Unwanted pet (Snupin) *Complete*

Part 6: Arguing with Albus is like arguing with a wall

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It was nearly dinnertime when Lupin finally drifted back from yet another nightmare to reality. Soft whispers filled the room.

"Albus, this will not work." Snape was defensive.

"My dear boy..." tried Albus

"Where am I going to sleep? He lives in a shoebox!" Hissed Snape impatiently

"Did you consider other options? Perhaps..." Albus was still calm.

"I did, and I discarded them. That is an invasion of my personal space, not to mention my peace. Even more so, to put Gryffindor in my dungeon? In Slytherin? On rumours that will start, I do not even wish to conceive! Do you really have agenda to ruin me completely? " Growled Snape

"My boy ..." Albus tried again.

"Even, and I say even, if I do such insane thing, again - where am I going to sleep? Should I place a mat on the floor for him?" hissed Snape

"Well, you could always..." chuckled Albus

"No! . . . Oooh, very well, there is no point in arguing with you anyway. I need to go and get his potion, I will think of something, as always. Can you be here with him, until I return?" Whatever Snape agreed upon wasn't to his liking and it was more than clearly conveyed in his voice.

"I have some spare time, you just do what you have to do." Mildly replied Albus, sounding pleased with himself.

Snape left the room grumbling to his chin and Lupin opened his eyes. "Albus." his voice was husky from sleep "What is going on?"

"Nothing to concern yourself with, my boy. Severus made some good improvements on your potion. It is not for...well, let us say that this potion is tailored for you and you alone." Albus smiled at him, his eyes twinkling behind half-moon glasses.

"But why?" his fuzzy brain couldn't work out the answer to that simple question.

"Because I asked him to." Albus raised his hand, preventing him to say anything "Also, ever since that night, he is more than a little obsessed to find a cure for your condition, or at least the next best thing."

"More like a muzzle. He loath me, Albus." sighed Remus

"Why are you so sure of that?" asked old wizard gently

"He always did, we did him so much wrong for so long that I cannot even blame him. You know what happened that night Albus... When Severus Snape does not hate me, he is mortally terrified of me. Now you are forcing him to spend time with me, to be around me on the nights like that!" Remus closed his eyes briefly, defending himself from the harsh truth. The truth he didn't want to face.

"Severus is not that fragile." Argued Albus.

"Are you sure, he just may be more fragile than you think, Albus? Sure, he is a cruel and spiteful person but ..." He tried, was it possible that Albus didn't see that in Snape?

"Is Severus so hard to be around...?" asked Albus, now concerned, and Remus couldn't but wonder - For whom was Albus concerned?

"He is...yes...no...I do not know. We barely tolerate each other and we are not friends Albus." He finally answered.

"Maybe it is time for you two become friends." offered Albus with a hint of amusement.

"This is no joking matter," he replied harshly.

"I am not joking, my boy. Severus needs to be around you, not just, that he improved your Wolfsbane potion, there is another potion that you will have to take..." Albus trailed off

"What?" Remus tried to sit in bed and failed

"Trust me, Remus..." mildly smiled Albus.

"I trust you, but I am not sure how much I can trust him." He grumbled.

"You would be surprised." chuckled Albus

"For how long?" sighed Remus, conversations with Albus had a tendency to run around in circles and he was not up for that now.

"I beg your pardon." It appeared to him like Albus was lost in thought.

"For how long I will have to take that other potion." he repeated the question, feeling a bit disgruntled.

"We shall see, time will tell. You will drink it daily, except on days you take Wolfsbane. Severus will monitor your progress." Replied Albus almost absentmindedly.

"Why him? Why not Poppy?"

"We finally agree on something, Lupin." Cold voice joined the conversation, Snape was standing in the doorway, holding his bathrobe.

"I am too busy to explain this, all over again, to the both of you. The matter is settled. I wish you a good evening." Sharply replied Albus and diapered into the fireplace.

Snape tossed robe to him. "Dress up, if I was forced to spend the day with you being naked, I refuse to eat a meal with you, naked." growled Snape turning his back to him.

Slowly, Remus get out of bed and put the robe on, he was carefully listening. Snape's heart rate was fast, too fast in contrast to his cold and calm composure. Snape's body was emitting the scent of lavender, chamomile, and cedar. Scent oddly mismatched with Snape's personality, and this room.

"You can look now." Chuckled Remus

"Oh, what a joy." Sarcastically retort Snape still refusing to look at him. "Dinner is on the table, we will eat here until my chambers are rearranged."

"And where is the table?" The table, as well as few other things, were missing.

"In the other room, if you can call it that," replied Snape, finally turning to face him.

"In the room where I transform?" Remus felt panic rising.

"Oh." An eyebrow went up and Remus bit his thong not to vocalize his thoughts

"And did you by any chance stumble upon few wards on the entrance?" he asked, annoyed.

"Those feeble ones? Really Lupin, from DADA professor I expected more...challenge...or talent." Smirked Snape.

"They are not feeble." Growled back Remus, angry at Snape, at Dumbledore, at life,...

"For a full-grown wolf, out of his wits, they are almost not there." Snape was annoyingly calm.

"I do take Wolfsbane, Severus, and they suffice." Remus lowered his voice to an angry hiss.

"Why are you not using Shrieking Shack again? No wonder your skin is in shreds. Let us eat." Snape was calm, he entered the other room and sit at the table. Seeing the disgusted look on Remus' face, Snape added. "Meat will make you sick. For now, and in the next few days, you will be on a vegetable diet. Do not worry it is only temporarily."