Title: Unwritten
Category: Glee
Pairing: Kurt/Blaine
Genre: Romance & Hurt/Comfort
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, any characters or references made to copyrighted businesses, services or people.
A/N: Hi folks! If anyone's still there, I love you guys for sticking around through my writer's block/laziness/business. This chapter took a really long time to write, and I'm sorry it's shorter than normal, but hopefully you'll enjoy anyway. There should be one more after this and an epilogue. Enjoy!
After the first kiss, Kurt looked at Blaine with a light blush dusting his cheeks. "Would you believe me if I told you that was my first kiss?" Kurt whispered shyly.
Blaine looked concerned that he had done something wrong; that he had overstepped a line. "I'm sorry, I didn't..."
"Blaine," Kurt smiled and Blaine felt himself melting at the light in Kurt's eyes. "It was perfect."
Blaine visibly relaxed and pulled Kurt into a hug against his chest. "I'm glad, it was perfect to me as well."
The two men sat in a comfortable silence for a few more minutes before Kurt yawned. Blaine looked down at him with a soft smile on his face. "Tired?"
"Sorry," Kurt muttered, blushing. "I guess that trip down memory lane was more exhausting than I thought it would be."
Blaine smiled. "Don't worry, why don't you go take a bit of a nap? I promise I'll still be here when you wake up."
"Thanks, Blaine, I guess a nap would be nice." Another yawn threatened to burst out of Kurt, and he blinked slowly up at Blaine.
Blaine couldn't believe how adorable the man in his arms was and he pressed a soft kiss to his temple. "Rest up, love, I'll keep myself busy."
Kurt grinned at the term of endearment, and how effortlessly Blaine let it slip out. He had been longing for someone like Blaine for years and he had finally stumbled upon him in the most unlikely place. "Make yourself at home ok? If you get hungry, you're welcome to anything you can find in the kitchen. And I have a vast collection of movies in the living room if you want."
"Thanks Kurt, but don't worry about me. You just go rest up, and I will see you in a bit."
Kurt shyly pressed a kiss to Blaine's cheek before slowly trudging off to his room. When Kurt's door was closed and latched Blaine sat back in the chair and replayed everything that Kurt had told him over in his mind. He had figured that something bad had happened to Kurt, with the panic attacks, but he hadn't known how bad it really had been. He couldn't understand why anyone could do such a thing to someone as perfect as Kurt. He wished that he could do something about all the ignorance in the world and show everyone how amazing Kurt Hummel really was.
A smile slowly spread across Blaine's face. He had written that song for Kurt, but no one had known who had been singing to, except for a very select few. Maybe now would be the time to show the country, or at least this close-minded town just how special Mr. Kurt Hummel really was.
With that thought in mind, Blaine took out his notebook and started spouting out song lyrics. He found that it was so much easier to come up with songs now that he had someone to inspire him; a muse of sorts.
Before Blaine had even realized it, 3 hours had passed and he had pages of lyrics. He decided that back at his hotel tonight he would put some music to the words with his guitar and keyboard. Blaine also realized that it was nearly 4 o'clock and he hadn't really eaten much lunch except some peanuts on the plane.
Kurt had said that he could help himself to whatever was in the fridge so he got up from the kitchen table and decided to see what his choices were. There was a variety of choices for food in the fridge from apples and cheese to chip dip and diet coke. Blaine smiled and grabbed an apple and a diet coke.
When he turned around he almost shrieked at seeing the incredibly tall man standing in the doorway looking confused.
"Who are you?" the monstrous man asked.
Blaine shrunk under the man's hard stare but kept his ground. "I-I'm Blaine. Blaine Anderson."
A smile spread across the tall man's face. Blaine thought that he didn't look as scary when he smiled. "Oh! Kurt told us you were coming over today. I'm Finn, his brother."
Blaine let a smile spread on his face. Unlike the scary girl he had talked to on the phone, Finn seemed like he didn't blame Blaine for Kurt's mood. "It's nice to meet you Finn."
Blaine stuck out his hand to shake hands and Finn looked at it almost confusedly before shaking it.
"Finn..." A groggy voice exclaimed. "Please don't scare Blaine away."
Blaine's smile brightened as Kurt walked into the kitchen pushing a hand through his hair and still managing to look completely immaculate even after just waking up.
"Don't worry Kurt, I was just going to ask him if he wanted to watch Sports Centre with me."
Kurt glanced over at Blaine, and Blaine couldn't help but chuckle at his quizzical expression. Blaine reached a hand out for Kurt and Kurt sidled up to him. Now it was Finn's turn to give the quizzical expression.
"Whoa, what's going on here?" Finn asked, in his big brother voice.
"Something new," Kurt said quietly, still not really sure what he and Blaine were.
Blaine squeezed Kurt's hand reassuringly and smiled up at Finn. "We're just taking it slow."
Finn seemed to understand and gave them a delighted smile before heading off into the living room to watch his sports.
"I like him," Blaine said. "He seems nice."
"Yeah that's Finn. He's great, and even if he's kind of slow sometimes, he's really good at reading people and he seemed to like you."
"Well, I'm glad. Now if only it were that easy to get your dad to like me too."
Kurt looked up at Blaine nervously. "My dad is great too. He's very protective but once he sees how happy you make me he'll like you."
Blaine grinned at Kurt. "I hope so."
"Are you hungry or anything?"
"I was just about to eat this when Finn walked in so yeah a little, but no worries."
Kurt reached in the fridge for a diet coke for himself too before pulling Blaine out onto the back porch. Blaine noticed a porch swing off to the side, and Kurt headed over to it. The two men sat down on it, closer than they normally would have, and Blaine put his arm around Kurt's shoulders.
"I was bullied really badly in middle school." Kurt wasn't sure if Blaine had actually spoken because the words had been said so quietly.
"Hmm?" Kurt looked over the curly-haired man in confusion.
"I just thought I should let you know. Since you opened up to me about your past, I should open up about mine."
Kurt took Blaine's hand and squeezed, looking up into Blaine's nervous hazel eyes. "No pressure, I didn't tell you so that you would feel forced to explain to me," Kurt said softly.
"I know, and I don't want to downplay anything that you said, because it is a big deal. I just want you to know that I understand. And that you're not alone."
"Thanks Blaine." Kurt looked down shyly. "You have to know that I will always listen if you want to get something off your chest. Just as you listened to me."
Blaine squeezed Kurt's hand back, holding it tightly as he looked across the back yard. He had a far away expression on his face and Kurt knew he was lost in his memories.
"I didn't really have a difficult life growing up. I used to get bullied for being tiny but not too bad. My parents always spoiled my brother and I, and I never really understood what it was like to be shunned for being myself. I came out when I was 12, expecting my parents to be completely fine with it."
Kurt looked at Blaine's face and winced. He knew where this story was going and he really felt for the poor 12 year old boy trying to find himself in the world.
Blaine finally looked down into Kurt's eyes and smiled, although Kurt could see the tears that were threatening to spill over his eyelids. "I need you to know that my parents are really good people. Everything is fine between us now, but it was rough for a while. When I first came out, my mother couldn't look at me, and my father started yelling about all my music messing with my mind or something. My brother, his name is Cooper and he is a lot older than me, was actually fine with it and on nights when my parents would ignore me or yell at me, I could always find a safe haven in Coop's room with him. He's the reason I continued to pursue what I love and he kept me from sinking too far into my mind during those dark years.
"My dad wouldn't talk to me for the three years that I was in middle school and at some points Cooper was really my only friend. He would sometimes get in arguments with my dad over me and he never stopped fighting to get my dad to accept me. He always told him that if he didn't accept me for who I was he might lose me forever."
Blaine stroked his hand over Kurt's back, trying to make sure that he was ok for Blaine to continue. Kurt looked up and gave him a reassuring smile that was all the encouragement Blaine needed to launch into the most painful part of the memories for Blaine.
"When I was in my last year of middle school, there was a dance. A Sadie Hawkins dance. Now obviously no girl was going to ask me to go, so I decided to ask the only other gay kid in the school to go. His name was Riley and we were pretty good friends. The bullying brought us closer together and we understood each other. We had a blast at the dance, and no one really bothered us so we were feeling pretty good about ourselves by the end.
"I remember we were waiting by the curb for Riley's dad to pick us up and these four football players came around the side of the pool. They were angry because we were holding hands. They said that we didn't deserve to have fun like everyone else, and we should go spread our fairy dust somewhere else. And suddenly they all had baseball bats, I still don't know where they came from but I guess I was so busy trying to protect Riley that I didn't really notice them.
"After that, all I remember is an insane amount of pain. They repeatedly hit us in the stomachs and chests with the baseball bats and one stood on my legs and broke them both. They delivered a particularly hard kick to my lower back too and I was paralyzed for 3 months afterwards from the waist down. They also repeatedly punched us in the faces and I remember looking over at Riley about halfway through it and he just had this glazed look in his eyes, and his arm was bent at a scary angle."
Kurt shuddered, clutching harder onto Blaine's hand. He surprisingly didn't feel like running away, and the fear on his face was not from his own flashbacks but from his sympathy for the hell that Blaine was thrust through.
"Are you ok?" Blaine asked quietly. His eyes were still a little bit unfocused from being so far back in his memories.
"Yeah, I'm fine Blaine." Kurt smiled up at Blaine reassuringly. "Thank you for opening yourself up to me like this."
"I want you to know me better than anyone else Kurt. I trust you." Kurt a pressed a kiss to Blaine's cheek and blushed. Blaine continued, "I didn't want to see Riley suffer. He was my best friend. So I screamed at the top of my lungs, I don't even know where my strength came from at that point, I was running on pure adrenaline. And I wasn't worried about how much the bullies were going to hurt me for calling attention to us, I needed to get help for Riley and I couldn't move. They punched me in the jaw and kicked me in the temple so I passed out. But my scream did the trick and some teachers rushed outside, and some adults that were in the parking lot waiting to pick up some other students came over too.
"I was in the hospital for a month and a half, I was in a coma for the first week and in that time my dad realized that he really could lose me. When I woke up from my coma my dad was the first person I saw and he apologized for not accepting me. He gave me a hug, my dad hardly ever hugs anyone, and he said the he loved me. Despite all my injuries, I was so happy." Blaine smiled through his tears as the memory played out in his mind. Kurt squeezed Blaine in a hug and Blaine even giggled a little bit.
"On top of my broken legs, and being paralyzed from the waist down, I had had a punctured lung, three cracked ribs, a concussion, four broken fingers and bruises all over my body. Riley had a severe concussion and he was in a coma longer than me but he eventually woke up as well. He had a broken arm and some cracked ribs as well.
"The school board didn't do anything about it because there was no physical proof of who our attackers were. My parents were so angry, and so was I. These guys had almost killed Riley and I and they didn't even get suspended because there was no proof that it was them. My parents switched me to Dalton right after that because I was safer there. Riley's family didn't have very much money so he couldn't go to private school, but the family moved to San Francisco and I haven't heard from him in years but last I heard he was doing great.
"I met Wes, Jeff, Nick and David at Dalton and we've been friends ever since. They're all two years older than me so after they graduated, Wes started Montgomery Enterprises, which has become the largest provider of stereo equipment for concerts and music studios in the country, and Nick, Jeff and David started up Warbler Records. I had always wanted to go to New York and perform on Broadway but when I got there I was a bit down on my luck and I couldn't get any auditions anywhere.
"I ended up playing a lot in Central Park, but I was barely making any money and I just couldn't live on $25 a day. At that point, I had no idea what do or where to go. Then one day, I got a call from Wes. I hadn't really spoken to him since graduation, but we had kept in contact through Facebook. He offered to fly me out to California and help me get back on my feet. I got some gigs playing in restaurants and one night Nick showed up at the restaurant with his wife. It had been a couple years since graduation by this point and I hadn't spoken to him in ages. He loved what he heard though and offered me an audition at Warbler Records. It went great and three years later I'm where I am now, all thanks to them."
Kurt beamed at Blaine. "I'm really sorry you had to go through all that in high school, but it sounds like you came out on top."
Blaine squeezed Kurt's hand reassuringly. "We both did, Kurt. We've shown them that they can't knock us down, we'll just keep coming back even stronger."
Kurt smiled warmly at Blaine and snuggled in close to his side. "Thanks for coming all the way here Blaine, you're a really great..." Kurt paused, not sure what he and Blaine were anymore. He had been about to say friend, but he really hoped they could be more than friends, especially after the kiss they had shared.
Blaine seemed to notice Kurt's hesitance and tilted Kurt's face up so they were staring into each other's eyes. "Would you do me the honour of becoming my boyfriend, Kurt?"
Kurt blushed at his mock formal tone as a brilliant smile lit up his. "I would be delighted," he replied in the same tone.
"Good," Blaine murmured as he leant forward and placed his lips to Kurt's.
Kurt sighed happily, relaxing into the kiss. Blaine was right, they did keep coming back stronger and now with each other, they would be unstoppable.
"Kurt!" an excited female voice called through the house. "Kurt, how did your talk go with..." Rachel paused as she finally reached the back of the house and saw her best friend kissing Blaine on the porch.
At the sound of Rachel's voice, Kurt's head shot up, breaking the kiss. Blaine groaned in disappointment and the two men shared a shy smile.
"Rachel!" Kurt hissed. "It's great to see you," he said sarcastically, causing Rachel to just laugh.
Rachel happily noticed how comfortably Kurt was grasping Blaine's hand, and her heart warmed at the loving way Blaine was watching Kurt as he talked. She knew Kurt had been having a hard time for the last few years, and having someone like Blaine around was going to be exactly what Kurt needed. She was genuinely happy that Blaine had come into her best friend's life.
"And you must be Blaine!" Rachel squealed, ignoring the glare Kurt sent her way. "It's so great to meet you! I am a huge fan!"
Kurt thought Rachel looked like an overgrown schoolgirl with a crush and she seemed to be on the verge of jumping up and down in excitement.
"Ok Rach, calm down. Blaine, as you've probably already guessed, this is Rachel Hudson-Berry. Rachel, this is my boyfriend, Blaine Anderson."
"BOYFRIEND!" she squealed excitedly. "Oh my goodness! I'm so happy for you guys! And Blaine, coming from a girl who has two gay dads, I think it was very brave of you to come out how you did. I think it's very important for celebrities to be showing the world that you don't have to hide who you are..."
Rachel continued to ramble on as Blaine and Kurt stared affectionately at each other. Kurt was so happy he had found someone like Blaine to pull him out of his shell and make him feel more comfortable with being someone that was a role model for others. Blaine couldn't believe how lucky he was that he had found someone like Kurt who was able to give him courage to show who he really was, and who actually felt the same way that he felt for him.
"You guys aren't even listening anymore," Rachel said, though her voice held no trace of annoyance. When she received no response, she smiled affectionately at the boys and went back in the house to find her husband.
A/N: So, was it ok? Please let me know what you thought. :) I pretty much have the rest of this story planned out, it's just finding time to write it that's the problem. I've been done exams for a few weeks now, and as long as I don't fall asleep after work for the next couple weeks, the next chapter should be up soon. Have you guys been watching the Glee Project? My favourite contestants are Michael, Blake and Alanna. I'm thinking about writing another story when this one is done. It will also be Klaine (I think :P) The idea is that Kurt and Blaine were really close as children but one night a drunk driver hits them when they're walking in town and Blaine goes missing. He's presumed dead but ten years later, when Kurt is living in NYC he thinks he keeps seeing his curly-haired best friend everywhere and yeah. Let me know if that would something that would interest you guys. Thanks so much for reading! Please review! Every single time I get a review I get this goofy smile on my face :) I love you guys for sticking around and stay tuned for another chapter soon.
