"Blaine! Do I look like freakin' Goldilocks?" Kurt exclaimed as he threw one of his shoes at the boy in question.
"Hey!" Blaine blocked the shoe easily as he turned around confused. "No, why would you ask that?"
"If I'm not freaking' Goldilocks than what gave you the idea I would want to be left alone with three freakin' bears? Elite bears! Who makes bears elite?" Blaine looked at him sheepishly for a moment before turning back to the computer mumbling something. "Say that again."
"I saw a flower."
"I am going to kill you and make you pay for my stupid repair bill. Also you now owe me those shiny new blue healing pants for that. They'll go great with my outfit."
"You didn't die, so shush. And seriously? They'll go with your outfit? It's not an outfit, it's a gear set."
"Whatever. And I didn't die because I'm a freakin' paladin."
"Now you just sound like Gana."
It had been 3 weeks since the night Blaine had helped Kurt make his new account. Blaine had made a druid to off set Kurt's paladin, per Gana's request and was pleasantly surprised how well Kurt took to the game albeit sometimes, okay most times complained about the 'outfit' that he was forced to wear. They had taken to doing their homework together in Blaine's room most nights than finishing off the evening with some WoW. But tonight they had decided to give it a break and go out for dinner.
"Were you in vent when Whisper's bird tried to sing along to 'Single Ladies' with you?" Blaine asked as he piled a small amount of pasta onto a piece of bread. He loved Whisper with her menagerie of pets, she was defiantly the mother figure for everyone in the guild, especially the younger members like him, Kurt, Gana and Marne but some times things on her end of the game were just plan weird. "You should have been there last summer when Gana, Marne and I went to visit her. Whisper almost killed me when I taught Zephyr how to sing a ten minute Lady Gaga medley."
"Blaine, you know we're probably turning into Gana and Marne. Gana was telling me how they got in trouble with their professor the other day in class for talking about the guild, something about dying on blue mist in ICC. We're out to eat talking about the guild, Blaine," Kurt stated teasingly. He in no way minded talking about it away from the game but some times it was just how peculiar that in only three weeks he had become part of the 'family' so fast.
"We're no where near that bad. Those two have known each other for ten years. Went through high school and college together I believe."
"Great, we're the beginning of a new Garne."
"At least we're not the next Geath. Gana and Deathscythe are officially dating now, by the way. That 'courtship' was a bat shit fiasco if you ask me. Anytime something almost happened I'd get a text from her 'Demon-baby, why do all the good ones have to be dumb or gay?' or 'Demon-baby, I'm going to kill him." Blaine blushed and quickly shoved a piece of bread in his mouth as he realized he had now paralleled Kurt and him to the most recent couple in the guild.
"Yes, that sounds like her and may I say: took them long enough," Kurt exclaimed, chuckling softly not even noticing Blaine's discomfort. "It didn't help that Death is as oblivious as they come. Last week I blatantly hinted at the fact that she was in love with him and he got mad asking me who the new guy or girl was. I swear those two had people from coast to coast helping them finally fall into bed together and it still took them, how long?"
"They met their junior year of college, I believe. He joined right after they graduated so we've only been witness to it for the past two years but Marne has had to deal with it for four."
"Oh Gaga. I feel so bad for Marne now. Their tentative flirting was almost painful to read, let alone watch." A small smile graced Blaine's lips as he looked at Kurt. Yeah, it was kind of dorky for him to find it great that he had another living breathing person to play with, and it wasn't bad that it gave them more time to hang out. But most of all Blaine was glad that he had another person that understood his devotion to his guild.
When his own family failed to understand him as he came out of the closet the guild never failed at that. Whisper had sent him a teddy bear and a note saying 'You could be a freakin' purple people eater and we'd still love you.' Both her and her husband signed it.
Gana had sent him videos for three weeks, each day of her Marne and Death telling him how much they loved him just as he was and showed him that it gets better. She even paid for him to spend the summer up with her so he could meet other GLBTQ youths in a more welcoming environment. He looked at Kurt wondering if he ever told him why Gana and Marne meant so much to him. He was only 15 when we went to Boston while they were both 21 but it still felt like they were equals, except when alcohol or any kind of dangerous situation was any where near them. Than they became like two older sisters protecting their baby brother. That's where the nickname Demon-baby came from.
"Seriously, Marne was this close to locking them in a room with a bowl of condoms and a wormhole that only ate clothes. She said she'd spend even do the math herself to create that wormhole." Kurt blushed slightly and ducked his head behind his class of sprite as he thought of how Gana and Marne both agreed that they would do the same to Blaine and him soon if nothing advanced.
Blaine sat up quickly having been taking out of his musings by Kurt's voice. The guild meant so much to him and now Kurt, the guy he had been pining over for months was a part of it. He was now welcome into the family and it was weird but lately he had felt even more of a push to be with the fair skinned boy. Blaine figured that it was honestly because Kurt now had the guilds approval, and in some cases, Gana, Marne, very loud approvals. It was like bringing him home to meet the family.
"I'm happy you've taken to the guild so well," Blaine blurted out before thinking.
"I'm just that fabulous," Kurt stated smirking. A warm smile settled on Blaine's lips as the check was delivered. Before Kurt could respond he slipped the waitress his credit card without even looking at the bill. "Not cool!"
"I asked for us to come out so it's my treat." Blaine sat up straighter and smirked. A warm glow seeped into Kurt's chest as Blaine grabbed his hand but it slowly ebbed, only slightly, when Blaine pinned his hand down gently and swiped the last of the bread from Kurt's plate.
"I'm so telling Whisper!" They both stared at each other a moment before bursting into laughter.
"So did you two kiss?" Gana chimed in the moment Kurt logged into Vent.
"Cheesus woman!" Kurt exclaimed as he readjusted his headphones and mic, not even having them fully on by the time she asked.
"Gana, down," Marne interceded.
"Thank yo-"
"So did you?"
"Marne!"
"Both of you two, settle. Give the boy a chance to breath," Whisper chimed in causing Kurt to relax just in time for Blaine to pop into vent.
"Hey Demon-baby," Gana greeted in a sickly sweet tone.
"No, just no," Blaine replied almost instantly.
"You are such a brat. But no seriously Marne and I want you to drop channel for a moment. We have to discuss tomorrows raid, since I won't be there. Stupid professor making us attend a freakin' gallery opening, where we're being put to work!" Without another word all three dropped leaving the channel quiet. Kurt shook his head as he banged on the wall next to his bed, the same wall that Blaine's bed was next to. For a few minutes they went back and forth banging out different 'messages' to each other for fun as Kurt leveled; occasionally whispering to each other in game, Blaine mostly commenting on the craziness of 'Garne' and Kurt laughing. A one point Kurt got him self stuck in a cave of elites and needed Blaine's level 85 priest to come save him. Kurt stated that was kind of embarrassing no matter the level for a freakin' priest coming to the rescue of a Paladin.
He was no where near cap but with the help of the guild and mostly Blaine, in only three weeks he now had a level 47 human paladin and a level 15 worgen hunter. Because who didn't want to be a werewolf over a goblin?
"Ding 48," Kurt stated chiming into vent. A round of congrats were sent his way as he stretched and decided that was enough wow for tonight. "If Gana spazzes again and doesn't see my whisper tell her good luck tomorrow on not killing anyone at the gallery opening and I'll talk to you guys tomorrow." He banged once more on the wall before logging off and setting his laptop on the nightstand. The rest of the night was spent practicing different songs and envisioning Blaine there to sing to. But unbeknownst to Kurt, Blaine was on the other side of the wall listening and occasionally chiming into vent to have Gana and Marne listen.
"Demon-baby, I hope you know that's the boy for you," Gana stated in a soft voice that was slightly off coming from her.
"Trust me I know."
"You just have to have courage that he knows it too."