10. Of CDs and Broken Hearts
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A/N: Wow, two catalyst stories in a row, amazing! This is the second idea I received from AkaJenny1, bravo my friend!
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Kitty blushed as she fell out of the bathroom, third time this week she'd walked in on someone in the bathroom, but this time it had been Kurt.
~Oh, I'm never going to live this down. ~
She was only thankful he'd been wearing a towel, although that still wasn't saying much with the amount of time she'd been frozen and staring at him.
~I need a cold shower…but this time I'm double checking the bathroom's empty. ~
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Kurt could still feel his cheeks burning after Kitty fell backwards through the door.
~Wow, interesting way to start the morning. ~
He swallowed and closed his eyes, trying to relax. This wasn't the first time Kitty had walked in on someone in the bathroom, and no doubt it wouldn't be the last, but it was the first time she'd walked in on him. So he now had to work through the problem of his best friend and secret crush walking in on him half naked.
~Should be fun. ~
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Kitty attempted to focus on her book as she sat in the shade of a tree in Ororo's garden. She was trying to avoid Kurt for as long as possible, but really, when Kurt wanted to find someone, he found them. That was why the younger mutants never asked him to play hide and seek.
She sighed and lowered her head until her nose nearly touched the pages of her book.
"Keety."
She looked up sharply to see Kurt standing in front of her.
"H-how long have you been there?"
He got a small smile on his face as he came over and sat by her, "A couple minutes, and you never noticed."
She nodded, avoiding his gaze as she closed her book and placed it on her lap.
"So…you like something you saw this morning?"
She looked to him in shock and saw he was trying not to laugh.
She smiled coyly ~Two can play at this game. ~
"Well as a matter of fact I did." She whispered in a sultry voice, walking her fingers up his chest. Kurt became rigid as he stared at her.
"You have quite the body Mr. Vagner." She whispered huskily.
Kurt chuckled and wrapped his arms around her, hugging her tightly, "Ah, good, I vas vorried you vouldn't talk to me until Friday."
Kitty giggled and hugged him back, "Thanks for not being mad."
He shrugged, "Eh, eet's not like it's the first time you've done zis ja?"
Kitty blushed and elbowed him, "Don't rub it in."
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Kitty placed her books into her backpack as students passed her in hurried masses to leave. No one wanted to hang around after school, neither did she, but she had a massive amount of homework for the evening that she needed to get sorted out.
"Hey Pretty Kitty!"
She felt herself tense as Lance's voice drifted over everyone else's.
"Ugh, what Lance?" she turned and glared at him.
He held his hands up in mock surrender, "Nothing, just want to talk." He gave her a disarmingly charming smile. Kitty just put her hands on her hips and glared at him.
"Talk. I don't want to miss my ride."
He grinned, only later would Kitty remember the evil look in his eyes, "I just wanted to know if you wanted to come over tonight? The offer's open after all. Besides, that way you wouldn't have to spend time with the great blue freak." He smirked as Kitty's jaw unhinged.
"You…you…" as Kitty stuttered for words, Lance pressed the record button on the recorder he had hidden in his pocket.
"You evil, ugly, stupid son of a bitch! How dare you say those things about Kurt?! He's the sweetest, most amazing person on the planet and you are just the thing that someone uses to keep a door open because, you know what, that's all you're good for!" she shrieked at the top of her lungs, getting his face.
Lance actually recoiled in shock at the sheer venom in her voice.
"I hope you burn in hell you evil creature!" she finished before turning on her heal and stalking off, leaving behind a snickering crowd and a pale Lance.
As the crowds dissipated, Lance pulled out the recorder and grinned evilly.
"Evil am I? You have yet to see just how evil I can be Shadowcat."
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Lance sauntered into the nearly empty computer lab and headed straight to the back where a single person sat.
The girl had long brown hair streaked through liberally with blood red, she had an IPod in blocking all noise from entering her ears and her entire outfit was black. From her black t-shirt and hoodie, black jeans and finally black boots.
Lance smirked and tapped the girl on her shoulder; she turned a green eyed, heavy black lined glare to him as she pulled out her headphones, the noise of some gothic band now pouring from the small speakers.
"Yeah?"
Lance tossed a CD on the desk in front of her.
She picked it up and raised an eyebrow at him, "And?"
"There's some stuff on there I need you to mix up to fit a little…business proposition I'm making."
She didn't look convinced, "Alright, I'll consider it…if you can tell me what my name is?" she smirked, seeing as people usually passed her by, it would've been considered a hard question.
Lance blinked once before smiling slyly, unfortunately, he'd done his homework for once, "Alexandra, Lex for short."
She glared at him, "Fine, but what's in it for me?"
"I can get you a date with Pietro Maximoff."
Lex rolled her eyes, "Make it fifty bucks and you've got yourself a deal." She counter offered. "Otherwise, I have much better things to do." She turned back to the screen.
Lance groaned, "Fine! Fifty bucks, and only if you do exactly what I need."
She turned back to him, looking like the cat that got the canary, "Lay it on me smart boy."
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Lance walked up behind Kurt and tapped on the locker beside his.
Kurt whipped his head around and glared at the 'Hood.
"Vhat?" he snapped.
Lance tried to look as innocent as possible, "Hey, chill, I just thought you'd like to have something." He held out a recently burned disk.
Kurt looked at it suspiciously, "Vhat is it?"
"I caught a few things Kitty said on tape; I think you need to hear them."Lance tried to put on his best innocent face.
Kurt took the disk, but still looked doubtful, "Vhy are you giving this to me?"
Lance shrugged, "Because I was once on your side of this, we guys need to stick together, right?"
Kurt didn't reply so Lance just shrugged before turning and leaving without another word.
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Kurt looked at the disk with apprehension later that night when he got home.
~Is there a good answer to this? ~ He thought before sighing and grabbing his ancient walk-man and put the disk in while putting the headphones in his ears and pressing play.
What he heard tore at his heart with each syllable.
"Kurt…he's an evil, stupid, son of a bitch! He's just the ugly, evil creature you use to keep a door open in hell because that's all he's good for!" the track played smoothly and it felt like his heart was shattering, each individual shard coming to stick into his chest and ache like a fresh bruise.
He stopped the CD and tossed it under his bed as he started crying into his arms. Loud, body wracking sobs that made it difficult to breathe deeply.
He cried himself to sleep, not even bothering to change or close the curtains.
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When he woke up, he felt stiff; leaving him to know that the nightmare he'd just been through hadn't been a nightmare and was very much real.
He sniffed and climbed from bed with slow, sluggish movements. He rubbed at his eyes as he shrugged on fresh clothes, choosing darker shades than normal. He didn't want bright colors on, they reminded him of her.
"Hey Kurt, breakfast!" Evan called as he ran by the door.
Kurt felt his stomach toss at the thought of food, but called back, "Already ate Evan!" his forced the lie out even as his throat closed.
He took a shaky breath and switched on his image inducer, putting on his 'best face' as Logan called it.
Evil creature…son of a bitch…evil…stupid…ugly…
His stomach tossed again and he was worried for a second that he was going to be sick, but the feeling passed, leaving another dull ache.
He sniffed again and ported downstairs to the garage.
"Hey Kurt, you're early." Scott greeted.
"Yeah, I'm just gonna port to school." He forced a smile that was surprisingly convincing as Scott nodded.
"Alright, just don't be late because you're chomping down on a million Gut Bombs."
Kurt forced himself to chuckle so Scott wouldn't think something was wrong before he ported away from the mansion, landing in a grove of trees in the park.
He decided to walk from there and started towards school in a slouched posture, his head down turned.
Lance spotted him and soon as he entered the school grounds. An evil smile spread across his lips.
~All according to plan! ~
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Kurt forced himself through the morning, working as best he could on his assignments, but he found himself thinking back over all the times he'd been with Kitty, just hanging out. Had all those smiles been fake, were all the laughs hollow? Kurt had no real answer because it made him feel sick every time he thought about it.
He bought something for lunch, just because he knew he needed the energy if he was going to port home later. He'd barely finished when Kitty plopped herself down beside him.
"Hey Fuzzy!" she chimed.
Kurt felt a thrill of anger climb up his spine, how dare she act like everything was okay?!
He turned and glared at her before standing and leaving her at the table by herself.
Kitty stared after her best friend, "What'd I do?" she asked softly.
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For the rest of the week, everyone started to notice the changes in Kurt, he was eating less, causing him to get even thinner than before. He never laughed, he was hardly ever out of his room and he looked exhausted. More often than not, he was just…gone. He couldn't be found, and Lord knew how they tried to find him.
Jean had tried to talk to him, but had gotten snapped at for her trouble. Evan had also given it a go; he didn't get the door to open. And when Logan finally put in his fifty cents, he got growled at.
Logan came down the stairs looking disturbed, "Something ain't right." He stated.
Kitty left the room and went back upstairs and sat outside Kurt's door. She didn't try to talk to him, she just sat there.
"I wish you'd tell me what's wrong Kurt." She whispered softly.
Inside the room, Kurt was curled up on his bed, feeling alone, helpless and sick. He was exhausted and everything seemed to ache, but he couldn't even focus enough to think of something to make himself feel better.
~They'd all be better off without me. ~ He thought. Thoughts like this had been creeping through his mind all week, and they kept getting louder, fighting out his natural instinct to survive and replacing it with one to die.
~I should just end it…but how? ~
He suddenly felt like he had purpose as he ran through the ways he could end it.
~A gun, no I'd never pull the trigger…drug overdose...no they'd pump my stomach…cutting…no, they'd bandage me up…it has to be something that is unfixable… ~
Inspiration hit him like Logan running at full speed. Several months ago, when he'd gotten a gash in his leg, they'd tried using some of Angel's blood to heal him, and he'd ended up writhing in pain. It'd been like his leg was on fire.
~Angel's blood…that'll do it. Fast and they won't be able to stop it. ~
He nodded to himself and bamfed down to the infirmary. It was empty, just as he'd hoped.
He started his search through the cabinets, and then started through the small fridge they used to keep certain chemicals cool.
~Bingo! ~
He pulled out one of the containers of thick red liquid. The scent was pure, like water, but still had the hint of blood that let him know what he was drinking.
~Time to end it… ~
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Kitty stared at the door, what Kurt hadn't known was that he'd been thinking out loud. She'd heard his plans, crystal clear.
~Oh God no! ~
She ran as fast as she could, before mentally slapping herself and let herself drop through the floor. She willed herself to go faster until she reached the Infirmary in time to see Kurt lifting the blood filled beaker to his mouth.
"No!" she shrieked and ran, but she was too late, the red liquid slipping down Kurt's throat, burning it in its decent.
Kitty knocked the beaker from Kurt's hands, but he'd still swallowed enough.
She caught him as he collapsed and pulled his shuddering body to her, "No, no, no, no, no, please God no! Kurt stay with me!"
He opened his eyes and sighed, "I von't be around to bother you anymore." He mumbled.
"No! Kurt, what are you talking about?!"
"You think I'm horrible, evil, useless."
Kitty saw more than felt the tears as they ran down her cheeks and landed on Kurt's face.
"No…no Fuzzy, I don't think that. How could I think that? I love you."
His eyes widened slightly, "No you don't, I heard you."
"What?"
His story spilled out, through the body wracking seizures as his body felt like it was being set on fire from the inside out. By the end, Kitty was sobbing all the harder.
"God Kurt, no! Those things I said, they were about Lance, not you, never you. I love you, please stay with me!" she cried, holding him tightly.
Kurt coughed, a coppery taste erupting in his mouth as blood started coating the sides of his throat and mouth, his own this time.
"No, please Kurt, you can't die! You can't just leave me!" Kitty cried.
"M'sorry Katzchen." He mumbled as his eyes closed.
"NO!" she shrieked, and not quite knowing what she was doing, made Kurt's body intangible. She focused on phasing him, only him, not Angel's blood. She wanted that stuff to slip through his body like she could slip through walls.
"Please…please stay with me." She whispered. Leaning over she kissed his lips, putting blood on her own but not caring.
"Please."
Blood started pooling under them both, soaking into her hers and Kurt's clothing…but then Kurt coughed.
Kitty stared in wonder, she'd done it. She phased the blood from Kurt's body.
"Kurt?...Fuzzy Elf?" she whispered softly.
His eyes opened and he blinked weakly, "Katzchen?...Vhy do I…"
She choked on a sob and hugged him tightly, "Oh God Fuzzy I thought I'd lost you!" she cried.
Kurt's arm went around her shoulders, squeezing her gently as he felt his strength returning. He couldn't really say anything, he had nearly killed himself…because of proof Kitty hated him, that he'd gotten from Lance. If that wasn't completely effed up he didn't know what was.
And now Kitty was crying and saying she loved him at the same time.
"I'm sorry Keety." He said softly.
She pulled away, "It's not your fault, don't blame yourself." She sniffed and helped him sit up so she could hug him properly. Kurt buried his face in her hair, breathing in her sweet scent, trying to get away from the scent of the blood that they still sat in.
"I'm so sorry Katzchen…I thought you hated me."
"Why didn't you just tell me?" she asked in a hurt voice.
"Because…because it hurt too much."
She looked at him oddly, "What do you mean?"
"I love you." He replied, staring into her eyes.
She blinked before leaning in and kissing him right on the lips. Kurt didn't even care that he could still taste blood at that point, all he knew was that Kitty's lips were warm and soft on his, and it healed his soul of every scar it had.
She pulled away and smiled at him, "C'mon, let's get cleaned up and get you something to eat. You look terrible."
He smiled grimly as she helped him stand, "Feel terrible." He groaned slightly.
"Okay, shower, food, and then you're going to bed."
He gave her a small smile, "Deal."
She sighed and hugged him carefully as he ported them upstairs, he still had enough energy to do so; in fact it was probably easier than taking the stairs at that point.
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While Kurt was in the shower, Kitty went straight to the Professors office and told him everything. She did leave out the more personal bits, but that didn't take away the main theme of the story: Kurt tried to kill himself, because Lance made him think she hated him.
In the end the Professor was pale, Ororo looked green and Logan had collapsed in a chair, looking a mixture between shocked and murderous.
"I'm going to find Avalanche, rip his testicles off, show them to him and throw them to the sharks. Then I'm going to roast each finger of the barbeque while he watches, then I'm going to rip him open and take him apart piece by piece, making him watch and letting him know why I'm killing him as slowly as possible."
~Ew. ~ Kitty thought when Ororo finally shut Logan's murderous ramblings up.
"How is he now Kitty?" Ororo asked, looking every bit the worried mother.
"Better." she replied honestly, "I'm going to take him some food and get him to sleep. I don't think we should tell anyone else what happened."
"I agree." The Professor stated, "It would not help Kurt, but Kitty…we're trusting you to take care of him."
She nodded seriously as she stood, "I'm not abandoning him." She stated surely.
Logan gave her an approving look, one that spoke many more words than anything he could have said.
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When Kitty returned to Kurt's room with a tray piled high with food, she found him curled up in bed, looking clean and relaxed as he dozed.
She smiled at him as he sat up and gave her a small grin.
"Hi, feeling a bit better?"
He nodded, but he was eyeing the food she was carrying.
It was so completely normal Kitty had to give him to food, and then start laughing outrageously. Kurt blinked at her odd behavior, but put it off in favor of getting in as much food as his stomach could hold.
That amount turned out to be quite large as the tray was empty when he finally decided he was full and curled back up under the covers.
Kitty, having gone and showered and changed herself, phased through the door and crept over to curl up with him. She nuzzled her face in his soft fur and smiled.
"I'm sorry Keety…for everything." He mumbled, holding her close.
"It's really not your fault." She replied quietly.
"I'm still sorry."
She looked up and saw the hurt and worry in his eyes, and smiled softly. She gave him a warm kiss before diving back into his arms.
"You're forgiven. If that's what you need to hear."
He sighed and relaxed further, "That's exactly vhat I needed to hear." He mumbled before he was asleep in several seconds.
And still his arms were strong and warm around her.
She sighed and cuddled closer; hoping his way-too-freakin-thin-form would be gone soon and he'd be back to just-Kurt-thin.
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Neither Kurt nor Kitty were at school on Monday when it started up again, but Rogue, who'd caught the Professor, Logan and Ororo talking, was and she was pissed.
She slammed her locker shut before she was tapped on her shoulder. Spinning around she found herself looking into emerald greens eyes set in a pale face that looked more than a little worried.
"It's my fault, I'm sorry." Lex looked down, looking ashamed. "I didn't know what it was he wanted me to do, I'm sorry."
Rogue blinked, "You're the one who made the disk?" she'd snuck into Kurt's room while he and Kitty were both sleeping and found the disk under his bed gathering dust.
"Hit me if you want, I won't blame you if you do."
Rogue then got a very evil grin on her face, "Counter offer…You help me humiliate Lance, and you're forgiven."
Lex looked up, shock written on her face before she smirked, "Blackmail is my specialty! What do you want?"
The two dark clothed girls sat outside all lunch plotting, the evil laughter coming from them caused everyone to avoid them like the Plague.
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The next day, when the TVs in the cafeteria, hallways and classrooms turned on, and when everyone logged into the computers, the screen and background, showed Lance in a pink mini dress, wearing a blonde wig. On the TVs, the video clip played, showing him looking at himself in different angles, and his voice said:
"Does this dress make me look like a slut or a whore?"
Try what they might, none of the teachers could find out how to change it and Lance was laughed at the entire day while Rogue and Lex could be seen high fiving each other while smirking evilly.
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Kurt nuzzled his face in Kitty's hair, causing the brunette to giggle as they cuddled on the couch while watching a movie. The scene was almost too cute, but Evan forced himself to watch it as it made relief spread through his body.
Rogue had told him what happened, and while he hadn't told anyone, it did his soul good to see Kurt and Kitty laughing together.
He sighed and stood, finally unable to stand the cute any longer.
"You two are gonna make me go blind!" he called behind him.
He was greeted by laughter from both members of the K-team and Spyke smiled.
~They're way too cute together…but they're also perfect for each other. ~
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A/N: Hello faithful readers (and those of you that just clicked on this story), I hope you enjoyed this update! For more Kurtty goodness, check out my other stories and those on my favourites list. I try to hunt down each one. Ask anyone!
Anyway, it's nearly three-thirty am here and I'm beyond exhausted. Good night (or good morning, depending on your time zone or when you're reading this story)
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