He sort of just stood there for a second. He felt so guilty from what happened the day before. He leaned on the balls of his feet and put his hands down on the chair. "I--" Remus started to say something, but choked up. "I'm awfully sorry. Are you alright?"

That was a dumb question. "I mean -- I don't know what I mean." He was kicking himself now. He shouldn't have come. This was stupid. The more he saw Severus, the more he was just going to end up hurting.

"I should go. I don't want to bother you." He said after a few awkward seconds. He didn't want to, but the last thing he wanted to do was hurt the other even more. This friendship was bound to failure anyway. A Slytherin and a Gryffindor just couldn't be friends.