Updates are slower, I'm sorry. :C
Maddie and I wrote this, we have no ownership of Glee or its ideas/characters.
It was surprising to be hugged so suddenly.. warm arms wrapping around his neck as he was tugged down so Kurt could rest his head against his chest and Noah wasn't sure what the hell to do with his arms at the moment. He swallowed hard and slowly let them wrap around the skinnier man, feeling how small he had gotten and it worried him.. "I won't go.."
Noah mumbled softly because Kurt saying something like that.. saying that he couldn't leave with the breaks in his voice that told the taller man he was about to cry.. well.. it kind of broke his heart all over again knowing that Kurt still cared about him so much. "I'll stay here.. don't worry.." He said quieter and slid his warm hands up and down Kurt's back, holding him close against his chest for a moment.
They didn't move from that spot for a few minutes, at least. Kurt did his best to hold back tears as he held onto his ex for dear life. He couldn't explain why the thought of Puck leaving upset him so much. Or rather, he could, but he wasn't ready to yet, he was still in denial. About how much he loved him. About how seeing Puck in front of him makes him feel like he's on cloud nine. Like they'd been together these five years, instead of broken up. It felt right, and amazing, and it scared Kurt.
He'd gone through so much, thinking he was over Puck, only to fall straight back in love with him when he popped up out of nowhere. But he couldn't be in love now, he was stuck with Chris. Maybe... when the musical was done... Kurt pulled away, sniffing lightly, and giving Puck a small smile. Unshed tears hung to his long eyelashes like drops of dew on a leaf. "Promise?"
Holding Kurt like this, squeezing him tight against his body, it was the best few minutes Noah had spent in the past five years all put together.. it made his chest tight and he had to hold Kurt there for as long as he could because it felt too good to let go. Noah slid his large hands up and down Kurt's back, going down to press his fingers over the skinny man's lower back and when Kurt pulled away Puck let him go, staring down at his face only to see those unshorn tears in his eyes.
The smallest of smiles slid over Noah's face and he reached up to wipe his thumb over Kurt's cheek, gently brushing the tears out of his long lashes, swallowing thickly as he did so. "I promise.. I won't leave until you kick me out.. and even then I'll stay for a few days.." Noah grinned a little and felt bold enough to lean down and kiss Kurt's cheek.
Eyelashes fluttered as Puck brushed tears from them, and Kurt's smile grew. His face scrunched up happily at the man's reply, before turning to a face of surprise as his cheek was kissed. He did one of those awkward closed mouth chuckles he was so known for, and pulled away fully, wiping away any left behind tears. "Thank you, Noah. Ugh... I'm really hungry. How do you feel about ordering a pizza? I'm too frazzled to cook."
Noah knew that what he had done was forward, that it was probably wrong and he shouldn't want Kurt because he was with someone else.. but Noah didn't give a shit about what he was SUPPOSED to feel, he knew that he wanted Kurt, even if he had to take baby steps he was going to get the man back. "Pizza sounds great. I could go for a sausage and tomato one.. those are my favorites.." He said with a little smirk and winced when his stomach growled loudly because he hadn't eaten at all all day long.
"We could get some wings too.. I haven't had real fast food in such a long time.. I can pay for it too. It's the least I can do." Noah smiled and slid his hands in his pockets, standing there in his low slung pants with no shirt on, muscled arms and hairy chest on display to Kurt and he didn't have a second thought about it.
"As thought I don't remember your favorites." A soft chuckle escaped Kurt, as he willed his eyes to look anywhere but at Puck. That ripped body on display was too much, especially when his session with Chris had been cut short. "Do you remember mine?" he asked with a smile, fumbling through a drawer in search of his favorite pizza place's menu. He preferred actual pizzerias, in comparison with Pizza Hut or Dominos. "And I'm paying, you have little money, I don't want you spending it on something as simple as dinner."
"Vegelover?" Noah said with a smile, knowing that the only reason he had even started to eat vegetables was because of Kurt.. in high school he had despised any type of vegetable at all until he started to eat food with Kurt.. still eating bad things but he added vegetables after a while.
"Thanks Kurt.." He said softly and licked his lips a little, moving to look around so he could find his black tank and tug it on, knowing it was probably weird to be shirtless and he was starting to feel bad making Kurt pay for everything when he easily could.. it was eating at him but he.. had to be close to Kurt.. especially after what he had seen today. "Anything I can do to help around the house? I feel bad just.. laying around doing nothing.."
"You remember!" Kurt couldn't hide the brightness that shown on his face at the fact that Puck cared enough to remember his favorite kind of pizza. Then again, he seemed to care enough to tattoo his name on him, so that tidbit shouldn't have been so surprising. He turned his attention to the menus, chuckling as he looked through them all.
"I have no idea why I have so many, I rarely order out, and when I do it's from the same few places. Ah! Found it!" pulling out a small menu, he proceeded to scan it over as though he hadn't already had what he wanted in mind. Peeking over at Puck, he felt an odd combination of disappointment and relief from the muscled man putting on a shirt. Nothing fun to look at, but no more temptation. When the man mumbled some sort of offer, Kurt gave him a look of surprise, one immaculate eyebrow raising.
"Noah Puckerman? Offer to do something that didn't involve food, beer, or sex? I am truly shocked. You really have changed." there was enough playfulness to his voice to persuade Puck he was joking, and the wink he gave helped it even further. "Thank you, but you really don't have to. I suppose if you ever feel like it, you could help me clean under the furniture and stuff like that... I haven't gotten under them in a long time, it's too heavy to do alone."
He pulled out his iPhone, the newest generation of course, and dialed up the pizza place. "Hi, I'd like an order for delivery. Mmhmm, Kurt Hummel. Yes, that's the address. I'd like one veggie lover medium pizza, and one sausage and tomato one. Mmmhmm, no, I'll pay with cash this time. Oh! How about two cannolis. Alright, thank you." he hung up with a small smirk. "They'll be here in 20 minutes. I think the delivery guy has a crush on me or something, everyone says that place usually takes around 35 minutes to deliver food, normally."
Noah felt his cheeks go a little pink at Kurt's comment about him changing and he just shrugged his shoulders and glanced at the man, seeing the way he smiled and winked and that made Noah swallow hard. "I can do that. Doesn't sound too hard." He smirked and looked around the house, thinking about what he'd clean tomorrow while Kurt was away because he felt so restless here today..
Noah listened quietly as Kurt ordered their food.. he remembered in high school when he was always the one to order, he could remember their orders better, but hearing it now.. it brought him back and Noah couldn't help but stare at him for a moment, smiling a little when Kurt said the pizza man had a crush on him. "Can't see why he wouldn't have a crush on you.." He said quietly, mostly blurting it out since he had thought it but hadn't meant to say it.
Kurt's smirk only grew wider at Noah's comment, and he chuckled a little to himself as he sat on the couch. "Well thank you for finding me crush-worthy." he said with a playful wink, before sighing and easing into the cushions. "I'm so beat." Whisking off his hat, he tossed it to the floor with little care, his hair no longer perfect underneath. It was messy and fell in his face, and he closed his eyes, just resting for a moment. Theater was amazing, but it could really tire you out.
Noah moved around the couch and slowly sat down beside Kurt, sprawling on the other side as he watched the pale man rest his eyes and stared at his hair for a moment before it wasn't immaculate and it was hard to imagine Kurt not worried about his hair.. He thought about how hard Kurt worked.. seeing that play last night.. how he had sweated and really tried and he looked down for a moment. "Want a foot rub?" Noah asked quietly, sliding his hands down his pants to wipe the sweat away because even after the army and after everything Kurt still made him feel nervous.
Feeling the slow sinking of another weight on the couch, the brunette peeked over at Noah next to him, before closing his eyes again. A thin hand ran through his hair, half-heartedly swiping it back. Wait... did he just hear that correctly? Blue-green eyes flashed open, looking at the other man with surprise. "You'd rub my feet? Oh my gaga... I haven't had my feet rubbed in so long. B-But, they must be all sweaty and gross, I don't want to make you touch my icky feet!" He laughed nervously, cheeks turning pink. The offer for a foot rub was troublesome. It felt amazing, but sometimes, a little too much... Especially when Noah used to do it, and then his hands would slowly work upward, massaging and teasing him till he got horny and pounced.
A soft laugh left Noah as he glanced over at Kurt to see that wide eyed surprised look on his face, it made him smile and stare at him for a moment.. just taking it in because he liked that look a lot and had missed it when Noah would get Kurt something really nice. "I don't care about sweat." He said simply and without an invitation he tugged Kurt's feet up to rest in his lap as he tugged off the man's shoe and sock and started to slide his thumbs over Kurt's worn arches, rubbing in slow circles while the rest of his fingers pressed down on the top of his dainty pale foot, resisting the urge to kiss his toes..
Oop, is something coming? Is it too much for Noah now? Whatchu guys think? I'll post the next chapter after a few reviews. ;P