Twinning Scars - Remus Lupin x Reader [Book 1]

Christmas Anniversary - Chapter 37

Y/N's P.O.V

I woke up in the morning feeling ecstatic! It was officially Christmas and my one year anniversary of being together with Remus! Granted it was only the start of the secret relationship but I was still excited.

I enthusiastically woke up the girl as we (except Mary who wanted to sleep) rushed downstairs to open our presents. The girls got to ripping the sparkling wrapping paper off our presents but I couldn't start until the boys came down.

I opened their dorm door to see James, Sirius and Peter trying to wake Remus. I stepped in and asked loudly...

"What's going on?" 

"Oh Y/N! Thank goodness you're here! It's Christmas and Remus won't wake!" James whined.

I walked over to Remus' bed and put a hand on his warm, scarred shoulder. "You've got to wake up Rem. Today's our special day." I said whispering the last sentence in his ear.

He still didn't open his eyes, but he pulled me down onto his bed and hugged me from the back. I yelped in surprise but then playfully rolled my eyes at his antics.

"You guys can go. We'll be down in a minute." I smiled.

"Great! He's your problem now." Sirius announced and all three of them dashed down to the Christmas tree in the common-room.

"You have to wake up love. It's Christmas! And you simply have to see the present I have for you." I said turning around to face him.

"I'll get up if you stay here and cuddle with me for five minutes first." he said still not opening his eyes.

"Okay fine." I said rolling my eyes playfully once more.

Remus' P.O.V

It had been almost two minutes now and I would have to get up soon. Why do I have such Christmasy people in my life?!

I opened my eyes a sliver, peeking through the curtains of my lashes to see Y/N soundlessly mumbling something. I mentally sighed as I realized she was counting down every second till five minutes were over.

But I couldn't help but admire her enthusiasm. I couldn't help but admire everything about her. She's perfect and I'm so lucky to have her after all those years of watching. I wanted to make the most of our anniversary today and I must say I am excited to see what Y/N got me for a gift.

"Okay Y/N you can stop counting. Let's go." I said chuckling.

"Yes!" she exclaimed jumping away from my grasp. She pulled me to my feet and I followed her downstairs.

We reached the presents under the tree where everyone greeted us with mumbles being too focused to see what they got from their friends and family. I turned to the presents when my eyes were hit with the shine of the sparkling wrapping paper and decoration.

I was about to reach for my presents myself but Y/N quickly snatched up one small box and handed it to me. I assumed it was my gift from her. I would pretend to be annoyed, but I couldn't be. She was being adorable.

I slowly unwrapped the flimsy wrapping paper that covered a beautiful box. It looked like it's decorations were handmade. It said 'I love you' over a small sketch of the two of us.

"Y/N. You do too much. I'm pretty sure this drawing is present enough." I said gratefully.

"It's all for you. Now open the box already!" she said still not dropping her high spirits.

I opened the box, careful not to ruin the beautiful drawing and saw the most thoughtful gift ever. It was the same flower necklace I had given Y/N in first year but it was black. I opened it up to see a picture of Y/N and I inside it sleeping peacefully in each other's arms.

"James took that picture once when we were sleeping. I thought it looked cute. And this way I can be with you forever." she said pulling her own locket out from under her cream sweater.

"I love you." I say touching our foreheads. 

"I love you too." she says back and then wastes no time in connecting our lips. This wasn't like our kisses before, this one was full of love, meaning and thankfulness.

When we broke apart for air I noticed our lockets had beautifully intertwined together leaving us stuck. We laughed at our position and untangled the flimsy string that hung the sparkling jewels.

"You two never know when you need a room." Mary said rolling her eyes from behind us with her mouth full of Christmas cookies.

"Yeah, sometimes I think it was a mistake helping you two get together." James said from behind us as Sirius made gagging noises in the back with Peter in suit.

"You're just jealous since it isn't you and Lil-" Y/N said before she was cut off by James putting his hands over her mouth. After a minute of James not removing it, Y/N got annoyed and bit him.

"Ow!" James yelped and leapt backwards crashing into Sirius.

"You guys are disgusting honestly..." I said shortly.

Today had been great but I had a looming feeling that everything was going to go downhill from here.

(A.N. Hey guys! Sorry for the short chapter but the past 2-3 chapters have been really long and my brain is way too full of romance fantasies after writing this chapter soo...Bye!)