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"Ahhhh!" Remus lupin gasped, being rudely awakened from his half sleep. A tall, skinny boy looked sleepily back at him, his raven black curls unceremoniously, yet beautifully framing his face.
"Bloody Hell Moons, you scared the living daylights out of me," a sleepy Sirius Black replied.
"Sorry Siri, just didn't remember you falling asleep with me, it just gave me quite a fright."
"'s ok," Sirius muttered back, cuddling up closer to his sleepy boyfriend, and resting his head on Remus' warm chest. "Your bed looked so cozy last night, and after talking with Prongs while he simultaneously tried to snog Reg senseless, i decided i needed some love of my own."
"You big sap," the werewolf teases while flattening his boyfriend's messy curls," you know you could have just woken me up and i would have gave you something to do." he said with a wink and smirk.
"As much as i would have loved that, i cant handle a moody Moony, no matter how good i feel afterwards. Plus i got to wake up by you anyways, so that seems like a bonus in my eyes."
"Well no matter how much i freak out, i still like waking up to you," the tired boy replied. And oh he really did. Remus could stare at the master piece in front of him for hours, his slightly wavy hair, icy grey eyes, tender with a hint of mischief, beautiful full lips, and charming smile that has never once failed to give him butterflies. Remus began to wonder yet again how he had managed to land such a beautiful person and was astonished Sirius even would want to be by him, much less cuddle and wake up near him.
Remus' thought however were rudely interrupted by an enthusiastic James ripping off his comfy quilt and yelling so practically all the common room could hear,
"Happy Valentines Day Wankers!"
Remus immediately balled himself up against his boyfriend, savoring the last of the warmth before he replied with a smirk. "You should stop doing that James, were dating now remember, you have no idea what we could have been up to. And it would have been rather awkward morning for you, waking up to us-"
"Oh stop, my poor innocent ears," James said rather dramatically covering his ears," make it stop, make it stop! Sirius tell your boyfriend to make it stop! I swear i wont do it again!"
That out burst just made everyone laugh, and when they finally stopped Sirius got out of bed, rapped James in a big hug and replied with a
"Happy Valentines day," and a " As if your ears your innocent, i can hear you and Regulus VERY clearly whenever he's 'spending the night' and i can tell you enjoy it were much, like at least use a silencing charm Prongs, i may be love blind, but i am NOT love deaf." He added with a little shudder and mock vomiting. " Remember that is my little brother you somehow managed to seduce, and trust me i do not want to hear that."
"Hey before you get all pent up about James and Reg's relationship." Remus remarked," mind giving your handsome a very impatient boyfriend a kiss, and wish him happy valentines day too."
"Oh i wasn't ignoring you," Sirius replied with a smirk," i just like how cute you look when your angry." He then bent down , lovingly cupping the werewolf's face a planted a very long, very passionate kiss on his lips.
"Ew gross guys get a room," James said while he mocked throwing up.
"Were in ours, but you so rudely like to interrupt our beautiful love filled morning, so its really your fault ." Sirius said while throwing a pillow at the other boy." Plus shouldn't you be with Reg, you two didn't even come up for air for a whole 20 minutes yesterday, sooo."
"OK, one thing," James replied defiantly," i would very gladly appreciate you not telling anyone about my snogging schedule, and two, i already saw him this morning." He said while a slight blush was creeping up his neck.
"One gross. I did not need to know that prongs," Remus said while pulling a face," but i don't know in Merlin you get up so early. I for one prefer my beauty sleep, as Siri can so greatly testify to."
"It only counts as beauty sleep moons if your beautiful," James replied with a smirk, but he probably regretted saying that, because seconds after he said it was being tackled by a mock angry Sirius, who wouldn't let him out of his head lock until he swore to merlin Remus was drop dead gorgeous, and even the suns light couldn't compare to his natural glow.
After that mild squirmish the boys then decided that they might as well eat breakfast before all the food disappears, so they headed on there way to the great hall, Sirius and Remus holding hands, while James ran off to find his boyfriend. The great hall was decorated to its best, with little red roses falling from the sky along with pink and red streamers.
The pair took a seat at their usual spot, but before Remus could sit down, Sirius placed him firmly in his lap, and slid a small box into his hands. Remus blushed bright red at this public show of affection, but noted that this might be one of his new favorite forms of Sirius.
When he looked down at the box, he saw in neat, swirly cursive two words, 'my moony', but that was enough to send him over the edge. He leaned in and tenderly kissed Sirius who responded quite enthusiastically, but with some shock as Moony was never one for PDA. Before it could escalate farther though, Sirius gently pushed his boyfriend back down on his lap before cheekily whispering,
"I love when you kiss me Re, but im dying of nervousness over here, and i really want to know how you'd react, so can you please open the box."
He then gently kissed Remus' nose, before staring down nervously at the box in his partners hand. This peaked Remus' curiosity, because Sirius was never afraid to give him gifts, which he did often, but the anxious look on Sirius' face was, yes cute he admitted, but also urging Remus to open the box.
He felt the outside. It was beautifully wrapped, like always, and couldn't have been more that 3 inches across, so the large note tapped caringly to the top looked rather out of place. He gently took the note, glancing up at his anxious boyfriend, then read.
My Moony,
I've loved you since second year, but even before then it was obvious i liked you.
I remember one time in first year you told me you like my shoes and i turned beet red, and because of that i had to go to the loo and wash my face five times before it resumed a semi-normal shade. Where am i going with this you may be asking yourself, well i love you.
You know this and i tell you it everyday, express it in every smile, and feel it every time i look into your gorgeous chocolate brown eyes. I can only think of one unused way left to express it, and that my beautiful love, is to marry you.
Ok i herd that gasp, and no this is not a marriage proposal, but simply a promise. I promise to make you laugh always, hold your hand into the night, comfort you when you cry, kiss your insecurities away, be with you through every moon, challenge you to be a better person, while also letting you challenge me to be a better person as well. I also promise to never let you down, but rather praise you like the god you are, hold your hand in the dark, be the reason you are smiling, give you hope that thing, no matter how dark will get better, and love you with all my heart.
You are the reason i live, love, hope, and find happiness in life, you saved my life, and i hope that i can be the same for you.
i know were to young to get married, but what is marriage anyway, but a symbol of one's undying love for another. So i hope you take this as a reminder of my unending love to you, and as a reminder of our future to come. I love you more than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the beach. There will never be enough seconds in eternity for my love for you to fill, and i hope you feel the same way about me.
I love waking up to your messy hair and sleepy kisses, and i hope with everything in me you with forever be mine. So this is my promise to you. I've tried to describe the feelings i have about you, but this isn't even halfway there, and honestly i don't even think there are or will ever be enough words to describe how strongly i feel about you. You've already accepted my love, so dear Moony, please accept my promise.
-Your Bright Star And Lover Boy, Sirius
By the time Remus finished reading silent tears were running down his face, and it was with shaking hands he opened the small box.
Out fell two rings, one silver engraved with the moon cycles, and the other gold, engraved with Canis Major the constellation, both delicately saying 'every second for eternity'.
"I engraved them myself, "Sirius said sheepishly, quiet tears also streaming down his face. "I've been working on them all year, perfecting them. Of course that doesn't mean you have to accept them i was just telling you that, well i really don't know why, i guess-"
What exactly he guessed Remus never figured out, because in a flash his lips were on Sirius', kissing him passionately, with every emotion he's ever had towards the boy welling inside of him. He had his hands in his silky hair, another on his waist.
It was all to much. Waking up to this beauty, holding hands with this beauty, talking with this beauty, the beautiful love note his beauty wrote to him. His beauty, now that was a nice thought.
Remus could never imagine a world without Sirius, just thinking about it made his heart hurt.
So he broke their lovely kiss just for a second to whisper,
"You sap, of course i accept you promise," and slid the silver ring on his finger.
Sirius pulled Remus back into another kiss, but this one was somehow different then the rest. More caring, with more meaning. Like a silent vow.
The great hall faded around the couple, and they were left together, in love, with an promise.