Chapter 2
“Rise and fucking shine, George. Let's do this shit!” James yells in their room while opening the curtains.
“What the fuck James, let’s do what it’s 6 AM,” Remus groans.
“Train, of course. Get your lazy ass up and get dressed, McDermott.” Remus signs and does as he is told. When James and him walk to the room where they eat, it is completely empty.
“James, there is no one here.”
“There is no one here yet,” he says. As they sit down by a table James asks, “Where were you last night? You weren’t there when I went to sleep.”
“I was just taking a walk through the castle.”
James looks at him for a long time, “Nope, you are lying. Besides, even if it was true you know you can get punished for that, right?”
“James, do I look like the guy that cares? The only thing I care about now is sleeping and eating.”
“Well, then I have great news!” Someone behind them says. As they turn around, Prince Sirius is standing there.
“Sirius!”
“James!” They immediately go in for a hug. “Man, I’ve missed you!”
“Potter, don’t tell me you actually became a knight like you said when we were younger just to see me more.”
“No, I’m only becoming a knight so I can shag your little brother,” James says while grinning.
“Good luck with that because his heart is colder than an ice block.”
“Then he is lucky that I know how to make people melt,” They both burst out laughing and keep making little jokes.
“Oh and Sirius, this is George! He is my mate, but I don’t really know a lot about him, he is so mysterious.”
“I am not mysterious, James.”
“Then where did you go last night?”
Sirius perks up and says casually, “George and I had sex in my room.”
James’s eyebrows raise up and his mouth drops open, “You guys fucked?! George, you fucked the prince?!”
Remus’s lie is already busted, so it doesn’t matter what he says now anyways, “It is Prince Charming, actually,’ he tells him while winking at Sirius.
James looks like he is having a stroke, “Mate, you have a nickname for him?! Are you fucking serious?!”
“I am.”
Sirius laughs so hard that there are actual tears rolling down his cheeks. When he is calmed down he tells James, “Potter, look at him. How can you not fuck a hot knight like him?” Remus blushes like crazy, “You know I want to stare at you forever but I have to go, I’m expected in a meeting in 10 minutes. Goodluck on your first day! Bye James, bye Moony!” And then Sirius gives Remus a little kiss on the top of his head.
The room starts to fill up with more people and Lily joins their table. “Did you hear about that guy that was found dead in the bushes right next to the bushes of the castle?”
Remus’s milk shoots out of his mouth and he starts coughing loudly. What happened to hello? Good morning? How are you?
“McDermott, dude, are you okay?” James asks while slapping his back.
“Mhm, yeah, fine. Tell me more about this man, Lily,” Remus needs to know how much they know and how much of the information is still safe.
“He was found dead next to the big doors and was dumped on the grass behind shrubs.”
James asks, “How did he die?”
“Murder. His throat was sliced open, the poor man looked terrified, his eyes were still open.”
Remus swallows the lump in his throat away, he does remember the man’s eyes very well. “Do they know who killed him?”
“No, but they think the mass murderer Remus Lupin is behind it. He has killed many people around his area, so it is probably him. But no one has found any evidence leading to the theory.”
All that the people know about Remus Lupin is that he is an anonymous, mysterious murderer. No one has ever seen his face, they only know his name.
“I really hope they catch the guy who did it, they should kill this person,” James says, not a single ounce of happyness or humor dancing in his eyes. Remus looks down at his breakfast, not feeling the need to eat anymore.
At that moment mentor Mcgonagall raises her voice, “Attention please!” It immediately goes silent, “Thank you. Okay, are you all ready because this is gonna be a long day. Today we are gonna start with learning how to control your sword and the power of it. This can be really dangerous, so don’t you even dare to try to be funny, this is a serious task that I’m giving you all. I’m trusting you people with this, so don’t mess it up, understood?”
“Understood, ma’am,” everyone says in harmony, even Remus didn’t miss the moment this time.
“You are all expected in the training room in 15 minutes.”
As she leaves Lily whispers, “I know she has a strict looking face and all but, Mcgonagall really doesn’t fit her. I’m thinking of something less mean, something like… Minnie!”
James’s eyes shine from amusement, “She is now called M.M.! Mentor Minnie!”
“I love that! George, what do you think?”
“I think it’s way too early and that I want to sleep. Just eat your breakfast and tell me about the nickname options later.”
Lily and Jame both grin at each other and eat their breakfast. When they are done eating they go to the training room where they spend the whole day working their asses off.
“I can’t- I can’t do this anymore!” Remus says breathlessly. They have been doing sit ups and push ups for over 2 hours now, and Remus is sure he is gonna die from all the sweat he is losing.
“Don’t be so dramatic, George. It’s almost over,” James says like this training isn’t killing him too. Prince Regulus is watching them, so James of course has to act like he is the strongest man alive.
Minnie blows her whistle and tells them, “Okay, that was it for today. You did all very well, and I’m very proud. Have a good night's rest and I’ll see you all tomorrow.”
They all stand up, even though Remus feels like he might just sink to the ground. Lily whispers, “James, don’t look but Prince Regulus is totally staring at you.”
Of course James didn’t listen to the ‘don’t look’ part and looks at Regulus in the most obvious way possible. James waves at him and Regulus gives him a small wave back.
“You guys wouldn’t mind if I went off to chat with him, right?”
“No it’s fine, go for it,” Remus says. Lily and him walk to the rooms when she tells him, “So James wasn’t kidding when he said that he had a thing for the younger prince.”
“It looks like his mission isn’t being a knight anymore, his mission is to capture Prince Regulus’s heart.”
Lily giggles, “Oh Regulus so wants to fuck James, he was basically undressing him with his eyes.”
“I would say that’s good for them, and Minnie would be happy with the extra workout.”
They laugh and walk together until they have to go separate ways, “I’ll see you tomorrow, George, bye!”
“Yeah, bye Evans!”
As Remus is walking to his room the only thing he can think of is taking a long hot shower to wash all the sweat away. He feels so dirty, he feels like he can let a hundred people die from suffocation due to the smell he is producing.
“Well, hello pretty boy, how are you?”
Remus looks up and sees Sirius standing leaning against the door.
“I’ve never been better, I love sweating and smelling bad so much. I love it when my muscles are literally shaking because my body is so exhausted,” Remus says sarcastically.
“The training was hard then?”
“I swear, I thought that I was dying.”
Sirius walks closer to Remus and cups his jaw, “Aren’t you gonna ask me about my day, Moony?”
“How was your day, sweetheart?” Remus asks while playfully rolling his eyes.
“I’ve had the worst day of my life,” Sirius says dramatically.
“And why is that?”
“Because I missed you.”
“No, you missed the sex.”
“Both true. And you know what can make that feeling go away, George?”
Remus his mouth is dry, “What?”
Sirius looks him up and down and has a mischievous grin on his face, “Moony, fuck me again?”
“But I’m really dirty at the moment and I smell bad, I was just about to take a shower.”
“Who says we can’t do it in the shower?” Sirius grabs Remus’s hand and basically drags him into the bathroom. The second the water touches them they can’t pull their eyes off each other. Hot water sliding over their bodies, wet mouths are brushing against each other, and soft moans and lovely words are being whispered into each other's ears.
“Did you shag other knights a second time too?” Remus asks while panting.
"You're the first. Did you shag other princes a second time?” Sirius smiles when he pulls his mouth off Remus's neck for a second before attacking it again.
“Touché, Black.” Remus can feel Sirius’s grin on his body while Sirius is slowly putting his kisses lower.
There wasn’t much talking after that.
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It’s the middle of the night, Sirius has left his room and James is already sleeping. Remus is trying to work out a plan to complete his mission, because he has been distracted enough already. But his mind keeps circling back to the nice, sweet and hot things Sirius does, instead of the actual reason why Sirius needs to be gone. He needs to find a moment where he can do it, a place.
His head snaps up when someone is knocking on the door and just walks in.
“Sirius?”
“It’s Prince Charming for you, love.”
“Is something wrong?”
“I wanted to ask you something.”
“Okay…”
“Could we make this a more… regular thing?”
“Regular, as in more shagging?”
“Only if you want to of course! I just really like your company. You’re a nice person, Moony.” It is really dark in the room, but he can still see Sirius’s cheeks turn bright red.
Remus is debating his options, if he says no then Sirius would be easier to kill, since they wouldn’t have contact anymore. But, that also means they are gonna be further away from each other and that makes the chance of killing him harder. If Remus says yes, they will have more contact and that’s an easier opening for murder. But, then the bond they have is gonna be a problem. Either way it is shit, it’s 50/50. But he likes shagging more, plus, that way his mission is more challenging.
“Anything you want, sweetheart,” Remus answers him.
Sirius flashes him a smile and turns around to leave, “Wait, Sirius!”
He turns back around, ‘Yeah?”
“Tomorrow at midnight in the garden, don’t be late,” Remus tells him while smirking.
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Remus has a plan for the mission, Sirius is gonna come to the garden when it’s dark. Sirius owns the place so there is no doubt that he will lead them to a more private place, a private place where no one is… The plan is waterproof, he is not gonna fuck this up.
When Remus sneaks out the castle doors with a dagger strapped to his belt (his shirt is over it, no one can see it), Sirius is already waiting for him with roses in his hands.
“Ah, there is my pretty boy!”
“Hi, Sirius,” Remus says while rolling his eyes trying really hard to hide his smile.
“Here,” Sirius gives Remus the roses that he was holding, “It’s nothing special I just picked them out of the bushes over there but, they are for you.”
“Thanks, I really like them.”
“Are those your favorite flowers?”
“...Yes,” Remus admits.
“See, it’s not that hard to not be mysterious for every second of the day,” Sirius answers while looking like he is having the time of his life. Little did he know that a few minutes ago Remus’s favorite flowers were blue tulips. “I know a more safer place, you know, a place where we don’t have to watch out for guards all the fucking time.” Sirius takes his hand and starts running.
“Sirius, where are we going?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know, love?” He grins at him.
When Sirius and Remus arrive they are in the middle of the woods. The wind gently blows through the leaves of the trees, and birds are softly singing.
They sit down at the shore of the lake, “Remus, do you have a boyfriend?” Sirius asks out of nowhere.
“No.”
“Have you ever had a boyfriend?”
“I did yeah, his name is Grant. He wasn’t really my boyfriend at first, we just both wanted to get off, but then I started to actually like him. Surprisingly he had the same feelings and we dated for a while, but we were off better as friends. What about you? Have you ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend?”
“Well, I had all those fake dates that my parents set up, but that doesn’t count since I liked none of them, and even if I did then I wouldn’t give my parents that satisfaction. I dated a girl for a while, Mary Macdonald. She is the princess of a kingdom not that far from here, but my mother and father didn’t approve of her, not that that stopped me of course. I just think I liked her, but I didn’t like her in the right way. She is gorgeous, don't get me wrong but I think I thought more about the fact that my parents wouldn’t be happy with our relationship than thinking about the real feelings about the whole situation. I told her immediately when I found out how I felt and we ended our 5 month relationship. She was my first girlfriend and my last because George, I’m so gay.”
“Never had a boyfriend?”
“No, I never really got the chance to get to know any guys since their parents are probably homophobic and they apparently do care what they think of their children.”
It is silent for a while. “The roses are really nice.”
“You deserve nice things, Moony.”
Remus turns to look at Sirius, only to find Sirius already staring at him. Sirius starts to fidget with his fingers in his lap, “I’ve never had a boyfriend before because it didn’t feel right yet. I wasn’t fully accepting all the new discoveries and I just needed time to adjust, I needed time to get comfortable with myself,” Remus quite literally feels the pain in Sirius’s voice and pulls him into a hug, their bodies are smashed together and Remus feels the dagger pushing against his skin. The reality hits him again and he remembers his mission. Remus isn’t gonna fuck up, he is gonna finish his task. He gently gets the dagger out the holder, and holds it behind Sirius’s back, ready to attack. This is the moment, no one can see them, no one can hear them, no one will ever know. Remus closes his eyes and tightens his fingers on the dagger, muscle memory kicking in. Just as he is about to put the dagger into the person he is holding, Sirius says, “But I think I am now. I’m ready to have a boyfriend.”
Remus feels like his heart is gonna jump out of his chest. He doesn’t know if it is from all the feelings Sirius put in that one sentence, or if it is from the hint that he is picking up on. He can’t do this to Sirius. Remus quickly puts the dagger back and pulls out the hug.
“Do you… wanna have a boyfriend?” He asks carefully.
“If you are willing to then, yes. I would love to have a boyfriend. I would love to be your boyfriend.”
“You are lucky roses are my favorite flowers, sweetheart.”
“Is that a yes?” Sirius asks nervously.
“It’s a yes.”
They spend the rest of their night sitting together by the lake, laughing, cuddling, holding hands. Distantly Remus knows this was a very bad idea, but, don’t blame him. Blame Dumbledore, because who the fuck gives the task to kill the most handsome man on earth? Remus will solve his whole killing problem later, because right now the only thing he wants to think about is how lovely it is to feel loved.