about you

Most people would consider Remus Lupin a complete idiot for what he was doing.

He was on his way to hang out for the second time in one week with Sirius Black, a man who he was once engaged to and who cheated in him. The cherry on top was the fact that they were going to be alone. No one else was going to be with them and there was no reason for them to even be hanging out. So why would Remus feel the need to even see the man not once, but twice in one week? Remus had no idea why he had decided to see Sirius, yet he continued to make the familiar journey to Sirius' apartment without complain.

Remus felt his phone buzz in his hand and knew it would be Sirius. Regardless, he opened his phone and checked to see who it was.

sirius: where R u
crying emoji

Remus laughed to himself at the text. He had left his apartment late, but definitely not late enough for his time of arrival to be concerning.

remus: i left my apartment later than i planned
im on my way now though

sirius: HURRY

remus: do you want me to start running?)?(?

sirius: obviously!
Just kidding you're fine... for now...

remus: glad you were joking bc i wouldnt have started running
u would see me dead before you see me running in the middle of london

sirius: no same its embarrassing
ANYWAYS while u were late i found a nice little park for us to go to instead of just laying around my place
i'll meet u there since its on the way to my place

remus: ok sounds good!! just send me the address

sirius:xxx xxxxx xx

remus: omw :)) SEE U SOON

sirius: u better hurry

remus: aye aye captain

Remus found where the park was located and began walking in that direction. He was a little nervous, but he didn't know why. Remus already knew this wasn't a date obviously. The two were just friends despite speculation from their fans.

Days prior when Remus and Sirius were together, it was the same day James and Regulus had been spotted by Rita Skeeter.

"Holy shit!" Sirius called out while looking at his phone. Remus jumped from where he sat next to Sirius on the couch. The two had decided just to hang out at Sirius' place to avoid fans and the media.

"What?" Remus said as he peered over Sirius' shoulder. He saw that Sirius had an article pulled up, but he wasn't sure what the article was about.

"James and his little boyfriend were seen together by Skeeter and she completely fucked them over," Sirius explained. It seemed like he was still trying to skim over the article.

"His little boyfriend has a name you know," Remus commented. Sirius shot a disapproving look his way.

"I know, but that's not the point," Sirius said as he opened Twitter. Remus could only assume that he was checking to see if James and Regulus were trending.

"What the fuck is a Jegulus?" Remus asked while reading the trending topics.

"From what I can understand, that's James and Regulus' couple name," Sirius responded with a shrug. He continued to scroll on Twitter.

"Oh wow," Remus said under his breath as he saw the hoards of tweets just using the term Jegulus. "What did Skeeter say about James and Regulus that has the Internet so worked up?"

"She said they were rude to her as well as fans, but I highly doubt the last part. James would do most things a fan asked at any time. I mean, he's even taken pictures with fans while grocery shopping," Sirius clarified, still scrolling in Twitter.

"Sounds like Skeeter to me," Remus said. He saw Sirius tap on a trending tweet from Bellatrix Black, Sirius' cousin. "What's that about?"

"Bellatrix was seen with her wife Rita Skeeter today in a café, which is where Rita claims to have seen James and Regulus," Sirius said.

"That doesn't explain why she said something about family reunions in the tweet. It could be a coincidence," Remus insisted. He knew that Regulus hadn't seen Bellatrix since before he had been kicked out, but that could've changed today.

"You know that my family isn't the type for family reunions," Sirius said bitterly. "Plus, Bellatrix and Regulus have the same last name. Regulus has to be in my family somehow."

"I doubt it," Remus remarked. Sirius sighed in response to his comment.

"I'll drop the conversation topic. It's only making my mood worse," Sirius said quietly. Remus looked over at him as he spoke. He looked sad in a way, but Remus wasn't sure.

"Alright," Remus nodded.

Remus reached the entryway of the park and looked around to find Sirius. He didn't see any trace of the man, so he decided to wait for a few minutes before texting him. Remus glanced around the park, trying to take in his surroundings. There were various types of flowers and trees that he couldn't identify, but they were still pretty. He saw a few dogs running around the park and immediately knew Sirius would enjoy seeing them. He felt his phone buzz from his pocket and reached to pull it out. He expected it to be Sirius, but he was surprised by texts from his friends.

lovefools crazies group chat

the virgin mary: have fun on ur date remus !!

panda: Yikes
Dont remind me

regulus the goat: aww guys dont hate on remus
its not his fault he makes bad choices

cas: NO WAY

wolf john wolf: u guys are so mean im muting this gc

panda: sorry we interrupt ur precious time with sirius :-(

cas: WE LOVE U REMUS

Remus muted his notification and turned off his phone with a sigh.

Reuniting with Sirius left Remus feeling extremely conflicted. Not only that, but all of Remus' friend had been against Remus and Sirius hanging out when Remus had told them, especially Grant. Remus thought maybe Grant was worried that Remus would go and get his heartbroken again. He believed that Grant might also be jealous in a way, but he didn't really care. Remus felt awful for not caring, but why should Grant be jealous of the two being friends?

"Hey!" A voice pulled Remus from his thoughts. He looked up to see Sirius in front of him and immediately smiled.

"Hi Sirius," Remus said, trying to take in Sirius' appearance. Sirius was wearing a rather basic outfit that consisted on a white shirt, jeans, and his leather jacket. Remus swore he could see hints of eyeliner that hadn't been taken off correctly from who knows when.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" Sirius asked as he started wiping his eyes with the sleeve of his jacket.

"No, you just had some eyeliner or something left on your eyes from something," Remus replied as he watched Sirius attempted to get the rest of the eye makeup off.

"It's from our gig last night. Marlene, the pesky little shit, put waterproof eyeliner without telling me it was waterproof. I've been trying to get it off since then," Sirius said.

"You had a gig last night?" Remus questioned.

"I must've forgotten to tell you. It was a small thing we did at a bar for a fundraiser," Sirius explained.

Remus nodded, "I see."

"Well, should we start walking?" Sirius said as he held his arm out for Remus to wrap his own around. Remus nodded and hesitantly took his arm.

"You're in for a treat. I've already seen some dogs around," Remus remarked as the pair started walking.

"Really?" Sirius asked as he looked up at Remus. His face lit up upon hearing what Remus said, as Remus predicted.

"Yeah. I haven't gotten a good look to see what type, but I could at least tell they were dogs," Remus said with a small smile.

"I hope some of the dogs approach us. I love meeting dogs," Sirius commented even though Remus was completely aware of his love for dogs. "I forgot to tell you, but it's good to see you."

"It's good to see you too, even though it's only been three days since I last saw you," Remus pointed out which caused Sirius rolled his eyes.

"That's completely too long, in my professional opinion. Everyone has to see the precious Moony at least every other day," Sirius said with a smirk.

"Right, I'm sure," Remus laughed.

"Don't doubt me! I know from personal experiences, especially this week," Sirius insisted.

"I mean, if you told me you had a gig this week, I would've came to see you," Remus pointed out as he looked at Sirius.

"Really?" Sirius asked as he raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

"Don't act so surprised, you're making it seem like I've never supported you," Remus replied. "Of course I would've come, you and James are my friends."

"Right," Sirius said quietly. Sirius seemed taken aback by the last part of what Remus said, but didn't vocalize his feelings. Remus decided not to bring it up in order to avoid conflict.

"So, uh, what's new?" Remus asked. He could cut the tension between him and Sirius with a knife and Remus knew bringing up his interests might cheer him up.

"Nothing really. Oh wait, I have some new tattoos!" Sirius beamed. Remus was right, seeing as his mood was suddenly great again.

"Where are they?" Remus asked. Sirius lift his left hand, the one that wasn't around Remus' arm, and showed him his ring finger. Remus knew it was a cover tattoo due to the placement. He remembered Sirius getting their anniversary date on his ring finger when they got engaged. Remus felt a pang in his chest when he full registered that Sirius had covered it up. Remus wasn't sure why he was upset because they certainly weren't dating, yet it still hurt something deep inside of him.

Instead of seeing the overfamiliar date on Sirius' ring finger, Remus saw some type of colorful flower. He could tell that the artist had done a fantastic job covering up the small date because he couldn't tell that there was anything under the flower.

"It looks great," Remus said. He couldn't make himself look away from the little flower on Sirius' finger. Sirius made looking away easier by putting his hand back at his side.

"Thank you. Lily actually helped me pick it out," Sirius mentioned while smiling. "Do you want to see the other one?"

Remus nodded, and Sirius tugged his jacket away from his shoulder with his free and revealed a small 1971. Remus let out a small laugh when he saw the tiny tattoo.

"Matching band tattoos," Sirius explained.

"James actually got a tattoo?" Remus asked in shock.

"Yeah, that's why it's so small," Sirius replied with a smile.

"That explains the size," Remus nodded.

"I tried to tell him that it would hurt the same if it was bigger, but he didn't believe me," Sirius said with a huff as if he were reliving the moment by telling Remus.

"Oh, I'm sure. I remember him nearly passing out just watching me get one," Remus recalled.

Before Sirius could add to the memory, Remus noticed a subtle flash in the corner of his eye. He turned to look around for the source of the flash. He was met with the sight of what he assumed was a fan or possibly the paparazzi taking a picture of him and Sirius. Remus instinctively unlinked his arm from Sirius, which caused Sirius to make a confused noise and turn around.

"What in the world," Sirius whispered once he saw what was happening.

"Should we say something? I don't feel comfortable with pictures being taken while we're just trying to privately hang out," Remus said, turning his head to look at Sirius.

Sirius nodded, "Yeah, it's just disrespectful. I would've taken a picture with them if they asked, but they decided not to at least ask."

"Alright," Remus said as he walked over to the person, Sirius following him.

"Excuse me," Sirius began when they reached the person, who now looked frightened. "Can you please stop taking pictures of us? We're just trying to have a peaceful day."

The person shook their head, "Oh my god, I'm so sorry for overstepping. I just wanted a picture of you guys since you're officially back together.

Remus opened his mouth in disbelief. Back together? Remus was completely clueless. Why would this person believe that he and Sirius were back together?

"What? I'm extremely lost," Remus said and Sirius nodded in agreement.

"Huh?" The person looked between the two, confusion all over their face. "It's all over Twitter. Rita Skeeter got inside information from an unnamed source that proved that you two were back together."

"What the fuck?" Sirius blurted out. Remus was speechless. He wasn't sure if he could get words out.

"Oh. This is kind of awkward," The person began to speak, but Remus was blocking it out. He had muted his phone barely thirty minutes before. How could something so big happen so fast?

Remus didn't have time to answer his own question before he reached for his phone and turned it on. He saw floods of texts from his friends and notifications from Twitter.

"Jesus," Remus said breathlessly and glanced over to Sirius. Sirius was also on his phone most likely trying to figure things out, like Remus was. Remus looked back down at his phone and began to sort through his texts.

LILITH: WHY ARE YOU BAVK WITH SIRIUS BLACK
YOU WERE OOOOOVVEEERRRR HIM
my poor fallen soldier how i love you so! but this is a stupid move

REMUSITH: Okay Wow
we r not back together.

Remus swiped out of his and Lily's texts and moved on to the band's group chat, which seemed to be going wild at the moment.

lovefools crazies group chat

regulus the goat: REMUS LUPIN
ARE U INSANE

panda: holy???? shit????
remus what is happening

cas: idk what to say...
congrats?? LIKE WHAT

the virgin mary: remus if u dont explain what the hell is happening im gonna beat the shit out of you
(lovingly but seriously i need to know so i can FIX THIS)

regulus the goat: our girlboss mary<33
along with the GASLIGHTER REMUS

cas: who's the gatekeep

regulus the goat: mary obviously
ANYWAYS BACK TO R*MUS

panda: okay while this might be balls off the walls crazy let remus explain
calm down

regulus the goat changed wolf john wolf's user to GASLIGHTER

regulus the goat: no maybe i Wont
"i dont love ur brother anymore regulus" LIAR

GASLIGHTER: okay Jesus i domt have a lot of time (i'll dm u mary im sososo sorry)
sirius and i are just friends ITS RITA SKEETER WHY ARE U BELIEVINF HER
we are just friends idk what the article is about but we ARE FRIENDS

Remus moved out of the band's group chat and saw that he had missed texts from Grant. He audibly groaned when he saw and prepared himself for the worst.

grant<33: you could've told me remus, you know i would have fully supported you
but yet i found out through twitter??? more specifically rita skeeter???

remus :-): no i swear grant him and i are just friends
skeeter is a liar i prmise you

grant<33: i believe you remus but im not sure we could work out if you're rumored to be with your ex fiancé every other week
im sorry but it's better for both of us

grant<33 has blocked you.

"Oh my fucking god," Remus began, but quickly remember there was still a fan or spy for Rita in front of them. He cut himself off and took a deep breath. Remus looked from his phone to see the person anxiously waiting in front of Sirius and Remus.

"Again, I'm so sorry. I'll delete the picture I promise," The person rambled and Remus just nodded. The person seemed to hesitate for a moment before briskly walking away. Sirius groaned loudly from next to him as soon as the person was far enough way.

"These fuckers, I swear," Sirius huffed out as he went to sit on a nearby bench. Remus followed him and sat down next to him.

"No one knows how to mind their own business," Remus sighed. "What was the article even about? I didn't get the chance to look at it due to how many texts I had to reply to."

Sirius glanced at Remus, an extremely nervous look on his face, "So I may have privately tweeted some pictures of us together and insulted Rita in the process..."

Remus looked at Sirius in awe, "Are you serious right now? That's why we're knee deep in shit?"

"I'm always serious," Sirius grinned which resulted in Remus glaring at him. "Sorry, but yeah."

"Oh my god," Remus put his head in hands.

"She also said we were back together and better than ever," Sirius mentioned.

"Lovely, just fantastic," Remus mumbled. "How did she even get the photos if your account is private?"

"I have no clue," Sirius said.

"Wait," Remus said as he had a huge realization. "Someone following your account is leaking all of your tweets. I know for a fact that Rita Skeeter isn't a professional Twitter hacker, so that's the only reasonable explanation."

Sirius blinked, trying to grasp the concept, "So, you're saying someone who's following my private account is leaking whatever could be useful for the media and more specifically, Rita?"

"Exactly! It would make sense with what happened the night of your album release when all of your tweets got leaked," Remus explained.

"You're a genius, Remus," Sirius suddenly stood up and looked down at Remus who was still sitting on the bench. "The person would also have to follow the rest of the band in order to access their tweets."

"Right," Remus nodded.

"Looks like we have some detective work ahead of us," Sirius stated.

"Us? There's no way you think I'm in on this," Remus said, laughing under his breath in disbelief.

"I mean, we are dating again according to Rita. We have to be seen together in order to keep up with the media's standards meaning you could help..." Sirius began to say before Remus shut him down completely.

"Why can't we just announce that we're not dating on Twitter? Wouldn't that make it easier for both of us?" Remus questioned. He was not on board with Sirius' god awful plan.

"That ruins the plan and the fun of this whole situation!" Sirius exclaimed in distress.

"I'm not following," Remus said which made Sirius roll his eyes.

"We could catch the little Twitter rat by saying something interesting about our 'relationship" on either of our privates. We would be able to see who likes or replies to it, which would lead us directly to the person," Sirius explained. Remus slowly nodded, the idea beginning to form in his head.

"Okay, I see your point," Remus sighed. "I guess I'm in."

Sirius jumped from excitement, "Thank you!"

"So, where do we begin?" Remus asked.

"Uh," Sirius thought as he gave Remus a sheepish smile. "I haven't thought that far ahead. I wasn't sure if you would agree to my plan that I made up in about five minutes."

Remus groaned, "I cannot believe you sometimes."

"Can you blame me? It did sound a bit stupid in theory," Sirius pointed out.

"Enough excuses in defense of our stupid plan, we need to figure out where to start or else we can't do this," Remus said, trying to brainstorm ideas. Sirius seemed to do the same as he paced in front of Remus.

Suddenly, Sirius paused and turned to face Remus, "We need Lily."

"Then we'll go to Lily," Remus replied and stood up.

Sirius held out his hand and Remus looked down at it in confusion.

"Grab my hand, please. For the cameras." Sirius pleaded. Remus huffed and grabbed onto his hand, which Sirius smirked in response to.

"Where are we even going?" Remus asked as they started speed-walking to the exit of the park.

"Like you just said, to Lily's place," Sirius answered simply while Remus just gave him a confused glance.

Despite the fact that Remus didn't completely understand what he had just gotten himself into, he was glad he at least had Sirius with him.