Chocolate #10, Starfruit #1 - The Way You Make Me Feel
Title: The Way You Make Me Feel
Summary: Kurt notices seven things about Chloe before he realizes that he’s in love with her.
Timeline: July 2035 - Chloe and Kurt are 19.
Challenge: Chocolate #10 (awe), Starfruit #1 (somebody pinch me)
Word Count: 894
Rating: PG
At first, Kurt thought she was just a really tall girl. Most girls came to his chest, but Chloe nearly reached his chin. The fact that she still had to look up at him seemed to amuse her to no end, but it just distracted him. Most girls, he could barely smell their perfume; with Chloe, it was like this constant scent that seemed to torment him because he couldn’t really place what it was. He just couldn’t remember the name. Some purple flower.
Eventually, he noticed that she wasn’t tall. Not really, at least. She just wore these really insane heels all the time. After that, he moved on to wondering how she didn’t break something and why she never seemed to lose her balance.
~~~
He didn’t like how he found out that she was prideful. He didn’t even remember how she spilled boiling water on her hand, or what she was using boiling water for anyway. But he does remember that her first three fingers and half of her palm are bright red and swollen before he can get it under cold water, and Kurt was amazed that Chloe hadn’t made a sound other than the initial scream of pain.
He left her with her hand under the faucet while he dug around for an ice pack and something to bind it to her hand with. Once he found it all, he had to force her to sit and let him take care of it. It wasn’t until the ice pack was nearly tied on that she started trembling so violently that he worried that something was really wrong.
It wasn’t until Kurt looked up that he realized that Chloe was trying her damnedest not to cry or show how much it hurt. She might have been able to hold the tears back, but her body still shook with suppressed sobs, and her bright blue eyes were glassy with pain. She absolutely refused to go to the hospital, though he tried his hardest to get her to agree. Kurt had to settle with watching her take some extra strength aspirin and making her promise that she would ask her aunt to look at her hand as soon as she could.
~~~
She listened to old music. And not just ‘a few years ago’ old; so old that he had never even heard of the bands at all. Eventually, Chloe had just started shoving CDs in his hands and ordering him to listen to them before the week was out. As this progressed, he eventually noticed that she always had a ‘music theme of the day’ - one band to listen to, dance to, sing under her breath, and even dress to reflect until that day was over.
One time, he asked her why she was only wearing one sequin covered glove, and the look she gave him immediately made him wish he could take the words back. The next day, she met him with no less than five CDs by this Michael person.
~~~
A lot of the stuff Chloe had involved strawberries. And it’s not like he paid attention to jewelry or anything like that, but you notice it after a while. Strawberry rings, earrings, necklaces. Strawberries on her clothes, or just doodling strawberries on her notes or song lyrics or sheet music. Occasionally, she would even draw music notes as strawberries.
He asked her what was up with all the strawberries one day, and she replied that it was all Faith’s fault. Kurt was too scared to ask her to explain further.
~~~
The first time she told him she was a vegetarian, he was extremely confused. One of the first times they had gone out in a group, Chloe had gotten extremely drunk and begged him to get a cheesesteak with her. Not only did she completely devour hers, but she ended up eating half of his as well. (It’s not like he minded. He didn’t like cheesesteaks much in the first place.)
Erin ended up telling him that Chloe only ate meat when she was completely trashed, because the chances were that she’d just throw it up the next morning once the hangover sunk in. Apparently, that completely cut out the guilt factor.
~~~
Unsurprisingly, Kurt quickly discovered that her drink of choice was vodka and strawberry lemonade. The vodka and strawberry part didn’t surprise him much, but the lemonade did. He guessed that she could pretty much love anything she usually hated if strawberries were added to the mix.
~~~
Chloe had a temper. That didn’t surprise him in the least, considering how high her other emotions ran. If she could be so happy that she made a rainbow look depressed, then why wouldn’t she have a temper than scared the hell out of him? The first time he got a glimpse of it was when she had literally chased another girl away from him, screaming threats and curses the entire time.
She had told him that it was because that girl wasn’t anything but trouble, and she usually tended to drag the guys in her life down with her. It wasn’t until Faith mentioned the word possessive a few weeks later that Kurt started to think it might have been something else.
Summary: Kurt notices seven things about Chloe before he realizes that he’s in love with her.
Timeline: July 2035 - Chloe and Kurt are 19.
Challenge: Chocolate #10 (awe), Starfruit #1 (somebody pinch me)
Word Count: 894
Rating: PG
At first, Kurt thought she was just a really tall girl. Most girls came to his chest, but Chloe nearly reached his chin. The fact that she still had to look up at him seemed to amuse her to no end, but it just distracted him. Most girls, he could barely smell their perfume; with Chloe, it was like this constant scent that seemed to torment him because he couldn’t really place what it was. He just couldn’t remember the name. Some purple flower.
Eventually, he noticed that she wasn’t tall. Not really, at least. She just wore these really insane heels all the time. After that, he moved on to wondering how she didn’t break something and why she never seemed to lose her balance.
~~~
He didn’t like how he found out that she was prideful. He didn’t even remember how she spilled boiling water on her hand, or what she was using boiling water for anyway. But he does remember that her first three fingers and half of her palm are bright red and swollen before he can get it under cold water, and Kurt was amazed that Chloe hadn’t made a sound other than the initial scream of pain.
He left her with her hand under the faucet while he dug around for an ice pack and something to bind it to her hand with. Once he found it all, he had to force her to sit and let him take care of it. It wasn’t until the ice pack was nearly tied on that she started trembling so violently that he worried that something was really wrong.
It wasn’t until Kurt looked up that he realized that Chloe was trying her damnedest not to cry or show how much it hurt. She might have been able to hold the tears back, but her body still shook with suppressed sobs, and her bright blue eyes were glassy with pain. She absolutely refused to go to the hospital, though he tried his hardest to get her to agree. Kurt had to settle with watching her take some extra strength aspirin and making her promise that she would ask her aunt to look at her hand as soon as she could.
~~~
She listened to old music. And not just ‘a few years ago’ old; so old that he had never even heard of the bands at all. Eventually, Chloe had just started shoving CDs in his hands and ordering him to listen to them before the week was out. As this progressed, he eventually noticed that she always had a ‘music theme of the day’ - one band to listen to, dance to, sing under her breath, and even dress to reflect until that day was over.
One time, he asked her why she was only wearing one sequin covered glove, and the look she gave him immediately made him wish he could take the words back. The next day, she met him with no less than five CDs by this Michael person.
~~~
A lot of the stuff Chloe had involved strawberries. And it’s not like he paid attention to jewelry or anything like that, but you notice it after a while. Strawberry rings, earrings, necklaces. Strawberries on her clothes, or just doodling strawberries on her notes or song lyrics or sheet music. Occasionally, she would even draw music notes as strawberries.
He asked her what was up with all the strawberries one day, and she replied that it was all Faith’s fault. Kurt was too scared to ask her to explain further.
~~~
The first time she told him she was a vegetarian, he was extremely confused. One of the first times they had gone out in a group, Chloe had gotten extremely drunk and begged him to get a cheesesteak with her. Not only did she completely devour hers, but she ended up eating half of his as well. (It’s not like he minded. He didn’t like cheesesteaks much in the first place.)
Erin ended up telling him that Chloe only ate meat when she was completely trashed, because the chances were that she’d just throw it up the next morning once the hangover sunk in. Apparently, that completely cut out the guilt factor.
~~~
Unsurprisingly, Kurt quickly discovered that her drink of choice was vodka and strawberry lemonade. The vodka and strawberry part didn’t surprise him much, but the lemonade did. He guessed that she could pretty much love anything she usually hated if strawberries were added to the mix.
~~~
Chloe had a temper. That didn’t surprise him in the least, considering how high her other emotions ran. If she could be so happy that she made a rainbow look depressed, then why wouldn’t she have a temper than scared the hell out of him? The first time he got a glimpse of it was when she had literally chased another girl away from him, screaming threats and curses the entire time.
She had told him that it was because that girl wasn’t anything but trouble, and she usually tended to drag the guys in her life down with her. It wasn’t until Faith mentioned the word possessive a few weeks later that Kurt started to think it might have been something else.