A/N: Hello again! So, I decided to treat you by posting a chapter earlier than usual (meaning today instead of Sunday), just because Season 5 started, Klaine is engaged and I´m in a really good mood (read as "on cloud nine", "swooning", "flying to the sun" and all that jazz). =D
Last chapter was really difficult for me to write because I´m a bit addicted to Klaine fluff and having them fight was hard, although a little necessary plot-wise. But this time I´m overcompensating me and you (because let´s be honest, if you are reading this fic is because you are as addicted to Klaine fluff as me. No point in denying it, right?) With what I´d to call a Happy Engagement Chapter! Yay!
I really hope you like it.
28.- THE CREEK
Kurt woke up very early for a Sunday morning, especially because he was on vacations, but the excitement of going out with Blaine and his friends had him up and about with the first morning light.
The night before had been crazy but he still woke up with a smile on his face. Yes, Blaine and he had had their first serious fight and when he stopped to think about it, the motive had been rather stupid; he had overreacted and Blaine had acted out in a way that was not his usual self, but they managed to solve things and that was all that mattered.
He was giddy to think that any other guy would have probably disregarded his feelings or waited who knows how many days to try to reach out to him, probably without even apologizing; but not Blaine. His loving, caring, and wonderful boyfriend had driven from Westerville at that time of night with the Warblers tagging along just to serenate him as a means to say he was sorry. It had been the most romantic apology ever and he felt treasured and loved and as the luckiest guy on Earth for snatching such an amazing guy as Blaine.
"Someone´s woken up in a good mood" – Rachael said giggling from her sleeping bag next to Kurt´s bed. As always, she woke up before anybody. – "You have been smiling since you woke up five minutes ago"
"I can´t help it. I was just remembering everything that happened last night. I know it shouldn´t be like this but, after that fight I feel like I love Blaine even more. Is that crazy?"
"No. What he did was really sweet and with an apology like that, not even I could have helped myself from smiling the way you are doing right now. I just wish Finn would do things like that for me" – Rachael said with a sigh.
"That´s not fair Rachael. He has his own way to show you how much he loves you; just the fact the he is willing to back you up when you are being a total pain in the ass and the rest of us just want to kill you it´s a big gesture"
"I know, I know. But I still would like him to be more affectionate or romantic"
"Then tell him."
"You tell Blaine how you want him to behave towards you?"
"Yes, in a way I do and he does too. I mean, we talk a lot about things that we like and things we don´t and we make compromises."
"Like what?"
"For example, I´ve never been a very touchy kind of person, but Blaine needs physical contact to show affection. He knew I needed time to adjust so he was patient with me until I got a hang on things; but I also made the effort of being more affectionate since the beginning of our relationship; then, I got better at it along the way and now I find myself being physically affectionate with him without even thinking about it and I like it."
"Oh, I get it. You say it but without really saying it, clever. And he does the same thing with you?"
"Yes. You know I´m a hopeless romantic, right? Well, Blaine does too and he also knows that I need to talk things through, so he makes romantic gestures for me, like the one he did last night and he has learned to open up a lot in our conversations, too."
"That sounds awesome. Do you think Finn will be willing to do that?"
"Probably, but you won´t find out unless you ask"
"You´re right. I´ll talk to him about this. I really don´t want to make the same mistakes this time around"
"We all would appreciate that very much" – Kurt said with a sweet smile. He definitely had developed a soft spot for Rachael, you´d figure?
"Thanks Kurt and I´m really happy for you. I love seeing you smile so much."
"I´m glad you worked things out with Finn, too. You two deserve to be happy" – Kurt said with sincerity and Rachael just beamed.
"Ok. Let´s the sappy party end and let´s get ready for breakfast. I have to get home fast to gather my things for our little trip to the creek"
"Yeah, let´s wake everybody up. We have quite a day today!"
By ten in the morning, all of the New Directions were arriving at the Hummel-Hudson home to drive together to Westerville. Fortunately, nobody wanted to miss the opportunity of spending a day swimming in the creek and having fun with friends. Kurt was taking Mercedes, Sam, Artie and Tina in his Navigator; Finn was taking Rachael, Mike, Puck and Lauren in Burt´s car and Quinn drove Santana and Brittany in hers. After an hour drive, they were pulling outside of Nick´s house just a little before 11:30. The Warblers were already there because there were several cars parked outside the very impressive house.
The front door opened and Nick stepped out followed by his cousins, Blaine and the rest of the Warblers. There were a couple of girls too and Kurt guessed they were David´s and Wes´s girlfriends: Julie and Hannah.
"Great! You are all here!" – Nick said as greeting.
Blaine just walked towards Kurt and after saying good morning he kissed his boyfriend softly in front of everybody, which won them some whistles and catcalls from the boys and some aawwws from the girls.
"Please tell me that you won´t be all over each other all the time, today" – David asked with pleading eyes but anyone could tell he was just teasing.
"David! Don´t say that. I think they´re very sweet. You should take notes" – Julie said and the look on her face told David that he was in trouble. Everyone just laughed or teased him about it.
"I can´t make any promises David. I feel very lovey-dovey today. What do you say, Angel?" – Blaine said with a mischievous look on his face and with a wink directed at Kurt he circled his arms around him to bring him closer. He knew Kurt would get the message to play along.
"I don´t know, honey. I feel very lovey-dovey myself" – Kurt said with a giddy smile and he kissed Blaine´s cheek.
"Oh, no! God Help us!" – Jeff said looking above and raising his arms up in the air, then he turned to Blaine and Kurt – "And you two, at least keep it in your pants, ok?" – He said with fake exasperation and that last comment got both boys blushing.
"Jeff! You know it´s not like that!" – Kurt defended.
"Whatever. There is only so much tonsil tennis that I can take"
"Stop it!" – Blaine said with a chuckle and he smacked the back of Jeff´s head.
"Fine, fine. But you started it and you know it! Just admit that I won" – Jeff said with a grin.
"You are impossible. Why do I keep being friends with you, again?"
"Because you love me" – Jeff was battling his eyelashes.
"Should I be worried about this?" – Kurt asked.
"Yes, Kurt you should. Blaine and I have a bromance like no other, right Blaine?"
"I plead the fifth. I don´t want to get into trouble with Nick" – Blaine said and when he saw Kurt narrowing his eyes at him he added – "But even less with Kurt" – Blaine finish with a soft kiss on the tip of Kurt´s nose.
"Nicely saved!" – Wes commented and they all laughed.
By the time the fun argument was finished, the New Directions had stepped out of the cars to greet everyone. The few introductions necessary were made and soon they all got into the vehicles again and drove towards the creek following Nick´s instructions.
The ride was short and after only 20 minutes, they were all pulling up next to a clearing on one of the creek´s riversides. The creek was wide and the water was cool and welcoming in a hot summer day. There was a big picnic table and enough grass space for games.
The boys got all the floatables on the water tying them with strings to nearby trees, plastic goal posts were place at either side of the "field" and other items like portable chairs and tables were put on the sides. The girls were in charge of the food so they arrange everything on the big table and asked the boys to place the cooler with the drinks next to it as well. One of the triplets brought out big speakers from his car and put some music on setting the summer mood.
Then, they decided they all should play some football. It was agreed that couples would split up to play in opposite teams and that the girls could only be "tackled" by their respective boyfriends. The arguments were that no one should touch another´s girl and it was the best way to keep them away from harm in case it got a little rough. Well, that was the "official" reason, but in all honesty, they all wanted the excuse to hug their girls and still look like big alpha males in front of their friends. Kurt accepted to play as long as he could have the same treatment as the girls in the whole tackling thing. He knew Blaine would never hurt him and he also knew how those boys liked to play rough when they got excited, so it was most likely than not that it was going to end that way. So, he was going to spare himself from the bruises, thank you very much.
The rules were set and the game began.
They all were having lots of fun playing football. The girls turned out to be more resourceful than they had let on as they didn´t mind "distracting" their boyfriends for their team to score.
Kurt decided to use the same tactic because football wasn´t really his thing and he figured he would help his team more by distracting Blaine than by actually playing, so he was willing to take the bullet. Besides, he felt very comfortable by being flirty with Blaine by now and he was ready to turn things up a notch.
He saw his opportunity when Blaine took possession of the ball and started running towards the touchdown area. He signaled to Tina that he was stepping out for a second as he suddenly was "too hot" to keep his t-shirt on, she nodded smiling because she had a pretty good idea of what Kurt´s real intentions were.
Kurt made sure to catch Blaine´s eye before he started to pull his t-shirt up over his head, leaving his muscular arms bare as he was left in a tank top. But, it wasn´t an ordinary tank top; It was one of those made of a special fabric to wear in the water which looked like it was painted on; and not satisfied with that, he also opened a bottle of water and started to pour some on his face and neck to freshen up a little. He gave himself extra points because he managed to make it look unintentional and nothing out of the ordinary.
Blaine at the sight, pretty much stopped on his tracks as he couldn´t believe his eyes. Kurt looked sexy as hell in that top and with water drops running along his face and neck. To make it worse, he could see how toned Kurt´s chest and abdomen were under that swimming top. Forgetting completely about the game, he didn´t even noticed Rachael snatching the ball from his hands and passing it to Sam. He didn´t heard the complaints from his teammates for not keeping his head in the game. He was oblivious to Nick yelling "damn" in appreciation of his boyfriend´s actions and to Santana saying "wanky" with a big smirk. He only had eyes and ears for Kurt.
Kurt had turned around with the excuse of putting the bottle down to hide the smirk that was forming on his face and when he was doing that, he felt strong arms wrapping around his waist and torso from behind and a soft kiss on his neck.
"Hmmm, that´s nice" – Kurt said sweetly
"Oh, yeah? But what you just did was not nice, not nice at all" – Blaine said whispering in his ears. That proximity had Kurt shivering. He turned around in Blaine´s arms and placed his own around Blaine´s neck.
"What do you mean? What did I do this time?" – Kurt asked feigning innocence.
"You" – Blaine said while softly hitting Kurt´s nose with the tip of his forefinger, making his boyfriend scrunch his face adorably and giggle nervously –"were trying to seduce me so that I´d lose the game" – Blaine finished with a sultry voice and Kurt stopped giggling because he felt himself trembling.
"Blaine, I wasn´t …" – Kurt didn´t finish his sentence because Blaine´s lips were on his and he was quickly asking for entry with his tongue. Kurt gasped in surprise and Blaine deepened the kiss on the spot. Kurt thought that maybe all of their friends were looking at them but he couldn´t care less. He gave Blaine all the access he wanted and Blaine brought both their bodies closer together. The kiss was short lived but so deep that it left them breathless in seconds and Kurt was a quivering mess by the end of it.
"You were saying?" – Blaine asked with a chuckle.
"Nothing, only that I´m totally distracting you again as soon as I get the chance" - Kurt whispered nervously, sporting a gigantic blush on his cheeks. They let go of each other but kept their hands linked. When they turned around, all their friends were staring.
"David" – Julie said in a demanding voice and looking all flustered, when her boyfriend looked at her she continued – "I just remembered that I need to talk to you for a second. Let´s go sit behind that tree over there." – She marched with an excited David jogging behind her. He knew that the last thing they were going to do was talk.
"Wes! I need your help with something I forgot in the car" – Hannah marched in front of him on the way to where the cars were parked and grabbed his hand to pull him along. Wes, knowing as well as David the true motive behind the request, grinned to his friends and ran after Hannah.
"Don´t. Even. Think. About. It" – Lauren said pushing Puck (who had been trying to kiss her unexpectedly) away from her. Puck pouted sadly and Artie who was standing close just laughed until he received a menacing glance from Puck.
"Can I just say that was hot?" – Quinn said fanning herself.
"Hot Damn white boy! I didn´t know you had that sexiness going around" – Mercedes exclaimed with humor.
"You can say that again" – Jeff interjected.
"Muy caliente, tssss!" – Santana pretended to put out a match on her shoulder
"My man!" – Brandon came up to Blaine and gave him a high five – "No wonder you went to all that trouble last night. Although I am as straight as they come, I have to say you have one smoking guy in your hands."
"Oh, I know!" – Blaine said looking at Kurt affectionately – "Totally worth it, wasn´t he?"
"Hell yeah!" – Brent answered – "Nicely played Kurt, by the way"
"Thank you, I guess?" – Kurt answered timidly. Being confident with Blaine was one thing, but when all of his friends saw him melting in his boyfriend´s arms because of a kiss, Kurt couldn´t help but feel a little embarrassed.
"I think we all could use some cooling off" – Finn proposed, then he looked at Kurt – "Especially you little brother. You seemed a little flushed"
"It´s Blaine´s fault!" – Kurt complained – "and all of you with you unnecessary commentary… and I´m not your little brother Finn!"
"Whatever you say little brother" – Finn replied while walking pass him in direction to the creek – "Smooth, dude, real smooth" – Finn patted Blaine´s shoulder on his way.
"Thanks!" – Blaine grinned. Kurt narrowed his eyes at both the retracting form of his stepbrother and his boyfriend next to him - "I told you I was going to get back at you for what you did to me at Nana´s kitchen, so this was two for the price of one" – Blaine said quietly to Kurt without missing a bit but Puck heard.
"Dude! What happened in that kitchen?" - Puck asked
"Nothing, Noah!" – Kurt raised his voice a little in exasperation – "Gosh, sometimes it worries me how invested you are in our relationship considering we are gay and you are a self-proclaimed macho."
"Chillax dude! Hot is hot, I´m not judging the package" – Puck shrugged his shoulders and went to the creek as well. Kurt just rolled his eyes.
"Are we even, then?" – Kurt asked Blaine
"Yes, we are" – Blaine kissed Kurt softly one more time – "Let´s go to the water" – He offered and Kurt nodded, letting his boyfriend guide them towards the rest of the guys who were already swimming or relaxing on the floatables.
The water was deliciously cool, they all had swim a little or just play around splashing water all around. David, Julie, Wes and Hannah joined shortly; looking all disheveled which only gave more ammunition to the guys to tease them relentlessly for the rest of the day.
After a little while of just goofing around, the boys decided to play some water polo because the current wasn´t that strong and it was manageable. Kurt excused himself this time because a ball flying towards his face was not his definition of fun and he went to join the girls on the floatables to catch up in their conversation.
"So, Kurt; things are really hot between you and Blaine. Have you guys done it yet?" – Julie asked.
"No. We are taking out time but we are more comfortable with each other. Neither one is on a rush so we are still patiently waiting for the right moment and may I highlight the "patiently" part? We are going really slowly and that´s how I want things to go for the time being. I don´t think I have to ask the same thing about you and David?"
"Well, you´re wrong. We make out, like a lot; but, we haven´t done it yet. I can tell he is ready, but I am not sure."
"Never let a guy pressure you into anything. I know from experience. And you have to be sure that you will be able to face the consequences if you decide to be active" – Quinn told Julie.
"I know. I just really like him and I care about him a lot but I´m still not sure if love him, love him, you know?"
"Then you should wait" – Tina said – "It´s something really important, for both of you. If you don´t want to regret it, you need to be sure that this is what you want, knowing that things between the two of you might not work out in the future"
"Tina is right. You should consider that although he might be your first, there´s a chance that he won´t be your last and if even knowing that you still want to do it, then you are ready" – Mercedes commented.
"Wow, that was deep. Where did you get that from?" – Hannah asked.
"Cosmo, of course, Duh!" – Mercedes replied and they all laughed.
After spending a good time in the water, they all agreed that it was time to have some lunch. Everybody came out of the creek and directed themselves to the picnic area. They all started to help in one way or another to prepare the food, the drinks and the tables, chairs and blankets so they could all eat together in a big circle.
This trip had let the triplets watch how Blaine and Kurt interacted. The three of them were intrigued about those two after the events of the night before. It was curious to them as well the way Nick had reacted, like as it would be such a monumental lost if his friends were not together; but after all they had seen so far and all they were seeing now, they could tell Kurt and Blaine were it, they were the real thing.
It was great to be around them and watch them be thoughtful and loving towards each other. They were always touching even in the smallest of ways when they were close together and they were always following the other with a glance when they were apart, like an automatic reflex to be aware of the other´s movements. It was an amazing and bittersweet sight to Brandon particularly, as he had let go an incredible girl because of his childish behavior; he had let his frat boys convinced him that they were too young to commit to one girl but in reality, that´s what he really wanted. He was mad at himself for almost having Blaine make the same mistake. He was looking at them and thinking of all these things when he saw Blaine approaching Kurt.
"Angel, would you like me to make you a sandwich?" – Blaine asked Kurt as he saw his boyfriend busy helping Finn with the drinks.
"I´ll appreciate it, if you don´t mind. Thank you."
"No problem. I´ll even put some extra pickles in it because I know you love them and I´ll cut it in small pieces the way you like it."
"You´re the best" – Kurt smiled and kissed Blaine´s cheek before returning to what he was doing.
Kurt finished with the drinks and went to help Rachael with the fruit salad. Brandon kept watching them from afar.
"Rachael, wait!" – Kurt yelled
"What?!"
"Let me get some of it for Blaine before you put the kiwis in. Blaine is allergic to Kiwi"
"Oh, I´m sorry. I didn´t know."
"It´s ok. No harm done"
"Is Finn allergic to any of the fruits we´re using?" – Rachael asked with worry thinking that she should know this kind of things. She needed to start talking to Finn more, immediately.
"No. Don´t worry" – Kurt answered as he finished dishing some of the salad on a separate bowl for Blaine and set it aside. Rachel took noticed so she wouldn´t mix them up later.
When the food was ready, they all took their plates and drinks and sat on the chairs or on blankets on the grass. Kurt found a place under one of the trees and placed his blanket there. Then, he sat sprawling his legs so Blaine could sit between them but still allowing some space for them to eat comfortably. They all ate away their lunch while keeping a pleasant conversation filled with jokes and funny stories.
By desert time, Blaine had his back pressed on Kurt´s chest and had his hands running softly along his boyfriend´s arms around his waist. Kurt had his head on Blaine´s shoulder so he could still look at everybody and keep up with the conversation. Tina was sitting in a similar way but a little to the side so her shoulder was resting on Mike´s chest. The rest of the couples sat close together as well but in less intimate embraces. Rachael got up and with Mercedes´s help she started dishing out the bowls with fruit salad. When Blaine saw the bowl Kurt got from her, he said he would skip desert because he was allergic to Kiwi. Rachel handed him the bowl Kurt had prepared for him explaining that it was Kiwi free on Kurt´s request. He took the salad gladly and kissed Kurt´s cheek with a sweet "thank you". Kurt shrug his shoulders and replied with an "any time" and kissing Blaine´s temple.
"Ok, you two are seriously the cutest thing I´ve ever seen" – Hannah said sweetly.
"Welcome to the Kurt and Blaine Candy Fest. They´ll be here all week" – Thad pronounced like a show presenter.
"So, they are always like that?" – Bryan asked.
"Yes, they are always like that; maybe a little less sweet on a regular basis but, they had a fight yesterday and they tend to overcompensate for that. We´ve seen it once before. We all had to move up some dentist appointments after that." – Santana replied.
"Hey! We are still here, you know? We can hear you" – Kurt said annoyed and Blaine just chuckled because Kurt was cute being such an angry kitten.
"Don´t get you panties on a twist, Kurt" – Nick supplied – "It´s not like we haven´t spoken like you two were not in the room before."
"I know, but it´s still annoying"
"Ok. But there is something I don´t get. I´m sorry if I sound ignorant but I´m just confused" – Brandon wondered – "I´ve seen Blaine serenating Kurt and then I saw Kurt seducing Blaine. But, later, I saw Blaine making Kurt´s food and now Kurt is the one holding Blaine."
"So?" – Blaine asked
"So, who is the boss?"
"What do you mean?" – Kurt asked this time but he had an idea of where Brandon was going.
"I mean, who is the –man- in the relationship, like who ask the other on dates and drives the other around or stuff like that?"
"Brandon. We´re gay, we´re both men; that´s kind of the point of being gay" – Blaine answered first because he knew it was a sore spot for Kurt and he kept running his fingers over Kurt´s in a soothing manner – "believing that one of us has to be the –girl- is, as you said it yourself, ignorance"
"I´m sorry, I didn´t mean to offend you. Neither of you"
"I know" – Kurt said softly – "it´s just a misconception that most people believe to be true. But, as Blaine said, were are both men and even though I look more like the stereotypical gay guy, the truth is that I take care of Blaine and ask him on dates as much as he takes care of me and ask me on dates. Simple as that."
"Ok. I understand. Thanks for explaining it to me without ripping my head off. You´re kind of scary, you know that?" – Brandon said and they all laughed, even Kurt. He knew he could be intimidating when he was upset or angry.
"Don´t worry, Brandon. Our Blaine can handle him like a charm" – Jeff said – "or is it the other way around?" – Jeff finished by pretending to be confused.
"Shut up!" – Blaine threw a grape to Jeff´s head and they all laughed.
"Well, I have to say that seeing the two of you today has made me rethink some things I used to believe I wanted. You have to know that all the things I said to Blaine yesterday came from that bad place and I regret it. I regret a lot of thing now to be honest. I think I´m gonna grow a pair, get myself a nice girlfriend and all the Beta Kappa´s can kiss my ass" – Brandon said with finality.
"This is such a movie moment" – Julie said with humor.
"Oh my! Our Brandon is all grown up!" – Bryan told Brett.
"I know! Tear…" – Brett answered pretending to dry a tear running down his cheek
"You, morons!" – Brandon stood up and started chasing his brothers all over the place. Everybody else just stayed were they were, eating their dessert and enjoying the show.
After waiting for their lunch to settle down, they all decided to go swim for a little while more before it got windy and chilly. They enjoyed some games while on the water and when the water turned a little cold for their comfort a soccer game was suggested. The girls, Kurt, Artie and Trent decided to sit out and just enjoy the game from the sidelines. Artie had everybody crying for laughing too hard with his ingenious commentary on the game and the players. By the time the game was over, everyone had dried out and they were all exhausted.
Reluctantly, they started to pick everything up and loaded the cars leaving the place spotless. Nick called for some pizzas the minute they started driving their way back, so they got to his house only fifteen minutes after they arrived.
Everybody gathered around in the kitchen and enjoyed their pizzas, already making plans for another outing before the triplets had to go back to Columbus. After they were finished with dinner, everybody said their good byes and started their way back home. Kurt and Blaine got another round of awws and whistles when they kissed good bye before jumping into their respective cars and Blaine, in response, decided to put up a little show for them so he dipped Kurt a little for effect. Kurt just smacked his shoulder softly as a reprimand but he could erase the smile and the red spots on his face.
It had been a great day, one they will always remember and the good thing was that the summer has just started.
A/N: So, what do you think? I still have several ideas for the first Klaine Summer so we are not starting the new school year for a little while. I hope that´s ok with you ;). Oh! Did you see the pictures of Criss Colfer wearing Kurt´s engagement ring on set? *died*. Ok, I´m gonna go now. Until next week!
