Remus had already dug a couple of note out of his coat pocket, change left over from the bar he had only just left before running into Sirius. It seemed to normalize the context, Remus finding himself relax into his stance. Here, with his back turned to everything but the never ending shelves of spirits, Remus could almost bear it.<br/>When the bartender returned, Remus, however, didn't recognize the drink as Sirius'. Granted, Remus had been otherwise preoccupied when Sirius was first served, but just how<span style="font-style: italic">bright</span>it was, more so even compared to the (essentially) glass of water Remus had ordered for himself.<br/>The surprise must have been evident enough in his expression, that the bartender moved to fill the silence.<br/>"That one covers it," he said with a smile, gesturing at the tenner in Remus' hand.<br/>Remus, willingly surrendering the note, pocketed the remaining fiver. Finding himself saying words he had truly never before uttered, Remus still heard himself say: "If there's change left over, you can keep it."<br/>At that, the lads smile widened, lifting the note to eye level in a cheer. As Remus took a glass in each hand he, relieved, figured he hadn't sounded completely daft by offering a tip worth only a few pennies.<br/>The smile Remus sent the bartender was shy but after an interaction that felt lifelong, there was finally a grin to the corner of his mouth. The tension in his shoulders finally seemed to dissipate, and, as he returned towards the booth, he finally appeared somewhat at ease.<br/>Remus returned back into the interaction by placing both glasses onto the table. Then, he grinned.<br/>"So<span style="font-style: italic">you</span>come here often," Remus stated boyishly as he, without further invitation, edged himself into the outer seat of the bench.<br/>His eyes were on Sirius, and his statement was, above all, an uintentionally mirrored image of the way Sirius had seated himself, some time prior.<br/>When there was a snicker somewhere behind them, Remus didn't connect the two things as being correlated.