The sheer suprise of Sirius reestablishing the touch made Remus flinch, almost making him stumble over himself when Sirius subsequently tugged him forward.<br/>During the fraction of a moment their hands had been apart, Remus' hand had cooled off in the evening air, and Sirius' touch felt like it was setting his skin ablaze.<br/>Barely taking a moment to process it all, Remus startled retrieved his hand.<br/>He knew it was a mistake the moment he fully had let go, but the beating of his own heart was so deafening he couldn't finish a train of thought. Everything had veen feeling so domestic that it couldn't be real, and Remus didn't know any other way to protect himself other than pulling away.<br/>Instead, he used thar hand to reach out for the tree.<br/>"It's nice," he said, barely being able to fully see it out of sheer embarrasment.