Chapter 3
Regulus- well I have someone I would like you too meet.
Sirius - wait, like a boyfriend maybe! Wink, wink
Regulus - no. Well not for me anyway, I set you up with someone.
Sirius - why? I get enough attention from guys I don’t need your help
Regulus - well this person kinda set me up with one of their friends so I’m getting payback and setting them up with the most annoying person I know.
Sirius - Regulus! I am appalled, how could you say that to me! .. is he hot?
Regulus - real scruffy looking, you’ll like him
Sirius - send me the numberrrr!
Regulus - **** *** ***
Sirius -Ok!!!
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?? - hello handsome
Remus - James did you get a new number?
?? - I don’t know this James guy, but if he gets to call you handsome on a daily basis I sure am jealous
Remus - Who is this?
?? - someone interested
Remus - I will block you.
?? - hold on there a minute, your feisty I like that in my men
Remus - Who. Is. This.
?? - well to be frank you seemed to have made my baby brother quite mad you did. You set him up with one of your friends?
Remus - The only person I have set up recently is Reg
…
Oh.
?? - DING DING DING you get a prize
Remus - what is it?
?? - me
Remus - ..what’s your name?
?? - Sirius
Remus - and what do you look like?
?? - I’m hot don’t worry baby
Remus - oh for fucks sake
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James was back in the waiting room tapping his foot on the ground while simultaneously ignoring all the messages from Remus. When the door to the therapist opened it was a sight to behold, almost like Regulus was dressed just for him.
“ *wolf whistle* damn” James’ eyes were clearly dragging up and down Regulus’ body in painfully slow movements. “Come in James”.
As James sunk into the chair it was as if he had done it 100 times before, comfortably and familiar. Regulus leaned against his desk and had put a kettle on for boil (James wondered when he had put it in the room) “did you want a tea?”, “yes please, love” Regulus very clearly rolled his eyes but pulled out another cup and placed a tea bag in it. “Sugar?” James was watching the scene play out and had no clue what Regulus was playing at, “no thank you, I don’t like it too sweet. That goes for my men aswell”, he winked but Regulus seemed much more unfazed than last session.
“Your very attractive James, splendide si vous voulez que j'utilise la bonne terminologie. But I just don’t see us working out after all, it’s bad form for a therapist to date their client”. Regulus sat the tea in front of a blushing Hispanic man, and stored away the knowledge that James liked him using French, he’s not sure why but he feels he may need that information in the future.
“Reggie” his voice didn’t have a single tremor but the red tinge to his cheeks was still evident, “I appreciate the compliment and whatever it is you said in French but truly, who is going to judge us? La gente perdona a la gente cuando son tan atractivas como nosotros. Or at the very least turn a blind eye”. It was Regulus’ turn to blush as he realised the game they were playing, but he always did like to win.
The teas were getting cold on the small table in between them as they stared at the other waiting for the next move to be played. Regulus went first he got up off his chair and walked right to James, he bent his body over the chair to whisper in James’ ear. “James, tu m'as rendu fou. Ton eau de Cologne laisse son parfum dans ma chambre et je deviens fou. Mais je ne suis pas si facile, vous devrez travailler pour cela”.
After all was said in a language James was doing his absolute best to try and decipher Regulus walked back to his chair sat down and started drinking his luke warm tea. “So James, I think we best get to know one another. Properly.
“Well I think you made it quite clear that you speak french and you think I’m gorgeous” Regulus looked over the rim of his cup with a unreadable expression “I remember saying attractive which is not a compliment, it’s a fact. Where did you get that from?”. James laughed as he picked up his own cup, “please I may not speak the language but I know what ‘splendid’ means and I’m flattered” he took a sip from his own cup mirroring Regulus’ actions.
“Green” James looked ever so confused so Regulus elaborated further, “you asked my favourite colour last session if you remember correctly”. The way
He spoke now was cold and calculated as if he didn’t want James to unpick the meaning of his words and bring them to the surface, he still doesn’t know James very well though. “So you’ve been thinking of our past session a lot then?”
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The session continued like this for the next 20 minutes. They learnt a lot about each other,
Regulus learned James favourite colour is red
James learned that Regulus loved art and his favourite artist was Ivan Aivazovsky
Regulus learned that Remus and James had been best friends since grade school, they also have another friend named Peter
James learnt that regulus only ever wears silver jewellery
Over all the session was well spent and when time came to pay and leave James paid in full, with an extra $1000 dollars and a sticky note that had his number written down on it. As he was leaving Regulus called out.
“Tell Remus I send my regards..and my brother”