"You dosed me!"
"I didn't mean to, Noah! I swear!" Rachel wailed from their Potions bench.
Kurt looked up from his lab notebook to see what his boyfriend and ex-Seeker were yelling about. In a twist of fate, Rachel and Kurt traded lab partners that day and Kurt ended up working with Blaine and Rachel with Puck. Kurt and Blaine were just finishing up updating their notebooks with the successful results of their Draught of the Living Dead when Rachel and Puck's outbursts interrupted the quiet atmosphere of the classroom.
"What's the problem?" asked Wes Montgomery, a seventh year teaching assistant.
"Berry dosed me!"
"Would you stop saying that?"
"It's true! Now I'm going to fall asleep and never wake up!" Kurt blanched at the thought. Then his face flushed with shame about the fact that the first thing that came to mind was "We have a game on Saturday" rather than "I'll never see my boyfriend conscious again". Priorities. Kurt needed some.
"Calm down, everyone." Wes called for quiet in the now bustling classroom. "First of all, the Draught of the Living Dead does not cause a permanent sleep, you all should know that."
Kurt winced, Oh right.
"Second of all," Wes continued, "This would be more of a problem if Rachel and Noah actually managed to make the correct potion."
"What? Of course we did!"
"Rachel, what color is your potion?" Rachel glanced into their cauldron.
"Blue."
Kurt's eyes widened, That's not right.
"What color is it supposed to be, Tina?"
"Orange."
"Correct. Now, to find out what Noah actually ingested, we need to retrace your steps. Rachel, when did you add the phoenix feathers?"
Rachel looked dumbstruck, "Phoenix feathers?"
Wes looked puzzled, "Yes, phoenix feathers."
"I added Jabberknoll feathers!" Rachel cried.
Kurt and Blaine traded looks. "At least it isn't poisonous," Blaine commented.
"How do you know that?" Finn asked.
Kurt sighed, "Finn, how many times do we have to go over this? Jabberknoll feathers are the main ingredients in every truth serum."
"Excellent, ten points to the fifth years." Wes then turned to Rachel and Puck, "Congratulations, you made a less potent version of Veritaserum."
"So I'm not going to die?"
"No, Noah, you will not. However, you and Rachel will have to submit a foot-long essay on the importance of different ingredients in sleeping draughts if you want to pass this class."
Rachel pouted and Puck groaned, "Can I die now?"
Kurt packed up the last of his cleaned supplies and walked over to where his boyfriend was still sulking.
"Oh, stop pouting! It's just twelve inches!"
"Heh, that's what she said!"
"Noah, if you're going to make vulgar jokes, at least try to be interesting and non-heteronormative. That's what he said."
Puck laughed, "All right!" He raised his hand for a high five. Kurt complied, but managed to curl his hand around Puck's and pulled him closer so that he could brush his lips against those of his boyfriend.
"What would I do without you?" Kurt sighed against Puck's lips.
"Be more successful and happy."
Kurt and Puck's eyes widened in unison, lips still partially connected. Kurt broke away from the kiss and stared in disbelief at his boyfriend, who looked absolutely shocked.
"What did you just say?"
"Be more successful and happy," Puck's face took on an even more horrified gaze. Suddenly, it hit them at the same time.
"The truth potion!" they exclaimed.
The reality of the situation hits Kurt and its like the time he caught a Bludger to the ribcage, air rushing out of him like a vacuum.
"Do you really think that?"
"Yes." Puck looked furious with himself, "Damn it, Kurt! Stop asking questions! I have to answer them."
"Maybe you should answer them, Noah! How could you ever think that?"
"You waste hours with me in the library teaching me things that I should get, but don't. We're both kidding ourselves if we think that I'm actually going to be an Auror." Puck's head was bowed in defeat and Kurt could not stop the tears from spilling out of his eyes.
"You are going to be an Auror, Noah. Who cares if you get an A on a Potions test or an O, you still pass and I know you're going to be a great Auror."
"Too bad you're not the one with the truth serum in your veins," Puck remarked bitterly.
Kurt's temper flared and he scowled, "Where is it? I'll take it right now and you'll see. But this is not the point. How could you ever, for a second, think that I'm better off without you?"
"Because you would be." Puck was angry, "Damn it, Kurt! What did I say?" He pushed past Kurt and stalked out of the room.
"I'm not going to practice and won't be at dinner unless the potion wears off. I'll see you later."
Kurt was left in the room, stunned. He cried as he thought of the pain Puck must be feeling and could not fathom how long Puck was feeling like this about their relationship without Kurt knowing. One thing was certain, however.
Kurt was going to make Puck reevaluate his stance on the relationship. He gave his word as a Quidditch captain.