Even if it probably was to no use, Sirius had been keeping his promise and watered Remus’ houseplants. It wasn’t as much for Remus’ fault as it was just for his own. If he kept Remus’ place well kept and his plants watered, he could keep himself convinced that he would be coming back.<br/>It had been a painful experience for the most part, but he had done it nonetheless, if for nothing else to feel like he had a purpose.<br/>He had been mostly caught in his own thoughts, having just finished watering all the plants and talking himself into leaving again, when he heard a loud crack. It sent a chill down his spine and brought back that feeling of nausea that he had had when Remus left, but he didn’t dare believe that his hopes could actually be true.<br/>He took a deep breath and peered around the wall, feeling his chest and throat tighten and tears well up in his eyes at the sight that met him. “Moony?”