Rating: PG
Characters: Kurt, Rachel
Summary: Kurt doesn't know what to do after breaking up with Blaine. So he does something he knows best: baking. Post 4x04.
Warnings: Post-breakup
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters.
A/N: This was a prompt for the Fic War I'm participating in on tumblr. iamalmostbear asked for "Kurt just can't stop eating". Enjoy :)
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CONSOLATION COOKING:
The kitchen was a mess. Empty packaging and flour was spread all over the benches, table and floor. Empty muffin pans and pots and trays littered the stove pot. The trash can was overflowing. On the couch in the living room sat Kurt, eating his way through the batch of chocolate chip cookies he had made that morning.
The weekend had been horrible. Breaking up with Blaine had hurt more than he could ever have imagined. He didn't even understand why it had all happened yet. Blaine had been so upset about The Chandler Fiasco – cheating was the last thing Kurt had ever expected from him. He sighed, wiping a tear from his cheek, before he went to grab another cookie.
But he'd eaten them all.
Kurt sighed, getting to his feet and heading back to the kitchen. He cleared away what he didn't need before pulling out his caramel mudcake recipe. He set about melting together the white chocolate, butter and brown sugar before he started thinking again.
Why would Blaine cheat? What had he done to push Blaine to that? The questions kept moving through Kurt's head but he couldn't answer them, no matter how hard he tried.
He finished melting the ingredients into the caramel before he pulled it off the stovetop to cool while he set about making the other half of the cake batter. As he mixed the plain and self-raising flour together, the front door rolled open and Rachel slipped inside. She looked as miserable as he felt.
Rachel looked around the apartment, confused to find it so messy after leaving it so clean.
"Uh Kurt… What happened today?"
"Baking," he said as he grabbed the pot of caramel. "I couldn't just sit around and think about what happened. I needed to do something."
"Okay so where are all the cakes and cookies?" Rachel asked excitedly as she approached the kitchen table.
"Gone," Kurt answered flatly.
"Gone?"
"Ate it all."
"Kurt, that's-"
"I know it's ridiculous!" Kurt shouted, turning to Rachel with tears in his eyes. "I get that you think I'm crazy but I feel like I'm dying inside!"
"Kurt, you're not the only one-"
"Oh don't give me that crap! Sure you and Finn broke up again – you were already broken up! You've broken up before! Blaine and I have never gone through this! I don't know what to do! I don't know how to cope with this! And I keep eating and I can't freaking stop!"
Silence fell and Kurt turned away, trying to hide his tears. He could feel Rachel's eyes on him before he heard her keys rattle.
"Okay that's it. I'm going and getting ice cream and then we're going to watch sappy movies until we either feel better or gain three pounds."
Kurt smiled, hiccupping softly as he nodded and wiped at his eyes. "Thanks Rachel."
Kurt looked down at the cake batter in front of him. Caramel was Blaine's favourite.
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A/N: I've got another Klaine prompt to fill but I still have no ideas for it so it might be a while but I hope you enjoyed this :) If you would like the recipe for the caramel mudcake Kurt was making (which can also be made into cupcakes), let me know and I'll give it to you :) Thank you very much for reading, I hope you enjoyed it –Em xoxo