Glee: Those Innocuous Moments
Summary: A series of drabbles involving Kurt and the surprised realizations of those around him as he adjusts to a new, non-bullying, environment.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee.
AN: Yes, I know that Kurt doesn't dorm but that will show up in later drabbles as it just works for some of them. Also warnings for mentions of violence, bulling, and possibly molestation (Not necessarily in this section but overall.)
1.) Of Bathrooms
The boys were laughing quietly as the exited the large auditorium. A guest lecturer had come to the school at the request of one of the Literature Professors. Every student who attended the after-hours event and wrote a paper on it would receive extra-credit so it had been easy for Blaine to convince Kurt (newly transferred and still setting in) to accompany him for the evening. The speaker had been surprisingly interesting, cracking jokes and popping out amusing one-liners to keep the attention his audience. Kurt had really enjoyed himself and the whole experience gave him more hope that he really would be able to handle his transfer to Dalton. While most of the other boys had left already, Kurt and Blaine had hung around afterward avidly discussing the presentation and reiterating their favorite lines.
"Hey, Kurt. Do you mind if we swing by the restrooms for a sec?"
"That sounds like a good idea actually. Where are-ah!" Kurt spied the rooms off to the side and made his way forward. "Uh Kurt?"
"Hmm?" The boy turned with his hand on the door to face his suddenly awkward companion. Blaine had a weird expression on his face half what-the-hell-are-you-doing and half blush. Kurt felt like a stone had suddenly been dropped in his stomach and wondered what he could have possible done to elicit that expression within the last three seconds.
"That's the girl's room."
Kurt looked at the door in front of him. Sure enough there was the standard 'female' stick figure on the plack bolted door before him. A red flush blossomed across his face. Oh.
"Sorry. I guess I'm so used using the ones at McKinley. I didn't even notice."
Now Blaine just looked confused. "But you're a boy. Why…?"
Kurt gave a little mental sigh. Things like this were always so awkward to explain. "I'm gay Blaine." Well that both sounded redundant and went straight over his head, Kurt thought as the still-confused expression on Blaine's face stated to morph into a slightly offended one. He hurried to explain. "In Lima pretty much everyone knows I'm gay. Hell," he snorted, "frankly most of them knew that before I did. Anyway, the boys didn't want me to use the same bathroom as them and over the years it's become increasing dangerous for me to do so. The girl's room is just stalls and sinks anyway so it's not like I can see anything inappropriate, though like I said everyone knows so the girls don't mind because they know I'm not trying to perv on them or anything."
Blaine's gaze filled with understanding and he rested a gentle had on Kurt's arm. He opened his mouth as if to say something only to pause and let out a slightly embarrassed cough. "Well, all I guess I can say is that you don't have to worry about that sort of thing here. So you can once again feel free to use the ones actually designed for our gender."
Kurt let a bemused smile cross his face as Blaine tried to lighten the situation and followed the other boy into the restroom across the way.
Blaine opened the door with a grand gesture (obviously still working on lifting Kurt's mood) "May I present – for your amusement and convenience, the male restroom."
Kurt just stared at it for a moment. "I forgot how awful most male bathrooms are. It's filthy. And it smells."
Blaine surveyed the room in front of him. "That's true. However compared to most it's actually not that bad." His eyebrow lifted in amusement as Kurt's nose crinkled in disgust.
"Maybe I should just stick to being an honorary girl." He'd half turned to leave before Blaine caught his arm and pulled him inside laughing. "Nope. You're going to have to deal with the nastier sides of boy life at some point so you might as well start getting used to it now."
Kurt just pouted before sighing in defeat.