"Rachel, the soup is almost ready."
Rachel, who was curled up on the couch watching RENT, looked over to Kurt with a grin on her face. "Good! I'm starving," she said. "What kind of soup is it?"
"It's just ordinary chicken and noodle soup. Nothing special," Kurt said, mixing the spoon through the liquid. The steam rose from the pot and passed Kurt's head, disappearing when it reached the ceiling. The steam was making Kurt sweat, and he was making sure that none of the beads fell into the soup.
"Mmmm." Rachel could already taste it on her taste buds, and her stomach started to growl. "When is it going to be ready?"
"Soon," Kurt replied. "I would've made something else, but we haven't went grocery shopping in a while," Kurt said, continuing to mix the soup. He was waiting for the soup to bubble so he would know it was hot enough, and it seemed to be taking forever. He wiped his damp forehead and continued to stir.
"It's okay. Soup is perfect for this kind of weather," Rachel said, looking out the window. Rain hammered against it, and lightning struck the sky like a light flickering in a pitch-black room. She listened to the thunder boom from miles away, and the raindrops falling and splashing when it hit the ground. It was relaxing.
Kurt smiled. The soup slowly started to bubble, so Kurt got a bowl out of the cabinet and poured some soup into it. "Rachel, it's done," he sang. He pulled a soup out from the drawer and set it into the hot broth and gave it to Rachel. She smiled it thanks.
"This looks delicious," Rachel said. She set it down on the coffee table in front of her so it could cool.
"Do you want an ice-cube?" Kurt asked. "To cool it down?" Kurt was already making his way to the refrigerator when Rachel responded.
"That would be great. Thanks, Kurt."
"No problem, diva," Kurt said. He opened the freezer and pulled out two ice-cubes, and hurried over to Rachel to put them in her soup before they melted in his hands. They fell into the broth with a plop.
Rachel watched the ice cubes melt as Kurt asked, "What's happening on RENT?"
"Oh! I haven't been paying attention," Rachel said, looking up to Kurt. She looked over to her soup and saw that the ice cubes had already melted. There was less steam coming up from the chicken noodle soup, so she decided to take a sip. She picked up the bowl, picked up the spoon, and drank the broth. It was hot, but a tolerable hot. She continued to eat, but every now and then she would take her a large drink of her water, cooling down her tongue.
"Oh." Kurt looked over to the screen, and started to watch. Then there was a knock on the door.
"I got it," Kurt said, and he hurried over to the door. It was probably Finn or Blaine, coming to say hello to Rachel or himself. But when he opened the door, it ended up being the last thing he expected.
Sebastian Smythe.