Remus couldn't help but smile widely at how easily Sirius had dismissed his offer, feeling his heart swell at the unabashed interest Sirius had in keeping him around. Remus surely wasn't one to object, happy to make up for lost time immediately.<br/>It was at the mention of James that Remus' mind stalled. The memory of Sirius' childhood classmate had never left Remus. In his adulthood, Remus was able to recognize James as everything Remus had been jealous of, and so he had remained present in Remus' subconsciousness, even years later.<br/>"Really?" Remus blurted, still trying to process the fact that Sirius hadn't only kept in touch with James, but that the latter was married with a wife - and here.<br/>Remus instinctively turned his head to where Sirius had come from, but never having seen James himself, Remus failed to recognize the exact table Sirius had left.<br/>Part of him had always expected Sirius to have created a new life with James, having heard they had run off together the summer Sirius' suddenly hadn't come home. Suddenly confronted with that exact reality, yet not in the way Remus had expected, he didn't know what to say.<br/>"Was he not -" he started, though he didn't know how to end it, so his eyes returned to Sirius with a blank question. He wasn't able to comprehend having kissed Sirius and not wanting to spend every waking hour with him, forcing him to reevaluate his understanding of Sirius' and James' relationship.