave you the keys to a room with two beds. I did get you guys and our rooms with two beds, then the others got one bed. I would call the others and see if they got your room, if so, then just switch with them.” Marlene said with a bit of confusion in her voice. Remus groaned as he hung up the phone and looked at Sirius. He was getting his things ready to take a shower and humming a song, but Remus couldn't figure out what it was or who it was by. Sirius turned around with his clothes, soap, and many hair products in his arms. He raised his brow and Remus just rubbed his temple.
“Soooo what did she say…?”
“She said to call the others to see if we got the keys mixed up. So, can you call Prongs, and I'll call Lily,” Remus said. Sirius nodded his head and put his things down to call James. Remus finds Lily's contact and presses the call button.
“Hey, Remus, what's the matter? Why are you calling me?” Lily said. You could hear Harry babbling in the background as Mary was telling him something that Remus couldn't quite hear. She was probably helping him get ready to go to bed.
“Hey, Lils, this is a weird question, but does your room have two beds? If so, then I think we got our keys switched,” Remus sighed.
“No… we only have one? OH MY GOD! Does your room only have one bed!!” Lily laughed on the other end.
“Yep…” Remus sighed and then continued, “It must be James and Reg's room, I'll leave you guys alone… sorry.”
“No, it's fine, Remus, we have to get Harry to bed, but tell me how it goes in the morning. Love you night.” Lily softly said.
“I love you too, night…” Remus gives another long and loud groan after he hangs up. He looks to Sirius, his jaw clenched tightly so you can see his already defined jawline, he nods his head as though James can see it, and he gives little hums of agreement now and then. All these signs lead to an answer that Remus won't like.
“Alright, thanks, Prongs… yep… love you too, night,” Sirius hangs up and lets out a little annoyed sigh. “Please say you have good news,” he says, looking at Remus with a look that he knows all too well. His ‘you have to be kidding me’ look.
“Let me call Marls back…”
***
“So what's the verdict?” Sirius says once Remus gets done talking to Marlene. He sighs as he puts down his phone.
“Well, we are either sharing a bed or someone is sleeping on the ground and that someone isn't going to be me. So take your pick, Sirius.” Remus says dryly, and when Sirius scoffs, the taller boy just shrugs.
“You have to be fucking kidding me…”
“Nope,” he walks over and grabs his things for a shower, “now if you don't mind, I'm going to take a well-deserved shower.”
“WHAT THE HELL!” Sirius yells as Remus walks to the bathroom. Sirius then makes even more annoyed and shocked sounds once he locks the bathroom door.
‘This is going to be a long night…’ Remus thinks to himself. He turns on the water, letting it heat up, and as he does this, he strips off his clothes.
As soon as he feels the water come in contact with his skin, Remus feels his aching muscles relax. Then his mind starts to drift. He was going to share a bed with Sirius for the first time in years. Sharing a bed with Sirius, just like they did when they were in high school. Remus hasn't even touched him, let alone shared a bed with him, since they were stupid teenagers. And it's not like the bed is big enough so that they could have their own space. No, they would be very close. Close enough that their arms would be touching if they both lay on their backs. God, this is such a big mess.
After a bit, Remus gets out of the shower, dries off, and puts his pajamas (an old torn-up band tee and an old pair of sweats) on. He walked out of the bathroom. Sirius is sprawled out on the bed, scrolling through his phone.
“Man, the fans are going wild about today’s concert,” Sirius says as he continues to scroll.
“Well, we did an amazing job. Anyways, it's your turn.” Remus points his thumb over to the bathroom door. Sirius puts down his phone, grabs all his things, and heads to the bathroom. Remus puts his things in his bag and grabs his phone. Once he climbs into bed, he opens Twitter. Sirius wasn't kidding, as soon as he opened the app millions of things popped up. Likes, follows, comments, and DMs all over. Remus decided to see what people were saying about their latest concert.
He scrolled through, and it was a lot of the normal things:
@marauders4life
OMG!!!! Harry and Regulus seen watching James <3333
[A blurry picture of Harry sitting on Regulus's shoulders]
@remuslupinsbass
REMUS WAS AMAZING AT THE NEWEST SHOW!!!!! HE'S SOOOOO HOT!!!!!
@siriusblackswife2070
First leg of The Marauders tour done!!!! Yayayayayay!!!! I can't wait to see what they have in mind for the U.S.!!!! <333
@lilyfan4ever402873
THE MARAUDERS LATEST CONCERT!!!!!!! OMG THEY WERE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
[a picture of the stage with the whole band playing]
Remus felt a smile on his face as he read all of the positive feedback from the fans until he saw a certain tweet.
@wolfstarschild527
REMUS AND SIRIUS’S CHEMISTRY ON STAGE AT THE SHOW TODAY!!!! I'M GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!
So even the fans think that they are together. What the hell?! Remus doesn't understand why they would think that? He sighs, closes the app, and turns on the TV. He decided on a random nature documentary. As he watches the documentary, he hears Sirius start to sing.
“Love is careless in its choosing”
“Sweeping over across a baby”
“Love descends on those defenseless”
“Idiot love will spark the fusion”
Remus then realized that was the song that Sirius was humming earlier. And it was a song that was from their past as well. He remembers a young Sirius sitting on the edge of Remus’s bed with his guitar in his arms.
***(flashback)***
Remus watches as Sirius finishes the song with a tiny smile on his face. He claps when he puts the guitar on the bed.
“You're good at playing Pads!” Remus leans over and hugs his boyfriend. They had been dating for a little over a month and he couldn't have been happier.
Sirius looks at Remus and gives him a peck on his lips, “Thank you, Moons,” he says with the sweetest smile on his face.
***(end of flashback)***
Remus sits there frozen, hearing a song that he didn't want to hear ever again. He pulls out and sends a message to Reg.
Remus: hey r u still up
Regulus: Yeah… why?
Remus: can I come to ur room and talk
Regulus: Yeah ofc
Remus writes on the hotel notepad, ‘went out to get fresh air, be back in a bit’, puts his shoes on, and walks out heading to Regulus and James’s room.
Notes:
Ahhhhh!!!!! Omg!!!! This chapter is named after Soul Love by David Bowie and it is also the song that Sirius sings in the shower :) Also don't forget about the Tumblr!!!! <3333
Lots of love,
~Paige
Chapter 4: (Don't Fear) The Confession
Notes:
Hi!!! Sorry I didn't post sooner, but my grandpa died, so I've been dealing with that and not thinking about this fic. :( Also a quick trigger warning of slight child abuse! If you see "☾" then just skip until you see it again. It's not too horrible, but if you don't feel comfortable then that is okay!
AGAIN TW FOR SLIGHT CHILD ABUSE
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PAST/SIRIUS POV
Sirius stands there staring at Remus. He can't believe he just did that. He can't believe that he just said I love you to his best friend. Remus and he have been friends for a very long time and are probably the closest out of all the people in their friend group. In his opinion, they're closer than James and him.
“Sirius, what did you say?” Remus says as he walks closer to him.
“I'm sorry, I have no clue why I just said that… I'm just… I'm just going to head home,” Sirius turns around and starts to run, “BYE REMUS!! SEE YOU LATER!!!”
He runs as fast as he can and swears he hears Remus call for him, but he doesn't stop. Sirius also didn't call Remus Moony, he never calls Remus by his actual name!!! What the hell is wrong with him?!
***
“Reg…Reggie,” Sirius knocks on Regulus's window again, “REGULUS!” he whisper yells his brother's name. Then he sees a figure sitting up in bed and walks over to open the window.
“Sirius? I thought you were going to stay with James?” Regulus says sleepily. His little brother looks tired. Sirius probably woke him up.
“Well, I kinda fucked up, can you help me get through this window?”
Regulus sighs and helps Sirius get inside. After Sirius gets situated, he explains everything to his little brother.
“Yeeeeaahhh you fucked up big time.” Regulus chuckles.
“Shut up Reg I know I fucked up!! What the hell am I supposed to do now!!” Sirius cries out.
“Sirius, I'm the last person you should ask in this type of situation.”
“REGGIE!!!” Sirius cries, shaking Regulus’s shoulders.
“I DON'T KNOW!!! TALK TO HIM!!” He says, sounding exhausted. Sirius looks to his younger brother because Regulus knows how bad Sirius is when it comes to talking to people in tense situations.
“Look, Sirius, I'm tired. Why don't we go to bed and talk more about this in the morning?”
“Okay, that sounds good.”
“Good,” Regulus sighs, “I love you, night.”
“I love you too, night,” Sirius then sneaks into his bedroom, gets ready for bed, and goes to sleep.
***
Sirius wakes up to Regulus shaking him and calling his name.
“What Regulus?” Sirius groans into his pillow.
“Wake up, you need to get ready for school.” Regulus continues to shake Sirius’s body.
“I don't want to, tell Mom that I'm sick or something,” Sirius mumbles.
“I don't think Mom is home right now. Do you just want me to tell Kreacher?” Regulus asks. Kreacher is a butler who has been around since before Sirius was born.
“Sure, you can tell him,” Sirius says, slowly going back to sleep. Regulus mumbles something under his breath and walks out of Sirius’s room.
*** ☾
The next time that Sirius woke up, it was around noon. Once he gets the motivation to get out of bed, he goes downstairs to get a glass of water. He leans on the counter as he thinks about what happened last night. As he is thinking his mother walks into the kitchen.
“Oh, you're here,” she says, rolling her eyes. Walburga Black is the definition of a bitter old lady. Her long black hair is always tied up in a tight bun, she has frown lines and other various wrinkles on her face, and she always wears clothes that are worth more than all of Sirius’s belongings combined.
“I didn't feel well, so I stayed home. Is that okay?” Sirius mumbled.
“How long until you go back to school?” she huffs. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Not ‘How are you feeling?’ or ‘Do you want me to get anything for you?’. No, she just wants to know how long she has to have Sirius in her presence. Granted, he's pretending to be sick, but he still wishes that she would show at least a little bit of concern for her son.
“I'm either going back tomorrow or on Monday,” he sighs.
“Oh great, I potentially have to take care of you for a few days.”
“It's not like you take care of us anyway.”
“What did you say?” she says, eerily quiet. There is a fire in her eyes. Sirius stayed quiet and continued to nurse on his glass of water.
“Sirius Orion Black, what. Did. You. Say?!” She yells. Sirius covered his wince when she said his whole name. Orion was not only his middle name, but also his father's name. Orion Black has barely been in either of Sirius’s or Regulus’s lives. He is always in his office at home or in his office at work. That means that the two boys have been stuck with their mother and Kreacher for years. The few times that he was around, he always reminded Sirius that he was a disgrace to the Black family bloodline.
All of a sudden, Sirius feels a stinging pain on his cheek. His mother had slapped him.
“Your room, NOW!” she screeches.
Sirius goes to his room, holding back tears.
*** ☾
“Hey, Sirius, are you okay?” Regulus says as he walks into Sirius’s room. It has been hours since the incident with his mother, and all he wants to do is drown in his misery.
“Everyone asked about you… especially Remus and James,” Sirius looks up to see that his little brother is fiddling with his hands, “don't worry, I just told them that you're sick,” Regulus says, hastily.
“Thanks… for doing that.”
They continue to talk about Regulus’s day until they hear the doorbell ring. Kreacher opens the door, and they hear the soft murmurs of people speaking. Sirius thinks that the person who rang the doorbell sounds familiar. What follows is stomping up the stairs. Then out of nowhere, his door swings open.
“What the HELL is wrong with you!” James then turns to Regulus, “Hi, Reggie! I'm sorry, but can you leave the room for a sec?” Regulus blushes and nods. He shuffles out of the room, and James whips his head back around to Sirius.
“Explain, NOW!” James yells. Sirius hates when James yells at him, but he explains what happened the night before to his best friend anyway.
“So you just ran away from him without any explanation?? Sirius, I love you, but what the fuck!” James rambles. He then groans and runs both of his hands over his face.
“I guess?” Sirius says, dragging out the sentence James gives him a look, “I know, I know I fucked up big time!!”
“YOU'VE BEEN CRUSHING ON HIM FOR YEARS AND YOU DO THAT!!” James says, shaking Sirius's shoulders.
“I chickened out and I didn't know what else to do BUT RUN!!” Sirius cries out, flapping his arms around like a madman. James then looks at him with a bit of pity in his eyes. Sirius hates that he can see pity in his best friend’s eyes, and also hates pity in general.
“Look, I know I shouldn't do this, but today I'm going to make an exception,” James sighs before continuing, “Remus likes you a lot, and has for around the same amount of time as you. And I'm sick and tired of seeing and hearing you guys pine over each other. So, here's my advice: you confess your feelings for him and kiss it out. I'm not saying right now, but it better be soon.” Sirius's mind is now all over the place. He can't believe that Remus Lupin likes him back. The boy who has been his friend for ages. The boy who agreed to be in James and his shitty little band. The boy who has been kind to him, no matter what has happened.
“Okay fine, I'll do it on Monday,” Sirius says quietly.
“Finally!!!! Look, Padfoot, I have to head back home before my mom gets worried and makes a missing person report,” Sirius chuckles, Mrs. Potter has always been a little bit overprotective of James. "I'll see you on Monday?”
“Yeah, I'll see you on Monday, Prongs,” Sirius smiles. James gets up from where he was sitting and waves before leaving the room. Sirius hears James say bye to Regulus and head to the front door.
Sirius can do this. He can confess to Remus on Monday.
Notes:
This chapter is named after (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult!! Let me know at anytime if I do anything wrong or not sibling like for the Black brothers bc I don't want to do anything wrong with them!! I don't have any siblings, so idrk how to write that type of stuff, so again let me know. :) BYE!!!
Lots of love,
~Paige
Chapter 5: Mr. Brightside
Notes:
Hey I totally spaced this fic because of school starting back up, but here's the new chapter :)
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Chapter Text
PRESENT/REMUS POV
Remus walks out of the room and down the hallway. His mind is running at a million miles per hour. How can Sirius sing that song so casually? Not to mention the fact that it was their song from when they were younger. The song that they would sing together during karaoke. The song they would dance to, whether it was slow dancing or just having a good time. The song that they planned to play for their future wedding. The song that represented everything he wanted to forget.
He knocks on the door rapidly, murmuring under his breath. Not a second later, the door opens to reveal Regulus. Remus looks in his eyes and instantly regrets it. His eyes begin to water. He always forgets how similar Regulus and Sirius look. Remus then collapses into Regulus’s arms.
“Hey hey hey, what happened? Are you okay?” Regulus says softly, and that makes Remus cry even harder. Remus tried to explain, but anytime he tried to say it his words would just turn into sobs. The younger boy leads Remus into his room and sits him down on the bed.
“Hey, I heard something is everythi- Remus? What happened?!” James turns to Regulus, “Regulus, what happened to him?!” James had raised his voice. Remus knew he didn't mean to, he's just worried for his friend.
***
“THAT FUCKING ASSHOLE!” Regulus yells out after Remus was finally able to say what happened. James just sat there quietly, and it looked like he was thinking about something, but Remus didn't know what.
“I CAN'T BELIEVE HIM!! First, he fucking shatters your heart, and now he sings that damn song!!!” Regulus is now pacing around the room. James just looks at his hands. Regulus suddenly stops and looks at his boyfriend.
“James, why are you so quiet?”
“I just can't believe that he would do something like that… d-do you… Do you want me to go over there and talk to him?”
“Do whatever you want, Prongs,” Remus mumbled. His head was in his hands as his legs were shaking rapidly. James faces him and sighs quietly, and wraps his arms around his friend. Not too long after Regulus does the same thing.
***
Remus quietly shuts the door behind him and faces the bed. Sirius is there sleeping peacefully. Remus sits on the bed and turns to look at the dark-haired boy. He sighs, lies down, and goes to sleep.
***
“COME ON, BOYS, WE HAVE A FLIGHT TO CATCH!” Marlene said, banging on the door. Remus groans and rubs his face with both hands. Sirius yells something incoherently into his pillow before he gets up.
Sirius's wavy hair is in every which way and he has a cute, dazed look on his face. Wait… cute? 'No, it's totally not cute at all,' Remus tells himself. Once he shakes those crazy thoughts out of his head, he grabs his clothes and waits for the bathroom to be free.
He thinks about what happened last night. Regulus and James probably think he's overreacting about some stupid song. They also probably think that he's a crybaby because of said song. What was he thinking?! He embarrassed himself in front of his friends, and now they probably hate him for just barging into their room and unloading his problems onto them!
“Hey, did you hear me?” Sirius snapped his fingers in front of Remus's face and then rolled his blue eyes.
“Sorry, what did you say?”
“I said you can use the bathroom now,” Sirius huffed.
“Oh, okay, thanks for telling me,” Remus gets up, grabs his things, and goes to the bathroom.
***
“OKAY GUYS LISTEN UP!” Marlene calls out. Once everyone got ready, they all packed into the tour bus and headed to the airport. Now all of them were at the airport and more awake than they were an hour ago. “I'm going to do a roll call to make sure we have everyone! Okayyy… Peter?”
Marlene went down the list, making sure everyone was there. Well, except for Harry. James's mom was close and was able to pick the little boy up. Once knowing that everyone was there, they boarded the plane.
Remus was able to get a seat next to Mary, who was reading a book.
“Hi, Remus!” Mary says in her familiar sweet tone. Her wild curls were put up in a bun and she was wearing a sweatshirt and leggings.
“Hey! Is it okay if I sit here?” Remus asked while rubbing the back of his neck.
“Yeah, you can sit here! Lily's sitting with Pete because he has bad plane anxiety,” Mary smiled warmly.
***
After many hours on a plane, they finally landed in America. Everyone got off and met up by a fountain in the main area of the airport. They were only waiting for James and Sirius.
“Where the hell ar-” Remus was cut off by James running and yelling, with Sirius not far behind.
“REGGIE REGGIE LOOK!” James finally came to a stop in front of Regulus with a little black cat plushie in his hands and a huge grin on his face.
“Look!! It's you!!!” James gave the cat to Regulus and then pushed up his glasses.
“Thank you…?” The younger boy chuckled. James just smiled at the other fondly. Sometimes they were so sweet it made Remus sick.
“Now that everyone's here, I can tell you guys that I set up an interview for you guys in two days,” Marlene said with a grin, and everyone groaned.
Notes:
This chapter is named after the song Mr. Brightside by The Killers! So, what do we think of the angst and I was really happy to write a bit of jegulus in this fic! Thats all for now byeee!!!
Lots of love,
~ Paige
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