Title: The Music Box
Characters/Pairings: Kurt/Blaine, Wes, David, Hudmel's, Warblers, and will be New Directions in the next Chapter.
Rating: PG to T, not sure yet
Summary: Another Season 2 AU of the Kurt and Blaine finally getting together! While helping Wes find a birthday gift for his Mother,
Blaine finds a mysterious little box in an Antique Shop.
Disclaimer: If I owned Glee, this would have happened! Alas, I do not own Glee. =(
Author's Notes: Written for slayerkitty, who prompted ,"Blaine getting Kurt's birthday present the first time". This is what came of that! =D
When Blaine bought Kurt's birthday present that fateful day, it wasn't actually meant to be Kurt's birthday present. To be completely honest, Blaine never set out to find Kurt's perfect gift. It seemed Blaine kept thanking Fate over and over again when it came to one Kurt Hummel.
It was a cloudy Saturday, and Blaine, ever the gentleman and helpful friend, followed along with his friends David and Wes, as the latter was freaking out a bit on what he should get his Mother for her birthday.
Wes had every reason to fret, because his Mother was notoriously one of the hardest people to shop for. He needed all the help that he could get, especially since Wes was notoriously one of the worst shoppers.
After David had talked Wes out of getting his Mother the oven mitt with orange fishes on it, the creepy statue of a Mother Hawk, and the mini pink Dust Buster, Blaine called Kurt, who was back home in Lima that weekend, asking him for his advice.
After asking some general questions about the woman, Kurt suggested going to some Antique shops for the Vintage, unique gift.
It was after Wes found the cute little purple glass vase that Blaine saw it.
Sitting on a self all by itself, nestled away from the light, was an ornately carved box.
Blaine carefully lifted the small, yet surprisingly weighty box in his hands, turning it side to side, to and fro.
It was obvious that a skilled craftsman had created this wooden masterpiece. Every groove was carefully carved to make the beautiful designs of flowers, ivy, and leaves all around the surface. Blaine was in awe over this delicately beautiful, yet sturdy little box.
Blaine had been about to show his friends his amazing find, only to hold himself back.
What if Wes thought it was nice too? While Blaine knew that they were there to shop for his friend's Mother's birthday, and this, while beautiful, was not his typical style, it just seemed wrong to let it go.
So, Blaine held back, and when David suggested going to get some coffee from the Coffee Shop down the street, he told them that he would catch up, that he wanted to look around some more, for Historical reasons.
He really didn't want to explain why he was being possessive and selfish over an old, wooded, slightly elfish looking box.
When Blaine had finally asked about the box, and how much it was, the store Owner had kindly explained that it was, in fact, a music box.
Intrigued, Blaine smoothed his thumb against one of the smooth wooden petals, and opened the box...only to hear such a hauntingly beautiful tune.
If Blaine's attention was caught by the artistic detail on the outside, then he fell in love with the inside.
Along with the beautiful melody tinkling away from the Old World styled brass gear and wheel music machine, the inside of the music box was lined with a rich, deep emerald green, cushy velvet, obviously meant to cradle precious pieces of jewelry, and perhaps other secret treasures. There was also a spring mounted, spinning figurine of a hand painted porcelain dancing couple.
Blaine gently touched the tip of his finger atop one of their heads.
He has seem something similar to this before. His little sister, Adele, has received a music box a few Christmases ago. Of course, there was no comparing the two music boxes, as this one was a work of Art, and hers was pink, plastic, and had a dancing Ballerina instead of the adorable little dancing people.
They we not poises like he would have excepted. Instead of something of a Waltz pose, they stood, hands clasped, chest to back.
The one in front, the one with the fading brown hair, wore what was supposed to look like a pale blue dress. Over the years, the paint had faded a bit, and the effect made the poor little woman look like she was wearing shorts.
The one behind, the black haired one, wore a chipping red vest, and dark blue pants.
As the music continues to play, Blaine blinked out of his trance, and politely asked if he could purchase the little item.
Safely wrapped in many layers of tissue paper, Blaine stowed the precious box in his inner coat pocket, hoping that his friends didn't notice what he had inside.
Weeks later, one Blaine Anderson was going insane.
While keeping the music box a secret from everyone, even Kurt, Blaine couldn't figure out what the tune it played was.
He wracked his brain, Googled and researched, but to no avail.
It just sounded so familiar, yet still out of his reach.
That was, until one evening at the Hudmel's house, when he was helping Kurt with washing and drying the dishes.
Just like everything else in his life, when Blaine had questions and doubts, there was Kurt Hummel, not only with the answers, but Kurt Hummel presenting all of the answers effortlessly for Blaine, like he was made for it.
It was times like these that Blaine wondered if soul mates really existed.
After weeks of searching for the identity of the song, there was Kurt, humming it, while he scrubbed one resistant spaghetti noodle off of Finn's plate.
For a brief second, Blaine had feared that his friend had found out his secret. When he realized that Kurt didn't even seem to know that he was humming, he felt to courage to ask.
"Kurt, what is that melody?"
Kurt stopped, and handed Blaine the plate to dry.
"Which one?"
Blaine smiled, and wiped the cloth, collecting all the wayward drops.
"The one you were just humming Silly!"
Kurt thought for a moment, blushed a little, and gave a small chuckle.
"Oh that? That was Edelweiss, from The Sound of Music!"
Kurt looked away, seeming to travel a million miles away. He continued with a softened voice.
"My Mother...it was always her favorite Musical. When she and I would fold towels, she would always sing that."
Kurt looked back over at Blaine, once again in this time and place, clearly trying to shift the subject.
"Did you know that I was named after The Sounds of Music?"
Delighted with more information about his crush, Blaine leaned his chin on his fist, looking up at Kurt.
"Really now? I don't remember an Elizabeth in that movie."
Kurt laughed and whacked Blaine lightly with his sponge.
"Oh hush you! And quite being lazy! If we don't get this done in ten minutes we'll miss the first of Project Runway!"
After that night, Blaine made a mad dash to his family's entertainment library, and watched The Sound of Music quietly in his room.
He could totally see the resemblance of the porcelain couple, and Maria and Captain Von Trapp.
However, while Maria was blonde, this one was a brunette. The hair was still short, yes, but with the fading and chipping of the paint over the years, the little dancing couple almost looked like...
Blaine sat up in his bed.
Men. Instead of Maria and Captain Von Trapp, a completely hetero couple, the little figurine resembled two Men dancing with each other.
Blaine closed his laptop, returned the DVD to it's proper case, and couldn't figure out how he could both be crying and smiling so much as he went to sleep.
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