River Flows In You

Chapter 2 - Sean & Blair

A tall creature with red hair and freckles opens the door.

"Hello Sean." Blaine says and smiles.

"Hello, Blourin. How come we are using English today?"

"I thought I should practice... Do you have a human calendar that I can borrow?" Blaine blurts out.

"What is this? Have you met a male?" Sean smirks at Blaine.

"I have. And he wants to see me on Friday. So I need a calendar."

"Oh. Well, I'm going to have to teach you how to use it. You are also going to need a watch to tell time and a phone so this male can get a hold of you."

"I'm in for a lot of work, aren't I?" Blaine drags his palm down his face.

"Oh, yes. Do you want me to show you right now?"

"Tomorrow is Thursday?" Blaine furrows his brows.

"Yes."

"In that case, no. You can teach me tomorrow. I need to go home and eat something. And also tell Blair about this."

"Who is he?"

"His name is Kurt."

"Kairik. Interesting. Tell me more." Sean smirks again.

"Tomorrow. Thank you Selorean."

"You are welcome, Blaine."

I have not called him Selorean in a while. But he was annoying me, and I know he likes it better when I call him Sean. Why does he use my human-name so seldom? I kind of like that more… Blaine hears Sean close the door behind him as he walks back to his own tree. When he enters his house his sister is preparing some food so he sits on the floor next to her.

"Blair?" he asks carefully.

"Blourin?" she asks in their native tongue.

"I met a human. So I want to practice English, okay?"

"Okay... Tell me about this human." she says in English now and peels the skin off of a pink fruit.

"I was bathing where our parents died when-"

"Did you feel them?"

"Yes. But that has nothing to do with this."

"I have to go there soon. If you had the… courage to do it, so should I. Sorry. Who is he?"

"As I was saying… I was bathing and he walked out from between the trees. His hair is a chestnut-color and his eyes are the color of the ocean, sometimes blue and sometimes green. I think I even saw some shades of gray in th-"

"Okay. So I assume you like this male?" Blair smirks, making a bun out of her long, dark curls on the back of her head.

"I'm getting there. Anyway, he saw me and the water is clear there so I couldn't hide. So he started talking to me. He is really nice. And he was sad and needed to talk to someone. So we talked and then I kissed him and then-"

"You kissed him?" Blair stops removing the shell from a nut to frown at Blaine.

"Yes. And he liked it. So we talked some more and I got to see his house. I sang "Lairani" to him and he played some piano-music for me and we kissed some more and-" Blaine rambles until Blair cuts him off.

"More kissing? Does he know what you are? Did he see your tail?"

"No. I'm going to tell him. But I want him to tell me he is in love with me first. So he won't… run away and never want to see me again. I hid my tail in my shirt. "

"Blaine. Is he… the one?"

Blaine looks at the back of his left hand. "Yes."

"Then you should wait a while, I think. If he is indeed the one, he won't run away." Blair says, giving Blaine the advice she knows that he wants, but would never ask for.

She sits down next to Blaine and hands him a handful of peeled nuts. They eat in silence for a while. When Blaine bites into one of the pink fruits Blair pats him on the back with her tail.

"I really want to meet him." She smiles.

Blaine removes some fruit juice from his lips with the back of his hand. "You will. If he wants to. When I have told him I will bring him here."

"But I want to meet him soon!"

"And how would that happen?"

"You told him about me, your best sister in the world?"

"Yes…" Blaine looks suspiciously at his older sister.

"Then I can come with you when you are going to… hang out with him. I'll wear a dress to hide my tail and he won't suspect a thing."

Blaine stays silent.

"I know how to bind your tail so it isn't uncomfortable and can only be noticed under your clothes if you know it is there." she continues.

"Really?"

"You know that Sean has an older sister too? And she has a human boyfriend, that didn't know until recently."

Blaine swats his tail at Blair's side. "That might work. So you'll bind both our tails?"

"Sure. When will we go see him?"

"I'm seeing him the day after tomorrow, to watch a movie. You know, like the ones Sean has shown us. And the day after that… I think, Sean is getting me a calendar and a watch and a phone… Anyway, that day we are going bowling."

"What is that?"

"I don't know. But I think he will show me, I'll just say that I have never done it before. I can ask him if you can come."

"That sounds great! But wait… What have you told him… I mean, you probably didn't recognize very many things in his house?"

"I did actually. But I said that we are natives, from a tribe in Wyoming."

"Oh. And he believed you?"

"Yes."

They finish their food and then lay down to sleep since darkness has fallen outside. Blair sleeps on the floor and Blaine in the human bed that Sean gave him. It doesn't have any of those fabric-things on them like Kurt's though. Blaine thinks of Kurt until he falls asleep. He has such soft hair. And his skin! Those eyes, I swear they change color. And his freck- freckles. He… Lips…

Blaine wakes up when someone knocks on the door. The sun has not risen very high but Blaine gets off his bed and opens the door.

"Hi there, neighbor!" Sean says and swats his tail at Blaine's face.

Blaine makes a startled noise and walks a few steps backwards.

"Put some pants on! I'm going to teach you about time and days! And how to work your phone." Sean says.

Blaine walks over to stand beside his bed, where his father (who built the house inside the huge tree) has carved out spaces for Blaine to keep his clothes. He puts on a pair of black pants that stop below his knees. He walks back over to Sean who steps outside. Blaine follows him and closes the door so Blair can continue snoring in peace. They walk back to Sean's tree-house. Sean's human father is sitting in an armchair reading a book. Blaine greets him and they walk up the stairs to Sean's room. Blaine has always been amazed at how Sean's family has made their tree-house look just like a human house from one of those movies. I guess he wants to feel at home… Sean's room has the same types of furniture as Kurt's has. He also has that square magic-machine and a television machine. Computer and TV… His bookshelves are filled with books about human things and he has that round ticking thing on the wall.

"So, Blaine. Let's start with time, okay?" Sean asks and pulls out a small object from his desk drawer, made out of leather and metal.

Blaine nods and Sean moves over to Blaine and straps the thing around Blaine's left wrist.

"This is a wristwatch. A watch that you wear on your wrist. It can also be called a clock. This one is digital, you see these numbers here?" Sean says and point at the green numbers. "There are also non-digital watches, like the one on my wall." Sean points and Blaine nods.

"A day has 24 hours. The first 12 are in the morning. Like right now, it says 04:26. And you see these two letters here? Those mean morning, or before mid-day. Since it is morning now. However, in 12 hours this will say 04:26 again, but these two letters will have changed. You with me here?"

"Yes. I understand. Go on."

"That's how you tell time. Easy, right? Right! So, it's soon five in the morning on Wednesday." Sean takes a bunch of papers from his desk. They are stuck together using a metal wire. "This is the calendar. See these squares, those are days. There are seven in a row, you can see the names up here. Seven days are a week and all these 30 squares are a month. We are now here." Sean points at a square in the middle. "Wednesday the 14th of September in the year 2011. There are 12 months in a year. You know how my family celebrates birthdays, right? That's pretty much what the years are for. Anyway, you can see the name of each month up here."

Blaine stares at the calendar and tries to remember everything.

"Still with me?" Sean asks after a moment.

"I'm here." Blaine answers but Sean gives him a weird look. "I mean, I understand. Is that all?"

"Let's move on to the phone." Sean says and takes a square out of the back pocket of his pants.

"That the same one as Kurt's!" Blaine exclaims happily.

"It's the same type of phone. It's called an iPhone. I put on a blue cover so you know what is the front. You press this button and it lights up. Then you slide this thing..." Sean shows Blaine how to do it and Blaine looks with his eyes wide. "I managed to remove all the stuff you are not going to need. You have the time here too. And, so this thing is your messages. If you press it you can send text, after writing with these buttons. To exit, just press the button at the bottom. This is your phonebook where you have your contacts. I already added my number and my parents' numbers. So when you add Kurt's number you do this…"

Sean touches the screen a couple of times to show Blaine where and how to write in phone-numbers. He then shows Blaine the clock, the calendar and the notepad.

"What are those two?" Blaine asks and points to a square with a dark circle in it and a square with a flower on it."

"The first one is the camera." Sean touches the square and Blaine can see the wall through the phone. "You can take pictures! Lift it and point it at me!"

Blaine holds the phone up until he sees Sean's face. "Now what?"

"Touch the thing in the center at the bottom." Sean says and smiles at the phone.

Blaine does so and the phone makes a sound. "I took a picture!" Blaine squeaks.

"Now press the bottom exit-button. And then the square with the flower on it." Sean says and Blaine does as he is told. "That is where your photos go. See, there is the picture of me."

Blaine smiles. Sean shows him a few details and then lets Blaine play around with the thing for a while.

"Blaine. I forgot the last thing! Give me that phone!" Blaine hands the phone to Sean. "This orange square is the iPod."

"Kurt mentioned those. He said that people listen to music on those!"

"Yes. Either on their phones, but there are also separate ones that are just for music. So anyway, I put some of my music in it and a little piano music too. I know you like that."

"Yiruma?" Blaine asks.

Sean smiles. "Yes, if fact."

"River Flows In You?"

"Yes."

"That is our song! Kurt played it for me and I made the… lyrics about him."

"How precious. Now! Here is the music. Down here you can sort it by playlists that you make yourself, artists, songs and videos. So press "songs" and then slide your finger upwards until you find the song. Then press it."

Blaine looks for the song and presses it when he finds it. The piano music starts playing and he closes his eyes for a moment, before Sean snaps his fingers.

"Hey! You change the volume either here or by pressing the buttons here on the side. If you want to pause the song you press the two fat vertical lines and then the triangle to start it again. You move on to the next song by pressing the double-triangles on the sides."

Blaine tries it for a while and giggles when he manages to change songs.

"The last and probably most important thing for you is this green one. That's the phone button. Press it and you see your favorites, last calls, contacts and the buttons. Easiest for you will be to press contacts and then scroll, slide your finger upwards, to the person's name. Press my name and then the "change"-button. Then press the square with a person on it, then choose the picture of me. You can also take a picture right away, like when you add Kurt for example. Save by pressing here. Now press the button on top of the phone."

Blaine presses the button and the phone goes dark. He gasps.

"Stop being so dramatic! Now see what happens when I call you." Sean says and takes his phone from his bed and touches the screen a few times.

There is a loud noise from Blaine's phone and he almost drops it in shock. The picture of Sean is on the screen.

"So when someone calls you, you will hear that. And there will be the number or name up here. And a picture if you have one. You can choose to answer or not. I will take care of paying for your calls." Sean smiles and touches his phone. Blaine's phone stops making noise and goes dark again.

"Thank you, Sean. You are a great friend."

"The greatest. Now go play with your phone and try to memorize the days and moths. I will question you about it at five this evening. Which means you must know when that is. Good luck." Sean says and ushers Blaine down the stairs and out the front door.

Sean closes the door behind Blaine who walks back home with the calendar in one hand and the phone in his other.

Blaine sits with the watch, the calendar and the phone all day, not even bothering to eat anything. He gets to Sean's house at the right time and answers all his questions correctly. Sean pats him on the back and wishes him good luck. Blaine walks back home and Blair has some food on the floor for him when he gets inside.

"So, how did it go?"

"Great. I know it all now." Blaine practically inhales his food. "Blair?"

"Yes, brother?"

"I am going to sleep near the clearing and the lakelet tonight. So I am close to Kurt's house and will get there in time."

Blair just nods, nibbling on an apple.

"Good luck." she says when Blaine walks toward the door. "See you tomorrow night."

Blaine finds a nice big tree so sleep in that night. It is at the edge of the forest, so close that he can see Kurt's house. And the light shining through Kurt's window.

Blaine is awake before the sunrise and sits on a low branch watching Kurt's house for any sign of someone coming or going.

After a few hours two cars leave at the same time. Then nothing happens for about eight hours. Blaine is swinging his legs back and forth. Until he sees a car with a flat back come back to the house. That must be Kurt's parents. Better get going. Blaine climbs down, hides his tail under his shirt and walks toward Kurt's house. When he reaches it he walks around to the front and stands by the road where the first car arrived from.

It isn't long until Kurt pulls up and gets out of the car with Finn.

"Hi Kurt! Hi Finn." Blaine says.

Finn raises his palm and then walks into the house.

"He has been like that all day." Kurt states, walking up to Blaine.

"Hi." Blaine repeats.

"Hi Blaine. I thought I wasn't going to see you again." Kurt looks at the ground.

"I said I was going to wait here for you, didn't I?" Blaine says and touches Kurt's arm so he will look at him.

Kurt raises his head to look at Blaine again. "I know. But I thought that it was too good to be true."

"I told you I am real." Blaine says and kisses Kurt kind of hard. "I missed you."

"I haven't been able to think about anything but you."

"How did your test go?"

"Meh…" Kurt answers and shrugs.

"How was your day, then?" Blaine asks and strokes Kurt's upper arm gently.

"Normal." Kurt shrugs again.

"Normal, good?"

"Normal, bad."

"What happened?"

"This guy, Azimio shoved me into the lockers."

"He did what? ROCKS! If I ever see him…" Blaine growls between clenched teeth.

Kurt is quiet for a moment. "Rocks?"

"It's a swearword where I come from. And this has happened before?"

"Almost every day."

Blaine is too angry to say anything. I WILL KILL HIM! I WILL TARE HIM TO SHREDS WITH MY BARE HANDS!

"Blaine?" Kurt asks cautiously and takes a step forward, closing the gap between him and Blaine.

Blaine says nothing so Kurt strokes his thumb across Blaine's cheek. "I will leave my bag in the house and then we will go get something to eat before the movie. Let's not think about school, okay?"

"Okay." Blaine says and fakes a smile.

Kurt walks into the house and emerges just a minute later. They get into Kurt's car and he drives them away from the house and onto a big road with lots of cars. This is going to be the first and last time I am ever in a car. I will die, I will not survive this! Why is he so quiet? Kurt looks at Blaine who is gripping his seat hard, knuckles turning white.

"What are you doing?" Kurt asks, looking back at the road.

"Nothing. I'm totally fine."

"You don't look fine."

"First time riding a car." Blaine says and looks at Kurt who opens his mouth to say something, confusion evident in his eyes. "In a very long time." Blaine lies.

Kurt says nothing but reaches one of his hands out to Blaine who grabs it and holds on as if it were a lifeline. Kurt caresses Blaine's knuckles with the pad of his thumb. It calms Blaine down a bit.