"Ouch! Ugh, I swear to god you have the worst plans in the entire world. I am freezing, and my legs hurt!"
Kurt had been complaining the whole way through the trees, getting his clothes caught on sticky plants, and getting thorns in his fingers and now getting his legs stung by poison ivy. He had not been quiet through his pain, and Blaine had a slight headache building from his boyfriend's constant ire.
"But we lost them, right? And you'll be ok." He tried to placate his angry boyfriend, but onyl received a glare in return.
"Yeah, i'll be ok! I'll be ok when we can stop and when I can sort out these itches...why does poison ivy have to grow everywhere?" Kurt responded, kicking one his legs free of another plant, "It was your big idea to walk through these woods, I don't see you getting stung."
Blaine was starting to lose his patience, he kenw it was a rough trek, but he didn't need to shoulder the blame for everything.
"Sorry, did you have a better idea and I just didn't hear it? Because I'm freezing too, and I'm tired, but at least I don't complain about it every minute!" He heatedly replied back to Kurt, but he knew it would do no good, Kurt was in a rage right now, nothing could stop the fork tongue coming out.
"Oh i'm sorry I shall keep my complaining to a minimum. My legs feel like they're going to fall off, but it's okay because Blaine doesn't want me to voice my opinion, Blaine would rather have complete silence." Kurt almost shouted to him from behind, grunting as his foot caught on another plant, "You know what, fuck you. I can complain if I want to, it's fucking winter and we're walking through what I can only assume is below freezing conditions."
As he finished his tirade, Blaine turned to glare at him with anger.
"Thank you for making this even harder than it already is! That's right, blame me Kurt, I'm always the bad guy here, understood! Oh, by the way, fuck you too!" Blaine could feel tears of frustration and hurt building but managed to keep them inside as he turned sharply back around to conitnue walking.
Kurt didn't respond, he just scoffed a little and looked away, and after a few seconds, Blaine's words sank in a little and he felt bad. It really wasn't Blaine's fault, and he already felt bad enough about being on the run with Kurt.
He sighed out loud, casting a little steam into the air around them. He walked a little faster to catch up to Blaine's side, even though his boyfriend refused to look at him.
"I'm sorry honey...i'm just irritable." He said softly and Blaien turned tired eyes to him.
"It's ok, I know you didn't mean it. I'm sorry too," they shared a small smile in the fading darkness, and Blaine turned a concerned look to Kurt's feet as he was limping along, "Are your legs bothering you that much?"
Kurt nodded.
"Yeah, between the itching and the walking, they are numb and feel like they are going to drop off from the knee right now...and I don't blame you for anything, you know that right?"
"I know, babe. Maybe we should stop for a few minutes, so I can check them. Maybe I can help?" Blaine stopped and toom one of Kurt's hands, leading him over to sit down on a rock.
"Oh god, thank you." Kurt says overly dramatic as he sits down, causing Blaine to chuckle under his breath a little.
"Okay, honey, let me see. Can you get your pants legs up, please?"
As Kurt reveals the angry looking red patches on his ankles, Blaine produces a cool cloth in his hand, before placing it onto Kurt's leg.
Kurt hissed in discomfort at first, until Blaine began to heat the cloth up a little where it was against his skin, not too hot but warm enough to soothe them.
"Ok, that's amazing." Kurt moaned out and Blaine gave him a cheeky smile.
"Do you feel better now?"
"Yeah I do. Thank you." Kurt smiled back but then his face fell and Blaine watched him curiously, waiting for his next thought to come out, "Do you think they'll catch up to us?"
"Hope not, but we can't stay here for too long. We need to get to Ridgecrest as soon as possible."
"You've been there before right?" Kurt asked as Blaine helped him move the cloth from one leg to the other, simultaneously cooling it and warming it.
"Yes, a few years ago. Some close friends of my parents own a summer vacation home there, and we went with them a few times." He explained as Kurt nodded, he was feeling so much better now that his legs weren't hurting.
"Do you think the police will figure out we're there eventually? I don't want to ruin our whole mood, but you know as well as I do, that we can't do this forever." He said and watched Blaine's face turn into a frown as he thought about it.
"I know... and yes, I think they'll figure it out. They were so close this time, Kurt." He said as he looked straight into Kurt's eyes, the fear and anxiety present in his own was reflected slightly in those light blue opposite him.
"I know...just know that I won't let them take you without a fight. I'll kick some ass if I have to." Kurt said semi serously, he was serious, they would not take Blaine from him without some serious ass kicking, but at the same time he wanted to make Blaine feel better.
He knew he had lightened the mood a little when Blaine shook his head with a small smile.
"I know you will. But, in case they catch me... you have to run away if you get the chance, okay?"
Kurt looked down as he thought about it for a moment, before looking Blaine dead in the eyes.
"If I make that promise, then you have to as well. If I get caught, you run!"
Blaine stared back into his determined eyes for a moment or two, before nodding slightly.
"Fine, I promise. But for now, we are together, and we have to keep moving." Blaine said as he made Kurt stand, fading the cloth out of existence once again, "We can do this."
Blaine leaned in to give Kurt a small but glorious kiss, pressing their lips together a little harder than chaste. As he pulled back Kurt gave him a smile.
"Yeah we can do this. Together."
"Always babe."
They carried on hand in hand for a while, and another hour or 2 passed before Kurt pulled his hand away to rub at one of his legs. The itching and aching in his ankles had started to come back. The cold seemed to be whipping through his coat too, he could barely feel his arms or his thighs anymore. He tried to grab Blaine's attention as they passed through a denser more crowded area of trees, but Blaine was pressing on ahead, determination set on his face.
"Blaine... honey, I need to stop. Please." Kurt whined a little out of breath, and his voice rough from breathing in so much cold air.
"Kurt we've barely walked 5 more miles, we have to keep walking." Blaine's voice came sternly but just as rough and breathless sounding as Kurt's.
"Just a few minutes. My legs are aching really bad, and I can barely breathe, my whole body is frozen." Kurt pleaded, really needing to stop.
Blaine paused and turned to regard his boyfriend with slightly warm eyes, but the determination in them and the sternness in his voice did not waver.
"Look I know, ok, I know it's difficult but please, just push through it for a few more miles ok? We'll stop when we need to, we just have to go as far as we can, while we can. I'm sorry but i'm not stopping yet."
Blaine turned to trudge along again, and Kurt winced as he took a few more steps, his legs were so sore.
"I know, but it's not just for me, Blaine. I think you need some rest too." He tried to sound nonchalant about his statement but he could see Blaine's bac tense as he said it.
"I don't need rest Kurt, i'm fine. Just be quiet and keep moving please, don't make me slow down for you."
"Excuse me? Don't talk to me like that," Kurt said a lot more direct and angry now, crossing his arms as he came to a stop, "and you're not a fucking superhero! You're not thinking clearly."
"Kurt don't start arguing with me again, I don't need this shit. I just want to keep moving." Blaine said beyond irritated that his boyfriend had stopped and was just standing and staring at him, his head started pounding too.
"Do you think I want to argue? Please, let's make a quick stop, don't be so stubborn." Kurt's pleading became a lot more desperate but some worry slipped into his voice as Blaine placed a hand over his eyes.
Blaine winced slightly as his head started to throb harder, one of the reasons he didn't want to argue was because he had a mounting headache. And the amount of throbbing in his skull made him irritable.
"I'm not...being stubborn. We need to keep moving." Blaine pressed as he put one hand over his eyes, and tried to keep his pace
"Blaine... wait, are you ok?" Kurt took a couple of strides to take one of Blaine's arms, but he was shrugged off.
"I'm fine. Just a headache."
"You don't look fine, let me give you some water." Kurt began rummaging through his bag, trying to find the water bottle.
"No, i'm ok. We can't stop."
As he said the words he felt his powers tugging at his insides, but he grit his teeth against the pain in his head and kept walking while shaking his head slightly.
"Blaine, stop, I'm serious. Now!" Kurt nearly shouted at him, and he saw Blaine shake his head once.
"No."
"Well, i'm stopping with or without you." Kurt said in his most stubborn and irritated sounding tone he culd get, and sat down on a nearby tree log that was sort of buried in the ground.
"Kurt." Blaine turned to warn him, but the pain and throbbing was getting worse, so much so, he was having trouble focusing on where Kurt was sitting.
Kurt just crossed his arms over his chest, and watched Blaine.
"I need 10 minutes, Blaine. Don't be silly and come sit with me."
"Kurt, move. Now." Blaine said through gritted teeth.
"I'm not moving!"
The pain in his head stopped and all of a sudden there was a pull, as Blaine's eyes focused on Kurt and put a hand out to physically move him forward. What he didn't predict though that as he pulled on Kurt, with Kurt protesting the movement, his powers had thrown itself around a nearby tree too and as he pulled Kurt towards him, he pulled the trunk of the tree behind him.
"What the hell are you doing? You're completely insane! Don't use your powers against me, Blaine, I swear to God..." Kurt could not do anything against being pulled towards Blaine, but the glare on his face gave Blaine a little bit of pause.
As he released Kurt from his hold though, the pain in his head became so immense he had to scream out loud. But as soon as he released Kurt, they both hear a creak and a huge amount of cracking and breaking sounds from above them.
"Oh, my God... " Kurt said as he and Blaine both looked up to see the tree that was in the ground behind Kurt, now falling down on them from it's broken base.
The half second it took for the tree to topple forward, towards them both, Blaine had flung himself at Kurt, pushing them both out of its path and rolled them both down a short hill covered in snow.
They both heard a thundering bounce and snap as the tree hit the ground, and Blaine felt relieved, guilty, and so tired all at once.
Kurt pushed himself out from underneath him and sat looking at him, desperately trying to understand what had just happened and what was the matter with his boyfriend.
Blaine wouldn't look at him though, too ashamed from his actions, and the fact that his mistake and anger could have just crushed his boyfriend, or both of them.
"Blaine, look at me."
Blaine only shook his head in reply, so Kurt sighed and took his hand.
"Babe, please, look at me. I'm worried about you."
Kurt waited as he watched Blaine's hunched over shoulders start shaking and he could see little droplets of tears falling off of Blaine's nose, where he was looking down towards the ground.
"...I...I nearly killed you..." came Blaine haunted statement, and Kurt gripped both of his shoulders in hsi hands, shaking him a little.
"Well... you also saved me. I need you to talk to me... what happened?"
"...I've been practicing with my powers for the last week...but I think...i'm losing control of them." Blaine admitted as he placed his shaking hands into his lap, and hunched over more with shame and embarrassment.
"No, you're not. But you have to stop carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Baby, you have powers but you're human, don't forget it. You're scared? Good, me too. I'm here with you, Blaine. Lean on me."
"I can't...how are you supposed to carry my shit, when you're carrying your own. I told you i'm the one that wants to protect you and then I go and...nearly hurt you? I'm a complete monster."
"Stop! Right now!" Kurt holds Blaine's face in his hands to force Blaine to look at him, seeing the amount of pain and regret in the eyes he loved so much made his ehart hurt, but he had to be the strong one right now, "I'm not gonna have this conversation again. You want to protect me, but I want to protect you too. You're the best person I know, Blaine, you are anything but a monster. I love you. Do you think I would love a monster?"
Blaine bit his lip as he looked in Kurt's saddened eyes, and then the dam broke and he fell into Kurt's arms sobbing like a baby.
"It's ok, baby, I have you. I love you." Kurt whispers as he wrapped his arms around Blaine and pulled him into his chest tightly, letting his love get rid of all the pain and the shame and guilt.
"I'm sorry...i'm sorry...i'm so sorry.." The sobs and words were so heartbreaking, Kurt could feel his own eyes stinging with tears.
"Shhhh, it's okay. Please, don't cry.."
Blaine's sobs quietened as the minutes went by, while they both sat there, still hugging, but Kurt could feel that the air was getting colder and he decided he had to make the decision for them, Blaine was in no fit state to make decisions for their safety. And there was no way that Kurt was going to wait out the night and end up catching pneumonia.
"Blaine, we need to rest. The only way we can make it, is by staying alive. So we are going to put up the tent, warm up and sleep, and I won't take no for an answer. Do you want to help me?" Kurt's words grew in strength as he went on and Blaine finally looked back up into his eyes and gave him a small smile.
"...ok."
Blaine gave a little sniffle before reaching his hand out and the tent popped out of the bag Kurt had been carrying and put itself up. Blaine winced again as he placed his hand back down in his lap.
"I can't do anymore than that, my head is killing me." He said and Kurt moved him towards the tent slowly.
"Ok, baby. I have some water and painkillers in my bag." he made sure Blaine was sitting in the tent before going through his bag and producing said painkillers and a bottle of water, smiling as he handed them to Blaine, "Take them and lie down."
Blaine reached out quickly and grabbed Kurt's arm as his boyfriend turned to go back out and Kurt looked at him curiously.
"Thank you.."
"You're welcome. I'm gonna take care of you, babe."
"You're gonna lay down with me right?"
"Yes, but first I'm going to make sure you're comfortable and warm enough." Kurt gave his forehead a short kiss before emptying his bag of the blanket and things they would need to sleep.
"I'll be warm enough, if you're there too." Blaine replied with a soft smile of his own and Kurt couldn't help but roll his eyes fodly at the cheesiness of that line.
"Do you feel better now?" Kurt asked as he lay down next to Blaine, making sure that the blanket they had was over both of them before snuggling against him.
"Yeah, much better."