Jeff paused to glance at his watch for the third time in as many minutes, a faint niggling of worry present in the back of his mind.
Practice had let out fifteen minutes ago. Jeff had only just begun to make his way off of the soccer field when a familiar shape had caught his eye. And, ignoring the curious looks from his teammates, he’d quickly excused himself with a grin and a gentle congratulations on a great practice to go and make his way over to Kurt.
The conversation had been brief, and slightly awkward. Kurt had done a marvelous job at not making too much eye contact and using language that solidified the fact that he was nervous about something into Jeff’s mind. So when Kurt had used all his false bravado to ask Jeff if he’d mind meeting up in another ten minutes up near his dorm, Jeff had agreed readily. After all, the two of them spent quite a bit of time together; they were friends. If something was bugging Kurt, he wanted to know. Especially because Kurt was one of those kids who never seemed to let anything phase him.
So, ten minutes later found Jeff waiting in the hallway, kicking at the floor with the toe of his shoe as casually as he could. He wasn’t nervous, per se, just a little concerned. Either his watch was a minute or two too fast (fully possible, it had gotten knocked around a lot during practice) or Kurt was late, and Kurt was never late. He hoped the kid was okay; all he could think about suddenly were the vague little concerns that Kurt often brought up when they were hanging out. He really hoped one of those small problems hadn’t grown into something worse than just an annoyance.