________________________________________<br/><br/>Remus had probably regretted not asking out Sirius the moment his head hit the pillow, the same day he had been with Miriam at the garage. However, he didn't really come to terms with it until Miriam had asked him to come to pick up her car. Missing Sirius wasn't a foreign concept to Remus, so upon waking the morning after, Remus hadn't thought twice about it. It took Miriam's old Volvo to remind Remus that Sirius no longer was lost in a void; in fact, there would be a solid chance of seeing him again if Remus just came with her.<br/>He had wanted to. Remus still believed that to be an honest truth, but when his supervisor had asked him to stay longer that coinciding afternoon, Remus had easily complied, no urge to decline or reschedule. In the end, Miriam had another friend drive her to the garage and with that, any reasonble window of opportunity for Remus to run into Sirius had closed.<br/>Of course, nothing prevented Remus from reaching out to him, more purposefully than circumstantial, but he never got around to it. Suddenly, days had become weeks, and before Remus knew of it, missing Sirius had once again become a familiar, dull ache in the pit of his stomach, one that had always felt like an integral part of who Remus was.<br/>So, when Sirius for the second time reappeared into Remus life by chance, that ache was violently ripped to the foreground. For a moment, Remus' chest felt tight with regret, embarrased that he hadn't just called the garage when Miriam still had their number. Then, it tipped over into a genuine feeling of relieved euphoria.<br/>All it had been was Remus shifting his seat. Upon returning to the table with another few pints, Remus thoughtless seating himself at the opposite side of the table; how long Sirius had been sat across the room, now suddenly perfectly in his view, Remus couldn't tell.<br/>Despite all of his well meaning attempts, Remus found his attention drifting from the conversation and back onto Sirius, unable to contain a boyish smile. He was completely and utterly thrilled to see him again.