While Sirius did know that to be objectively true, he still didn’t feel like he could do much but shrug. It had felt devastating at the time, even if he had hated his family, it felt weird to suddenly be without them, but he had found ways to manage, and in many ways he was much better off now than he ever had been while living with his family.<br/>“Guess I dodged a bullet,” he said with a soft smile, finally looking over at Remus again, doing his very best not to think too much of how close they were sitting. After all, it was very nice that they could share a moment like this and Sirius really enjoyed allowing Remus to get to know him better.<br/>He should probably think of his TA duties, consider how this might affect their professional relationship, but a part of him just couldn’t bring himself to care. He considered Remus a good friend of his by now and if they had been able to manage so far, he doubted that this was going to be what brought them over that thin line.<br/>“Because you’re right, he really was an arse,” he said with a soft smile. Over the years, he had really learnt to mostly laugh at it, having taught himself to find it hysterical that it was his being gay that was the final straw for his parents and not the countless of other stupid shit he had gotten up to.<br/>“Luckily for me, I am exceptionally brilliant and was here on a scholarship, so even if my mother dearest really wanted be to be left with nothing, I can honestly say that I am happier than I ever was living with her.”