His sudden departure had always been the thing that Sirius had regretted the most about running away. He had always wished that he would have had the time to warn Moony properly about running away, maybe even having been able to provide him with an address such that they would be able to stay in touch, but it had been to no use.<br/>Sirius had known then that he had to run away and not leave his parents a way to get him back, and that had sadly meant having to leave abruptly. Thus, it greatly warmed his heart that Moony no only had found his note, but also that it had even been an appreciated gesture.<br/>It brought a wide grin to Sirius’ lips as well, both due to the confirmation that Moony indeed had found his note, but also because he once again was stuck by how handsome he had become. It was nothing like the way that Sirius had ever thought he would be able to reconnect with Moony, but he was in no way complaining about how it worked out for him.<br/>“Did my mother really tell people that I died?” He asked, having heard rumours about that, and fully able to believe it. He knew that the shame would probably have been far less if he had just died, compared to him running away from home at only 15.<br/>“Or did it just feel like that?”