The idea had come to him during French class, and Kurt had asked to be excused and made his way to the bathroom to put up his ‘masterpiece’. Maybe, he thought to himself, if the popular boy saw the creation and asked around about it, he’d actually talk to someone unpopular like Kurt. ‘Blaine Anderson likes watching guys’ was as far as he’d gotten so far (he wanted to make the writing beautiful and perfect, after all), as he was suddenly interrupted.
Jumping, he dropped the marker and nearly face-planted into the wall as he scrambled to get up off the floor where he was sitting. “I-I… I didn’t… I just… I mean… I-It…” He babbled rapidly, his face turning a bright red color as he turned to face Blaine, shrinking back against the wall a bit. “I didn’t… you weren’t supposed to see….” He managed out, “I… you like…” He couldn’t bring himself to say it, stumbling over his words.
Hazel eyes went round as saucers. Both hands jerked up from where they were loosely crossed over his chest as Kurt sprang up and almost knocked his face into the wall. Oh no! In a rush, he lunged forward to keep him from eating plaster but Kurt caught himself at the last second. Before he turned–Blaine was closer but his hands were back in his personal bubble, fingers cocked at awkward angles hinted he was just about to catch the other boy. Seeing Kurt so scared? Making him read it wasn’t as funny as Blaine thought. Sure, Kurt might a little embarrassed but he’d hoped they could laugh at the irony of him walking in when Kurt was–well–DaVinci’ng his name on the wall. Nothing this extreme.
Good intentions, as they say. Damn it, this wasn’t supposed to be the epitome of that. “Kurt..breathe,” yes he knew the boy’s name–surprising as that might be. But there was a reason. As far as surprises for Kurt today? He probably had enough of those to last a lifetime. Oops. Again. “I-,” he tried to smile gently and speak softly to soothe him. “You don’t have to read it. It’s okay.” Then a thought crossed his mind, attention drawn to the half-done sentence. –Or maybe it’s not. Guess it depends on how you were going to finish that?– Now? He was confused. “Unless–um–I did something I’m not aware of?” Who was the one struggling to talk this time?