Truth or Dare
It was New Year's Eve. Kurt and Blaine decided to throw a party in their New York apartment as a way to kick off the New Year and to have their first official party in their new home together. They invited their closest friends and family that were in the city, and everyone started to arrive about four hours before midnight.
The first to arrive were Kurt's brothers Chris and Carson. With them were Chris's boyfriend Will, and Carson's girlfriend Shannon. Next were Santana and Brittany, with two bottles of wine each. Later, they were followed by Rachel and Kurt's step-brother Finn. Finally Sam arrived and the party began.
"Who wants to play a game?" Chris asked as he sat down next to Will on the love seat.
"Oh, how about spin the bottle?" Rachel inquired. Everyone in the room groaned.
"Rachel, no offense, but no. I'm the only single person in this room." Sam said, pouring himself a glass of wine. Rachel frowned and looked around the room as if not believing him.
"That and most of us are gay, let along brothers, so it wouldn't be very fun anyways." Blaine agreed from his position on the couch. He looked up and caught Kurt's eye as he entered the living room. Beckoning him over, Blaine gestured for him to sit in his lap.
"Any other ideas?" Kurt questioned as he settled himself on top of Blaine's legs.
"Oh! We could go sky diving!" voiced Brittany. Everyone stared at her for a long few seconds until Santana snapped their attention away from her wife.
"What about truth or dare?" She asked, and everyone perked up at the suggestion.
"Anyone opposed?' Kurt asked as he got up to move the coffee table out of the center of the room, much to Blaine's dismay. Finn got up to help him, and everyone else moved to the floor, sitting in one big circle.
"Okay. Who wants to start?" Carson asked as he rubbed his hands together in an evil fashion. Everyone looked around at each other, daring them to be first. "No? Okay then, I will." Carson continued. He then cast a long glance around the circle, pausing at each person in the room. "Hey Sam, truth or dare?"
People let out relieved sighs, happy to not be the first one chosen. Meanwhile, Same looked uncomfortable. "Um, Dare I guess?"
"Hmm," Carson hummed, thinking up a good dare.
"Baby, don't be too harsh." Shannon spoke, giving him a warning glare.
"Relax, I can be nice." He stated. "I've got one. I dare you to wear an outfit of Kurt's, which he will choose for you, for the rest of the night."
Both Sam's and Kurt's eyes grew wide. "Um, okay." San stuttered. "Come on Kurt." They both got up and headed for Kurt and Blaine's bedroom. Kurt remained silent, wondering what of his would look best, and even fit, his friend.
"Well that was fun. Who wants to go next?" Carson said cheerfully as everyone stared at him in shock.
"I'll go." Spoke Santana. "Blaine, truth or dare?"
Blaine hesitated, taking his time weighing his options. "Truth."
"When's the last time you and Hummel had sex?" She asked with a hint of innocence to her voice.
Blaine smirked, but didn't hesitate in answering. "This morning."
A chorus of teasing erupted from the group and Blaine couldn't help but laugh with them. "All right, Finn, truth or dare?"
Finn looked up suddenly, like he hadn't thought he was going to be chosen. "How about truth."
"Boxers or briefs?" Blaine asked, wanting to be kind to the taller man.
"Boxers." The taller man answered easily. He was about to ask the next person when Sam and Kurt walked back into the room.
The room exploded with loud laughter.
Sam was dressed in a black, low cut V-neck shirt with a hem that stopped at his belly button. A hot pink neckerchief was tied around his neck, perfectly matching the hot pink skinny jeans he wore that looked unnaturally tight.
"Yes Kurt! Lovely choice!" Carson said in-between fits of laughter.
"I don't know what you're all laughing about. I love those jeans." Kurt said defensively as he sat down next to his husband. Immediately everyone stopped and looked to Kurt apologetically.
"Hon, it's not the outfit, per say." Blaine started, trying to make him feel better. "It's just that we aren't used to seeing Sam in stylish clothes. But we see you in them all the time. Besides, we're also laughing at the fact that he looks so ridiculously uncomfortable and unhappy about wearing it." Many people around the circle nodded their heads enthusiastically, agreeing with Blaine's words. Blaine leaned closer and whispered into Kurt's ear, so no one else could hear. "He also does not do that outfit any justice. Not like you do at least."
A blush slowly spread its way across Kurt's cheeks and he smiled, turning back to Sam, who had been momentarily forgotten. "Sam, you know you can sit in those jeans right?" he said, happy he could now chuckle at the situation.
"Are you sure? I feel like they'll rip if I even move." Another round of laughing erupted as Sam moved to sit awkwardly on the floor between Shannon and Blaine.
"All right, all right." Finn said loudly, catching everyone's attention again. "Will, truth or dare?"
"Truth" He said confidently, sharing a glance with Chris.
"Who was the last person you texted, and what did the text say?" Curiosity peek, everyone turned and watched Will pull his phone out of his pocket.
After scrolling for a few seconds, Will gave his answer. "Okay, I was texting Chris, and I was asking if he thought I should bring anything tonight." Before Will could say anything more, Carson pulled the phone out of his hands. He then fell into a hysterical fit of giggles, making everyone wonder what was so funny.
"Yes, that was his last text, but Chris's text after that is priceless." He said, showing the screen to Shannon. After a second, she too started trying to hold back a laugh.
"Come on! Tell us!" Rachel wined while Chris and Will both protested.
"Oh, it's nothing to fancy. It's just that Chris's answer to Will's question on what to bring was to buy lots of condoms, and to keep them in the car during the party so they wouldn't have to go very far after leaving."
Everyone started laughing and teasing as Chris's face grew just as pink as the jeans Sam wore.
"Hey, come on! That was private, Carson!" Chris exclaimed when some of the teasing died down. "That was not part of the game! I should be allowed to look through your phone."
Carson shrugged, tossing Will his phone back. "Eh, I don't see why not. I've got nothing to hide or be ashamed of." He said, taking out his own phone and passing it to his brother. "I believe that shame is a wasted emotion."
The rest of the group watched on in anticipated silence. Chris appeared to be having no luck finding something embarrassing or even somewhat exciting to share.
"Carson your texts are boring!" Chris exclaimed, about to give up on his struggle.
"Yeah, they are. I can't remember a time when he didn't respond with anything more than three words at a time." Shannon added. Carson chuckled.
"Well it's paying off right now, isn't it?" Chris threw the phone back to Carson as he continued. "Besides, I prefer face to face conversations." He smirked in Shannon's direction, making her blush as well.
"Brittany, truth or dare?" Will asked, pulling attention from the brothers before anything else could happen.
"Oh, truth. Give me something good please." She said excitedly.
"If you could be anyone in this room, who would you be?"
She was quite for a few moments, thinking. "Well, I wouldn't want to be Finn, because he can't dance. I wouldn't want to be Rachel because I wouldn't be able to stand myself." Everyone was silent as she went around the circle and gave a reason for not wanting to be anyone. Many of Brittany's reasons were quite insane, while others were rather rude. After giving a reason for everyone else, she decided she would want to be Santana so she would be able to scissor with her own body while watching.
"Ok, I think it's time to take a little break. I'm starting to lose feeling in my legs." Sam complained as he shifted uncomfortably on the floor.
"No! Come on, there's still two hours left until midnight! I want to keep going." Rachel exclaimed, motioning for Britany to go.
"Okay Rachel, truth or dare."
"Dare." She said cockily.
"Fine, I dare you to spend the rest of the game sitting in Chris's lap."
Rachel's eyes widened, then turned to look at Chris, who in turn was glancing between Rachel, Brittany, and Will as he tried to figure out how he could protest his way out of the situation.
"Well go on Hot Shot." Santana teased.
At this, Rachel got a stubborn look on her face. Suddenly she hopped up and crossed the circle, only to plop down into a very surprised Chris's lap.
"Ok." She said, trying to keep the situation from getting any more awkward than it already was. "Kurt! Truth or dare?"?
"Eh, dare. Why not." He said, throwing caution to the wind.
Rachel smiled. "Take off your shirt!"
Kurt laughed as he pulled his sweater over his head. There were quiet gasps that echoed around the circle when Kurt's finely toned stomach was revealed.
"Damn dude." Finn said as he got up to get a drink.
"Whoa, whoa! Is that a tattoo?" Shannon shouted. Kurt laughed again, only this time it was a little strained due to everyone staring at him.
"Um, yeah. I got it a couple years ago." He didn't like being self-conscious.
"And you've been hiding all of that," Santana said as she waved her hand in the direction of his torso, "under layers all these years because…"
"I wasn't always like this. It's not that big of a deal." He said, now very unhappy with the attention.
"That's right. It's not a big deal." Blaine chimed from his position next to Kurt. He scooted closer to him and wrapped an arm protectively around the other boy's waist. "Because this view belongs to me and no one else. Ever!" Laughter broke out at Blaine's possessive remark and cheeky smile. Kurt, feeling better again, tried to hide his reddening face in the curve of Blaine's neck.
"ok ok. Santana, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"If you could date anyone here except for Britt, who would it be?" Kurt asked from his position on Blaine's shoulder.
"That's easy! I'd date Carson. Out of all of ya'll here, he is the most like me. A loose tongue and a lack of sensitivity for others." She explained proudly, looking to Carson for his opinion.
"Preach!" Carson shouted, reaching towards her for a high five. Once she returned it, she rejoined the group to continue the game.
"Chris dearie, do you want to pick truth? Or dare?"
"Dare. I've got nothing to lose now." He said glumly, still hung up on the texting incident. He was also really uncomfortable due to Rachel's boney butt in his lap.
Santana chuckled. "We'll see." She took her sweet time coming up with the perfect Dare. By the time she finally had one, everyone was getting impatient and Chris was about to lose his mind. "I dare you to let Blaine gel your hair the way he does."
Ooo's and ah's broke out around the circle, and Blaine hopped up and headed in the direction of the bathroom. He returned moments later with a tub of hair gel in his hand.
Chris groaned, but allowed his brother-in-law to do what he wished with his hair.
Blaine found it rather funny that while he was doing the same thing to Chris's hair that he always did to his own, it looked remarkably different. On Blaine, it looked dapper and well put together, but on Chris, it made him look like a total nerd with too much grease in on his head.
Further plummeting Chris's mood, Will laughed when Blaine finished and stepped away. Everyone else joined in when Chris refused to look in a mirror.
"There's just no point!" he protested, earning himself a couple more snickers. Rachel, who was still sitting on his lap, turned to look at him better.
"I don't think you look too bad. Let me just say that I myself have had a hair style that didn't look good on me yet looked wonderful on Barbra Streisand, and from that I learned that I..."
"Ok! Your turn Chris!" Carson shouted loudly, interrupting Rachel. While she seemed annoyed by the sudden outburst, many others around her looked very relieved.
"Ok." Chris started hesitantly. "What, who's left?"
"Me!" Shannon sang cheerfully. "Truth." She exclaimed, not even waiting to be asked the obvious question.
Realizing he had been given an advantage, Chris took it. "Tell me something about Carson that only you, not even me or Kurt, would know."
The brunette's eyes grew wide, like a mouse's that had just been cornered. She chances a glance at Carson, who in turn was just staring back at her with an emotionless expression on his face.
The group waited with baited breath, all secretly trying to guess what type of dirt was about to be spilled, Carson included.
"Fine." Shannon said, letting out a breath of air she hadn't known she had been holding. "You all want to know something about Carson?" Everyone nodded excitedly.
Carson was a closed book. He was even a bit of a mystery to his brothers.
"Well, the secret I'm going to share is... He's a big cuddler." She waited a moment, allowing the new information to sink in before adding, "not only that, but he likes to be the little spoon at night."
Instead of breaking out laughing like they had been doing all night, everyone turned to look at Carson with pure shock written all over their features. No one would have thought for a second that tough guy Carson was the cuddly type.
He just sat with a slight smirk on his lips as he stared back at everyone else. "As I said, shame is a wasted emotion." This earned a couple more giggles, then the game continued.
"Truth or dare, baby?" Shannon asked when everyone had settled down some.
"Dare."
Shannon smiled, and then turned to look at all their friends in the room. "I dare you to say one nice thing about everyone here."
Carson barked out a laugh before turning to see the serious look written across his girlfriend's face. "But Shane..." He started, only to be cut off by the fierce look in her chocolate brown eyes. "Fine." He huffed. Returning his attention back to the group, he started with the person on his other side.
"Finn, I love how tall you are. You can literally reach anything and everything Blaine needs you to get for him." Snickers followed Blaine's 'Hey!' of protest. Carson turned to the next person.
"Brittany, love, you are truly one of a kind. There is no one like you and there never will be ever." Britt smiled and mouthed thank you back to him.
"Santana, my girl, you are the most real person I know. You don't waste your time with your head in the clouds. Your feet are planted firmly on the ground, with the help of some very high heels." Santana blew him a kiss across the circle, and the boy continued on with his dare.
"Will, I'll admit I don't know you very well, but you keep my brother happy both mentally and sexually, so I have nothing bad to say about you." At this, Will's cheeks reddened and Chris dropped his head into his hands. The group laughed around them.
"Chris, I love how confident you've become now that you're older. I mean, leaving condoms in the car so you don't have to go home to have sex is fantastic! Maybe when you're a little bit more confident, you'll leave some in your coat pocket like Finn and I do. Or, if you become cocky, no pun intended, you could keep a dildo in your purse like Santana."
When Carson finished his spiel for his brother, Finn began to protest and Santana burst into uncontrollable laughter. Chris just looked mortified.
Carson turned to look at the rest of the group, who were all laughing as well. While they seemed to like watching their friends be embarrassed, they were equally nervous for what was going to be said about them. Enjoying his dare more than he thought he would, Carson continued on.
"Rachel, can I just say that I love your ambition. You're willing to run someone over to get what you want, and you've proven that time and time again."
No one laughed. Everyone except Finn was glaring at the girl with annoyance and anger in their eyes. Carson decides to move on before anyone could share their personal experiences.
"Kurt! Bro, it is fantastic that you are so brave and willing to be yourself. You don't let anyone's words or opinions get you down, and it's awesome."
Kurt smiles in return, thankful that his wasn't anything as embarrassing as Chris's. Before Carson could continue, he saw Blaine lean towards his husband to whisper in his ear again. Carson saw him whisper 'courage' or something. Whatever that meant.
"Blaine, you are always so well dressed, as are you Kurt. But Blaine, I love how every time I see you, you have a different bow tie on. I look forward to seeing a new one every time I visit." After a couple of giggles from the people around, him he turned to Sam.
"Dude, I'd say you're a close friend of mine. I appreciate how good of a friend you've been for me over the years." Carson caught the relieved look in Sam's eyes. In retrospect, Sam probably had a right to be nervous for his turn. Carson had a lot of juicy dieting him. He winked at the blond boy, letting him know that he was off the hook.
Lastly, Carson turned to his girlfriend. Deciding on something more personal, he went to whisper into Shannon's ear, displeasing many of the people around them.
"I love you Shane." he started, happy to see that he's already managed to make her blush by saying just those three simple words. "I love everything about you. Like your hair, your eyes, your smile. But most importantly; your heart. What I love most about you is how you've managed to break down all my sarcastic walls and claim my body and my mind as your own. I never intend to let you go. Not ever."
Finally leaning away, he saw how wide the smile on Shannon's Face was, and smiled brightly himself, beyond happy that he was the one to put it there. He looked around at all of their silent friends, and saw that they were all staring at him as if he had grown another head. Apparently none of them had seem him be so sappy before, even if they hadn't actually heard what had been said.
"Oh my god, look at the clock!" Rachel said excitedly, breaking the Comfortable silence that had settled around everyone.
It was 11:55. Five minutes until the New Year.
"Well that was quick." Kurt commented.
"Is the game over? I think Carson was supposed to be the last one since he started." Finn added, and everyone agreed. All moving as one, they got up to get a glass of wine to toast away the year.
"To one hell of a year, and may the next one bring good health, good fortune, and happy memories to everyone in this room." Carson said, raising his glass as he wrapped an arm around Shannon's waist.
All around the room, the friends cheered to his toast, then grabbed their significant other.
Blaine hugged Kurt from behind, and the two disappeared into their own little moment, lost in each other's eyes.
Chris and Will began to slow dance in the corner of the room to imaginary music, wrapped up in each other's arms.
Finn and Rachel were in the middle of a hushed discussion. Of everyone's in the room, Rachel's drink was the most full, meaning she probably hadn't drunk to the toast.
Santana and Brittany had claimed the love seat as their own, and were currently snuggling into one another, sharing many little pecks on the other's cheeks.
Sam was off by himself, standing by the front door, staring at his phone. Finally gathering enough confidence, he dialed the number he had been thinking about all night. When the phone stopped ringing, he smiled. He could be heard talking to Mercedes excitedly, wishing her a happy New Year.
Carson stayed where he was when he was done making his toast. He just stood, looking around at all of his closest friends and Family. From the looks of it, the New Year would include a baby, if Rachel's glass was anything to go by, and an engagement thanks to the ring in his coat pocket.
He glanced back to the clock and saw that it was midnight. Another year gone. He turned to the beautiful girl beside him.
"Happy New Year Shane."
"Happy New Year Carson."
The New Year began with the sweetest of kisses.