"The best part is the butterflies, cuz in the end you still don't know if Nakahara can ever have his feelings returned, but it is hopeful." Pietro stopped, staring back at the surprised Hollow form of Kurt, one of the x-men he had been fighting for a while now.
"What?" Pietro growled. The object of his recently found affection was still staring at him, mouth agape. The younger boy jumped and quickly looked down at his hands clenched tightly in his lap.
"I, I just…vasn't expecting zat." Kurt replied, watching out of the corner of his eye as Pietro went back to smiling. Why was he so happy? Kurt glanced back up at the silver haired figure and they continued to gaze at each other until they blushed and looked away.
"So, where are you going?" Pietro asked nervously, glancing at the duffle bag. He returned the Manga to Kurt and watched as he quickly stashed it back in the bag.
"Novhere" Kurt replied, feeling very shy all of a sudden.
"You don't have to tell me; I was just trying to keep the conversation going" Pietro ground out before turning to stare dejectedly out the window.
"Nein! Zat's not it! I really meant novhere, I haf novhere to go." Kurt assured quickly, reaching out and resting his hand on the slim boys crossed arms, tugging gently to get him to stop pouting. Pietro turned toward Kurt and both blushed lightly at how close they had gotten. "Ah…" Kurt moved back to his spot and Pietro stopped pouting abruptly.
"Um…if you have nothing to do….then maybe…" Pietro paused clearing his throat, wondering why he was so nervous, "You wanna come with me to a fair in the next city?" Kurt nodded and happily accepted. Luckily conversation was easily started again and the time flew by on the hour trip to the fair.
When they had finally reached the fairgrounds they found a locker to stash Kurt's duffle bag in and took the key with them. Trying out every ride they could possibly think of they ended up nabbing some cotton candy and sitting down to see a small acrobatics performance. They had juggling and fire breathing and people flipping all over the stage.
The two boys had gotten to know a lot about each other over the past few hours and were still happily chattering away with no end to their conversation in site, which please both parties. Their conversation did die down however, as two ribbons descended from the rafters of the stage and a women stepped onto stage and started to climb them. Pietro watched on in awe as the woman swung around the stage and practically rolled like a yo-yo up and down the ribbon. Kurt only smiled at the look of awe on Pietro's face. He knew those ribbons very well; they had been an unpleasant part of his past before the nice German couple had accepted him into their lives. For some reason, though, Pietro's look tugged at something inside of him and he found himself wanting to impress the taller teen.
"You know…"He started and paused as Pietro looked over at him in question. Kurt looked down nervously and gestured with a nod of his head as he spoke, "I can do zat…" Kurt blushed again. This was stupid, now Pietro probably just thought he was weird and would want to know how, and then he'd have to explain things he really didn't want to. Kurt was surprised though, as Pietro gasped
"Are you serious? That's amazing!" Kurt blushed again, though for a completely different reason.
He glanced up at Pietro, "Really? Amazing?"
"Definitely! I wish I could do something like that! I can't even juggle!" Pietro responded, taking a hasty excited bite from his cotton candy. Kurt smiled up at him.
"You can avoid tings at high speed!" Pietro laughed and agreed. They were mutants after all; they could practically be the main attractions. As Pietro thought about it he realized what Kurt had said before. Had he been in a circus? He glanced down at the shorter boy nervously, not wanting to voice his stupid question.
"What…" He started, but stopped at the zoned-out look on Kurt's face. Kurt looked nervous for a second and took the question as asking what he was doing zoning out, and not realizing it could be part of a longer more menacing question. All questions were forgotten however as Kurt moved closer, mumbling something about cotton candy before he moved in even closer and ran his tongue across the edge of Pietro's mouth and up his cheek before he froze. Both teens were blushing furiously as Kurt pulled away quickly, squeaking an apology. Pietro shook his head, clearing his surprise, and leaned toward Kurt. Pausing right in front of the younger males face as Kurt looked up, a nervous blush accosting his features shown by the hollowatch, Pietro spoke.
"Don't be" He stated, before claiming Kurt's lips with his own. Kurt melted beneath his touch and he couldn't believe he was kissing the young x-man, his excitement almost making him want to jump up and down happily. He rested a hand against Kurt's cheek and felt the warm fur hidden by the holographic form of Kurt. Pietro felt the younger teen tense, but relax as his other hand reached up to tangle in Kurt's hair, pulling the soft fuzzy boy closer. The blue fur tickled his face as he deepened the kiss, nipping at Kurt's bottom lip, being soft and warm, lacking the usual fur seen normally when the boy turned his hollowatch off. Kurt sighed into the kiss, parting his lips and allowing Pietro to explore his mouth, tasting the sweetness of the cotton candy.
Suddenly they jumped back in surprise as a loud voice boomed out of the speaker next to them. They looked toward the stage to see a few members of the audience there and one man with a microphone gesturing toward them.
"The lovely young couple, come on down! Learn what circus magic is all about!" The man continued gesturing wildly to come up on stage as Kurt, embarrassed, shook his head back and forth quickly. Pietro jumped up and tugged Kurt with him, seeing that the audience members on stage were learning things like juggling and handstands.
"Come on! Show them what 'Circus magic' is all about! I wanna see you!" Pietro said with a light smile as he copied the tone of the announcer's voice.
"All right" Kurt assented and followed Pietro down to the stage. It was kind of exciting! He would actually get to show off for Pietro and he was still feeling giddy after that kiss. Both blushed as the announcer man welcomed the "couple" to the stage and continued to invite others up. Ending up at the ribbons Kurt started stretching as Pietro asked the woman if Kurt could try them out. She laughed and nodded, thinking the boy would just run around with the ribbons trailing behind him like wings, just like most of the younger kids did. She was surprised, however, and looked on along with Pietro as Kurt expertly began climbing the ribbons and wrapping himself up to perform tricks.
After a couple tricks and surprised looks he slid back down the ribbon and landed on the ground as Pietro was clapping and the nice woman was running off saying her boss just had to see this. As he slipped away from the ribbons he felt an unwelcome tug at his arm and froze as he felt a familiar loss of something he had become most accustomed to. He blanched as he saw Pietro freeze, but expected him to run away or tease him, not what happened next. Before he could even think about porting to safety Pietro was pressed flush against him as he saw a red ribbon makeshift curtain thrust between them and the audience, hiding them from view.
"What happened?" The speedster quietly asked him. Kurt was thankful for Pietro's quick thinking and started to tinker with his watch. His eyes widened as nothing was happening.
"I…I don't know, someting is vrong!" he hissed.
"Hold on." Pietro quickly picked him up bridal style as if he weighed nothing and Kurt's vision blurred as Quicksilver dashed away from the stage, out of the gates, and into a darkening alleyway across the street, leaving a confused ribbon acrobat wondering where they had disappeared to and many more people questioning the sudden breeze.
Hiding out in the alleyway Kurt clutched at Pietro as he was set down.
"Are you ok?" Pietro asked him, receiving only an 'ugg' from Kurt. It was expected that Kurt would be dizzy after that fast escape, but Pietro was just glad the teen was latched onto him as though he would fly away if he let go. He stared down at Kurt's blue form, smiling at the revealed fur and tail. Kurt got over his dizziness and watched Pietro smiling at him. Why wasn't he looking away?
"I've never seen your fur this up close before" Pietro stated calmly. Kurt looked down ashamed, but jumped as Pietro's hands moved up his arms through his fur. "It's so soft, I like it." He continued and Kurt shivered. "Did I hurt you?" Pietro asked, worried and pulled away, but Kurt stopped him, hand grasping one pale wrist.
"Nein! It…It felt good." He laughed nervously and let Pietro go. Said boy tilted the fuzzy face back with a hand on his chin and kissed the blue teen's lips gently.
"I…like you." Pietro stated simply and was rewarded by Kurt wrapping his arms around the slightly taller male's neck and deepening the kiss. Pulling away both boys smiled at each other before Kurt's smile fell and he sighed. Pietro raised an eyebrow in question.
"My vatch, vat are ve gonna do?" He gestured at his watch in question. Pietro smiled at him again.
"Think you can survive another run?" Kurt gulped and looked unsure, before nodding slowly. "Here, just close your eyes this time" Pietro suggested, and Kurt did so as he wrapped his arms around Pietro's neck and felt strong arms cradling him against a warm chest. It was much easier having his eyes closed and he was only slightly thrown off his balance by the time they ended up stopped by the bushes of the mansion out of site of the gate.
Set safely on the ground once more Kurt thread his three fingers with Pietro's five and smiled as he saw Pietro didn't even bat an eyelash.
"Vhen vill I see you again?" Kurt asked, worried that this was a one in a million experience, and he never wanted it to end. "Whenever you want, do you have a cell phone?" Pietro asked, pulling out his own.
"Ja!" Kurt excitedly admitted. "But… it's back in ze mansion, here" Kurt entered his own number into the phone Pietro previously held, and handed it back, receiving a chaste kiss.
"You better get inside before the 'x-team' can worry any more about the lack of their amazing blue wonder" Pietro said, frowning at the thought of leaving Kurt. Kurt scoffed and rolled his eyes, but agreed. They parted with promises of late night texting and returned to their given 'homes', with Pietro taking a detour to drop by the fair once more, planning to surprise Kurt tomorrow with a special visit.
