I solemnly swear that I am up to no good | Professor Remus Lupin

Chapter 21 | Blood

I woke up and found myself laying on my side, the healthy one, so I was facing the door. And I looked at the door it said 4 am. I noticed that I was sweating, I probably have had a bad dream, but I couldn't remember what it was about.

Suddenly I heard someone groan behind me, I immediately turned around and breathed sharply at the pain it caused myself. I saw Madam Pomfrey cleaning someones face it looked like. I couldn't see the face, because she was standing in front of it, blocking my sight. And the room was too dark to figure out who it was. The person continued making noises that showed that he was in deep pain. "Fuck" he hissed. I immediately recognized the voice.

"Professor!" Madam Pomfrey said shocked at his choice of words.

"Excuse me.." he muttered and breathed in hardly as she continued.

I couldn't just lay there so I decided and try to help. I stood up and ignored the cool air on my body. I was freezing, since I was just wearing pajama shorts and a new bandage over my chest area. I leaned my body onto the beds as support while I limped towards them. Tears immediately filled my eyes as i saw him. Remus had deep scars over his neck and his chest. And i noticed another wound on his temple. He ha d dark circles under his eyes, his face was pale and he was sweating. Seeing him so sick broke my heart. I just stared at him in shook and tried to blink the tears away.

"What happened?" I breathed out, catching their attention.

"Miss Lovegood go back to bed" madam Pomfrey immediately ordered. But I didn't move and just continued looking at him.

"Let me help" I whispered and turned my head towards her. "Please"

She was hesitant at first but then nodded. "Just...don't ask any questions" she ordered and I nodded. I would do anything to help him.

"Take off his shirt" she demanded me while she walked towards the table next to the bed that had a bunch of different potions on it.

"What" I asked hesitantly not sure if I heard her right.

She gave me a look over her glasses and I knew that I heard her right. I sucked in my breath and carefully took of his blazer, than the vest and I began to unbutton his green shirt. Obviously, I didn't have a problem with undressing him, but I have imagined in a different situation.

I noticed blood stains on it and just hoped it wasn't his. But I got proved wrong as I saw the the in blood drained part on his shoulder. The fabric over his shoulder was darker and it was ribbed open. It looked like something with huge claws had attacked him. My fingers arrived at the last button of his shirt and I sucked in my breath before I opened it completely, revealing the upper part of his body. The sweat was glistening in the dimmed light...I didn't dare to look at his face and I felt my face heat up at my sight. I continued looking down at his defined chest to hide my red cheeks. My eyes wandered to his shoulders, if the deep scratches weren't there I would have really enjoyed looking at him.

My eyes finally flickered towards his face and i noticed that he was looking at me with a smile. He must have noticed my look and my red cheeks, that darkened as i saw his proud smile. His yes wandered down my body now and his smile turned into a smirk. I realized that I was barely wearing anything and breathed sharply to focus on Madam Pomfrey and his injuries again. I leaned forward and carefully removed the fabric from his shoulders and his arms. I could feel his eyes watching every move i made.

"What's next?" I asked Madam Pomfrey and sat down on the a chair that was next to the bed. She was still busy with the potions and hadn't noticed the expression on his face.

"You will clean his wound while I make the potion to close it" she answered while focusing on the potion in front of her. She handed me a small bottle with a white liquid. "This is a healing potion to clean the wound you-"