Kicked Puppy (Sirius Black)

Chapter 2

Sirius pulled himself out of bed quickly, the other boys asleep after a long full moon, and he stuffed his wand in his robes to meet Joby at the Black Lake.

His heart rushed out before him, and at once, he laid eyes upon her lean silhouette, and she faced away from him, out toward the water.

Sirius ran up behind Joby and wrapped her in a hug, giving her little kisses all over her cheek and neck. She giggled slightly at the touch.

"Hello, darling. How are you?" He let her turn around and kiss him quickly, and she signed a word to him in front of her chest.

Good.

Sirius smiled. "Nice to hear." He paused. "Er, to know." Over the last year, determined to understand her unspoken language, he asked Professor McGonagall about the hand gestures, and he figured it out for the most part.

Joby dropped her head into the crook of his neck and pointed to his chest.

You?

"Not that bad. I accidentally told my boys that I like you, so I doubt it will be very long until they put two and two together, if you know what I mean." He chuckled a bit. "I hope you don't mind."

She felt his fingers run in circles on her back, and it tickled a little bit, though she doubted he would understand the sign language for it, so she dealt with it. She shook her head in response to his statement. She made the sign for "I love you," behind his back, debating with herself about telling him now. Their relationship had only been concrete for just a year yet, and this boy was known for jumping around to different relationships. But she did know that she loved him.

Warm lips on her neck made her drop the sign and tighten her hold on Sirius with surprise and endearment. He growled playfully into her neck and trailed kisses up to her jaw and cheek and all the way up to the corner of her mouth, where he pulled away.

Joby pouted cutely and pulled Sirius's face to hers, but before she could properly kiss him he pulled away and said, "You'll have to catch me, first."

He broke away from her and began to run, but Joby was quick on her feet, too, so she bolted after him. The chase didn't end as quickly as either of them thought, so they kept running until Joby pounced on him and they went tumbling through the grass.

Joby signed, Caught you, and kissed him firmly, grinning. She was below him on the ground, laying on her back as he held himself up on his elbows so he could kiss her but not crush her.

"You got me." Sirius rolled onto the ground next to her, wrapping his arm around her torso. "So, now that do we do about my boys?"

Joby lifted herself onto her side to face him and shrugged, laying her chin in her palm which likely would turn her hand red. She placed her other arm over Sirius's chest and brushed his embroidered Gryffindor crest with her thumb. He wore black cotton pajamas, but his robe hung over his shoulders as well--same as she. Joby flicked at the emblem over his heart, that heart of gold all Gryffindors must've had.

"So, you'll just leave it up to me, then?" He smirked. "Perfect."

Joby raised an eyebrow and signed, her expression salty. I can't talk.

Sirius laughed. "I guess you've got a point."

Joby kissed his cheek lightly and chuckled a little bit, not making a sound. A poorly-performed Silencio charm would do that to a person.

Sirius pulled Joby on top of him and ran his hand through her smooth hair to give her a little eskimo kiss and hold her tight to his chest. "You're so beautiful, darling."