Hello everybody,
First, let me explain why I am late on the update. As I publish sometimes I add last minute things to chapters or made small changes. That usually means that on later chapters I need to adapt things accordingly. Things like the fight club, the fundraising, the fashion trial and many others of your favorite parts had not been originally part of the story.
As a matter of fact, chapter 2 was written completely from scratch a day before publishing. As you can see, some chapters had serious rewrites, and in consequence chapter 10 needed a lot of extra work before it was ready because is a very important one for the story.
It's a strong, long chapter and with a lot of the things you've been asking me for, so hope the wait was worth it!
READ THE IMPORTANT PART OF THE AUTHOR NOTE AT THE END!
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Forgot to say, see you on the 17/06 or at 665
And yes, I promise not to be delayed
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Chapter 10
Weddings, Broken Watches and Dorks
By the time they sat down for a late lunch, he had already figured out how to deal with Rachel. After Hermione, it was actually quite easy. He simply ignored most of what she said, nodding along at certain parts and occasionally repeating the last sentence to make it seem he was paying attention.
"…but the Phantom of the Opera will always be a classic among classics, and…"
"Uh huh" said Harry nodding along while trying to decide what to order. "I'm guessing chicken salad for you, with a bottle of water" he said addressing his boyfriend, who was in front of him with Mercedes, reading at the menu.
"I'd pat your head, but you're too tall for that" Kurt said over his shoulder with a smirk. "You are lucky I am so used to being around Finn."
"Nope" Harry said and wrapped himself around Kurt from behind. "I'm lucky I get to do this" he said and kissed his cheek.
"Cheesy" said Kurt but moved his head so they could make eye contact.
There was a flash and they looked at Rachel surprised. She was looking at her mobile excitedly. "This is so cute! Guys, I seriously think you are the cutest gay couple I ever met! After my dads of course…"
"You guys are dripping sugar all over the floor" said Mercedes sarcastically while texting.
Kurt rolled his eyes at them. "Rachel, I better get a copy of that picture."
"Sending it right now" said the girl and gushed once more. "You guys are perfect together! No listen to me" she said when Kurt tried to interrupt her. "You look aesthetically pleasing, the height range is spot on and your features complement each other. You only need to work a little on angling your profiles as a team, but I think Harry will be the perfect escort for your theater premiers or other gala events."
The three teenagers stared at her, Mercedes' mouth slightly open. "Did she just…"
Harry was the first to react, feeling Kurt's tense frame. "Well, it's good to know if nothing else I'll be great man candy for when you are famous."
Kurt finally relaxed, allowing himself to laugh at her comment. "Thanks for the unique compliment, but we just started dating, so try to slow down your vision of us a bit" he said to Rachel.
"Oh please, Mercedes had you married after your first date" said Rachel huffing.
Now Kurt really wanted to strangle her… and Mercedes for good measure. That girl could not keep a secret. He was scared that such a comment would spook Harry. This was the type of thing you didn't tell a guy because it would scare them away. He had been really trying not to be a clingy, obsessed boyfriend and what would Harry think about him?
"Right" said Harry blinking a few times to stop his head from spinning. He felt everybody was waiting for the instinctual urge to bolt at the mention of such a commitment to appear or something, but he wasn't that bothered by the comment. "So we are getting married" he said jokingly. "I like to think these are the type of situations I should get heads up… have we set a date? Because I need to check my calendar..."
The two girls and Kurt started breathing again. "I am thinking May" Kurt said relieved.
"Mmmm" Harry said noncommittally. "This is just my opinion, but I think it would have to wait a bit longer than that. You turn 17 this May, I turn 18 in July, and call me crazy, but we should wait until we are both of legal age at least."
"Oh fine, if you wanna be all rational about this" said Kurt with a playful shove.
"And I propose we do it somewhere in Europe" said Harry winking. "The legal drinking age over there is 18 and I refuse to have a nonalcoholic toast at my own wedding."
"If we must" Kurt said dramatically and they looked at each other, before starting to laugh. There was a flash and Kurt glared at Rachel. "Stop that!"
"I can't help myself!" she said giggling at the picture.
"Alright, I'll go order now or we will never do it" said Harry. "Chicken salad, normal salad, two bottles of water and for you Mercedes?"
"Chicken wrap" said the girl. "With coke or something…"
"Sure thing, you guys go grab the table, dinner is on me" he said and moved towards the register.
"He's a keeper" said Mercedes finally, giving Kurt a sly grin.
"I know" Kurt said proudly in response.
IIIII
"Thanks for coming today" Kurt said as he climbed in the car.
"Always a pleasure" said Harry.
"I wanted to show you something" Kurt said and passed him his phone. Harry stared at the picture with a smile. In it he was holding Kurt from behind; both were smiling and looking into each other's eyes. There was another picture of both of them laughing, eyes shining and their faces still angled towards each other, eyes meeting in a less obvious manner.
"I like the second" he said and sent both to himself.
"I like the first" Kurt said grinning. "It's my new screensaver."
"Then I guess the second one is mine" said Harry returning the phone.
"Our first pictures together" Kurt said gushing.
"Oh drat, I was hoping we could wait until the wedding for that" said Harry laughing at Kurt's mortified expression. "Relax babe, we have plenty of time to plan it."
"I hate my friends" pouted Kurt.
"If it's any consolation, I won't tell the twins or anybody else" said Harry holding his hand.
"Thanks" Kurt said. "It does help… so, what did you think of my girls?"
"I like them" said Harry exiting the parking lot. "They are both nice and I'm glad you got to spend time with your friends."
Kurt smiled content, and Harry decided not to tell him he wasn't that keen on Mercedes. Not because she wasn't nice or anything, but simply because they had absolutely nothing in common. With Rachel he had been able to hold a conversation easily, even if she was a bit overwhelming for long periods of time, but with her he had quickly found his footing. Mercedes talked mostly about clothes with Kurt, and asked stuff about his life, but he didn't think they clicked. But for his boyfriend's sake, he had plastered a smile, increased the charm and sucked it up.
If he could deal with Blaine hating him, he could deal with Mercedes tolerating him.
IIIII
Blaine woke up startled by a sound. He remained quiet; trying to place it, until he turned to see Kurt's shaking body. He recognized a nightmare when he saw one. He bit his lip, before coming to a decision.
IIIII
They stared at each other for a few minutes before one of them spoke.
"Kurt has nightmares" Blaine said finally. "I think sleeping next to you helps him."
"It does" said Harry trying to remain open minded.
"I don't trust you and I know you talked about your past with Kurt, but I don't think somebody can go from nightstand to nightstand and then jump into a relationship and expect it to succeed" said Blaine while glaring at Harry. "But Kurt is right, and I've done my part as the concerned friend by warning him, it's up to him now… regardless of how much I disagree with his choice."
"I appreciate your concern for Kurt, but you really don't know me at all Blaine to make judgments of my character" said Harry slowly. "I understand where you are coming from, but you don't know the details… I do care a lot for Kurt, and I don't mind if we take things slow as long as we are together."
Blaine hummed and decided not to comment. "If you hurt him…"
"I won't" promised Harry firmly. "But while we are at it, do remember Blaine that I asked you if you were interested in Kurt and promised not to act if you were. You said no and I took your word for it, so keep that in mind when you are around my boyfriend."
"That hasn't changed" said Blaine surely. "He is just a good friend to me."
"One that you've been doing a great job of losing" said Harry sarcastically.
Blaine tensed, before sighing heavily. "I really hate you for being right."
"Get used to it" said Harry with an infuriating smirk.
"How does Kurt stand to be around your overinflated ego for long periods of time will remain a mystery to me" said Blaine massaging his temples. A second later he gasped and placed a hand over his mouth. He couldn't believe he had been that rude to somebody, granted, Potter was infuriating and he was feeling very sleepy, but it didn't mean he could get away with stuff like this. He opened his mouth to apologize, but stopped when he saw the genuine delighted spark in Potter's eyes.
"Nice to finally meet you" Harry said with a twitch of his lips. Blaine muttered an apology anyways. "Gosh, I've met grandmas whose sensibilities are less easily offended than yours."
"You are infuriating" said Blaine crossing his arms defensively.
"And you've been a dick the past couple of days, but you don't see me making a big deal out of it" Harry said raising an eyebrow. Blaine sighed once more, relenting.
"I wanted to… thank you for not going to the faculty, we disbanded the whole thing" Blaine said self-consciously. Harry made him feel incredibly vulnerable and he wasn't sure he liked that.
"Alright…" said Harry deciding not to say anything else on the matter. He would keep an eye out for it and if something happened he wouldn't be so understanding a second time. They entered the dorm quietly and Harry immediately went to Kurt.
"Harry?" he asked unsure and with a sleepy voice, confused.
"Move a little" mumbled Harry, already slipping inside the covers. "I'll stay here tonight."
"Blaine won't be happy about it" mumbled Kurt half asleep, but turning so he could rest over Harry's chest. He let a sigh of relief pass him when Harry's arms surrounded him.
"I'm sure he'll be fine" replied Harry and started to rub Kurt's back comfortably.
IIIII
"Hey" mumbled Harry without opening his eyes, enjoying as Kurt's fingers treaded through his hair and moving his head slightly to encourage the motion.
"Oversized cat" fondly said Kurt, his fingers slipping to trace Harry's face and paused. "How come I've never noticed this?" he asked curiously using a finger to trace the skin that had caught his attention.
"What? The scar?" asked Harry opening his eyes lazily. "My hair is usually in the way" he said with a careless air.
"How did you get it?" asked Kurt studying the scar. It was faded, the skin slightly darker on that area. "It looks like a lightning bolt…"
"I honestly don't know" Harry said. "It's been there as long as I can remember… it's one of my favorite things about myself actually, as silly as it sounds."
"It doesn't sound silly" said Kurt. "I quite like it… looks very manly."
Harry laughed. "I've got manlier scars."
"This one is more interesting" insisted Kurt, still tracing the scar. "It's unique… oh wow, I will never be able to see a lightning bolt without thinking of you now."
"Then let's hope it storms every time I'm away" Harry said and Kurt rolled his eyes, leaning in to kiss the scar and then Harry's lips.
"Worst pick up line ever" said Kurt.
"And yet you kissed me" Harry said smugly. "Because you likeee me, because you think I am sexyyyy, because…"
Kurt shut the annoying singing with a kiss.
"Now scram so I can get ready" said Kurt jumping out of bed.
"I see how it is" Harry said stretching. "I am just a hot body to keep your bed warm."
"Don't be silly Harry, you are useful to carry heavy stuff too" said Kurt with a wink.
"I feel so used" said Harry covering his chest with the sheet in a shy manner. Kurt laughed at Harry's virgin act.
"Go get dressed and be here to escort me to class in 30 minutes" said Kurt.
"Somebody is being very bossy today" Harry said but complied, stretching his muscles and making Kurt stare at his naked chest unashamed.
"You know what the best thing about eye candy is?" asked Kurt tilting his head slightly.
"What?" asked Harry smirking while grabbing his hoodie.
"No calories…"
IIIII
Without raising his eyes from his new Vogue, Kurt commented.
"You know, you would be a lot more inconspicuous without the Mission Impossible music" he said while passing a page. "Also, rolling around the floor and jumping behind furniture is hindering you more than aiding you."
Fred paused the music while he and his brother raised their heads to be just visible above the table, each taking one side of Kurt. Wes, David, Blaine and the rest of the Warblers were staring at them with wide eyes and flabbergasted expressions, even Jeff seemed a little surprised by how far they had gone this time.
They were all unable to believe the twins had actually rolled around the floor, crawled under tables, jumped over chairs, hid behind students, made unnecessary acrobatics, all the while pretending nobody could see them, when the people in the cafeteria were in fact painfully aware of what they were doing. The music blasting from an iPod was no help whatsoever.
"We came here to take you to the dark side" said one of them, up close Kurt now noticed they had a sort of mask attached to them covering their nose and mouth which made them sound like Darth Vader. Kurt decided that would be Fred and the one on his right George for the time being.
"We have cookies" added George, with his own voice changer on, he paused and taking it off his face added. "Literally, we do have cookies if you want" he said and pulled a paper bag from one of his pockets. Kurt grabbed the bag without looking, taking one out and munching on it absently, flipping a page again.
"Come with us young Kurt" said Fred nudging his brother with a look that clearly said 'get your head in the game'. His brother hastily put the mask back on, cleared his throat, which thanks to the voice changer sounded like bones in a garbage disposal and spoke.
"It is your time to join us" he said with an ominous air.
"Sure it is" said Kurt bringing the magazine closer to read an article.
"We thought you might be resistant …" started to say Fred, rubbing his hands together in an evil manner… or at least that was his intention; in reality he just looked strange.
"So we brought this!" said George and pulled a scarf out of his blazer with a triumphant air.
Kurt's eyes zeroed in on the scarf and gasped. "That's a Faliero Sarti scarf! Where… how…" the Warblers were now officially completely lost, except for Blaine who admired the scarf for a few seconds, before the strangeness of the situation settled in again.
"Ah hah!" said Fred jumping to his feet. "At last, we find your weakness!"
"What are you doing!" yelled Kurt half in panic when they both retreated. George purposely slowly, grabbed the brand tag and from his pocket pulled a pair of scissors. He placed the tag in between the scissors blades and Kurt's hands flew to his mouth. "Don't do it! Think of the consequences! The crimes to fashion and… and… it would be like… like… scarficide!"
The twins laughed evilly. Kurt jumped from his seat, seemingly ready to try to rescue the scarf, when Fred stood in his way.
"Now, now Kurt, we don't want any heroes today…" said George closing the scissors just a millimeter and Kurt gasped again.
"You don't understand!" he pleaded desperately. "That's a grey silk-blend scarf from Faliero Sarti featuring a brushed effect, made of 20% silk, 33% modal and 47% cashmere!"
Fred and George, as well as anybody who heard Kurt's last comment stared at him surprised. Fred leaning towards George, who was reading the label.
"Did he get it right?" he whispered.
"Spot on, I am amazed" George said with raised eyebrows.
"He's like the scarf whisperer" said Fred nodding, their conversation sounding ridiculous with their altered voices.
"Of course I got it right!" Kurt scoffed. "Do you even know what Faliero Sarti is! Luxury accessories label Faliero Sarti was founded by Monica Sarti in 1991, following the success of her family business, supplying beautiful textiles to fashion houses such as Giorgio Armani, Ann Demeulemeester and Vivienne Westwood. The collection's signature scarves are offered in the finest cashmeres, silks and wools in a mind-boggling array of colors… and you… you… blasphemers! You're disrespecting a piece of art!"
"Ann what?" asked one of the Warblers, but nobody paid him attention, all of them unable to tear their eyes away from the scene going on in front of them.
Fred's phone beeped and he perked up, he quickly pulled out his iPod and the Star Wars 'Imperial March' (also known as Darth Vader's theme) started to play. A few seconds later Harry entered the cafeteria, flanked on each side by Ron and Hermione. The three of them had a scowl on their faces and walked decisively towards the twins.
"Turn that off" Harry said, while Hermione crossed her arms and Ron massaged his temples. Fred turned the music off with, what Kurt suspected, was a pout.
"You just had to tell them about the soundtrack movie app" said Hermione glaring at Ron.
"Me?" asked Ron incredulous. "You bought them the Darth Vader voice changers! Do you know how annoying it has been to share a dorm with them lately?"
"What did you want me to do? You left me alone with the two of them full of sugar, I had to do something to keep them entertained" said Hermione with a huff.
"You two can finish that discussion after" Harry said annoyed. "And you two, seriously? I gave you very simple instructions to follow!"
"But Harry!" whined George.
"For fuck's sake, take those things off, talking to you is ridiculous enough without the voices" he snapped and both twins sulked while taking off the voice changers. "And what the hell are you doing with my scarf?"
"They were using it to blackmail me!" said Kurt eyes still on the scarf.
"Seriously?" asked Harry to the twins incredulously. "Hermione, can you take them to the car? We'll talk about this later…"
He took his scarf back, as Hermione grabbed the twins by the back of their blazers, the three of them arguing all the way.
"You are both giving me back those toys!" Hermione said when he saw them itching to put them back on.
"But mommy!" they said pouting.
"I am not your mother!" she snapped.
"I'm supposed to be the immature one" said Ron with a resigned air.
Harry sighed, shaking his head and turned to Kurt. Reaching out and kissing his cheek, Kurt smiling dreamily at him. "We are going to go watch movies at Luna's house if you are interested… I sent the twins to ask you, but I honestly don't know what I was thinking."
"That's what they wanted?" asked Kurt surprised, not bothering to put any space between them. "They just kept making comments about coming to the dark side…"
"We watched Star Wars yesterday" explained Ron. He and Harry looked at each other.
"You'd think we learned from our mistakes by now" commented Harry.
"Yeah" Ron said trailing off with a longing air. "We really should know better…"
Harry sighed in agreement, before shaking his head.
"Anyways, we are about to go. Angelina and Katie went to get the snacks, and Luna is at her place, so we really want to get there before she gets bored and tries to use the kitchen again. Last time we had to call the firefighters… giving statements and sorting out the insurance was such a pain we really would like to skip that part of the evening" said Harry with a shrug.
Seemingly recovering from all the surreal events, Wes spoke.
"There's an assembly in the afternoon" he said frowning. "Kurt you can't skip the assembly."
"It's not mandatory" pointed out Ron.
"But it is strongly recommended" said Wes, his hand itching to reach for something, Kurt was ready to bet it was his gavel.
"Oh well, as long as it's strongly recommended" said Harry with a serious expression, a hand resting on the small of Kurt's back. Smiling at his boyfriend's silliness, Kurt leaned against him.
"Totally" agreed Ron and they looked at each other, smirking expression perfectly mirrored and Kurt almost laughed, thinking how they acted a lot like the twins sometimes. "Harry, I do strongly recommend you jump out of the window."
"Why thank you Ron, that sounds marvelous" said Harry pulling his full accent into force and sounding every bit like an English gentleman. "And I do strongly recommend you drop out of high school and join a mime school."
"Oh wow, Harry, that just…" he stopped talking, making a zipping gesture over his lips, signaled to his head and made a blowing up motion. Kurt giggled, unable to keep it together any longer and hiding his face in Harry's shoulder much to his delight.
Ron started to act something out, everybody completely lost at what he was doing. Unlike Harry, who was staring at him intensely, looking like he actually got what he was trying to say. Finally, he threw his head back and laughed.
"I'll keep it in mind" Harry said in good humor. "Kurt, we are going to go, because otherwise, we can keep doing this all day. Also Ron, I strongly recommend we perform an elaborate bank robbery that will end with us escaping through the roofs in a flying machine."
Ron grinned and made a wavy motion around his head.
"Of course Hermione would be included; it would be useless to try to rob a bank without her" Harry said with a roll of his eyes, Kurt was impressed by the ability to communicate so well without words the two of them had.
"I'll go with you" Kurt said picking up his bag, only for Harry to snatch it from him. He gave him a quick look of disapproval, before giving in. "See you later guys!" he said to the Warblers and walked away with Harry before they could say anything.
Ron was waving at the Warblers, a smile on his face, still completely silent. With perfect timing, Harry pretended to pull a rope and Ron jerked towards him.
Kurt laughed again. "I strongly recommend you put a two man show and take it down the road."
Harry and Ron looked at each other, grinning. Kurt, sensing the mischief they were about to unleash, grabbed them both by the back of their blazers imitating Hermione.
"No, that's enough craziness for today" he said firmly.
"But honey!" said Harry pouting. "I was about to rush to the kitchen to get some matches and Ron was going to go to get some stuff from the concierge, and there was this whole bit with fire we had already envisioned!"
Ron nodded along eagerly.
"You and all your friends are like walking fire hazards!" exclaimed Kurt letting them go, but marching ahead.
"Hey, that's what Vinnie said!" Ron said finally stopping his mime act.
"Who's Vinnie?" asked Kurt.
"He's a firefighter, we seem to run into him quite often" said Harry with a pleasant air.
"Just how often do you set things on fire!" asked Kurt as they exited the cafeteria. He forgot all about that when he saw Harry putting the scarf around his neck to avoid carrying it. "I can't believe they were going to cut the brand out of that gorgeous Faliero Sarti" Kurt said staring at it mesmerized.
"Do you want it?" asked Harry taking it off and extending it towards him.
Kurt gasped. "I couldn't! Those are very expensive!"
"I bought it because my neck was cold" said Harry with a skeptical tone. "I think you would appreciate it more than I would…"
"You did let it be kidnapped and used in a hostage negotiation" said Kurt extremely tempted. "But no, I seriously couldn't. It's too expensive and you already got me one at the mall before we even started dating…"
"Ok, how about this" said Harry and stopped, putting the scarf around Kurt's neck. "You keep it safe for me and take care of it, and if I ever want it back or need it I'll just ask."
Kurt placed his hand above Harry's, which was resting at the end of the scarf and smiled.
"I think I can do that…" he agreed moving forwards and pecking him on the lips. He separated slightly and neither of them moved, just looking at each other with smiles on their faces. Kurt's mind was oddly blank and Harry too busy taking in Kurt's features, both unknowingly admiring the other's eyes.
"Ok, no" said Ron after a minute. "You are not looking into each other's eyes for another minute, I forbid it…"
Harry and Kurt laughed, but agreed that it was a little silly to have stopped like that. They started walking again, their hands clasped together. Ron stared after them fighting a smile from his face. Sure, sharing a dorm with the twins and a lovesick Harry wasn't going to be easy, but at least he had stopped dragging him to run in the morning, choosing to either meet Kurt and take him out for coffee or rush out to get him the coffee.
And who was he to protest two extra hours of sleep? As long as Kurt kept his addiction to coffee alive, he would root for them.
IIIII
"Kurt?"
"Yeah?" asked Kurt without raising his head from the homework laid out in the table. He had seen the lead Warbler enter the room and place a radio quietly on a table. He however refused to acknowledge him first.
"I'm sorry" mumbled Blaine. "I was an idiot, a massive one. You were right and after telling you my concerns I should have let you make your own decisions and be supportive. Can you forgive me?"
Kurt stopped and hummed a non-committal sound. "Hey Blaine?"
"Yeah?"
"Harry asked me to be his boyfriend…"
"That's great Kurt" said Blaine relieved and took a seat. "So, how did it happen? What were you wearing? Did he kiss you? Was there singing involved? I don't think you would accept to be anybody's boyfriend unless there was singing involved…"
Kurt raised his head, his eyes bright and excited. "It was so spontaneous and romantic… Harry got this new guitar and…"
Blaine smiled and for a while forgot about his concerns, allowing himself to be happy for his friend and be there for him. He couldn't help but feel a little envious that his friend now had somebody, but it didn't matter. His time would come eventually. He laughed when Kurt told him about his dad's and Finn's questioning of Harry, and the praises Carole sang about him while they cleaned dishes. When Kurt was finally done bringing him up to speed they were silent for a few seconds.
"Blaine?"
"Yeah?"
"Would you like to meet my boyfriend?" asked Kurt.
"I'd love to" said Blaine smiling. "Maybe we can do something this weekend?"
"That'd be great!" Kurt said already listing possible outings. "I'll check with Harry and get back to you…"
"I'm sorry for how I behaved" said Blaine after a while.
"What made you change your mind?" asked Kurt curiously.
"Two reasons, the first, we had a bit of a confrontation" said Blaine cautiously. Kurt nodded, having heard as much from Harry and having made that spectacle out of himself during Warbler practice. "He… he wasn't what I expected him to be. He called me on a lot of my…"
"Bullshit?"
Blaine winced. "Yeah, let's call it that, and at first I was very angry, but… and you really don't know how I hate to say this, he was right."
"And the second reason?" asked Kurt almost smiling.
"When you guys were checking the bus, you kept giving each other these looks and smiling, and you both seemed content and comfortable with each other. Then I saw what he did for you after the competition and well… yesterday in the cafeteria, I could tell you both couldn't stay away from each other. Every time I see you two together, you are laughing and his focus is completely on you, but the most important thing… he makes you happy" Blaine shrugged. "I think after everything, you deserve to be happy."
"Thanks" Kurt said his eyes alight with gratitude. "I was missing my friend."
"Same here" admitted Blaine. "Hey, I was going to ask you, I need you to sing with me… well practice with me. I got a gig singing 'Baby it's Cold Outside' for the King's Island Christmas Spectacular. Are you busy with your homework? Because I think you are studying too hard."
"Oh, that's a personal favorite" said Kurt smiling. "And I stopped doing my homework ages ago. Harry and the others gave me a hand; I've been doodling for the past ten minutes waiting for Harry to finish practice. We are going out to the cinema. I know I will hate the movie, but it's his turn to pick."
"Ah, that answers the question of the lack of uniform" said Blaine nodding. He had noticed Kurt was dressed to go out, but hadn't gotten around asking about his plans. He didn't say anything when he noticed he was wearing Harry's scarf. He glanced at the notebook, which was mostly written pieces of lyrics, some sketches for clothes, a list of people and the gifts -he was planning to get to them, then every blank space had been filled with Harry + Kurt inside a heart. "So, will you do it?"
"Sure, I got some time" said Kurt.
They started singing and Kurt was happy to notice their voices sounded quite good together. However there was also a feeling of guilt in the pit of his stomach. He pushed that aside to concentrate on the song and do it as flirt free as possible. He didn't bother to move from his seat while Blaine danced around the room.
"I think you are ready" he said once they finished.
Blaine smiled awkwardly, already close to the door. "Thanks Kurt, have fun in your date."
"Hey Kurt" said Harry entering the room with somebody else just a minute after. "Look who I found…"
"Mr. Shue!" Kurt said happily and hugged him. "It's so great to see you!"
"Hi Kurt, it's good to see you too" he said with a smile.
"Let me introduce you" said Kurt. "This is Harry, my boyfriend. Harry, this is Mr. Shue, he used to be my glee coach in McKinley."
"Nice to meet you" said Mr. Shue with curiosity while they shook hands. "Mercedes and Rachel had nothing but nice things to say about you."
"I'm flattered" Harry said smiling. "They are a tough crowd to impress."
"That they are" laughed Mr. Shue. He focused back on Kurt after that, asking him how the school was and making some small talk. Finally Mr. Shue explained the reason he was there.
"Oh, I have the perfect idea!" Kurt said perking up. "Would you like to go pick it up now? There's a mall 20 minutes from here, and I know exactly where it is."
"That would be great Kurt" said Mr. Shue, clearly relieved to get this done as quickly as possible.
"You don't mind to reschedule, do you Harry?" asked Kurt.
"Don't worry, we can go see the movie some other time" Harry said unconcerned. "Do you want me to come along? We can go have dinner instead."
They turned to Mr. Shue who had been watching their interactions. "The more the merrier" he replied. He wanted to make sure Kurt was dating a boy good enough for him, his opinion obviously wouldn't have as much weight and he wasn't about to voice it out loud, but he was curious and concerned.
IIIII
Mr. Shue knew that Kurt had found a great guy after just 10 minutes in the mall with them. Harry seemed to politely let his boyfriend talk endlessly, while agreeing or offering a comment or two when Kurt gave him a searching look. But what he had liked about the young man was that he wasn't just letting Kurt talk, he was listening to Kurt, while smiling softly and tenderly in his direction.
He held hands with Kurt until they reached the store, where Kurt squeezed once and let go so he could look through the racks. He found it incredibly amusing that Harry stayed right behind him, collecting all the things thrown his way; Kurt didn't even bother to look back while he shoved things over his shoulder, just expecting them to be caught.
"Alright" said Kurt satisfied. "I have narrowed down our selection to 5" he declared proudly. "Which one do you prefer?"
"Eh…" said Mr. Shue looking at the five items hanging from Harry's arms and knowing he was going to pick the wrong one. Harry discretely pointed at one with a tilt of his head with an obviously long lingering look. However when Kurt turned to see his boyfriend, Harry was back in neutral. "That one?" he asked.
Kurt beamed at him.
"Mr. Shue I am so proud!" said Kurt handing him the item. "Granted, I made it especially easy by picking only one good item and four monstrosities. If you had picked wrong I was going to have to make you a color chart, diagrams and give you a very stern talking to, but I can see that…"
"Kurt? Maybe Mr. Shue should pay before that girl with the trolley full of things" said Harry wisely.
The countertenor's eyes immediately located the girl and growled. "Go Mr. Shue! She's a total Wrackspurt!"
While Mr. Shue took the opening and momentarily escaped, Harry looked at Kurt and laughed delighted.
"You speak Luna!" he said proudly.
"It isn't that hard to follow once you understand the basics" Kurt said and gave Harry a look. "I'm surprised you can speak it actually, what with you being bisexual and all."
"I like to look at it as being half gay" said Harry offended.
"Goodie, that means you're half straight" said Kurt rolling his eyes.
"No, that means I am half gay, half unavailable" said Harry arrogantly. Kurt's lips twitched and Harry drew him close to him. "All joking aside, I am all yours and no girl will ever compare."
Kurt kissed his cheek. "Good boy" he said.
Mr. Shue discretely watched them interact, feeling happy for Kurt. Out of all of ND, Kurt had always been the strongest, but also the loneliest. He couldn't hear what they were saying, but whatever it was seemed to make his ex-student, happy. He felt more at ease knowing Kurt was with somebody good for him. He could see he was the same person he has always been, but he was changing in small ways. Like how he easily accepted contact from Harry, or how he leaned towards him unconsciously.
He paid for Sue's gift, thinking it had been a very productive afternoon.
IIIII
Blaine was a ball of nerves, doing and undoing his tie. Kurt had invited him to go to Lima Beans with him and Harry. He hadn't really wanted to go, but he knew that saying no would destroy what little progress he had made in repairing his friendship with Kurt. So he had accepted and was now trying to decide if he should go without his tie or not. In the end he gave up, redid his tie and left early.
Staying in the dorm would drive him crazy.
IIIII
"You will be nice right?" begged Kurt before entering.
"I will be" said Harry deciding not to comment. He knew this was important for Kurt and didn't want to mess it up for him. They went straight towards where Blaine was sitting, anxiously drumming his fingers.
"Hi Blaine" said Kurt with a nervous smile, he gripped Harry's hand tighter and motioned to him. "I know you two know each other, but I want to do this properly… Blaine, this is Harry my boyfriend, Harry this is Blaine, one of my best friends."
Harry gave a small smile in Kurt's direction, before politely nodding at Blaine. "Nice to meet you…"
"Same" said Blaine awkwardly.
"I'll go get us coffee" Harry said to Kurt, who had already taken a seat. "Would you like something Blaine?"
"No, thanks, I already got mine" Blaine said carefully. "And I got Kurt's… but I didn't know what to get you."
Harry waved him off. "Don't worry too much about…"
"Sup buttercup?" asked a waitress with a smirk.
"Jenny" said Harry laughing. "I was just about to say go say hi…"
"You were about to come for your tea, it had nothing to do with me" she said and placed a cup on the table. "I wanted to save you the trouble and I got you cookies" she added placing a plate on the table with three big cookies. Harry laughed and sat down shaking his head. "Nonfat Mocha, how are you? I didn't bring your anything since Medium Drip here got it for you."
"Hi Jenny" said Kurt with a smile. "Still flirting with gay guys, pinning after unavailable men and refusing to acknowledge anybody but Harry as coffees?"
"I am here aren't I?" she said with her hands on her hips. "And to be fair, Harry is the only one out all of you preppy guys to acknowledge the people that work here as people and not…"
"Jenny, have my cookie" said Harry putting it almost in her face. "I can tell you haven't had sugar and need it more than I do."
"You're lucky I like you" she said grabbing the cookie and biting it, before walking away.
"Hi Harry" said a boy cleaning some cups from a table next to them, he looked a year or two younger than them.
"Hi Lucas" said Harry amicably. "How did your exam go?"
"I passed" the boy said proudly. "Thanks for helping me with math… and thanks Kurt for letting me crash your date."
"It's no problem" Kurt said smiling and leaning into Harry with a sense of satisfaction. "I made him buy me a new hat to make it up to me."
"I have a chemistry final coming up" said Lucas perking up.
"Uh, I saw a pair of gloves that would go great with this outfit I am planning" said Kurt with a smirk. "We have a coffee date tomorrow; feel free to crash it so I can guilt trip him into getting it for me."
"Deal" said Lucas and fist bumped Kurt.
"I am right here" Harry said with an outraged laugh. He kissed Kurt's temple lovingly. "And you know I'd buy you the hat if you asked."
"It's more fun this way honey" said Kurt patting his chest patronizingly.
"Sorry about that Blaine, it was kind of rude" said Harry turning back to him apologetically.
"Is ok" Blaine said a little intrigued.
"So, I am actually curious" said Kurt sipping his coffee. "Have you two ever talked to each other before I came along?"
"I think the only time we interacted with each other was when Blaine had just transferred" said Harry thinking about it. "He was at the library, singing along to his iPod and I told him to audition for the Warblers, told him they were kind of treated like rock stars around Dalton and I think I said courage before leaving to practice" said Harry drinking from his cup, and realized the sudden shock from both boys. "Did I… did I said something wrong?"
"You told him the Warblers were like rock stars?" asked Kurt gaping.
"I said they were treated like rock stars around Dalton, but I was being slightly sarcastic about it" said Harry shrugging.
Kurt addressed Blaine then, arms crossed. "Why did you never tell me Harry told you that?"
"I… I didn't… I didn't know he was the one that told me that" said Blaine looking a little shocked. "I just saw the back of his uniform as he left… I… wow… uh…"
"Why did you say courage?" asked Kurt to a confused Harry. "It's kind of random to tell to a stranger."
"Oh that" said Harry and put his cup down, taking his watch off and showing the back to Kurt. There was a lion engraved, above him three words in Latin and below him four other words.
"Bravery, chivalry, courage, daring" read Kurt out loud.
"The four pillars of the house of Gryffindor. My old school was divided into four houses and each house valued different things more than others… Gryffindor was mine" Harry said proudly.
"Fort… fortitudo prodo laurus" finished reading Kurt and passed the watch to Blaine so he could inspect it.
"Courage brings success" traduced Harry. "Our house motto…"
Blaine stared at the watch and turned it around.
"It's broken" he said in a detached manner. It was frozen and there was a crack in the screen.
"My grandfather gave the watch to my father and he broke it when he was about my age… I won't get into details about that, since I am not sure myself but…" Harry took it back and stared at it nostalgically. "It's my family's personal reminder that there's a fine line between courage and recklessness, a time when daring becomes stupidity, a place where common sense should be above bravery and that chivalry does not condone self-righteousness…"
Kurt smiled at Harry, enchanted by his words and leaning in to kiss his cheek. Blaine however was staring at Harry like he had never seen anything so confusing in his whole life. Harry smiled at them both while putting his broken watch on.
"Anyways, I don't know much about you Blaine" prompted Harry. "Do you…"
"Hey Harry" said another waitress that seemed in a hurry, her uniform half done. "I am going to steal Kurt for a second; I have a date and a fashion emergency."
Kurt clapped excitedly. "Is it the cute pre-med student?"
"You know it" said the girl pulling Kurt away and leaving the other two in an awkward silence.
"Did Kurt tell you how we met?" asked Blaine rotating the cup in his hands slowly.
"Not really, I know it involved some spying and that's about it" said Harry.
Blaine smiled slightly. "He stopped me in the staircase and…"
When Kurt returned Harry was laughing, endlessly amused by how what he had said had found its way to Kurt before even meeting him. Blaine and Harry seemed to have come to an understanding and he was relieved. Harry, sensing how much he craved for these two sides of his life to coexist peacefully, invited Blaine to join them to the cinema. Kurt had eagerly latched to the suggestion and Blaine agreed, surprised he was having a good time and hadn't had to produce a single fake smile so far.
Kurt was planning to go to the mall the next day to finish his Christmas shopping; Harry had already agreed to arrive after practice to carry bags. Kurt asked Blaine to tag along and Blaine was more than happy to do it. Their friendship was finally starting to feel solid once more. It was nice not to pretend to be anything but himself, it was even greater that he felt the same way about Harry who had seen him already at his worst.
"Do you really think they'll be able to change it?" asked Blaine.
"Of course they will" said Harry surely. "I don't think Don't Ask Don't Tell will be around for long. I am sure Obama believes in equal rights for same sex couples, he's just keeping his opinions from being public until the next election. But doing this would get him mayor support and will give solidity to his 'sincerity' later on."
Kurt and Blaine looked at him awkwardly.
"Cynic" said Kurt.
"Look, I do like his government's policies, but at the end of the day he's also a politician" shrugged Harry.
"I'm curious, what's the situation in England?" asked Blaine.
"People are very open minded, the military changed their policies in 2000 and there's been Civil Partnerships since 2004" said Harry.
If they hadn't moved the discussion from there to Kurt and Blaine's still simmering outrage with the latest American Idol season, they could have looked like such mature, grounded people. Blaine had always loved how his conversations with Kurt ranged from serious to silly topics, and was pleasantly surprised that Harry had proved to be able to keep up with them.
He remembered when he had met Mercedes. He had felt guilty he and Kurt had basically edged her out with their enthusiastic talks, but Harry had too much opinions and presence to allow himself to be pushed aside. Blaine glanced at Harry, who had been nothing but nice to him today, even paying for him at the cinema.
Blaine found himself now desperately hoping that this was the real Harry and he had been wrong all along. Because he did think this Harry and Kurt could be a good couple. If that was the case, he figured that maybe, maybe, he could get a second friend. Two people that knew the real him… it seemed almost too good to be true, but surprisingly not that farfetched. Also, having his best friend dating a really smart guy could have some extra benefits. He could use some help on math after all.
IIIII
The next day they waited for Harry to arrive at Lima Beans, so they could all head to the mall together.
"It's so disgusting" said Kurt while glaring at Harry climbing a tree.
"Uhm... because his clothes are getting dirty?" asked Blaine confused.
"No Blaine, I could care less about his poorly chosen wardrobe. If it was up to me I would have burn it a long time ago. He bought that shirt in Walmart! Walmart... he insists to keep it just because it's a band he likes, but yet he had this amazing work of art somewhere hiding from me" Kurt said signaling to the scarf around his neck.
"Then what's your problem?" asked Blaine ignoring the fact he didn't think there was anything wrong with wearing a band t-shirt from Walmart… so long as it was a good band of course.
"Just look at him! He is climbing a tree to save a cat" Kurt threw the sugar into his coffee forcefully. "Last week he gave his coat to a homeless guy. Oh, and once he stopped the car in the middle of the road, got out and grabbed a lost dog that was crossing in front of us. In the shelter they told him where the owner lived and he drove four hours to return it."
"Why was the dog so far away from home?" asked Blaine.
"That's what you are focusing on!"
"What can I say? I am genuinely curious..."
"The dog escaped from their grandmother's house while they were visiting" grumbled Kurt, not willing to admit that he had been curious too.
"He's a good guy. I think it's admirable, it also proves you were right about him and I was wrong" Blaine said with a shrug. "Why does it bother you?"
"It's exhausting to be around a person like that" whined Kurt. "I see him sometimes and I can't believe he's for real. He's too good, too perfect."
Blaine laughed. "Kurt, he spends his life looking for trouble, he used to get drunk a lot, he has trouble with authority, cannot take advice to save his life, doesn't know when to back down..."
"I hate Lady Gaga" Harry said as he arrived to the table from behind Blaine. "I am overprotective, impulsive, rash, stubborn, an adrenaline junkie, I hold grudges, sometimes I am a hypocrite, others I am too honest, I am selfish and I have been told sharing a room with me is the most excruciating experience you could ever have" he sat down. "I am also condescending, arrogant and irritating. If you are interested, the twins have a more complete list."
"You are unbelievable!" muttered Kurt angrily while he poured even more sugar in his coffee. "Seriously unbelievable!"
"Why? What did I do?" Harry asked startled, losing the joking tone, he looked at Blaine for clues, but the other guy was purposely avoiding eye contact. He had finally been officially introduced to Kurt's boyfriend yesterday and he had been caught bad mouthing him behind his back already. He was really trying this time, he wasn't purposely speaking ill of Harry. He had only wanted to cheer Kurt up. He gave Harry an apologetic look the boy shrugged with a smile.
"You climbed a tree to save a kitten!" said Kurt accusingly.
"Technically, it was a cat" corrected Harry, while taking a twig out of his hair. "I don't see why that makes you angry. You don't like cats?" Blaine gave a suspicious sounding cough.
"Urgh, I can't be around you. I need retail therapy" Kurt said while standing up. "When you figure out from what fairy tale you fell out of, let me know so I can return you to the poor princess waiting to be rescued."
"So, he really hates cats" said Harry once Kurt had stormed out of the coffee place. Blaine bolted after Kurt, feeling too embarrassed to be around the guy.
"Ron would love this" sighed Harry.
IIIII
"Kurt" Blaine asked softly.
"What?"
"What's really bothering you?"
Kurt's hand stopped midway from a gorgeous pair of shoes. "He doesn't let me in" his form slouching a little. "He doesn't let me in. He knows everything about me! My first crush, me coming out, my mother's death, my dad's heart attack, the slushies, the teasing..." his voice dropped incredibly low. "The kiss..."
"I see..." Blaine said surprised he had opened himself to somebody else so fast.
"No, you don't see! I don't know anything about Harry. Just general stuff, I don't even know why he moved to Ohio! And every time I try to get closer, he pushes me away."
"Why don't you tell him that?"
"I am afraid of him pushing me away entirely. At the beginning I agreed to go out with him, because he was funny, interesting, hot, had a British accent, made me feel good about myself, and I love his eyes, he was nice to me and I had a great time with him, and well he is amazing, he learns about musicals for me and he..."
"Kurt" called Blaine a little amused. He was sure Kurt could go on listing all his good qualities for a while.
"Right... I do like him a lot, like a really lot, as in, I wanna hold hands with him and be one of those sickeningly cute couples… and we are, but I don't want things to end there, you know? I want it to be more than just hanging out together; I want to know everything there is to know about him… I think falling in love with him wouldn't be hard, but I can't until I know he can be as open with me as I am with him."
"I understand" nodded Blaine. "Maybe he just needs time Kurt, but do talk to him. He clearly likes you and maybe he doesn't realize what he is doing, but you will never know if you don't talk with him."
Kurt smiled in appreciation.
"Thanks Blaine, I think I'll do that... and thanks for listening, I was missing this you know?"
"I know" said Blaine guiltily. "I'm really sorry I was a jerk… do you think I should apologize to Harry too?"
"Nah" Kurt said laughing. "He's more of an actions kind of guy. He'll get over everything if you showed him you mean it."
Harry caught up to them and he seemed hesitant how to act. He wasn't sure what had he done to annoy Kurt, but looked honestly sorry about the situation. Kurt had rolled his eyes and grabbed a shirt for him to try on. Harry hadn't been thrilled, but took the shirt for what it had been offered as, a gesture that things were ok between them.
They finally started moving away from the stores before it started to become dark. "I'll see you on Monday" said Blaine slightly awkwardly to Kurt. Harry was going to give him a lift back. He had arrived with Kurt, not knowing his friend would go towards Lima straight from the mall. He was pretty sure Kurt had planned it that way to force them to bond more.
"I'm just going to walk Kurt to his car and then we can go. Here's the keys feel free to turn the heater on" smiled Harry in a friendly manner. Kurt was less shy about it and even hugged Blaine, who looked at Harry almost expecting to see him mad or jealous. Harry seemed more amused by his reaction than anything else.
He and Kurt walked to where his car was parked slowly.
"I sang with Blaine" suddenly confessed Kurt. "I feel very guilty about it!"
"Uh… why?" asked Harry blinking confused.
"It was like musical cheating or something" said Kurt. "We weren't flirting or anything, it was just singing, but… it was a romantic song and I was just helping him practice for King's Island Christmas Spectacular."
"What did you sing?" asked Harry, but his voice kept the same amused tone it had before.
"Baby It's Cold Outside" Kurt said lowering his head in shame.
"Kurt" said Harry hugging him. "I trust you ok? I don't mind if you practice with Blaine. I know you would never do anything out of line, and the fact you worried about it only makes me trust you more."
"So you are ok with me having sung with Blaine?" asked Kurt staring up at him.
Harry laughed and kissed his nose. "I love how seriously you take your singing, and yes, it's ok with me."
"Thank Gaga, this has been eating me up inside since we went shopping with Mr. Shue" mumbled Kurt. They arrived at their cars and separated. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow for our date" Kurt said giving him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Sure" agreed Harry returning the gesture in a slightly less rushed fashion and gaining a blush from his boyfriend. "Drive save and have fun with your family… I am going to miss you so much over the break."
"I will... and me too… but we still have a week of class to go before that."
Harry watched him go, before jogging back and entering his car, Blaine having already made himself comfortable in the copilot seat and was anxiously waiting for him.
"You can take over the radio" Harry said as an appeasing gesture, exiting the parking lot.
"Thanks" mumbled Blaine and snorted when he turned it on and the first song was of Lady Gaga. "Kurt?"
"Oh yeah" said Harry tiredly. "I swear that woman screeches like a banshee, but Kurt loves her so there's not much I can do."
"I prefer Katy Perry myself" Blaine said proudly. Harry almost winced, but decided not to comment.
"I am more partial to Pink than those two, but she's not my favorite female artist either" shrugged Harry.
"Who is it?" asked Blaine curiously peeking at him.
"I don't do favorites when it comes to music" said Harry immediately. "But at the top of my head, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Etta James, Amy Winehouse, Chrissie Hynde, Joni Mitchell… they are all definitely among them. Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, are good at what they do, but they are much too pop for my tastes… my iPod is in the glove compartment if you wanna have a look."
"Huh" said Blaine impressed after a few moments of strolling down the incredible selection. "You know your music…" They talked about Blaine's taste next and once he was more relaxed, Harry finally asked.
"You know that King's Island Christmas Spectacular hasn't been around since 2005 right?" he asked staring straight ahead.
Blaine blushed and stammered. "I… I wasn't coming on to Kurt or anything!" he said defensively. "I… he always used to talk how his old glee club would do assignments and dedicates songs to each other to apologize or say something… I am not really good at picking appropriate songs for things, so I just picked a song we could both sing to clear some tension."
"You could have told him that you know?" Harry said.
"Yeah… I just… after you talked with me, it changed my perspective and suddenly I realized what a horrible friend I've been" said Blaine self-consciously. "I didn't know how Kurt would take my apology, and even though he recommended me to show you instead of telling you, I feel I owe you one too."
"It's ok Blaine. I know Kurt missed you and he's a very forgiving person. Personally, I can appreciate you having Kurt's back, but try to be less of a stubborn mule about it next time" said Harry in good humor "…and stay away from ridiculously stupid activities."
"Yeah" Blaine said lamely and stared out of the window. "I'm surprised you let it go so easily, if it was me I wouldn't be able to act as civil as you are being to me."
"I think what you did was stupid, but I have done my share of stupid things" said Harry. "I was mad because you were risking other people too… and for other reasons, but that doesn't matter. I am hardly a paragon of virtue and goodness, I have my own set of morals, but I can respect that we are teenagers, we mess up. It's part of growing up... you are not a bad person Blaine, I really didn't expect to find you involved with something like that."
Blaine remained silent for a while, before deciding to trust Harry, just a little.
"Everything was too much you know? I needed to have something outside of the rules and the blazers, and before I knew it, it kind of spiraled out of control… and… you… you deserve to know that I started it."
"I found out not long after… and you could have taken up boxing" pointed out Harry.
"The Warblers take most of my free time" said Blaine and Harry could swear there was a bit of bitterness in his voice. "I am the lead singer, so I have more responsibilities than the rest of them, except the council… and I am in the student council, but thankfully we just meet every two weeks… it didn't fit the image I am working so hard on."
"You need to learn to relax" Harry said with a shrug.
Blaine nodded too tired to argue. "I know is not my place to ask, but do you think you could give Pete, Bobby, and Connor another chance?"
"We'll see" Harry said noncommittally as he entered through the gates of Dalton.
"Thanks for the ride" said Blaine and unbuckled his seat belt. "And the talk…"
"Any time" Harry said. "Here, this is my number, if you ever feel like doing something stupid again call me and I'll knock some sense into you" he extended a piece of paper and Blaine grabbed it out of courtesy.
"You're being very nice to me even when I was a…"
"Blaine" interrupted him Harry. "The whole self-deprecating thing is tiring, yes you were an asshole, but you had good intentions. You apologized to Kurt and me, now comes the time we move on, Kurt and me are already on that boat, so keep up will you?" asked Harry smirking. Blaine blushed but nodded. "You're probably one of the few friends of Kurt's that I'll be interacting regularly with. I hope we can get past our difference for his sake."
Blaine stared at him.
"It so weird to hear you sounding… reasonable and mature" he said puzzled.
Harry laughed. "Good, don't expect me to do it often. See you on Monday."
"Bye…" Blaine said waving and patiently waiting for Harry to get moving.
"You know… you can be a bit of a dork" said Harry after a second. "In a good way" he reassured when Blaine redden. He walked away towards the building before the Warbler could try to respond to that comment.
IIIII
Harry immediately went on alert when he heard a sob, followed by a plea.
"I need help"
- End Chapter 10 -
Today we have a special treat! (Yes, I know I sound super insensitive after that ending).
We have an extra scene that while not part of the story itself, could have been if I had been smart enough to image it! It was written by the wonderful Lunezx and would have happened right after Kurt and Harry got together/Layla came into the picture.
If you ever want to give me a prompt or want to write an Omake yourself, let me know ;)
In the meantime, thanks Lunezx for writing this!
(Remember to read author note please)
- Omake by Lunezx -
The day dawned and Kurt was feeling just perfect. The sun was shining, the Warblers were singing. Everything was perfect. And how could it not when he had just gotten himself a boyfriend, a boyfriend. He, Kurt Elizabeth Hummel, had a boyfriend. Could life be more perfect? He really didn't know how.
And so, in this blissed out mood, he went about his day.
When lunch time came about he met with Blaine and the rest of the Warblers. Though sharing lunch with them was dead boring, he thought it will not do to snob them for his new almost friends and boyfriend. He'll meet with Harry later.
Half way through lunch he saw the Weasleys come in, but Harry was not with them, which was a big no-no, he was expecting to at least indulge in some eye-candy. And so when they passed his table he inquired where his other half was (other half not better half, Harry was quite hot but not better than him, thank you very much. With the right outfit Kurt was willing to compromise that they were equals)
"He is with Layla in our room…" Answered Fred or maybe George… umm.
"…They seem to be really getting on…" Said twin number two, with the appropriate leering face.
"…So we didn't want to disturbed them." Ended Ron.
The faces of the Warblers, Blaine's especially, at that moment should be printed and framed for all posterity. And really, how could Kurt resist?
"Ok. I'll go see them latter then."
The entire Warbler table froze with shock, expect for Jeff who had a confused look on his face.
"Ohh Kurt, you are just too perfect…"
"…Our Lord is so lucky to have found such an understanding boyfriend…"
"…Who doesn't get jealous of his girl…"
"…He doesn't deserve you..." Cried both twins at the same time while drying fake tears on their faces.
"Well" answered Kurt while the Warblers remained in their shocked state. "I wasn't so sure about her at first, but after the naming ceremony and seeing how happy she makes Harry I decided that we could get along and that I wouldn't mind sharing Harry so much."
"As we said…"
"…You are too perfect…"
"…And our Lord is completely undeserving of your perfection."
"And don't you forget it!" Answered Kurt.
And with that the Weasleys went their way leaving Kurt with a table full of frozen (and one confused) Warblers.
It didn't take long for Blaine to unfreeze himself off and start on.
"I knew he was bad news, I warned you Kurt, but you didn't want to listen! And now he is forcing you to accept his infidelity! How can you let him get away with something like this Kurt?"
Kurt looked at Blaine blankly and asked in a very confused voice:
"Blaine, what are you talking about?"
"What am I talking about? What am I talking about? LAYLA! That's what I'm talking about!" Yelled a very pissed off Blaine.
Kurt continued to look at Blaine blankly for a few more minutes before, very slowly, informing him:
"Blaine, 'Layla' is Harry's guitar."
Yep, the look on the Warblers faces in that moment, and specially Blaine's, should be printed and framed. Damn, where was a camera when you needed it? Hearing the sound of a shutter Kurt turned around to find the twins with their cells out. Oh, so there it was. Sharing a smirk and a wink with the twins that promised copies of the photos, Kurt continued eating his lunch as if he hadn't just made his club mates believe that his boyfriend was cheating on him with a girl and he was ok with it.
Yes, today was definitely a great day.
- End Omake by Lunezx -
As I say to somebody, if I had to pick between publishing a fast, not up to my standards, chapter or wait a few extra days to make it worth reading, I will chose the second option every time.
I am sorry for those who got annoyed, upset, angry at me, but you are reading my fic and I hope you can trust that I am committed. I am not making money out of this, this is not my job, so unless you want to start paying me (which you can't since I own only the fic) please be patient.
I am doing an internship at the moment in Events Management and we have a MASSIVE event on the 12 of June, so this last few days I've been staying very late and leaving very early. It's Sunday, 5:00 am here and I am about to head out for work. After the 12 things will be calm again.
Thanks to those who had been nothing but sweet and supportive, those are the type of readers I want to hug and give them everything they want.
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So, for those of you worried about the fanfiction purge and if that will drive me away from here, my answer is hell no, I won't go. I've been reading fics since I was 13 and I found this page a month after discovering what fanfics were. I started reading only in Spanish and I freely admit that I put a lot of effort into my English just so I could read more. I am 21 now, that's a whole lot of fucking time I wasted in this place. Now that I have my own stories here, I feel even surer that until they kick me out, I'll be here.
I can see why they are doing what they are doing, but their methods leave a lot to be desire and they are jeopardizing a lot of readers and authors this way. I can say, without a doubt in my mind, that if they decide to take fics that have slash, they will literally have to destroy this place.
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