Klaine Alphabet Soup

Apples to Apples

(A/N): So, this is my first piece of fanfiction for Glee! It is part of an "Alphabet Klaine" series that I will be calling "Klaine Alphabet Soup" because I'm cheesy as all heck. It will have a drabble per chapter from letters A to Z.

This first drabble is for the letter A (obviously) and it's called "Apples to Apples," featuring Klaine as kids. I hope you enjoy!

Apples to Apples

"How about 'Apples to Apples?'" The boy suggested. He looked around at his friends' excited faces as they all agreed eagerly.

"Yeah!" One girl with pigtails exclaimed. "My daddy plays this game with me all the time."

The group of third-graders gathered around the table with their legs dangling above the floor from their seats. They all leaned over the table top as Blaine set up the cards, separating the green ones from the red ones.

Blaine peered down over his vibrant, yellow and blue striped bow-tie. His naturally curly dark hair was locked in a gel prison, desperate to be free. Before the young boy could get very far in setting up the game, he noticed an unfamiliar face standing by the entrance to the elementary school's dimly lit cafeteria.

Now, there were several things that were odd about this situation to Blaine. One, he didn't even recognize this boy. Which, made absolutely no sense because Blaine knew everyone at After-School Care (ASC, for short). Two, the boy appeared to be Blaine's age, but he seemed nervous as he looked around the large room, unsure of what to make of the boisterous kids and teachers that were way too busy with the kindergarteners.

And three, Blaine had never seen any boy like this one before. Not his sparkling blue eyes that could be seen even from where Blaine was across the room. Not the light brown hair, that looked really soft. And he meant, seriously. Soft. It looked as soft of Blaine's mommy's hair. Even though Beautiful Mystery Boy wasn't smiling - he was too nervous to be smiling - Blaine felt happier just with him in the room.

"I'll be right back, everyone!" Blaine declared as he got up and rushed over to Beautiful Mystery Boy. His friends groaned in protest, but he ignored them when he approached the brown-haired, blue-eyed wonder.

Okay, Blaine. Remember what Mommy says: talk slowly.

"Hi!" Blaine said (well, screamed) cheerfully. "Are you new to ASC? Do you wanna sit with me and my friends? We're playing a game! It's really fun and I can teach you and wait- are you new because I've never seen you and usually I see people. Did you know your eyes are the most sparkly blue which is weird- but wait! Good, weird. Like, they're really pretty."

So much for that.

"Um. I don't... I should-" This new boy who Blaine was attempting to befriend looked so overwhelmed he was close to tears. Blaine opted for a more comforting approach:

"I'm Blaine. What's your name?"

"Kurt," Blaine's new friend - Kurt - responded. He was still timid, but there was now a hint of friendliness in his eyes reassuring Blaine that he hadn't scared his new friend too much.

"So," Blaine rocked back and forth on his heels, "Do you wanna play 'Apples to Apples?'"

Kurt's eyes brightened tremendously. He meant to reject the offer, because while Blaine seemed and sounded and looked very friendly, there was a big group of people he was gesturing to. Kurt never did very well with big groups of kids. The little boys wouldn't let him play with them for being "too girly" and he was afraid that if he only spent time with girls, he would get more made fun of. But 'Apples to Apples' was Kurt's all-time favorite game, and he could hardly take his eyes away from Blaine's blinding smile and puppy-dog eyes as he pleaded with Kurt for him to join the game.