p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"Marauders' Hogwarts Host Club/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"By: moonandarsongirl/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"chapter 1: What on Earth Is a Host Club/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"word count: 1.8k+/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"written: 04/23/22/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"warnings: ohshc au, course language, very small mention of a brothel, very small mention of a playboy club, not canon compliant/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"The students of Hogwarts were now four weeks into the 1976-1977 school year and it seemed like everyone had finally settled in. First years were no longer having trouble finding their new classes, older students had stopped requesting to switch classes, and the newly appointed prefects had gotten the hang of their new duties. Hogwarts was finally back to its regular schedule, and the students and teachers of the school were at peace./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Or at lease as much peace that you can have with a group called "the marauders" running around./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"It was Monday morning breakfast and the owls had just delivered the post, James picked it up and started to read as Sirius and Peter bickered but stopped when he read something interesting on the third page./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""You're gonna want to take a look at this, mate" James said as he passed his paper off to Remus/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemDamocles Belby Invents Potion To Help Werewolves Preserve Their Sanity During the Full Moon But It Comes at a Hefty Price read more bellow/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Remus was silent for a moment,/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Finally, after centuries of thousands of werewolves suffering, a concoction is invented that at the very least will make sure I keep my mind and I can't even bloody afford it" /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Remus angerly huffs as he slams James's copy of the Daily Profit on the table, almost knocking over Peter's tea. /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""In fact, I don't even think there's a lycanthrope on this hole green earth that can afford to drop 70 galleons on a vile of potion as small as emit/em is, I mean that's practically a month's rent on a flat that you SHARE with a roommate!" his voice was now raised./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Alright Moony alright, I get that this absolutely sucks arse and I'm sorry, but please keep your voice down mate"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Pads is right," James said in a tone much softer than his usual "This sucks but we don't want to draw emtoo much attention /emto ourselves, especially you Moony"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Especially when we are talking about strongemwhat we are talking about/em/strong" Peter over emphasized in a dramatic whisper./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Yeah yeah I get it," Remus sighed "Don't want people finding out about my...what is it you lot call it again?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Furry little problem" the three other boys said proudly in unison. /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Right,em that/em" Remus's head was now in his hands, all the anger he was once feeling had now melted down into exhaustion./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"It was quiet for a moment./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Peter spoke/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""We could try to round up some money between the four of us and see-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""One," Remus interjected "I could never let you lot do that for me"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James and Sirius were about to open their mouths to say something/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""And two," Remus continued "What money? None of us have jobs."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I mean...we could ask our parents-" James started/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Absolutely not." Remus cut him off once again and started to pack his things "I've really got to get to advanced runes so that's is the end of this conversation"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"he paused/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I really do appreciate you lot but you do too much for me...besides I do emactually/em have to go" he started to head for the doors of the great hall "see you at lunch!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"The three boys all responded with their own apathetic versions of "see you latter Moony"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Yeah, catch ya then"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""See you at lunch mate"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James groaned /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""We've got to do something"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""But he's so difficultttttt" Peter whined as he laid his head on the breakfast table in defeat/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Well then that settles it," Sirius began "It's time for the marauders to come up with another one of their master plans" he placed his hand in the middle the the table "For our Moony!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"The two other boys followed suit and cheered/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: 200%;"Potions 606, James Potter's first class of the morning and dear lord was he shit at it. Thank god Lily was in his class or it would be absolutely unbearable. It wasn't that he didn't try, emhe did try, /emreally hard actually. Sometimes it felt like his brain just wasn't built to remember so many goddamn details. He did catch one detail this morning though,/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"His beloved Lily Evans was avoiding Snevilis like the plague/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"She was looking for a different desk partner but almost all the other seats were taken except for one./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Klaus the Ravenclaw boy who usually sits beside James was recently hospitalized because he caught dragon pox /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Oh. My. God./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James Fleamont Potter this is your chance./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Don't make a fool of yourself./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Holy shit she's walking across the room/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Walking towards strongemyou/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Lily finally reached his desk and stopped about a meter in front of him "Potter," she started/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Evans." James tried to respond as nonchalantly as possible but it came out as more of a nervous squeak/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I've heard that your desk partner will be spending the next little while in the hospital wing so as much as this pains me to say, would you mind if I sit with you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James shot out of his seat faster than the speed of light and pulled out Lily's chair for her "Of course Evans, anything for you" he said way too enthusiastically /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""um... thanks" Lily responded awkwardly as she sat down/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"A piece of warn chalk then started to levitate and magically write a note on the board at the front of the room/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemProfessor Slughorn will be around 15 minuets late due to some unforeseen delays, please keep yourselves busy by reading through your text books or a book of your choice./em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemClass is NOT cancelled and anyone who decides to leave now will receive a month of detention and several points taken away from their house/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Lily pulled a muggle magazine from her bag as James sat staring at her/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"He probably looked rather dumb-/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""What exactly is your problem Potter" she snapped/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I- I'm sorry" James stuttered out quickly not meaning to offend her/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"God that was the last thing he wanted to do/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""It's just you're usually such a star student, I didn't expect you to pull out a magazine of all things"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Lily sighed/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Yeah well... I don't really feel like potions right now... I'm tired"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Without even looking at her James could tell something was wrong, but when he looked at her eyes, he could see something very unfamiliar behind them/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""But you strongemlove/em/strong potions" he tried "Is something going on? Do yo want to talk-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""For christ sake James can't you let me read my magazine in peace?!" she snapped/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James barley whispered "Right, sorry" and drew his attention to the other side of the room trying to make himself invisible to Lily /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"It had been about five minutes since Lily snapped at him when James decided to dare and look back at her, Lily was so immersed in her reading she was completely unaware /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James noticed something strange about the page she was on/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"He would admit that he was pretty unfamiliar with a lot muggle culture but this was something he had never even heard of/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemAre Japan's Host Clubs the Entertainment of The Future? /em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemLearn More Bellow!/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Now what on earth is a host club?/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""You look like you want to say something" Lily finally spoke, catching James completely off guard. The poor boy nearly shot out of his chair./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Oh- oh me? Ptht" James was trying desperately to recollect himself and be cool again, it was always so hard for him to be a functioning human being around Lily Evans/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Just…well I…" He was stalling, why was he stalling? It's just a stupid question about a muggle magazine James, spit it out! "I was wondering if you could tell me what that club is in your magazine! I'm trying to get familiar with muggle culture and I've never heard of that sort of club before!" First, he could barley open his mouth and now he was completely rambling, why was it that Lily Evan's presence always seemed to turn him into a complete crazy person?/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"No wonder she never agreed to go out with him-/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I personally don't know much about them either, but apparently they've been becoming quite popular in Japan over the past couple of years" Lily flipped to the next page of the magazine to read the rest of the article/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"She continued, "It says here that the club is usually made up of a group of boys with their sole purpose being to host and entertain women who emI guess /emhave nothing better to do…" a wrinkle formed in Lily's brow as she continued to read on quietly, more to herself this time./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""So, it's guys who spend time with girls… and get paid for it? Is there like anything sexual involved?" James's mind was absolutely blown, he had never heard anything like this before. James was fantastic at charming and spending time with girls (who's names weren't Lily Evans) and Sirius, oh my god Sirius was even better. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""No nothing sexual, it's basically just paid company" and with that the class room door opened and Professor Slughorn walked in muttering something about a meeting with some centaurs./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Alright every put anything you've got out that's unrelated to potions away, and open your text books to page 897" he said cheerfully as he reached the front of the classroom./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Suddenly without anyone's help the chalkboard eraser that once sat still started to levitate and erase the note that was written only minuets ago./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Hey Pads?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Yeah Prongs?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""You like girls, right"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius finally looked up from his charms parchment at James and gave him a confused look "Last time I checked, what's with this strange question all of a sudden?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James was slightly put off by Sirius's obvious nervousness "Well I just mean you like taking them out and treating them right…"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius paused for a minuet "…yeah I guess I do"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""What if I told you, it's something we could make money from"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Now Sirius was just plain confused "What on earth are you going on about, Prongs?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""That doesn't sound like a charms related conversation boys" Professor Flitwick's voiced as he looked up from his papers at his desk at the front of the classroom./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James waited for him to look back down so he could continue talking, more quietly this time "It's called a host club and they're super popular in Japan, it's basically just guys entertaining girls and getting paid for it-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius cut him off "wait- what do you mean by ementertain/em?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""What do you think I mean byem entertain/em?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I don't know James; this is starting to sound like you want the marauders to start a male brothel"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""BLOODY HELL SIRIUS" James whisper yelled "I mean like having talking to them and serving food and drinks. We'd give them a break from their stressful school lives in exchange for a very small amount of money that will secretly be put towards wolfsbane for Remus"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius thought for a minuet "So it's like a emclub /emclub except-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James cut in "The main reason people are going is to be served and pampered by us, strongnothing sexual involved"/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius smirked "I think this is our get rich quick scheme, mate"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""We just need to talk about it with Peter so we can all approach Remus together"/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"By: moonandarsongirl/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"chapter 1: What on Earth Is a Host Club/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"word count: 1.8k+/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"written: 04/23/22/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"warnings: ohshc au, course language, very small mention of a brothel, very small mention of a playboy club, not canon compliant/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"The students of Hogwarts were now four weeks into the 1976-1977 school year and it seemed like everyone had finally settled in. First years were no longer having trouble finding their new classes, older students had stopped requesting to switch classes, and the newly appointed prefects had gotten the hang of their new duties. Hogwarts was finally back to its regular schedule, and the students and teachers of the school were at peace./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Or at lease as much peace that you can have with a group called "the marauders" running around./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"It was Monday morning breakfast and the owls had just delivered the post, James picked it up and started to read as Sirius and Peter bickered but stopped when he read something interesting on the third page./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""You're gonna want to take a look at this, mate" James said as he passed his paper off to Remus/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemDamocles Belby Invents Potion To Help Werewolves Preserve Their Sanity During the Full Moon But It Comes at a Hefty Price read more bellow/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Remus was silent for a moment,/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Finally, after centuries of thousands of werewolves suffering, a concoction is invented that at the very least will make sure I keep my mind and I can't even bloody afford it" /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Remus angerly huffs as he slams James's copy of the Daily Profit on the table, almost knocking over Peter's tea. /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""In fact, I don't even think there's a lycanthrope on this hole green earth that can afford to drop 70 galleons on a vile of potion as small as emit/em is, I mean that's practically a month's rent on a flat that you SHARE with a roommate!" his voice was now raised./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Alright Moony alright, I get that this absolutely sucks arse and I'm sorry, but please keep your voice down mate"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Pads is right," James said in a tone much softer than his usual "This sucks but we don't want to draw emtoo much attention /emto ourselves, especially you Moony"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Especially when we are talking about strongemwhat we are talking about/em/strong" Peter over emphasized in a dramatic whisper./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Yeah yeah I get it," Remus sighed "Don't want people finding out about my...what is it you lot call it again?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Furry little problem" the three other boys said proudly in unison. /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Right,em that/em" Remus's head was now in his hands, all the anger he was once feeling had now melted down into exhaustion./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"It was quiet for a moment./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Peter spoke/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""We could try to round up some money between the four of us and see-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""One," Remus interjected "I could never let you lot do that for me"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James and Sirius were about to open their mouths to say something/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""And two," Remus continued "What money? None of us have jobs."/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I mean...we could ask our parents-" James started/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Absolutely not." Remus cut him off once again and started to pack his things "I've really got to get to advanced runes so that's is the end of this conversation"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"he paused/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I really do appreciate you lot but you do too much for me...besides I do emactually/em have to go" he started to head for the doors of the great hall "see you at lunch!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"The three boys all responded with their own apathetic versions of "see you latter Moony"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Yeah, catch ya then"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""See you at lunch mate"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James groaned /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""We've got to do something"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""But he's so difficultttttt" Peter whined as he laid his head on the breakfast table in defeat/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Well then that settles it," Sirius began "It's time for the marauders to come up with another one of their master plans" he placed his hand in the middle the the table "For our Moony!"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"The two other boys followed suit and cheered/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt; line-height: 200%;"Potions 606, James Potter's first class of the morning and dear lord was he shit at it. Thank god Lily was in his class or it would be absolutely unbearable. It wasn't that he didn't try, emhe did try, /emreally hard actually. Sometimes it felt like his brain just wasn't built to remember so many goddamn details. He did catch one detail this morning though,/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"His beloved Lily Evans was avoiding Snevilis like the plague/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"She was looking for a different desk partner but almost all the other seats were taken except for one./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Klaus the Ravenclaw boy who usually sits beside James was recently hospitalized because he caught dragon pox /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Oh. My. God./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James Fleamont Potter this is your chance./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Don't make a fool of yourself./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Holy shit she's walking across the room/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Walking towards strongemyou/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Lily finally reached his desk and stopped about a meter in front of him "Potter," she started/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Evans." James tried to respond as nonchalantly as possible but it came out as more of a nervous squeak/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I've heard that your desk partner will be spending the next little while in the hospital wing so as much as this pains me to say, would you mind if I sit with you?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James shot out of his seat faster than the speed of light and pulled out Lily's chair for her "Of course Evans, anything for you" he said way too enthusiastically /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""um... thanks" Lily responded awkwardly as she sat down/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"A piece of warn chalk then started to levitate and magically write a note on the board at the front of the room/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemProfessor Slughorn will be around 15 minuets late due to some unforeseen delays, please keep yourselves busy by reading through your text books or a book of your choice./em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemClass is NOT cancelled and anyone who decides to leave now will receive a month of detention and several points taken away from their house/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Lily pulled a muggle magazine from her bag as James sat staring at her/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"He probably looked rather dumb-/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""What exactly is your problem Potter" she snapped/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I- I'm sorry" James stuttered out quickly not meaning to offend her/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"God that was the last thing he wanted to do/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""It's just you're usually such a star student, I didn't expect you to pull out a magazine of all things"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Lily sighed/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Yeah well... I don't really feel like potions right now... I'm tired"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Without even looking at her James could tell something was wrong, but when he looked at her eyes, he could see something very unfamiliar behind them/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""But you strongemlove/em/strong potions" he tried "Is something going on? Do yo want to talk-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""For christ sake James can't you let me read my magazine in peace?!" she snapped/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James barley whispered "Right, sorry" and drew his attention to the other side of the room trying to make himself invisible to Lily /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"It had been about five minutes since Lily snapped at him when James decided to dare and look back at her, Lily was so immersed in her reading she was completely unaware /p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James noticed something strange about the page she was on/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"He would admit that he was pretty unfamiliar with a lot muggle culture but this was something he had never even heard of/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemAre Japan's Host Clubs the Entertainment of The Future? /em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"strongemLearn More Bellow!/em/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Now what on earth is a host club?/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""You look like you want to say something" Lily finally spoke, catching James completely off guard. The poor boy nearly shot out of his chair./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Oh- oh me? Ptht" James was trying desperately to recollect himself and be cool again, it was always so hard for him to be a functioning human being around Lily Evans/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Just…well I…" He was stalling, why was he stalling? It's just a stupid question about a muggle magazine James, spit it out! "I was wondering if you could tell me what that club is in your magazine! I'm trying to get familiar with muggle culture and I've never heard of that sort of club before!" First, he could barley open his mouth and now he was completely rambling, why was it that Lily Evan's presence always seemed to turn him into a complete crazy person?/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"No wonder she never agreed to go out with him-/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I personally don't know much about them either, but apparently they've been becoming quite popular in Japan over the past couple of years" Lily flipped to the next page of the magazine to read the rest of the article/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"She continued, "It says here that the club is usually made up of a group of boys with their sole purpose being to host and entertain women who emI guess /emhave nothing better to do…" a wrinkle formed in Lily's brow as she continued to read on quietly, more to herself this time./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""So, it's guys who spend time with girls… and get paid for it? Is there like anything sexual involved?" James's mind was absolutely blown, he had never heard anything like this before. James was fantastic at charming and spending time with girls (who's names weren't Lily Evans) and Sirius, oh my god Sirius was even better. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""No nothing sexual, it's basically just paid company" and with that the class room door opened and Professor Slughorn walked in muttering something about a meeting with some centaurs./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Alright every put anything you've got out that's unrelated to potions away, and open your text books to page 897" he said cheerfully as he reached the front of the classroom./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Suddenly without anyone's help the chalkboard eraser that once sat still started to levitate and erase the note that was written only minuets ago./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Hey Pads?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""Yeah Prongs?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""You like girls, right"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius finally looked up from his charms parchment at James and gave him a confused look "Last time I checked, what's with this strange question all of a sudden?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James was slightly put off by Sirius's obvious nervousness "Well I just mean you like taking them out and treating them right…"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius paused for a minuet "…yeah I guess I do"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""What if I told you, it's something we could make money from"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Now Sirius was just plain confused "What on earth are you going on about, Prongs?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""That doesn't sound like a charms related conversation boys" Professor Flitwick's voiced as he looked up from his papers at his desk at the front of the classroom./p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James waited for him to look back down so he could continue talking, more quietly this time "It's called a host club and they're super popular in Japan, it's basically just guys entertaining girls and getting paid for it-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius cut him off "wait- what do you mean by ementertain/em?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""What do you think I mean byem entertain/em?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""I don't know James; this is starting to sound like you want the marauders to start a male brothel"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""BLOODY HELL SIRIUS" James whisper yelled "I mean like having talking to them and serving food and drinks. We'd give them a break from their stressful school lives in exchange for a very small amount of money that will secretly be put towards wolfsbane for Remus"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius thought for a minuet "So it's like a emclub /emclub except-"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"James cut in "The main reason people are going is to be served and pampered by us, strongnothing sexual involved"/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"Sirius smirked "I think this is our get rich quick scheme, mate"/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;""We just need to talk about it with Peter so we can all approach Remus together"/p
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