11. Of Mainstream Lies
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A/N: Another idea from Carefree-Luminary! It's quite similar to his debut Kurtty story but he mentioned that going in so, all is well.
Oh, and I've decided to try and get this story to 100 one-shots. Wish me luck!
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Kurt hunched his shoulders and stuffed his hands in his pockets as he walked through the forest. If he'd climbed to the top of one of the trees he could have seen the destroyed remains of the Institute.
He groaned and turned to hit his head against one of the trees a few times.
"You are a moron." He told himself.
He was always talking about how they had to stick together but when it really counted, when everyone else was ousted as mutants and put under scrutiny and hatred by the public, what did he do? Nothing, nada, zip, zilch! He stood by and watched as his friends were picked on and bullied.
He dropped his chin to his chest and watched his feet as he continued walking. He was avoiding the others, knowing they'd tear into him for his behavior earlier. But truth be told, the second they'd started walking the crowd of students at school, when everyone else was been glared at –even if they weren't glaring at him- he'd been having flashbacks.
Torches, screaming, fire, pitchforks, gun shots still rushed through his mind at full speed. It was all he could do to not have a panic attack or break down entirely.
He sniffed and swiped away the tears from his eyes.
~I hate this. ~
The worst part of it all was that his friends –if they were still- wouldn't let him explain himself either. No doubt they'd focus on the wrong that he did.
He growled quietly, did they ever stop and consider what he'd been through?! Probably not because they never stopped to consider what growing up had been like for him. Having to go through every day looking like a creature from Hell and being treated as one by the public!
Stopped he dropped to the ground under a tree. The earth was cool as his tail rested on it and he leaned his head back against the tree trunk.
~It's not fair. ~
Drawing his knees to his chest he wrapped his arms around them and buried his face in the dark, wishing he could stay in hiding forever.
The sun sank beneath the horizon, sending the world into endless darkness. The only light came from the stars, the moon having disappeared for the night.
Kurt barely noticed aside from the dip in temperature. It'd be better if he stayed out for a while longer, maybe sneak inside later, as long as he avoided the others. Maybe then he'd live to see another day.
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"Has anyone seen Kurt?" Kitty questioned, coming out from his and Scott's room. She'd been waiting for him to come back ever since they got home from school and he hadn't appeared.
"Why should we care?" Evan asked harshly as he spun a pencil on the table.
"Yeah, it's not lahke blue boy did anything to help today." Rogue added, looking up from her book.
Kitty sighed, "I know, but maybe he had a reason."
Evan snorted, "Yeah, okay. What reason could he have?"
"How about having to live everyday like you did today for his entire life?" Logan made himself known startling everyone.
Everyone looked to him in surprise and he growled slightly, "Don't act like you've been dealt a bad hand. Elf's had to go through his entire life knowing what he was. He's been through more hell than whatever shit you had to go through today. So don't be all high and mighty and act like he deserves worse."
Logan's words made everyone look down in shame.
"I guess we never thought about that." Evan mumbled.
"Yeah, good goin' with that one Porcupine." Logan finished before leaving the room again.
Kitty sighed and went to the room she and Rogue were sharing to grab a hoodie before going to Kurt's room again. She dug through the closet to find a hoodie, surprised at the fact that the only one he owned was an extremely bleak mix of black and gray.
~Weird, I expected brighter colors. ~ She thought as she entered the elevator to head to the surface. Once there she pulled Kurt's hoodie over her own and pulled out a flashlight. Switching it on she started towards the forest, shivering at the odd shapes the branches created, it didn't look nearly this creepy in broad daylight.
Her flashlight cast a beam of light over the woods as she travelled in further, sticking to the path and keeping one hand to herself, trying to conserve body heat.
"Kurt?! Are you out here?!" she called as loud as she could, hoping he would hear her soon and then they could both go back inside.
"Fuzzy Elf! Come here!" there was still no sign of her friend and she shivered as she travelled deeper into the trees.
"Kurt, please! It's really scary out here!" her voice broke slightly. She couldn't help it she'd never been good with the dark.
Several trees away Kurt heard her and looked up, catching sight of the beam of light through the trees. He stood and stretched to get rid of the stiffness he'd taken on from sitting in a curled position for so long. His tail swaying from side to side he started walking towards Kitty.
"Kurt! Please, I'm scared." She whispered softly.
"Right here Keety." She gasped and whipped around catching Kurt in the beam of her flashlight. Kurt brought a hand up to block the light from his eyes, trying to blink away spots.
"Oh God, you scared me." Kitty brought a hand to her heart.
"Sorry." Nightcrawler mumbled.
"Hold this for a second." She handed him the flashlight and started pulling his hoodie off.
"You must be freezing. Put this on."
They exchanged the flashlight for his hoodie and he pulled it on. It was true, he was cold and the hoodie had taken on her body heat.
"Thanks." He said softly, not daring meet her gaze.
"Well come on, let's go." She grabbed his hand and tugged him back out.
"Keety, please, vhatever you're going to do. Do it now." He stopped them.
Kitty turned around, "What do you mean?"
"You're mad at me, right? You all are." He still wouldn't meet her eyes.
"Kurt…we were mad. We felt betrayed by what you did."
If it was at all possible, Kurt's shoulder slumped more.
"But we forgot what your life had been like." She said softly causing him to look up sharply.
"We all forgot that you'd lived the way you have your entire life. We forgot that we'd gotten to be normal until just recently, but you'd been…different," she chose the word carefully, "up until recently. We forgot that you wanted to be normal for a little while longer."
Kurt's eyes glowed brightly in the dark, captivating her.
"I heard Amanda moved." She whispered into the dark. Kurt looked away again, this time to the side instead of down.
"I didn't expect it to last." He mumbled.
She stepped forward and took his hand again, "Kurt…I'm sorry, for everything. You…you don't deserve to be treated the way you have. We're all sorry."
Kurt shrugged, but gently entwined their hands, "I'm sorry for not standing with you guys. I should've. It doesn't matter vhat happened in the past, I should've stuck vith you." He met her eyes again.
Leaning up she carefully kissed him, Kurt froze before wrapping his free arm around her waist holding her to him and kissing her back.
She pulled away slightly to meet his eyes, "I think you're too hard on yourself." She whispered softly.
Kurt smiled slightly and kissed her gently, "Thanks Katzchen."
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Kurt watched from the back of the room along with Kitty as Jean spoke to everyone. There was a large majority of glaring as she spoke, but some people looked like they were actually listening and considering her words.
Kitty chewed on her bottom lip and Kurt gently wrapped an arm around her, hugging her to him.
"Let's get out of here." He whispered. She nodded and they left silently through the doors, unable to stand the tense atmosphere any longer.
Unfortunately, they left a charged hate atmosphere to a war charged one.
The Brotherhood had apparently decided, hey, the humans hate us already, let's screw over the rest of the mutants!
Kitty left Kurt and ran to Lance as he sent a tremor at Evan.
"Lance stop it!"
He glared at her, "Why?"
She slapped him, hard, "I can't believe I ever dated you! You're just a damn 'Hood!"
He glared at her and threw her off, then sent a large fissure in her direction.
"Keety!" Kurt teleported and grabbed her before teleporting them away.
They barely noticed when people started filing outside. Almost instantly, the Brotherhood started attacking them instead.
"Scott! I think now vould be a good time for us to start using our powers!" Kurt called.
Scott looked form side to side, obviously frantic, before conceding.
"X Men, keep those people safe!"
The change was instantaneous, the X Men went into rescue mode and used their powers -without shame- to keep the bystanders safe.
Kitty even phased Principal Kelly through a thrown car to keep him safe. The man stared after the young girl as she ran off, helping others in a similar way.
As things died down the Professor rolled over to him, "My students have been trained to help others, and that is what they did tonight. They are using their powers how I've taught them, for the good of others, no matter what those others think of them."
Kurt and Kitty stood on the steps as people started leaving, a few students glared at Kurt.
"I can't believe you're a mutie!" one boy snarled at him as he passed.
Kurt grinned, "Ja, vell, vhat are you gonna do?"
Kitty smiled and lifted up his wrist, bring his inducer into focus, "Why don't you dazzle them with the real you?"
He smiled nervously, lacing their hands together, "One step at a time Katzchen."
She smiled and leaned into him, hugging him tightly.
"Fair enough."
Kurt sighed and hugged her back, oblivious to the knowing looks the others were giving them.
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A/N: And I will see you all again when I get back from vacation! Merry Christmas, hope yours is fabulous!
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