I Hate to Eat Alone

Kurt bit his lip and then let out a sigh, he had finally made it away from the other guys. He liked them but he was exhausted after the meeting. He made his way up the stairs to where the dorms were located and then down the long hallway, 140, 142, Kurt these are evens yours is odd, Kurt went to the other side of the hallway and glanced at the gold plate stuck on the doors, 141, 143, 145...this is it...Kurt came to a halt in front of the door that led to his new abode. He slowly pulled out the key that he had been given when he had been assigned housing here, his things had been brought up for him earlier and left inside, he hope none of it was ruined. Kurt inserted the key and unlocked the door, he was wondering if Blaine was in there.

Blaine jumped slightly not used to the sound of someone entering his room, but then he reminded himself that he had a new roommate, his name is Kurt...and it was probably just him.  He went back to reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; he really hoped he could finish it this weekend.

Kurt opened the door and stepped in side-stepping Blaine's school bag that had been discarded in front of the door. He looked around the room; it was a nice size, bigger than what he had been expecting. The walls were a cream color and the carpet was a medium gray in color and felt soft under his feet. On each side of the room was a bed, one hadn't been made up yet the sheets and comforter were folded and lay on it. Each bed had shelves on the walls around them and a nightstand beside them with a lamp. In between the beds was a window and had a window seat in it with navy blue cushions, this was where Blaine was laying, he wasn't wearing his uniform anymore instead he was wearing maroon color pants, that Kurt couldn't help but notice, fit his body snuggly in all the right places, and a white shirt that was made of a thin fabric and showed off the shape of his torso. He was reading the same book that he had been down in the common room; Kurt wasn't sure what it was because he hadn't seen the title.

Kurt walked further into the room and walked over to his bed, Blaine hadn't looked up from his book to acknowledge that he was even there. Kurt sat down on the bed and glanced around the rest of the room. At the end of each bed were wooden trunks, and standing against the wall were wardrobe closets with dresser draws in the bottom section of them. Kurt really was glad that he didn't have to have his entire wardrobe here he didn't think it would fit. Just off the door that came into the room was another door, which was open. Kurt was glad they had their own bathroom. Beside the bathroom door was a larger wooden desk with chair, Kurt could tell they were meant to share this. The atmosphere wasn't that bad but Kurt didn't like how quiet it was. "What's the book you're reading?" He asked smiling at Blaine when he finally looked up from the book.

Blaine looked at him for a while before he made any movement at all. He sighed and then sat his book down closing his eyes. "It's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain..."

"I think I've read it. Are you okay?" Kurt noticed that Blaine had his face scrunched up.

Blaine nodded. "Just my eyes are bothering me and a slight headache..." Blaine opened his eyes and found Kurt staring at him. "Umm...how do you like it here so far?"

Kurt shrugged pulling his bags to him and unzipping the first one, "I don't really know yet, till I have classes..." He declared and then starting to empty the contents slowly, he pulled out a few picture frames and then climbed up on the bed on his knees and placed them out on the shelf. He could sense Blaine watching him and smiled.

Blaine nodded at him when he sat back down on the bed, "Do you want any help unpacking?"

Kurt raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Really, you would help me?"

Blaine nodded, "Yeah I'm not a dick..."

Kurt had a feeling he was talking about someone in particular but wasn't sure who exactly. Kurt smiled, "Thanks would be great...and for the record I never thought you were a dick..."

Blaine smiled back a little and then marked his place in his book, and then got to his feet which were bare. Kurt smiled at him again. They worked in silence for a while, not really knowing what to say to each other. Kurt was working on putting his clothes away in the closet while Blaine was making Kurt's bed for him. Kurt noticed that the comforter was navy blue in color and the sheets were white. He silently hoped they were a good thread count. Kurt made his way to the bathroom carrying his bag of skin care products, shampoo's and all his other essential things. He could tell Blaine was watching him again, but what he wasn't aware of was that Blaine had followed him to the bathroom door.

"You can have the left side if you want..." Blaine quickly stepped up to the sink and started moving all his things to one side of it. "All those draws are empty..." He motioned to the three on the left side. Blaine was suddenly glad that he always kept things neat in the room and bathroom it would have been embarrassing if it had been a mess. Kurt looked like he was a neat person. After Kurt gave him a smile he started putting away his things. Blaine stood watching him in silence. Kurt sure had more stuff that he did.

"Don't judge me!" Kurt let out a nervous laughed looking up at Blaine. Blaine put his hands up in a surrendering posture and shook his head. Kurt smiled at him.

When they were both done putting Kurt's things away they sat down on their own beds and Kurt shoved his bags under his bed. "So..." Kurt really wanted to talk to Blaine but wasn't sure if he wanted to talk to him. Kurt felt Blaine eyes on him again. Kurt kept his eyes adverted because he knew if he didn't he would be staring at Blaine the whole time. "The guys told me you don't like being around people..." Kurt finally looked up at him.

Blaine bit his lip and narrowed his eyes slightly. "Some people more than others..."

Kurt sighed slightly, "I hope you can stand being around me because it will suck if you can't since we're roommates..."

Blaine nodded. "I guess I'm stuck with you!" He pulled his legs up and wrapped his arms around them, placing his chin on his knees. He was still watching Kurt. Blaine had never seen a boy like him before, he had chestnut brown hair that was styled perfectly, he had almost perfect skin, Blaine guessed that was from all the skin care products that he used and his eyes were an incredible blue color. Kurt smiled at him. "Well more like you're stuck with me... I'm told I'm not that fun to be around..."

Kurt was just about to say something back to Blaine when his cell phone started to ring, bursting out It's All Over from the movie Dreamgirls, he knew who it was before he even picked up.

"How's it going? Have you made any friends yet? Is everyone nice? How cute are the boys?"

Kurt let out a breathy laugh. "Hey Cedes, everything's great. I just got done unpacking, I don't know if I've made any friends yet, they all seem pretty nice, there are a few I'm not so sure about, and they are very..." Kurt didn't finish his sentence.

"Wow I thought you would be unpacking all night..." Mercedes Jones, Kurt's best friend laughed. "So you aren't really having any problems then?"

"Haha..." Kurt couldn't help the roll of the eyes. "No, no problems..."

" That's good do you have a roommate, if so is he cute..."

Kurt really hoped that Blaine couldn't hear Mercedes. "Yes, and very..."

"Oh he is right there isn't he..."

"Yes..." Kurt smiled at Blaine.

There was a pause and Kurt knew what she was going to say before she asked it, "Is he gay?"

Kurt sighed, "Yes...but it doesn't matter..."

"Why doesn't it matter?" Mercedes was confused.

"Cedes it's a long story, I'll tell you about it later okay?"

"Okay, when he's not around right?"

"Yeah, have a good weekend. Say hi to everyone for me...byes...love you too!" Kurt hung up the phone and looked over at Blaine he was still watching him. "Sorry about that," Kurt apologized, "My best friend likes the idea of me going to a school that's all boy's."

Blaine chuckled. "I would think most girls would..." Blaine got up off his bed and then walked over to the window seat and picked up his book. He brought it back to the bed with him and then sat it down on the nightstand. He glanced at the clock. "Dinner is being served if you're hungry."

"Oh good I'm actually really hungry, because I missed lunch today. I was so nervous before I came here..." As if on cue Kurt felt his stomach growl. "Are you going to show me the way?"

Blaine nodded and slipped on his shoes. "I'm hungry too..." Blaine walked over to his closet and grabbed out a black buttoned cardigan sweater and slipped it on. He picked up his cell phone and key and then stuck then into his pocket. "Shall we..." He walked over to the door and opened it letting Kurt go first.

They made their way down the semi empty hall. Kurt was trying to keep his distance from Blaine but not so much that Blaine was conscious of what he was doing. Kurt was lost in thought, and his thoughts were mostly about the boy walking beside him. He wondered if Blaine would mind him asking questions. "So how old are you?"

Blaine turned his gaze on Kurt as they made their way down the stairs. "I'm fifteen...and you?"

Kurt was shocked he expected Blaine to be older than that. "I'm seventeen..." Kurt smiled when Blaine gave him a lopsided smile. "I'm a junior."

Blaine nodded at him. "I'm a sophomore."

"And it looks like you have quiet the fan club..." Kurt remembered the boys in the common room and Trent. He glanced behind them and noticed a medium sized group following them. They were all whispering to each other. "Are they part of your fan club?"

Blaine turned his head to look at the boys. They all stopped whispering and all looked a little nervous. Blaine looked back at Kurt and shook his head.

"Why are they following us like that then?" Kurt looked back at them and noticed that these boys all looked older than the ones earlier. Blaine was biting his bottom lip again. "What?" Kurt stopped walking and turned so he was facing the group of schoolboys. He couldn't help the snarky tone that was in his voice. Blaine had stopped walking beside him but he wasn't looking at the guys.

"You're new here right?" One of the boys stepped forward and smiled at Kurt.

"What gave it away?" Kurt thought he heard Blaine laugh.

"That we've never seen you before..." The same one said. "Hi, I'm Everett..." He held his hand out to Kurt.

Kurt hesitated for a minute and then shook his hand. Kurt couldn't help but notice that Blaine wouldn't look at the guys. "Nice to meet you, I'm Kurt."

Everett gave him and huge smile his bright white teeth shining. "Nice to meet you too Kurt..." Everett turned his attention to the other guys and they stepped up beside Kurt and him, slightly shuffling Blaine out of the way.

Blaine sighed he wondered if he should just leave Kurt or if he should wait for the guys to leave. He decided it wouldn't be very nice of him to leave Kurt to find his own way. So he stood listening.

"Hi, I'm Tom..."

"Hi, I'm Shawn..."

"Hi, I'm Mark..."

"Hi, I'm Louis..."

Kurt tried to remember their names as they introduced themselves but he wasn't really good with names. He said hello to all of them, he was feeling a little nervous because he wasn't used to this much attention, well not good attention anyways.

"So we are all on the school newspaper, The Daily Blazer, and we would like to do an article on you." Everett said with a smile on his face.

Kurt was shocked, he didn't know why they would want to do an article on him surely he wasn't the only new student. Kurt noticed one of the guys named Shawn raise a camera that he had around his neck and he put his hand up. "Why do you want to do a piece on me?"

"Well, we heard that you had your reasons for wanting to come to Dalton because of its no bullying policies and we wanted to know your story." Everett smiled at him again.

Kurt wondered if this was why Blaine seemed to not like these guys. He wondered if they did the same thing to Blaine when he came back at the beginning of the year, obliviously acting different. Kurt frown, "Sorry I don't talk to the press..." Kurt made his way out of the crowd of news hungry guys. "And sorry I eat alone..." He said when he noticed them following him. He glanced at Blaine who was now walking beside him not saying anything. To Kurt's relief, Everett and the others weren't following them, but they did look a little put out. "You know the last parts a lie..." He said to Blaine once they were alone again.

Blaine looked up at him. "What do you mean?"

"I hate to eat alone!" Kurt smiled at him.

Blaine just nodded at him.

When they entered the cafeteria Kurt saw Trent waving at him with a huge smile on his face. Kurt assumed that was the Warbler's table. Kurt waved back at Trent and saw Nick and Thad both wave at him too. Kurt followed Blaine quietly. He looked over the food as Blaine came to a stop and picked up a tray and plate. They were serving, grilled chicken, mashed potatoes, and peas with gravy and dinner rolls. It smelt really good. Kurt watched as Blaine picked up a plate that had a piece of chocolate cake on it. Kurt smiled, he figured he wouldn't tease Blaine about the amount of calories that were in it yet, he didn't know him well enough.

"Kurt, sit here..." Trent said smiling at him.

Kurt watched as Blaine sat down in between two older boys and then gave him a small smile. Kurt returned the smile and then sat down beside Trent. "Who are they?" Kurt asked looking in the direction of Blaine.

"Oh...The dark handsome one is David Thompson he's the same year as you and Thad. The other one is Wesley Montgomery, he's a senior and he, David and Thad are the council for the Warbler's, and they make all the decisions and stuff..." Trent said brightly.

  "Council?" Kurt didn't know what he meant.

"Oh yeah we don't have a teacher advisor for glee, every year we elect who is going to be on the council and they run it..." Trent told him smiling a huge smile at him.

"Wow, that's different..." Kurt smiled back at him. "So can anyone try out for The Warblers?"

"Yes as long as you can sing..." Trent looked amused.

"I'm not too bad..." Kurt smiled, he knew he was great at singing but didn't want to brag about it.

"You should try out then!"

Kurt liked Trent's bright personality, it was nice compared to what he was used to. Kurt nodded at him and then started eating. The food was really good. Kurt found himself watching Blaine a lot throughout dinner. One thing Kurt was glad of was that Sebastian wasn't sitting near him. When Kurt was done eating he and Trent got up and made their way to dump their trays, Kurt smiled when he saw Blaine was doing the same.

Most of the way back to their dorm was quiet and Kurt couldn't help but wonder if this was because Trent was walking with them, he seemed really shy around Blaine. Trent said goodnight to both of them and then headed for his room.

Blaine took out his key and unlocked the door letting Kurt go in first. "What do you think of the Warblers?" Blaine asked as he toed off his shoes and pushed them under his bed.

"Well the ones I've met are...well most of them are awesome, this Sebastian I'm not so sure about..." Kurt stopped talking when he heard Blaine snort. "You don't like him do you?"

"No..." Blaine started biting his bottom lip again. "He's always...making comments about my body or how good I look...it makes me nervous..." Blaine didn't know why he just told Kurt this. He usually didn't share anything like that with anyone.

"Are you shy about your body?" Kurt dared to ask. Blaine nodded at him. "I am too..." Kurt admitted.

Blaine was shocked by this, what little he did know about Kurt he didn't think he was shy about anything. "Really?"

Kurt laughed. "Yep..." Kurt knew what Blaine was thinking. "I know I don't look like I'm shy..."

"No you don't, you look like you own everything about yourself." Blaine couldn't believe he was talking so much to Kurt, he hadn't felt this comfortable with someone in a really long time. "If you don't mind me asking, you are gay right?"

Kurt couldn't help the smirk that came onto his face. "Yes I am, you couldn't tell by my voice?"

"I don't judge remember?" Blaine actually liked Kurt's voice.

"Or was it my clothes that gave me away?" Kurt chuckled.

"Your clothes are really cool, I take it you like fashion?" Blaine found it really easy to talk to Kurt and he actually enjoyed it.

"Thank-you, yes I love fashion and Broadway musicals..." Kurt blushed slightly.

"I love Broadway too." Blaine gave him another tiny smile.

They settled into a comfortable conversation about their favorite plays. Kurt slowly realized that Blaine was the first guy that he has ever had this much in common with. They liked a lot of the same things. Kurt also found out that Blaine really loved everything Harry Potter. He thought it was cute. Kurt yawned and then stood up and stretched. He knew he needed to get to his nightly skin regimen before it got too late. He didn't know what Blaine's nightly custom was like. "Umm, do you shower in the morning or night?" Kurt couldn't help the blush that spread across his pale cheeks, he was trying his hardest not to picture Blaine in the shower.

"I usually do everything a night, what about you?" Blaine realized they were going to have to work with each other to make sure they both had plenty of time to do everything.

"Depends on the happenings of the day, but I usually do take a shower at night and then my skincare routine..." He hoped Blaine didn't find this weird.

"You want to go first or you want me too?" Blaine asked he wasn't sure which would work best.

"You probably take less time than I do so why don't you go ahead and go first." Kurt smiled at him and made his way over to his closet.

"Okay..." Blaine did the same he pulled out a pair of pajama pants and a t-shirt. He could feel Kurt watching him. He was used to people watching him all the time, he had a lot of boys that would check him out, but he always felt nervous or even scared when he thought about it too much, so why didn't he feel that way with Kurt. "I'll be quick..." Blaine sighed when he walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind him. He leaned against the door and felt the tears as they started to roll down his cheeks. He didn't think he would ever feel this way about another boy again and it actually scared him that he was feeling it. Kurt would never want him.

Blaine wiped the tears away with the back of his hand and then started stripping out of his clothes. He adjusted the water and stepped under, the steam felt really soothing. He stepped out of the shower a few minutes later and then dried off and slid on his pajama pants and t-shirt. He hoped he hadn't taken too long. "Sorry if I took too long." Blaine was toweling his curly hair as he stepped out of the now steamy bathroom.

"Wow..." Kurt loved Blaine's hair. The curls were so shiny in there wet state and they looked really soft.

"What?" Blaine wasn't sure what the wow was for.

"I love your hair!" Kurt wasn't ashamed to admit it.

Blaine let out a nervous chuckle. "Oh, thanks..."

"You're very welcome." Kurt gave him the biggest smile he could muster and then picked up his pajama bottoms and top and then crossed the room stopping in front of Blaine. Kurt couldn't resist the urge he reached up and ran his fingers through Blaine's curls. Kurt watched as Blaine closed his eyes and seemed like he was holding his breath. "Oh I'm sorry, I shouldn't have touched you!" Kurt felt like slapping himself, how could he have been so stupid. He watched as Blaine parted his lips, god his lips are perfect, and let out a breath.

Blaine slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Kurt. Blaine hadn't realized how tall Kurt was before. "You..." Blaine snapped his mouth closed.

Kurt tilted his head at him. "What were you going to say?" Blaine just shook his head and then walked around Kurt and then climbed on his bed. Kurt sighed and then finished walking into the bathroom. He took a quick shower and then went about with his skin care. This part always took the longest amount of time. When he was done he opened the door and shut off the light. Blaine was already under the covers in his bed but his eyes were open and were now looking at Kurt. Kurt didn't say anything as he climbed into bed and got comfortable.

Blaine couldn't help but watch Kurt he was really cute. He wondered if Kurt had ever had a boyfriend before. He closed his eyes when he heard Kurt's bed creak he opened them again.

"Goodnight, Blaine Anderson..." Kurt gave him a smile and then clicked his light off.

"Night, Kurt Hummel..." Blaine did the same casting the room into complete darkness...