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[Kurt arrived none too gently in the middle of the night, lying in front of the fountain. His head was dizzy, but when he finally came to, he realized people were walking by him without so much as looking at him, despite his current state. He realized it was night time, but he was still stunned that they didn't seem to notice him. It was only when he waved his own hand in front of his face and realized he could barely see it that he became suspicious. After moving into the light, it was almost as if he was not stepping from the shadows, but front a literal blanket of darkness. It was almost as if the darkness made him completely invisible.

After making his way to the roof, he realized that everything around him was so much clearer. It wasn't quite like daylight, but he could see even into the dark alleyways with almost perfect clarity. Whatever the Malnosso did to him, it was weird. He makes his way home that night, not realizing an even bigger surprise is waiting for him.]

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[The next day when Kurt goes out, he does so with a pair of sunglasses on, in order to cover his now glowing eyes. He avoids the Brigade meeting on purpose (and will be doing so for awhile), instead settling for the mundane task of a quick trip to the grocery store. He's trying to avoid being spotted, so most of his travel will be done by roof top. For the sake of his friends though, he does leave a voice post. He's still wearing his sunglasses for that.]

Hey everyone, it's Kurt. Looks like I'm back. I'm just ahhh... a little under the weather, yeah? I'll be back to normal in no time.

[At least, he hopes he will.]

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[He just shakes his head. As much as he'd like to believe it...]

It might not be like that. I mean... sometimes for mutants, we don't just change the first time we gain our powers. Sometimes we keep changing. Maybe the Malnosso just made all of this happen earlier than it was supposed to.

[Slag. That isn't something she can argue with - she doesn't know enough about mutations or how they work to really try and counter that argument. Still, it's not as if she's just going to give up on trying to help or at least being comforting.

So, what the hell. She'll be bold and reach out to cup the side of his face with her hand.]

Well... Permanent or not, you're still you, right?

An freakier me, maybe. [He sighs, but he looks down at the watch.] At least I can hide it.

[Melanie isn't sure what to say in response to the hiding comment. It would be hypocritical for her to say he shouldn't use it when she was using it just weeks before, but she still can't help but think that he shouldn't need to hide himself. However, it isn't difficult to think of a response to that first thing.]

You're not a freak, Kurt.

Tell that to Bayville High.

[His response is a little more bitter than usual. It was something he'd been able to deal with before, but now it was all coming to the surface and this hurt. After messing with the watch he's pretty sure he's got his old image set up right. He slaps it on and turns it on. For a moment his eyes return to normal...]

[And then his image flickers and he's back to being the freaky Kurt.]

What!? Did it stop working?

[Melanie is about to say something about the people in Bayville High being a bunch of twips, but then the the image flickers and then Kurt is back to looking how he did before she gave the watch back. That... can't be good.]

Wait, maybe I could try to fix it. [While Kurt would obviously know how to program the watch to hold his own image, technology is a specialty of Melanie's. While she doesn't like the idea of Kurt feeling like he needs to hide himself, it's clear how important this is to him. Maybe she can figure out how to fix it. Hopefully.]

I hope so. [He'll hand it off to her. Unfortunately it's not the watch that's messed up, because the moment she's holding it, she's going to be the one looking like regular Kurt.]

Whoa... that's weird, now it's working.

[... And now she looks like Kurt. There's definitely something up.]

This doesn't make any sense. There's no reason for it to work for me and not you.

[He's bewildered at first. But besides the Malnosso just being jerkasses, he comes up with something of a theory.]

... or maybe it has to do with the other thing that happened to me. Holograms are just light, yeah? But now, whenever I'm in the shadows, it's like I just... disappear.

[That... actually sounds pretty cool, but that probably isn't what Kurt wants to hear right now.]

Yeah, I guess that would make sense. [That doesn't make it any better. She would fiddle with the watch, but... well, at this point it's pretty clear it won't do any good. She sighs and hands the watch back to Kurt.]

Sorry. [That he's stuck looking and feeling this way and that she can't actually help.]

I guess it's back to wearing the shades. [He sighs, but slips them back on.]

At least it's not that hard to hide. I mean... Scott manages to make it look cool, at least.

[You know what? Screw it. Melanie was hesitant before, but she's just not going to bother holding back. Does it make her a hypocrite? Yes, but it's never stopped her from speaking her mind before.]

... But you shouldn't have to hide it, Kurt. I know it can't be easy to have this happen, but constantly hiding isn't fair to yourself. I mean, what are you going to do if this is permanent? Just stick to wearing sunglasses for the rest of your life so nobody can see your eyes? [It doesn't sound very practical to her, really.]

Yes, your eyes are yellow now, but that doesn't make you some kind of monster - and neither does being blue, fuzzy, having a tail, or teleporting. [Sure it's easy to see why someone would look at him and think "monster", but that doesn't make it true, at least as far as she's concerned.]

[Suddenly being called out makes him hesitate. It's a lot of what Rogue was trying to convince him of earlier. Anne did too, in her own way. She's right. They're all right. It' just hard to accept it. Part of him wants to just agree with her, to make her feel better. Yet another part of him still is convinced that he's just a freak.

He really doesn't know what to say. He pulls the sunglasses off, but he ends up looking away, feeling all kinds of conflicted. Even if he does embrace this new part of himself, what will it even mean? He'll still be less human to everyone around him.]

[She sighs.]

Look, Kurt. I don't know what it was like back where you lived. I don't know if everyone though you were a monster or if only some people did, but the ones that did obviously spent their lives without having to deal with a real one - and trust me, I live in Gotham. We've got our fair share of monsters over there, but the thing is that I'm not in Gotham anymore, and you're not in Bayville. We're both in Luceti, and I know I'm not the only friend you've got here. I seriously doubt any of them think you're a monster, and I don't think they'd want you to hide yourself, either.

Maybe some people here have seen you and got scared, but that's their loss for being afraid and not bothering to get to know you.

I can't speak for everyone, but I know it's going to take a lot more than a change in eye colour to scare me away. [She offers him a smile, wanting to lighten the mood at least a little bit.] So, it looks like you're stuck with me.

[There's a lot she's saying there he can't deny. After all that, there really isn't left to argue in favor of being a 'freak'. Well. All except for one thing. He pulls off his sunglasses again, exposing those freaky eyes once more. This is a difficult question to ask. But really, it all comes down to this.]

I know you're right, Melanie. And I don't want to hide, even if it means scaring people. But be honest with me. Sure, having a fuzzy friend is pretty cool, but look at all of... this. [He gestures his hands inwardly at himself.] Some people think I like cool and that's not so bad. But how many people will ever thing of me as just another regular guy? What girl will ever look at me and not be grossed out at the thought of even kissing me?

[There was Amanda. One girl. She was special and unique ~~and sometimes creepy~~. What were the chances he'd ever find that again.]

[Thankfully, this question is one she can answer honestly without having to give Kurt another speech. What girl wouldn't be grossed out by the thought of kissing him? She certainly wouldn't.

So, Melanie moves forward and presses a soft kiss to Kurt's lips.]

[That was not the reaction he was expecting. He expected, at best, that she would assure him with the promise that someone would. But for her to actually demonstrate it like this...

For a brief moment it feels right and like nothing else matters. But when that moment is gone, he's left feeling stunned.]

I... Melanie? [Where did that come from?]

What? You asked a question, and I answered.[Get it, Kurt?]

[He sets a finger to his lips, as if he needed to confirm that really happened.]

It didn't bother you? [For all he knows, she did it just to prove a point. Maybe it didn't mean anything.]

Of course, it didn't.

Like I said, it's going to take more than that to scare me away. [She likes you, Kurt. Blue fuzz and all.]

[He's finally smiling. Not just for a moment and it's not forced. It's genuine.]

Then I hope I never scare you away.

[That smile is definitely something that Melanie is glad to see. Hopefully that'll be happening more often.]

You won't. That I can pretty much guarantee.

[It probably will. He's found something extremely rare (in his opinion) with Melanie. That's not something he'll be forgetting.]

When you kissed me, was it because of what I said... or because you wanted to?

I kissed you for both of those reasons, Kurt - but mostly because I wanted to. [And has wanted to for a while, now. The only reason she didn't was because she had massive fangs the last time she was with Kurt and... that would have made kissing pretty uncomfortable.]

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