A/N – Well I have finally finished a series. I have to say I was expecting to finish On Musical Terms first, but this is quite a bit shorter so I guess it makes sense. I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed, in particular TechNomaNcer28, Baby Blue Sparrow, Lizzy0308 and, Bottlebrush who stuck it out from the beginning and took the time to review every chapter. I know it can be a pain waiting for an incomplete series.

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Remus liked Edinburgh University. He liked Edinburgh in general. The small city was split into the old town and the new, though the latter was still at least two hundred years old. Ancient buildings emanating an air of gothic elegance gave way to the graceful antiquity of the Victorian and Georgian townhouses. The numerous parks made a welcome break from this landscape of stone, and Remus could see himself sitting in such places with a book between lectures quite happily. The university itself was a mixture of old and new. Remus wasn't too fond of the modern buildings, feeling that they ruined the ambience of historic intrigue, but tried his best to ignore them when he passed by on the campus. Remus gazed up distastefully at the buildings in question as he left the library and walked along the cobbled road towards a large crowd gathered for some event or other. Most of all what Remus liked about Edinburgh was that it was a completely new place. It held no memories, but only the tantalising promise of ones to come. In particular, this change of scene allowed Remus to stop brooding over one Sirius Black. He would have been angry at the man, for how quickly and efficiently Sirius had found his way into his heart, had it not been for the fact that he missed him too much to feel any other sort of emotion towards the bastard. Remus hadn't thought it was possible to fall so hard so rapidly, yet fall he did. And after he had worked so hard at keeping a distance from people, knowing he would likely not see most of them again. It both irritated and depressed him.

It was Wednesday, and the third day Remus had spent at the university during Fresher's week. So far he had found himself exploring the older buildings of the university and the surrounding city as opposed to doing what most other people were; getting drunk and generally celebrating a freedom only moving away from home can bring. Though Remus himself was enjoying the perks of this last benefit, he found himself wishing there was at least one person at the university that he knew. He was a slightly introverted person by nature, though he had been fine at school once he found one or two people. Then other friends had followed. It was the initial act which Remus found awkward. He had always found it difficult to make the effort in becoming friends with someone.

Remus sighed as he surveyed the crowd in front of him. It was always easier when people came to him. It was also easier when the majority of people weren't drunk and would remember who he was after this week. Though he wouldn't admit it to anyone, Remus has actually spent a large portion of the summer holidays worrying he would be too weird to make any friends and would spend the majority of his university life alone. He also worried that he wouldn't be good at the course; that he would constantly get lost; that he wouldn't like the course; that he would run out of money in the first few months and have none left for food and therefore starve and die. Remus' mother had often asked him if he enjoyed worrying, it was just that he did it so often and with such dedication it was difficult to believe he wasn't trying to perfect it as an art form.

"REMUS!" a voice called suddenly from the midst of the crowd. Remus turned to see a dark haired man pushing his way past people and his mild confusion turned to surprise as he realised who was walking towards him, a huge grin lighting up the man's grey eyes as they locked onto his own.

"Sirius?" Remus gaped, "What on earth are you doing he-"

But he didn't get to finish his query as, the moment Sirius reached him, Remus felt two hand come up to frame his face and suddenly he was being kissed by another man in the middle of the university in broad daylight in front of people he didn't know now but was probably going to sometime in the future. But Remus forgot his objections as Sirius' lips commanded his attention and he kissed him back.

A few people wolf-whistled and Remus, who suddenly realised they were public, pushed Sirius away with an embarrassed cough.

"Come with me." He ordered.

Remus dragged Sirius away from the main crowd and into one of the little parks they seemed to have everywhere in Edinburgh.

"Why are you here and what the hell was that?" Remus demanded, rounding on Sirius and glaring at him intently.

"Five months since you last saw me and that's all you have to say?" Sirius asked with a wounded expression.

"I think you just outed me tae the whole of first year and half of second!" Remus exclaimed, spreading his arms wide as if to demonstrate the size of the issue.

Sirius grinned. "Actually I just outed us to the whole of first year and half of second."

"Now I'm going to be known as the guy who– what do you mean us?" Remus asked, stopping mid-rant.

"I never told you that Edinburgh was one of my university options did I?" Sirius asked offhandedly as he grabbed a reluctant but curious Remus by the arm and led him to an empty bench, secluded on three sides by a rambling rhododendron bush. "Though admittedly it was lower down on my list."

"So, you're going tae uni here?" Remus enquired mildly, trying to calm himself down from his sudden outburst.

"Yes." Sirius smiled again. "Mostly because of you. I think I decided when you told me where you were going, the day we went to visit the ruins."

Remus shot him a dirty look. "Please tell me you didne base a life changing decision like that on a guy you've known for a week."

"Give me some credit Remus." Sirius laughed, meeting Remus' glare. "That's only half the reason. I picked it because the rest of my choices were in England, and to be honest I want to get away."

"And you thought you could just waltz in here and pick up where we left off? What if I've met somebody else?" Remus demanded, not entirely sure why he was being so harsh on the other man. Sirius' expression, which so far had been one of happiness and amusement at Remus' outburst, took on a look of unease.

"Have you?" he asked.

Remus sighed and turned his gaze from Sirius to the trees in front of him, clasping his hands on his knees.

"No, I havne, I…" he paused for a second, not entirely sure he wanted Sirius to know how much of a hold he had over him.
"I couldn't forget you." He finished softly.

Glancing briefly in the other man's direction Remus was annoyed to see a huge grin on Sirius' face.

"You dinny need tae look sae happy about it." he muttered.

"But you just admitted that you missed me. You mourned my absence. You pined, you burned, yo-"

"I said I couldn't forget you." Remus argued, a small smile gracing his features at the sight of Sirius' theatrics. "That doesne mean I missed you. It could just be that my experience with you was sae bad I was put off men forever."

Laughing at the insulted expression on Sirius' face Remus continued. "In fact, yes, I do believe I may have tae go back tae women."

"I missed you too." Sirius said, shooting Remus a knowing look which told him he was not fooled at all. He knew that Remus was only acting so grumpy because he had missed him and didn't want to admit how much.

"I still dinny see why you thought it was a good idea tae create some sort of romance novel scene wi' me as the swooning heroine airhead." Remus grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest and pouting in a way that made him look at least three years younger and a lot less mature.

"I'm sorry." Sirius said as he tried not to laugh at how childish and cute Remus looked when he was sulking. "But at least now I've staked my claim."

Remus arched an eyebrow and enquired sardonically "Oh really? And what makes you think you have any such claim, Mr. Black?"

"This." Sirius said as he leant in and kissed the other man, rather than draw out Remus' feelings in a verbal affirmation.

The two men sat in comfortable silence for a while, simply enjoying the fact that they were in each other's company once again.

"So, you got in to do History then?" Sirius asked offhandedly.

"I'm actually doing a joint course in History and Gaelic studies."

"Does that mean you'll be learning the language then?" Sirius asked with a smile, and Remus wondered if he too was remembering another conversation that they had on the day they visited the ruins.

"Aye. It was a very last minute decision."

They lapsed into silence once again before Sirius commented "Your accent has changed a bit."

"I tend to automatically adjust it tae blend with wherever I am." Remus explained. "Believe it or not when in London I sound almost English."

"What about here?"

"I think I just tone down the Scottish a bit. It's an involuntary reflex of mine." Remus replied with a wry smile. "Comes with moving around a bit I guess."

"Hey." Sirius said, turning to face Remus properly. "Do you think you could take me back to Soleburn during the October break?"

"Of course." Remus agreed, surprised that Sirius would ask that. "Why?"

"I really liked it there. And I hear the woods and hills are amazing in autumn. Maybe we could go back up to that old bothy?" he shot Remus a predatory grin.

"Of course." Remus repeated, returning the smile with one of his own.

"And Remus…" Sirius began, nervousness clear in his voice.

"Hmm?"

"Would you…would you maybe like to move in with me, after Christmas or something?"

"That's crazy." Remus said bluntly, though he couldn't keep a smile off his face.

"It is a bit, isn't it?" Sirius agreed, grinning back as he stared intently into Remus' eyes.

"But you're going to say yes, right?"

Remus laughed "Well, as I was thinking of moving out of halls around that time anyway, and I was going tae look for at least one roommate, I suppose there's no reason tae refuse."

"And is that the only reason?" Sirius pressed.

"I suppose the fact that you'd be much more accessible for sex does kind of swing it in your favour." Remus mused, his lips curling up at the sides.

"Hmm, a little better." Sirius said, amusement glinting in his eyes. "But still not quite convincing enough."

"Maybe because by saying yes I'm effectively agreeing tae go out with you until Christmas and possibly longer?" Remus hedged.

"Definitely longer." Sirius affirmed, moving closer to Remus who made a noise of agreement as he too leaned forward. The image of Sirius' mist-grey eyes was imprinted in Remus' mind long after he had closed his eyes.

A/N – I hope people enjoyed the end. It's supposed to be more of an extended epilogue to tie up loose ends then an actual chapter.
Actually, I almost didn't write it. I sort of wanted to leave it where chapter four left off. When I got to around 1000 words on this chapter I started to feel it was getting too corny and "Hollywood ending" for my liking. And when I decided that I'd rather have Remus and Sirius end up separated than together the way I had written it I knew I was doing something wrong. So I tried my best to fix it, I hope I haven't done too bad a job. Thanks for reading it to its end.

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