"I'm already dating someone, sorry!" Kurt says, yelling to the guy who had been relentlessly pursuing him for weeks now. He turns around the corner in a hurry and doesn't notice Scott coming the other way until it's too late. They run into each other, but they manage to straighten themselves out without too much fuss, even with Kurt apologizing profusely in both English and German.
"Don't worry, Kurt," Scott soothes. "Just try to watch where you're going."
"Ja, I will," Kurt promises.
He tries to dart around Scott, but he doesn't let him by. "Hold on now, what's this you were yelling about dating somebody?" he asks. Scott is surprised that he hasn't any clue who Kurt might be dating.
Kurt looks back around the corner and sees Derek coming towards them. Crap. "Later!" he says hurriedly. There's no one else in the hall, so he bamfs into the locker room since he has P.E. next anyway, leaving Scott absolutely baffled and alone in the hallway.
"Hey, have you seen Kurt?" some kid Scott doesn't really know asks him.
Scott shakes his head, opting for discretion over honesty. The kid grumbles and turns back down the hall. It's all kind of strange, and Scott decides to make a point of talking to Kurt ASAP.
Scott drives them all home from school that day, and Kurt sits nervously in the back completely silent. Not even a single joke. Now Scott is definitely unsettled.
"I've got something to show you when we get home, Kurt, okay? So don't teleport off," Scott instructs. He catches Kurt's nod from the back and feels relieved. They'll be able to get to the bottom of this soon.
When they get back to the Institute, everyone else dashes off while Kurt slumps down in the backseat. Scott turns to look at him and raises an eyebrow. "Do you want to explain about earlier?" he says.
"Not really," Kurt says, shrugging. "It's totally under control; I'm handling things, don't even-"
"Kurt," Scott says firmly.
Kurt sighs and bamfs into the front seat next to Scott. "This guy at school won't leave me alone about going to the dance, so I just said I was dating someone and going with them," he explains.
"A nice firm no would probably have done the trick," Scott says. He knows that when it comes to people he isn't comfortable with, Kurt can get a little timid.
"It's been weeks, Scott! He's gotten all kinds of nos," Kurt says before sinking down into his seat looking miserable. "The only other thing I could think of was scaring him off with my real face, but that'd expose us."
"What are you going to do? You don't actually have a date, right?" Scott asks.
"Don't remind me! I've just gotta find someone who will play along," Kurt says, wracking his brain for likely candidates.
"Good luck," Scott says, getting out of the car. He's relieved to know that nothing too serious is going on. From here on out, he'll keep an eye on this Derek- presumably the kid who ran into him earlier- just to make sure that things didn't get too out of hand.
"Wait… Scott!" Kurt exclaims, leaping over the hood of the car to block Scott's path. "Would you play along?'
"What? Me? You want me to be your fake boyfriend?" Scott asks, taken aback. Why would Kurt ask him to be his fake date?
"Yeah! It's perfect!" Kurt says, bouncing excitedly from foot to foot. "We're really good friends, so it makes a lot of sense! Plus, you're super responsible, so you wouldn't forget. It'd be like an undercover mission!"
Scott bites his lip and thinks it over. It's a weird request, and one that their housemates are going to mock them mercilessly for. But on the other hand, he likes Kurt and this seems important to him. Plus, if someone is bothering Kurt, it's Scott's duty as team leader to do whatever he can to help. As far as undercover ops went, this would probably be the easiest, right? Still, he's more than a little surprised when he nods and says, "Of course I will, Kurt."