All of the sudden, the joke took a turn Remus found it hard to follow. It knocked the air out of him, struck with a sense of disappointment to an expectation he didn’t realized he harboured.<span style="font-style: italic">Of course</span>.<br/>“Right,” Remus chuckled, but the smile had lost its ease. He was taken aback not only by the boyish boldness of Black sharing his plans that openly, but by the fact that he was seeing a woman. Remus didn’t realize he had assumed differently - he probably hadn’t, having not really thought about his dormmate like that until this same moment - and still it felt like a pity.<br/>“Well, you two have fun,” he answered with as much encouragement as he could muster.<br/>The lock gave way, and Remus offered Black a little smile and a glance, before stepping inside.