Please see chapter one for all warnings etc… Sorry if you get a bit of whiplash from this chapter, but it's romance so please feel free to suspend all disbelief.
Make My Heart Start Beating
10
It takes a few days to come up with a scheme and a target.
Trying to get information out of Finn is ridiculously easy, but trying to get information I can understand is a whole different matter. Finn logic is fine in small doses, so I'm not going to find out from him.
Mercedes and Tina have proved difficult and only tell me they have ice-cream and that they love me.
Similarly dad and Carole are out.
Which leaves me a smart weak link I can ruthlessly exploit. Plus I can bribe him with pancakes.
Having dressed early and batch cooked pancakes, which I've left in the kitchen to distract the other members of the house hold, I take a tray of pancakes, his favourite syrup, coffee just the way he and his boyfriend like it and innocently knock on the guest room door while Kyle's in the main bathroom taking a shower.
"It's open!" David calls out so I walk in with my tray of goodies.
"Morning David, morning Kyle," I sing song at them, even though only David's there. My master plan is working smoothly and David happily accepts my offerings as I perch on the bed and mention, "So David…"
His fork hovers in the air and he studies me, "Okay Kurt, I'm glad you're waking up and being more you but can you cut the crap and just get to the point," he puts the fork down, "I wanna know what it is you want before I eat your bribe."
"David," I acted shocked, "How could think such a thing, I only made you and Kyle a nice breakfast in bed because I'm so happy to see you both and you brought me the very first invite…"
"Uh-huh, not buying it dude, so spill," he crosses his arms. Damn, the thing about David is he can be too smart for his own good.
"Fine," I huff, "I want to know what you were laughing about in the cinema."
He blinks, "That's it?" Waving at the tray, "Your entire scheme is to find out about one tiny little thing?"
"Yes, now tell me," I glare at him.
"Deal," David takes a big bite of pancake, "Oh man these are good," he sees me staring and tapping my foot, "Fine, you're attracted to Sebastian Smythe."
"No I'm not," is my instant rejection and I blow up, "Why would I be attracted to that tall smirky meerkat with his smirks and cutting words and… David why are you laughing at me?"
"You're just too funny," he almost chokes on his coffee, "Kurt will you calm the fuck down and think about how you feel around him."
"Annoyed," I snark at him and then blink as I realise what he's trying to say, the strange flutters in the stomach, the way I'm looking for him, the dreams about our night in the hotel, the warmth when he flirted with me. "Oh. Oh that's not good, that's not good at all."
Sighing he goes back to his pancakes, "David stop eating and help me."
Pointing with his fork he mumbles, "You said that was all I had to do, no one mentioned helping you, the pancakes are mine."
Crossing my arms I flare up, "David! That's not a helpful attitude, how am I supposed to deal with Sebastian if every time I see him from now on I'm aware that I'm attracted to his chipmunkiness, how am I supposed to hide it from him? What if I zone out gazing at his freckles and say something?"
"Freckles?" David stabs another piece of his breakfast, "I don't think I wanna know about your kinks man."
Throwing my hands up in the air I make a frustrated sound and collapse onto their bed, "You're no help at all, and after I helped you with Kyle, supported you, encouraged you, cheered at how happy you were and still are…" I peek to see if my guilt trip is working but he's calmly eating.
Laying there I sulk and stare at the ceiling, what is it with me and unattainable guys? First Finn, then Sam, then Blaine, even the minor crush I got on David, and to really top them all off Sebastian.
"Okay I'm finished now," David puts his fork down, "Those were great pancakes by the way," he sips his coffee. "Kurt you got two choices, ignore and avoid him until he goes away, or you ask him out and find out if you really do like him more than the physical."
"Ask him out?" I echo.
"Yeah, he's flirting with you and making it known he wants to spend time with you, whether that's more than naked time is something you're gonna have to find out."
Flushing I roll onto my side, "But what if he turns me down?" I pluck at the bed covers, I don't have a good track record with getting guys to like me.
"Then you have your answer and you can move on," he pauses and eyes me up, "Just one thing though Kurt, please don't back slide into the walking coma you've been in, will you please just get on with your life, because you've built a nice one here in Lima, you've proved to everyone that a gay girly guy can live here and can give so much more to the community than most of those religious or phobic nuts who profess to want to help people."
"What? I've not been in a coma, I think I would have noticed waking up in a hospital David," I point out.
"Really, so why the hell didn't you go to college, why haven't you dated, what the fuck happened to your clothes and your hair and your skin care routine? And when I got back from college I found this meek little thing that looked just like you living in this house," he counters.
"I… I don't know."
"Kurt, look little bro," I frown at him, "Don't give me that look, I'm older than you and using Finn's rule I'm taller than you so I'm the bigger brother, I know losing Blaine hurt you, and I know NYADA picking Rachel wrecked you, but I swear I woulda stayed back for a year and kicked your ass until you snapped out it so we coulda gone to college at the same time, and I'd still have Kyle in my life."
"David," I smile at him.
"So now that you've woken up sleeping beauty what'cha you gonna do with your life?" It's a serious question.
"I really haven't got a clue," I admit my mind blank.
"Okay what don't you want to do?" He changes tact.
"Broadway," I'm firm on that, "I don't want to live like Rachel and now Blaine, I like my job security, well as secure as anything is these days." Picking at the puzzle with my mind I tentatively say, "I like running the garage, it's fun, satisfying. The bar and the Lima Bean are okay, I only really do them for something to do."
"Well now you have a starting point," he drains his coffee mug.
"I…" hesitating I glance at him, "I really like helping out at the schools. McKinley's changing, slowly, it's getting better for the kids, the teachers are less apathetic."
"Dude the work you do there is awesome, I really wish there had been someone like you there at the time for me, someone I coulda slipped up to quietly, someone who might have listened and given me some help to stop being a complete and utter dick," he stops me before I say anything. "Kurt I was totally screwed up, frightened, confused, my life then is pretty much a how to manual of fucking up but I got a second chance to turn it around, I'm glad I did, my life is better than any dream. So if helping kids makes you happy go for it, even if it's part time, or volunteer work, or whatever the hell hours you want."
"Thanks," I get up, "I owe you, but I'm not bringing you breakfast in bed again."
"So what are you up to today?" He asks.
"Today I am going to be on the internet reading about all the night school classes and college courses that interest me, I've put college off for far too long, and then I'm going to go shopping for the engagement party I'm invited to, you remember me telling you about Mr Smythe senior proposing to his girlfriend? And I'm going to ask Sebastian out on a date when I get there."
A warm damp body hugs me from behind, I squeak as Kyle crows, "Woohoo, go Kurt."
"Kyle! How long were you there?" I demand.
"Long enough to know my man scored me breakfast in bed and I don't have to do a thing for it," the man says.
"Really?" Dave lifts an eyebrow, "I put in a lot of hard work honey, you should reward me, oh and Kurt? Can you close the door on your way out?"
Fleeing the room I leave with the sound of David's laughter in my ears and run to get my laptop eager to get started.
A/N: Sorry for any and all mistakes, I've tried to catch those I could, but I'm only human.