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This is the third story I've updated today :/ I posted the latest of Hiccups, then Angela sent over her half of Edge of Glory so of course I had to write my half and then we ended up posting it. So I considered not giving you a chapter of Kiss but I'm not that mean after all.
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I've been watching a news report tonight of the radical American Christians who say that all Australians are going to hell, God hates homosexuals and anybody who doesn't believe that is going to hell too because they don't believe the Bible. Well, looks like I'm going to hell because I don't believe God hates homosexuals. I honestly can't stand it when people like that give a bad name to my religion because people think that I have the same opinions and then want nothing to do with me. But I can't understand how someone can rejoice in a bushfire that kills so many people because they're Australian and therefore going to hell. I just can't fathom people's minds, especially when they get children to do things like this. And picketing funerals of soldiers? Hell no. I want to make it clear right now: I am a Christian but I do not believe homosexuals go to hell because they're homosexual, I do not believe that God hates them, or hates anybody for that matter. I believe in love and that's what I live by. I can't believe that some people can do things like this, and I'm so sorry to anybody who's ever dealt with that sort of thing.
From Secrets of the Fall: I'm kind of obsessed with Dalton and the idea that it's a boarding school, so could you write the Warblers playing hide and seek, and have Blaine be the seeker, and for some reason he finds Kurt last and while everyone is waiting for them, they kiss?
I was dying to write this for so long. DYING.
Hide And Seek
"I'm booooooooooored!"
A collective symphony of groans met Wes' proclamation. Wes had been whining for the past half an hour and the group were sick of it. While the rest of the Warblers were perfectly happy to spend the evening relaxing after their final exams, Wes seemed to need to be entertained like a small puppy. In fact, Blaine had taken to clicking his fingers and whistling when he needed Wes. It would've been funny except for the fact that Wes actually responded. Every time.
Kurt sighed, leaning back against Blaine's legs. He had been talking about going home for the weekend but Blaine had convinced him to stay and join the post exam celebrations that would start the following day. For now, the Warblers just having some down time and taking the opportunity to relax and hang out with each other.
Well, nearly all of them -
"Guys! Can we do something?"
"Like WHAT, Wes?" Blaine's patience ran out first. "There's no competitions or performances coming up, so we don't need to practice. We're all tired, in case you hadn't noticed. So give us a suggestion of something we can do that won't take much effort and we'll consider it."
David and Wes turned to each other and looked to be in deep thought. A few minutes passed and the rest of the Warblers turned their attention back to various other things. Kurt leaned his head back, resting it on Blaine's knees and smiling up at him.
"Comfortable?"
Kurt nodded. "Though I still take offense that you didn't keep me a seat." He sniffed haughtily as Blaine mock-pouted.
"I did say you could share." Blaine raised his eyebrows suggestively but his words were serious. He saw Kurt swallow and knew he was trying to think of a witty reply, but was saved by David's outburst.
"We've got it! Hide and seek!"
There were a couple of groans but most of the boys seemed interested. "Yeah, we haven't had a good hide and seek game in ages!" Thad agreed, seeming the most excited.
Blaine sighed, nudging Kurt lightly who moved as he got to his feet. "If we're playing hide and seek, we need to remember the ground rules. No dorm rooms, no classrooms, no staffrooms, no ceilings, Nick." He shot a glare to the sheepish looking Warbler. "We don't need a repeat of last time. We're playing in this building only, so if you go outside you can stay there for the night. After half an hour, if you haven't been found, you can consider the game over and yourself the winner. Once you're found, come back here."
"Okay, so now that Blaine's enlightened us, we'd all better go hide while he counts." Wes shot him a grin as Blaine began to protest.
"Wes, I was in last time. And the time before that."
"Yeah, that's because you're good at it. Come on everyone!" The room quickly emptied as Blaine sighed, turning to face the fireplace.
"One... two.. three..."
Blaine yawned, counting silently in his head and mentally going over the best hiding spots. Wes and David usually hid together and Nick would be somewhere obscure. Everyone else would usually be found in a matter of fifteen minutes. The only one he wasn't sure about was Kurt, who had never played a game of Warbler Hide and Seek.
He suddenly realized he'd gotten to 250 and strode over to the door. Opening it, he took a deep breath and called, "Ready or not, here I come!"
Silence.
Blaine slipped his shoes off, knowing that most of the boys would do a runner the second they heard Blaine coming and he wanted this game done as quickly as possible. He began to make his way down the hallway, heading towards the west wing to make the search as methodical as possible.
Night had fallen while Blaine was counting and most of the hall lights had been shut off to aid the boys in finding hiding spots. Blaine tiptoed down the hall, reaching the end and beginning his search. Luckily there were only two levels to this particular building - last time, Wes had decided they were going to play in the library which had four levels and far too many hiding spots.
Slipping into the first student lounge, Blaine quietly made his way over to the vending machine which was slightly out of place. Sticking his head behind it, he could vaguely make out the shape of a Warbler curled up in the corner. Blaine reached his hand in and tapped them on the shoulder, eliciting a muffled groan.
"You're really annoying, you know that?" Ethan edged out from the gap and stretched out his limbs. "I swear you target me every time."
Blaine chuckled and pointed in the direction of the door, Ethan obediently heading back to the choir room. He gave the room a once over and was satisfied that nobody else was in there. Stepping back out, he continued down the hallway, checking rooms at random to make sure they were still locked and the boys hadn't broke the rules.
The common room door was shut, an immediate sign to Blaine. Easing the door open, he tiptoed in and surveyed the room. A lump was noticeable under the piles of cushions and Blaine smirked. Taking a run up, he launched himself at the couch, a scream coming from beneath him as he landed. Rolling off, he pushed the cushions away to find an angry John.
"Damn it, Blaine! That hurt!" Blaine went to answer, then paused. Clearly John didn't pull those cushions over himself and Blaine immediately turned to take in the rest of the room. There wasn't a lot else, a couple of abandoned couches, a table that nobody was hiding under, and the fridge.
No... he wouldn't..
Blaine opened the door, shaking his head as Nick tumbled out. "Do you know how dangerous that is?" he exclaimed, looking down at the shivering boy on the floor. "How did you even get in there?"
"Jesse helped -" Nick snapped his mouth shut as Blaine immediately walked over to the door and swung it shut to the groans of Jesse.
"Nice job, Nick." Blaine chuckled.
"Come on, Jesse, you think I wouldn't have seen you there anyway? All three of you, back to the room." Grumbling to themselves, the three boys left the room, Blaine following behind to continue his search while shaking his head at Nick's idiocy.
Ten minutes later and Blaine was nearing the end of his search. He had found Trent and Nicholas curled together underneath a table in one of the meeting rooms which had immediately led to the hurried pair rushing back to the choir room, red faced, as Blaine laughed at their compromising situation.
Unfortunately, Blaine had forgotten to add the rule about no bathrooms, which led to a rather awkward conversation through the locked door, saying that yes, Jesse was found and could he please come out now because this was kind of weird?
Though the winner for the most weird so far was definitely going to Thad who had somehow managed to follow Blaine for half of the game until he turned suddenly and saw him standing behind him. Blaine applauded his creativity, hit him across the head for startling him then sent him back to the choir room.
After that, he entered the lobby and immediately zoned in on Flint trying to hide behind a potted plant. After sending him back, he checked behind the reception desk to see Jeff who had actually fallen asleep on the floor. Blaine kicked him a couple of times, then left him there, sticking a Post-it to him saying "Blaine has found you. Make your way to the choir room when you wake up."
... Hey, it counted.
Scouring the rest of the lobby, he noticed a human-shaped coat rack that hadn't been there earlier and rolled his eyes. Cameron always did have the worst hiding spots. He stopped and stared at the boy for a few seconds until Cameron sighed and made his way upstairs, putting his blazer back on. Blaine entered one of the final rooms on that level, hoping that the remainder of the boys were in there somewhere.
As he checked the room, he noticed that Kurt still hadn't shown up and a brief flicker of worry shot through him. What if he's lost or trapped somewhere?
Blaine pulled a couple of bean bags off Richard who sighed and made his way to the door, conveniently hovering in front of a table that Blaine hadn't checked under. A quick look revealed Andrew curled into a tight ball, and thankfully Richard had stuck around because it took both of them to free him.
Now the only ones left were Wes, David and Kurt. Blaine knew Wes and David were hiding together somewhere. They were always the last to be found and Blaine suspected them of switching hiding spots while his back was turned. Forget suspecting, he knew they did but couldn't prove it. And Kurt - Blaine pushed his concerns back. Kurt was probably just really good at hiding.
As Blaine made to go up the stairs, he heard a rustling noise and froze. Oh, of course. Stepping back down, he looked under the staircase, the only one in Dalton that wasn't built in underneath. Wes and David were hanging from the stairs and Blaine just shook his head at his two friends.
"Best one yet, guys."
The two dropped to the ground looking disgruntled. "Are we last, at least?" Wes asked as the three made their way up the staircase.
Blaine froze. "No, you aren't."
"Who is?" David and Wes had stopped and were turning to look at him.
"Kurt's still out there somewhere."
The three boys looked at each other, Wes and David catching onto Blaine's concern immediately. "Okay, we'll go amuse the other guys. Let us know if you haven't got him in five minutes or so and we'll start searching the top floor."
Blaine nodded, heading back down the stairs. Of course there wasn't usually anything to worry about when they played hide and seek, but Kurt hadn't been at Dalton for as long as the rest of them and Blaine didn't want anything to happen to him.
Scouring the lobby again, he came up empty. He checked through all of the other rooms methodically, still finding nothing. Blaine was about to head back up the stairs when he suddenly noticed a room he had somehow overlooked. Of course...
Blaine quietly opened the door of the final student room, the one where he and Kurt had sung Baby It's Cold Outside together. Sure enough, there was Kurt, curled up on one of the couches staring into the fire. He looked up as Blaine entered, smiling softly.
"I couldn't be bothered hiding. I guess I'm probably one of the first?"
"Actually, you're last." Blaine crossed the room and sunk into the couch next to him.
Kurt turned to him in disbelief. "How did I manage that?"
"I forgot to check in here somehow." Blaine shrugged, watching the way the light of the fire danced across Kurt's skin, giving him an eerily beautiful glow about him. "The rest of the guys are upstairs, waiting for us."
And now there was something in Kurt's eyes that Blaine could easily blame away as a trick of the light, but he knew was more.
"I guess we should head up then."
"Yeah, probably."
Neither boy made an indication to move, still staring at one another across the short gap between them. Blaine moved slightly closer, letting a hand brush against Kurt's leg and hearing a quiet intake of breath from the younger boy.
"It's kind of nice, just the two of us here."
Blaine hummed in agreement, still staring into Kurt's eyes.
"We never really get to spend much time together nowadays."
Blaine's eyes dropped to Kurt's lips, licking his own unconsciously.
"Do you think -"
"Kurt, stop talking." There was laughter bubbling around the edges of his words and Kurt snapped his mouth shut, a smile playing around his mouth. The only sound to be heard was the crackling of the fire as the two boys stared at each other before something seemed to shift in Kurt's eyes and Blaine knew this was it.
Gently leaning in, slowly, to give Kurt a chance to back out, Blaine pressed their lips together. He held the contact for a second, relishing in the light touch before deepening it as he felt Kurt respond. His mouth seemed to know exactly what to do so Blaine left it to it, wrapping his hands around Kurt's waist and rubbing them gently up and down his back. He felt Kurt shiver underneath him and broke away reluctantly, knowing things would get too heated if they continued. After all, it was their first kiss. They had all the time in the world to explore their relationship.
"Wow." Kurt seemed lost for words and Blaine chuckled gently, drawing him closer into his arms. Kurt leaned his head against Blaine's shoulder with a little sigh and the two boys sat there, completely content.
"Blaine, your pocket's buzzing."
Or not. Sighing, Blaine reached into his blazer pocket and pulled out his phone. "Yeah?" he answered, not bothering to check the caller ID.
"Blaine, we've searched the entire top floor and there's no sign of him. Do you think we need to call in one of the teachers? I can't think of anywhere else he could have gone, Kurt isn't the type to break the rules for something like this anyway -"
Oops.
"Wes, it's okay," he said, cutting off his friend's panicked tirade. "I've found him."
"Oh, okay, great. He's found him, guys!"
Blaine shook his head as Kurt looked at him curiously. "So why are you guys... oh. Oh!"
"Yes, Wes. Oh. So, if you don't mind -" Blaine left the sentence hanging, trying not to laugh at his friend's sudden change in demeanour.
"Yeah, of course. Just - yeah. We'll be up here if you decide to join us."
"Use protection!" David's voice came from the background and Kurt's eyes widened, clearly having heard what their friend had said.
"Goodbye Wes." Blaine hung up and stared at Kurt for a second before they both burst into laughter.
"We really do have idiots for friends, don't we?"
Blaine just nodded as Kurt curled into his side again. He stroked the younger boy's hair and just sat staring into the fire. After awhile, he presumed Kurt had gone to sleep and was considering whether to take him to his room when his boyfriend spoke.
"We should play Sardines next time. And I'll hide."
Blaine chuckled. "Only if you tell me where first."
I've been accused of basing Wes off Yossarian in Catch-22. Basically, I mentioned I was getting my daily dose of crazy from that book and my beta said, "we're going to see that in your stories aren't we? And it's all going to be taken out on Wes."
... yeah, she's right. It's not exactly based on him, he's just my crazy Warbler. Not that they're not all crazy.
Anyway, do you all know how to play Sardines? It's inverse hide and seek; one person hides and the rest of the people have to find them, but when they do they have to hide with them. I can just imagine Kurt finding a nice little spot for him and Blaine to hide in together... ;)