Disclaimer: I do not own Glee.
A/N:
I so missed Kurt in that scene.
It just seemed like an opportunity too good to let go to waste.
Enjoy!
Dinner A Theater
Act I
It is ten to six at night.
"KURT! WE NEED TO GET GOIN'," Burt shouts up the stairs.
"I'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU, DAD," Kurt shouts back.
"OKAY, TELL BLAINE WE LOVE HIM," Burt replies.
"I WILL, DAD," Kurt says, and Blaine chuckles at the other end of the phone-line, knowing full well Kurt is rolling his eyes right… about…now.
Blaine knowing Kurt is waiting to hear if there is more stays silent with him.
There is only a brief moment of utter silence then Carole speaks up, "WE'LL WAIT IN THE CAR WITH FINN, HE IS TOO NERVOUS TO BE LEFT TO HIMSELF IN THERE ANY LONGER. HE'S BEEN JUST SITTING THERE FOR TEN MINUTES ALREADY, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LATE. SO PLEASE, DON'T DRAG IT OUT."
Carole is already ushering Burt to the door when Kurt's answer reaches their ears, "OKAY. I'LL BE RIGHT OUT."
How does Carole do that?
"How does she talk, really talk, at that volume?" Blaine asks mirroring Kurt's thoughts.
"I've no idea, but I think she worked with younger children for a while, run a day-care while Finn was really small, so she would not have to give him into one."
Blaine nodding to himself, in his bedroom, far too far away from Kurt, especially on Valentine's Day, replies, "Yeah, I can see that."
Kurt blurts out the thought that has been running through his head all day, and the reason he called in the first place. To tell Blaine, "I miss you so much."
"I miss you too. But I'll see you soon," Blaine says.
Soon, both allow their thoughts to linger on the word.
Both sitting smiling, thinking they know exactly what it means - only one of them spot on.
There is comfortable quiet and listening to each other's breathing, and both silently wishing they could wake up to that sound every single day already. For now it is more of a dream, a hope, for years from now.
When Blaine takes a deep breath that has a sad ring to it Kurt cannot not notice, "Love?"
"It's nothing, just,…I think you need to go."
"What? Why?"
Blaine is laughing softly the next moment, "No, Silly, of course I want to talk some more, listen some more – for hours and hours – …," and the beautiful exaggeration spoken with such desire to be right there with Kurt has Kurt laughing warmly too, "…but Kurt, it is six already and…."
"Shoot," Blaine is cut off by Kurt.
Blaine laughs some more as he hears Kurt rummage for his keys, Blaine assumes.
"I'll let you go. Don't want you to run into something on your way to the car and poke an eye out."
"Haha," Kurt says rolling his eyes again but smiling too.
It is slowly happening now, has been for a couple of days. They can finally joke about it all without it turning bitter at some point or another.
Wes has helped with the Warblers, and the doctors have helped with his eye and the physical side of the pain.
And now that they are so close to being together again, to get the chance to be alone together again, it is almost impossible not to be cheerful, at least most of the time, even apart.
"I wonder if we will ever get a normal Valentine's Day together," Kurt says as he walks out his bedroom door.
Blaine lets out an especially loud laugh.
"What?" Kurt asks a little confused and startled.
"Baby, you don't want normal."
Kurt smiling to himself says, "No, I don't want normal." Then he adds, "That's why I'm with you."
Kurt can still hear laughter in Blaine's voice as he answers, "So we are for eternity then! ...because, I can assure you that is the one thing I will never be, normal."
And then they are laughing again, together – it is something they have not done enough the last weeks, so right now it is really not possible to just give it up again.
Kurt is on his way down the stairs when he hears Blaine, "I love you, Kurt."
"I love you, Blaine. Happy Valentine's Day, Love."
"Happy Valentine's Day, Love," Blaine echoes, adding a loving, "Bye."
"Bye, Love."
Kurt is grinning like mad when he finally gets into the car, thinking, Only need to get through this fake dinner event. Only half an hour, an hour tops, and then, his hand moving unconsciously to the pocket of his blazer where the latest card from his "Secret Admirer" is safely placed, and then I can go be with Blaine.
He is still smiling wide when they pull into the Berrys' drive-way.
His eyes briefly meet Finn's before they move to get out of the car.
Finn looks terrified, and Kurt's good mood is only more irritating to him, "Dude! This is nerve wracking enough as it is. Just…Please stop looking at me like that."
Rolling his eyes Kurt is quick to reply, "Let's just get this over with."
"I thought you like Leroy and Hiram," Finn says.
"Oh yeah, sure, just because they are gay too we have to be the best of friends."
They are on their way to the front door when Finn asks, "Isn't that how it works?"
Kurt shaking his head, thinks Wow, Finn, just WOW! Really? What he says, not in the mood for a lengthy debate, is, "Sure, Finn. Sure."
Kurt takes a deep breath when he sees his father reaching for the doorbell.
Leroy and Hiram can be a handful, especially Hiram. And Kurt is just not sure he is prepared…at all.
Next Chapter - I missed some epic Burt Kurt awkwardness in that dinner scene on the show, so yes, definitly some of that coming up. Hope you will decide to stay with me for it.