Talking Backwards Ch. 4

A/N: Remus and Sirius slash from, like, three years ago >.>
Word Count: 2,579
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"Now," started Remus. "You and I both know you're much better at potions. Agreed?"

Sirius nodded his head, "Sey." He put his book and parchment next to Remus' book.

"So, my 'help' would be what, exactly?"

"Llew. I saw gnipoh taht uoy dluow etirw ti rof em."

"I'm not going to write it for you. That's cheating, and I'm not in the mood."

"Esaelp, Ynoom. Rof Em?"

"No. And stop giving me those puppy-dog eyes." Sirius stuck his tongue out at his friend. He was about to get up but Remus grabbed his arm. "I never said I wouldn't help you write it, though."

Sirius engulfed him and a hug, "Sknaht Sumer. Os…" He grabbed the book and opened it up to a random page, "Erehw od ew tarts?"

Remus grabbed the book, turned it to the right page, and gave it back to him. "Why don't you write down what you know about the potion and then let me read it. I'll fix as much as I can." When he saw the glint in the other's eyes he continued his explanation. "In the grammatical sense."

Sirius squinted his eyes and said, "I wonk taht." He pulled out a quill and started to write his paper. Remus grabbed his book and sat on the couch so he could face Sirius. A few minutes later Remus looked at the essay in progress.

"Padfoot?" The boy looked up.

"Tahw?"

"Please read what you just wrote." Sirius looked down at his paper and his eyes grew.

"Yhw si ym yasse sdrawkcab? Tahw deneppah?"

Remus closed his book and grabbed the essay from Sirius to read it. "It looks like whatever you say or write comes out backwards. But whatever you hear or see goes in forwards. Correct?"

Sirius turned to him and gave him a confused look and scratched his head."Tahw?"
"Everything going into your brain," Remus started to tap his forehead, "is right, got that?" Sirius pushed the offending finger away and nodded. "And everything leaving it is coming out backwards." Remus looked down to the essay again. "Oddly enough, I can read this."

"A tol fo doog taht lliw od em. Ygguls t'now eb elba ot." Sirius took the essay and tossed it onto the table and folded his arms across his chest.

'He looks so cute when he does that,' thought Remus. "How about this: You tell me about the potion and I'll write it all down. Are you fine with th-" Sirius cut him off with another big hug.

"Knaht uoy! Knaht uoy!"

"Can't. Breathe. Crushing. Lungs." Sirius loosened his grip but held onto him.

'He's so warm. And soft. Not like girls' soft, bu-' When he realized what he was about to think, Sirius quickly let go of him and sat back. "Yrros."

"No problem. So, ready?"

"Sey!" They spent the next couple of hours writing Sirius' essay.
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"Finally. We're done! Can we go to bed now?" asked the tired werewolf.

Stifling a yawn, Sirius nodded his head. "Em Ypeels. Yrrac em, Sumer."

"Psh…yeah right." Sirius looked at him.

"Yhw ton?"

"Because, Mr. Padfoot. You are slightly heavier than I am."

"Ma ton!"

"Are too!"

"Ma TON!"

"Are TOO!"

"Ma. TON!" Sirius shoved Remus, who fell on the floor.

"I'm too tired to get up," said the sleepy boy. "I'm just going to sleep here tonight."

"No eht roolf?" asked Sirius as he peered at Remus.

"Yes."

"Ho rof eht evol fo Nilrem." Sirius got up from the couch, picked Remus up, and flung him over his shoulder.

"What the bloody hell are you doing?"

"Gnikat uoy ot deb."

Remus complained the entire way there, but when they entered the door room he shut up. Sirius walked over to Remus' bed and dropped him there. Remus started to unbutton his shirt when Sirius dropped flopped down next to him.

"What are you doing?" he whispered looking around at the sleeping boys.

"Oot derit ot evom. Gniog ot peels ereh."

"You can't be serious." He saw Sirius open his mouth, "And if you say that stupid pun, I swear, you'll never be able to talk right ever again."

Sirius snapped his mouth closed and sat up; he started to remove his shoes. Remus rolled his eyes then went to his trunk and he pulled out a pair of pajamas. He went to the bathroom so he could have some light to change.

When he re-entered the room he saw Sirius' clothes strewn all over the place. He then looked toward his bed and saw the bump. As he got closer he saw the black hair across his pillow. He sighed and made his way to the bed next to his, which was Sirius'.

"Ynoom."

He turned around and whispered, "Yes, Sirius?"

"Erehw era uoy gniog?"

"To your bed. I'm tired and I want to sleep." He saw Sirius open the covers.

"Neht peels ereh." Without thinking, Remus walked over to his own bed and crawled in. When he finally got settled, Sirius laid his head on Remus' shoulder and fell asleep.

Remus moved his arm so it wasn't being crushed by the other boy. When his arm was free he pulled Sirius closer to him. "Night Padfoot."
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When Peter woke up, he looked over to Sirius' bed expecting it to be empty because he pulled an all nighter in the common room. When he saw the empty bed he went over to James' bed to wake him up.

"Wha- Pete? What's wrong?" he asked groggily.

Peter held his finger to his lips, "Shh. Remus is still asleep. Sirius fell asleep downstairs again. Want to go wake him?" James had put his glasses on by now and gave him a devious smile.

"Look who's showing his Marauder colors so early in the morning. Okay, let's go."

They both snuck down to the common room, trying to not wake the sleeping boy. When they got down there they couldn't find Sirius anywhere. Finally giving up, they made their way back to their room.

"Where do you think he is?" asked Peter.

"I don't kno-" He was cut off when he saw all the clothes surrounding Remus' bed. Now it was his turn to shush the other boy. He pointed to the bed and whispered "Follow me." As they got closer they saw not one, but two sleeping boys.

In the middle of the night Sirius had somehow moved to practically lying on top of the smaller boy. The blanket had moved, revealing their legs, which were now tangled. Remus was now hugging the boy on top of him and they both looked happy.

"Want to ruin it?" asked James. Peter nodded his head with a devilish grin.
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Remus was having a very pleasant dream of him and a certain boy when he was rudely woken up by freezing water being dumped on him. He shot up in bed and saw James and Peter bent over laughing their arses off. He looked for the other boy and saw that he had been catapulted onto the floor.

He quickly got up and helped Sirius up. He then turned to his friends with a glare. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" he yelled. Sirius looked at the bed and then at Remus. He saw that both were soaked but he wasn't.

"Woh did uoy od taht?" he asked James, pointing to the soaked bed then to his dry self. James was about to answer but Remus cut him off.

"I've been soaked with freezing water, and that's all you have to ask?"

Sirius wrapped his arms around the shivering boy and held him close, "Yrros. I naem, yhw did uoy od taht?" He turned his head to glare at James. But James had raised an eyebrow at Remus.

"Sorry, what?" he attention was now on Sirius.

"Reven dnim." Peter and James looked at Remus.

"He said: 'Never mind'. Now if you three don't mind, I'm going to take a warm shower. Hopefully I can bring my body temperature back up to normal." Sirius let go of Remus, a little reluctantly, and Remus went to the showers.

"Maybe we should dry his bed," suggested Peter. The other boys nodded and got to work. When they were finished, Sirius asked why James had done that using gestures.

"I couldn't help it. You two just looked so cute. I had to break it up."

Peter had made his way over to his trunk and had gotten out some clothes. "What are we going to do today?"

"Well, Sirius has a date. We can-" James was interrupted by Sirius.

"S'ti TON a etad!" Both boys looked at him.

"Huh?" they both asked.

Sirius threw his hands in the air and stormed over to his trunk. He grabbed some clothes and started to get changed. The other boys soon followed his lead.

Ten minutes later Remus walked out in only a towel; Peter had already left for breakfast so it was just James and Sirius in the room. Remus made his way to his trunk mumbling about forgetting his clothes.

James looked at Sirius who was lounging on Peter's bed, which just happened to be across from Remus'. Sirius stared at Remus' still wet chest until he stopped in front of his trunk. When he bent over, Sirius' attention was now drawn to another body part.

When James noticed Sirius staring he smiled to himself. 'I knew he liked Remus. ' He cleared his throat, but only loud enough for Sirius to hear. The boy abruptly turned his head to James and blushed when he saw him looking at him.

"M'i gniog ot tsafkaerb." He shot up from the bed and hurried down the stairs.

Both boys stared at him, one bewildered and the other knowing. "I'm going to breakfast, which is where he's going I assume. Get dressed and meet us in the Great Hall, all right?"
Remus nodded his head and finished getting dressed.
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The first thing James said to his friends when he got to the Hall was, "I saw you staring."

Peter and Sirius looked up at him. "What are you talking about James?"

"I wasn't talking about you Pete," James sat down across from the others, his back to the Slytherins. "Although, you were staring at Melissa Billows yesterday. But that's a topic for another time." He turned to Sirius, "I saw you staring this morning."

"I saw ton," defended Sirius as he shook his head.

"Yes, you were," James replied, knowing that he was denying it.

"On I t'nsaw," still shaking his head.

"Yes. You were."

"On. I t'nsaw," shaking his head even harder.

"Yes. You. Were."

Sirius was about to protest again when Remus walked up. "What were you guys talking about?"

James looked at Sirius, who had grabbed his head, and gave him a knowing look. "Nothing. Don't worry about it Moony." Remus just shrugged his shoulders and sat next to James.

The boys had all started eating when Angela came over to the table and sat next to Sirius. "Ready for today?" asked the blonde girl.

"Huh?" asked Sirius.

"Yesterday you said you'd help me with something at Hogsmeade. You remember, don't you?"

"Of course he remembers," answered James and kicked Sirius under the table.

"Wo! I naem, sey. Erehw od uoy tnaw ot teem?"

Angela gave him a confused look, "What?"

Remus continued to eat as he said, "He said: 'Where do you want to meet?"

"Oh, I still can't understand you. Well, I was thinking we could meet in front of Madame Puddifoot's around 1 o'clock. And then we can go from there. Is that all right?" She looked at Sirius and then Remus. And Remus looked at Sirius.

"Erehwyna tub ereht." Remus smiled and nodded.

"He said 'Sure'." Angela got up and gave Sirius another kiss on the cheek. When she was gone, Sirius leaned across the table and punched Remus in the arm.

"Ow. That's going to leave a bruise." Remus rubbed his arm where he had been hit.

"I epoh ti seod," said Sirius angrily as he sat back down. "I dias ON!"

"I'm going to guess that Sirius didn't want to meet there," Peter said trying to hide a laugh. He was doing a lot better than James, whose face had turned red. The idea of Sirius going to Madame Puddifoots' was too much too handle.

Remus just shrugged and continued eating. When James and Peter could finally breathe right, they ate their breakfast too. Sirius spent the rest of the meal mumbling to himself.

When Remus was finished eating he got up, his back was still to the Slytherins. After he was out of his chair he felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned around and there was Snape.

"Do you want to finish that conversation from yesterday, Remus?"

"I'd love to Severus," he said with a smile.

'Love to? Love?' thought Sirius.

Remus turned to his friends, "I'll see you guys at Hogsmeade." He waved goodbye and he and Snape made their way out.

The entire time Sirius was glaring at the duo. "Jealous, huh?" asked James.

Sirius looked at him with a sad look on his face "On. Eh nac etad enoyna eh stnaw." After saying this he got up and left the Great Hall.

"What did he say?" asked Peter.

"I don't know," confessed James.
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James and Peter went to find the solemn boy; they found him in front of the fire in the common room on the couch he and Remus had been no more than 12 hours ago.

"Who put a spider in your soup?" asked James as they got closer.

Sirius looked up at him, "Huh?"

"I think he meant who put the fly in your soup. Right?" said Peter.

"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." James sat next to Sirius and Peter sat by his feet. "So why are you sad?"

"Sumer sekil Sullevins," he answered.

"You do know that Remus isn't here, right?" asked James. "We don't know what you just said."

Sirius huffed and stood in front of the fire. He turned towards them and gave his impression of Remus, and then he made a kissy face. His last impression was of Snape.

"Remus. Kissy. Snivellus." James and Peter thought about it for a moment. And then they burst out laughing.

James wiped away a tear and looked at Sirius. "He doesn't like Snivellus."

"Neht ohw?" asked an irritated Sirius, crossing his arms over his chest. His question was obvious.

"He lik-" Peter was interrupted when James hit him in the head.

"Shut up." James then looked at Sirius. "We can't tell you. Remus asked us not too. Sorry, mate."

Sirius pointed to Peter and gave him a questioning look. "You wanna know how I know?" Sirius nodded and waited for an answer. "I saw him staring…um…at the boy. I asked him about it and he told me."

"Wait a minute," cried James. "He just told you? I had to trick it out of him." James sat back and crossed his arms.

Sirius made his way over to the couch and sat down. "Yhw t'now eh llet em?"

"Huh?"

"Dnim reven."

James looked up at the clock, "Hey. You need to meet Angela in 15 minutes."

They all made their way to the portrait hole. Then Peter had a thought, "How is she supposed to understand him?"

"Don't worry," both boys looked at James. "I have a plan."