It's a strange thing, feeling as relieved as he does disappointed, as Kieren asks him to stay back. It's not that Kieren is ashamed of him, he knows. And Kieren's family already knows of his sexuality so it's not that either. But they've not met Sirius, have no way of knowing he isn't simply some bloke Kieren picked up at the nearest pub the night before.

They don't know he's a wizard.

"I could just be Padfoot," he suggests as Kieren steps out the door. "Though I suppose that would have worked better had your sister not already seen me."