First Glee fic ever. Please let me know what you think.
Singing the ending notes of his song, Blaine glanced over at his boyfriend, seeking his approval. Kurt nodded gently, a smile on his face. Despite the loud clapping and standing ovation he received from Kurt's New Directions friends and Mr. Schue, his boyfriends approval was really all that mattered to him; the approval that used to come so readily, which was becoming harder and harder to obtain as the relationship transpired.
Blaine and Kurt had been together for just over six months, five and a half of which had been the happiest and most secure of Blaine's life. The young couple had enjoyed dates at Breadstix, coffee mornings in Lima Bean, singing together, looking after Pavarotti before his unfortunate demise; they'd even enjoyed studying together. Blaine had fit right into Kurt's home life, watching games and making football small talk with Finn and Burt, responding to Burt's gruff protectiveness with nothing but reassurance and confident charm.
At the beginning of summer vacation, when he'd told Kurt for the first time how much he loved him, and Kurt had returned the sentiments with such eager happiness, that was the moment that he decided he'd be transferring from Dalton to McKinley, which was what led to his current New Direction's audition. He'd do anything to make Kurt happy, and he'd always just assumed that Kurt would do the same for him. Lately he thought maybe he'd been wrong though.
Kurt had suddenly developed quite a temper throughout the past month of their relationship. Although he'd always had quite a short fuse and possessed many diva like characteristics, he had never really lost his temper with Blaine until four weeks previously, which is when Blaine started to notice the changes in his boyfriends temperament. Often, he felt like he had to walk on egg shells to avoid the brunt of Kurt's anger, but selflessly he did just that. He didn't know what was bothering Kurt, but as the dutiful boyfriend, it was his job to put a smile on his love's face and keep him as happy as possible.
He shuddered as he thought back to the first argument. For another couple, it wouldn't have been a particularly big deal, but they weren't another couple; they were Klaine, as Blaine's Warbler friends had so kindly christened them. They had made a vow to always talk out their problems with each other instead of letting them simmer into an argument, as the very thought of fighting with Kurt made Blaine's skin crawl. The first argument had been about Blaine's choice of music in the car as he and Kurt drove back to Kurt's house after what had been a lovely date.
"Always so fucking top 40," Kurt mumbled to himself as Katy Perry blasted from the speaker's of Blaine's car stereo.
"What's that?" Blaine asked, halting his singing to turn down the radio, a smile on his face. He really loves Katy Perry.
"I said always so fucking top 40. And why do we have to listen to what you want to all the time?"
"Driver chooses the music," Blaine smiled, turning back up the music and resuming his singing. Sighing, Kurt switched off the stereo and folded his arms.
"Kurt?" Blaine questioned, the smile dropping off his face.
"Just shut up for a few minutes. You're pissing me off," Kurt grumbled angrily. Blaine's smile dropped further into a frown. He forced a smile back onto his face to mask the hurt.
"Kurt, don't be like this. You can choose the music if you like. I didn't know you had a problem with my stuff. You never said. I don't mind listening to show tunes."
Still tense, Kurt reached forward and switched the station to one that he knew he'd enjoy. The car was silent for a few minutes, just how he wanted it, until Blaine started singing along to the music. Kurt bit his tongue for a minute, before emitting another scathing remark.
"For God's sake Blaine, is it too much to ask for to be allowed to LISTEN to some MUSIC in peace?"
Kurt swore he saw his boyfriends lip tremble for a second, before he managed to catch himself.
"Sorry," he whispered, failing to mask the hurt that bled through the word. Kurt knew he should feel bad, regretful, guilty, for snapping at his boyfriend for doing something that they do together every time they're in the car, especially since Blaine was so obviously hurt by what he'd said. He was shocked by the fact that he just felt anger towards his boyfriend, even though he'd done nothing to deserve it.
"We're here, Kurt," Blaine's voice cut softly through his thought process. As Kurt opened the door to exit the car, Blaine softly told him "I love you," to which Kurt just slammed the car door and went into the house.
Of course, Kurt had called to apologise first thing the next morning, and Blaine had immediately forgiven him, just relieved that his boyfriend was back to normal. He'd feared that Kurt had tired of him and was ringing to end their relationship. There had been quite a few more arguments after that in the last month, but Kurt always apologised the next day, and was always immediately forgiven. Blaine was broken from his state of reminiscence by Mr. Shue's voice.
"That was amazing Blaine. I think we can all agree that we'd be honored to have you as a member of New Directions." Blaine smiled shyly and glanced at Kurt, who was beaming at him. He loved that smile. Joining a new school, his parents ire at him for 'throwing away his education for a BOY', and having to make a new bunch of friends was worth the effort just to see that smile.
As everyone congratulated him on his performance and on becoming part of their group, Blaine felt like he was on top of the world. All the nerves he felt about joining a public school riddled with bullies melted away. He was still smiling as he and his boyfriend walked hand in hand to Kurt's car when Glee had ended.
"I don't know what you're smiling at. You were flat for the whole first verse," Kurt informed him as soon as they were sitting in the car.
"What? But everyone said they liked it."
"That's because it was so obvious how nervous you were. They felt sorry for you. We're a charitable bunch at New Directions."
"Oh. Well... I'll try harder next time," Blaine told him, just wanting to avoid a confrontation. Kurt had already succeeded in destroying his good mood though. As he turned towards the window, all he wanted was for Kurt to drive him home where he could do his homework, sit through a strained family dinner and go to bed so he could wake up to an apology text in the morning and feel better again.
Okay, so Kurt's gonna be somewhat of an ass for a while, but there's a medical reason for it which will come out eventually, and Klaine will end up together. Also, no character death because I can't stand reading it so I don't think I'd do too well writing it.
Please review because it spurs me on to write quicker.