remus despised karaoke. with his whole heart actually. something about the way people drunkenly bounced up on stage, singing some off key beyoncé song made his heart twist with second hand embarrassment.
but as he feels himself being pulled up onto the small stage of the little pub in hogsmead, he can’t feel it in him to care. he supposes this makes him a hypocrite, but the amount of alcohol he had consumed in the last few hours fogs up all of his brain cells.
he drunkenly turns to see who’s pulling him along, only to find his best friend of the last,what? 10 years? and he supposed if it was james pulling him along he may have wrenched his hand away to pout in the corner at him for even suggesting it. but james isn’t sirius. sirius who he has been in love with for as long as he can remember.
so, despite everything he stands for, remus let’s himself be dragged up so sing.
and god is it worth is when sirius grins at him like he had just hung the sun. remus feels dizzy at it
then sirius hands him a microphone before speaking into his own
“james your choice this time” he speaks, and remus knows he’s just as drunk as him, when his words slur just a little and that insanely hot french accent slips out a little.
remus looks up from sirius’ mouth when james walks up towards the laptop, selecting a song with that stupid grin of his that means he’s up to soemthing.
“enjoy lads” he smirks
the first note begins and remus knows he absolutely, undoubtedly, fucked.
sirius face lights up like a child on christmas as he lets out a loud laugh.
“come on re we can do this shit easy” he grins, and remus absolutely melts.
nodding distractedly as sirius belts out the first verse, as if he had been preparing for this moment his whole life.
“Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Caught in a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Caught in a bad romance”
he gestures to remus to come in with the second line, and suddenly remus feels as though he hasn’t had a drop of alcohol,
fuck it he thinks
“Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah
Roma, roma-ma
Gaga, ooh-la-la
Want your bad romance” he comes in equally as reverently as sirius.
and remus knows he’s not a bad singer, i mean.. he’s not a god but he can definitely carry a tune.
sirius was obviously not aware of this though, as he stands mouth dropped open, eyebrows high in the air.
remus shrugges, suddenly feeling a burst of confidence at the crowds cheering in the background
sirius shakes his head a little, pulling himself together before taking over again
“Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah
Roma, roma-ma
Gaga, ooh-la-la
Want your bad romance”
remus smirks and starts again, walking towards sirius and singing right into his face, the small crowd reacting accordingly.
“I want your ugly, I want your disease
I want your everything as long as it's free
I want your love
Love, love, love, I want your love”
sirius must have picked up on how this was going to go as a smirk falls upon his face, and he moves further into remus, who rolls his eyes and takes steps back, sirius practically chasing him
“I want your drama, the touch of your hand
I want your leather-studded kiss in the sand
I want your love
Love, love, love, I want your love ”
sirius sings seductively, and remus laughs because he knows exactly what he’s doing, scoffing before deciding to try to beat him at his own game
“You know that I want you
And you know that I need you
I want it bad, your bad romance”
remus lowers his voice as he sings, biting back a grin at the way sirius’ face turns a lovely shade of red
before sirius can open his mouth for the next line remus continues,
“I want your love, and I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your love and all your lover's revenge
You and me could write a bad romance”
sirius grins, laughing and shaking his head as his friend sings dramatically to the crowd of people, before he brings his microphone to his mouth, belting out the next lines
“Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Caught in a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Caught in a bad romance”
he turns to eye remus, who’s staring at him, pulling at his bottom lip with his teeth and stopping only to sing the next line
“Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah
Roma, roma-ma
Gaga, ooh-la-la
Want your bad romance”
sirius grins at him, starting the next line, moving towards remus, pointing at him before pulling it towards his heart dramatically
“I want your horror, I want your design
'Cause you're a criminal as long as you're mine
I want your love
Love, love, love, I want your love”
remus chuckles opening his mouth to sing before sirius pushes a finger to his lips, effectively silencing him as he continues
“I want your psycho, your vertigo shtick
Want you in my rear window, baby, you're sick
I want your love
Love, love, love, I want your love ”
remus has to take deep breaths in order not to practically swoon.
pulling himself together quickly, he knows he has to put sirius’ ego in check
‘You know that I want you
And you know that I need you ('cause I'm a free bitch, baby
I want it bad, your bad romance’
he sings, moving towards sirius, placing his hand on the other man’s jaw, and running it seductively down his neck, pausing when he finds his friends rapidly beating heart and singing the next part while looking directly in his eyes
“I want your love, and I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
I want your love and all your lover's revenge
You and me could write a bad romance”
sirius bites his lip, shaking his head in laughter as he belts the next line again
“Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Caught in a bad romance
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Caught in a bad romance”
remus just stands frozen, watching the way sirius moves his hands up and down his body, wishing that those hands were his.
“Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah
Roma, roma-ma
Gaga, ooh-la-la
Want your bad romance”
sirius keeps going, turning his gaze towards remus, smirking at the look on his face
“Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah
Roma, roma-ma
Gaga, ooh-la-la
Want your bad romance”
when sirius finishes, remus shakes his head at himself, throwing out the next bit with a lowered voice
“Walk, walk, fashion baby
Work it, move that bitch crazy”
sirius echoes it back to him, a grin on his face that makes remus dizzy
“Walk, walk, fashion baby
Work it, move that bitch crazy”
remus again
“Walk, walk, fashion baby
Work it, move that bitch crazy”
sirius sings the last part and remus smirks, an idea forming as he realises what part is next
“Walk, walk, passion baby
Work it, I'm a free bitch, baby”
remus moves towards sirius, batting his eyelashes as he towers over him
“I want your love, and I want your revenge
I want your love, I don't wanna be friends”
he finishes the line, blushing slightly under sirius’ gaze and tries to turn away, quickly feeling vulnerable, until he feels a hand grip his jaw, turning it to look sirius directly in the eyes as he sings back to him
“J'veux ton amour, et je veux ta revanche
J'veux ton amour, I don't wanna be friends (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)”
remus thinks it may just be the most attractive thing anyone has ever done in their entire life.
he can’t help but pull his hand up and run his finger across sirius’ lip singing the next line with a dazed look
“No, I don't wanna be friends (oh-oh-oh, caught in a bad romance)
I don't wanna be friends (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)”
they spring apart when they realise what they were about to do, and more importantly, where.
“Want your bad romance (oh-oh-oh)
Caught in a bad romance
Want your bad romance”
sirius looks just about as dazed as remus, but still beautifully belting out the next line
“I want your love, and I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
I want your love and all your lover's revenge
You and me could write a bad romance”
remus can’t do anything but bite down on his lip, hard. wanting to finish this song so he can pull sirius somewhere and finish what he’d started.
“Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
(Want your bad romance)
Caught in a bad romance
(Want your bad romance)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
(Want your bad romance)
Caught in a bad romance”
sirius again
“Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah
Roma, roma-ma
Gaga, ooh-la-la
Want your bad romance”
the music finishes and the whole pub is silent for a second. everyone seemingly trying to figure out what the fuck the just watch
seconds later there’s a whoop from the back corner. and it’s james on his feet cheering that sets everyone else off, clapping and laughing,
remus makes eye contact with sirius, who chuckles before grabbing his hand and pulling him off the stage, in the direction of the table before remus pauses, suddenly taking charge and pulling them down a hallway
sirius let’s out a huffed laugh as remus slams his back into the wall, faces close as sirius bites his lip
“what are you waiting for lupin” he grins
remus huffs, his eyes moving from sirius’ eyes to his mouth, heart beating a mile a minute
“for you to say it again” he whispers, breathing deeply
sirius face breaks into a grin
“ to say what, moony?”
remus rolls his eyes before narrowing them at the boy infront of him
“you know exactly what”
sirius laughs as his moves his mouth up right next to remus’ ear
“J'veux ton amour, et je veux ta revanche” he whispers before pulling back to look remus directly in the eyes
“J'veux ton amour, I don't wanna be friends”
their lips collide in less than a second, and the rest is history.