Chapter Nine

Blaine went hunting that night again. He had decided to hunt for people because he couldn’t risk hurting Kurt. Drinking animal blood probably wouldn’t satisfy him enough to control himself.

He was so relieved and happy that night and there was only one reason: Kurt wanted him to stay.

That was the best thing that could’ve ever happened. Sure, Kurt was kind of afraid of Blaine but Blaine would show him, that there was nothing he had to be afraid of. Well, apart from Blaine ripping his throat open and killing him. Okay, maybe there was something to be afraid of but Blaine was afraid of it, too.

Which is why he went to the outskirts of town and started hunting. There were still a lot of people on the streets and it would make everything so much more difficult.

He walked past all these people on the streets and then followed a young, tall man into an alley. Later he only remembered that the man’s blood had tasted like alcohol because his thoughts were circling around Kurt and about seeing him again in the morning and he could barely think about anything else.

When Kurt woke up he looked to the window first. It was still closed. In his dreams Blaine had opened it and had approached Kurt’s bed…

Kurt shook his head and tried to think of something else. A knock on the window made him almost fall off the bed. It was Blaine sitting on the ledge and looking at Kurt.

 Kurt stood up from the bed and slowly walked over to the window. After unlocking it, he backed away a few steps and Blaine opened the window from the outside and then jumped into the room.

“Good morning, Kurt.” He said, unsure, if Kurt was okay with Blaine acting like nothing happened.

“Morning, Blaine.” Kurt’s throat was sore. “So, what did you do the whole night?”

Blaine frowned. “Well, I slept most of the time and the rest of the time… I, erm… I fed.” Kurt gulped and tried not to look too scared. It was obvious that Blaine felt uncomfortable.

“Where did you sleep?” Kurt’s voice was even higher than usual.

“On a roof.” Was the short answer. Kurt nodded but didn’t say anything.

“So, well, it’s too early for breakfast. Do you want to get back to sleep? I’m just gonna leave the room…”

“No, I’m good… Can we talk?”

“Of course.” Blaine sat down on the couch and Kurt sat next to him, surprisingly close.

“I was wondering, well, what are we going to do now? I mean… our relationship.”

Blaine nodded. “I think you should decide about that.”

“I’ve already thought about it. When we’re in public, we’ll just act as normal as possible. That means, we can go on holding hands and stuff like that but we won’t kiss.” Blaine just nodded again.

Of course, he wouldn’t kiss me anymore. I mean, he almost fainted when he saw my fangs.

“And for now, I would appreciate it, if we don’t get any closer than this” He gestured at the space between them. “Either in public or when we’re alone.”

“That’s fine.” There was an awkward silence that lasted for almost a minute. Then Kurt cleared his throat.

“Blaine, if I may ask you that, how… how exactly do you become a— a vampire?

Blaine didn’t look at him. “Do you really want to know that?” He was staring outside the window. “Well, like I told you, I don’t think that the other vampire turned me on purpose. It was an accident. He just wanted to feed on me but he must have released his venom, otherwise I wouldn’t be here.”

He smiled sadly. “Well, that’s how it happens. You get bitten by a vampire and if he releases venom, then it’ll turn you. It takes a few hours until the change is complete. It hurts. It hurts so much during the whole process. In the end I passed out and when I woke up, all I could think about was my aching throat and that I needed to drink. I didn’t know what had happened to me. It’s a very confusing feeling.”

Kurt was listening to all of Blaine’s words and he tried to picture him lying in the streets and screaming in pain. It made him shiver.

“As a new born vampire you lose control a lot. It just happens when you get very angry and it happened to me so often. When the monster comes out, there’s absolutely nothing that could stop me.” He looked at Kurt. “Listen, this is very important. If you ever see my eyes turning red, you have to run. Just run and don’t look back.” Then he looked down and said quietly “But that would probably not help.”

“I—“ Kurt hesitated.

“I don’t ever want to hurt you, Kurt. Ever. I couldn’t live with that.” He looked into Kurt’s blue eyes and Kurt looked back into his’.

“We should probably get breakfast now.” Kurt said standing up and putting his clothes on.

 I don’t know if I’m ready to believe that but I’m going to find out.

On their way downstairs they ran into Nick. “Blaine, there you are! Where were you yesterday?”

Blaine stopped walking and Kurt could hear him say ”Damn it!” before turning to Nick.

“Well, I was in Lima. I had some kind of meeting with a woman that wanted to know where I plan to go after this year is over. It was exhausting. Sorry that I didn’t tell anyone.”

Nick didn’t look very satisfied but he didn’t ask anymore. They just continued their way to the cafeteria where they met Jeff, who was already waiting. Nick gave Jeff a quick kiss on the cheek before sitting down and Jeff blushed slightly.

“What was that about?” Blaine asked dumbfounded.

“Erm, well Jeff and I are now a couple.” Nick said and tried not to look into Blaine’s eyes.

“Oho!” Blaine laughed. “How did that happen?” He took his fork and started to eat his scrambled eggs. While chewing he looked up at Nick and Jeff. They stared back at him. “So? I’m waiting for the story.”

“There’s no story.” Nick said quickly but Jeff said at the same moment, “It was kind of a weird story.”

Flashback

Jeff walked down the hallway coming from his Physics class. Fortunately it was his last lesson for this day and he was really happy that it was Friday. He reached in his bag for his notebook. It wasn’t there. He must’ve forgotten it in the classroom. He sighed, turned around and walked back.

When he turned around the corner he suddenly saw someone lying on the floor.

It was Nick’s brother. Jeff knew him because he once was at Nick’s place last year for a barbecue with Nick’s family. He kneeled down next to the tall boy and put a hand on his cheek. He was unconscious and blood was coming out of his nose. What was he even doing here? He didn’t go to Dalton.

“Hey! Come on, dude. Wake up!” He shook the boy’s body and he heard him moan in pain.

He opened his eyes and looked around. He met Jeff’s gaze and sighed.

“What happened?” Jeff asked. Right that moment Nick came down the hallway.

“What the hell? Jordan, what are you doing here?” Nick knelled down beside his brother who gave him a very strange look and then shook his head.

“Nothing. It doesn’t matter. I’m just gonna leave and get something for my nose.” He tried to stand up but when he shifted his weight on his arm, he winced and fell back down.

“Son of a bitch.” He mumbled and used the other arm.

“Woa, wait Jordan. Let me see your arm.” Nick demanded. When Jordan didn’t do what Nick said, Nick just grabbed his arm. It had bruises and it seemed to hurt like hell.

“Oh god, is it broken?” Jeff asked.

“No, I don’t think so.” Nick let go of his’ brother’s arm. “Now tell me what happened!”

“Why do you care? I don’t talk to you anymore. Did you think that I wouldn’t find out?” He stood up and walked away. Even when Nick called his name, he didn’t bother looking back.

“So, what was that all about?” Jeff asked.

“I have no idea.” Nick sighed and leaned against the locker. Jeff beside him leaned his head on Nick’s shoulder.

“Never mind. He’ll be himself again.” Jeff always felt good when he was so close to Nick. He had a crush on him for quite some time now but he wouldn’t admit it. Nick still wasn’t over Blaine and that was okay.

“Jeff, I’m so happy that you are always there.” Nick suddenly said.

“What do you mean?” Jeff frowned.

Nick cleared his throat. “Well, I mean it exactly like I said it. You are always there when I need you. That’s something I like about you. I mean, you were there when I had problems with my parents and then when I had that huge crush on Blaine…and now you’re here, too.”

He looked at the blonde boy and smiled. “Sorry, if that sounded awkward. But it’s exactly like that.”

“Well, I like having you around. Very much…” He didn’t finish that sentence because suddenly his lips were covered by Nick’s. He pushed forward and deepened the kiss. This was what he was hoping for since he met Nick.

After a few minutes they ended the kiss breathing heavily.

“That… felt good.” Nick said.

Jeff just nodded and leaned forward to kiss Nick again. And Nick let it happen.

“I’m so sorry, I didn’t do this earlier.” Nick breathed into the kiss and laid his arms around Jeff’s neck. He could feel Jeff’s smile on his lips.

“And that’s how it happened.” Jeff said and was suddenly very fascinated by his toast.

Blaine felt a bit uncomfortable. Should he tell Nick that he was the one who had hurt Jordan?

“Well, that’s awesome, you two. I’m happy for you.” He cleared his throat. “Though, I have to tell you that… well, it was me.” He looked so guilty and Kurt, who suddenly saw the connection between the story and what Blaine had just said, chocked on his breakfast and started coughing while he was moving away from Blaine.

Blaine, however, put his hand on Kurt’s back to calm him down but obviously that didn’t help. He pulled his arm away again.

“Are you okay?” Kurt nodded. “Well, as I was saying, it was me, Nick. I was the one that hurt your brother. But I’m sorry, okay?”

“What? Why did you do that?” Nick glared at Blaine angrily.

“It wasn’t exactly my fault. He was the one who attacked me and I just defended myself.” He looked over to Kurt who was staring at him trying to keep a straight face in front of the other boys. “He said that you told him that I did something to you. And he was there to punish me for what I have done to his kid brother.”

Nick didn’t look angry anymore. “Oh my god. I’m so sorry Blaine. That was an accident. I didn’t… I didn’t tell him to go after you, Blaine. I just mentioned that I was mad at you, but I didn’t tell him why, because he doesn’t exactly know that I’m gay.”

Blaine coughed. “Well, sorry to disappoint you but I think now he might know.”

“What do you mean?”

“I told him. Sorry about that.” Blaine tried to smile and failed.

“Well, I guess I deserve that. I just hope that he doesn’t tell my parents.” He stood up. “We better get going. I don’t want to be late.”

On the hallway, Kurt took all his courage and grabbed Blaine’s arm.

“What did you do to Nick’s brother?” His voice cracked at the end of the question.

“Nothing. I promise. I just hit him in the face. It wasn’t that bad.” He stared on Kurt’s hand holding his arm and Kurt quickly let go. Blaine could see all the fear in the boy’s eyes and it hit him in the chest like a gunshot.

 He’s never going to like me again. Never. I’m a monster and he’s afraid of me.

“Blaine? Erm, when we’re alone again later… in our room, will you, erm, help me? Help me to stop being afraid of you? Because I don’t want to be afraid.” Yes, as if that would ever happen, Kurt Hummel.  He could have slapped himself.

Blaine’s face lit up but he tried not to smile. This was not a reason to smile at Kurt. So, he just nodded.

“Of course, Kurt. Whatever you want.” Then he gave Kurt a really quick kiss on the cheek, hardly touching his skin and he was hoping desperately that Kurt was okay with it. He could hear his heartbeat getting faster when Blaine’s face was next to his and Kurt’s smell mixed with the barely noticeable smell of fear.

What else where you expecting, Blaine?

He started walking to class, secretly looking forward to the evening when he would be spending time with Kurt again.

The day was over quickly. They reached the door to their room at the same time and Blaine opened it and then held it open for Kurt. He locked the door behind him.

They both threw their school bags on their beds and then Kurt immediately turned to face Blaine.

“So, what do you expect me to do? I have actually no idea how I’m supposed to help you not to be scared.” Blaine crossed his arms in front of his chest.

“Well, I don’t know, yet. I was thinking that you could just try to scare me and I would just try to stay calm, you know?”

Blaine chuckled. “Sorry, but that sounds like you want to teach a child not to be afraid of the dark anymore. It’s actually wrong to do that because actually you should be afraid of the dark.”

“Whatever. I told you that I don’t know how. Stop making fun of me.”

“I wasn’t making fun of you. I was being very serious. But you have to admit that it sounds weird to say ‘try and scare me’.” He looked amused.

“But that’s exactly what I want you to do.” Kurt unbuttoned his blazer and tossed it on his bed. “Go.”

Blaine was unsure of what to do. I’m supposed to scare him? I don’t want him to be scared. On the contrary, I want that he sees that I won’t hurt him. Okay, well, if that’s what he wants, I’m gonna show him a part of the monster within me. A small part.

I smile crossed his face and it made the hair in Kurt’s neck tingle.

“Alright.” Blaine said. “Then let’s go.”