Welcome back for chapter 2! I'm not sure what my updating schedule will really be like – usually at the beginning of fics I'm writing-happy and update very quickly; then once I get more into the flow of the fic, it slows a bit. Plus, there's school to deal with, and I'm also working on a collab fic with a friend, so I'll try to keep my updates fairly regular; i.e. I'll shoot for every week. I will really, really try my hardest.
I don't own any of the people in this fanfiction.
You've Been Struck
Chapter 2
12:19 PM
"This is it," Blaine said, opening the door and picking up the two bags of Kurt's that he'd been carrying. He walked through the doorway and into the dorm room. "Your side is over here," he said, dropping the bags on the freshly-made bed and turning around.
Kurt was standing in the doorway looking around at the room in a state of awe usually inspired only by fashion magazines.
"You like it?" Blaine asked a little nervously. He nudged a textbook, which had taken up residence on the floor, with his foot so it was behind the couch and out of Kurt's sight.
"It's…" Kurt whispered, looking around, "amazing!" He dropped the bags he was carrying and stepped forward. "The-the walls! They offset the shade of the carpet perfectly, matching that dark red with the grey was a great idea, absolutely genius." He crossed the room swiftly to the leather couch. "And this…this is perfect! It goes with the walls but it doesn't quite match, that's perfect, not many people would…" His attention was stolen by the lamps next to the beds. "And that! The lampshade, it's-"
"Kurt?" Blaine interrupted tentatively, a smile playing on his lips as he watched Kurt rambling on.
Kurt turned, blood rushing to his cheeks. "Sorry," he said quickly. "I just get excited about interior design sometimes, and I mean, have you seen this place?"
"Yeah, I've seen it," Blaine replied, amused.
"Right, don't you have to get to lunch?" Kurt asked.
"Yes, and so do you," Blaine responded calmly.
An image flashed before his mind of Sebastian sitting at the table impatiently, the other Warblers talking around him but Sebastian just sitting there looking royally pissed.
Kurt brought his bags into the room and let the door close. He put all of the bags on his bed. "Well," he said, rubbing his hands together. "I suppose we should get to lunch and then to classes?"
"Yeah," Blaine said, just as his cell phone buzzed in his pocket. He pulled it out, saw the text from Sebastian (You have 39 minutes to eat, I suggest bringing the newbie down here pronto.) "Sorry," Blaine said distractedly, composing a response. (I'm coming, Mr. Impatient. Give me a few minutes.)
"Who is it?" Kurt asked, and then wanted to bang his head against a wall. You don't just ask a random person that!
"My boyfriend," Blaine replied offhandedly.
Kurt nodded, pretending to be all nonchalant as he looked through his bookbag for his own phone because Blaine texting had reminded him that he'd promised Rachel pictures of the room.
But really Kurt was freaking out. So Blaine was gay. Blaine. Was. Gay. And he seemed so…normal and at home and perfectly happy here! That was a good sign, it was a great sign! Dalton really must be a good place. Kurt certainly hoped so, he was spending his dad and Carol's honeymoon money on this place.
"What about you?" Blaine asked. "Boyfriend?" He paused and then added, "Girlfriend?"
"Boyfriend, and no," Kurt responded, taking out his phone and snapping a few pictures.
"Oh. Cool." Blaine started toward the door. "You ready to go?"
"Yeah," Kurt said, pressing send and pocketing the phone.
12:35 PM
"Thirty-five minutes late," Sebastian said airily as Blaine and Kurt sat down, Blaine next to him and Kurt in the seat beside Blaine. Kurt looked around at everyone self-consciously. They'd all turned to stare at him.
"I know, sweetie," Blaine said, taking Sebastian's hand and holding it on top of the table (which Kurt really didn't think was necessary). "Everyone, this is Kurt. Kurt, this is everyone." Blaine motioned around the table with a sweeping arm.
Kurt waved a little, awkwardly, and then 'everyone' introduced themselves. Nick, Jeff, Wes, David, Thad, Trent, Sebastian, and Blaine. They all seemed nice enough, but Kurt felt out of place once introductions were over and everyone started talking about something that had happened at Warbler practice the week before.
"Do you sing?" Sebastian asked Kurt, and Kurt got the general impression that Sebastian thought he probably didn't sing at all.
"Yes," Kurt said, raising his chin. "I do, I sing very well."
Sebastian raised an eyebrow.
"You do?" Blaine asked, looking delighted. "You can be in Warblers!"
"Blaine…" Sebastian said in a 'calm down, it's not that exciting' voice.
"He'll have to try out of course," Blaine said, looking to Sebastian and then back to Kurt. "But it would be great! I bet you have an awesome voice!"
"Blaine," Sebastian said, standing up and tugging Blaine with him. "We need to talk."
12:39 PM
"What do you think you are doing, Blaine?" Sebastian asked angrily once he and Blaine were in the deserted hallway outside the cafeteria.
"Nothing! I'm just being nice to him, something not all of us are capable of." He cut Sebastian a look.
"I'm a little…concerned," Sebastian admitted, "about the proximity of you two."
"What do you mean, Sebastian?" Blaine asked, crossing his arms and tilting his head. "You think I'd cheat on you?"
"He is your roommate, he's obviously gay, and how am I supposed to know what you two were doing up there in your room? For all I know you could've-"
"Sebastian." Blaine put his hands on Sebastian's shoulders and looked into his eyes intently. "I would never cheat on you. Get that idea out of your head right now."
"I can't," Sebastian said, pulling away. "Unless you suggest a room change." His mouth slipped into its usual smirk. "With me?"
"No." Blaine sighed and turned back toward the cafeteria. "I'm not rooming with you, Seb."
"Come on!" Sebastian pleaded. "I don't see why you won't-"
"I've told you." Blaine turned suddenly and leaned up to peck Sebastian on the cheek. "You'd be a distraction."
Sebastian pouted. "I wouldn't," he said in a whiny tone.
"You have nothing to worry about with Kurt," Blaine said with finality. "We may become friends. He seems…" He searched for a good word to describe Kurt. Interesting, friendly, funny, exciting, individual, unusual… "I don't know, he seems-"
"Flamboyant?" Sebastian offered, making a face.
Blaine gave him a condescending look. "That is not what I was going to say, Sebastian."
"Sorry, he does!"
"I've never met such a homophobic gay," Blaine said, shaking his head as he went back into the cafeteria.
12:39 PM
Kurt sat with his legs crossed and his hands on his knee. He wasn't really hungry; his stomach still felt a little too nervous to eat. He had yet to meet all of his teachers, and it was just hitting him that his dad had left him here – alone.
Well, not alone, there were people all around, but he only knew a handful of them by name. He knew next to nothing else about any of them.
"So Kurt," Thad said, leaning forward. "Are you going to audition for Warblers? We have a strict practice schedule and the auditions are tough, but-"
"If you're any good you'll make it," Trent interrupted.
Kurt nodded and smiled. "Well, I like to think I'm pretty good…"
"Have you ever been in show choir before?" Jeff asked.
"Yes, I'm-I was in my old school's glee club."
"Then you should be fine, unless it was a no-auditions Glee club," Thad said, with a bit of scorn added in at the end.
"We auditioned," Kurt said quickly. And we all got in but that needs no mentioning.
"Good!" Trent exclaimed. "A new member!" He leaned closer. "But don't expect to get any solos, not with Sebastian and Blaine around."
"Why?" Kurt asked.
"Because, they are…the 'power couple' and no one splits them up and no one else gets a solo. So any duets go to them and any solos they battle it out for."
"How is that fair?" Kurt asked, eyebrows knit; he was reminded of Finn and Rachel.
"Trent exaggerates," Thad said calmly. "You can try out for a solo or a duet. You just probably won't make it. They're our two best singers."
"In that case I will definitely have to try. I'll consider it a personal challenge."
