Nick, Lucas and Mathew were sitting by the kitchen table, drinking coffee and eating their breakfast, when Wes came in.

“Good morning. Didn`t expect you to be up so early…”

“Early? It`s ten. I`m surprised Blaine is not here since he is always the first up.” Mathew said and went back to his coffee, completely missing Wes` strange expression. Unlike Nick.

“Wes, is something wrong?”

“No, nothing…”

Lucas finished eating and cleaned up his plate and mug.

“I`m going out. I think Blaine went for a walk. He`ll be back soon.”

“His bed was made when I got up, he probably didn`t want to wake us up.” Nick said to no one particular, watching Wes and his weird behavior.

“Wes, why is the door locked? If Blaine was out, they should be opened…” Lucas shouted and Wes knew situation from two months ago was going to be repeated.

“Keys are in a bowl next to a plant.” He sat on a chair, preparing himself for another drama.

“Wes, what`s wrong?” This time Mathew noticed something was out of place.

“What do you know about Blaine`s sleeping arrangements?” Nick asked him without hesitation.

“Damn you, Nick. Why do you think I know something?”

“Because we are friends since we were fourteen. So, spill it.” 

“I found Blaine going to Kurt`s room at night…” Wes murmured, but Mathew and Nick heard him very well.

“Wow…Wouldn`t suppose that.” Nick was truly surprised. He honestly thought Blaine had woken up before him, made his bed and left.

“Hi, guys.” Cheerful voice greeted them. Speak of the devil…Blaine poured some coffee and joined them by the table with wide smile on his face.

“Oh, my God! You were inappropriate in my house!” Wes screamed and Blaine choked on his coffee. After he got his coughing under control, he tried to defend himself.

“What?! Are you crazy?” Nick started to laugh, Mathew following the manner, Wes just shook his head.

“Come on, Blaine. We know, you weren`t sleeping in your bed, nor you were sleeping in my or Wes` room.” Blaine looked at Mathew. He didn`t seem to be pissed off. Maybe it`s safe to tell the truth. Or a half truth.

“Okay. I was sleeping with Kurt. And I mean sleeping as a sleeping. No funny business in the bed.” Just in the shower, he added to himself.

“I don`t believe you. You certainly look as someone, who got laid at night…” Blaine didn`t respond to that and focused on his breakfast. Meanwhile Kurt was observing the whole conversation from the kitchen door, getting a devilish idea. Revenge is sweet. He entered the kitchen with smirk on his face.

“Good morning.”

“Oh, Kurt. Did you have sex with Blaine last night?” Mathew asked him boldly, taking him aback. Of course, Mathew wouldn`t let it go. It would be out of his character. Kurt thought, but didn`t change his plan.

“Define sex.”

“What?”

“You`re a perv, lately. I don`t know, what do you consider for sex…”

“One of you inside the other one?” Kurt grinned.

“In that case, no. We didn`t have sex.” He sent Mathew a wink, sidled to Blaine, kissed his temple and whispered to his ear: “Good morning, Honey.” Blaine choked on his coffee the second time that morning.

“I`m lost.” Nick said. “Could someone explain to me what happened?” Kurt would like to continue in his little game, confusing Blaine and Mathew little more, but Nick and Wes didn`t deserve to be fooled.

“Nothing. I`m kidding. But your faces were hilarious.”        

They had a really good time during the day. Every one of them needed to relax and forget about work or life in general and they achieved the goal. At about midnight, they were slowly drifting to sleep in the basement, so they decided to go to bed. Blaine automatically followed Kurt, but Nick stopped him.

“Where do you think you are going?”

“I have my sweatpants in there…” He didn`t tell, he had been sleeping without them last night. Nick didn`t have to know everything.

“So I`m sleeping alone in our room once again. You`re no fun, Blaine. We could play twenty questions. We used to do that back in school…” Nick pouted, his inner child getting on the surface as usual after a few shots of tequila.

“Next time, I promise.” The moment he closed the door, Kurt`s lips attacked him.

“Kurt, wait…” Blaine released himself from Kurt`s grip.

“We can`t do that. Wes is already suspecting something…” Kurt blushed and bit his upper lip, Blaine immediately refused his words.

“I`m sorry. I didn`t think, it would be a problem…I mean, we already did something yesterday so...doesn`t matter. Maybe you should go play twenty questions with Nick.” Kurt was standing by the bed, his back to Blaine, afraid of looking at him from embarrassment. Blaine took off his shirt and pants and went to the bathroom. He stopped at the entrance.

“I`m going to take a shower. It would be nice if you come and wash my back like yesterday.” Kurt turned around, not ready for seeing Blaine only in his boxers, leaning to the doorframe with wide grin.

“Is this some kind of vengeance for this morning?” Kurt asked him, uncertain about what he should do right now. For sure, he couldn`t handle receiving another rejection this evening. Not from Blaine, with his toned body, beautiful face and amazing personality that made him weak in his knees by one look. Blaine`s features softened. He knew, he had sent mixed signals by telling they couldn`t do anything and then inviting him to the shower. But he had changed his mind as soon as he`d realized this might be the last chance to be intimate with Kurt. He slowly came to Kurt, placed a sweet kiss to his cheek and started to unbutton his sweater.

“No. This is me wanting you no matter what Wes or guys would think in the morning.” Kurt helped Blaine undressed his clothes, taking things as slow as possible, exploring every inch of each other`s body with their fingertips and lips and finally getting to the shower, repeating actions from previous night.

They decided going back home at noon the next day. Kurt went with Lucas and Nick while Blaine sat to Mathew`s car. After five minutes to the road, Kurt received a text.

Miss you already. Wanna come over tonight? – B

Miss you, too. Can`t come, promised Leah to hang out with her. – K

I have to wait till tomorrow, then. See you in the bar. Your last pool Monday with us :-( - B

It will be the best pool Monday, we`ve ever had. Don`t be sad. – K

“Kurt, can I ask you something?”

“Of course, Nick. What`s up?”

“Is there a possibility you will be with Blaine some day?”

“I don`t know.” Nick exchanged concerned looks with Lucas. When Lucas nodded, Nick continued.

“We know something happened between you and Blaine this weekend. We saw how you two were together. You were more touchy-feely than usual, more relaxed around each other…You were practically acting like couple minus PDA. I love you both, but it seems to me that there are going to be at least one of you hurt in the end. If you don`t want to be with him, don`t give him a wrong impression. He`s been through a lot in his life and he is trying to deal with everything, you know that and he needs you. If you screw things up because of some sort of fooling around, it would be hard to get him back on his track. You are a strong person, Kurt. I know, it`s not easy for you either. But Blaine is really vulnerable right now and if you are not together, you should forget about stolen looks and touches under the table. Return to pure friendship you used to have before all this mess that was created first time we came visit Wes.” Kurt closed his eyes. He was aware of truthfulness of Nick`s words. He couldn`t have Blaine the way he would like to and he was jeopardizing their friendship with his behavior.

“I can`t promise anything, but I`ll try to be just his friend. I have no intention of hurting him. He deserves the best. He`ll get there, Nick. I know, you`re worried about him, but he`ll find his way to happiness. I believe in him more than I believe in me.”

“I don`t want you to get hurt either, Kurt. You`ve decided not to try long distance relationship and although in our opinion you should try it, we accept it.”

“Thanks.”         

Something was wrong with Kurt although Blaine didn`t realize it until now. The pool Monday really had been the best they`d ever had. Tuesday evening Kurt had spent with Leah and girls, but when he had come home, he had called Blaine and they had been on the phone for another hour. On Wednesday night they had been hanging out at Leah`s apartment, because Kurt had needed to finish packing and guys had been more than happy to help him. There had been a lots of tears on Leah`s and Kurt`s side as Leah had been leaving for a business trip early in the morning and they had had to say goodbye. Thursday had found them at the bar again, drinking and getting wasted. Kurt had crashed on Blaine`s couch unable to move to his bed, so Blaine had covered him with a blanket and gone to sleep. When Kurt had woken up, Blaine hadn`t been there. He had returned to Leah`s apartment, checked whether all his box had been signed properly, then taken his suitcase and left for Blaine`s apartment. They had agreed he would spend his last night at Pittsburgh there instead of his empty room.

So, here they were, sitting in Blaine`s living room in complete silence, Kurt on the other side of the couch as Blaine.

“Kurt?”

“Hm?”

“Did I do something wrong?” The question brought Kurt out of his thoughts.

“What? No. Why would you think that?”

“You are quite. We barely talk since I came home from work. You can`t be sitting further from me in this room. If there wasn`t a wall between living room and kitchen you would probably be by the table there right now. You`re distant. We got pretty close in last two weeks, almost closest two people could ever get and you are acting like nothing of that happened.”

Kurt didn`t dare to look at Blaine. He knew he would break down if he did. He wasn`t able to stand seeing Blaine upset, with kicked-puppy expression. He seriously could get it patented. It was irresistible. So he fixed his glance on a wall in front of him and with Nick`s words in his mind he spoke.

“I`m sorry, Blaine. I know we were close…I mean, we still are close, but we used to be more physically closed in last couple of days than we probably should have been…I made a mistake. I should have listened to you when you were talking about friendship rules. We crossed the friendship edge. We`ve gone too far…”

“Do you regret it?” Blaine asked in a small voice. That was it. It was what Kurt was trying to say, but probably was too afraid of being forward. It was too good to be true. Blaine felt sick. Something that meant a world to him was just a mistake for Kurt.

“I don`t.” Kurt still kept his gaze to the wall. “Nothing of it. But it…” His voice cracked.

“It`s just so fucking hard to leave you now!” Blaine`s first instinct was to hug Kurt and hold him tight, but was he allowed to do that? He stayed frozen to his spot and waited what would happen next.

“I`m excited to go to New York, start something new. But there is this one doubt I can`t get rid of. What if my dreams are not there? What if I`m gonna regret going to New York and leaving you behind? What if I don`t like it there?”

“Kurt, you have six months to figure it out. If you find out that you aren`t happy there, I will come to help you pack your things so you could move wherever you want.” Kurt finally let his eyes leave the wall and look at Blaine.

“What if it`s too late?” He didn`t say late for what, but Blaine somehow knew he was referring to their relationship.

“What if you don`t want to go back…” Blaine said and by the Kurt`s frowning he could tell he didn`t believe him. So he decided to use Kurt`s own words against him.

“If you don`t try, you`ll never know.” Kurt laughed and tension between them eased a little.

“Let`s forget about serious stuff, okay? We can have this conversation via phone or skype. We should enjoy our last evening. I`m gonna make popcorn, you chose a good comedy.” Blaine ordered and disappeared in the kitchen. He sat on a stool and put his head to his hands. He needed to calm down. Kurt was losing his cool and it was Blaine`s job to be strong for them. There would be time for sadness and hopelessness tomorrow after Kurt`s departure.

Against Kurt`s better judgment, they spent their last night together with their arms wrapped around each other, however this time fully clothed.

“Let us know as you get there.” Lucas told Kurt, when they were saying their goodbye on the airport. Kurt hugged him, Nick and Mathew, promised to call them and repeated he would miss them several times.

“Blaine, we`ll be in a car.” Nick patted his friend on a shoulder and with one last wave to Kurt he followed Mathew and Lucas out of an airport hall.

“Take care of yourself.” Blaine took Kurt`s hands and laced their fingers. Kurt rewarded him with smile, his eyes glassy.

“You too. You have some unresolved issues…I`m yours Rachel Berry, don`t forget.” Blaine laughed and tugged him closer.

“I told my mum I`m coming to Dad`s birthday next month.”

“You did?” Kurt was surprised and so proud of Blaine. They`d been talking about it a lot, but Kurt hadn`t pressured Blaine to go.

“Actually, I woke up today and I sent her a text. Kind of impulsive.”

“It`s gonna be alright. You`ll see. Call me whenever you need.”

“I will. It applies to you as well, right?” By this time tears filled their eyes and none of them was able to speak anymore. They hugged and stayed like that till voice announcing Kurt`s flight echoed the hall. Kurt took his suitcase, one last look and smile at Blaine and he was gone. Blaine wiped his tears, turned around and hurried to the parking lot where guys were waiting for him.

“Are you okay?” Mathew asked him, when he got to the car. Blaine just nodded, not trusting his voice quite yet. Lucas started talking about some sport event he was about to attend on Sunday, Mathew and Nick joined conversation and Blaine was once again grateful he had such great, understanding friends.

“Kurt!” He heard a scream. 

“Kurt! Here! Kurt!” He couldn`t see an owner of that voice, but he knew exactly, where Rachel was standing. He rushed to her, opening his arms in a process. She ran and threw himself on him.

“Oh my God, I`m so happy you`re here! There is so much we need to do today. First we are getting coffee in the best coffee shop, I know. It`s five minutes from our apartment, how convenient, right? And then you can unpack and rest for a while. At four I have to go to work, but you`re coming with me. I take you to backstage and you have a seat reserved in a front row so you could see me perform. I know it`s not a big role, but my director says I`m really good. I still want to know your opinion though. I…”

“Rachel, wait.” Kurt stopped her, laughing. “You`re suffocating me. Let me go, please.” Rachel made a few step back from Kurt`s embrace.

“Sorry. Got a little carried away. It`s nice to have an old friend here.”

“I could use a cup of coffee. Lead the way and you can tell me about everything you wanted to tell me when you were hanging on my neck.” Rachel immediately continued talking and Kurt was glad she took his thoughts from Blaine for now.