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Chapter 30-Gossip, Food and Attention

Throughout the school day, all anybody could talk about was Kurt, Noah and the scrap between Noah and Sam and Santana and Leanne. When they emerged from the principal's office, Santana flounced down the corridors looking distinctly smug, Noah glared at anyone who dared to look at him directly and Sam kept his head down looking rather like a wounded animal.

Then there was Leanne sporting a heavy bruise around her eye, much to Kurt's amusement. He only wished he could have smacked the girl himself but he was too much of a gentleman to commit such an act.

From the moment he'd woken up that morning, Kurt had known that he and Noah would be the subject of gossip for the day, but he was still surprised over just how interested most of the student body seemed to be. The girls in particular seemed to find the boys' relationship fascinating. Kurt had lost count of the amount of girls who had asked if they could watch his and Noah's activities together some time.

For the most part, none of the boys said anything to Kurt but he heard whispered words as he passed by. Rumors also began to circulate that Kurt had already cheated on Noah with Brittany in the girls' bathroom. He'd actually stopped in his tracks and let out an undignified snort when he heard a guy on the Chess team relay such an inaccurate piece of information to his friends.

He supposed word had got out about Brittany revealing her breasts to him and the truth had then been fabricated into a downright lie. It was ridiculous really. For as long as he could remember, Kurt had been ridiculed about being gay, and now that he had a new boyfriend people were creating stories about him suddenly turning straight.

He knew that if these rumors met Noah's ears he would only laugh at them. However, Kurt was a little fearful of Santana hearing these preposterous tales. The Latina girl may not believe them but they'd more than likely piss her off. Kurt just hoped she wouldn't take her anger out on him.

When Kurt had a free period, he was ambushed by Tina, Mercedes, Rachel and Quinn. They manhandled him into the choir room and demanded he tell them every detail about how he and Noah got together. Not brave enough to refuse, Kurt explained everything that had transpired between himself and Noah, blushing all the while.

The boys from Glee club weren't nearly as bad as the girls. Artie, Matt and Mike simply offered their congratulations and left it at that. Finn did seem to be a little uncomfortable with the prospect of Kurt and Noah being an item though. The taller teen didn't actually say anything, but the confusion and unease was written all over his face.

In contrast to the girls begging for vivid details, Finn asked nothing at all about how Kurt and Noah had got together. In fact, Finn seemed to be avoiding the subject at all costs.

Truth be told, it upset Kurt a little. He was more than aware that Finn wasn't deliberately trying to be mean or malicious, but his discomfort about Kurt being in a relationship with Noah was hurtful. He supposed that as good a person as Finn was, he would always be just a little bit homophobic.

Before lunch, Kurt finally saw Noah again in Spanish class. They sat side by side, the eyes of everyone else burning into them. Some looked disgusted, others amused or intrigued and some just looked simply because everyone else was looking.

All but one person, Finn, for what was probably the first time ever, kept his head buried in his book determined not to look at Kurt and Noah.

Mr. Schue gave the new couple a proud and admirable look when they first sat down, but after formally beginning the class he tried his best to redirect his pupils' attention on to him but he was unsuccessful. Although the class listened and answered Mr. Schue's questions when they were called upon, they all kept returning their stares to Kurt and Noah.

The attention was weirdly amusing for the first five minutes or so but after that it became tedious and annoying. It wasn't as if the two teens were even doing anything that warranted all the staring. Kurt and Noah were simply sitting beside one another with their textbooks in front of them and a pen in their hand.

Ok, there was a couple of times when Noah accidentally dropped his pen on the floor and had to bend down to pick it up and his hand may have danced along Kurt's thigh and ghosted over his groin area but other than that, they were simply two students sitting in class and learning.

After Spanish, Kurt and Noah walked to lunch together along with Quinn, Rachel and an oddly quiet Finn. They'd barely set foot in the cafeteria when Jacob Ben Israel was upon them hoping for juicy gossip to put in the school paper.

"Get out of my face Jewfro or I'll beat the shit out of you." Noah threatened.

"Ordinarily such a threat would inspire my utmost terror and result in me needing a clean pair of underwear," Jacob replied in his screechy voice. "But now that you and Kurt are an official couple there is speculation that you're not as badass as you used to be."

"What the shit?" Noah asked furiously as he gripped Jacob by the scruff of his shirt, making the frizzy haired boy squeak. "I kicked the crap out of Sam this morning, I'm still a badass. Do I need to injure you too?"

"N-no. Not at all." Jacob pleaded, eyes wide in fear. "Clearly I was mistaken. Nobody at this school is as badass as you. I'm sorry for even questioning such a thing, please don't hurt me."

Kurt stepped in and lightly placed a hand on Noah's arm and encouraged him to let Jacob go.

"He isn't worth it." Kurt told him gently. "Even your little sister could beat this clown up. If you really want to prove you're still a badass you could just beat Sam up again." He suggested.

"Or the two of you could have sexual relations in the middle of the cafeteria." Rachel spoke up. "That would be a very naughty thing to do indeed."

"Plus it'd be hot." Quinn inserted and Rachel nodded her agreement.

"Why are all the girls so interested in what we do together?" Kurt asked in bemusement.

"Why shouldn't we be?" Rachel retaliated. "It is perfectly common for teenage boys to fantasize about lesbianism, why can't girls find the idea of two males together in sexual situations just as appealing?"

"Argue and defend your unhealthy obsession with homosexual erotica as much as you want," Kurt sighed. "But either way, you're still not watching me and Noah be… intimate. And we certainly aren't going to do anything in the middle of the cafeteria for everyone to see. I am not a promiscuous slut and voyeurism is not a kink of mine in any way whatsoever."

The two girls slumped their shoulders in defeat before joining the lunch line.

"Finn, are you coming?" Rachel asked turning back to look at the taller teen who suddenly looked a little ill.

"Not hungry." Finn mumbled before turning away and leaving the room.

"Not hungry?" Quinn repeated in disbelief. "Since when is Finn not hungry? That boy eats more than anyone I know."

"I think the mere mention of a more physical side to mine and Noah's relationship unsettled his stomach somewhat." Kurt answered. "Clearly the thought of us being together is nauseating to him. He probably thinks Noah caught the gay from me and now he's scared if he spends too much time around us he'll turn gay too."

"Babe, come on, give the dork more credit than that." Noah said in Finn's defense. "Sure, he might find it sorta weird, hell I still find it weird, but Finn's a good guy. He isn't like Karofsky, Azimio or any of those other dickheads. He just doesn't know how to deal because he's too tall to properly understand stuff."

"What?" Rachel asked. "Height has nothing to do with intelligence or people's capabilities to deal with new circumstances."

"Finn's just being immature." Quinn interjected, her tone of voice signaling that the discussion was temporarily closed. "Now let's eat."

The four of them queued up and paid for their lunches before sitting at their usual table along with Mercedes, Tina and Artie.

"What's up with Finn?" Artie asked.

"He didn't feel like eating lunch today." Rachel explained, trying to shrug the thing off as if it wasn't a big deal.

"Is he sick?" Tina asked concernedly.

"No." Rachel replied not sure what else to say to explain Finn's behavior when she didn't understand it herself.

"Then what's wrong?" Mercedes asked. "The Finn I know would never miss the chance to stuff his face with food. Even if it is this awful tasting stuff the lunch ladies serve."

"Finn is just a little confused right now." Claire informed them all as she appeared at their table and sat down beside Artie.

"Does this chick know everything?" Noah asked, directing the question at no-one in particular.

"But what does Finn have to be confused about?" Rachel asked desperately leaning across the table eagerly awaiting Claire's response. "Is it me? Have I done something wrong? It is me isn't it?" She asked frantically. "Oh I knew it would come to this. I'm scaring him away because I'm always so bossy and dramatic and my incredible shining talent is blinding him with intimidation."

"No." Claire answered her simply taking a bite out of her apple, the action somehow elegant.

"So what's his deal?" Noah asked as he kept an arm draped across Kurt's shoulders.

Pushing his food around his plate with his fork, Kurt listened intently to hear what Claire would say.

"He's a guy." Claire told them with a shrug as though that explained everything.

"Would you care to be more specific?" Kurt asked her as he gave up on his food and placed his fork down then pushed the plate away.

"I'll give more details provided you actually eat some of that." Claire responded instantly.

"W-what?" Kurt stuttered back completely thrown by the demand.

"I've noticed you haven't been eating properly." Claire said quietly and Kurt caught her share a look with Noah. "Puck's noticed too."

"That's ridiculous." Kurt fired back. "There's nothing wrong with the way I eat. I'll have you know that my diet is perfectly healthy."

"Ballshit." Noah sighed under his breath and Kurt twisted his neck to face him. "Don't fucking look at me like I've shot your puppy, Kurt."

"I don't have a puppy." Kurt pointed out.

"Whatever. Look, when you eat, it usually is that fancy organic and salad stuff. But you aren't eating enough." Noah told him seriously and Kurt could tell by his face that he looked worried. "You hardly even touched your breakfast this morning. Hell I can't remember the last time I saw you eat an entire plate of food. Proper food."

"I… I…" Kurt stammered trying to think of a recent example where Noah, or indeed anyone sat with them at the table, had seen him eat more than a few bites. But as Kurt thought about it, he realised that he couldn't remember himself when he'd last eaten properly. "I didn't realise." He finally managed to say.

"Well I did." Noah replied gently. "So please, just eat. I don't want you ending up like one of those annie-rexxie things."

"Anorexic." Artie supplied in a small voice and the whole group shuddered at the word.

Without a word, Mercedes pushed Kurt's plate of untouched food back towards him and Quinn handed him his fork.

"Eat." Noah begged whispering the word lightly in his ear. "Please."

The worry was still sparkling in Noah's eyes and Kurt hated to see such a look in those chestnut orbs. He rested his forehead against that of his boyfriend and pressed a chaste kiss to his lips.

"I'm fine." Kurt assured him. "I'm not… this isn't… you don't have to worry about me. I honestly didn't realise I hadn't been eating properly."

"That just makes me worry more." Noah told him. "You're not even intending to do this to yourself, you just are. That scares the shit out of me."

"It shouldn't." Kurt replied. "I'm fine."

"Eat." Noah encouraged gesturing back to Kurt's plate.

Kissing him lightly on the lips once more, Kurt stabbed at the pasta before bringing the forkful to his mouth and chewing the food before swallowing it down.

"So, what's wrong with Finn?" Kurt asked.

"Keep eating." Noah said gently and Kurt obediently took another bite of food, chewing it slowly.

"I know it was a long time ago," Claire began, her eyes watching Kurt like a hawk to make sure he continued to eat. "But you used to have a crush on Finn. Everybody could tell that you did, even Finn."

"So?" Kurt asked lowering his fork.

Wordlessly, Noah took the fork from him and stabbed a few pasta shells before bringing them up to Kurt's mouth, feeding him like a baby. Kurt glared at him slightly and parted his lips to tell Noah that he wasn't a child but Noah seized the opportunity to force the food in his mouth, preventing him from speaking.

Kurt coughed and spluttered and spat most of the mouthful out onto the table before taking a long gulp from his water.

"Sorry." Noah apologized meekly. "I didn't mean to… fuck; I just want you to eat."

"And I will." Kurt answered. "At my own pace and I'll feed myself. Forgive me, Claire, you were saying?"

"Well, even though Finn is completely straight," Claire explained to them all. "There was a part of him that liked the fact you had a crush on him. He found the attention flattering, just as anyone would whether they have feelings for that person in return or not. Rachel, be honest, having Jacob Ben Israel be disturbingly obsessed with you makes you feel good about yourself right? It gives you an extra boost of self-confidence."

"Perhaps a little." Rachel admitted. "And it's good practice for how to cope when I'm insanely famous and have stalkers all over the world."

"So Kurt used to like Finn," Artie said. "Finn secretly liked the attention even though he didn't see Kurt that way, and now Finn's acting weird and not having lunch because… um… well why is that?"

"Despite the fact Kurt hasn't been interested in Finn for a long time now," Claire answered. "Him being with Puck is what makes it final, to Finn at least."

"Huh?" Noah asked dumbly, still watching Kurt take the smallest of mouthfuls.

"For Finn, Kurt was someone who could make him feel better about himself." Claire explained. "If Finn was feeling down about anything then Kurt could make him feel better, because Finn would feel wanted, desired, like he meant something. I guess when Kurt got over Finn, he lost that. He didn't have Kurt to give him confidence or make him feel good about himself anymore. I guess Kurt and Puck being together is what it took for Finn to truly realise that he's never going to get that kind of attention from Kurt again and part of him is going to miss that."

"Yeah, I'm still confused." Mercedes announced. "That rambling makes no kinda sense to me."

"I get it." Noah said and they all turned to look at him, Kurt included. "Santana." He told them. "We were never really serious but… for a while she was the girl I could go to when I just needed to… feel. We always knew what to say to each other to make the other feel better and I guess I always thought that she'd always be there for me… like that."

"Sex." Kurt said quietly dropping his gaze.

"It didn't mean anything." Noah told him. "Not really. We were just using each other to feel good about ourselves. Then it stopped because Santana found Brittany. Even though I never loved Santana, at least not as anything more than a friend, I did miss her. Not the… sex… or just being with her. I missed how she made me feel about myself, I missed the familiarity. Knowing I wouldn't be able to go to her when I needed a confidence boost anymore, it sucked. Instead I just had to deal with the shitty insecure feelings. But then I became friends with you." Noah added looking fondly at Kurt. "You made me feel good about myself again just by being you and looking at me the way you did. So yeah, I get why Finn's going to miss that. But what I don't get is why he doesn't realise that he has something better. He has Rachel like I have you."

"Are you saying Rachel's better than me?" Kurt asked in horror.

"Of course not." Noah scoffed. "No offense." He added to Rachel. "I'm just saying that having someone like you makes you feel good, but having someone like you and you liking them in return is even better. Me and Santana made each other feel good for a while, then Brittany replaced me to make Santana feel good all the time, and you replaced Santana for me, just like Finn should realise Rachel is a replacement for you."

"I'm impressed, Puck." Quinn remarked. "You have emotions and intelligence after all." She teased.

"You should go find Finn." Claire suggested to Rachel.

Nodding, Rachel wandered off in search of her boyfriend. Slowly, the others finished off their food and took their leave but Noah remained with Kurt who had still yet to eat half of the meal.

"I'm eating." Kurt assured him lifting another forkful to his mouth. "See?"

"Good. Keep eating." Noah replied.

"You don't have to look so worried." Kurt sighed. "I don't have an eating disorder or anything."

"And I'm going to make sure it stays that way." Noah told him. "And I'm never going to stop worrying about."

"You socialize with my dad far too often." Kurt huffed.

"No need to get jealous, babe." Noah grinned. "You can have me all to yourself tonight. Burt's gonna be out remember?"

"I remember." Kurt breathed out as Noah's hand settled itself on his thigh and stroked teasingly.

"So, when we get back to yours, do you wanna?" Noah asked.

"Yes." Kurt nodded.

"Yes what?" Noah asked him with a smirk.

"I want you to fuck me tonight." Kurt choked out and Noah leaned in to lightly kiss his neck before urging him to finish his food.

"I will, baby." Noah replied. "I will."

By the time Kurt finished his lunch, both of them were sporting erections. Taking Kurt's hand, Noah led him through the school heading outside for the parking lot.

"Fuck waiting till after school." Noah hissed, voice burning with lust. "I'm taking you home now."

They ran hand in hand towards Kurt's car, stopping every few steps to exchange hurried feverish kisses. It was only when they reached Kurt's car and found Sam and Leanne sitting on the bonnet that their sex-driven minds came to a screeching halt.

"Fucking cock-blockers." Kurt and Noah snarled in unison as they glared at Kurt's ex-boyfriend.

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