It wasn't too long after Rogue and Kitty's conversation that Kitty had started to head over to Kurt's room. She was very nervous to confront Kurt after the two of them had the tense moment earlier in the day. Things hadn't been that awkward since her first few days at the institute when she was actually afraid of Kurt. Looking back she couldn't believe that ever took place and she felt utterly ridiculous. Afraid of her fuzzy elf? Really? She laughed but was also saddened by the situation way back then. How hurt she must have made him feel. And now what, she was doing it again? She didn't know what exactly she was going to say to Kurt, she just wanted to make it right.

Once she got to Kurt's door she gave a light knock as to not disturb him in case he were sleeping. To her relief he was awake and was answered with a, "Ja? Who is there?"

Kitty responded, "Hey Kurt, it's me..."

"Kitty?" His eyes lit up and he sat up in his bed. No matter what happened between the two, he would always be elated when he saw her. "Come on in." Kitty entered the room by phasing through the door. Opening it always seemed to be too much of a hassle.

She nervously fiddled with her hands behind her back as she looked down at the floor, "Hey, I... wanted to talk to you about what happened earlier... if that's ok?"

Her uneasiness to talk to him really pained Kurt. How could she be so afraid to talk to him? Didn't she know he wasn't going to get angry with her? No matter how hurt she may make him, he believed he could never actually get mad at her. "Kitty, it's ok. Please don't be so nervous. You know you can talk to me about anything." Kurt scooted over on his bed, "Here, sit down if you want to. Let's talk."

There he went again. He always knew just the words to say to make Kitty blush and feel all warm inside. He did make her feel more comfortable and she managed to take her gaze off of the floor and joined him sitting down on his bed. "I'm sorry about what happened earlier. I figured I'd come here and try to explain things a little better, and maybe get some of this figured out."

Kurt was still very confused, but as a loyal friend, he stayed and listened. "Then, let's talk about it." The two were still avoiding each others gaze, but at least they were talking.

"Well, you know how we're such good friends, right? Well, I've noticed lately that things have been changing. We're spending so much time together, it just feels like... I don't know..."

Kurt responded to Kitty's incomplete thought, "Well, ok, tell me this. Does the time that we spend together feel wrong? You keep bringing that up, but I still don't understand what you are trying to say."

Kitty awkwardly answered, "No, it doesn't feel wrong at all. It feels, well... 'right'. When we're together, I feel the happiest I've been in a long time."

Kurt was pretty perplexed, but continued to try to understand. "That's what I don't understand. You enjoy it, but you are saying it's a problem?"

Kitty then realized that she needed to stop dancing around what she was trying to say. All she was doing at the moment was confusing and frustrating her friend which he certainly didn't deserve. She was pretty amazed he was being as caring and friendly as he was, if he were anyone else she wouldn't have been given the time of day. "Kurt... I'm just going to say it, ok?" Kurt braced himself for whatever Kitty was about to tell him. "I think I'm starting to have feelings for you. Not the normal 'friendly' feelings, but the deeper, you know... boyfriend/girlfriend kind of feelings."

Kurt was shocked. He knew that all along she wanted to stay separate because of "that" boundary she kept referring to, but he thought it's because she didn't want to get that close to him, not that she was actually having those feelings. He wasn't quite sure what to say. "Kitty, I had no idea." He paused for a moment just trying to find what words he wanted to say. He was very fluent in English, but in awkward situations sometimes he had trouble digging words out of his jumbled English vocabulary. "Can I ask you something?" Kitty nodded. "You keep acting like this is a bad thing... why?"

Kitty was back to feeling incredibly awkward. She never in a million years thought she would be having this conversation with Kurt. "Kurt... it's not that I think it's bad. It's just, all new to me, you know? I just don't know what to think. I thought by spending some time away from each other, I'd be able to figure things out, you know?"

Kurt asked, "What's to figure out? Kitty, look... I wasn't going to say anything, but you're not the only one that has been having these feelings."

Kitty, too, was pretty dumbfounded, "Really? You have?" Kurt nodded his head.

"You want my honest opinion?"

"Umm, ok." Kitty wasn't quite sure what he was going to say.

"You're afraid. I mean, we're such good friends and that would be a huge step for us. I'm kind of scared too. But really, think about what we have. Isn't it only natural that it continues to grow? If it wants to, shouldn't we let it?" Kurt gently placed his blue, three fingered hand on her delicate shoulder. This seemed to ease her a little.

"I don't know... maybe."

Kurt was trying to think of a temporary solution as he could see Kitty was pretty much at a dead end for the time being. "Alright, how about this. Let's try to forget about what just happened, ok? Why don't we rent that movie like we were going to do, and spend the rest of the day together. Maybe tonight we can talk about this more?"

Kitty was relieved that the conversation seemed to be at an end, she was really at a loss of what to say next. She decided to take him up on his offer, "Sure, that sounds good. You sure it won't be too awkward?"

"Whatever happens, we'll deal with it. Let's just try to just hang out like ol' times, and we'll see where it goes? Who knows, maybe we'll figure something out." Kurt looked into her beautiful blue eyes and smiled.

Kitty returned the smile. Though still very nervous, if there was ever anyone she trusted with all of her heart it was Kurt. She wasn't sure what was going to happen later that day, but if she didn't try, she knew their friendship would most likely be over. "Alright, let's do this."


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