They all knew it was about to happen.
Even though everyone had gotten the weekend to cool off, Kurt and Blaine were still mad at Flint. At first, before the weekend, Flint was only guilty. Now he was mad as well.
When the Warbler rehearsal finally came, several Warblers were sitting on the edge of their seats. Nathan had called the whole situation a version of the game Angry Birds that didn't make him as pissed off, so Randy came up with the name 'The Fight of the Century: Angry Warblers'.
Even though most of the Warblers were excited for this, some were dreading it. Jeff, for instance, was afraid of being dragged into an argument, if it would occur, which was very likely. One wrong word and he could have either Kurt or Flint mad at him. Wes hated drama and he didn't want anything to do with it. He had attempted to fake a cold before Warbler rehearsal, but Thad figured out he was faking and dragged him there. Thad was terrified of either one of them accidently hurting Flint's feelings.
When everyone had gathered in the senior commons, things were tense. There was dead silence and some Warblers not involved in this whole thing and were excited about the fight looked around the room, trying to hold back their grins.
Wes had planned on having a normal meeting, where they'd discuss the next impromptu performance, song selection and auditions. He now saw that a normal rehearsal would not happen. Things were way too tense, no one would pay attention and this thing needed to be sorted out as soon as possible.
"Okay, guys, this can't go on like this." Wes said and sighed. Next to him, David bit his lip, trying to keep himself from grinning. It was actually going to happen and Wes of all people was fueling the fight. "You have to sort this out. When you do, we can go on with our meeting."
"There's nothing to discuss, Wes." Kurt said, a little strained.
"Are you kidding me? How about you ignoring me?" Flint said.
"How about you fucking his bully?" Blaine shot back, sounding rather pissed off. Several guys made small 'ooh' sounds and Thad leaned forward in his chair, looking slightly tense.
"Blaine," Flint said strongly, "I didn't know." Then he turned to Kurt. "Kurt, Kurt please. I… I really like you. Can't we work this thing out?" He said rather weakly.
Kurt was silent for several seconds. He sat straighter up in his chair before responding.
"Do you have any idea how I feel? Do you have any idea what I'm going through right now? No, no you don't. You dated my bully. The guy who took my first kiss, the guy who threatened to kill me, the guy who drove me out of my old school and away from my friends and family. This is difficult for me, Flint, why can't you just accept that?"
"I get it, Kurt, this is difficult for you and all that bullshit, but you're ignoring the fact that I had no idea he was your bully." Flint said.
"Yes you did." Kurt said simply, leaning back in his chair slightly. "Jeff told you."
The Warblers watching the fight enthusiastically all turned to Jeff, who sighed.
"Look." Blaine said. The Warblers turned to him. He was looking calmer than before. "I know I've been slightly unreasonable but I'm just trying to protect Kurt."
"Yeah, we get that but—" Flint began, spitting out his words.
"I'm not finished." Blaine said, a little annoyed again. "Flint, seriously, shut up for just a second. It won't kill you. If anything, it will help you since you now get time to think before you speak."
"Blaine." Thad warned. "Not your fight."
"It's more my fight than yours." Blaine said, now facing Thad. Thad raised his hands in defeat and leaned back in his seat, glaring at Blaine.
"As I was saying, I have a reason to be this annoyed. Flint, or Jeff, you should have told Kurt about this. You shouldn't have let him find it out on his own, not like that." Blaine said. Jeff leaned his head back and sighed.
"I was scared, okay?" Flint said. "I had just broken up with him and-and I was hurt. And then I got to know he was your freaking bully and I was afraid you'd hate me. And guess what?" Flint laughed humorlessly. "I was right."
"You should have just told me when you found out. Then this whole thing probably wouldn't have happened." Kurt said. Flint didn't seem to have a response, instead he just shook his head and looked at the floor.
"Look," Jeff said. "If we would have said something in the beginning, you'd probably just act the same. We didn't say anything because what you don't know won't hurt you. We were only looking out for you." Flint looked at him with a small smile and a look in his eyes that said thank you.
"Trying to keep him from it only hurt him more." Blaine added.
"I know! Look, we made a mistake," Jeff said, but Blaine cut him off.
"Jeff, how would you feel like if Flint had dated Nick's bully?" Blaine asked.
"Don't drag him into this." Jeff said, his voice strong. "Those are two completely different things. First of all, Kurt's bully, this Dave guy, is actually just a scared closeted guy who uses bullying as a way to cope with it. Nick's bully is a homophobic guy who practically convinced him he was worthless and should just kill himself. Kurt's bully is trying to accept himself. Nick's bully hasn't changed at all."
"He's not a bad guy." Flint said quietly. Nick looked rather out of it, Chris had pulled his knees to his chest and was hugging them, looking slightly upset. Wes was leaning on the table, propping his elbows on the table and resting his forehead on his palms.
"Haven't you heard anything I've said? He threatened to kill me." Kurt said, beginning to become agitated.
"Boo-fucking-hoo. So he said an empty threat to you, so what? Don't take it out on me! I've already said I'm sorry, and I'll say it again. I'm sorry." Flint said. He was leaning forward in his chair and he looked pissed off. "Actually, I'm not really sure why I'm apologizing. So I dated a guy? I had no idea he was your bully, so you should just get the fuck over it."
"Wow, I just got a flashback to when I actually counted you as a nice person." Blaine said. "What a dumbass I was."
"Blaine, just shut the hell up. This isn't your fight. Let Kurt and Flint sort this out." Thad said.
"So, what, you can protect your boyfriend but I can't? How long have you been dating, a week?"
"How long have you and Kurt been dating? A month and a half, or so? Huh, double that time and you get how long it took you to realize Kurt liked you." Thad shot back. Blaine stood up from his seat, looking angry.
"I don't even know why you're chasing after Flint, anyway. Last time I knew, you were head over heels in love with Wes." Blaine said. Thad looked like a deer caught in the headlights for a second before quickly masking it up, and was now looking like nothing had happened. Chris' eyes were wide, but he hid it by resting his forehead against his knees. Wes removed his hands, which covered his face earlier, and gave Thad a shocked look.
"Wow, would you look at that, Blaine's smoking that hallucination plant they grow in the Shire." Thad said mockingly, as calmly as he could. He as well, rose from his seat and stepped in front of the council table. "You know, from all the speeches you say about courage and how ignorance is just prejudice, you're being quite the hypocrite. You're being ignorant towards Flint."
Blaine looked like he had just been slapped before looking mad again. "Yeah, and you're just being a douchebag. Not that that is out of the ordinary."
Thad took a few long steps to Blaine and gave him a shove. Blaine responded by punching Thad in the jaw. Thad then threw himself on Blaine, so they both fell to the floor. They rolled around for only a short amount of time before they were pulled apart.
"Terry, take Blaine back to his dorm. Nick, you go with Thad." David said, sounding angry. Terry looked annoyed for not being able to see more of the fight but left with Blaine. After they had left, David sighed in irritation.
"This is taking up way too much time." He said, shaking his head. "Before the two of you start quarreling like old ladies again, I'll summarize." Both Kurt and Flint were about to open their mouths to say something, but David ignored them and spoke. "Kurt, Flint is sorry for dating your bully, but he claims he's a good person and is trying to accept himself. He didn't tell you because he didn't want to hurt you. Flint, Kurt is angry at you because you dated his bully, who drove him away from his school and was threatened his life. He thinks you should have told him about this right after you found out and is hurt by the fact that you tried to hide it. Now you go."
Kurt didn't speak up, so Flint decided to. "Kurt… Can we-Can we just go back to being friends? I'm not dating him anymore and… and I honestly miss you. E-even though we weren't that close." Flint said with a small laugh.
"I'm sorry too." Kurt said with his eyes closed. He let out a deep breath before opening them and speaking again. "It's just… I'm in a place where I have to hate him right now."
A small smile spread on Flint's lips. "Can we be friends again?"
"Yes." Kurt said, nodding, a smile spreading on his face as well.
"…Can I hug you?" Flint asked.
Kurt chuckled. "Yes, you can."
Flint pulled Kurt into a hug. Kurt felt slightly embarrassed that something like a boy had almost torn him away from Flint. That meant no more bear-hugs.
Kurt turned to Jeff. "I-I guess I owe you an apology as well."
"Not really, but it's okay." Jeff said with a smile. "Now go deal with the hobbits before they run off in their anger. We don't want them to get kidnapped and taken to Isengard, now do we?"
Fuuu I'm pretty nervous I screwed this up. I gave it my best, at least. And sorry for all the hobbit jokes x) And I guess you can say angry!Blaine is being influenced by him in Night of Neglect.
Oh and if anyone's interested, I wrote a Wes/Thad oneshot. It's pretty angsty and not related to this story, so yeah.
