Tonks closed the door behind her after they had both entered the room. She held onto its knob for more than a few seconds after the door had found its comfortable space under its threshold, grinning and resting her head for a moment on the wood. She let go, and turned around to face him.

Lupin stood only a few feet away, with a content look on his face, as though a smile didn't matter when it came to expressing his emotions. She walked briskly over and wrapped her arms tightly around him, pressing her face to his chest. He rested his arms around her but in a slackened manner as though his energy had been drained by the evening's event.

Still holding on to him, she looked up into his face and smiled. "Let it be known that we defied these difficult times by making today a happy day."

"A happy day, indeed," he replied, running his fingers through her vivid pink hair. He did this for a few moments until he let go, as though he all of a sudden felt the need to hesitate when it came to being close to her.

She relaxed her grip around him, still holding on, and continued to look up into his face trying to read the unreadable. "Do you still think that it matters?" She said to him pointedly, "Because it doesn't."

"It matters," he said, finally giving a smile. "But not so much to you, this I know."

He bent down and kissed her gently on the forehead. She reached up to his face, running a finger along a visible scar that lined his cheek. "It was perfect," she said, "especially considering the circumstances. If only others could have been there, like Harry."

"Yes," he said. "But we must adapt these days."

She let go of him, completely this time, and walked over to the window, drawing its curtains shut. Lupin walked behind her, and by the squeak of several springs, she knew he'd taken a seat on the bed. She turned around, and took the seat next to him.

Laying her head gently on his shoulder, she relaxed in his embrace as he put his arm around her once more. They sat there for several moments, and she listened to his steady breathing.

"You must forgive me," Lupin said abruptly, causing Tonks to jerk. "But I never expected this."

She lifted her head and placed her chin on his shoulder, and with her lips so close to his ear it looked as though she were about to whisper a secret. "But you mustn't think of this like that," she said, watching the shadows of his face as he looked down at the floor. "You can't hesitate around me anymore."

She laughed, "I'm your wife now," she said. "And I order you to be happy!"

She sat up a bit and kissed his cheek, holding on to his skin with her lips, she could feel his face widen as he smiled.

He turned to face her and grabbed her lips with his. They kissed each other gently and then passionately, and she finally felt as though he had abandoned all fear that he may have had as they sat on the bed, embracing each other as husband and wife.