"You do?" Sirius hadn't meant to sound so doubtful, so he pulled Severus into a quick hug to make up for it. "Sorry! I just worry. Let me know if anyone is giving you troubles, yeah? I don't care what my parents say, they wouldn't want me being friends with you or with James or any of the others I like."

When exactly had James graduated to friends? Sirius couldn't have said, it had just happened somehow, seamlessly. "I will do what I want. And we will have a brilliant time, right?"