Official Summary: Kurt is a deaf dancer; Blaine is the new pianist for his dance group. Blaine really likes Kurt but doesn't know he's deaf. Blaine struggles to communicate with Kurt and gets frustrated. Kurt really likes Blaine, but dismissed the idea of them because he's deaf They both want to love each other but they don't know how. Despite what people say, will they defy the odds. Deaf!Kurt
*Just A Note- When These ' ' Are wrapped around a word/Sentence that's when someone uses sign language. Obviously the quotations are for when someone actually speaks out loud. And as always italics are thoughts, and if I have that in this story, texts will be in bold. I know that most of you know this, but I figured there may be some confusion down the road, so better off just putting it out there now, then having people be confused later :).- Madi*
Chapter 1
Blaine walked into the dance hall looking for room 313. He was the new pianist for an advanced dance group. Blaine eventually finds the room and locates the piano. Blaine sits down playing a few tunes to get him warmed up. He's startled when the dancers come bursting through the door. He quickly stops playing scanning the room to get a look at the dancers. There are about 12 dancers mostly female but a few male. Blaine watches the dancers talk amongst themselves when he notices one of the male dancers sitting by himself. Blaine wonders why; everyone seems very friendly. Blaine continues to watch him as he stretches. Blaine's focus on the dancer is interrupted when the dance teacher enters the room slamming the door behind her.
"Alright everyone this-." Blaine hears the door open and slam shut again. A petite brunette runs across the floor to the where the dancers are standing. Taking a spot next to the dancer Blaine was watching earlier. He sees the brunette smile at the boy. "They must be friends" Blaine though
"As I was saying" the teacher glared over at the brunette and she had an apologetic look on her face and the teacher continued talking. "Everyone this is Blaine, our new pianist"
'Who is that?' the male dancer, Kurt signs to the brunette
'Blaine' she fingerspells his name out, smiling. Kurt smiles back
'Mel?' Kurt signs the brunette's name.
'Yes?' she signs back
'Why is he here?'
'New pianist' Kurt nods and smiles looking over at Blaine for a minute before turning away quickly before he caught him staring. He tried to imagine saying Blaine's name out loud; instead he mouths it slowly to himself just to get an idea.
Blaine looks over at Kurt every so often and sees his hands quickly moving, he also sees the brunettes hands moving quickly. It then occurs to Blaine. He must be deaf. No wonder he wasn't talking to anyone. It's because he couldn't. This made Blaine extremely nervous. He wanted to talk to Kurt, well try at least but now it just got even more complicated. Blaine frowns in disappointment, but cheers up realizing he hasn't even tried yet. He decides he's going to at least try before giving up on him.
Throughout the whole rehearsal Kurt looks at Blaine with longing eyes. He doesn't even realize it but Mel does. Kurt doesn't mean to stare; he just thinks Blaine is really good looking. Kurt immediately shoots down the idea of him and Blaine. For the rest of the time Kurt tries to focus but it's not working. His eyes always go right back to Blaine.
'You want to go talk to him don't you?' Mel signed to Kurt
'It's that obvious?' Kurt signs back and Mel nods giggling
'I'll take you over there to go talk to him' Mel signs and she sees Kurt's expression change
'I don't know' Kurt signs back. She can now see the worry in Kurt's face
'Come on, I know you want to. Don't worry it will be fine' Kurt finally caves and says yes. It's not that Kurt doesn't want to 'talk' to Blaine, but he's scared.
Mel guides Kurt over to Blaine after they put their things away. The room is empty for the most part, the majority of the dancers left. Only two or three were left but they were getting ready to leave anyways.
"Hello" Mel says to Blaine. Blaine looks up and his heart stops, the brunette and the guy he was looking at earlier are standing right in front of him.
"Hi" Blaine says trying not to look nervous.
"My name is Melanie, but people call me Mel, and This Kurt" Kurt Blaine thought. Kurt signed something to Melanie. Melanie nodded; Blaine guessed it was a message for him
"Kurt wanted me to tell you that you play beautifully" Blaine smiled like a big dope, not even realizing it.
"If he's deaf, how can he tell" Blaine says, Just curious. Melanie signs what Blaine said to Kurt so he wouldn't feel left out and then she began to explain to Blaine.
"Kurt can feel the vibration, that's how he learns the dances. By vibrations and he watches the moves. I help him a lot also." Melanie explains
"Thank you" Blaine says and also signs. Kurt smiles 'He knows sign language?' Kurt got a little excited at the thought.
"You know sign language?" Melanie asked knowing Kurt would want to know. She also still signed everything she was saying to Blaine so Kurt didn't feel left out.
"I used to know it very well, I had a deaf cousin that I saw frequently before she moved to California" Melanie signed what Blaine had said to Kurt. Kurt got an idea; He could teach, or in this case re-teach Blaine sign language, that way they could actually talk. Kurt was hesitant but he had nothing to lose. Kurt signed his plan to Melanie and the brunette smiled
"Kurt said he could teach or re-teach you sign language if you wanted?"
"That would be awesome!" Blaine said maybe a little too excited. Kurt was happy to see Blaine so excited. Hell, he was that excited too. Kurt signed something else to Melanie after.
"So Kurt said if you want, after dance tomorrow you could come to dinner with us and we could start then" Melanie was still signing everything out for Kurt so he was included
"Tell Him I said that sounds wonderful and I can't wait" Melanie again signing what Blaine said to Kurt and Kurt smiled. Kurt and Melanie left quickly and Blaine couldn't help but smile big. He couldn't wait until tomorrow.
The next day at rehearsal Blaine couldn't help but stare at Kurt. He was so beautiful in Blaine's eyes; and anyone who thought different was crazy. A few times Kurt caught Blaine staring but he didn't seem to mind, he would just smile and go back to dancing. For Blaine and also Kurt rehearsal seemed to go on forever, but finally the end came. Blaine was excited and also anxious; he wanted this to go well. He didn't want to screw anything up.
"Ready to go?" Melanie walked over with Kurt.
"Yep!" They all walked to the restaurant together. In New York you walk everywhere. The restaurant was only a few blocks away, the hostess recognized them. 'They must come here often'. When they were seated and settled in at their usual spot, Kurt pulled a notebook out of his bag and signed something to Melanie.
"Okay Blaine, Kurt says that he's going to write down the words on the paper, then he's going to do the sign for you and he wants you to mirror him"
"Okay sounds good" Blaine sees him sign something else to Melanie. He remembers when he used to be able to sign that quickly; but after his cousin moved away he had no reason to practice it. He curses himself for not practicing to keep him fluent. Melanie's phone beeps and she quickly reads something on the screen. She signs something to Kurt and Blaine notices he looks worried. He signs something back to Melanie quickly.
"I'm sorry Blaine, I have a little emergency. But ugh since I'm not gunna be here to translate for Kurt, he said that you guys can just a pass a note to talk" Melanie quickly leaves the booth saying goodbye and running off.
Blaine and Kurt sat in some-what of an awkward silence, Blaine didn't know what to talk about. Kurt made him nervous. His nerves settled only for a moment when he saw Kurt writing something on the notepad
K: Maybe we should wait until tomorrow to start. That Way there's not confusion.
B: Sure, I'm really sorry we have to talk this way
K: Don't be sorry, It's not your fault. Melanie bailed on us lol. Blaine could seeKurt smile and laugh silently as he passed the note to Blaine.
B: Ha-ha, so since we're not learning Sign Language, do you want to get to know each other?
K: Okay, Sure what do you want to know?
B: Anything you're comfortable with telling me, I don't want you to feel uncomfortable with me.
K: I don't feel uncomfortable with you, at all. Blaine smiled; this made him not as nervous. He was still nervous and he wasn't sure why. It was like having a high school crush.
B: Good :) So do you still want to go first or do you want me to go?
K: I can go.
B: Okay :) Blaine hands the notebook back to Kurt and he sees him staring at the paper, writing every so often. During that time, the waitress came and took Kurt and Blaine's orders. The waitress already knew what Kurt wanted and she turned to Blaine to take his order. After she left, Kurt passed the notebook to Blaine.
K: Okay well I guess I should tell you up front… I'm gay. I was bullied in high School, I wasn't always deaf, I used to be a singer, but after I went deaf, I considered dance. My dad is the congressman of Ohio? (If you actually care). I was really into music and broadway before I went deaf. I have a step mom and step brother and that's all I can think of. Blaine felt so bad for Kurt; His dreams were crushed by this disability. Blaine could just imagine the hurt in his voice if he could actually talk and tell him himself.
B: I'm so sorry Kurt :(. That couldn't have been easy for you. Well I guess I'll tell you about me. I'm also gay. I was bullied in high school also. I want to pursue a career in music, maybe singing, maybe acting, maybe a music teacher I don't know. I'm not the best dancer, unlike you. And of course I care about anything you have to say. I'm always someone you can talk to. As for my parents, I don't see them. Ever. They are homophobic assholes, and as soon as I turned 18, I moved here. I had the 'perfect' older brother according to my parents. I was just a mistake. Blaine slid the notebook across the table. He saw Kurt's eyes darting across the paper reading it quickly. He could see the expressions in his face change, especially when he got the bottom of note
K: Blaine! Don't you dare say that! You are not a mistake! I'm sorry that your parents are that way. I can't imagine never talking to my dad. But other than that, it seems we have a lot in common. Blaine smiled reading the first of Kurt's note. Kurt actually cared about him.
B: Yeah it seems we do. :) trust me when you have parents like mine its easy. You said you had a step mom and Step brother? What happen to your mom? Blaine could see it struck a nerve in Kurt. He looked saddened.
K: She died when I was 8
B: Oh Kurt I'm sorry, I shouldn't of asked
K: It's okay Blaine, you would of found out eventually. You said you wanted to get to know each other.
B: Are you sure?
K: Yes, Blaine
The waitress brought their food out and smiled as she walked away. They ate their meals quickly as the restaurant was closing soon but Blaine didn't want to leave Kurt yet.
B: Would you mind if I walked you home? Blaine slid the notebook back to Kurt quickly before he regretted it. Apparently it wasn't a mistake because he saw Kurt smile
K: No I wouldn't, I'd love for you to come.
They left the restaurant close together, even though it was almost 11 P.M, thousands of people were still up and about walking and getting rides in taxi's. It was difficult to write while walking to they walked to Kurt's in silence. Occasionally looking at each other. Before they left Kurt told Blaine he didn't live far. And he was right. It was only a few block. When they reached Kurt's apartment, Kurt pulled out the notebook
K: Do you want to come up for little bit? Kurt almost regretted it, he didn't want to move to fast with Blaine. Blaine hesitated, He wanted to because he didn't want to leave Kurt. But he didn't want to go to fast and scare Kurt away.
B: I'm sorry, I can't I have to go home :(. But I will definitely see you tomorrow?
K: Absolutely. Kurt tried not to show the disappointment in his face.
B: Text me, okay :) Blaine wrote his number down and he saw Kurt perk up. He got his phone out and added his number right away
K: Here's my number :). Kurt wrote his down and Blaine added his number right away also
B: Bye Kurt Kurt waved goodbye as they both couldn't wait to see each other tomorrow, but neither of them knew how the other felt
A/N- Well I'm starting Another story, but I couldn't help myself. I've been teaching myself sign language lately, and this just popped up into my head, I love reading stories About deaf or Blind Kurt or Blaine but unfortunately there are not that many stories out there. I would appreciate if you guys would review, tell me how you like it, and if you like it pass it on! ;)- Thanks Guys. I'm so excited about this story, I hope you guys are too! I'm going to go write the second chapter right now, so expect an update :)
XOXO~Madi