I Guess That's Love For You!
Chapter 1 (Kurt's POV)
After all the baby drama and now that Finn had officially split up with Quinn, Kurt finally felt, for the first time, that he could have a chance. He'd always thought that, because he was going out with a girl there was no chance he'd go for Kurt but now, after he had found out what girls were like, he might change his mind. It was thinking like that that always kept Kurt so hopeful.
As Kurt walked into the first glee club practice after Sectionals he could literally smell the tension (and over Kurt's perfume, Calvin Klein's new Eau de Parfum, that was an achievement). As Kurt made his way to his usual chair, next to Mercedes, he could just see Finn hiding himself in the corner furthest away from Quinn.
"I'm gonna go and see if Finn's okay." Kurt said to Mercedes after arriving at his seat and dropping his bag carefully beside his seat (he didn't want it to get damaged!).
"Kurt!" Mercedes whispered at him just before he walked off again.
Turning back to her, Kurt whispered, rather angrily, "What!" Ignoring his rudeness, Mercedes said, calmly, "Don't start getting your hopes up just 'cause he's split with Quinn. Still doesn't mean he's gonna come crawling to you!"
"I know! I just want to make sure he's okay." Kurt replied, obviously lying.
Mercedes could tell he wasn't telling the truth and was about to protest but Kurt quickly turned away and walked off before she got a chance. Kurt knew he had annoyed Mercedes but right now he didn't care. As Kurt approached Finn and sat down next to him, Finn kept staring at a miniscule crack in the wall and pretended not to notice the small frame of the young boy settle down beside him.
"Finn? Are you feeling okay?" Kurt asked in his best 'you can tell me anything' voice.
Defiantly, Finn continued to stare at the wall and ignore Kurt. "Finn… I know you're still annoyed with Quinn but -"
"I'm not annoyed!" Finn snapped then quickly tried to amend himself when he felt the fashionable soprano flinch away, "I, err… just, had a bad cabbage patch kid."
"Now, I know that's not true, Finn. That's practically the same excuse you gave when trying to cover up Quinn's morning sickness!" Kurt noted.
As Finn slowly turned round to face him, Kurt could see the tears in Finn's eyes, threatening to fall. Without thinking about everyone else still in the room, Kurt gave out a small squeal of horror and sadness and quickly wrapped his arms around the huge torso of the football player. To his surprise, Finn didn't recoil as Kurt had imagined, but slowly lifted his arms and wrapped them around the smaller boy's frame as well.
Kurt couldn't believe his senses! The feel of Finn's body pressing against his, the smell of his sweat and aftershave. Suddenly, before he'd had a chance to take it all in, the door opened to the practice room and Mr Schuster walked in, grinning. Kurt and Finn finally separated and, not having time to go back to his own seat, Kurt had to stay where he was.
All the way through the rehearsal Kurt could hear Finn's sniffling but every time he turned to look at him, he turned away to stare at the wall again. Kurt felt sorry for him but there was nothing that he could do to help.