While the apology was greatly appreciated, it hadn’t at all been what Sirius has been baiting for. More than anything else, he had just wanted to know if<span style="font-style: italic">he</span>had been the one to overstep and misread the entire situation, but everything about Remus suggested otherwise. It made Sirius’ head spin with possibilities, suddenly feeling the sting of rejection less potently and instead having his heart swell with hope.<br/>Seeing Remus get closer to him did nothing to ease his heartbeat, instead it continued to beat more furiously in his chest, almost as if it was trying to get out. It made it hard to breathe and as Remus got closer Sirius felt forced to actually look up at him.<br/>To describe Remus as beautiful, at least in the traditional sense, wasn’t entirely accurate, yet it was still the only word that Sirius found to be truly fitting for his flatmate. He truly found Remus to be beautiful and when he was looking at Sirius the way he did, it felt impossible to stay stern with him.<br/>“I did,” he eventually admitted, biting down in his bottom lip in an attempt to gain some kind of closure with reality but it didn’t help much. “I did have a good time.”