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Deceptions

"And then Blaine said I should confront the bullies, and maybe I should. What do you think?"

El Zabeth smiled at her son, considering her answer. She could see how his face lit up every time he mentioned this Blaine boy. It would appear her son was maturing faster than she had expected. From the way he had described the encounter with the younger boy, she thought he may have possibly met his bond mate already.

She knew she would have to talk to him about that soon, but for now, concentrated on his question. "Perhaps it would help, but take care not to let your emotions control you. Speak to them as an educator, not an adversary."

Kurt sighed. "I wish I had your speech gift. I could just talk them out of hurting me."

She hugged the boy closer to her. "My voice is a gift, yes, but it may not be necessary. If you speak to them reasonably, they may understand your point of view. And speaking of gifts, I've made arrangements for you to train with one of the best healers on Mirindian. You're lessons will begin next week."

Kurt perked up at this news, eager to learn how to use his healing gift. "Really? Cool! I can't wait!"

"What's up with Kurt?" Mercedes asked a couple days later.

"What do you mean?" Rachel asked as she changed out of her costume.

"Didn't you notice the look on his face while we were singing? He never looked away from his phone, just had a big smile on his face. He's been grinning for two days straight, ever since Puck told him to go spy on those Warblers."

"I hadn't really noticed. Do you think he met someone there? That would be really bad, if he starts fraternizing with the enemy. Maybe we should confront him and make sure he hasn't done something dumb."

Mercedes glared at the other girl. "You will do no such thing! My Boo deserves some happiness. If he has met someone, you will keep your yap shut, got it?"

They had finished dressing and left the changing rooms when they ran directly into Dave Karofsky. "So, Hummel got himself a boyfriend? Disgusting. Fags like that should be locked away from normal people!"

Meanwhile, at that same moment, across the school, Kurt Hummel was chasing after Dave Karofsky, anger coursing through him. The big brute had broken his phone when he had slapped it out of his hands. Kurt knew he should wait until he was calmer, but he didn't care. He was going to have it out with the jock once and for all.

He slammed into the locker room, where the Neanderthal was stuffing things in his bag. "What is your problem?"

The other boy wouldn't look at him. "Besides you sneaking in here to peek at my junk?"

Kurt lost control then, shouting at the larger boy, getting in his face. He was totally unprepared when the other boy kissed him.

He stood there in shock for several minutes, even after Karofsky stormed out of the room. What the hell had just happened?

Special Agent Kendall Remington hated his job sometimes. Today was one of those times, he thought as he slipped into the surveillance van and turned off the chameleon unit, causing the image of the large jock to waver and blink out. The man that was revealed was in his late twenties, thin, and very handsome.

"Mission accomplished," he reported to the senior agent, Marcus Jacobi. The older man glanced over at him.

"Why do you sound so glum about it? I thought you liked kissing guys."

Kendall fought not to roll his eyes. This assignment was bad enough, but having this homophobic asshole as his immediate superior made it even worse. "I prefer men, not boys."

But that was only half of what bothered him about this assignment. They had discovered through their monitoring of the video feed coming out of the school that the jock, Dave Karofsky appeared to be a homosexual who was in denial. Their boss, Field Director Anderson, decided to use this information to try and get some reaction from the Hummel boy, to see if he had some kind of alien powers.

Granted, the Hummel kid was a hottie, but Kendall liked his men older and more experienced. It had been painfully obvious the boy had never kissed another guy before. It had been written all over his face. Kendall had regretted his actions immediately, and wished he could go back and undo it.

And to make matters worse, they were all but outing the Karofsky kid. Who knew how the jock would handle it if rumors started? Kendall understood what it was like to be in denial. He'd been through that phase himself. He'd even thought about killing himself when people did find out. His parents had been understanding when they learned about it, and had made him see a therapist for his depression. That had been where he had met Brad, the love of his life.

The thought of his boyfriend made him feel guilty about kissing the boy again. Brad would understand the kiss was meaningless, that it was part of being undercover, but he still hated it. It made him feel like he was cheating. He needed a distraction.

"So, did we get anything, or did I just compromise my virtue and nearly commit statutory rape for nothing?"

Marcus grunted. "No indication of powers, but after you left, he made a phone call. I've traced it to a cell phone at that prep school he went to visit the other day, but the line is protected and I can't get any info off it."

Great, he'd just ruined some kid's first meaningful kiss for nothing. Some days this job really sucked.

Dave Karofsky was having a seriously bad day. First, he'd overheard those two Glee girls talking about Hummel possibly having a boyfriend. A freaking boyfriend! Damn it, why did that hurt so much?

He knew it was his own fault the boy was afraid of him. He was afraid of himself. For the last year and a half, he'd been fighting these feelings he had, terrified someone would see what he truly was, what a freak, abomination he was! So he took it out on Kurt to hide the fact that he was crushing on him. But now the boy had a boyfriend, and Dave would never have a chance with him.

And now, Kurt was there with another boy (the boyfriend?) saying they knew he was gay, and claiming that he had kissed Kurt. Terror filled him, and he lashed out, shoving the preppy looking boy into the stairwell wall. Kurt had tugged him away, yelling at him to stop. Damn it, why did he have to have this effect on him?

And how the hell had they found out his secret? He turned and walked away as quickly as he could, needing to flee from the knowledge.

Blaine brushed some dirt from his blazer as he stood away from the wall. "Well, he's not coming out any time soon."

He glanced over at Kurt, who was sitting dejectedly on the steps. "Hey, what's wrong?"

The pale boy looked up at him. "It's just that until today, I'd never been kissed. At least not one that mattered."

He studied the taller boy for a moment, and briefly thought of kissing him, just to wipe that look off his face. Shaking that thought from his head and clearing his throat, he smiled kindly at the older boy. "Come on, I'll buy you lunch."