Part 9

Kurt didn't find out until Saturday morning when he signed in on Facebook and saw that Victor and Mercedes had changed their relationship statuses from "single" to "in a relationship". When he saw that they were in a relationship with each other he squealed and quickly dialed Victor's number.

"'lo", was the reply he got.

"Video chat STAT", Kurt said and hung up. Five minutes later Victor called him. Kurt was about to ask him about Mercedes and him… but his eyes widened when he saw Victor.

"Oh my Gaga", he said. "Victor!"

"What", Victor asked innocently.

"Your hair is orange!"

"I know."

"I strictly forbid you from going orange!"

"Well you weren't here to object so I went for it… 'sides Mercy doesn't seem to object." His try to shift Kurt's attention worked.

"Aha!" Kurt exclaimed. "Finally!"

Victor rolled his eyes.

"Yeah yeah", he said.

"It was about time, you two were so oblivious of each other's feelings that it was starting to go from cute to annoying. You should always tell someone you like that you like them."

"Ha!" Victor almost spat. "Like you should talk!"

Kurt blushed. "Okay I might not live as I preach but this is... different?"

"How", Victor asked dryly.

"Uhm… we're both boys and… uh…"

"Not good enough answer white boy."

"Shut up."

"Okay but then I won't be able to tell you about the triangle drama that got us together."

"Triangle drama", Kurt looked interested. "Spill!"

Victor chuckled but told him his side of the story, from accepting working with Rachel, to her crush on him, his rejection of her and then lastly getting Mercedes.

"If you want Mercy's side ask her", Victor said. They chatted for a bit more before they hung up and Kurt turned and saw that his roommate Thad was looking at him strangely.

"What", Kurt asked.

"Did that guy have orange, like pumpkin-orange, hair?" Thad asked.

"Yes", Kurt said happily. "But that was nothing, the few weeks I've known him he's been purple, lemon-yellow, wine-red, turquoise, pink and now he's orange."

"What kind of school is McKinley? Is their slogan: 'Welcome to West McKinley High the school of crazy people'?"

"Oh trust me honey Victor is one of the sanest people at that place."

"Is he one of the 'rainbow' people then", Thad asked making air-quotes around rainbow.

"No, he's not gay."

"Shame", Thad said with a shrug. "He looked hot."

Kurt stared at him.

"I'm bisexual", Thad explained. "At least I think so… I mean I find guys and girls equally attractive… It might just be a face or I'm slowly coming to terms with being gay or something." He shrugged. "As it is now I'm bi."

"I'm okay with that as long as you keep your hands off of my man."

"Please", Thad snorted. "Blaine is not what I look for in a guy. He's too short."

"You're not much taller than him!" Kurt said with a grin. "You, Blaine and Nick are nicknamed the munchkins/hobbit league after all."

"True… but I like tall guys… girls in my height or shorter I have no problem with… but tall boys makes me go weak in the knees." To demonstrate he shook his knees and nearly fell. Kurt giggled at his roommate and smiled. Thad was a really good friend although he came off as cranky and moody in the beginning. David had explained that Thad was another victim of bullying and that Thad's only way to defend himself had been snapping and acting somewhat mean. But when you got to know him he was a really sweet and somewhat shy boy. Thad had gotten bullied for being really tall, yes when he was little he was the tallest kid in the school, but then everyone outgrew him and he got bullied for being small. Kurt had to admit that Thad was really cute with his big eyes, small frame and brown hair. But they were just really good friends and neither had the feelings of love for the other.

"So how are things going with Blaine", Thad asked grinning.

"They're not going at all", Kurt sighed sadly. "He's so oblivious of everything… he keeps flirting with me though and always sings duets with me, knows a lot of stuff about me and so on…"

"Well", Thad smirked evilly. "Want some help getting him to understand?"

Kurt looked at him.

"We are both kinda in the same boat here", Thad explained. "We are both in love with oblivious idiots…"

"Oh", Kurt asked. "Who has caught your eye?"

"David", Thad said with a soft smile.

"But Thad… David's not gay."

"Ha! Of course he is, ask any other Warbler, except Blaine. It was so damn hard to miss the love struck glances David kept giving him and all the smiling David did just thinking of him."

"Who? Blaine?"

"No no, God no I was talking about Wes."

"Oh… wait weren't you guys on the council together?"

"Yes but this crush he had was before that. David was such a terrible love struck boy we found it was sort of… endearing."

Kurt giggled.

"What", Thad asked confused.

"You sounded like David did when I first met you remember?"

Thad rolled his eyes. "We've stolen that line from Wes… That's what he said to me when I spied on the Warblers back in freshman year."

"Really", Kurt asked and raised his eyebrows.

"Yes Wes caught me spying on them, I had just transferred here so it wasn't like with you, and Wes pointed out I was such a terrible spy it was sort of endearing."

"That is so cute, stealing your crush's expressions", Kurt said.

"Anyway", Thad said. "Wes is straight as a piano string, even though it was questioned sometimes… anyway, my proposition for you Kurt is…"

Kurt looked at him with anticipation.

"You and I 'date'", Thad explained with air-quotes around date. "To make Blaine and David jealous."

Kurt stared at him but then thought it over… it would make Blaine jealous and probably David too… it couldn't hurt anyway.

"Sure", he said. "Thad Harthorn we are officially 'dating'."

"I hope you're a good actor Kurt", Thad said with a sigh. "The downside with this is we'll have to kiss in front of the boys sooner or later. Knowing Niff and Trent they will demand it."

Kurt snorted. "Worry about your skills, mine are perfect."

"Oh yeah", Thad asked and leaned forward and kissed Kurt on the lips. Kurt smirked and kissed him back… then who should enter the room if not the object of their affections. David and Blaine froze in the door, watching Thad and Kurt kiss.

"Hey!" David snapped and both boys jumped apart. "What the hell?"

"What", Kurt asked innocently, but blushing. He reached out and took Thad's hand in his.

"What are you guys doing", Blaine asked, glaring slightly at Thad.

"I was kissing my boyfriend", Thad grumbled. "Got a problem with that?"

David stormed out at that point and Blaine followed. Thad and Kurt looked at each other and smirked.

"I think it's working", they said in unison.


"No boo this is a bad, bad, bad idea", Mercedes said to Kurt that night when he, Victor, Tina and Mercedes met at Breadstix.

"I agree with Mercy", Victor said, he was having his arm around Mercedes. "Kurt this will only backfire."

"No it will not." Kurt was dressed in his favorite Marc Jacobs shirt and wore trousers, shoes and jacket from Gucci, he'd gotten those from Victor. Said boy sat opposite Kurt, dressed in black pants, red turtle neck shirt, black tie and with a black fedora on his head… covering most of his hair. Some strands of the orange - that was really, really, really annoying and hideous according to Kurt - hair was shown though.

"But Kurt what if this Thad starts getting feelings for you or you for him", Tina asked. "It will only hurt both of you."

"There was no spark when we kissed", Kurt assured them. "And Thad is not my type and I'm not his… I'm too short."

"Kurt", Victor said sternly. "Blaine is an oblivious idiot, this will not work on him. It might work on that David character though."

"True, maybe it will but maybe it won't."

'I know it will', Victor thought. 'He's had the hots for Thad since last year but tried to fight it by "crushing" on me instead.' He remembered that conversation clearly.


Wes was sitting by the piano in the choir room. In front of him was load of sheet music. He was working on arranging their newest song. He felt someone move behind him and looked over his shoulder and smiled. It was one of the sophomores that had joined the Warblers that year. Wes remembered that the boy's name was David Mitchell.

"Can I help you with something David", Wes asked kindly and smiled… and noticed David blush.

'Oh boy I know where this is going', Wes thought. The younger boy sat down beside him on the piano stool.

"Um Wes", he said. "I… I'm bisexual."

"I see", Wes said calmly. "And you are crushing on me… or pretending that you are."

"What? No! I mean yes I mean…" David blushed as red as a tomato. Wes chuckled and patted him on the shoulder.

"David I'm not blind", he said. "I know how you keep looking at me… and how you look at a certain brown haired tiny boy. Hurt him by the way and I'll hurt you."

David blushed even darker and started to grumble things under his breath. The only thing Wes heard was:

"He's not that short…"

Wes just chuckled and played on.

"You should tell him you know", he said after a bit.

"I… I can't", David stuttered.

"Oh and why is that?"

"B-because Javier is crushing on him too… he told me a-and now I can't-"

Wes gave him a stern look that cut him off and David blushed again.

"Javier is a jerk", Wes spat. "Keep him away from your boy."

"But… Javier is a Warbler too…"

"Doesn't mean I have to like him", Wes grumbled. "Tell him soon David or I will do it for you."

"I can't… please… can't you just… let me crush on you for a bit?"

"You aren't crushing on me. You are using me as a substitute for Thad", Wes looked at him sharply. "And I'm-" He cut himself short when he saw the hurt look on David's face so he sighed.

"I'm okay with it", he said and David's face lit up by a big smile. But Wes held up his hand.

"But David", he said. "I will not show any interest in you because a: I'm straight and b: you really should ask Thad out."

"Oh trust me I will!" David said and was happier then than Wes had seen him in quite a while. Not since he'd watched the Warblers perform in the library... the day he first saw Thad.


Victor was awoken from his musing by a nudge to the ribs from Mercedes. Kurt, Tina and she were looking at him oddly.

"What", he asked confused.

"Where were you", Kurt asked smiling gently.

"They wanted me on cloud ten", Victor said and put his arm around Mercedes.

"Cloud ten", she asked.

"Sitting next to you is cloud nine love", he said smiling.

"Naw", she said and kissed him gently.

Kurt sighed with contempt and snapped a photo of them.

"So cute", he cooed.


TBC