Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
James pulled out his phone, thinking it was probably Sirius. He was happy to see it was Remus, since they hadn’t had the chance to talk as often now that they were inching closer to finals.
Remus: I don’t know if I should be embarrassed or proud…
His eyes widened, at that. Remus was just as mischievous as the rest of them, but he usually managed to stop before things got too far.
James: What did you do?
It was a long time before Remus responded, and James fiddled with the power button on his phone while he waited, feeling both nervousness and anticipation. When he got a response, he immediately breathed out a small huff of laughter.
Remus: I told Sirius I was in love with him.
James: Is that all? he texted back immediately.
Remus: No…
There was another long pause, and James found himself wondering more and more what could have possibly happened.
Remus: I called him an idiot.
James burst out laughing in the middle of the library.
He felt more texts come in as his phone vibrated.
Remus: I blurted it out, then called him an idiot.
Remus: Then I apologized.
Remus: I apologized for calling him an idiot, not saying I love you. But I don’t know if I made that clear.
Remus: Then I ran away because I was running late for class.
James was laughing so hard there were tears streaming down his face and no actual sound was leaving his mouth, which was just as well since some nearby students had been glaring at him for the past few minutes.
James: Have you talked to Sirius since?
Remus: No. He’s avoiding me now. I think he’s mad at me.
James: Well you did apologize for saying I love you and then ran away.
He could practically hear Remus’s frustrated groan in the text I know.
Remus: And I didn’t apologize for saying I love you.
Remus: Or run away.
Remus: I was late for class.
James: Uh huh. Just give him some space. He’ll come yell at you when he’s ready.
Remus: I know. I’m just worried.
James: You guys will be fine.
He didn’t get a reply, but then he wasn’t expecting one either.
*~*~*~*~*
Remus walked up to him later, a small smile on his face and James grinned.
“Told you you two would be fine.”
“You did,” Remus said, nodding at him and falling into step with him.
“He finally tell you he loves you back?”
“After he called me an idiot, yeah.”
“Well you did call him one first,” he pointed out with a huge grin, and Remus laughed softly in agreement.