Dislaimer: Glee belongs to FOX, the writers, producers, actors, etc. "Save the Best For Last" belongs to Vanessa Williams. "Defying Gravity" belongs to whoever owns Wicked. "Candles" belongs to Hey Mondays. I am making no money from this, and no copywrite infringement is intended. All quotes were found online and are attributed to their authors if I could find them.
AN: There are a few scenes I kinda wanted to write that would go before this, but I couldn't make them interesting enough for a full story, even a short one. So I just skipped to after they got together, cause that's much more fun to write. Glad to see some people favorited and followed the first chapter, hopefully you will continue to enjoy!
Rated M for eventual sexual situations between two males, although I don't get nearly as descriptive as many of the fics I've read.
Reference: Continuation of the scene after their first kiss in "Original Song"
Fade Into You
By Lady Callista
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"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." -Ingrid Bergman
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Chapter 2: Face to Face
Kurt hadn't thought that anything could feel more wonderful and amazing and heart-stopping than that first kiss, yet they had barely begun the next one when he realized he would have to drastically adjust his grading scale.
The second kiss had started out much as the first one had; firm yet slow, passionate yet tender. But as it continued on, Kurt realized just how nervous each of them had been; realized it because he felt the shimmering instant the nervous tension faded away, first from Blaine and barely a second later from himself.
His heart swelled as a rush of love went through him when the kiss gentled, and he had the discordant thought that he understood completely what his father had meant when he said it was about more than just the physical.
The physical had nearly overwhelmed him with the first kiss, but that initial rush was fading around the edges now, and his heart was singing out one simple phrase over and over. He was kissing Blaine. He was kissing Blaine.
Finally, he was kissing Blaine and it wasn't a dream. For a moment he heard an echo of music, one of the songs that seemed to cycle through his dreams whenever he imagined dancing with Blaine.
And now we're standing face to face,
Isn't the world a crazy place,
Just when I thought our chance had passed,
You go and save the best for last.
His thoughts blurred as they sank into the kiss, then snapped into sharp focus as he felt the tip of Blaine's tongue trace lightly and hesitantly over his lips. He stiffened automatically at the unfamiliar touch even as a wave of desire swept through him, so when Blaine started to pull away Kurt shifted his hand from the other boy's cheek to the back of his neck. He wasn't brave enough to actually pull him closer, but with his eyes still closed he breathed into the scant inch separating them, "It's okay. You just surprised me."
Kurt heard his name whispered almost reverently as Blaine gently brought their lips back together.
Kurt tried to engrave every second, every touch, every feeling into his heart, but the new and overwhelming sensations caused him to get more brief flashes than anything else.
The warm, moist pressure of Blaine's lips on his own, and the heat he could swear he felt pumping off of Blaine's body.
The familiar and much loved scent of the cologne Blaine always wore. The earthy, slightly mysterious scent surrounded him as never before, and Kurt knew that the arousing scent would forever remind him of this moment.
The softness of the skin on the nape of Blaine's neck when he let his fingers feather over it, and the slight shiver the boy made as the fingers continued to move delicately.
The heat from Blaine's hand on his cheek, and the burning trail it left when it trailed down the side of his neck, raising goosebumps before settling on his shoulder, thumb trailing lightly up and down the side of his neck.
This time he didn't stiffen when he felt Blaine's tongue teasing his lips, but instead opened them and nervously let their tongues touch. His breath caught at the tingle that went through him, and he heard Blaine's do the same, and then they were hesitantly exploring each other's mouths, slowly sinking deeper and deeper into the kiss.
Kurt could feel the heat and jitters pooling in his stomach, and realized with shock that he was half-hard already. He was just about to break the kiss when Blaine gently did it for him, slowly sliding back just enough to resume his seat beside him. Their hands slid from each other as they separated, both nearly gasping for breath, yet their eyes remained locked.
Blaine once again broke eye contact first, glancing down at his hands as he twisted them in his lap. "Speaking of a moment…"
Kurt barely heard the murmured words, and although he saw Blaine wince slightly as he cut off, likely thinking he was being too corny, Kurt found that he agreed so perfectly with the words that he couldn't object to them in the slightest.
He was still trying to gather his thoughts, still trying to put a coherent sentence together, and when he finally did the words came as quickly as the thoughts, "That was so much better than any of my dreams."
Blaine's eyes flashed back up to meet his, both wonderment and something Kurt couldn't place transforming his face. He swallowed harshly, twice, before asking in a voice that made Kurt realize the look he hadn't been able to place was shyness, "You dream about me?"
Kurt nodded minutely, feeling himself blush, but the joy that came over Blaine's face at the action gave him the courage to actually say, "Only… only since the day I met you."
"Since then?" Blaine couldn't stop the note of disbelief that crept into his voice. "Why did you wait so long to tell me?"
His blush grew darker, yet Kurt knew that no matter what he always could, and would, be honest with Blaine. With this boy who he had known for less than six months, yet couldn't imagine his life without. "Because it was the first time I ever… liked someone who might actually be interested in me. I was too nervous at first, and then once we became friends I, well, I was worried about messing that up."
"The same way I was." Blaine remembered, thinking of Kurt's hesitant words months ago in the coffee house. "I never asked, what made you finally tell me?"
"Something from a song," Kurt admitted with a light chuckle, "What else?"
Blaine grinned and cocked an eyebrow curiously, prompting Kurt to sing softly.
Some things I cannot change,
But till I try I'll never know.
Blaine's smile grew, and when Kurt trailed off he picked up the song at a later verse.
Unlimited…
Together we're unlimited…
"So does this mean…" Kurt hated the stutter in his voice, and took a deep breath to collect his courage. He had started writing the lyrics to their duet with his original confession. Blaine had just added background orchestration, and maybe the melody if you counted the pretty words and heart-stopping kiss as two separate things. Knowing that meant the next verse was up to him, Kurt questioned softly, "Does this mean we both get to learn what it's like to be someone's boyfriend?"
"I really like the sound of that." Blaine admitted, his grin brighter than a spotlight as he reached out, his hand cupped as he trailed the backs of his knuckles over Kurt's cheek.
"So do I." Kurt breathed as the touch set his body tingling from the roots of his hair to the tips of his toes, and he daringly turned his head, placing a light kiss on the back of Blaine's fingers as they drew away.
The fact that he had a right to do it, that he had a right to touch, and kiss, the most amazing person he had ever met astonished him, and he didn't think he would ever get over that. It was a wish come true, a miracle in the flesh. He liked someone who liked him back.
"I just wish that my first boyfriend had been my first kiss." Kurt saw the tenderness come into his boyfriend -his heart stuttered at the word as he truly thought it for the first time- his boyfriend's face as he whispered the words. He also saw the pulse of heat in Blaine's eyes at the word boyfriend, and the way his smile got even more adorable.
Blaine reached out to take one of Kurt's hands then, skimming their fingertips together, then their palms, before linking their fingers. His other hand reached for a pale cheek, again skimming gently with fingertips before cupping it.
Kurt felt another flare of heat flow through him as he realized what Blaine was doing. He had remembered Kurt's comments about romance, and fingertips being sexy, and Kurt felt himself slide even deeper into love.
"It was the first one that mattered." Blaine's voice matched the tenderness in his eyes, although it was slightly huskier than normal, and he leaned back in to brush their lips lightly together before continuing, "For both of us."
They were still kissing softly when they registered on the edges of their awareness that the door had just opened.
"Hey, there you…" Jeff froze halfway into the room, eyes widening as he watched the two boys sitting in the middle of it jerk apart. "That is just so wrong."
Kurt froze, terrified, even as Blaine rose to his feet and spun around, eyes hot in a completely different way than they had been a second ago as he faced Jeff.
Jeff saw the look, understood it immediately, and held up both hands in a surrender pose. "I only get to see my girl on the weekends, forgive me for being jealous that you two can be together all the time."
Blaine's posture relaxed immediately, and he offered a somewhat sheepish grin. "We were just practicing for our duet."
"Sure you were, man." Jeff grinned back, flashing his friend a wink. "Well, when you're done practicing, the group wanted to get together in an hour or so for an impromptu performance. Not the duet, but we wanted to see how the arrangement for Raise Your Glass works out."
"We'll be there." Blaine promised for both of them, grinning back at Jeff as his friend nodded, then backed out and closed the door. He heard the knob rattle for a second, and prayed that Jeff hadn't hung something stupid from it.
He turned back to Kurt then, and the mix of disbelief, fear, and defiance on his boyfriend's face made him reach out with both hands, pulling Kurt gently to his feet. "It's okay. We're in our own little corner of the world, and we're safe here."
"I just can't get used to it." Kurt whispered even as their eyes met and held affectionately. "For so many years there has just been this low level of fear, the idea that even once I find someone all we'll face is ignorance and hatred, and…"
"We'll face it together." Blaine whispered back. "And we'll always win."
Kurt felt the brief flare of victory, of the acceptance that had eluded him his entire life before this instant. He had moved halfway to this point last year, when he realized that no one in glee club was going to tease him for his sexual orientation, but even though everyone in New Directions had been accepting and supportive of him in theory, this was different.
Now he had moved from theory to fact, and Jeff had reacted as if everything was completely normal.
Because that idea was almost too overwhelming for him to process, the idea that he could love and openly be with another guy without being teased or bullied for it, Kurt had to shuffle it to the back of his mind for a moment, really let it stew and settle. He saw the nervousness in Blaine's body language, and realized that his boyfriend -yup, the wondrous shock was still there- his boyfriend had been just as nervous about the reaction, and was in almost as much shock as he was that everything had been perfectly fine.
He managed a nervous chuckle. "Well, even if they're not planning on the duet, we probably should work on it, at least a little."
"As soon as I can get some blood back in my head." Blaine chuckled, then flicked his eyes nervously to Kurt as he realized what he had just said. He watched the other boy blush, which was just too adorable, then sighed in relief when Kurt smiled.
"We can still talk about anything, and tell each other everything." Kurt said softly. "You're my best friend, and no matter what, I… I don't want that to change."
"It won't." Blaine replied seriously, "We won't let it, no matter what."
They kissed once more, softly, more of a promise than anything else, hands linked at their sides to prevent them from wrapping around each other and getting distracted again.
"So, do you have the music?" Kurt asked as they drew apart. It would be all too easy to get lost again in the newness of the feelings flowing through him, and Kurt wanted some time to digest them.
"Yeah, uh…" Blaine moved to the door and the bag he had dropped there upon walking in, pulling a folder out of it and handing Kurt the music. "I didn't get all of it done yet, which parts we solo and which are together, but I got the first few pages done."
Kurt nodded as he looked over the music, his heart almost stopping. "You… you want me to do the first verse alone?"
Blaine nodded, a huge smile breaking out on his face, as he replied, "You're going to be amazing."
Kurt felt himself blush, and reached out his free hand for Blaine's, again feeling a little thrill that he had the right to do that. Their fingers linked as he answered, "We're going to be amazing."
They both blushed this time at the double meaning, and Kurt squeezed Blaine's hand before dropping it, shuffling back to the first page of the sheet music and beginning to sing.
The power lines went out
And I am all alone…
But he wasn't, Kurt thought even as he continued to sing, his eyes locked on Blaine's. He wasn't alone anymore.
Kurt Hummel had a boyfriend.
