Chapter 7
After a few weeks, Dave Karofsky was invited to dinner at the Hummel's again, but this time by Burt, who seemed to be starting to grow fond of him.
They arrived from the mechanics shop, Dave still in his overalls covered in engine grease. Carole wouldn't have him sitting at her table like that, so that's how he ended up taking a shower at the Hummel's residence. More precisely, in Kurt's bathroom.
That left Kurt to wait nervously, seated on his bed, hearing to the shower running. He couldn't help but picture the water running down Dave's torso, towards…Kurt shook his head, trying to clear it. This was certainly not the time or place to be thinking stuff like that. His father and stepmother were just upstairs, and his stepbrother would be arriving from his girlfriend's house anytime soon.
Kurt had fretted a lot when Dave had appeared unannounced next to his father, because Finn would be at dinner and that would lead to lots of questions that they couldn't possibly answer without telling Finn the truth.
"Kurt, relax." Mr. Hummel said gripping his son's shoulder. "Dave is just a co-worker who I invited over for dinner. That's all."
Dave had actually given a loop-sided grin at that.
"Yeah, right. A co-worker who just happens to be taking a shower in my bathroom, making me have all kinds of inappropriate thoughts." Kurt held his head in his hands, trying to shake the image of a naked and dripping wet Dave so close to him.
That was hard, considering that even though they haven't gone all the way yet, they surely had been skirting around it, closer and closer each time.
Lost in thoughts, Kurt didn't hear when the shower was shut neither noticed when Dave approached him, toweling his hair.
"Kurt?"
He jumped, startled. Right in front of him, wearing just a pair of jeans, his hair still wet, stood Dave Karofsky.
The small boy inhaled sharply. His bulky but well defined torso was proof that Kurt's witty remark months before that Dave was chubby had been wide off the mark.
He looked up at Dave, knowing full well by the heat he felt on his cheeks that he must be blushing.
His eyes met Dave's, who seemed to be affected by Kurt's agitated state. He reached out to the smaller boy's face and caressed him. "Do you think we have some time before dinner is served?"
Kurt's lip parted, wanting to feel his boyfriend's lips against his. "Yes, I think we have a few minutes…"
He was cut mid-sentence. Dave kissed him, roughly sticking his tongue inside the other boy's mouth. Kurt leaned back, bringing the larger boy with him, until Dave was on top of him, his weight pressing Kurt into place, his hands touching his hips.
"Kurt…? OH. Sorry."
Finn's voice, followed by hurried footsteps upstairs.
Dave quickly got up, embarrassed. Kurt groaned and covered his eyes with his hands. "Great."
"Finn, why did you have to go downstairs?" Carole was asking Finn, just as Kurt and Dave entered the kitchen.
"After I set up the table like you asked, I thought I'd just call Kurt for dinner!" He noticed his mother looking over his shoulder and turned his head. "Oh. Can someone pinch me because I think either I'm having a nightmare, losing my mind or imagining things?"
"None of the above, I'm afraid, Finn." Kurt replied, straightforward.
"Hi, Hudson." Dave crossed his arms over a white T-shirt he had thankfully put on before coming upstairs. Kurt was grateful for that, because his boyfriend's body was certainly distracting.
"How…? When…? What the HELL is going on?" Finn finally managed to shout. "I thought you hated Kurt. HELL, I thought you hated everyone at Glee Club!" Finn lowered his voice. "You sure made your mission to go out of your way to torment us with slushies and whatnot, and now I just caught you shoving your tongue down my brother's throat?"
Kurt couldn't help but grin at how protective Finn had grown towards him ever since their parents got married.
"Finn, Dave had some issues in the past, but he has dealt with them now…" Kurt was cut short by his stepbrother.
"Dave? When has he stopped being Karofsky for you and become Dave?" Finn looked absolutely dumbfounded.
"Hudson, look, I'm not proud of what I did to Kurt or any of you guys in the past. I was wrong." Dave paused for effect. "I just had all this feelings inside me that I didn't know how to deal with and ended up lashing out on you guys. I'm sorry."
Dave put his arms around his boyfriend's shoulder. "I love Kurt. I'm sorry that you had to find out this way, but it's the truth."
Finn opened and closed his mouth a few times, speechless.
By then, Burt had been attracted to the kitchen by the commotion.
"Burt, you know what Kurt and Karofsky have being doing…" The lanky boy started.
"Yes, Finn. I know. I gave him the job at the mechanics shop just after I found out." He gestured towards Carole. "It was your mother's idea, actually."
Finn looked at the four people around him, still shocked. "Wait, everyone knew, all this time, and nobody told me?" He seemed particularly angry with his mother.
"We knew how you would react, plus Dave is not ready to come out to the whole school yet. That's why you can't tell this to anyone. Including Rachel. Especially Rachel," Kurt stressed his two last words.
"Please, Hudson. I know I don't deserve this, I know I treated you like crap last year, but could you do this for our old friendship, when we were kids?" Dave looked expectantly to Finn.
Finn looked to Burt, then Kurt. "Please, brother. You have to promise not to tell anyone. If you don't want to do this for Dave, do it for me."
He sighed. "Ok, I promise. But I never EVER want to see something like what I saw downstairs again. Ever. I'll have nightmares tonight, I bet."
Finn kept his promise. Eventually, he even grew comfortable around the couple, enough to throw an innocent joke or two towards Dave whenever he went to the Hummel's for dinner after work.
Once Finn even joked that he was glad that they were together, because it meant Kurt had definitely gotten over him. That had elicited a jealous look from Dave towards Kurt, who had almost choked with his food.
"It was nothing, just a stupid childish crush. Something about jocks and their irresistible masculinity."
Dave guffawed. "Funny, I seem to remember you telling me I wasn't your type."
Kurt avoided an answer by drinking his full glass of juice.
That acceptance seemed to affect Karofsky. He grew more at ease, and didn't seem as afraid as before about other people finding out about his true sexuality.
His social life at school, however, went downhill. He and Azimio had grown apart the last couple of months, but lately it had gotten much worse. They constantly had fights during Hockey practice. So much that Dave usually had lunch by himself nowadays.
Kurt desperately wanted to sit next to him, but when he had mentioned his intention to Dave, the other boy had adamantly told him not to.
Then, one day, Finn seated across from Dave, followed closely by Sam and Puck who sat across from each other next to the other two boys. They stroke up some conversation about football that Kurt couldn't hear standing in the cafeteria line for food.
They were surely followed by Rachel and Quinn, who sat beside their boyfriends. Santana and Brittany were next, sitting to Puck's right. They were talking excitedly. Dave even managed to laugh out loud once at something Puck said.
"Kurt? You want to sit next to Rachel?" Mercedes, who had been close to him, asked. She was eyeing him curiously. Kurt silently prayed that she hadn't noticed that he had been staring at their table.
"Oh, sure, we still have to decide who is going to sing the solo on Nationals." Kurt said absent-minded.
Mercedes sat to Rachel's right, Kurt in front of her on Dave's left. He looked briefly at Kurt before turning to the other boys like nothing had happened.
The jock did manage to rub his leg against his boyfriend's, though. Kurt had trouble to concentrate on Rachel and Mercedes talking. Finn looked at his stepbrother and winked. Kurt was sure that this had to be his doing, Glee Club usually kept a good distance from bullies like Karofsky had been.
Soon they were joined by Mike and Tina, who sat next to Mercedes and started to talk about something else, leaving Kurt to eat silently while trying not to think about how this close proximity to Dave inside the school was affecting him.
He was so engrossed in his food and thoughts that he didn't notice Mercedes eyeing both him and Dave Karofsky.
