Chapter title : Hurt ( 1st chapter)

Pairings : Artie/Mike ? Well, not really in this chapter , but I want to take it there :)

Artie/Tina and Mike/Tina

Rating : idk...maybe K+ for this chapter and (probably) M for latter ( if I will get there!)...Promises, v promises …

Genre : again, idk... definitely Angst and maybe a bit of Hurt/Comfort and Romance ( for latter on)

Spoilers : maybe the beginning of season 2 ( first episode or so...)

Word count for this chapter : somewhere around 3400

Warnings : Curse word! Hate ! OCCness ! ( you've been warned !)

Disclaimer: Lol...i own nothing but the main idea of this story...blah, blah, blah...never really liked this stuff anyways :(

-O-

Sooo, this is my first fanfic ever ...i know it sound like a cliché ...but I really need to tell it, cause i'm actually kind of insecure about it .

I've been reading fanfics for the last 5 years or so, and I never actually had the guts to actually write something myself. But then I started thinking about this pairing, and searched and searched...but didn't find any fanfics for it ( if someone knows any fanfics for them, please do share them with me! Cause, we all know that sharing is caring...). So I was kinda starving for something and then this idea hit me...and so I decided to write it down.

It actually started as a PWP one-shot, or at least in my mind, but then the words kept coming and I couldn't start. Now I already have 3 chapters down and surely at least 2 more on the way.

But the whole sitting down and writing it takes SO MUCH WORK ! Now I truly admire all the fan-writer out there who wrote stories with over 50 chapters or so...

Anyways, for now I can't write anymore, cause I have exams coming up soon so I should probably start learning for it. I hope i'll manage to write at least the other two...

I don't really wanna sound desperate but I would really enjoy getting review from you, telling me what I did good or wrong, if they liked it, if I should continue it... ( but please no Hate-comments ust for the love of hating... ).

About the pairing...idk, I think I just like the whole love/hate relationship idea ( Kurtofsky is currently my Glee OTP!) so I thought that, maybe, between Artie and Mike could also be something ( I mean, I even read stories for Will/Carl...). I don't know if anyone else liked this idea...i hope you do...

(please just no shipping bashing!).

Also, I already said it it's OOC...i DO NOT HATE TINA! I can't say I like her...actually she's just one of those characters I really don't think so much about. So if you like her i'm really happy for you and I respect it...so please respect my choices too...pleaseeeeeeeee !

As for the plot , really short : it's starts really light, no action whatsoever. But I do intend to take it "down" ( or "up") in the next chapters ( probably the 5th one? If you want me to write it...like I said, I already have the idea taken that far, I just really don't have the time to write it right now).

! ALSO : English is NOT my native language, so please forgive me for the mistakes I made ( I really tried...).

This is not beta'd , so if anyone who knows English better than me wanna try it, be my guest ...just don't steal it !

I'll try to write shorter Author's comment in the future...but for now this couple of things had to be said !

On with the story ! :D

-O-

He shifted his glasses maybe for the tenth time in the last twenty minutes or so and glanced angrily at his wristwatch. 16:36 . "WHERE THE HELL IS HE !" he shouted inwardly and tried to suppress the sudden urge to punch the locker door next to him. This whole situation was starting to get frustrating and, not that he would ever admit it, but, as he stood there and watched the white wall of the locker room across from him, the only thing he wanted to do was crying. He felt the corners of his eyes getting wet so he quickly tried to rub it off, at least to give the impression that he just had something in his eyes and wasn't crying, in case someone saw him.

But that was actually the problem. NOBODY WAS THERE! Except for himself , of course. Finn left him there more then twenty minutes ago, only shouting over his shoulder "Sorry dude! Rach is flipping out if I don't meet her right now. It won't take more than five minutes, I promise...SOOORRYY!". He himself has shouted "It's ok, dude! I get it. Take your time !" after Finn as the taller boy rushed, out of the room. "Yeah..."OK" MY ASS!" he thought bitterly to him self. That boy really seems to have taken his advice, 'cause he still wasn't anywhere to be seen and he was slowly but surely starting to "flip out" himself. He glanced at his watch again. 16:40.

Oh , great ! Just FUCKING GREAT ! Just like everything else in his life seemed to have been for the last couple of weeks. He blinked, trying to get rid of the newly formed tear-drops in the corners of his eyes and tried to focus mindlessly on the dirt stains which were plasters all over the wall of the locker room. It didn't really worked as he hoped it would, 'cause soon enough his mind started to drift away to thoughts he didn't quite wanted to remember.

'Cause, really now, how has it even possible for something, EVERYTHING! to go so wrong so fast ?

First it had been that fucking cold he caught last month. He didn't thought so much about it, 'cause, really , it was just a cold. Nothing out of the usual. But that freaking "nothing" turned to be the worse thing that could have happened to him. 'Cause now he was 100 percent sure that his cold had been the first step to this fucked up shit hole of misfortune he was currently swimming in. Metaphorical speaking, of course.

So, seeing that he was sick and no fun at all, he made it to convince Tina , that the "Asian Camp" , or whatever it was called, would be the best way for her to have some fun, before the summer break was over and the whole "school-hectic" and Glee stuff and God know what else started again. And, to be honest, he had to admit that he could blame this partly on himself too, 'cause the girl really didn't wanted to go. "It's no fun at all, really! All you ever get to do is either babysit a bunch of brats and clean after them or listen to the whole "i'm-pretending-to-give-you-advice-but-actually-i'm-just-rubbing-it-in-your-face-that-i'm-smarter-and-you're-stupid"-speeches the counselor tries to give each and every one he manages to catch . Just boring...and ANNOYING!" she had said, but he just couldn't let it be ( how could he be so stupid!) and continued to insist and insist, with a bunch of "bla-blas" and sweet talk, so that, eventually she gave in and, although not 100 percent sure she wanted , she went on that 3-weeks Camp. Which was for the best. At least that was what he had thought that time.

He didn't really like to admit it, but he was kinda jealous and stuff so knowing Tina in the middle of a bunch of preschoolers while he was stuck in bed was way better than having to think all the time about stuff like where she was? What she was doing ? and most of all, "with whom? ".

They couldn't really keep in touch that much, because of the poor phone signal she had there, in camp, but it still was alright, he guessed. 'Cause he really didn't wanted to hear what some brats and what a stuck-up counselor was up to all day. He could focus on getting some rest and getting well as fast as possible so , when she'll be back again, he could be all healthy again and ready to enjoy the life, how he so liked to put it.

But of course life never works as you plan it to, and his own life seems to have decided to take a 180 degrees turn and mess itself all up.

So , when the school started and he was all prepared for "new adventures" ( especially in the "love"-area ) his life decided to give him a BIG, FAT SLAP and after that make fun of him, over and over again.

That day, right before Glee Club rehearsal , Tina stopped him in the hallway and told him with a small and obviously embarrassed voice, that they should break up. Or "take a break", how she so nicely put it. Just for a while, she had said, think about themselves, their relationship and feelings for each other, maybe see new people and see what will happen.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN ! Yeah, sure! She just wanted to get rid of him - the nerdy "wheels-boy" - so she can hook up with that "all-muscle-and-no-brains-oh-look-i-can-dance-and-have-fucking-spartan-abs-MOTHERFUCKER-football-player" Chang !

And all he had done was look goofy at her and nod like a moron ! He should have screamed and shouted, put up a show, so that everyone else could know her for what she truly where – a fucking lying two-timing...b-b-b-bi-BITCH! - and she can suffer too, just like he currently does.

But he couldn't. He just couldn't say anything, he just kept silent and tried to understand what just happened. And, as she left him, standing stunned in the hallway, all he could do was trying not to cry and make a (bigger! If that was even possible) fool of himself. He had skipped Glee Club that day, and the day after. Not that he was a coward, but really, he just didn't know how he would react if he saw her that early after the "not-so-subtle" break-up and so he didn't wanted to see her just yet. Nobody minded it anyways, since school just started and they weren't doing anything serious in Glee yet.

First time he saw them together was four days latter. It hadn't been in Glee Club but on the football field, where he had been waiting for Finn to give him a ride home.

And that was when she saw her, all smiles and rosy cheeks, crossing the field in something like a dance-run-sort-of-thing and jumping right in the arms of Mike Chang, immediately and desperately locking their lips in a hunger-filled kiss swinging around like they were in some kind of sweet carries-inducing love-story. And all he could do ( AGAIN!) was looking at them dumb folded with his mouth probably wide open, just like the stupid moron he was.

She obviously hadn't seen him there yet, at least that was what he hoped, but as soon as the swing-around-ness ended and they unlocked their lips again, Tina, who now, thanks to their little "love pirouette", was facing him, just froze on spot. And even from the distance he stood to them, he could still see how all the color suddenly left her face, which first turned sickly white and then, just as fast, began to redden itself.

"SHAME ! " he thought then, Yeah, "shame", that was hat he was currently seeing on her face. Shame and embarrassment ! And that was exactly what he wanted to see on her pretty little face, the face that just a couple of day ago could take him to heaven in innocently sweet reveries , or just as easy bring him to hell, in hot, guilty, pleasure-filled wet dreams.

And all he could fell was an ill pleasure from all of it : her face, the redness, the shame and guilt and everything else that went through her at moment. But he didn't let it show it, or at least that was what he was trying to make himself believe. Although he had to admit that he surely had a snare, a cold and hateful snare, plastered on his face, because, in the next second, when Chang turned around too, following her gaze and meeting his eyes, he had surely seen a sudden change on his expression too. Though it did confused him at first, cause what he saw first on the other boy's face was not a mirroring of Tina's expression. No shame or guilt or smugness was there to be seen, but utter confusion ( which had made him look just like the stupid moron he was!).

Everything happened too fast after that, for him to be able to fully comprehend what ACTUALLY did happened. The next thing he saw, was Tina turning on her heels and running in the opposite direction to the place he was sitting and, after a briefly hesitation and a quick glace back to him, Chang also started running in the same direction, following her, he presumed.

And yet again, he was left standing alone, like the useless piece of shit he felt like. She didn't cared about him. She never had, he thought at that moment. And all the formerly felt pleasure of seeing her ashamed face vanished in a blink of an eye, and everything that was left was sorrow and hurt and anger and something else. Namely a sudden urge to take revenge on her. To take revenge for everything! He wanted to make her cry and suffer and feel sorry for all the injustice she had caused him. He wanted to see her pretty little features distorted by sorrow, her eyes filled with hurt and her face with tears. The same way his face was starting to get yet again.

So the next day after that "fateful meeting" on the football field he had a plan. From the moment he first felt the wish to take revenge, his whole mind and even body started to plot intensively, trying to find the best and most effective way to do it. He didn't quite thought it all the way to the end, but he already knew what he had to do next. He was going to join the football team! As crazy as it may sound, he was certain that he could do it. He knew pretty well that he could be stubborn when he really wanted to, but , better yet, he know what he should use to his advantage. Or, better said, WHOM " !

Finn! The ever so kind but way to naive Finn! He never really thought about Finn as being "dumb" or "stupid", but after almost a whole year spend together, he knew pretty well where to look for his weaknesses. And his biggest weakness were certainly his friends ! Even more then the love he had for Rachel Berry, he was sure that Finn cared to much for his close friend to be able to just stand and witness them feeling hurt and crying and not doing anything to help them feel better. Which was something he had really started to treasure a lot for the last couple of month, and which, now, he will try and put to good use ('cause he felt to much of an asshole to use the words "take advantage of it").

So, the first thing he did that morning, after getting to school, was "corner" Finn in the hallway, on their way to classes and trying to "present" his current "situation" and wish as appealing as possible. Although it was telling ( partly!) the truth he had to admit he did felt a bit grateful for the acting skills he knew he possessed . So, after only ten minutes or so ( of intensive argumentation and of course a good amount of teary eyes and hurtful expressions ) he managed to convince Finn to help him.

The other boy didn't really thought that it would be a good idea, because of the wheelchair and stuff, he had said. Which was exactly what Artie had followed the whole time. The only thing he had to do next was looking both offended and hurt in the best way he could manage. And the result came right away. First heated apologies ( which took almost two minutes) and then the much expected promise of help and support.

So, the very same day he became an official member of McKinley's Football Team, got his own sport gear and took part to his first ever football training of his life .

As it turned out, Beiste had been really easy to convince since she had always been for equal chances and all that stuff. And with Finn's quickly made-up strategies, one better than the other, of ways they could benefice from having Artie on the team and Artie's own "wishful eyes", the rest that was left had been a child's play.

So he managed to fulfill the first step of his revenge-plan . Now that he's on the Football Team his popularity will certainly raise soon too. He was already kind-of close friend with some of the most popular jocks from the school ( Finn and Puck). So all he'll have to do next was keep it cool, try to help a bit on the team and start to enjoy his newly found popularity ( which will surely not cease to come very soon...at least that was what he hoped). He was pretty sure, that once he'll gain a "higher place on the popularity Totem of McKinley" ,the hot and "in"-girlfriends will quickly follow after. And by the time that happens, Tina's and Chang's relationship will surely start to fall apart . Since, come on, he was a stupid jock and she was a ( although he had to admit pretty beautiful) kinda antisocial goth! She'll never fit in his life, the drunken parties he was sure the jocks held at least every second week ( he'd seen Puck wasted more than a couple of times from one of those party) and all his popularity, which will only make her jealous. And he'll also never manage to quite fit in her world either, because she, just like Artie and most of the "original Gleeks", was a nerd- she had her books and clothes, her music and the monthly meetings he knew she was attending with a bunch of other goth or whatever kids from Lima and surrounding. He'll never understand that ( not like Artie has!) and he'll certainly soon enough get tired of her, dump her and move on to the next girl ( surely a Cheerio, just like his former Gf had been).

And then she'll come to him again, seeking for help and understanding and maybe even a bit of their old love. But he'll just show her the cold shoulder and maybe even wave in her face his newly found popularity and ( hopefully!) a beautiful girlfriend ( maybe a Cheerio?). Which he will love and treasure like no other boy had ever did. And then she'll finally see what she had lost, what a good and caring boyfriend he could have been to her. And so, the last step of his revenge would be finally taken! She'll pay for every second of hurt and every drop of tear she has caused him.

But that was still some work to do in order to get there. Which he was currently also trying to do. Only if someone hadn't forgotten him in the locker room of the Football Team ! And that someone was Finn !

'Cause , if he really had to be honest with himself, after the first successful step of his plan ( getting on the team!) the things hadn't been that rosy for him so far. He really did started to enjoy the training Beiste put them through ( mainly because he didn't actually did that much sweating !) and although he had to meet Chang on every training session ( and more! On every Glee meeting, which he had started attending again, 'cause he wasn't their fool – he may have taken HIS GIRL and she may have taken HIS HAPPIENES , but they will never, EVER also take the joy the Glee club was giving him!), he never actually talked to each other, not even once , since the "life-changing" meeting on the football field from last week. He did noticed that the other boy was trying to start a conversation ( he even tried to corner him outside the Glee Club once, but luckily he managed to escape!) but he never managed to do so. And , to be hones, he didn't really knew what he would tell him, cause everything he felt toward the boy right now was hate.

But he was save for now! At Glee he was with the others ( and , surprisingly, even noticed that the "newly formed couple" didn't really interacted that much there...although Tina did try to sit next to Chang a few time. It didn't worked. HAAA !) and at football training he was always with Finn , who helped him with putting on and taking off hist sport gear ( he never thought that it would be that heavy and complicated to handle it !. ) and also giving him a ride home afterward ( he usually went with Kurt or Mercedes, but for now Finn seemed to be a better choice!).

Or so he SEEMED ! Cause now, after he has already waited , for what! His watch was currently showing 16:55! Oh, FUCK ! FUCK THIS ! He had already waited almost an hour for Finn, still in his football gear and that boy didn't gave any signs of coming back ! Maybe he really did forget about him . Like anybody else has! Ok, ok, he really didn't wanted to go that far and be a drama-queen, but somehow he couldn't quite stop the newly formed tears from rolling down his cheeks. And for a moment he let them be. Let them roll freely , slowly tracing a wet line all the way down to the corners of his lips and he even felt one stranded on the tip of his nose. Who give a fuck about them anyways? Is not like anyone else was there with him, so why keep forcing himself to keep a straight face? For who? He knew it hurt and even if he wouldn't admit it openly and and kept trying to convince himself that his plan was working...it still hurt like hell. So he decided to let this one time slip, cry for a bit and then maybe call his parents or Kurt or Mercedes and get the hell out of there.

But , like newly always , his life just had to give him another slap right across his tears-stained face. Just this once he felt like crying and just this once seemed to be the right time and the right place for "the dreaded " to happen.

"Hey..."

One simple word, one fucking syllable , so small and common. He had heard it thousands of time before but never, ever had a simple word like that make him feel the way he felt in that moment. The small greeting, the raw sound of it clashed against the white walls of the locker room and somehow on the walls of his mind and his heart. Never before has a such simple word made him feel so many things at once : horrified , scared , angry, hurt. He wanted to vanish , right there, on that spot and in that very moment, he wanted to simply disappear in thin air, to become one with the wall he had previously starred at. But life doesn't really work that way, doesn't really give you what you want. So he didn't disappeared, and didn't turned into a wall, but instead , without actually controlling himself, he turned his head and starred into a pair of brown eyes. A pair of Chinese brown eyes. The eyes of the one and only Mike Chang.

END OF CHAPTER 0NE

-O-

The "real stuff" begins in the nest 2 chapters !