They spent the rest of the afternoon thinking of pranks to play on the rest of the school and ways to get their mortal enemy, Snape, into trouble. Finally, with just enough time to dash up to Gryffindor common room before dinner, they burst into the entrance hall, almost collapsing with laughter. All in all, it had been a good afternoon.

"Did you see his face?" Sirius asked, laughing.

"I thought Snape's vein was going to pop all over his greasy hair!" Remus wiped the tears from his eyes.

"Not before that girl slapped him." Sirius grinned from the memory before he heard a familiar cry.

"Ahoy Marauders!" yelled James, slapping his black haired friend on the back and inadvertently catapulting him into Remus. There was a moment of scuffle which ended in both boys grabbing each other for balance. Sirius' breath prickled the back of Remus' neck and he found it hard to draw away. This may also have been because Remus was clutching his shirt quite tightly. He knew it was taking longer than it should for them to separate, but neither of them had made a move. The rest of the world seemed to fall into silence. Slowly, he pulled away, brushing the other boy's skin ever so lightly; but he didn't get very far before he found himself moving back in again, barely of his own accord, to kiss Remus hesitantly. It was short and sweet and when he pulled away (finally), he found the crimson boy in front of him staring at his shoes. Remus heard his two friends in the background trying to splutter their way into a verbal reaction, but found that the boy in front of him, whom he was still holding onto, occupied his sole attention. Forcing himself to look up, he saw that Sirius' expression was not what he had expected. There was uncertainty in his eyes, and the other boy realised that Sirius was just as nervous as he was. Remus cleared his throat "Ha…happy valentines day, Sirius." He said softly. Sirius smiled gently in return "Yeah… you too, Remus." He replied before James kicked him in the shins, demanding to know what was going on.