Chapter 9
"Sherlock!" John ran after him, grabbing him by the shoulders. "If I can fully fix Redbeard will you promise to at least try to think about giving me another chance?"
Sherlock shook his head. "My brother will help me, he'll be fine."
"Sherlock, please!" John scrambled for words. "I love you! I'm completely in love with you. Please just give me another chance. I'll tell you anything. Absolutely anything you could ask"
Sherlock shook his head. "You don't love me when the first thing you said was that you'll save my dog if I consider staying with you. Also you said that the only reasons as to why you stayed with me were because I love you and I didn't use you." Sherlock hugged Redbeard a little tighter.
"How is the last one bad? I love you because you love me. But that's not the only reason. I'm desperate. You're who I want. You're who I need" John begged
"John just… leave me alone for a while." he started walking again.
"I'll save Redbeard!" John said. He was looking at his feet and fighting tears back "I'll save him and you don't have to forgive me. Just please let me help you in this one way"
"Mycroft will fix it."
"Please, Sherlock", John said in a broken whisper, tears dripping off his cheeks
Sherlock sighed. "Fine. But after that I need to be alone."
"OK!" John rushed over and gently took Redbeard form Sherlock. "I've never done this spell before but I've seen it done and studied the application" he moved his wand around in a concentrated pattern before saying clearly "liberacorpus". After half a second, Redbeard picked up his head
Sherlock kneeled "come here boy." he patted on his knees.
Redheads slowly got to his feet and looked between John and Sherlock. John stood and slowly started walking away
"Redbeard." Sherlock said softly. "Come."
Redbeard took a wobbly step toward Sherlock but looked back at John and whimpered. John kept walking, trying to silence his crying
Sherlock patted on his knees again. "Come here then boy."
Redbeard lowered his tail and took another step towards his owner. Then he sat down, looked at John, and cried loudly. John almost turned around but stopped himself just in time
Sherlock sighed and gently grabbed Redbeard and stood up. He looked over at the boy walking away. "John wait."
John whipped around, wiping tears off of his face quickly
"thank you. For helping Redbeard."
"It's the least I could do," John said quietly, sliding his hands into his pockets
Sherlock nodded slightly, stroking Redbeard's fur.
Redbeard looked at John and barked happily, wagging his tail. John forced a small smile for the pup
Sherlock buried his nose in the puppy's fur for a while before pulling away again. "John. Can you promise to never lie to me again?"
"Absolutely. I'll do anything, Sherlock" John vowed, striding back to him quickly, wiping half dried tears away
"And do you really love me? Or do you just want to be with someone to get over James?"
"I love you with all my heart, Sherlock Holmes." John declared in a sure voice
Sherlock nodded shortly. "I guess I won't have to move your stuff then." he smiled shortly.
John couldn't help himself. He threw his arms around Sherlock. Redbeard's tail beat happily in between them
Sherlock smiled a little and leaned his cheek against John's
"I love you" John whispered to Sherlock
Sherlock bit his lip. "I love you too."
John leaned back and glanced at Sherlock's lips "may I?"
Sherlock nodded, leaning in to kiss John's lips
John softly kissed Sherlock, trying control himself. He was the first to pull away "I don't want to test my boundaries"
Sherlock chuckled a little. "Its fine, John."
John smiled "let's get Redbeard upstairs. Then I'll test my bounds, OK?"
"Mmh. If you say so." He grinned softly
John took Sherlock's hand and they went the fast way to their dorm
Sherlock put down the puppy on the floor and smiled, stroking its fur.
John grinned down at the pup, which seemed to be doing better every second.
Sherlock stood up straight again.
John smiled and held back a chuckle as he thought of the things he could do to Sherlock from the position he was in.
"What?" Sherlock raised an eyebrow.
"I'll show you in our room" John said, standing up and kissing Sherlock quickly.
Sherlock nodded, following John into the room.
John picked Redbeard up and set him on Sherlock's bed, where he curled up and fell asleep. "Go stand by my bed," John said to Sherlock.
Sherlock nodded again, doing as he was told. He bit his lip, feeling a bit nervous.
"Just tell me if you want me to stop," John said seriously before getting on his knees in front of Sherlock.
"John, I… I don't want a blowjob.” he stepped away.
John looked up at Sherlock with a confused expression "I want to show you how sorry I am"
Sherlock rubbed his face. "Sorry, John I… I'm tired and confused. Let me sleep for a while.” he bit his lip, feeling his cheeks heat.
John’s face fell before he quickly faked a smile "of course. Do you want to sleep in my bed or your own?"
"It would be great if you joined me, in your bed.” he smiled a little. "Just a one hour nap.”
"Anything for you" John said. He moved the covers back for Sherlock to slide in first.
Sherlock lay down in the bed, curling up under the blanket.
John laid down beside him, kissed Sherlock's forehead and tucked the blankets around both of them
Sherlock fell asleep almost at once, breathing deeply and slowly
John didn't sleep, choosing instead to watch Sherlock, the man he loved and almost lost.
Sherlock woke up again after a bit more than an hour, yawning softly.
John gave a small smile "hey there, sleepy head"
Sherlock smiled back tiredly at John. "Hey,” he said with a sleepy voice that was a bit deeper than his normal voice.
John smiled at the sound of Sherlock's husky voice "i let you sleep a little bit longer. Do you want to go down to dinner?"
Sherlock shook his head "I'm not hungry."
"OK, baby". Half a second later, John’s stomach growled loudly.
Sherlock heard it. "You go eating, I'll stay here." He chuckled a little.
John shook his head, "I'll be fine. I don't wanna leave you"
"No, you go." Sherlock said. "I have stuff to do anyways." he smirked a little
John smirked as well "stuff?"
Sherlock nodded. "Even though I am still pretty mad at you. I somehow feel a need to spend some quality time with you.” Sherlock grinned a little.
"I like the sound of that. Now I definitely don't want to go to dinner"
"But you need to go to dinner so that I can prepare stuff.” Sherlock kissed John's cheek. "Please?" He murmured
John, unable to resist Sherlock's pleas, smiled and rolled out of bed "I'll be back in about an hour." He kissed Sherlock's cheek and hesitated, thinking of whether or not to actually kiss him
"I'll be waiting." He smirked.
John smiled and looked at Sherlock's lips.
Sherlock gently sank his teeth into his bottom lip, letting a quiet moan escape, only to tease John. "Later.”
"Yep," John said in a deep voice. He almost took a step away, then all but pounced on Sherlock, kissing him deeply
Sherlock tilted his head away "I said later John!" He looked up at him. "Then you can be as demanding and dominant as you want.”
John groaned "Ughh. Fine, you tease" he said playfully. He pecked Sherlock's cheek, stroked Redbeard once, and left
Sherlock grinned to himself, and started to prepare.
John slowly went down to the Great Hall, ignoring rude comments and laughter.
Sherlock was still preparing.
John made it to the Great Hall without punching anyone and avoiding Moriarty
When Sherlock was done he waited for John to come back.
John ate quickly before all but running back to his room