Sweet Tooth || Remus Lupin

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sure it wasn't her brightest idea, but desperate times call for desperate measures. if a short kiss was what it took to get cynthia, rea's best friend, off her ass she was more than willing to do so.

she could have sworn that she saw cynthia out of the corner of her eye, so she panicked and found the first guy that looked to be around her age. astrea barely had enough time to mumble a quick "may i kiss you" before wrapping her arms around the back of his neck and crashing her lips onto his.

surprisingly, the kiss went fairly well considering the fact that she caught the poor guy completely off guard. in fact, it seemed as if he almost enjoyed it. i mean of course it was going to be awkward at first considering the fact that she was kissing a complete stranger, but once they got past the awkward first few seconds it was fairly pleasant.

it was more like a prolonged peck then anything, but nonetheless she would be lying if she said it wasn't enjoyable. his soft tender lips melting into her rough and ever so slightly chapped ones.  rea had to stand on the very tips of her toes just to get close to the boys lips, and even then he still had to tilt his head downward so their lips would touch. it was a lot of work for just 1 quick kiss, but it was fucking worth it. cynthia would stop nagging rea about who her "secret boyfriend" was, and she got a pretty damn good kiss out of it. 

then just like that, she snapped back into reality, the realization quickly hitting her like a brick. she was kissing an absolute stranger, for all she knew she could have just snogged severus snape. she quickly pushed away from kiss guy, prepared to mumble a quick apology and be on her way. instead, when rea looked up, she noticed how familiar his chocolate brown eyes and light fluffy hair was to her...

fuck her life

fuck.

her.

life.

looking down at her, eyes wide and cheeks flushed, was remus fucking lupin. 

lupin was in fact astrea's biggest academic rival. every year, no matter how much work she put into her classes, he was always just a little better. the fact that she wasn't the best at something infuriated her, and that fury developed into an irrational hatred for gryffindor's biggest nerd. 

astrea was starting to wish she had kissed snape instead. 

"did you- did you just kiss me?" he questioned, sounding both puzzled and undeniably flustered.  still breathing  heavily from the surprise kiss attack. 

"honestly... i have no clue what i just did" to be fair, rea's brain had been running on autopilot for at least the last minute, so everything that had just happened for the last 5 minutes was all foggy. all she knew was that she just kissed remus lupin, and she enjoyed it more than she would have hoped.

remus quickly adjusted his gryffindor tie and flicked his overgrown hair out of his face, making himself appear at least a little less disheveled. "well unless i just hallucinated all of that, which i wouldn't be surprised if i did, im pretty sure we  just kissed... in front of like half of hogwarts" 

shit

astrea was so caught up in the moment, that she didn't even realize that they were standing in a small clearing near the black lake, along with at least 100 people who were just trying to enjoy one of the last sunny days before the autumn hit, but were now staring directly at the very unlikely pair.

"i am SO sorry" astrea quickly apologized. now it was her turn to blush, her cheeks blazing a bright red. 

"well, i would say it's not a big deal...but considering the fact that rumors spread like wildfire at this school, it's definitely going to be a big deal" he wasn't wrong, in less than a day the whole school was bound to know the astrea and remus were snogging it up in front of the black lake.

"we're in some deep shit, aren't we" she sighed, earning a nod of agreement from remus. 

"might i ask...what the hell is going on" he finally asked the inevitable question, and honestly, not even rea had the answer yet. 

after pondering why she did whatever the fuck she just did, she replied with a shrug and a simple "it's a long story"

then there was a long awkward silence, you would have probably assumed the whole thing would be awkward but in all honesty it went quite smoothly. astrea took the opportunity to finally study the boy's face, noticing small features she never saw before. like the light freckles that dotted his cheeks or the flecks of light brown that made his deep brown eyes pop. she even noticed a faded scar along his jawline. 

before rea could look any closer at the faint mark, remus took a step back and tilted his head away from her, blocking view of the scar. "well, i better leave. i... um... have to meet up with my friends".

"oh of course, wouldn't want to keep the infamous marauders waiting" astrea commented sarcastically, rolling her eyes as he quickly turned around and sped off in the opposite direction. she couldn't help but be intrigued by the scar remus clearly didn't want anyone to know about. when did he get it? how did he get it..?

alas, the stares and whispering of her fellow peers drowned out any further thoughts on the matter. as she quickly scanned the crowd in hopes that at least cynthia was there to see it. however, much to her dismay, she came to realize that the person she thought was cynthia was in fact just marlene mckinnon.

with a huff, astrea stormed off in the direction of the castle, shooting a quick glare at a group of popular gryffindor girls who were very obviously gossiping about her. at this point all she could do is hope that nobody else finds out about this unfortunate event.

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