Moony was certain Sirius hadn't given the comment any second thought; it was spoken as an off-handed remark, his attention barely on Moony long enough to keep looking at him while speaking it. Regardless, it had made Moony's heart soar, the surprise sending a spike of adrenaline through him.<br/>Sirius wasn't a stranger to similar remarks, probably saying it as often as they dawned upon him. They were peppered into the very fibers of their friendship, Moony fully aware of the fact that they were an integral part of his adoration for the other boy. Smiling so wide that his lips cracked and stung, he aimlessly swung the stick through the underground, needing to vent some of the giddy excitement, before finally setting off after his friend.