#but he came over very purposefully and plonked himself down— and i didn’t mess with him or stroke him and that seemed to be what he wanted

[afieldinengland]

my aunt’s unpredictable scrapper of a cat who has about five notches in his ear just slept on my lap in the sun for half an hour

[chubbyreaderwriter]

Joke

Young Sirius Black x Chubby/Plus Size Reader

Imagine: Sirius really likes you but his reputation makes you think he’s using you for a joke. He has to prove his feelings for you but it goes horribly wrong. 

Word Count: 2k

Warnings: swearing, lil angst 

Masterlist

“Go away Sirius!” The marauder had been following you around for the past couple of weeks now and it was getting on your nerves, to say the least. You were annoyed at him flirting with you for a joke, because it was obvious that he wasn’t really interested in you. “I’ll leave if you give me a kiss.” Sirius actually did have feelings for you, he thought you were one of the cutest girls he’s ever seen and he’s seen quite a few. You had managed to avoid his attention for most of the school year but now he had noticed you and wanted to make you his. But you were adamant this was all a joke, or a dare from his giddy friends to make you look stupid. 

For the first time in your school years, you despised being in Gryffindor, because that meant that you had nowhere to go to get away from him. The only time you ever got to be away from him was when you were in your room, asleep, or if you were in the library. The marauders had been banned from going in there because they were too loud and were always messing about with the books, purposefully making a huge mess for the librarian to sort out. 

You had been peacefully sat in the Gryffindor common room doing your herbology homework when the Marauders came in and you cursed to yourself, trying to hide yourself from their view but it was hopeless. You heard James, “Oi, Sirius, there’s your girlfriend.” You cursed under your breath and hoped to god that he didn’t come over. But of course, god was not on your side here and Sirius plonked himself down in the seat in front of you. You had groaned and picked up your things to walk away from him but he followed you, which brought you up to now. You turned to face him, “I will not give you a kiss, now piss off and leave me alone.”

You rushed up the stairs into your room, that you just so happened to share with Lily, James’ crush. She followed you up when she saw you run away and sat next to you on your bed, “You can tell Professor Dumbledore about it if you want him to leave you alone.” You shook your head, “No, I don’t want be labelled as the girl who can’t take a joke or have any house points taken from us.” Lily nodded in understanding. 

You liked Lily, she was a muggleborn witch like you and the two of you often talked about things in the muggle world, comparing it to the wizarding world. But you didn’t live that far from each other in the muggle world so you two often hung out over summer holidays and such, becoming really close friends. It was one of the reasons why Sirius’ flirting bothered you so much, you didn’t want to ruin your best friend’s chances with James because you knew that she secretly liked him. 

Lily smiled at you, “I know you probably won’t believe me, but I do think that Sirius does like you, you know. I’ve never seen him be so persistent with a girl as much as you before.” You blushed, as much as you liked to say you hated him, deep down, you know you liked him, which was why his behaviour bothered you so much. You didn’t want to be just another girl for him to mess around with for him to get bored and move on from. You sighed, “I know, but I don’t want to be like all the others.” Lily nodded in understanding, “I get it, well, at least it can’t get any worse right?” You smiled, right. 

Wrong. The next day, when you walked downstairs to head to breakfast, Lily stopped you at the bottom of the stairs to the common room, “I don’t think you want to see this (Y/N).” She had a worried look on her face because she was scared to see how you’d react. You were curious though and walked past her only to freeze from what you were looking at. Everyone was wearing huge badges that said ‘Sirius + (Y/N)’ in a heart. When people saw you, they started giggling to themselves and whispering about you to their friends.

You felt your face turn red out of embarrassment and Lily noticed this, putting her arm around you to lead you out of the common room and away from everyone else, “Come on (Y/N), let’s go.” You felt sick as the two of you left and you saw more students wearing those ridiculous badges and laughing as they saw you. Lily glared at them which shut some of them up but did nothing to stop you feeling like one big joke. You had never felt more humiliated in your entire life. You could feel yourself starting to tear up and Lily walked you to the girl’s bathroom where the both of you went into a stall. You put the seat of the toilet down to sit on it and you put your head in your hands as you cried. 

Lily tried her best to console you, rubbing your back, “I had no idea he would go this far, I’m terribly sorry (Y/N), I should’ve stopped him earlier. He just doesn’t think about anybody’s feelings but his own.” You continued to cry, thinking about all those people laughing at you, probably thinking it was hilarious to pick on the chubby girl. They were probably talking about you right now as you were pathetically crying in the toilet. After you had calmed down a little, you wiped your eyes and Lily smiled at you, “Do you feel better now? Do you want to go back to the dorms and I’ll ask the elves to bring us some breakfast?” You nodded and Lily took your hand into her own as you two left the bathroom. 

You were so very thankful it was the weekend and there were no classes or you would’ve been terrified to have to be around people making fun of you all day. You were glad to see almost empty hallways, because everybody would supposedly be at breakfast right now. The two of you made it to the Gryffindor common room but when you walked inside, you both froze as you saw all four of the Marauders sitting there, talking between themselves. 

The sound of the portrait shutting got their attention and they saw you and Lily walking over to the stairs. Remus caught sight of your red and puffy eyes, “(Y/N)? Are you alright?” This got Sirius’ attention and he stood up to head over to you but Lily stood in front of you. She glared at Sirius as she spoke, “Is she alright?! Thanks to you lot, the whole bloody school has been laughing at her since she set foot out of bed. How stupid do you have to be to think that was a good idea. You’re just an arsehole who hurts people’s feelings for no good reason.” You put your hand on Lily’s shoulder, “Come on, he’s not worth it.” 

Hearing you say those words really made his heart hurt and he knew he’s screwed up, big time. He turned to the others, “I thought she would like it.” James shook his head, “I knew it would be a stupid idea,” Sirius glared at him, “You didn’t say that when you were handing out those badges did you?” James looked down, they all did. As much as they liked to make a joke, they never wanted to hurt anyone’s feelings and that’s just what they did. 

Sirius had just wanted to show you that he does like you, that you weren’t just another girl to him. But he’d messed up and he wasn’t sure how to fix it, if he could fix it. He sighed as he sat with his head in his hands, until he heard footsteps from the girl’s dorms. His head snapped round quick but he was disappointed to see that it was just Lily. The ginger girl gave him a sour look and he walked over to her, “Lily, you have to help me. I know I screwed up, but I really like her and I just want her to see that.” Lily’s face soften, just a smidge, she was still furious with them for hurting her best friend, “Fine, first you have to get rid of all those stupid badges and then we’ll talk.” 

Sirius sighed in relief, “Thank you so much, you’re a life saver.” Lily rolled her eyes, “Yeah whatever, badges now.” Sirius nodded and headed out of the common room. Lily looked at the other three Marauders who were just staring at her with blank looks, “You lot as well, go now!” They raced to their feet to help their friend, Lily was surprisingly frightening when she wanted to be. 

You had stayed in your room for the whole day, just hanging out with Lily for the most part, but she kept disappearing. You assumed it was to talk with James, you didn’t realise she was helping Sirius with his plan to get in your good books. It was about 5pm when Lily checked the time and smiled at you, “Okay, come on.” You frowned in confusion, “What? Where are we going?” Lily didn’t answer you, just waved her hand at you as a sign to follow her. You groaned as you got off your bed, put your shoes back on and headed down to the common room. 

You were wary to walk into the room but nobody was looking at you, laughing at you, or wearing those badges like this morning, it was as if you made up the whole thing. Lily grabbed your hand and lead you out of the common room, you were being too slow to catch up. You whined as she pulled you along the corridors, “Will you please tell me where we’re going?” “Nope.” You groaned and let yourself be led around by her. 

You turned a corner and came face to face with Sirius. You stopped and looked down at your feet. Lily smiled, “Alright bye!” She let go of you and started walking back to the dorm, hoping you wouldn’t get mad at her for this. You clenched your jaw as you looked at the ground, really wishing you were anywhere but here at the moment. Sirius stepped forward and you stepped back. He let out a sigh, “Listen, I’m not expecting you to forgive me, but can you at least let me explain myself?” You nodded your head but kept your eyes on the ground, looking at your shoes. 

Sirius cleared his throat, “I should’ve known you wouldn’t like those badges but I was running out of ideas to show you I care about you. It’s not a joke and it’s not a dare, I do like you and you’re not just another girl to me. You’re special and I wish you could see that. You’re the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen and I’m hoping you will let me take you to Hogsmeade next weekend? Please?” The desperation and sincerity in his voice was tempting to you but you weren’t sure if you could forgive him for what he did to you this morning. 

You looked him in the eyes and you sighed, “I’m sorry, I do forgive you but I don’t think we can be anything more than friends at the moment. I’ll see you around.” You turned around and walked away, wondering if you did the right thing or not. Meanwhile, Sirius was frozen in place, he admit it could’ve gone a lot worse but it wasn’t what he hoped would happen. He was glad that you forgave him but he still had to prove he was serious about you. He wanted to show you that he liked you, in fact, he was probably falling in love with you. But he wasn’t going to give up, he’d get you to fall in love with him by the end of the year. 

To be continued...