That's until Finn suddenly turned serious.
"Puck," he started hesitantly, "Why don't you ever stick up for Kurt? He is your brother you know."
Noah's face fell and he looked down at his plate with food as if it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"I don't have a brother."
" He's been living at your place for almost all his life,Puck. Face it, he practically is like a brother to you."
" No he's not. I don't see him like a brother. I see you like a brother, not him."
Finn sighed and shook his head, "Whatever you say. I still don't get why you don't like him. Alright he's not one of the popular kids like we are, but he seems pretty ok with me."
Puck snorted, " You have no idea what he's like at home. He drives me and my parents crazy with his sense of fashion and designer's stuff. He once wanted to redecorate our entire house. My parents luckily talked it out of him and told him he could redecorate his room but that was all. He even asked me if he could redecorate mine too."
"What did you answer?"
" Hell no! I'm not stupid, you know? You should see his room... It's just like some Greek God lives there or something."
" Ok, so maybe he's a little weird... But you could at least try and be nice to him."
" You wouldn't say that if I told you something else about him."
"Told me what?"
" If I told you that he's gay."
Finn blinked rapidly, "What?"
" .Gay."
" How do you know? Has he told you that?"
" He doesn't have to, I just know it."
"Ok... I still don't see the problem, but... Let's change the subject. I heard you and Santana had another wild night."
" Yeah, we sure had."
And just like that, the subject had changed, right before Noah could tell Finn Kurt had feelings for him.
Maybe just for the best, 'cause telling Finn would only cause him more trouble.
As much as Noah disliked Kurt, he didn't want to hurt him. Not like that...
The boy had gone through enough personal trauma already with his parents getting killed in that car accident when he was still a little boy.
He could surely miss someone spoiling his biggest secret to his secret crush...
Noah saw it happening the next day after school.
He saw Karofsky and Azimio throwing Kurt into the dumpster.
He didn't know why but he suddenly felt his fingers curl and his hands clench into fists at his side.
As he saw Karofsky and Azimio high five each other, laughing hard when they walked away, he just wanted to run after them and punch them.
He heard rumbling inside the dumpster and suddenly saw Kurt's head coming up just above the edge.
Their eyes locked when Kurt turned his head to Noah and Noah flinched inside when he thought he saw a tear roll down Kurt's cheek.
He should go up there... He should go up there and help him.
Instead, Noah did what he always did... He turned his head and walked away.