4. Of Tails and TLC
A/N: This was my favorite to write so far. I hope you like it too.
This is what should've happened in Middleverse. I'm completely destroying the story line of that episode for this one-shot, just so you know. You'll see how.
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"There's a sound I vant you to hear and its." 'BAMF!'
Scott sighed, "I blew it didn't I?"
"Oh yeah." Jean replied.
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Kurt winced when he reappeared in a tree, far from Scott. ~Ow…why the tail? ~ He grimaced and brought the throbbing limb into his hands for inspection. He bit his lip when he saw the bruise starting to form underneath the fur.
Kurt sighed, now he had to go through an entire day like this. Not only was his tail itself hurting, but the base throbbed as well from being tugged. What people didn't realize that having his tail yanked was incredibly painful, it literally tugged on his backbone, sending pain singing through his body.
He whimpered and hugged his tail to his chest, wishing he had some ice or something.
"Kurt? Is that you?" he opened his eyes and looked over the branch he was huddled up on down to the ground where Kitty was looking up at him with confusion. "Ja, it's me."
"What are you doing up there?" he tried to give her a grin. "Just relaxing." "You're a bad liar." She grumbled and startled climbing the tree by phasing her hands and feet in to get a good grip.
He sat up, wincing at the pain that still emanated from his tail bone.
"You don't, like, look so good." Kitty said once she'd sat herself next to him.
He chuckled, "Now vhy vould you say that?" "Maybe 'cause Scott, like, pulled your tail." She pointed to the appendage.
"It's fine." He mumbled. He hated when people took large notice of his tail. "How'd you see zat anyvay?""I was coming back to, like, get my bag. And, well, it looked like it hurt." She replied.
Kurt sighed, "Mind if I, like, take a look?" Kitty asked softly. He looked up sharply, "Uh…okay, just…please be gentle." He requested softly. She nodded and he carefully moved his tail so it rested on her lap.
Using the utmost tenderness, she lifted it with the palms of her hands, letting it rest in one to run a single finger over it against the grain of his fur.
Kitty frowned when she saw the bruise starting top form. Kurt was blue, so the bruise was black. ~Damn it Scott! ~ She cursed Scott in her mind even as she continued to look Kurt over.
He tensed when she ran her finger over the bruise, "Sorry." She said softly. He shook his head, "Eet's fine." "You're lying." Her eyes didn't leave his tail. "How'd you guess?" he questioned in a defeated voice. "Your accent gets, like, thicker when you lie and when you're emotional." "Oh…" he looked down, trying to ignore the pain that still made him want to curl up with an ice pack.
She sighed and gently put down his tail. "Wait here." She ordered before carefully climbing back down the tree. He watched her walk away, curious, but not curious to not follow her instructions.
Kitty reappeared after a few minutes, something held in her hand. She climbed back up and held out her hand. He placed his tail in it and went back to watching the sky, which was clear of any and all clouds.
"Yelp!" he jumped when something cold touched his tail.
Kurt looked over with surprise to see that Kitty was holding an icepack to his tail. He relaxed as the cold began numbing the sore area.
"Sorry about the shock." She said. He shook his head, a small smile on his face. "Trust me; this is much more pleasurable zan the alternative." She giggled and they sat in silence, Kurt just glad his tail was slowly losing all feeling.
The warning bell rang and they both groaned. "You gonna be okay for the rest of the, like, day?" he nodded, "Ja…Danke Katzchen." She grinned, "No problem Fuzzy."
They both climbed back down the tree, Kurt wrapping his tender tail around his waist, now he just had to be careful not to hit it.
"See you after school!" Kitty called as she headed to her class. Kurt waved and turned to go in the opposite direction.
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Kurt, in contrary to what he told Kitty, was not okay throughout the rest of the day. The feeling came back to his tail sometime during Algebra and it was making him extremely uncomfortable. When the bell finally rang for everyone to go home he shot from his seat and was out the door in three seconds flat.
In his haste to get out of the building, he nearly ran into Rogue.
"Hey, watch where yer goin' blue boy!" he winced. "Sorry Rogue." She huffed and stalked away. He sighed and ran to where he saw Scott and Jean by Scott's car.
"Hey, Kurt, sorry about lunch." Kurt shrugged, "No problem." He landed himself in the backseat, still being careful about his tail.
Scott looked to his watch, "Ugh, where is Kitty?"
"Be patient, Scott, she'll be here soon enough." Kurt chided from his seat.
Five minutes later, Kitty came speeding around the building. "Hey, sorry I'm late we were held back last block." She jumped in back with Kurt and Evan, who had his headphones in his ears, and buckled in.
The drive back to the mansion was mainly silent aside from a few remarks about homework or classes.
Kurt shifted in his seat uncomfortably; Kitty took notice of this and narrowed her gaze on his waist where she knew his tail was wrapped.
Once they were at the mansion Kurt jumped out of his seat by flipping over the back of the car, disappearing mid flip with a 'BAMF'. Kitty phased herself through the Evan to get out, causing the boy to shiver.
"Must you do that?" she didn't hear him as she was already halfway to the door.
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Kurt reappeared in his room, purposely landing on his bed feet first.
He switched off his inducer and placed it on the bedside table before unwrapping his tail from his waist with a wince.
"Hey Kurt, you okay?" Kitty knocked on the door. "Ja, fine Katzchen."
"Liar."
Kitty's head appeared through the door, followed by the rest of her body. She came over to the bed, "Here" She had dug an icepack out of the freezer and had wrapped it in a cloth. "Danke." He took the cold object and placed it over the black bruise that marred his skin.
"I had no idea your tail was, like, that sensitive." Kitty remarked. "It's not something I advertise." Kurt said in reply.
There was silence as Kurt tended to his tail and Kitty watched him.
"Anything I could get you to make it feel better?" he gave her a small smile, "Maybe let me know if people are going to pull it or not, othervise there isn't much I can do but vait for it to get better." She nodded, "Alright."
"Hey Kurt, time for dinner man!" Evan called through the door.
"Hungry?" Kitty asked with a grin. "Vhen am I not?" Kurt replied, leaving the icepack on the bedside table her offered a hand to Kitty. "Vant to take the express?" she shrugged, "Why not?"
They appeared together in the dining room.
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After dinner Nightcrawler and Shadowcat took up residence in the rec room.
Kurt crouched on the back of the couch, his tail remaining somewhat motionless behind him. Kitty sat right in front of him on the couch, half asleep as the TV bored her to death.
"Hey Evan, would you get Kurt for me?" Scott asked he wanted to have a talk with the blue mutant about being more careful about that tail of his.
"Yeah, sure." Spyke entered the room and crept over to where his friends were seated.
"Hey Kurt, Scott wants to talk to you." He said while, without thinking, he grabbed his tail and yanked it.
Kurt yelped in pain and jumped from his place on the couch to the ceiling, startling Kitty. "What the?! Evan! Why'd you do that?!" Evan looked sufficiently cowed. "I didn't mean to, I'm sorry." Kitty glared at him.
From his place on the ceiling, Kurt whimpered, his tail really hurt now. He bit his lip and teleported.
The two others in the room looked up at the sound and Kitty renewed her glare on Spyke.
"What'd I do?" "You pulled his tail, you jerk, that hurts him!" she exclaimed, standing form the couch and storming from the room.
"Well how was I supposed to know?!" "Maybe because he hated it when Scott did it earlier today!" she shrieked.
"What's going on?!" Scott demanded, alerted by the screaming.
Kitty rounded on Cyclops, "And you, don't even get me started! It's your fault he's feeling bad in the first place!"
Jean appeared from the kitchen, "Why is everyone yelling?" Kitty gave a small scream of exasperation. "Just leave him alone!" she yelled in Scott's face before stalking through a wall towards the stairs.
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Kurt curled into a ball on his bed, hugging his tail to his chest.
His breath came in short pained gasps and he willed himself not to cry, his tail hurt that bad.
Then, there was someone gently stroking his back, rubbing it in comforting circles.
He opened his eyes and Kitty's concerned face swam into view. She gave him a small smile, "Pure ice, we're out of ice packs." She held up a plastic bag of ice cubes and he gave a small chuckle. Using the towel from earlier, she wrapped the bag and held her hand out.
Kurt released his tail and Kitty gently picked it up, laying the ice over it. He sighed, and relaxed, closing his eyes.
The bed sunk down slightly next to him and he opened his eyes to see Kitty lying next to him. She smiled, "Mind some company?" he shook his head, gently taking her hand and squeezing it. "Thank you Keety." She smiled and kissed his cheek. "You'd take care of me too." She replied.
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When Kitty woke up, it was to find herself in Kurt's bed, with no Fuzzy Elf in sight.
"Kurt?" she looked around in confusion.
"Oh, good, you're avake." Kurt came in through the door.
~Kurt, walking though door and not bamfing. Kurt and door, door and Kurt. ERROR! ERROR! ~
He chuckled at her expression. "I didn't vant to spoil the food." She cocked and eyebrow before noticing the tray in his hands.
"Here, all your favorites." He set the tray in front of her and she opened it to find her favorite breakfast dishes underneath the lid.
"Wow, Kurt, did you make this?" he shrugged, looking embarrassed. She tried some and licked her lips. "It's really good, but why'd you do this?" he grinned, "Helping you avoid Scott for one. He seems quite angry vith you." She blushed, "He deserved it." She mumbled and he laughed, ruffling her bangs. "I don't doubt that." She giggled.
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