Rogue stopped and glowered at her. Kitty hunched her shoulders defensively.
"What? It's true!"
'Whut does Kurt see in this gal?' Rogue wondered, not for the first time. She shook her head and started after Kurt again. Kitty followed her, muttering under her breath.
They saw that Kurt was at the foot of the stage. He stood entranced, his entire attention focussed on the singer. She didn't seem to notice, but Kitty saw that she was glancing at Kurt more frequently then anyone else stood near her.
Rogue was puzzled by Kurt's adoration of the singer. As far as she knew, he didn't even like this kind of music! Why was he stood there looking as if the song was the best thing he'd ever heard? She started listening to the music, trying to understand his fascination.
"You're electric, but she leaves you cold,
You need the shock she gives you, so you can't let go
And she's a habit, you learn to take her lip,
And you can't help yourself you gotta scratch that itch…"
Rogue shook her head. She preferred punk rock to this, and she was sure that Kurt would never normally be so interested in it. What was going on?
"What you need is
What you need is this
If you can handle it
What you need is…"
Kurt's eyes widened as he saw the vial the singer had in her hand. He had seen it before, hadn't he? Or one like it. Old memories stirred, but he was too confused to pay attention to them. The singer winked at him, then hid the vial in her hand again as she built up to the grand finale.
"Oh, I can't give you what you want
But I'll give you what you need,
And I'll take it to ya,
I can't give you what you want
But I'll give you what you need,
And you know you're going to don't be, stupid,
You're hanging on but you know it's useless
I can't give you what you want
But I'll give you what you need
What you need, what you need is
What you need is
What you need is
What you need is
What you need is this." As she gestured with her hand, she secretly threw the vial to Kurt. He caught it easily, then turned and began to make his way to the toilets. She watched him go from the corner of her eye while her backers retuned their instruments, then began to sing another song to the crowd.
"I know how to hurt,
I know how to heal,
I know what to show
And what to conceal…"
Kurt smiled in relief as he made his way into the open air. He headed back to the institute, clutching the vial tightly. Behind him, Kitty and Rogue were arguing again.
"Well, that was just, like, totally useless! He wanted to see a singer, who was, like, bogus, and then he just heads back home. You know, he could've just asked to be allowed to see her! But no, he has to act all mysterious like it's some big deal he's got a crush on her!"
"Fer the last tahme, will ya SHUT UP?!" yelled Rogue, losing what patience she had.
Kurt flinched, hearing her. He sped up, trying to ignore the feeling that he was being followed. 'It's in your head,' he assured himself. 'Just another hallucination…'