Lol this is for our awkward conversation Kitty
It was surprisingly easy to avoid Kitty at the mansion. Kurt had a lot of practice at it. Just when they'd finally buried the hatchet, something else came between them and it seemed infinitely worse. He'd rather her be angry at him than embarrassed and what had happened the night of Wicked's birthday was most definitely embarrassing for both of them. He knew he needed to talk to her about it but he hadn't got up the nerve.
Here though, in a small gathering where he couldn't avoid her (he realized halfway through the ceremony that he'd been staring at her the whole time), it would be obvious if he were openly avoiding her. He didn't think Rogue had noticed yet, otherwise he probably would've had an earful, but it would definitely be noticeable here if he went the entire night without even speaking to her. He downed a few drinks from the bar (liquid courage, even if it was what had got them in trouble in the first place) and approached Kitty as the music began to play and people went out to the dance floor.
"Kitty," he greeted her with as big a smile as he could muster. Try not to look ashamed, act like nothing's wrong. "Care to try a dance sober?" Well, relatively, in his case.