Chapter 3: December 2011.

Kurt.

When Kurt woke up the next morning, the first thing he felt was relief for succeeding in getting some sleep. He had spent the first two hours after Puck left tossing and turning in his bed, unable to get a glimpse of sleep. The events that had occurred on the front porch had been there in his head, playing on and on not leaving Kurt any rest. He did not even know what had happened, he felt like he had been a stranger witnessing the disaster without being able to do anything to stop it. Except for the fact that he was one of the lead actors in said disaster.

Before that night, Kurt had barely ever talked with Puck, they were not what you can call friends, they were two people sharing the same friends and tolerating each other's existence. Now though, everything was different and would ever be.

The more he thought about it, the more Kurt had the certainty that he was not to blame. Puck had been the one to offer to walk him home, and Kurt had agreed because it could have been dangerous to walk home alone at two in the morning. Then they had sat and talked innocently about Kurt and his dramatic lack of affection, this part, Kurt would love to forget about it because he had totally made a fool of himself. Finally, Puck had been the one asking for a hug, Kurt had had no intention to get closer to Puck that night, it never even crossed his mind, but Puck had asked for it so Kurt had hugged him. And it was Puck who had kissed him. Puck who had initiated every single action they had done, he had even started to show Kurt he wanted to go farther, but Kurt had stopped him and Puck had not tried again, thankfully.

Yeah, Puck could not blame Kurt for anything because he had been the one making the first move on Kurt, not that Kurt had minded, of course. Finally, Kurt had been drunk at the moment and he was gay while Puck was sober and straight, he had total control on his acts.

Yes, it was all Puck's fault and Kurt could not be blamed in the slightest.

That thought in mind, Kurt got out of bed and put on his robe. He picked his phone from his nightstand and hated the hope he felt when he lit up the screen to check if he hadn't received any text from Puck.

Why would he receive a text from Puck anyway ? That was completely ludicrous. Kurt shook his head and climbed the stairs to go have some breakfast.

"Hi honey, how was the party ?" Carole asked as he entered the kitchen.

"It was fine." Kurt answered cautiously, helping himself with a bowl of cereal.

"How did you come home ? You came back long before Finn did and didn't have your car." Carole asked, and Kurt started feeling tensed. "Don't tell me you walked back home ?"

"I had a … a friend to walk me home don't worry." Kurt answered, engulfing a spoonful of cereal to occupy his mouth before any other question.

"A friend, huh ?" She asked, a mischievous grin on her lips as she sat on the chair next to his, and Kurt knew she knew something.

"Yeah, a friend and then... they went back home." Kurt said awkwardly.

"They ? I heard you, you know. So, tell me, who was that boy ?" She asked, her tone of voice was normal but to Kurt it appeared like she had just shouted the words for all the house to hear it.

"Shhhh !" He told her, flushed.

"Don't worry, nobody's here." She told him with a gentle smile. "Now tell me more about that guy." Kurt swallowed hard, knowing that he could not skip the conversation.

"I don't understand why you're making such a fuss about it, it was just a friend walking me back home you know." Kurt tried, knowing very well that Carole wasn't dumb.

"Then there's no reason for you not to tell me who that "friend" was." She answered, and, damn, she was good.

"I... can't tell you, you know him." Kurt admitted, looking down at his bowl.

"Honey, you know you can trust me, no one will hear about it, I don't even really know what happened." She said, and it was a big relief for Kurt who sighed.

"It was... it was Puck." Kurt said lowly, hoping she didn't hear him. Unfortunately, she opened wide eyes.

"Puck as in Noah Puckerman ?" She asked, shocked. Kurt nodded. "That's unexpected." She stated calmly once the surprise had passed.

"What's unexpected ? You don't even know what happened." Kurt asked suspiciously.

"Honey, the way you blushed and refused to tell me his name tells much more than you think. Now you should tell me what exactly happened before I start imagining the scene myself." While Kurt admired her sneakiness, he wondered how such a clever woman could engender a guy like Finn.

"I guess I don't have the choice." Kurt stated.

"Of course you don't honey, anyway, I bet you're dying to tell someone, it might as well be me." She had a point, Kurt could not tell anyone of course, and she already knew the most important part of it after all.

"Alright but you must not tell anyone, I know you know his mother but please don't tell her or I'd be dead." Kurt asked Carole who nodded obediently. "So, yesterday night, Puck had brought his cousin Julian to the party, he was a pretty nice guy and everyone got along with him, that is until he kinda lost it and started to tell a bunch of weird stuff."

"Yes, I know him, poor kid he does not have an easy life." Carole said, looking truly sorry for him.

"That's what I thought as well, but apparently everyone did not think that way and Puck had to walk him back home so I offered to go with them, you know, in case things got out of hand since Julian was pretty much drunk."

"That's very nice of you Kurt."

"I was only thinking that I wish there was someone to help me in this situation so it was only natural for me to help. So we took Julian back home and then Puck offered to walk me back home since it was quite late."

"Wait, I didn't mean to eavesdrop but I heard Puck apologize for Julian's behavior towards you, did he do something to you ?" Carole asked worried.

"Do something ? Oh no, not at all. Julian's gay and he apparently thought that I was sort of attractive and he tried to hit on me on the way back to Puck's place that's all. Since he was drunk he was quite annoying but it was okay and Puck told him to leave me alone several times." Kurt explained, red all over his cheeks. "So, then, Puck took me home and we sat on the porch to talk for a while. It was actually pretty nice, I had never really talked with Puck in the past and he was a lot nicer than I thought he was. Finally I told him I had to go home and he asked me for a hug since I had hugged Julian several times to stop him from crying. I thought he was just being, you know, his usual teasing self so I hugged him, that's when he … that's when he kissed me." Kurt finished, looking at the ground now. "The thing is, I was drunk and I was sad because of Blaine so I kissed him back. I know I should never have but I couldn't control myself and I-"

"Sweetie, calm down." Carole told him as Kurt started hyperventilating. "It's nothing to be panicked about."

"It's Puck, Carole ! Puck as in McKinley's badass who's straight as an arrow and I kissed him ! Me, the resident queer and-"

"Kurt, you calm down now, first of all, it wasn't you kissing him, it was the other way around which makes a huge difference. Secondly, you were drunk, he knew it and he was not. And finally, come on Kurt, it was Puck, even I, his best friend's mother, find him attractive, it's only normal for a teenager like you to react like you did." She said, placing a comforting hand above his.

"I know you're right but I can't stop thinking of what will happen on Monday when we'll see each other at school, I'm sure he'll hate me and beat me up and-"

"There's no school on Monday sweetie, it's Christmas break." She reminded him, and Kurt buried his face in his hands.

"It's even worse, I'll spend the whole holiday dreading our next encounter." Kurt stated, completely devastated.

Puck

"Hey Noah, how about going to the mall this afternoon ?" Julian asked him as he entered the kitchen. Puck wasn't fully rested. In fact he wasn't rested at all, he had spent the night thinking about Hummel and what he had done. The situation was really awkward, they had known each other almost forever and after talking for two or three hours they ended up making out like mad for half an hour in front of the dude's house. That was really weird.

"Going to the mall on a Saturday during Christmas break ? That's pure suicide dude, no way." Puck answered his cousin, taking the cup of coffee he was handing him.

"You went back home very late yesterday after I got home, what happened ?" Julian asked curiously.

"Told ya, I walked Hummel back home, it was too dangerous for him to walk home by himself. Besides, I had to apologize for your behavior." He added, glaring at his cousin.

"What behavior ?" Asked Puck's mom as she entered the kitchen.

"Oh just Julian being a pain in the ass with someone who's trying to help him." Puck informed her.

"Have you two been fighting ?" She asked, looking between the two of them worried.

"Wasn't talking about me. You see Kurt Hummel ?" He asked, and it felt really weird to pronounce his name in front of his mom after the way the previous night ended.

"Carole's step son ? Yes, I know who he is, charming boy, I got to meet him at her and Burt's wedding." She answered.

"Well yesterday night, he offered to walk home with us since Julian was too freaking drunk to stay at the party. And while Kurt was being nice, Julian spent the whole way back home hitting on him with serious lame shit." Puck explained.

"It wasn't lame !" Julian defended.

"Oh please ! 'give me a hug Kurt', 'give me your hand Kurt', 'give me your number Kuuurt'" Puck said imitating his cousin's voice and tone of voice.

"I'm pretty sure he felt flattered by all that ! I'm even sure he's never had a boyfriend or met another gay guy before here in Lima !" Julian stated, making Puck quirk his eyebrows.

"First of all, knowing him, I'm sure he felt anything but flattered, and second of all he's already had a boyfriend, even a creepy stalker and he's not a virgin anymore. Something else you think you know about him ?" Puck asked, proud of his statement, he didn't like the way Julian talked about Kurt, it sounded like he thought he was superior to Kurt and it pissed Puck off.

"Wow, looks like someone learned his biography by heart Mr 'I like beautiful eyes'." Julian snapped at him.

"I've known him forever, 'course I know some shit about him." Puck retorted, getting more and more pissed by this conversation.

"Great, I assume it includes his phone number you will gracefully give me." Julian stated with a smirk.

"I could give it to you but it's not gonna happen." Puck answered honestly. He knew he had Kurt's number in his cell phone, of course he had it, he had even spent the night considering texting him. He had no idea what to tell him though, since he had no idea what to think about what had happened between them.

"Why ?" Julian asked, outraged.

"Because Hummel just got dumped and he should not start dating now, even more some guy he doesn't know and who doesn't live in town." Puck said, he was not lying entirely, the part where Kurt just got dumped was true. Okay it was not the reason why Puck did not want to give Julian his number, but no one needed to know about that. Even Puck himself didn't exactly know why he didn't want to give Julian Kurt's number. After all, it's not like he was planning on dating the dude, he wasn't even gay. He was just looking out for Kurt's best interest. Yeah, that's what it was all about, just looking out for Kurt by not letting him fall for the first guy that offers to make him forget about Blaine. In this case, the guy was his cousin, but still, Kurt was his boy, he needed to look out for him.

"Oh come on ! I don't exactly remember what he looks like but I do remember that he was totally hot ! And he seemed to like me. Please Noah give me his number !" Julian whined in about the same way he had the night before for Kurt to give him a hug. Puck did not welcome his words in the slightest. Saying Kurt was hot was a freaking insult to the boy ! Kurt was way more than that. Sure he was hot, with his tight jeans around his thin, long legs and his jacket that closed on his hips making Puck want to hold him tightly and never release him. Puck shook his head, he was getting lost in his thoughts. So, yeah, Kurt was hot, but he was also very, very pretty with his big blue-gray eyes watching you with laughter or surprise in them. With his pale skin that made him look so vulnerable in the night. And, while most girls were only attractive physically or mentally, Kurt was both, he was so freaking clever and funny and nice and... Puck was at loss of words to describe how awesome Kurt was and it was kinda creepy. Twenty four hours before he would have never thought about Kurt as more than his gay glee-mate. Yeah because he did not consider Blaine as his gay glee mate, he considered him as his glee mate who had dumped Kurt like a piece of shit for some shitty preppy dude.

However, Puck did not have the heart to tell Julian that Kurt did not like him at all, it would hurt him and, as much as Puck did not like the way he was talking about Kurt, he did not want to hurt his cousin.

"Sorry dude, he doesn't need that know." Puck said, taking the last sip from his cup of coffee.

"That's really nice Noah. I didn't know you and Kurt were friends." His mom told him with a surprised smile.

"Sure they're friends, Puck even fell in love with Kurt's eyes." Julian said, glaring at Puck.

"C'mon dude, don't be mad at me, I'd do the same if you were in his shoes."

"It's okay. I'm pretty sure Thomas will take me back soon and he's worth ten Kurts." Julian said, clapping Puck's shoulder. Puck did not believe him about the whole "ten Kurts worthy" thing but he let it pass.

He still did not know what to do about Kurt though. He knew Kurt would not dare to call him or text him before he did because he already looked shy after their last kiss. And, since Puck had no idea what to think of what had happened, it was probably best to know that Kurt would not call him. Hopefully, Kurt had been drunk enough to forget about it and things would go back to the way they were before the party, even though Puck had really liked the way they got along, even without talking about the making out.

Puck had no idea what to do, he did not get along with the other glee members as well he did the day before with Kurt. And they had laughed and stuff even though Puck wasn't at his best and it had felt really good. He thought it would be totally cool if he and Kurt could spend more time together. Puck was almost sure that, even if Kurt did remember what had happened the night before, he would act as if nothing had happened, that was the easiest way out for him as long as he didn't know what Puck thought of all this.

That's when Puck realized that he had to come up with a strategy to get Kurt to not try and deny what happened so they could be friends and even have some quality making out time. Even maybe more than making out since Puck was totally ready to do more, and if it had not been for Kurt stopping it, or the damn person who had flushed that toilet, he would have totally dry humped the boy right against the door. But it didn't matter because he hadn't and had had to jerk off as soon as he got home from the lust accumulated from all the making out.

A/N: Here's chapter 3 guys ! I hope you liked it. In next chapter there will be some Puckurt interaction don't worry about it.

Any thoughts ?

Love you all.

Ant.

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