Chapter 9:
On Thursday things were going better with the glee club. Puck was forcing himself to sing all of their lame songs to show them his goodwill. Kurt had given him advice concerning how to behave for the gleeks not to stay mad at him, and, although he had told Kurt he would never follow them, he did and it worked.
Every night Puck went to the hut to show Kurt he was not alone. He kind of liked talking with the smaller boy, they were not friends but he talked with him with more ease than with anyone else. It gave him a secret life no one knew about. He was like a secret agent who had a mission of protecting an endangered target. Okay, in his fantasies the target would be a hot woman and they would have a lot of sex. But still it was nice.
At least, it would have been nice if it wasn't for this sword of Damocles hanging over them. On Tuesday after school Puck had been to the DIY store to buy a saw to get rid of the padlock, he intended to take it with him that night and to free Kurt. But then, what he had dreaded happened. When his mom had taken Sarah back home after she had spent the end of the afternoon at Anne's, his sister had big scratches all over her hands. Puck had asked her what had happened and she swore to him it was Dave who crooked-leg her. Of course, since they used to play together, both his mom and Anne said it had been an accident, but Puck knew better. He knew it was David's way of warning him against doing anything, so that night he went to see Kurt without the saw and talked to the smaller boy like he did the other days. When he had asked the jock about it, Karofsky had simply answered that he knew what school Sarah attended so he'd better not use the saw he just bought. All of this was becoming over creepy.
Yet, Puck wanted to help the boy, and since he couldn't free him, he wanted to make him laugh, to give him good news. He knew that the gay kid had feelings for some guy but he didn't want to tell him who it was. Yet, the guy was certainly sad to know what was happening to Kurt and Puck wanted to see if the feelings were reciprocal, it would cheer up the boy to know that someone was waiting for him when he'd be released.
"Hey Kurt." Puck said that night from behind the door.
"Hi Puck." Kurt said.
"How was the asshole today ?" He asked.
"Nothing different, just an asshole among others."
"Your crush is really sad about what's happening you know." Puck said casually.
"He knows ?" Kurt shrieked.
"Of course he does, everyone at school does."
"But he's not at Mc..." Kurt trailed off. "You trapped me !" Puck laughed.
"And you fell right in the trap. C'mon Kurt tell me who it is !" Puck asked again.
"I'm telling you, it's useless, he doesn't like me and even if I'm released one day he'll never like me." Kurt said sadly.
"He's not gay ?" Puck asked to grab some more information about the mystery guy.
"Yes he is but it doesn't change anything." Kurt said.
"What makes you think he doesn't like you ?" Puck asked interested.
"Because he … there were never hints showing that he could like me okay ? Did you turn match-maker during the day or something ?" Kurt asked slightly irritated.
"I just thought that even though, as you say, he's not interested in you, doesn't mean he doesn't care about what's happening. Don't you want him to know ?"
"I... I don't want him to worry about my stupid problems." Kurt explained.
"Stupid problems ? Fuck Kurt you've been kidnapped it's not a 'stupid problem' !" Puck said pissed off.
"Can I ask you a favor Puck ?" Kurt asked shyly.
"Spill."
"Well I … I wondered if you could go see if my father's doing okay. I know he's got Carole and Finn but still, I know he cares a lot and his health's not at its best so..."
"Actually I went to your house with the glee club last week to give our wish or some shit like that to your dad." Puck answered.
"How was he ?" Kurt asked concerned.
"Angry." Puck answered without thinking.
"Angry ? Why ?" Kurt asked.
"I was looking for the toilets and I fell in your room. Like, literally, I fell down your stairs. I didn't mean to sneak in or anything I swear !" Puck defended himself.
"You went into my bedroom ?" Kurt asked offended.
" I didn't mean to okay ? I found your notebook with the songs you write, they're quite cool !" Puck said to deflect the subject.
"Thank you. So my dad found you in my room ?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah and I was reading your songs, the others had been gone for half an hour so he was kinda pissed off to find me here." Puck explained.
"No wonder why." Kurt said.
"So, about the mysterious lover, do you want me to check if he's doing well too ?" Puck asked.
"Look Puck, Blaine doesn't know and won't ever. I'm never going to see him again anyway so there's no need to worry about him." Puck was gloating inside of him, he had the name of Kurt's future husband.
"Okay, as you wish princess." Puck said casually grabbing his phone to search among Kurt's friends on Facebook.
"What did you just call me ?" Kurt asked scandalized.
"You don't want me to call you dude and I need a nickname so it's princess." Puck explained still trying to find the mysterious Blaine dude.
"I don't want you to call me princess !"
"So how d'you want me to call you ? Apart from Kurt and Hummel." Puck asked seriously.
"I have no idea." Kurt answered.
"Okay, as long as you have no idea it will be princess. Princess." Puck said smirking at the nickname. He found a boy named Blaine in Kurt's friends, when he clicked he found that the boy was in some boarding school in Westerville.
"I suppose nothing I'll tell you will make you change that stupid nickname." Kurt asked sighing.
"You're beginning to know me very well du... Princess !" Puck corrected himself.
"You're the only one I've been talking to for almost two weeks so yes it's normal I'm starting to know you a little." Kurt answered.
"I should go, I have lots of things to do tomorrow"
"Okay then, see you tomorrow." Kurt said.
"Yep see ya " Puck told him before leaving.
