Jan. 3, 2012, 12:19 a.m.
A Romance Like No Other : Mixed Signals
E - Words: 4,946 - Last Updated: Jan 03, 2012 Story: Complete - Chapters: 154/154 - Created: Dec 02, 2011 - Updated: Jan 03, 2012 402 1 0 0 1
Kurt began to dream, he was falling down a hole, the fall felt like hours when it was in fact only seconds when he checked his pocket watch as he reached the bottom. His outfit had changed it was now a pale blue shirt with a white waist coat, tie, pants and shoes. He suddenly realised what was going on when he saw Blaine running past with rabbit ears on and repeat “i’m late so very very late” over and over.
A little girl ran through and interrupted their game, and this time Blaine recognized her. She ran over to him and practically tackled him in a hug, and Andrew kept trying to push her off. Blaine laughed and pulled Elizabeth into his lap with Andrew.
Kurt chased after Blaine but came to a door, it was locked. There was a table and on the table was the key, he walked over to it but he was too small. He remembered the story and looked around for a box of biscuits or something, he found them and took a small bite. Kurt grew to the right size and took the key off the table and into the pocket of his waist coat before taking the bottle that was on the table and looking at the label which said “drink me” and thats what he did. He was back down to his tiny self as he walked to the door and unlocked it walking inside.
Elizabeth picked up lego Ginny and jumped into their game, Andrew being nice and letting her play. “Daddy’s gonna be home soon. He said so.” Blaine swelled up with happiness when he heard that. It meant Kurt was coming soon. Elizabeth saw Blaine was happy that Kurt was coming soon, and she smiled.
Kurt walked through the door, he looked around, it looked just like Dalton only different. He saw Blaine running down what seemed like a never ending corridor and began to chase after him when he was stopped by two figures jumping out. “Hey Alice” the voices said, Kurt looked at them and saw they were the twins Ethan and Evan.
“Oh hey, look sorry i have to go” Kurt tried to run off but the twins kept hold of him. They sat him down and began talking in rhyme, it was really weird. It wasn’t long before they were singing and dancing, they got really into it, so into it that Ethan ended up accidentally hitting Evan and they began arguing. Kurt used this opportunity to run off down the corridor in the direction that Blaine had gone, although he was no longer in site.
Elizabeth and Andrew began arguing about something, and Blaine knew just how to stop them. He began tickling the kids in his lap until they fell to the floor laughing, letting Blaine tickle them easier. “Having fun?” Blaine heard, and he stood up at the sound of the voice. Kurt had come home and was leaning against the doorframe, smiling at them. Blaine went over to him and gave him a small kiss before Elizabeth and Andrew ran to hug Kurt’s legs.
Kurt found a door that was half open, he pushed it open all the way walking inside. There was an incredibly long table and two people sat at the far end. Kurt walked down to where they were sitting, the table was full of cups, saucers, tea pots and sandwiches. He looked up and saw Wes and David sat singing a song just like the mad hatter and the march hare about an ‘unbirthday’. They spotted Kurt and pulled him into a seat, he was used to being pushed and pulled around now. Wes poured him a cup of tea and David made him a sandwich.
“Oh no thank you David, i prefer toast” he said which was true, but David gave him the sandwich anyway. Kurt heard a small muffled sound and leaned towards the teapot that the sound was coming from, he opened the lid and saw a mouse, but it wasn’t an ordinary mouse. It was Reed.
“Twinkle twinkle little cat, how i wonder where you sat, up above the tree so high, like a leaf so high in the sky” he sung.
Kurt picked up Elizabeth and Blaine picked up Andrew. They carried the kids upstairs and tucked them into bed. Andrew wanted to read them all Harry Potter as a bedtime story, and no one protested. Blaine sat on the chair in the corner, pulling Kurt down to sit in his lap. He wrapped his arms around Kurt and kissed his neck before listening to Andrew read to them.
Kurt told them he had to leave as he was trying to follow the white rabbit Blaine. So Wes and David both grabbed an arm and a leg each and threw him, he didn’t go out the door he flew up in the air and outside. He landed on his butt, it hurt a bit. He got up and dusted himself off before looking around, it was now dark where he was and he heard a voice which frightened him. It was all around him as he turned frantically trying to find where it was coming from, when all of a sudden it appeared in front of his face. It looked like a cat, all covered in black, it eyes were bright. “Welcome Alice to Warblerland” the voice said, it sounded familiar the cat came out of the darkness and saw it was Dwight.
“Oh god Dwight you scared me”
“I’m sorry Alice, i see you are lost”
“Yes incredibly, i’m looking for Blaine the white rabbit”
“sorry who?”
“Blaine the white rabbit, i think he might have passed here”
“he did”
“he did? which way did he go?”
“which way did who go?”
“God Dwight just tell me which way Blaine the white rabbit went”
Dwight held up both arms pointing his fingers in both directions, Kurt annoyed huffed and went off in a random direction.
Elizabeth fell alseep as soon as Andrew started reading, and he fell asleep soon after. When Blaine realized that, he smiled. He stood up and still had Kurt in his arms, carrying him out of the room. Blaine took Kurt downstairs and laid him down on the couch before going over and starting Chicago for them to watch. Kurt loved musicals. Blaine joined Kurt on the couch and wrapped his arms around his… his what? Blaine looked down at the rings on their fingers and his grin grew even more. Oh yeah. His husband.
There was colorful smoke all of a sudden around Kurt and he decided to follow it, there was also strange singing, it was something he did not understand, a weird language that he’d never heard before. He walked up to the figure sitting on what looked like a large cushion only to discover it was a mushroom, what was a mushroom doing in the gardens of Dalton? This was a strange dream. The figure didn’t look human, more like a caterpillar or a slug.
“Excuse me, i was wondering if you can…”
“tell me where i’m going” the creature finished. It turned round, Kurt was shocked to see that the figure was Logan.
“Yes, i need to find Blaine the white rabbit”
“And why do you need to follow this white rabbit?”
“i’m not sure but there is something about him that attracts me to him” Logan nodded and put his head down.
“Well you will find him in that direction” he pointed to a door, a door randomly outside with no walls? Kurt was even more confused.
“Thank you” Kurt said as he sped towards the door.
Blaine and Kurt sang along to the first song, knowing all the words. Kurt was snuggled up against him, laying against his chest and drawing little circular patterns on it with his fingers, and Blaine pulled him the closest he could get them together. Blaine was shaken awake out of his dream when a pain shot through his head. He looked up at Kurt to see him sleeping peacefully, looking like an angel. Blaine grinned and gave him a quick kiss on the chest before snuggling into him again and making himself fall asleep. He began dreaming a new dream; only this one didn’t have Elizabeth or Andrew. Just Kurt.
The other side of the door was strange it was light now and it was all flowery and happy. “You came then” said a voice next to him, he turned his head to see it was Dwight.
“Yeah Logan told me to come here, he said this is where i’ll find Blaine the white rabbit. Where are we?” he asked as they slowly began to walk through the maze.
“We are in the Queen’s garden”
“the Queen?”
“Yes Queen Sue”
Kurt stopped, oh god no, this is bad. Coach Sylvester Queen? This could slowly turn into a nightmare. “As in my old Coach Sue?”
“No this is Queen Sue, you’ll need to be careful of her army of cheerleaders though, especially of the three hottest ones they go by the names of Brittany, Santana and Quinn, Quinn is in charge of all three so be very careful”
Blaine and Kurt were driving on an empty road with not another car in sight. It was night time and the only thing they could see was the small stretch of road ahead of them that the headlights shown on. Blaine was in the drivers seat, his attention going from the road to the boy next to him. Kurt was on the phone with someone, but Blaine couldn’t tell who at first. After a few minutes of hearing nothing but Kurt talking Blaine figured out he was talking to Tina. Kurt was gushing about how soon the wedding was and how excited he was for it to all happen.
Kurt and Dwight made their way further into the maze when suddenly Dwight disappeared. Kurt looked around trying to find him when he bumped into something or someone, he turned round and saw Mr Schuester holding a blender. “Mr Schue? What are you doing?” Mr Schuester looked frightened.
“I’m making my Queen a protein shake”
Kurt decided to help him, they were almost done when they were interrupted by a tap on his shoulder.
“Who are you porcelain?”
“My name is Kurt Hummel your majesty” he said with a curtsey.
“I’m going to call you porcelain, now what are you doing here?”
“I’m looking for Blaine the white rabbit”
“You’re after my rabbit?”
“Your rabbit?”
“Yes my rabbit, what do you want with him?” Kurt didn’t know how to answer. “Are you doing to answer me?” she asked clicking her fingers, Santana and Brittany grabbed onto his arms tightly.
“Owwww there’s nothing i want with him, i was just curious and i followed him”
“Curiosity killed the cat and that’s exactly what’s going to happen to you, off with his…”
“Wait my Queen” said a voice, it was Quinn. “I think its only fair we give him a trial, he looks cheerleader material”
Kurt ended the call with Tina soon after, and he got another call. Blaine sighed, wanting to talk to Kurt himself. He listened as Kurt answered the call and learned it was from Rachel. Blaine sang softly to himself as Kurt was giddy with another one of “his girls”, waiting patiently for him to be done. This dream was pretty boring, but as long as Kurt was in it with him and nothing bad was happening, he was happy.
Kurt looked from Quinn to Sue. “You think so?” Sue asked Quinn who nodded. “Right Porcelain i want you to show us what you got as well as singing to Madonna’s Material Girl” Kurt’s smile grew, this was going to be easy he thought. He danced and sang impressing every single person there. When he was done he was out of breath but proud of himself. “Well that was interesting” was all Sue said.
“Interesting? I sing and dance my ass off and all you can say was it was ‘interesting’?” Kurt practically shouted out of breath. “I have been made to watch twins rhyme, sing and dance poorly, made to have mug full of disgusting tea and sandwiches, the most annoying cat frustrate me for fun and then the creature who led me here has been only nice thing i’ve met since i got here!” Kurt was furious. “I just want to go home” Sue was not impressed at being shouted at.
“Off with his head” she said simply. Kurt began to run as fast as he began trying to get away from the large army of cheerleaders chasing after him.
Blaine couldn’t sleep anymore with the boring dream he was having and woke up. He looked around and saw that Kurt still had his arms around him and was fast asleep. He looked like he wasn’t enjoying his dream, which discomforted Blaine. He squirmed out of Kurt’s arms and readjusted them so Kurt was now snuggling up against Blaine’s chest as he slept. Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt and rested his head on top of his, grabbing the remote and turning on the tv. He muted the tv and put on subtitles so he didn’t wake his sleeping fianc�e.
Kurt ran as fast as he could through the maze and ended up bumping into Blaine the white rabbit, he picked him up and ran with him. He hid round a corner in the maze. “Oh Blaine the white rabbit i’m so glad to see you” Kurt said kissing the top of the rabbits head, the rabbit suddenly turned into a man. Sue was a witch. Blaine was absolutely beautiful; he took Blaine’s hand and ran with him as he was spotted by Sue. He ran as fast as he could but was caught by the cheerleaders, he pushed Blaine so Blaine was free. Kurt was cuffed and got piled on by a load of cheerleaders. His eyes shot open and he panted as he awoke.
Blaine was looking down at Kurt when his eyes shot open and he pulled Kurt closer. He heard Kurt panting and kissed the top of his head. “Shhhh, it’s okay. I’ve got you. Did you have a bad dream?” Blaine asked, trying his best to soothe Kurt. His hands ran up and down Kurt’s back, trying to help in this effort. “If you did, at least you didn’t have this boring dream I just had. Are you okay? What happened in your dream?”
Kurt looked up at Blaine never been more happy to see him in his life, he hugged him tight after realising that he was awake and alive. “I w-was following you and i fell down a long dark hole and i ended up in th-this room, there was a massive table in the middle. A-and i had to grow to get the key to let me out, so i ate something. Once i got the key i had to shrink so i drank this liquid and it made me shrink again. I got through the door and was stopped by the twins who began talking in rhyme and singing and dancing, one hit the other and they argued so i made my escape running after you. I found an open door and i went in there, Wes and David were having a tea party with vile tea and sandwiches and Reed was singing in a teapot. Wes and David both grabbed me and threw me, i landed outside somewhere where Dwight as a cat came over to me and told me i was in “Warblerland” and he called me Alice. He was frustrating me by telling me that he’d seen you one minute and then didn’t know how you were the second so i left him. Then i saw smoke and i followed it, it came from Logan who was a kind of slug or caterpillar creature, he told me where you were and pointed out a door, i went into it and arrived in a maze. Dwight came back and told me that i was in the Queen’s garden, it turned out the Queen was my old cheer coach Miss Sylvester and she had Mr Schuester making her protein shakes. I tried to help him but Miss Sylvester found me, she wanted to kill me but Quinn told her to give me a chance and try and be part of her cheerleader army. I had to dance and sing to Madonna and i did was incredible and all she could say was it was ‘interesting’. I kinda got mad at her and she told them to kill me, i ran away and found you, you were a rabbit by the way and when i kissed you, you turned into human Blaine. We ran together before i was caught, i let myself be caught so you weren’t and you got away. The army piled on top of me and then… it stopped which must have meant they killed me”
Blaine nodded and smiled at a few parts of Kurt’s dream. It sounded a ton like Alice in Wonderland. When he got to the end of his dream Blaine frowned and pulled Kurt closer to him. “The good thing is you’re alright now, I’ve got you and I won’t make you fall through a hole and go through all of that again.” Blaine was still trying to soothe Kurt and calm him down, but he didn’t know how well it was working. He decided to change the subject so Kurt didn’t have to keep talking about it if he didn’t want to. “I can’t believe you didn’t notice that we switched cuddling positions since we fell asleep and I’m now the pillow.”
Kurt still held onto Blaine tight he didn’t want to let go, just having him there was comforting. He looked up at Blaine when he spoke, he realised that they had switched after he mentioned it. “Oh yeah we have, when did we…? sorry i didn’t notice my mind was on the dream, how did we…? Well i’m glad you’re the pillow now because i need a hug”
Blaine smiled when Kurt asked when they switched. “I woke up from this incredibly boring dream I was having and you looked like you weren’t happy in your dream or something so I switched us. You were fast asleep and didn’t even begin to wake up when I switched us, so youwouldn’t have remembered it anyways. And I’m always here for a hug.” Blaine said, giving Kurt a tight squeeze to prove it.
Kurt held onto Blaine tight, still not wanting to let go or release him in any way, the dream frightened him and holding Blaine was a comfort. “I love your hugs, don’t let go, ever” he said looking up at Blaine. “What was this incredibly boring dream about?”
“I won’t, don’t worry.” Blaine hugged Kurt tighter, knowing that he didn’t like his dream. “My boring dream? Oh, right. Well all that happened in it was that we were in the car all by ourselves and it was dark and no one else was on the road and you were on the phone. The whole time. So all that I did was drive while you talked to Tina and Rachel the entire time…. kind of like I wasn’t there. It wasn’t particularly exciting.”
“Awww i’m sorry well i won’t do that to you, i can’t have a better conversation with anyone else” Kurt nestled his head into Blaine’s chest. “You never told me what happened in that dream you had earlier, you know the one with Andrew. You wrote on my chest telling me. What happened? Can you remember?”
Blaine looked up towards the ceiling, trying to remember what happened in the first dream with Andrew. “Well I was at a summer camp of some sorts and I saw a million different kids running around and playing. This one kid pushed another little boy over, and I ran over to help him. I was the only, can I say, “big kid” there. I carried the boy to theinfirmaryand we started talking about Harry Potter as I fixed up his bloody knee. He asked if I wanted to play Lego Harry Potter when I was done and I said yes, so I gave him a piggy back ride to where he had his toys. It was only when he rested his chin on my shoulder and I saw his curls and eyes that I realized he looked a lot like me, so I asked him what his name was. He said Andrew. Then the dream ended.”
Kurt frowned when he heard about the little boy being pushed over but smiled when Blaine looked after the boy and when they talked about Harry Potter and the rest of the dream. “You’re going to be an amazing dad one day” Kurt smiled giving his chest a kiss. “You’re so good with kids, i’ve seen you with Jack and it comes so naturally to you. I have to admit i’m kinda jealous”
“It’s only because I’m such a kid. And a dork. Kids love dorks.” Blaine teased as Kurt kissed his chest. “You’ll be amazing with kids too. Don’t worry, having a dad like yours to model after, you’re going to be one of the best dads ever” Blaine said, complimenting both Hummel men. “My dream continued the second time I fell asleep….. Andrew and I were playing Lego Harry Potter when Elizabeth ran in, and they both sat in my lap as we all played. They started arguing so I tickled them to get them to stop and you came home. I got up to kiss you and the kids kinda tackled your legs.” Blaine laughed and shook his head. “We carried them upstairs and put them to bed, only Andrew wanted to read Harry Potter to us as a bedtime story, so I sat down and made you sit in my lap. Once both of our beautiful children fell asleep I carried you downstairs and we watched Chicago and snuggled. Because I love snuggling and you love musicals.” Blaine grinned at the last part and gave Kurt a squeeze.
Kurt shrugged when Blaine said he’ll be amazing with kids too. Yes he did have such a good role model father but that doesn’t mean he’ll be any good, kids didn’t really seem to like Kurt, they thought he was weird. He looked up at Blaine when he started talking about his second dream. He smiled liking what he was hearing. “I love sitting on your lap, snuggling and musicals so it was a win for me, did you get your kiss or did the kids tackling me stop you?” Kurt asked as Blaine squeezed him, he started shuffling himself up Blaine’s chest so his head was at the top of it. He pulled the covers more over Blaine as he lay on top hugging him.
“Thankfully I got my kiss, but it didn’t last long at all.” Blaine pouted as Kurt moved up his chest. He loved being able to hold Kurt again and have Kurt snuggle up against hid chest, even though he did enjoy it when it was the other way around. He looked around for the clock, wondering what time it was, but when he found it his pounding head wouldn’t let him read it. “Babe, what time is it? I can’t read that clock…”
Kurt found the clock and squinted to read it since it was dark, the only light that was there was the television light. It was really late, they’d slept for hours. “Its one in the morning. How are you feeling?” Kurt wondered releasing a hand to stroke the little bits of hair out of Blaine’s face
Blaine bit his lip when Kurt moved some hair out of his face and tried not to break out into a grin. “My head still hurts, but not as much ad before. I don’t know about my temperature though, since the last time we took it it went up.” Blaine leaned his hurting head against Kurt’s forehead. “I never did get a proper kiss since our children rudely interrupted us….”
“Well you do feel a bit cooler than you did earlier which is a good sign” Kurt smiled as Blaine leaned his head against his, he smiled even more when Blaine spoke. “Well i better give you one now then while we are alone and no one can interrupt us” he leaned up and gave him a long kiss.
Blaine grinned and lifted his hand to cup Kurt’s cheek as he kissed back. The nurses probably thought they were asleep and wouldn’t interrupt them to give Blaine medicine. He didn’t want to pull away just yet because he hadn’t had a long kiss like that in a little while, and frankly he missed it. His thumb stroked Kurt’s cheek as he kept on kissing Kurt, still not wanting to pull away.
Kurt’s hand rested on Blaine’s neck while he kissed him, he pulled himself up so his head was just underneath Blaine’s, head resting on the top of his chest. He missed kissing Blaine but he knew he had to be careful when he did kiss him otherwise he might get ill but it didn’t stop him from continuing to kiss Blaine, he didn’t pull away and he didn’t want to either.
“Kurt…. Kurt I don’t want…. to get you…. sick…” Blaine said as he continued to kiss Kurt. He didn’t want the kiss to end, but he knew it couldn’t last for a while or Kurt would be put at risk of catching what Blaine had, and Blaine would eat himself alive with guilt if he alone got his fianc�e sick.
Kurt sighed and pulled out of the kiss sliding down to lay on Blaine’s chest, one minute Blaine wanted him to kiss him and then the next he’s basically telling him to stop because he doesn’t want him to get sick. “I’m going to use the bathroom” he said getting up off the bed going into the bathroom closing the door behind him.
Blaine nodded when Kurt got up and went to the bathroom, mentally kicking himself as he sat there. He knew Kurt wanted to get away from him for a second. Great. The one person who wanted to stay might just ask if it was okay for him to go back to the house. He closed his eyes and sank down into the bed, pulling the covers up over his head completely.
Kurt went to the toilet and then to the sink to wash his hands. He looked in the mirror before scooping up water in this hands and throwing it on his face. Blaine had confused him, he understood that Blaine didn’t want him to get sick but the fact that he was okay kissing Kurt one minute and the next he’s near enough changed his mind. He dried his hands and took off his bow tie and belt, they were pretty uncomfortable to lay and sleep in.
Blaine took the covers off from his head and off completely before getting up out of the bed for a second to stretch. His legs were starting to hurt. He heard the sink being turned on and back off as he remained stretching. The tv was still on, but Blaine couldn’t see the remote. After looking around for it he noticed it fell while they were sleeping and picked it up before he turned off the tv. Blaine saw Kurt’s bag and went to it, picking out the second pair of pajamas to give to Kurt. A few papers fell out, but Blaine couldn’t see what they said and would pick it up in the morning. He walked over to the bathroom and knocked on the door. “Do you want something more comfortable to change into?”
The knock at the door made Kurt jump, he opened the door to see Blaine standing there holding a pair of pyjamas and offering them to him. He gave him a small smile and thanked him, giving him a peck on the cheek not going for the lips at all. He closed the door and started getting changed.
Blaine gave Kurt a smile back before receiving the smallest peck on his cheek and having the door shut in his face again. Blaine bit the inside of his lip and closed his eyes before walking back over towards the bed and lying down. Kurt took the clothes and was changing, so maybe he was going to stay. Blaine rolled over onto his back and pulled the covers up on top of him, staring at the ceiling and waiting patiently to see what Kurt was going to do.
Kurt took his time getting changed, he wasn’t mad at Blaine just confused. He knew there was a chance he could get ill but as long as Blaine got better it was okay, he never really got ill so he wasn’t worried. He wanted to show Blaine that but it was doubtful that he’d listen. Once he was dressed he opened the door quietly and walked over to Blaine who was staring at the ceiling, he leaned down giving him a long kiss, he heard Blaine try and say something. “Shut up” Kurt said as he kissed him again.