Blinking his eyes blearily, Kurt rolled onto his back, wincing at the pain that shot through his head. He proceeded to start getting up, before hearing someone else snore. Turning his head slowly, Kurt set his eyes upon a curly haired boy, whose legs were tangled up with his. Waking up in a tent with a strange boy wasn't one of Kurt's usual activities. So, he did the thing any normal person would do. He screamed. Very, very loudly.
As he was screaming, the past night came rushing back to him. The Zombies, his dad, Amy, dehydration, hitting his head and falling asleep in Blaine's arms. He stopped screaming as soon as he realized Blaine had woken up, and oh my he was adorable! With his hair sticking up everywhere and sleep eyes – no. He shouldn't be thinking about that now!
'What was that for?' Snapping Kurt out of his trance, Kurt looked at Blaine.
'I'm sorry, I didn't know where I was, I- I should go, I should get going' Kurt stuttered out, running a hand through his hair. Blaine frowned; he really didn't want Kurt to go yet. Grabbing Kurt's hand, he rubbed his fingers over his hand making Kurt look at him.
'Stay. At least for breakfast. We have dozens of bagels, and we need to fill up your water bottle' He pleaded. Kurt sighed, weighing his options. If he left after breakfast, he could get back to camp around midday. Looking at Blaine's puppy eyes, he honestly couldn't say no. Despite himself, he smiled at Blaine.
'Sure'
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It was official. Kurt Hummel was dead. At least to the New Directions he was. Mercedes wiped what must've been the 100th tear from her eyes, and zipped up her pink duffle bag. Kurt had been gone for almost a day now; no way was he coming back. Puck had tried to get them moving, incase another wave of Zombies approached but everyone was insistent they waited until at least midday. That had been and gone, and so came the time to leave her best friend. If she could, she would've waited another week for Kurt to come back, but she had to put hers, Amy's and her friend's safety first. God help Kurt if he was out there alone.
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Shyly smiling at Blaine, Kurt took another bite of his bagel. He and Blaine had managed to strike up a conversation pretty quickly, due to how much they had in common. He'd also managed to befriend David, Wes and Thad but Nick hadn't stopped glaring at him since he and Blaine had emerged from their tent holding hands, both featuring blushes. Jeff had gone to the toilet but was taking an awfully long time. He'd filled up his water tank to the brim, and the guys had been kind to lend him another small bottle just for him. A hand on his knee brought him back to reality. He lifted his eyes to look into Blaine's, warm honey ones.
'You okay?' Blaine searched his face for pain or sadness or whatever was causing Kurt to look away from him all the time. 'You were staring into space' He smiled.
'I'm fine! I'm fine, but do you have the time?' Blaine nodded, and checked his solar-powered watch.
'Its half-one now, but-'
'Half one! Oh god! They'll be so worried! They might move! I've got to go!' Kurt jumped to his feet and moved out of his chair, Blaine coming up with him.
'Okay! How about we take you in the van?' Blaine glanced over at Wes, who nodded his head in approval. 'That way we can get you there quicker… And we can spend more time together?' Blaine went red at the latter. Taking his hand, Kurt grinned at him.
'I would love that!' Moving quickly, Kurt leaned forward and brushed his lips against Blaine's. He don't know what on Earth possessed him to do this, he never was this forward with someone he'd literally just met. Maybe it was just Blaine's….. Hair? He didn't know, but he was fucking enjoying being forward.
He put no pressure on this kiss, it barley lasted for 30 seconds, but it was more than enough for Kurt. But the perfect first kiss all came to an end when he realized Blaine wasn't kissing back. Pulling back quickly, he felt the tears filling his eyes straight away. Blaine had his mouth open, Wes and David had grins on their faces but why? Nick had his eyebrow raised and Thad was looking worried at Blaine's reaction. Kurt put a shaking hand over his mouth.
'I'm… I'm so sorry. I don't, I don't-'With a sob, Kurt cut himself off and ran, nearly tripping over his feet in the process. Grabbing the water tank he ran off into the distance. The five Warblers looked to Blaine for conformance on what to do. Blaine simply fainted.
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Kurt had fallen over at least ten times so far, and he hadn't been been running for an hour. Thank god for Cheerios and Football, otherwise he would've been dead from exhaustion by now. He was such an idiot! Why would he try to kiss Blaine! There was no way Blaine even liked him, and now he just ruined any chance of a friendship with the closest person he'd ever met apart from Mercedes. He saw a small dark blob on the horizon, and he quickened his pace towards it.
He started screaming 'It's me! It's Kurt! Don't go, I'm here!' He saw a figure look up. As he got closer, he saw more and more figures bobbing their heads, talking animatedly. He grinned. This was it! This was his camp, he was home. Picking up the pace, he clutched the water tank tighter and literally galloped to the tents. He saw the tall lanky body of Finn, the mow hawk of Puck and the small wheelchair body of Artie. Suddenly h heard a shout. Expecting it to be about him, he smiled, and slowed to walking. As he arrived in the camp, he saw everyone gathered in a small huddle, he heard Mercedes crying.
'Guys? Is everything okay?' Rachel looked at him and her whole face crumpled. She ran into Kurt's arms and immediately Kurt's arms effulged her. Her body shook violently, and he stroked her face. 'What's happened?' She shook her head.
'It's… It's Amy. She's dehydrated, she's dead!'
Hiya! I found it so hard writing this chapter. I don't know why, but I deleted it and re-wrote it about 10 times. Thanks for your patience!
I know it's on the short side but I felt it was a better pace to end. I'll try and make the next one longer!
Also, some technical help. How do you insert a line break? (:
Disclaimer: Me own nada ):