Work day from hell this morning. I was there an extra 2.5 hours which, after night shift, is just torture. Someone owes me big time. On top of that, I have customers who keep making comments about my personal appearance which just makes me feel like crap because they're always judgemental of me. I don't want to go to work tonight.
And then FF decided to be a pain and not let me into this for a good hour...
I need to just go to sleep for about ten days.
From Klaineforthewin: Upside down (like on playground monkey bars or something. Or like Spiderman style where one is upright but the other one is upside down)
One, anybody who follows Chris on Twitter should have immediately made the same connection as I did when writing this.
And two, KiKiFliesDW13 Gleek, this is the chapter!
UpsideDown
The best thing about being Kurt Hummel's boyfriend was definitely seeing the side of him that nobody else got to see.
Blaine had always been aware that Kurt was very multi-dimensional, that he had so much more to him than just his talent or fashion or meticulous skincare regimen. After all, he had seen the barest hint of Kurt's closet one time when Kurt had actually entrusted Blaine to get a jacket out for him and the contents - ten inch bedazzled heels, flannel, military jackets and a certain cheerleading outfit that Blaine had needed to know more about - had been enough to show Blaine that there was a lot more to Kurt than met the eye. And the closer Blaine got to his boyfriend, the more Kurt would let him in to see those different aspects of his life and personality.
But this was one he hadn't expected. And Blaine couldn't quite believe how hot it was.
"It's basically an extension on Cheerios," Kurt explained calmly as they crossed the parking lot hand-in-hand towards the large multi-purpose building. "I miss the routines and this, although different, was the next best thing."
"Something else I still struggle to comprehend," Blaine admitted. "I still want access those videos."
Kurt laughed. "Not happening. Now I said you could come if you sat quietly and watched, so please do so."
"What else do you suspect I'd do?" Blaine had to ask.
Kurt grinned wickedly. "Scream?"
And as Kurt pushed open the door to reveal the long silks hanging from the ceilings with a person holding on with her feet and one hand, Blaine realized Kurt might just have a point. "Hey," he said quickly, grabbing Kurt's arm. "Don't die. Please."
Kurt simply laughed and waved to the woman on the silks. When she let go with that one supporting hand to wave back, Blaine thought he might have a heart attack. "I thought you said this was fun, Kurt. That isn't fun, that's a death wish!"
"Oh relax," Kurt said cheerfully. "I've done much worse than that."
Before Blaine could question him and ask whether Kurt actually wanted to die and if so didn't he love Blaine enough to stay alive, Kurt was wandering across the room to stand at the bottom of the silks, chatting to the girl who was winding her way down. Blaine sighed and took a seat on one of the padded mats - and at least they were there - to watch. Or not watch. Whatever ended up happening.
In the end, Blaine was torn between covering his eyes and praying to every deity he didn't believe in that Kurt wouldn't fall, and staring in complete and unabashed awe.
Because Kurt was amazing. The second he had begun winding his way up the silks with a practiced ease, Blaine was transfixed. Kurt possessed a grace that Blaine had never seen in another person, let alone a teenage boy. His boyfriend was in a class of his own and it was amazing and beautiful and Blaine was so, so in love with him.
Finally the girl stepped back, smiling at Kurt who had just twisted himself upside down, his head dangling far too close to the ground for Blaine's comfort. "You're improving!" she exclaimed happily before being interrupted by her phone ringing. "Oh, can I -?"
"You're being paid by the hour and you want to take a phone call?" Kurt asked, and Blaine knew he would have crossed his arms if he wasn't using one for support. The girl simply looked at him pleadingly and Kurt rolled his eyes - an interesting gesture when he was upside down. "Go on. Blaine can spot me. But if I crack my skull, its totally on your head."
And despite that, the woman still left to take her phone call, leaving a very nervous Blaine to watch his very relaxed boyfriend hang lazily from the silks. "If you fall, I can't catch you," Blaine warned. "And I certainly couldn't handle your death on my conscience. Think of how much more work I'd have to do to find another openly gay guy to be my boyfriend!"
Kurt stuck his tongue out. "Prat," he muttered before his face softened. And even though the blood was rushing to Kurt's face, he still managed to smile far too beautifully for his own good. "Come here a second?" he asked.
Blaine crossed the room before realizing standing up would be just a touch awkward and sat cross-legged in front of his boyfriend. "Having fun?"
"Lots." Kurt was still smiling but the tone seemed to have changed. "Have you seen Spiderman?" he asked.
Blaine had but it wasn't until Kurt's smile changed to slightly hesitant that Blaine got it. "Oh," he breathed, a million other words on the tip of his tongue, questions, assurances...
A million words that just floated away because Kurt had just raised a hand to stroke his fingers gently across Blaine's cheek. Even being upside down couldn't lessen the intensity of the look Kurt was giving him, like everything he had ever wanted was sitting in front of him and Kurt couldn't quite believe it. Which was natural - Blaine wasn't at all sure whether he was even here at all. He could only hope he was because this moment was too good to be a dream, and considering some of the dreams Blaine had had, that was saying something.
But in all of Blaine's dreams, the moment when Kurt Hummel leant in to kiss him had never felt quite so real.
It seemed that the grace and beauty that filled every part of Kurt extended to his lips too, and Blaine found himself addicted after the first kiss. Even though they were upside down and the angle probably wasn't quite right, it was still amazing. He was already addicted to his boyfriend's words, laugh, smile, voice, personality… so just another thing to add to the list. Except it wasn't just another thing, but it was yet another facet of Kurt and there were still so many more to explore and Blaine might just explode from how much in love he was.
Which was why it was almost a relief when Kurt broke away, wincing apologetically. "I'm going to forget everything else if we keep doing that and considering the only thing holding me up is my feet, I don't want to ruin this perfect moment by falling on you and breaking my neck."
"Oh, right!" Blaine quickly jumped to his feet, watching as Kurt unravelled himself the final distance, somehow managing to bring himself upright before landing on the ground. "You really are amazing, you know that?"
Kurt blushed a little at that, slipping his hand back into Blaine's. "Well, I try. Does that mean you want to come back and watch next week?" Blaine nodded quickly and perhaps a little too enthusiastically, and Kurt's smile turned into a smirk. "And perhaps learn it yourself?"
"Yeah… no. I'll leave the death defying tricks up to you, I think."
The back door opened and the woman appeared, shaking her head. "Sorry, Kurt, it was just a prank call. Someone asking if I wanted to support the Klaine Foundation, whatever the heck that is."
Judging by the look on Kurt's face, he had reached the same conclusion as Blaine. Together they glanced towards the window, just in time to see a blonde head of hair flash out of sight, and Blaine growled under his breath. "Well, we'd better be off," Kurt said quickly, fishing a wad of bills out of his pocket and pressing them into the girl's hand. "Same time next week, yeah?"
With that, the couple was making their way towards the door, determined strides matching one another. "We're not really that mad at them, are we?" Blaine whispered out the corner of his mouth.
"Not particularly," Kurt whispered back as they pushed open the doors and began their Warbler hunt. "But if we really want to mess with them, we can pretend this broke us up and watch them squirm. And then when we 'get back together'..." Kurt raised an eyebrow meaningfully. "Well, they can't complain when we PDA everywhere."
Blaine quickly let go of Kurt's hand, taking a large step away from him. "Deal."
Where did this ending come from? I was going to end it all cute and fluffy and then… freaking Jeff. Jeff just wandered in. And of course that means Nick was hiding out somewhere close by because those two are joined at the hip. At least in fandom. We can dream.
MusicalEscape:
"Kurt, what are you doing here?"
"I'm attending class. I thought that was the point of school?"
*stares* "Kurt, I thought you learned by now. We're here because the food is good! And the furniture is good for jumping on"