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It was Prongs’s fault of course. He had decided without even consulting with Sirius, that the man was lonely and needed a hobby. Oh and that he was an awful cook.
“Come on pads anyone can make toast” James would whine as Sirius burnt yet another piece of Waitrose own freshly sliced bread. It’s not Sirius’s fault that he was raised in a house where he did shit all, having all but someone to brush his teeth for him, or that he just got out of a six year relationship with Benji who cooked for him and wouldn’t let him anywhere near the kitchen after the time he blew up the microwave or when he set a dish towel alight for the second time.
So, now James has had enough of Sirius eating pot noodles and ready meals, or wasting his money on takeout each night, and signed him up for a cooking class. The twat. Sirius was more than happy with his lifestyle and tried to insist “no Prongs I’m not going to get scurvy” alas it was no use.
Now he was on his way towards the tube station, so he could get to this damned cooking class.
Ok, maybe he should know how to cook without being a danger to his home or even society, but a cooking class really? That’s just asking for him to make a complete knob out of himself not to mention it was probably filled with people who were going to look at him strangely, considering he was wearing all black and a leather jacket to a cooking class topped off him his hair falling down his shoulders. Maybe he should of gone for something more practical. But perish the thought of ruining his bad boy reputation.
Once he had arrived at the destination James had scribbled down for him on the back of a Nando’s receipt, only getting a lemon and herb really Prongs that’s weak at least get a medium, he smirked to himself he’ll be sure to take the piss out of him when he gets back. He looked up at the building ahead and opened the door, and made his way to the receptionist.
“Hello I’m here for the 2 o’clock cooking session with Chef Lupin?” Sirius said smiling at the older lady who smiled back before getting up to show him where the class was.
“Here you are dear” she said smiling sweetly at him before opening the door for him, letting him slide inside and then scurrying off back to her desk on down the corridor.
The nerves were kicking in now, there were five other people here already.
A short plump red haired lady who looked only a few years older than himself, looking very jolly and excited whilst she was nattering to a dark skinned lady with long dreadlocks and a bandana holding them in place, she looked in her early twenties.
Sirius continued looking around the classroom, there was seven stations laid out one at the front, which Sirius assumed was for the teacher, and the other six were separated into three on each side, one I first of the other. There were saucepans of all sizes and what Sirius thought to be a sieve, there were loads of utensils, he didn’t know, it was all becoming a bit overwhelming, how much shit do you need to cook anyway? He thought, scoffing a bit
“New to cooking too?” A blonde lady asked sitting in the station across from where he was, she was tall and slim and had bright blue eyes and a septum piercing and had a smirk on her face as she looked at Sirius’s confused face from when he looking at the wooden spoons.
“Me? Pff nah I cook all the time, actually an expert really, just look how I hold this spatula huh” he confidently said, holding the utensil in his hand triumphantly
“I would definitely believe you, if that were not a ladle” a high voice can from behind him, where there was a pudgy blonde man who was looking nervously at Sirius, probably intimidated and was worried how his comment would go down.
“Oh of course I knew that” Sirius said sheepishly before returning the ‘ladle’ back where he found it. Marlene, so it said on here name tag was laughing and he scowled at her
He turned to the blonde man “where did you get your name tag ugh” he looked down at the mans chest “Peter?” He grinned
“They are at the front with Molly, the red head in case you were wondering, she’s a regular, so am I but I haven’t been here as long”
“Cheers mate” Sirius offered before making his was towards the front where Molly was. After more chit chat and collecting his name tag, another man who looked about seventy joined who was called Albus, who was humming to himself.
A door closed behind Sirius bench as the back.
“Hello everyone, please stand behind your benches and then we can start the lesson” came a cheerful silky low voice, that send a shudder down his back.
The man who had spoken made his way to the bench at the front of the room, put his bag down and looked up at his class. Sirius nearly gasped. This man was utterly gorgeous. It should be a sin how attractive this man was, was an oven on already because he suddenly felt very very warm and sweaty. The man was tall, very tall about 6,3 if Sirius was thinking correctly, had these bright big hazel eyes, curly light brown hair short in the sides and long on the top, pity lips and rosy cheeks. Sirius thought he’d melt right there and then.
There was a soft cough to his right and he saw Marlene grinning at him with a knowing look, oh no he wasn’t drooling was he?
“Thank you so much for joining this class today, really, now I can have a decent coffee tomorrow” the tall man supplied and gained a few laughs from his class, Sirius fell in love with the mans small smile.
“Today we will be starting with a bruschetta, then a mushroom carbonara and finishing with a lemon cheesecake, nothing too fancy as this is a beginners class” he winked and Sirius nearly died. “Ok, let’s start” Angel eyes rolled up his shirt to his elbows, revealing strong and veiny forearms. “We are going to start with a clove of garlic”
Sirius reached for the small white shape that everyone else seemed to be grabbing.
“Now with the garlic we only want one clove so peel back the skin of the garlic and then break off a singular clove” Angel eyes directed looking over at beyond, assessing they were doing everything right, his eyes landed on Sirius who just happened to loon up at him at that specific money and they made eye contact, Angel eyes looked a bit shocked for a moment before remembering himself and simply smiled at Sirius, his eyes crinkling slightly before he carried on assessing.
Sirius snapped himself out of his dreamy state, no Sirius you can not find your cooking teacher attractive you’ve just got out of a relationship you are in right mind to be fantasising about this man no matter how gorgeous he is or how his hands are wrapped firmly around that knife— no stop, right clove of garlic.
They continued with the lesson and Sirius could feel Angel eyes’s stare on him and it made him mess up even more tho an he already was, honestly he was a mess, he was trying to cut up the mushrooms for the carbonara and was just making them uneven and there was still loads of dirt on them, obviously he didn’t clean them as well as he thought he had.
“Need some help” he heard a soft purr form behind him and turned to look up at the stunning man behind him. He shuddered and nearly gasped at how close they were, now he could see the light freckles that danced along his elegant long nose. How he didn’t faint amazed him.
“Um – yes- no um yes yes I do” he choked before seeing a smirk make it way in to the other mans face “I didn’t realise cutting mushrooms would be such a task”
“One of the hardest of all” Angel eyes deadpanned
“Are you mocking my cooking abilities Mr Lupin?” He raised a brow at the man and crossed his arms over his chest grinning a little.
“Of course not” he looked down and back at Sirius and leaves in a little more “Sirius” he purred again and oh wow he smelt like new books and chocolate.
“It is my job anyway to teach those who aren’t as skilled” he grinned a bit and leant in more reaching for Sirius’s hand. What was he doing, they were in the middle of a class that he was teaching, not that he minded really this man could do anything an Sirius would let him.
But Angel only reached for the knife and took it out of his hands and began to move the mushrooms on Sirius’s chopping board so quickly and perfectly, he had finished and turned to look at Sirius who was gawking at him, a bit shocked in all honesty.
“Now you try” he gave back the knife
“Um ok bare with though” Sirius pressed his lips together and began to cut the mushroom
“No no no, don’t hold the knife like that, or the mushroom for that matter” he said quickly and moved the other side of Sirius to put his hand over his.
“Like this” and his directed Sirius how to cut them, moving his hand with Sirius’s. How Sirius didn’t collapse he’ll never know, this beautiful specimen of a man was up behind him showing him how to use a knife and he could hear his breathe in his ear, sending a shiver down his neck.
Remus eventually let go of his hand so he could do it himself and whisper a choked “very good” before quickly moving over to Peter who had dropped his mushrooms on the floor, and bent to help pick them up. That arse as well, oh Sirius was gonna think about that arse for weeks.
“Oi, focus pretty boy” Marlene smirked at him before tuning back to her board.
His heart rate had now calmed down and he had convinced his half hardness that it wasn’t getting any today.
They had just pulled their cheesecakes out from the oven.
So maybe it looked a bit sorry for itself but he was still proud he had managed to make it without setting anything on fire. He had managed to make three dishes, he was bloody proud of that.
Nice Arse made his way to his station and smiled out at everyone, clapping his hands together and glancing at everyone’s creations.
“Well done everyone you have all managed to create a three course meal without anything going completely wrong I’d say that’s a job well done, please feel free to take a leaflet about future classes and also any Tupperware to take the food home in, to share with your friends and family, I’m sure they’ll be impressed” he smiled and stared to take his aprons off and waving goodbye to the people leaving.
Sirius hadn’t taken his eyes off him and waited around a bit so he could chat to the man. Angel eyes looked up from his station and his big eyes met Sirius’s grey ones and he wanted to run up and kiss his pink plump lips, in which a small smile was making it was onto.
“Not got anywhere to be?” Angel eyes smirked going back to packing away his things. “I’m sure your girlfriend would want to see what sort of food you managed to make”
Sirius burst out laughing as he made his way up to the station
“Girlfriend? Me? Oh that’s too precious” wiping a tear from his ear “aw Chef Lupin, can’t you tell I’m very much Gay?”
“Oh but I thought from — ugh Marlene the flirting — um my bad I suppose it does make a bit of sense” he blushed causing Sirius to grin manically “not most straight men would be wearing leather trousers” he looked down at Sirius and back up now gaining back a bit of confidence.
“I’m just a very charming person- ugh what your first name?”
“Don’t laugh”
“My names Sirius Orion Black, try me”
“Remus, Remus Lupin”
“Well Wolfy McWolf” he winked “I can’t help that so many women fall for my charms and everyone thinks I’m straight, therefore I have to give some sort of hint”
“Well it’s good to know that you aren’t” he blushed yet again tucking a curl behind his ear and slinging his bag over his front. “So you will be sharing your creation with a boyfriend then?” He raised an eyebrow
“No Remus I am very very very single, which we both know is what you were asking” nudging the other mans shoulder
“I don’t think I should confirm that, your ego seems big enough already” he scoffed
“How dare you Remus, I’m hurt at your accusation, but really feel free to inflate my head more, maybe then you’ll get the date that you’re practicing begging for”
“Oh? Me? I’m the one who’s begging, you were nearly drooling into your carbonara when I reached over to help Marlene with her pasta” he smirked even more and opened the door for Sirius who was looking up at his slack jawed.
“I- uh- um no well”
Remus started laughing, and Sirius frowned “Oi look who’s got the big ego now” a small smile creeping it’s way onto his face.
“Well since we are apparently after the same thing would you care to go out for dinner together? There happens to be a nice Thai place done the road” Remus asked, shifting his weight a little, more nervous that he probably was trying to let on, which Sirius loved even more.
“Well since you showed me how to cut mushrooms I suppose I could spare some time” Sirius rolled his eyes dramatically, and smiling big at Remus who returned the sentiment.
“See you Monday Susie” Remus grinned at the receptionist before opening the door for Sirius again who felt heat rise to his cheeks for a second before he managed to calm himself down.
“So Thai?”
“Thai food”
And Remus took his hand in his and the two made their way towards the restaurant. “Just to let you know, you put salt instead of sugar in your cheesecake, but I thought that it would be funny for whoever signed you up for the class to have it, but now I kinda want to thank them”
Angel eyes: coming over in 5, tell James to preheat the oven at 180, as I know you wouldn’t know how to do so
Sirius: Are you allowed to be going out with your students chef Lupin? Because if not I could report our little arrangement for that rude insulation about my culinary skills
Angel eyes: Arrangement meaning our 7 month relationship? And like you were ever really a student anyway
There was a knock at the door, Sirius went to open it, and found his red nosed boyfriend in front of him, smiling down at him.
“Hey pads” leaving down to give him a soft kiss on the lips, even now Sirius would want to melt every time he did that. He wrapped his arms round Remus’s middle and looked up at him with a goofy smile. “Is something burning?” Remus looked up concerned, his nose sniffing.
“Oh for fu—“