Rosekiller

Fourth Year|Ten|Lupin

You're gonna wanna be my best friend baby
You're gonna wanna be my best friend
Best friend

Saturday, March 12th, 1975

Barty, Evan, and Regulus had no plans for that night, so they decided they were going to the party in Gryffindor Tower. Well, actually, Evan and Barty decided. Regulus had so say in it.

He agreed to go, but under the conditions that he got to hang out with his boyfriend instead of them ("because I don't want to hang around drunk idiots", as he said).

Evan wore a black tank top with baggy jeans. Barty wore a black hoodie with a snake on the back, and matching sweatpants. He didn't think Gryffindor deserved anything more.

Regulus refused to wear something fancy, so he decided to wear his usual. A semi dressy shirt and straight pants.

"You two ready to go?" Barty asked, standing at the door. "Yeah" Evan replied. Regulus nodded.

The three left their dorm and walked to Gryffindor Tower. The portrait door was wide open, and there were students dancing and laughing on the other side.

It appeared that the Gryffindors had charmed the door to make it so that you couldn't hear the music from the outside. The second they set foot in the common room, the music blared into their ears.

Barty covered his ears for a moment, surprised by the volume.

He uncovered them and enjoyed the muggle rock music playing from an unknown source.

Saturday, March 12th, 1975

As the night got later and later, people got drunker and drunker. Evan being one of those people (obviously).

He was dancing around, kissing random girls (and some guys who would let him. He even kissed Barty once or twice), drinking from his red cup, and singing along to the music.

Evan eventually passed out on the floor in front of the maroon sofa by the fireplace.

Barty took a seat on the sofa, a drink in his hand and his feet resting on Evan's back. He rested his head on the back top of the cushion behind him, his neck exposed. He closed his eyes and listened intently to the music.

After like 2 songs, Barty felt a finger brush against his jawline. He opened his eyes and put his head up straight to properly see who was touching him.

It was Remus Lupin, one of Sirius's friends.

"The fuck do you think you're doing?" Barty asked, sitting straight up. "Uhm, I'm sorry, I heard from a friend of a friend that you were..er.." he started. His face got all red and he backed up. He appeared to be wasted.

"That I was what?" Barty asked, demanding an answer. "Gay" Sirius showed up behind his friend, finishing Remus's sentence.

"Trust me, I am not into blokes," Barty said, laughing shortly, "Although..some are..y'know.." Barty trailed off, his gaze moving to Evan's unconscious body on the floor.

Sirius raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Mhm. Sure you aren't, mate" he said sarcastically. He was about to say something else, but a 5th year girl took his hand and pulled him away from them.

Barty and Lupin sat there in silence. They didn't stare at each other, they just looked forward. They both occasionally stole glances of the other, but aside from that, they had barely acknowledged that the other was sat right beside them.

Rebel Rebel began to play. Sirius and Potter could be seen and heard singing in the middle of the room, Regulus was hiding behind his boyfriend, trying to stay out of the spotlight.

Peter Pettigrew was trying his best to sing along, but kept messing up on words and was only embarrassing himself. Barty snorted at the chubby boy's attempts to be included.

"Pathetic" Barty murmured. "I know, right?" Lupin responded. Barty looked at Lupin with curiosity. "I thought you two were friends?" He asked.

"Oh, we are, but he's more James' friend than mine"

"Ah, I see"

"Yeah. So you and the corpse a thing?" Lupin asked. "Nah, he's just a friend" Barty said, taking another look at Evan.

"So are you with anyone at all?" Lupin asked another question. "Why are you so curious to know about my love life, Lupin?" Barty counteracted.

"I'm plastered, and I'm trying to figure out if it's okay if I do this" he said. He placed his hand on Barty's neck, rubbing Barty's ear with his thumb.

The black haired boy tensed up as Lupin caressed his neck and face. The scarred boy slowly made his way down to Barty's chest, and then his stomach, and then resting his hand on Barty's thigh.

Barty and Lupin just looked at each other for a minute, before Barty took the other boy's face with two hands and kissed him. Lupin kissed back almost immediately.

Barty felt a tongue brush against his bottom lip. He parted his lips and let Lupin inside his mouth. Their tongues fought for dominance.

Lupin started to climb onto Barty's lap, his hand still on Barty's thigh. "So this is okay?" Lupin smirked, pulling away from the kiss. "Shut up" Barty replied, tugging his collar and catching the older boy back in a kiss.

Lupin started undoing the plaid shirt he was wearing, completely oblivious to everyone else.

From behind them, Barty heard Regulus say "uhm, Jamie, look". A moment later, Lupin was pulled off of Barty's lap.

Lupin groaned and said angrily, "Oi! Prongs! What the fuck?!". Potter put his arm around his taller friend and they walked away together, despite Lupin's insults toward Potter.

He heard Potter say to Lupin, "He's not even in our year. And he's a Slytherin. I doubt he's actually gay, and he'd probably just mess with you".

Barty put his head in his hands, and longed for Lupin's touch again.

"Alright, mate. I think it's time for us to go" Regulus said. He heaved up Barty from the sofa, and both boys put their unconscious friend on their shoulders.

They left the Gryffindor common room and made their way to the Slytherin common room, avoiding Mrs Norris.

On their way, fast footsteps came closer and closer. It was Lupin.

"Hey, er, could you leave us alone for a second?" He turned to Regulus and asked. Reg nodded and Barty put his side of Evan over into Regulus. He started walking away slowly.

Lupin started speaking, "could we, uhm, do that again sometime? You probably hate me and I hate you too but there aren't many gay guys here, and you seemed alright with it..so..yeah" Lupin asked, all in one sentence.

Barty raised an eyebrow and fought back a grin. He did hate Lupin, solely because he was friends with the eldest Black brother, but he couldn't deny the attraction.

"Okay. Sure, Lupin" Barty replied. Lupin let out a relived breathe and smiled. "Call me Remus?" The tall boy asked, shifting his feet.

Barty nodded. Remus smiled and kissed Barty's cheek, making his face go red. Remus smirked at Barty's flushed expression and left.

Barty caught up with Regulus, and took one of Evan's arms. "What was that about?" Regulus asked.

"Oh, he was just apologizing" Barty lied. Reg nodded, but had an air to him that felt like he didn't believe what Barty was telling him.

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OMG I am so happy I finished this chapter again. I wrote it last week, but it got DELETED so I had to rewrite it. It's not as detailed as I'd like it to be, but it's okay.

This story is at 1.01k reads, and I am SO happy about that, so thank you so so so so much for reading this. It means a lot, truly.

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