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Sirius was in the Gryffindor common room during one of his study breaks, sitting in one of the armchairs with his books out. He was supposed to be writing a History of Magic essay on the Goblin Wars of South-East Asia, but every time he tried to read another page's worth of information he felt his eyes drooping. Quidditch practice the previous night had been intense, and History of Magic was just. so. boring.

He leaned his head against the the chair. Closing his eyes for a few seconds wouldn't do any damage, right?

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Remus rested his head on Sirius's shoulder, taking advantage of the moment just to have a little bit of physical comfort, more than he normally allowed himself to have. "I know. It's probably not even that complicated of a spell. It's just... I can't seem to remember what to do to counteract it." Which said how much it had shaken him, the prank gone wrong, that he was forgetting schoolwork. He never forgot things like that.

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Sirius chuckled. "Lucky, then, that your unflappable friend Padfoot arrived," he said. He disentangled himself from the hug for a moment, pulling out his wand. "Here, give me your sweater."

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Remus almost automatically missed Sirius's arms around him, but he kicked himself mentally and told himself to just grow up already. He didn't absolutely need the hug, did he? Well. Not absolutely, no. It had been nice, though.

"Here," he said, holding it out to Sirius, still not looking quite in the best of moods, not like himself yet. What was Sirius going to do? Was he going to get his sweater back to normal at the end of this, or was Sirius going to accidentally set it on fire? Only time would tell.

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Sirius took the sweater and pointed his wand towards it, taking a moment to remember the charm he wanted. 'Evanesco', he said, praying that only the letters vanished and not the entire sweater. Luckily, his magic worked as he'd wanted, and the word seemed to fade and then disappear completely.

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Remus started at the spell that Sirius used to get the letters off. Evanesco? "A...a cleaning charm?" he asked, completely baffled. "All... All it needed was a cleaning charm?" He brought his hands up to his face, tucking his knees against his chest as he leaned back against his bed. "Unbelievable..." he said, clearly upset with himself again, this time for forgetting something as fundamental as that.

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"I....yes?" Sirius said, not quite understanding how Remus could go from zero to sixty on the Berating-Himself-o-Meter so very quickly. "I wasn't even sure it'd work, I was just making a lucky guess and all because I thought that was all it needed..."

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Remus took the sweater from Sirius. And it looked good as new. ...well. It looked like it had when he'd put it on that morning, rather. Remus was angry and embarrassed with himself. It'd been an evanesco. They'd just learned that in Transfiguration. He'd reacted so poorly, and then forgot something that should be fresh in his mind, and Sirius had just fixed things at the drop of a hat.

"Thank you," Remus mumbled, not able to keep himself from sounding put out with himself, as he pulled the sweater back on over his head.

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"No problem," Sirius said, silently sensing that Remus was still having one of those moments where he was berating himself for no real reason. He needed more self-esteem, but Sirius was always at a loss on how to make that happen. "Er. You alright now?"

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"Yeah," Remus lied, standing up to gather his books together on his bed. His front lasted for all of twenty seconds, before he paused what he was doing, and shook his head. "...no. God, Sirius." He brought his hands up to his face, covering it so that his voice was muffled when he next spoke to the other boy. "You must think I'm such an idiot, overreacting about all of this..."

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"No, I don't think you're an idiot," Sirius said, scooting closer to the other boy on the floor. "You've got two big secrets and some idiots just threw an insult that landed too close to hitting one. You're entitled to freak out a little bit."

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Remus took in a deep breath, letting it out slowly, before removing his hands from his face and looking down to where Sirius was sitting on the ground next to where he was standing. "...you. You really think that?" he said, needing Sirius's reassurance one more time in order to fully believe that Sirius thought what he was saying to be true.

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"Yeah," Sirius said. "I mean, going to your room and panicking a bit isn't exactly an overreaction. It's not like you were throwing things or breaking stuff or, I don't know, setting the building on fire. This seems pretty reasonable."

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Remus can't help but chuckle a little at Sirius's other examples of things that he could be doing as an overreaction, instead of what he has been doing. "Setting the building on fire, Pads? Throwing a tantrum? Can you really see me doing any of that, no matter how upset I am?" he asked, with a small smile.

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"Maybe if someone burned all your books," Sirius teased. "Then I could see it. But only then."

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Remus shot Sirius a look. "If someone ever decided to burn my books, it's not the castle that I would be setting on fire, you know. And I'm not sure I would throw a tantrum so much as go on a murderous rampage because of that. Why anyone would ever burn a piece of literature, I will never understand. Unless it's physically dangerous, that's horrible."

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"It's good to know that I should steer very, very clear of you if someone ever damages your books," Sirius teased. "I'll warn the world to steer clear. There will be posters and radio announcements."

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Remus shook his head. "Better broaden that and just say that you shouldn't cross me in general. It's not just books. If anyone were to do something to you... Or to James. I think it's fair to say that my reaction would be equally, if not more, unpredictable." He sighed, though he smiled a bit, to lighten what it was that he was saying. "Wouldn't want to make a werewolf angry at you anyway, now would you?"

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Sirius chuckled, even though he silently was a little bit...touched, he supposed, at what Moony was saying. "'Course not. I don't want to see what happens when a truly enraged Moony machine goes lunging after prey," he teased. "I imagine you could be a vicious warrior."

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Remus smiled at Sirius's words. "I could, you know. I'm stronger than I look," he joked. And he was, although that had more to do with the werewolf thing than anything else. Speaking of the wolf, though, that's part of the reason why Remus never lost control, never got that angry at someone. He didn't know what would happen, what he would do, if he honestly got that angry. When he was upset, distraught, well. Those weren't emotions the wolf could tie itself to, but. Anger, rage. Definitely more down its alley. Which was why Remus tried as hard as he could to be calm and zen. Because...he was actually frightened of what might happen if he got truly enraged. Sirius's teasing might actually hit closer to home than he'd like. "Let's just hope that there never comes an opportunity for me to have to test that, though," he said.

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"Mm, agreed," Sirius said, sensing that maybe this was not a subject to linger on for too long. "A happy Moony is probably the best for everyone around. Besides, a happy Moony is a fun Moony."

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"A 'fun' Moony?" Remus asked, smiling down at Sirius from where he stood. "I don't know how much fun I really am, being all Prefect-like and keeping you from all the things you seem to enjoy. Like...streaking the Hogwarts grounds, for one.

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"Well, someone needs to stop me before I become a full-fledged nudist," he teased, standing up again. "Moony, I'm not sure if you've noticed or not, but we do generally like having you around, hence the whole 'best friends' thing."

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Remus lowered his eyes, smiling gently. "The thought had crossed my mind that maybe that was the case, but. I wouldn't want to be presumptuous or anything." He nodded. "You're right about needing me around to keep you in line, though. Just because you're well, an attractive guy, that doesn't mean you need to go flaunting all of you everywhere you so fancy..." he said, blushing but smirking at Sirius nonetheless.

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"Right, just because we hang out with you constantly and seem to enjoy your presence, you don't want to assume we might happen to like you," Sirius teased, winking at Remus. "And I may well try to flaunt my gorgeous body anywhere I please, so I hope you're prepared to chase after me, yelling at me while throwing clothes in my direction."

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Remus chuckled. "I know better than to try and chase after you with clothes. You're much too squirmy for me to ever hope to get you into them once your nudist tendencies have been let free. I may, however, tackle you with a blanket or something like that. At least that would get you covered enough to be decent."