After just several months of being a part of the Warblers, Kurt had noticed that there were quite a few unwritten rules that everyone just expected you to know. Like how you are not supposed to touch Wes' gavel, 'cause that's just plain suicide, or that you're not allowed to call Trent a diva because then he'll ignore you completely for a month.
Asking if you could braid Frank's hair would end in your room being raided and something stolen and calling Thad short would keep you from ever getting a solo. If you did call Thad a dwarf or a hobbit, but were on Wes and David's good side and pleaded them enough, you might have a shot at a solo. Keyword: might. That's why Randy never got a solo; he wrote a song once when he was drunk about how short Thad was and compared Wes to a yellow gummy bear.
Kurt was still picking up on those rules. His most recent discovery was that if you helped out a fellow Warbler, they began to open up to you and trust you.
The first time this happened he didn't pick up on it. Flint had asked him to help him pick out an outfit for a date. After the date, Flint came to his dorm and asked if they could talk. Kurt got all the details of the date, which had apparently ended in a rather steamy make-out session. That said date was the same one he had told the Warblers about the night Kurt told them about the bullying he had to bear at his old school. Kurt had to hide his smirk when Flint lied about his date not being fun, when in reality Flint was falling for the guy. Now Flint was a good friend of his.
The second time, it was Robert. Now, Robert was a complicated person. At first Kurt thought he was one of the more uptight Warblers, but after seeing him goof around with the Warblers, he changed his mind. He was distant, quiet and rather cold. That is, until he began trusting you. Kurt assumed he had issues with trusting people. When he warmed up to you, he was a person who didn't stop smiling. He laughed and joked around, but he was always a little hesitant when it came to trusting someone with something.
Robert wasn't good at French. Quite the opposite, actually. He, along with most the Warblers, or even the boys at Dalton, found it weird that he hadn't failed the subject yet. He always managed to barely pass the class. He had been panicking the entire day because of a big test the next morning. Kurt had offered him assistance and after three hours of studying, Robert felt a little more confident. He passed the test and was now on good terms with Kurt.
The more Kurt got to know the Warblers, the more he was shocked. He had accepted that most guys were a little homophobic and that if you were gay, your life would just suck and people would treat you differently. Even though he didn't want to admit it, the guys at New Directions had always treated him differently and it hurt. The guys at Dalton weren't awkward around him at all. At Dalton, he actually was one of the guys instead of just the gay kid.
Their tolerance was also amazing. Kurt hadn't heard them use words like 'fag', unless if they were reading something aloud. They weren't afraid to show affection to each other. There were a lot of hugs and 'I love you's and occasional kisses on cheeks as a joke. They weren't afraid of being called gay nor were they afraid of treating those who didn't consider themselves completely straight with affection.
It did creep him out at first, but now he was kind of used to it. When he met up with his old glee club, he did for a second find it weird that none of them called him sweet names like sugarpie or gave him a hug.
Terry greeted him every time he saw him with pumpkin, cotton-candy or sugarpie. It had started as a joke but it has just kind of stuck. Jeff gave the most amazing hugs when he greeted or said goodbye to him. Even though Blaine gave him the most kisses on his head, Frank was in fierce competition with him. At first, Kurt was very shocked when Frank yelled 'yes!' and grabbing him and planting a big kiss on his head, followed with 'I love you' when Kurt backed up Frank's argument against Nathan.
Kurt didn't want to admit it, but he felt better with the Warblers.
The first rule Kurt had learned was that being on the council's good side could only lead to good things. That's why when David's car broke down, Kurt was the first one to step up. Well, he sort of had to, seeing as how they were on the middle of a road on their way back to Dalton and neither Wes nor David knew what was up with the car. He and Blaine stepped outside and tried to figure out what was up with the car.
Kurt thanked for all the training his father had given him because he was able to detect the problem and with the help of Blaine, fix the car. When they returned to the car, they heard David and Wes talk to Thad, who was on loudspeaker on Wes' phone.
"…I swear, you have to save me from here. I'm begging you." Thad pleaded.
"We fixed the problem. What's going on, by the way?" Blaine asked from the backseat. David turned around with a big grin on his face. He started the car and began driving back to Dalton after thanking both Blaine and Kurt.
"My grandma is visiting and she is driving me insane. She's lived in America since 1940 or something and she still doesn't speak much English. My dad made the mistake of telling her I'm at the top of German class so then she compared me to Hitler and demanded I'd drop the class and take up Hebrew! I mean, I love her and everything but she's both driving me insane and making me feel guilty."
"I'll be your knight, Thad, if David doesn't mind making a detour and dropping me off at your place." Wes said with an amused smile.
"Where's Chris, by the way?" David asked. "He's still staying at yours over the weekends, isn't he?"
"He is, but he's at Dalton with James and those guys. Apparently, Flint went on another date with that guy and they're trying to get some details." Thad said. "Oh, I called Chris before dinner and he told me Nick and Jeff had a big fight earlier and now they're not even speaking to each other."
Kurt swore he felt the car go a little faster at his words.
"If there's going to be drama I want to be as far away from it as possible, I've had enough of it for now." Wes said.
"Oh god, grandma's yelling at me, I've got to go. Please don't get into a car accident on the way over here because I really need you to save me, Wes." Thad said and hung up. Wes had a little satisfied smile on his face.
When they arrived at Dalton, things were rather odd.
They were all hanging out in the choir room. Nick and Jeff were on opposite ends of the room, but they kept shooting each other glances. Flint kept zoning out and smiling at nothing. Chris was much happier than normal and he couldn't be still. Kurt shot Blaine a look, who just shrugged in return.
"He-hey, sugarpie!" Terry called from where he was sitting and waved. Kurt laughed and waved right back. "If you had a superpower, what would it be?"
Kurt thought about it for a while. "The power to give other people a sense of fashion. You see too many people on the streets who look like they blindly just picked something from their closet and walked out without looking in the mirror."
Nathan, who was sitting next to Terry, raised his hand "Guilty!"
"What about you, hobbit?" Terry asked.
"The power to be able to walk into stores and burst out into song without getting anyone fired."
"Wow, you guys have such original answers. I just answered 'the ability to fly'." Robert said.
Kurt saw from the corner of his eye Jeff sigh and bury his face in his hands. He stayed like that for a few seconds before slamming his hands on the arms of the chair and hoisting himself up. He walked into the center of the room and climbed onto a coffee table. Even though everyone's eyes were already on him he still tried to get everyone to give him full attention.
"Hello, hey! Hi guys, hello, yeah um… hey." Jeff said. He looked full of confident even though he looked kind of silly. "Hi. Yeah, so, um, I guess nothing goes past you Warblers so you have noticed that me and Nick are pissed off at each other. The reason is that he's being a bitch and I'm just a huge jerk."
Some of the Warblers turned to look at Nick, who's expression was a mixture between shock and offence. He was desperately trying to make eye contact with him to get him to stop whatever he was doing because the only thing he was doing was embarrassing both of them.
"So in order to stop all of this drama, 'cause it's no fun, I decided to solve this by doing, well, this. As Warblers and everything we usually sing out our feelings and crap, but I'm not going to sing 'cause it would just drag this thing out and I would just like to spit this out."
"Well," he said and clapped his hands together, finally making eye contact with Nick. "I'm in love with Nick."
The room was dead silent, but smiles broke out on the faces of most of the guys. Nick was the first one to break it by saying in disbelief "What?"
"I love you. I would emphasize my point by saying it in another language but I don't know any so I'm not going to. But I'm in love with you. Literally."
He stepped down from the coffee table and walked across the room towards Nick, getting pats on the back from Terry and Nathan. He stopped in front of Nick, waiting for his response. Nick reached out and grabbed Jeff's tie, pulling him in for a kiss. Several catcalls came from the Warblers and Kurt heard Robert mutter under his breath "finally."
When they broke apart they were both smiling. "I love you too, you idiot." Nick said.
"Pay up, bitches!" Randy yelled.
Kurt learned another thing about the Warblers that night. They really enjoyed betting.
I'd just like to add that if you want to request/suggest a couple, please do. And should I make a list of which Warbler is which in my story or..? Anywho, thanks for reading, I really appreciate you guys and all the reviews. 3