Pieces of a dragon puzzle Chapter 6 Part B
Kurt had to act. Quietly reaching for the bowl with Blaine inside, he hoisted the bowl to his chest and stood up, angling his body away from the girls.
"Kurt? Where are you going with those chips?" Rachel asked.
"Uhh. I just realized they were the wrong ones, not vegan. I'll just go downstairs and change them." He saw Rachel wearing a frown on her face as he went out of the room, closing the door behind him with his foot. Then Kurt hastened down the stairs as quietly as he could, Blaine still stuffing his face in the bowl and ignoring Kurt completely.
In the kitchen he thumped the bowl with Blaine onto the counter. "Are you out of your freaking mind?" Kurt hissed at Blaine, angrily looking down at him. Blaine watched Kurt out of the corner of his eyes, but didn't stop eating. His ear flapped once. Kurt felt frustrated at Blaine's ignorance and nonchalant behavior. "What if someone had seen you? What if any of the girls had seen a fucking dragon inside the food bowl? Did you even think about that? What if they had freaked and you had been taken away from me? What then?"
Blaine stopped eating and had stared at Kurt frightened, probably realizing what could have happened and how serious it could have been. Or at least Kurt hoped so, as Blaine couldn't exactly formulate his thoughts in words. Before he could say anything else, footsteps sounded on the stairs and Kurt turned to see Rachel stomp into the kitchen with a pissed off face. Kurt stood ram-rod straight and tried to cover the bowl and Blaine with his body.
"Rachel?" he squeaked.
She harrumphed and put her hands on her hips. "What were you talking about, about having mistakenly switched the chips? Do you mean you gave me non-vegan snacks?" she shrieked at the end.
Kurt wanted to open his mouth, explain something, anything, but Rachel saw the bowl behind him and darted forward, her hands reaching for it. As a last resort, Kurt pushed Blaine behind his back and shoved him under the back of his sweater, praying for Blaine to stay absolutely quiet. Blaine didn't make a sound, Kurt could only feel warm and wet, frightened breaths against his spine.
Rachel stood beside him in front of the counter, staring into the bowl with a frown on her face. Kurt angled his back away from her a bit more. She turned and looked at him. "Are you sure you swapped them? These look like vegan ones to me?"
Kurt swallowed. He couldn't move his arms from behind his back as they were currently holding up a dragon. He tried not to let his awkward bodily situation show. "I'm not really sure now. At first I thought they weren't, but now that you mention it…they look different in the kitchen light."
He really hoped Rachel wouldn't call him out for his stupid behavior. She knew that he wasn't so clueless as to not be able to distinguish vegan from non-vegan food. Her look told him so. "Okay, I don't know what's up with you today, but you're not that stupid." She matter-of-factly told him.
She looked back at the bowl and Kurt felt a wet tongue licking at his spine. He wanted to squeak but staved if off into a whimper by pressing his lips together, hard. Rachel looked at him again like he was completely nuts. Kurt cleared his throat and avoided eye contact with her. He saw her shaking her head silently at him as she fished around in the bowl and grabbed a chip out of it. Kurt could see the shimmery surface where Blaine's spit still clung to the snack and winced internally.
Rachel popped it into her mouth and chewed with a contemplating look on her face. She swallowed. "I'm pretty sure it's vegan, but it does taste a bit strange…"
Kurt swallowed once more, as Blaine licked at his back again.
Rachel blew out a hair strand off her face. "Well, anyways. You almost ate the whole bowl, there's not much left. So I'm confiscating this one for me, you can eat the other non-vegan snacks from upstairs." She took the bowl in her hands and walked out of the kitchen. "You coming?" She called around the corner.
"In a minute!" Kurt called back, his voice an octave higher than usual.
He waited until he heard Rachel walking up the stairs before he tugged Blaine from his sweater and sat him on the counter. "What in the world were you thinking?" Kurt huffed. "Why did you lick me when Rachel was in the room?" Blaine wore an expression on his face which Kurt thought was grinning.
Kurt huffed. "That's not funny! Rachel could have found you. And I already told you, no licking or kissing when you're a dragon. That's just…gross!" Kurt's arms flew up to emphasize his point.
Blaine only fluttered his eyes and purred. Kurt gawked. Oh God, was Blaine trying to flirt with him?
Kurt blushed. Not knowing how to exactly handle the situation appropriately (he really didn't want Blaine flirting with him in his dragon form, but…it was still Blaine so of course Kurt would be affected), he wordlessly grabbed the dragon around his middle and carried him upstairs to his father's and Carole's room. He knocked and heard Carole shout "come in".
He opened the door and slipped inside the room. Carole and his dad were reading in bed, his father a car magazine and Carole a book. "What is it, sweetie? Shouldn't you be watching movies with the girls?" Carole asked.
"Yes, I should but Brittany wandered off to Finn's room and almost saw Blaine. Can you please hide him tonight? No one will come into your room but Finn's just isn't safe anymore."
Burt laughed. "Sure buddy. That must have been quite a sight, Finn trying to lie again."
Kurt just rolled his eyes and set Blaine down, muttering a good night to his parents. He shot Blaine one last look and was out the door.
The rest of the night and following morning passed without any dire consequences. Blaine stayed in the master bedroom and Kurt was able to enjoy breakfast with his girls. Finn was obviously feeling guilty for allowing Blaine to slip out of his room but Kurt was just thankful that no one had seen him.
He said good bye to everyone at the door, Mercedes hugging him tight and making sure that they'd hang out more often again, Rachel still side-eyeing him a bit and Quinn thanked him for having the sleep-over at his house.
Brittany came up to him and hugged him last of all. "Say goodbye to your dragon for me Kurt. I realize he really likes those vegan chips but he seems really fat so try to get him to drink tea more often, my attic dragon liked it at least!" She smiled and ran off to link pinkies with Santana and get into the car waiting for them.
Afterwards Kurt scolded Blaine for his irresponsible behavior, intending to stay mad at him for a good while, but when Blaine whimpered and cuddled up to him, Kurt couldn't stay mad any longer. "Please don't ever do anything like that again," he told him.
Blaine hmm'ed and rubbed his head against Kurt's chest.
It happened a few days later, on a Wednesday, when Blaine had been a dragon for about a week. They were all sitting in the living room, watching some mindless TV; Kurt, Finn and Carole on the couch, Blaine on Kurt's lap and Burt in the arm chair. Suddenly the dragon shivered and it was nothing like the horrifying, dramatic change Kurt had helplessly witnessed - it was almost comically cheap in comparison; there was a popping sound and Kurt suddenly had a lapful of naked human Blaine.
Blaine smiled down at him. "Hi."
Kurt swallowed and uttered "Oh my god" as his vision was bombarded with bronze, muscled, naked skin.
...tbc