He certainly does, you know that mischievous side of Remus that you barely ever see? It comes out a lot more with both of them around...
Yes he deserves it, there wasn't enough of Fred and George either
Here, I've been rereading the book:
"We're off to the village, there's a very pretty girl working in the paper shop who thinks my card tricks are something marvelous.... almost like real magic..."
I thought either that was you or Verity in their joke shop was you