Warnings: homophobic words, abuse (not sexual)
Spoilers: none if you've seen Glee season 1 & 2 Genre: AU,Drama,Romance Word Count:: ~1800 Disclaimer: As much as I wished I did, I don't own any of them.
Summary: When Lauren suggests Puck should play Kurt's boyfriend; just so he would get rid of Karofsky, Puck isn't really fond of it at first. After talking about it with Kurt and Mercedes, they both decide to do it, just to make sure that Kurt is safe again. Nobody told them about the side effect it could have though...What happens when the lie becomes the truth?
Noah's POV
It was happening again...There, in the hallway of McKinley High, not too far away from me; Dave Karofsky was pushing Kurt Hummel against the lockers, his body almost pressed against him.
Most people would think that he was threatening Kurt again, but I know better than that...
I heard him one time. I was late one morning and huried past the dumpster when I sudddenly heard a very familiar voice.
It was Kurt, yelling at someone to leave him alone. I was curious and stopped. Walking back to the dumpster, I heard Karofsky's voice.
I couldn't believe my ears at what he was saying...
He wasn't threatening him in the way he and all the other jocks did, he was actually threatening him to go out with him and who knows what else.
"You don't know what you did to me, Hummel," I heard him growl and for some reason my stomach had turned, "I fucking want you to be mine."
By that point I had decided to take some action, because I know Karofsky... He always gets what he wants, even if he has to use brute force to get it.
I wasn't even surprised by it 'cause I always kind of suspected Karofsky to be a closet case.
I have seen him checking out some of the guys out in the showers after a game a couple of times, so yeah, that said enough for me.
I never paid to much attention to it though, if he wants to be a closet case for the rest of his life, that's his own damn business.
Anyway, as I said, I came into action by running away a few meters towards the school, then calling out his name.
He came peeking out from behind the dumpster a few minutes later, probably ordering Kurt to stay where he was.
I came up with an excuse that the coach needed us for an extra training, which wasn't true, but he bought it anyway.
He came up to me and we both walked to the school building. I couldn't help but to glance around and see Hummel peek around the dumpster, then following a far way behind us to school.
I'm the only one who knows... Kurt doesn't even know that I know this information.
It's just something I like to keep to myself for several reasons.
I didn't see the look in Kurt's eyes back then because he was too far away from me, but I saw it now.
There was fear in Kurt Hummel's eyes and somehow that made my blood boil.
There had never been fear in Kurt's Hummel's eyes before, ever.
At least not that I've seen...
Every time I tossed him into the dumpster, he would come out gracefully and strut through the school hallway like nothing had happened and he still felt superior to anyone else.
I never saw one flash of fear in his eyes, because, at least I thought so, Kurt Hummel didn't acknowledge fear.
He would look fear straight in the eye and tell it to come and have a shot at him.
Somehow I always admired him a little for that...
I stopped tossing him into the dumpster after I joined Glee club, and now...Well, you can't exactly call us friends, but there's kind of a quiet, mutual respect between us.
Karofsky never quit harassing the kid though, now I know why.
He wants him. And somehow that knowledge scares the freaking crap out of me.
"Hey Puckerman," I'm being pulled out of my thoughts by the voice of my girlfriend, Lauren Zises.
Although she might not be the prettiest girl I ever hooked up with, far from it to be honest, but she's cool and as badass as I am which made me attracted to her in the first place.
Plus, she's the first girl who actually made me work hard to get her.
Serenading them had been enough for Rachel and even Mercedes; and obviously Quinn is in love with my voice as well; but Lauren?
Man, she's really, really good at playing hard to get I'm telling you.
We're so badass that we don't even use pet names, she calls me Puck or Puckerman, while I call her Zises.
Sometimes I call her babe, but I call a lot of girls babe, so...You get my point.
"Hi babe," I smirk at her, "What's up?"
"Nothing," She shrugs, then looks at what I was looking at a few minutes ago, "Is Dave bothering Kurt again?"
I almost instinctivitely ball my hands into fists, I don't know if she notices or not but who cares.
"Yeah," I answer, trying to keep my voice even.
"Why don't you go help him out then?"
"Because he'll get pissed at me if I do."
It's true...The last time I saved him from the claws of Dave Karofsky, Hummel had thrown a fit at me; telling me he can take care of himself perfectly well.
That's Hummel for you. Stubborn as a mule...
Always thinking he could protect himself. Never asking a friend for help when he thought he could bring said friend in trouble
I think I recognize that from somewhere...
"Well, we've got to do something," Lauren interrupts my thoughts again, "Maybe you could play beard for Kurt."
"WHAT?"
I know everyone in the whole hallway is probably looking at me right now is looking at me but I don't care.
I'm looking at her like she's the craziest person in the world. Seriously, she is.
I mean, what the actual fuck is she babbling about?
"If it bothers you that much that Karofsky is flirting with Kurt, maybe you could scare him off by playing his boyfriend."
I blink at her, "Are you serious?"
She nods, "I am."
"But I'm-"
"Yes, you are straight, I'm completely aware of that," she gives me a tight smile, "It will only be to help Kurt out. Nothing more, nothing less. Dave will probably give up the chase when he knows you're Kurt's boyfriend."
My eyes glance over to Kurt, than back to her.
"But what about you?"
"Me? I will probably be painted as the poor beard for you. So will all the rest of your earlier hook ups."
"You know you're more to me than those girls..."
"I know," she gives me another smile, a slightly pained one this time, "That's why I'll gladly take whatever shit they're gonna say about me."
I shake my head, "I don't know about this...It's never gonna work."
"You can't know that for sure."
"Babe, I'm not in love with the guy. Nobody who sees us will believe that we're a couple. "
"Put up your best acting skills. I'm sure you can pull it off."
Believe it or not, my gaze drifts over to Kurt and Karofsky again and it stays there.
"He's never gonna want this..."
"We'll talk to him, after Glee. If he's up for it, then we'll start figuring out a plan together how to do this best. What do you think?"
Just at that moment I see Karofsky shove Kurt, hard, against the lockers before he walks away and my decision is made.
I turn back to my girl Lauren who just looks at me like she already knows what I'm about to say.
"Let's talk to him."
She smiles at me, it's not completely genuine but at least it's not pained anymore, and puts her arm around my waist.
I drape my arm around her shoulder and off we go, up to Glee club.
We walk past Hummel, who's crawling up from the ground and straightening out his clothes.
One look at his face tells me he's still not being back to the real Kurt that I know...There's still that feeling of fear that radiates from him and it makes me want to play out our plan even more.
If only he'll agree to it...