(11) You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This

You Never Move Me The Way You Move Me Tonight

Finn, Rachel, Kurt, and Blaine were in Kurt's car on their way to Puck's New Years Eve Party. Their parents were out with the rest of their friends, and probably wouldn't stumble home until very late. Of course, they anticipated the presence of alcohol, so they weren't in the least bit surprised when the first thing Puck did was offer them wine coolers.

Many people, much to Puck's dismay, refused it. They were all going to wait for midnight to come, then drink their New Years wine toast.

Finnchel and Klaine were the first to arrive after Tike. When Sam, Artie, Brittany and the rest of the NDs walked in carrying an abundance of brown paper bags, Kurt joked, "Guys! We don't need THAT much wine.

Artie shook his head. "We bring no alcohol. We bring something MUCH better... FIREWORKS Y'ALL!"

"Oh dear..." said Blaine. "I really don't like fireworks..."

"Why not?" asked Kurt. "I LOVE fireworks! You'd think that being with the Warblers so much that you'd love them."

Blaine looked at his shoes and sighed "When I was five, Cooper let me light a firework. It wasn't a big one, just those little butterfly ones that spin and shoot up in the air... Well... I went up to light it and I stood back. I guess it must've been faulty or possessed or something because as soon as it took off, instead of shooting straight up like they're supposed to... It decided that it would be better to chase me all over the yard until I tripped over a branch and scraped my knee..."

Everybody was trying not to laugh at Blaine's misfortune, but it was pretty herd not to when you imagined a screaming five year old running around being chased by a little firework.

"It's not funny!" he cried.

Everyone laughed harder and Kurt put a hand on Blaine's back. "Oh it's ok. How about we help you get over your fear by popping some really small ones?"

"Yeah, NO!" said Blaine.

"Come ON Blaine!" Kurt pulled out his best puppy dog eyes. "Pwease?"

Blaine sighed. "Fine... But only the really small ones!"

"Sam!" called Kurt. "Got any bottle rockets?"

Blaine's eyes widened. "NO! Those are big and scary! And they explode!"

Kurt rolled his eyes. "Oh these aren't that bad!" he instructed Puck to hand him an empty wine cooler bottle and placed it away from the group of people. He placed the rocket in the bottle and pulled out the fuse and the lighter. He waved his hand for Blaine to come over.

Blaine warily made his way over to the firework and Kurt put the lighter in Blaine's hand. His hand was shaking so Kurt wrapped his around Blaine's and it instantly stilled.

Blaine liked the way that it felt wrapped around his own. He found that he was staring at Kurt's smiling face and he couldn't help but smile too.

"Ok," said Kurt. "Ready?" Blaine nodded and thy moved their hands and the lighter to the fuse. When it began to spark, they ran off to take cover.

The fuse was almost to the rocket when the bottle tipped over and spun slowly to the direction where they were all waiting.

Kurt's eyes widened. "Oh shit... EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!"

Everybody scattered as they searched for cover, some hiding behind tables, and some just crouching on the ground. Klaine was hidden behind a table that they tipped over.

The spark reached the end of it's fuse and died out. Everyone peeked from their hiding spots to see what happened. The firework was a dud.

Finn breathed a sigh of relief. "Well that's a rel-"

WHEEEEEE BOOM!

The rocket shot out of it's bottle straight at the table that had all of the wine and cider. Thankfully, it didn't catch fire, but the table collapsed and the bottle continued to whiz around crazily before finally hitting a wall and exploding. Everyone reclaimed their cover spots until they were sure the coast was clear.

They all gathered around the collapsed table and gawked at it. Blaine finally spoke up.

"That. Was... AWESOME!"

Everybody gawked at him.

He smiled like a maniac. "Can we do that again!"

XXX

The New Directions and the two Warblers gathered up what food they had left and reset the table. Much to Puck and Santana's dismay, all the alcoholic beverages had been destroyed, but they still managed to muster some Hot Cheetos, Fritos, a can of bean dip, a liter of Sprite and seven cupcakes with a jellybean on top.

They'd decided that the safest thing for everyone was to not let Kurt and Blaine near any of the fireworks. Everyone was having fun just hanging our and playing really, REALLY childish games like tag.

When it neared midnight, Santana said, "Since we don't have any booze for a midnight toast," she gave a pointed look towards Klaine. "Here's a game to see who's gonna be who's midnight kiss instead!" She pulled out a bunch of inactivated glow-sticks from the table. She started handing them out. "When we start the countdown, break yours to see the color. Whosever color yours matches is the person that you HAVE to kiss at midnight. NO EXCEPTIONS!"

Everybody agreed and took their glow-sticks. When it was closer to the new year, they began cracking their glow-sticks. Mile and Brittany got blue, Santana and Rachel got orange.

"Oh HELL NO MAN HANDS!"

Kurt smirked. "What happened to "no exceptions", Satan?"

Santana just mumbled but accepted her fate.

Quinn and Artie got purple, Mercedes and Sam got yellow, Lauren and Puck got red, Finn and Tina got pink.

Kurt got green and searched the room to see who he'd gotten. In the middle of his search he ran into Blaine... He was holding a glowing green stick.

Just then the rest of the New Directions started the countdown.

"TEN!" Blaine was still staring at Kurt's glow-stick.

"NINE... EIGHT!" Kurt had no idea what he was supposed to do when they reached zero.

"SEVEN! SIX! FIVE!" Klaine was staring at each other... What was supposed to happen now?

"FOUR! THREE! TWO!" WHAT were they supposed to do! No exceptions right?

"ONE!" At that moment Blaine decided that No Exceptions meant No Exceptions. He grabbed Kurt's face and pulled it towards his own, their lips connecting.

The moment that they kissed, fireworks exploded. Literally, ACTUAL fireworks burst through the night, lighting up the sky. Through their closed eyes, they could see brilliant flashes of green red and purple hues.

Kurt threw his arms around Blaine. He just didn't care. He didn't care that he was kissing his best friend that he was in love with the way that two people who were in loved kissed each other. He didn't care if anyone saw. He didn't care, because at that moment, it didn't matter. Nothing mattered because the only thing he could concentrate on was Blaine's lips on his.

This had to be the longest midnight ever. Blaine felt the boom of the firework thump through his chest as he pulled Kurt in closer.

From the background, Klaine heard Finn clear his throat. They reluctantly pulled away. Blaine once again found himself staring into the beautiful glasz eyes of his best friend.

"Um... Dudes?" said Finn. "Midnight's been over for three minutes... It's 12:03..."

Blaine furrowed his eyebrows. That couldn't be possible. If midnight had been over... "But... The fireworks..."

"Yeah," said Kurt. "They kept going. People would have shut them off by now."

"Yeah," said Santana. "Those stopped a long time ago..."

XXX

The New Directions had gone inside about ten minutes later and were simply mingling amongst each other when Finn pulled Blaine aside. "Umm... Blaine?" he turned his head towards the taller boy. "Can I see you in the kitchen for a moment?"

Blaine got up from his place next to Kurt and followed the tall drummer into the kitchen. "What's up Finn?" he asked with a smile on his face.

Finn's expression was serious. "There's no point in beating up the bush or whatever," he said. "I need to know... Do you like my brother?"

Blaine smiled. "Of course! He's my best friend!"

"That's not what I meant... I meant, do you LIKE him like him..?"

Blaine opened his mouth, then closed it. How DID he feel about Kurt? Sure, he was a lot of fun to hang out with, but he didn't have feelings for him... Did he? No! You can't! It would just be weird for you all if you somehow managed to screw it up... Kurt is your friend... It's not like he likes you anyways.

"No... I-I don't think I like him like that."

Finn gave Blaine a sort of stare-down. "Well then stop freaking acting like it!"

Blaine took a step back. "Wh-what?"

"I SAID... If you don't like Kurt like that, then stop acting like it!"

"What do you mean?"

"Look, Blaine. I have no idea how oblivious one person can be... But I've seen the way he looks at you. The way he talks about you. I used to think that you felt the same because you gave him the exact same looks and talk about him in the same way... He's had a rough year, ok? With all the slushies and the whole Karofsky situation... He's been through a lot..." Finn gave him one last remark as he walked out the door back into the living room. "He doesn't need you leading him on to add to that list."

XXX

About an hour later, Finnchel and Klaine walked through the front door of the Hudson-Hummel household. They were so tired that they all sunk onto some piece of furniture in the living room. Rachel sat on Finn's lap in the love seat, Kurt and Blaine sat on the couch together. They all agreed to watch a movie then all go home as soon as it was over

Not five minutes into the movie, Finnchel was asleep and Kurt was fast asleep in Blaine's arms. He let the rhythmic pattern of the rise and fall of Blaine's chest lull him into a deep and comfortable sleep.

XXX

Burt and Carole walked through the door around three thirty. Burt frowned as he saw his sons on the couch with the person they were either going out with or head over heels for.

He opened his mouth to wake them up am send them home or to their rooms, but Carole stopped him. "Oh, let them sleep... They're so cute there!"

Burt gave her a look that said "really Carole, really?"

She rolled her eyes. "Oh come on! You know they are! Besides, they're probably so tired..." she gave him a look that said "please?" and he caved.

He sighed as he turned off the TV and headed up the stairs to go to sleep.

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A/N: Aww! I just LOVE it when Klaine falls asleep in each others arms! I also really like Burt :)

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