"So are we on?" Chris says casually while flipping through the script one more time before the last scene.
"What?" Darren responds, thrown off by the comment.
Chris smiles and rolls his eyes "For tonight. IF we ever get out of here."
"Oh. Yeah man. As long as Disney is involved, I'm in." Darren brushes his hand along Chris elbow as he responds to being summoned by Ryan.
I wish he wouldn't do that. Or maybe I do... shit. Chris shakes his head and puts the script down. Why did Darren have to be such a touchy guy anyway? I mean there's touchy and then there's touchy. You'd think he'd be used to it by now. But no, he had to be a gay man attracted to his co star...
"Chris?" Ryans voice cut through his last thought.
"Oh, sorry." Chris stated while fumbling to get around his chair and back on the set.
"It's fine. I know it's late, this is our last take. I just want you to make sure you are looking in the direction of the piano for the last few seconds so we can get a good shot there."
"Got it." Chris heads up to his seat and lets them zoom up uncomfortably close as Kurt stares at the piano while Blaine finishes singing.
" Alright guys, head home and get some rest. Thanks for staying so late."
Darren lets out a huff of air, walks up the steps and outstretches his arm to Chris. "Shall we?"
"Why thank you, kind sir." Chris responds.
Both mean head back to Darrens' trailer as Chris already has his bag. It was kind of chilly, being as late as it was, so they hurried up to steps and into the trailer and shut the door fast. Darren was quickly gathering his things and throwing his dirty clothes out of the way. For as pretty as Darren looked, his trailer was a quite the opposite.
"Umm.. don't you want to shower or anything?" Chris asked slowly kicking some clothes to the side.
"Nah, if I feel the need I'll just do it at your place." Darren replied as he threw some clothes into a basket.
Chris' eyebrows shot up.
"Unless thats...I mean I could- if that makes you-"
"I was just worried about how high my water bill would be trying to get that out." He recovered, glancing at Darren's gelled hair.
Darren laughs back "It actually isn't too bad, these locks bounce back pretty fast." he wrangles his eyebrows. God those triangular brows are sexy.
"Alright, lets go before I decide to call hoarders on you"
Darren just smiled and pushed Chris out the trailer.
They shared a ride back to Chris' apartment so Chris could vent over how ridiculously long their day had been for such a short scene. Darren listened patiently.
"Pizza?" Darren asked excitedly as they entered Chris' apartment casually throwing his jacket on the chair.
"I suppose." Chris rolled his eyes."Shall I fetch you a beer as well?" Chris smirked as how comfortable Darren was in his home.
"That'd be nice." Darren says distractedly trying find a menu somewhere in Chris' drawer.
Chris goes to the fridge and grabs a beer and returns a second later, feeling generous.
"Oh, thanks. I was kidding you know. But thanks." Darren smiled and grabbed Chris' arm affectionately.
Oxygen, Colfer.
"Chris? You should see your face." Darren smirked.
"Can I bring you anything else, honey?" Chris cooed back.
Darrren looks as if he's thinking and Chris quickly adds "Don't answer that. Just focus on getting food. I'm actually starving."
Darren looks at Chris for a second then down at the menu and dialed the number.
Chris goes to the pantry on the other side of his apartment where his alcohol is stashed. He looks around for the wine, since they always do pizza and wine, and his eyes land on something...necessary. He quickly takes a long swig of Leas famous Tequila mix and crunches his face in disgust. It was flat. It had been such a long day and Darren was being incredibly touchy. It was normal for him to feel these things, but he knew Darren didn't feel the same. He just needed some alcohol for heavens sake. He grabbed a bottle of wine and returned to the kitchen, feeling just a tiny bit more relaxed.
After arguing a good ten minutes about which move to watch, they landed on the Little Mermaid. Why? Because Darren insisted that it would help Chris relax after a long day.
"Look at those beautiful eyes." Darren remarks, referring to the prince, batting his eyelashes at Chris.
"I believe the correct term is handsome. Not a lot of men call each other beautiful." Chris said taking another bite of pizza.
"I think your beautiful." Darren said slowly
Chris let out a laugh "I think your gay is showing."
"Hey! I mean it!" Darren chucked a pillow at Chris.
"As if anyone would call me that." Chris said shaking his head, amused.
Darren furrowed his eyebrows.
"What? Im not Kurt, you know. I dont think I'm within the beautiful category."
"Your the most beautiful person Chris. Inside and out. Don't you dare say that about yourself."
Chris erupts into butterflies and sets down his slice of pizza digesting the words. Their conversation had suddenly gotten serious and he wasn't sure how to handle it.
"Well... thank you for saying that but-"
"Why do you always do that?"
"Do what?" was Darren getting...upset?
"Downgrade yourself."
"I...didn't realize that made you so upset." Chris said watching Darren carefully.
Darren sighed "I just wish you'd take a compliment."
"Ok fine, compliment me." Chris looked at Darren, waiting.
Darren seemed nervous.
"You're..." Darren looked around the room and closed his eyes, thinking hard.
"See, there's nothing-"
Darren was kissing him. Darren Criss was kissing him. Holy. Shit. Chris had responded back so eagerly it took him a second to realize who he was passionately locking lips with. Was he dreaming? Chris knew he may not get a chance to do this again, and became brave. He licked along Darrens lip and Darren let out a tiny moan and responded by sinking is tounge in Chris' mouth. It felt so right, so perfect, so...hot. Chris realized his pants where feeling a little tighter-
"We s-should stop." Chris chokes out.
Darren looked wounded. He leaned back and stared at the TV for several moments. "I'm so sorry. That was...out of line."
Chris swallowed hard and tried to fight back the tears trying to pool in his eyes. Damn tequila. Damn exhaustion. Damn Darren. "No it's... fine. I'm just tired and I think I should proabably go to bed."
Darren nodds slowly, still starring at the TV.
Chris got up and started gathering up their plates and just tried to look busy in general. Did he just pick a bit of lint off his couch? Dear god. He tries to sound as chipper as possible "I'll see you tomorrow? I don't think I come in until after Lea's number-"
"Chris..."Darren said, he can feel him staring at him from behind.
"Just go, Darren." Chris says, finally stilling and facing away from him.
There was a long, awkward silence before Darren got off the couch and exited the room. A minute later he heard the door to his apartment shut quietly.
Chris stood there for awhile and took a deep breath. What happened was a fluke. Darren was clearly overcome with exhaustion and it was so...right. I mean wrong. So very wrong. Right? Chris shook his head, deciding this was too much to think about right now. He finished picking up and went straight to bed before his emotions caught up with him.
I'm sexy and I know it
"MMFF?!" Chris shot up and grabbed his phone, squinting at the bright screen. Jon.
"Hey, beautiful."
"Uh, hey?" Chris was caught off guard by his forwardness.
"I've missed you." he sounded sad.
"Yeah.." was all Chris could say. "Are you back from Vancoover?" he added changing the subject
"Yeah I just landed. I was actually hoping you where free today."
"I have to head on set in a few hours"
"Well that's ok because I'll be there too. I wanted to see Lea."
"oh" Chris added, starting to panick. "I'll be pretty busy and i wont really have time to talk-"
"You don't want me to come?" he sounded disapointmed
"No!" Chris lied ,"Of course I do." he lied again.
"Great. I'll see you then"
When Chris pulled on set, Jon was already there.
"Chris baby!" Jon said and took no time to embrace Chris.
Chris gave him a polite kiss on the cheek and smiled as best as he could manage. At least he is being a gentleman in public. I just hope- FUCK.
Out of the corner of Chris eye he could see Darren frozen on the spot and starring at them. His expression was unreadable, he didn't have much time to observe. Jon put his arm around Chris and they headed back to Chris chair where he set his bag down. Ryan came around and greeted Chris and Jon and headed over to Darren who was still standing in the same spot.
Jon started massaging Chris' shoulders "So what are your plans later? I only have a few days in town and I figured we should try and make the best of it."
Chris glanced over at Darren and he was still starring at them and would glance down once and awhile at whatever Ryan was pointing to but shortly brought his eyes back up to the couple. Chris swallowed hard.
"Umm, I kind of have a lot of work stuff. And writing. I'm behind."
"Alright, alright. But you'll text me when your free?"
"Yes, of course." Chris smiled, rather fakely, up at Jon before Jon kissed him. NO! Chris continued to put on his best fake smile as Jon turned to leave but as soon as he saw his back he whipped his head around to see if Darren had seen.
He was gone.
The only thing Chris could do was text him:
It's not what it looks like.
Chris, you can do what you want. It's none of my business.
Isn't it? Was all Chris could say as he bit his lip impatiently
Whats that suppose to mean?
Nothing. Forget it. See you later. Chris closed his eyes and took a deep breath before heading onto the set.
"So is Blaine no longer in this scene?" Chris tried to ask as casually as possible to Jack when Darren didnt return.
"I took him out of this one since he wont be here for a month or two. It doesn't make sense for him to be in one scene then gone from the rest of the episodes." Jack replied.
"Gone?" Chris' voice went up an octave
"yeah, he is filming Imogene."
"Oh, right." Chris felt his heart sink slightly.
It was three long days before he heard from him again:
So baby, huh?
Excuse me?
? Yyour boyfriend calls you that.
If your referring to Jon, he is most definitely not my boyfriend.
you don't have to lie to me
I have never lied to you.
right.
have you been drinking?
no.
Ok yes. but im not drunk
I see. How long will you be in NY?
A month or so. why? miss me already? ;)
Maybe. ;p
Your boyfriend wouldn't like that.
For the last time Darren, he is not my boyfriend.
ooookkkkkk maybe he should be
What?
you two look good together
Ok, if this is some passive aggressive thing I don't want to participate. He isn't my boyfriend. We are friends. We have gone on a few dates, that's it. I don't know why he all of a sudden is so clingy and touchy.
why didn't you tell me
Because it wasn't significant.
Id say kissing is significant
Kissing is significant with the right person.
Darren never answered.