Chapter 8
Another week passed by for Kurt and the other X-kids fairly quickly. And each day pretty much started out with Kurt sleeping through the alarm and skipping breakfast. He was tired all the time and during that week he hardly ever teleported.
However, Kurt was still pigging out at both lunch and dinner so things hadn't completely changed around the Institute.
Although they had changed enough for just about everyone to be worried about Kurt. Scott even went so far as to ask the Professor what was going on.
Unfortunately the Professor was even more frustrated than Scott. After a week of looking at Kurt he still hadn't been able to come up with a reasonable explanation for why Kurt was feeling the way he did. Because Kurt's teleporting didn't seem to be changing at all, when he actually attempted to teleport, and in fact he actually seemed to be off most of the time.
One time Kurt had tried to teleport up to his room, but in his fatigue he missed a bit and ended up in one of the girls bathrooms … just as Kitty was getting out of the shower.
Kitty had squeaked in surprise as she tried to cover herself up with a towel while Kurt stammered out an apology and quickly averted his eyes. Both had been blushing.
Kurt had run into Bobby and Tabitha as he darted out of the bathroom, and despite Kurt's explanation the whole Institute had heard of the incident by the end of the evening.
At least it had kept people amused enough to stop worrying about Kurt for a change.
The stomach cramps had pretty much disappeared by Friday, although Kurt still occasionally woke up with a sore abdomen.
But on Wednesday, two weeks after being returned to the Institute, Kurt woke up feeling fine and refreshed for the first time since the whole mess had started.
Kurt had just gotten out of bed and stood up when Kitty phased through the wall.
"Okay Kurt like get up, you're going to be …" Kitty stopped when she saw Kurt standing there already wide awake.
"I'm actually awake today Katzchen! Isn't that great!" Kurt didn't mean to sound overly excited, but he hadn't felt this good in two weeks.
"Um, … like yeah," Kitty replied blushing.
Kurt looked at her confused. He didn't seem to understand why she was acting so shy until he looked down and realized the all he was wearing was a pair of boxers. And after that little incident with the shower ….
Kitty watched in amusement as Kurt started blushing as well. Although it wasn't as obvious on him with his fur.
"Um, sorry Katzhen. I'll just … um, get dressed," Kurt managed to stammer out.
Kurt walked over to the closet while Kitty just continued to stare at him. He was actually just as nervous around her as she was around him. And he did look awful cute in just a pair of ….
Kitty suddenly stopped her train of thought by shaking her head.
She was not thinking about Kurt that way. She wasn't. Kurt was her best friend. Her teammate.
Yet everyone in the Institute had known that Kurt had had a longtime crush on Kitty. Even Kitty knew about it. But she wasn't sure she was willing to risk their friendship by trying to move on to something more.
However, their friendship was awkward right now anyway, and she'd never felt this strongly about Lance.
Walking up behind Kurt, who by now had gotten a clean pair of pants on, she grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around.
"Kurt, are you like sure you're okay?" Kitty asked.
"Vunderbar Katzchen. I mean I feel …," Kurt's voice trailed off as he looked down at Kitty. Almost impulsively, Kitty had put her arms around Kurt's waist. Since Kurt wasn't wearing a shirt (or his image inducer) Kitty's arms were brushed up against an awful lot of fur. She was surprised at how soft his fur actually was.
"Keety," Kurt started. His voice had a strange pitch though. He almost sounded breathless and … seductive.
Kitty shivered a little at the tone in Kurt's voice. She looked up at him intending to say something, but when she stared into his golden yellow eyes she somehow wasn't able to say anything. One of Kitty's hands made it's way up to cup the back of Kurt's head. His blue-black hair was even softer than his fur was.
"Kitty," Kurt said again, "Is this … I mean … what you want."
In response, Kitty leaned up and pressed her lips against Kurt's.
Kurt felt his heart leap into his throat, but he managed not to show his surprise and place one of his hands on the small of Kitty's back and the other hand on her shoulder.
'Why didn't I do this sooner' Kitty thought to herself. His lips were just as soft and warm as the rest of him.
Neither of them were aware that several minutes had gone by until the door suddenly flew open and Scott walked in.
"Sorry Kurt. I thought Kitty was going to get you …." Scott's voice trailed off as he stared at the sight before him. Kitty and Kurt locked in a passionate kiss. Which ended really fast once they noticed Scott. Both of them jumped away from each other and looked at Scott with sheepish looks on their faces.
"Apparently she did get you up," Scott said to Kurt with an amused look on his face.
Both of them started stammering at once.
"Vell, we were just …"
"Like we didn't do anything …"
" … vrong … or … inappropriate …"
Scott held up his hand. "I think I've heard and seen enough." That said, Scott left the room chuckling.
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Scott had already made it to the bathroom where he was planning on brushing his teeth and taking a quick shower before his first class, when he became aware that Kurt and Kitty had ran after him. Kurt was still trying to pull on a t-shirt when he came through the door.
"Scott you're not gonna like tell everyone about this are you?" Kitty asked.
"Ja, you know ve veren't doing anything …," Kurt suddenly stopped what he was saying and placed a hand lightly on his stomach. He had a really funny look on his face which caused the joking mood to vanish instantly.
"Kurt, are you okay?" Scott asked.
Kurt nodded. "Mein stomach just jumped a little."
"You're probably just like hungry, Fuzzy," Kitty said with a little smile.
Scott nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I'm sure once you have breakfast you'll be fine."
If it was possible, Kurt looked even sicker after both of them had finished talking. "Breakfast?" he mumbled weakly.
Scott managed to get out of the way just in time for Kurt to run past him making a beeline for the toilet were he preceded to lose just about everything he'd eaten at dinner the previous night.
"Kurt!" Kitty exclaimed as she ran over to him. Without saying a word she held his hair back as he continued to retch into the toilet. She then looked up at Scott and her eyes seemed to be asking what is wrong with him.
Scott didn't know how to answer Kitty. Kurt had seemed completely fine until he'd stopped in the middle of his sentence.
Jean walked in the door at that moment when Kurt was pausing in between retching and was breathing heavy.
"Hey, have any of you guys seen my biology bo …" Jean stopped as she took a look at Kurt, "what's wrong with him?!"
Scott shrugged. He was just as confused as Jean was. "He was fine one moment and the next completely sick."
As if in response to Scott's comment, Kurt suddenly gripped the sides of the toilet like a life line and continued to vomit. Kitty continued to hold his hair back for him and gently ran a hand up and down his back.
When Kurt had finally finished he remained were he was. On his knees, in front of the toilet and still breathing heavy. He still remained very queasy, but he wasn't losing anything else from his stomach
Weakly, Kurt reached up and pressed the lever to flush the toilet and then leaned back into Kitty's arms.
Kitty simply held him from behind while Kurt took some very slow and heavy breaths.
Jean swallowed nervously. After watching that little performance she probably wouldn't be eating anything herself until dinner.
"Kurt are you feeling okay now?" Jean asked tentatively.
Kurt shook his head with a grimace. "Nein, Jean. I think I just saw something I ate last year."
Jean quickly turned on her heel and walked out of the room.
"I'm gonna go talk to the Professor," she said, "Kurt just get dressed and come down to the dining room."
Kurt groaned as Kitty helped him onto his feet. "Vhen is this going to end?"
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Jean ran off to get the Professor, so panicked to find some help for Kurt that it didn't even occur to her that she could have just contacted him telepathically.
By the time that thought actually occurred to Jean she was already on the way to the lower subbasements of the Institute and she kind of wanted to talk to him before he went to check on Kurt.
In the meantime Scott led Kurt back to his room to finish getting dressed and to grab the image inducer off the desk.
They both met Kitty in the Kitchen where Amara and Tabitha were finishing their breakfast.
Kurt had his books with him, but it was pretty much a fat chance that he was going to school.
Scott had even made a mental note to himself to personally tie Kurt to his bed if the fuzzball didn't stay home. No one knew what was going on with Kurt, but they were all pretty positive it wasn't just a simple sickness.
Kurt staggered weakly into the Kitchen and leaned against the counter while Scott leaned against the door frame and Kitty sat down in one of the empty chairs. She reached for a small cinnamon roll, placed it on a plate and started tearing it apart, but showed no sign of actually eating it.
More than likely she just needed something to occupy her mind before she went crazy.
Tabitha and Amara, in the meantime, had stopped their girl talk and were now looking worriedly amongst a tense Scott, a swaying –on-his-feet Kurt, and a very dazed Kitty.
"Okay, … did something happen that we're not aware of?" Amara asked cautiously.
Tabitha, however, was more direct. "What's wrong with all of you?!" she said. "You all look like you've got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. And forgive the expression, but blue boy over there looks a little green."
Kurt gulped at Tabitha's words. "Ve're just waiting for the Professor."
Tabitha shrugged and went back to eating her eggs while Amara continued to stare in tense silence.
It was about that moment, that the smell of the eggs reached Kurt's nostrils.
Kurt's stomach immediately pitched from the smell.
Not even thinking clearly, Kurt simply turned and headed towards the door.
However, Scott was standing there and he saw Kurt's hand go up to cover his mouth as he the elf turned towards the door.
"Kurt, are you…."
Scott never got to finish the sentence. Because suddenly Kurt felt his stomach suddenly tighten dramatically and get (if possible) even queasier. Pitching forward in shock, Kurt didn't have time to grab the counter and instead reached out for the first thing he could find.
Which turned out to the garbage can.
Acting instinctively, Kurt brought the garbage can under his mouth and started retching inside it instead of all over the floor.
Scott and Kitty immediately jumped to Kurt's aid while Amara stood up in shock and Tabitha spit out her half-chewed eggs.
"What is wrong with him?! Is he going to be okay?!" Amara shrieked.
*That's what we're going to find out.*
Everyone, minus Kurt who was still hunched over the garbage can, turned to see the Professor came in with Jean behind Scott.
"Tabitha, Amara, please go to school," the Professor started, "I'll try to explain when you get home."
Grumbling the two girls headed toward the foyer, their breakfast for gotten in light of what they had just witnessed.
"Scott, Jean, Kitty, please help Kurt down to the infirmary. I want to run some tests on him and hopefully find out what was done to him once and for all," the Professor declared.
Scott and Kitty helped Kurt to his feet while Kurt managed to groan weakly, "Professor, …"
"We need to find out what's wrong with you Kurt," the Professor replied, "before things get any worse."
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Hey! I actually got an update over the weekend! However since I'm finishing typing this up at a friends place and I'm running out of time I'm just going to reply to reviews on my next update.
Sorry for anyone who wanted a reply, but I'm really pressed for time this evening.
As always thanks for the reviews and keep reading!
Another week passed by for Kurt and the other X-kids fairly quickly. And each day pretty much started out with Kurt sleeping through the alarm and skipping breakfast. He was tired all the time and during that week he hardly ever teleported.
However, Kurt was still pigging out at both lunch and dinner so things hadn't completely changed around the Institute.
Although they had changed enough for just about everyone to be worried about Kurt. Scott even went so far as to ask the Professor what was going on.
Unfortunately the Professor was even more frustrated than Scott. After a week of looking at Kurt he still hadn't been able to come up with a reasonable explanation for why Kurt was feeling the way he did. Because Kurt's teleporting didn't seem to be changing at all, when he actually attempted to teleport, and in fact he actually seemed to be off most of the time.
One time Kurt had tried to teleport up to his room, but in his fatigue he missed a bit and ended up in one of the girls bathrooms … just as Kitty was getting out of the shower.
Kitty had squeaked in surprise as she tried to cover herself up with a towel while Kurt stammered out an apology and quickly averted his eyes. Both had been blushing.
Kurt had run into Bobby and Tabitha as he darted out of the bathroom, and despite Kurt's explanation the whole Institute had heard of the incident by the end of the evening.
At least it had kept people amused enough to stop worrying about Kurt for a change.
The stomach cramps had pretty much disappeared by Friday, although Kurt still occasionally woke up with a sore abdomen.
But on Wednesday, two weeks after being returned to the Institute, Kurt woke up feeling fine and refreshed for the first time since the whole mess had started.
Kurt had just gotten out of bed and stood up when Kitty phased through the wall.
"Okay Kurt like get up, you're going to be …" Kitty stopped when she saw Kurt standing there already wide awake.
"I'm actually awake today Katzchen! Isn't that great!" Kurt didn't mean to sound overly excited, but he hadn't felt this good in two weeks.
"Um, … like yeah," Kitty replied blushing.
Kurt looked at her confused. He didn't seem to understand why she was acting so shy until he looked down and realized the all he was wearing was a pair of boxers. And after that little incident with the shower ….
Kitty watched in amusement as Kurt started blushing as well. Although it wasn't as obvious on him with his fur.
"Um, sorry Katzhen. I'll just … um, get dressed," Kurt managed to stammer out.
Kurt walked over to the closet while Kitty just continued to stare at him. He was actually just as nervous around her as she was around him. And he did look awful cute in just a pair of ….
Kitty suddenly stopped her train of thought by shaking her head.
She was not thinking about Kurt that way. She wasn't. Kurt was her best friend. Her teammate.
Yet everyone in the Institute had known that Kurt had had a longtime crush on Kitty. Even Kitty knew about it. But she wasn't sure she was willing to risk their friendship by trying to move on to something more.
However, their friendship was awkward right now anyway, and she'd never felt this strongly about Lance.
Walking up behind Kurt, who by now had gotten a clean pair of pants on, she grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around.
"Kurt, are you like sure you're okay?" Kitty asked.
"Vunderbar Katzchen. I mean I feel …," Kurt's voice trailed off as he looked down at Kitty. Almost impulsively, Kitty had put her arms around Kurt's waist. Since Kurt wasn't wearing a shirt (or his image inducer) Kitty's arms were brushed up against an awful lot of fur. She was surprised at how soft his fur actually was.
"Keety," Kurt started. His voice had a strange pitch though. He almost sounded breathless and … seductive.
Kitty shivered a little at the tone in Kurt's voice. She looked up at him intending to say something, but when she stared into his golden yellow eyes she somehow wasn't able to say anything. One of Kitty's hands made it's way up to cup the back of Kurt's head. His blue-black hair was even softer than his fur was.
"Kitty," Kurt said again, "Is this … I mean … what you want."
In response, Kitty leaned up and pressed her lips against Kurt's.
Kurt felt his heart leap into his throat, but he managed not to show his surprise and place one of his hands on the small of Kitty's back and the other hand on her shoulder.
'Why didn't I do this sooner' Kitty thought to herself. His lips were just as soft and warm as the rest of him.
Neither of them were aware that several minutes had gone by until the door suddenly flew open and Scott walked in.
"Sorry Kurt. I thought Kitty was going to get you …." Scott's voice trailed off as he stared at the sight before him. Kitty and Kurt locked in a passionate kiss. Which ended really fast once they noticed Scott. Both of them jumped away from each other and looked at Scott with sheepish looks on their faces.
"Apparently she did get you up," Scott said to Kurt with an amused look on his face.
Both of them started stammering at once.
"Vell, we were just …"
"Like we didn't do anything …"
" … vrong … or … inappropriate …"
Scott held up his hand. "I think I've heard and seen enough." That said, Scott left the room chuckling.
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Scott had already made it to the bathroom where he was planning on brushing his teeth and taking a quick shower before his first class, when he became aware that Kurt and Kitty had ran after him. Kurt was still trying to pull on a t-shirt when he came through the door.
"Scott you're not gonna like tell everyone about this are you?" Kitty asked.
"Ja, you know ve veren't doing anything …," Kurt suddenly stopped what he was saying and placed a hand lightly on his stomach. He had a really funny look on his face which caused the joking mood to vanish instantly.
"Kurt, are you okay?" Scott asked.
Kurt nodded. "Mein stomach just jumped a little."
"You're probably just like hungry, Fuzzy," Kitty said with a little smile.
Scott nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I'm sure once you have breakfast you'll be fine."
If it was possible, Kurt looked even sicker after both of them had finished talking. "Breakfast?" he mumbled weakly.
Scott managed to get out of the way just in time for Kurt to run past him making a beeline for the toilet were he preceded to lose just about everything he'd eaten at dinner the previous night.
"Kurt!" Kitty exclaimed as she ran over to him. Without saying a word she held his hair back as he continued to retch into the toilet. She then looked up at Scott and her eyes seemed to be asking what is wrong with him.
Scott didn't know how to answer Kitty. Kurt had seemed completely fine until he'd stopped in the middle of his sentence.
Jean walked in the door at that moment when Kurt was pausing in between retching and was breathing heavy.
"Hey, have any of you guys seen my biology bo …" Jean stopped as she took a look at Kurt, "what's wrong with him?!"
Scott shrugged. He was just as confused as Jean was. "He was fine one moment and the next completely sick."
As if in response to Scott's comment, Kurt suddenly gripped the sides of the toilet like a life line and continued to vomit. Kitty continued to hold his hair back for him and gently ran a hand up and down his back.
When Kurt had finally finished he remained were he was. On his knees, in front of the toilet and still breathing heavy. He still remained very queasy, but he wasn't losing anything else from his stomach
Weakly, Kurt reached up and pressed the lever to flush the toilet and then leaned back into Kitty's arms.
Kitty simply held him from behind while Kurt took some very slow and heavy breaths.
Jean swallowed nervously. After watching that little performance she probably wouldn't be eating anything herself until dinner.
"Kurt are you feeling okay now?" Jean asked tentatively.
Kurt shook his head with a grimace. "Nein, Jean. I think I just saw something I ate last year."
Jean quickly turned on her heel and walked out of the room.
"I'm gonna go talk to the Professor," she said, "Kurt just get dressed and come down to the dining room."
Kurt groaned as Kitty helped him onto his feet. "Vhen is this going to end?"
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Jean ran off to get the Professor, so panicked to find some help for Kurt that it didn't even occur to her that she could have just contacted him telepathically.
By the time that thought actually occurred to Jean she was already on the way to the lower subbasements of the Institute and she kind of wanted to talk to him before he went to check on Kurt.
In the meantime Scott led Kurt back to his room to finish getting dressed and to grab the image inducer off the desk.
They both met Kitty in the Kitchen where Amara and Tabitha were finishing their breakfast.
Kurt had his books with him, but it was pretty much a fat chance that he was going to school.
Scott had even made a mental note to himself to personally tie Kurt to his bed if the fuzzball didn't stay home. No one knew what was going on with Kurt, but they were all pretty positive it wasn't just a simple sickness.
Kurt staggered weakly into the Kitchen and leaned against the counter while Scott leaned against the door frame and Kitty sat down in one of the empty chairs. She reached for a small cinnamon roll, placed it on a plate and started tearing it apart, but showed no sign of actually eating it.
More than likely she just needed something to occupy her mind before she went crazy.
Tabitha and Amara, in the meantime, had stopped their girl talk and were now looking worriedly amongst a tense Scott, a swaying –on-his-feet Kurt, and a very dazed Kitty.
"Okay, … did something happen that we're not aware of?" Amara asked cautiously.
Tabitha, however, was more direct. "What's wrong with all of you?!" she said. "You all look like you've got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. And forgive the expression, but blue boy over there looks a little green."
Kurt gulped at Tabitha's words. "Ve're just waiting for the Professor."
Tabitha shrugged and went back to eating her eggs while Amara continued to stare in tense silence.
It was about that moment, that the smell of the eggs reached Kurt's nostrils.
Kurt's stomach immediately pitched from the smell.
Not even thinking clearly, Kurt simply turned and headed towards the door.
However, Scott was standing there and he saw Kurt's hand go up to cover his mouth as he the elf turned towards the door.
"Kurt, are you…."
Scott never got to finish the sentence. Because suddenly Kurt felt his stomach suddenly tighten dramatically and get (if possible) even queasier. Pitching forward in shock, Kurt didn't have time to grab the counter and instead reached out for the first thing he could find.
Which turned out to the garbage can.
Acting instinctively, Kurt brought the garbage can under his mouth and started retching inside it instead of all over the floor.
Scott and Kitty immediately jumped to Kurt's aid while Amara stood up in shock and Tabitha spit out her half-chewed eggs.
"What is wrong with him?! Is he going to be okay?!" Amara shrieked.
*That's what we're going to find out.*
Everyone, minus Kurt who was still hunched over the garbage can, turned to see the Professor came in with Jean behind Scott.
"Tabitha, Amara, please go to school," the Professor started, "I'll try to explain when you get home."
Grumbling the two girls headed toward the foyer, their breakfast for gotten in light of what they had just witnessed.
"Scott, Jean, Kitty, please help Kurt down to the infirmary. I want to run some tests on him and hopefully find out what was done to him once and for all," the Professor declared.
Scott and Kitty helped Kurt to his feet while Kurt managed to groan weakly, "Professor, …"
"We need to find out what's wrong with you Kurt," the Professor replied, "before things get any worse."
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Hey! I actually got an update over the weekend! However since I'm finishing typing this up at a friends place and I'm running out of time I'm just going to reply to reviews on my next update.
Sorry for anyone who wanted a reply, but I'm really pressed for time this evening.
As always thanks for the reviews and keep reading!