“Blaine, I’m waiting. We’re gonna be late.” Kurt shouted from the living room at his boyfriend who had disappeared in the music room fifteen minutes ago.

“It’s not like we haven’t seen it yet…” Blaine said coming to the room where Kurt was nervously pacing the floor.

“But it’s different now. It’s her opening night. She’s got the lead!”

“Jesus, I know, I’m happy for her and I know she will be great. She’s been in the production for a few years now. She just changed the parts…”

“Just changed the parts? Are you list…” Kurt finally turned around to face his boyfriend. “Blaine? Where did you find that?” A big smile spread across Blaine’s face.

“In the closet in the music room. Top shelf. Funny you are asking since you were the one putting it there without saying a word to me…”

“You can’t go to the theater dressed like this with a bowtie.” Kurt said firmly.

“Well, I’m planning on it.”

“Blaine Anderson! There is a reason I hid your bowties. You didn’t wear them either way.”

“I have an impressive collection, right? I used to wear them a lot when I was out of my Dalton uniform. There is a reason I have them Kurt. I might not be wearing them lately but having them still means if the opportunity appears, I will use them. The opportunity appeared when Rachel got the lead.”

“You can’t be serious!”

“What? You said several times I had a great taste for fashion…”

“I’m taking it back right now.” Kurt crossed his arms at his chest and leaned his back to the wall.

“Are you mad at me?” Blaine asked with a smirk. He really wasn’t about to go to the theater with a bowtie. It really didn’t go well with the outfit he was wearing. He just loved to tease his boyfriend.

“Are you going to take it off?”

“No”

“Then yes.” Blaine came closer to him and put his hands on Kurt’s hips.

“Please, don’t be mad at me…” He kissed Kurt lips lightly.

“Pretty, pretty please…” After several kisses from Blaine, Kurt couldn’t resist and started kissing him back. It was sweet and tender at first but soon it changed to heated and passionate. Kurt untied Blaine’s bowtie and threw it away, immediately working on unbuttoning Blaine’s shirt. He was on the third button when he realized Blaine was trying to unzip his pants and that if he actually managed to do that they wouldn’t be going anywhere tonight.

“Blaine, we need to go…” Blaine took a deep breath and rested his head on Kurt’s shoulder.

“I know.” He stepped away from Kurt and raised his hand to button up his shirt.

“No. Keep it this way. You look really hot like this.” Kurt said breathless.

“Okay…Although I would rather be wearing nothing right now…” Kurt handed him his coat and leaned to his ear.

“When we come back home, I let you wear that bowtie. Only the bowtie…” He whispered and Blaine groaned in respond.

“Are you trying to kill me?”

“You were the one who started making out, Blaine. I should be the one asking that question. Come on. We were supposed to be on our way five minutes ago.”

Kurt was sitting by the table watching his boyfriend. Rachel made them go to an after party but she didn’t have a chance to spend the time with them. Her opening night was a big success and everybody wanted to exchange a few words with her. Kurt didn’t mind. She deserved it. Blaine seemed to entertain himself too and Kurt was glad. He was a little tired but Blaine was deep in conversation with a man for almost half an hour. The man was somewhere around his fifties and whatever they were talking about, the issue was apparently important for both of them.

“I can see the appeal.” Rachel’s new colleague joined Kurt by the table. “He is breathtaking.” Kurt switched his sight from Blaine to the new male lead in the musical.

“Yes, his boyfriend thinks that as well.”

“Oh, he has a boyfriend?”

“Yes, he has.”

“It never bothers me. I mean, there is no ring on his finger…You know, boyfriend comes and leaves…” Kurt was about to spit a witty remark when Blaine’s arms circled around his shoulders from behind.

“Did you have fun, baby? I’m sorry I left you here alone.”

“It’s okay, honey. I wasn’t alone. I have company. We were just discussing how amazing you are.” Blaine bored his eyes to the actor and forced the smile. He didn’t like the guy. No matter how great his performance had been, there was something fishy about him.  

“Hi. Would you mind if I stole my boyfriend? I’d like to dance with him.” He didn’t wait for an answer. He grabbed Kurt by the hand and led him to the dance floor.

“I don’t like him.”

“Me neither.”

Blaine pressed Kurt firmly against himself, keeping him there and signaling who Kurt belonged to.

“Do you want to go home?” Blaine asked Kurt when the song finished.

“Yes. But only if you want to go…”

“We should find Rachel and say goodbye.”

“Blaine?” Kurt stopped him in his track.

“Yeah, baby?”

“We don’t have to go…”

“Kurt, it’s far after midnight. You are tired, I can see it.”

“But you are having fun.” Kurt tried to argue.

“I’m having a great time wherever and whenever I am if I’m with you. Let’s go.”

Kurt woke up and Blaine’s side of the bed was empty. He looked at the alarm clock. It was almost noon. He couldn’t remember what time it was when they came back from the party but it must have been really late at night…or early in the morning. He had a good sleep and he could use some more but he missed Blaine. He knew all it would take was to just stand up from the bed, find him and bring him back, because Blaine always took the opportunity to spend some quality time with Kurt but Kurt was especially lazy today. He stayed where he was, snagging  Blaine’s pillow and hugging it instead of him, eyes closed, a soft smile on his face.

Blaine found him like this ten minutes later. He joined his boyfriend on the bed and replaced the pillow in Kurt’s arms for his body.

“Much better…” Kurt murmured to Blaine’s hair.

“I had a phone call. I didn’t want to wake you up.”

“It’s okay. Can we go back to sleep for a while?” Blaine eased himself from Kurt’s embrace and made himself comfortable. Then he opened his arms.

“Come here.” He said and Kurt snuggled to him.

“You won’t be sleeping?”

“No. But I promise I’ll be here next time you wake up.” Blaine held one of his arms secure around Kurt’s waist, the hand of the other arm was caressing his back. Kurt fell asleep again by the sound of a soft humming of his boyfriend. Blaine kept his promise and when Kurt woke up once again, he was there.

“You’re the best pillow ever.”

“Yeah?” Blaine asked softly, stroking Kurt’s hair.

“Yeah. You’re the best. Like in everything. I don’t want to get up…”

“We don’t have to. But aren’t you hungry?”

“Maybe a little.”

“What if we have a shower and then we eat something?”

“Can we take the shower together?”

“Of course. Wouldn’t think any other way…” Kurt jumped off the bed in an instant.

Blaine was happy. Actually, he had been happy for a while now, but tonight he could tell he was probably the happiest man in the world. He came home with a big smile on his face and although it was after midnight, he didn’t feel tired at all. He would love to talk to Kurt but he didn’t want to wake him up so he would have to wait until tomorrow. He took a shower and made his way to the bed. He slowly slipped under the cover, trying not to disturb Kurt in his sleep.

“Blaine?” Kurt turned around and sat.

“I’m sorry, baby. Go to sleep, okay?”

“Where have you been? You were supposed to be home a few hours ago. Do have any idea how worried I was?”

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t let you know I would be late because my phone died.”   

“You can’t be serious right now.” Kurt said with a bit of anger in his voice.

“I am. Go back to sleep, Kurt. I’ll explain everything in the morning.” Kurt turned the light on and stood up. He grabbed the blanket from the chair and left the room with shaking head. Blaine froze. Had he done something wrong?

“Kurt? What’s wrong?” Blaine found his boyfriend on the couch in the music room.

“Let me be, Blaine.”

“No. Tell me what happened.” Blaine sat on the floor next to the couch and hesitantly outstretched his arm to touch Kurt’s shoulder.

“You lied to me. That happened!”

“I…what?”

“You can’t tell me you’ll be home at ten and then don’t show up and turn off your phone! I don’t care who you were with and how long you haven’t seen each other. You should have found the time to let me know you would be late!” Kurt was furious. He had been worried sick because he hadn’t been able to reach his boyfriend on the phone for hours and Blaine was just sitting there, looking confused and surprised and kind of adorable but it didn’t matter. He could be the most adorable person in the world now, Kurt wouldn’t bat an eye. He was pissed. He had a right to be.

“I said I’m sorry.”

“Do you know how many times I heard that from Mathew? Do you know how many times I was going crazy when he didn’t come home when he said he would and hang out with you and Nick without saying a word to me? You purposely turned your phone off tonight, Blaine! It wasn’t about a dead battery. I saw you take it off the charger this morning and I don’t know why you did it nor why you lied about it. I know I can’t tell you not to have fun with your friends or to come home at the exact hour. But when you are going to be late, let me know so I wouldn’t have to be afraid of what might have happened to you! It’s been six months since I moved in with you. Are you already tired of me? Is this going to be a common thing, you coming home after midnight? Because I don’t think I can handle it once more. I’ve been there with Mathew and I’m not going to repeat my past mistakes.”

“Kurt, please. Of course I’m not tired of you. You know it’s not like that.”

“Do I? Do I know, Blaine? I’m not the one turning off his phone and coming home hours after the time we agreed on!” Blaine lied next to him and wrapped his arms around his body. Kurt wriggled and tried to get out of Blaine’s embrace but Blaine didn’t let him.

“Kurt, please, calm down. I’ll explain. It’s not like that. I swear. Just listen to me, okay?”

“You better have a damn good reason for your behavior.”

“I have. You were right. I did turn my phone off on purpose. Do you remember the guy I was talking to at the party at the weekend?”

“The older one?”

“Yes. He called me on Sunday morning. You know how you woke up and I wasn’t in bed with you? I told you I had a phone call…”

“Yeah. I remember.”

“I was with him tonight…”

“You lied to me about who you were with too?!”

“Yes. I’m sorry for that but I didn’t want to tell you anything in case things wouldn’t turn out well. It was easier to say I was going with friends than with him. He is a music producer. He owns a recording studio. We were talking about it and I mentioned I compose and he told me he would like to listen to my music. I gave him my number but I didn’t expect him to actually call. Not a few hours later for sure. We went for dinner and we talked a lot and I played him my songs and he liked it. They have a girl under contract but they can’t find suitable songs for her and he thinks mine could go well with her. We went to the studio and the band was there and he asked me whether they could play the songs and I was all for it. Then we decided to record the music for one of the songs so the girl could listen to it tomorrow and I needed to turn off my phone. I totally forgot to let you know. I lost track of time. I’m sorry, Kurt. I didn’t mean to make you upset. I promise it won’t happen again. I will always let you know if I’m going to be late.”

“Why didn’t you tell me where were you going? Why did you lie?”

“Because I want you to be proud of me. What if the meeting went wrong? I didn’t want you to be disappointed in me…”

“Oh, honey. Of course I’m proud of you. If the meeting went wrong I wouldn’t be disappointed in you. I would say the guy is a jerk who doesn’t know what he is missing.”

Blaine smiled and pulled away slightly so he could look Kurt in the eyes.

“Thank you. Please, don’t be mad at me.”

“I’m not. Just let me know next time, okay?”

“Okay.”

Kurt snuggled closer to him and closed his eyes. He was tired. He still didn’t like the idea of Blaine lying to him but at least he had his reasons now. Lucas’ words from six months ago were haunting him and he couldn’t get rid of them. Blaine is not Mathew. Stop acting like you are waiting for something to go wrong! Stop comparing them!         

Blaine didn’t feel good the whole day. He had come home in a great mood but Kurt’s behavior had changed it all. Yeah, he shouldn’t have lied but he was still under the impression that Kurt’s reaction had been inadequate. How could he think Blaine was tired of him? It really hurt.

He went to work, the kids took away the bad thoughts he had but as soon as he entered their apartment they were back. Composing didn’t seem to be an option and he still didn’t have the response from the producer whether the girl liked his songs or not so he decided to go for a walk to the park. It was cold and drizzling but he didn’t care. He wrote the note to Kurt to let him know where he was and left.

Twenty minutes in to his walk and his phone rang. He expected it to be Kurt but Nick’s name appeared on the display and Blaine once again wondered how Nick always knew when he needed him.

“Hi.”

“Hi, Blaine. How are you? I haven’t heard from you for a few days.”

“Well, I was actually really good.”

“And you’re not now?”

“I don’t know…”

“Blaine, spit it out!”

“I had a great weekend. We went to see Rachel, you know how she got the lead…and it was fantastic. She invited us to an after party and I met this guy…”

“Blaine! You are not having second thoughts about Kurt, are you?”

“No! Let me finish, Nick.”

“Okay…”

“So…the guy…his name is Paul and he is a music producer. He owns a little recording studio and when I told him about my composing he was interested in my music. So we met yesterday and kind of made a deal.”

“Oh my god, Blaine. Congratulations! How come you didn’t tell me?”

“I don’t know. I’m not in the mood for celebrating.”

“Why not?”

“Kurt made a scene last night…”

“Oh, what happened?”

“I told him I would be home at about ten but I came after midnight. And I had my phone turned off.”

“You’re an idiot!”

“Yeah, I know…I explained to him I was at the studio and we were recording and everything was alright but he had said pretty mean things to me beforehand.”

“What did he say?”

“He was angry I didn’t let him know…”

“Understandable.”

“Yeah, but I told him my battery died and it sent him over the edge. He took a blanket and left for the music room. Then he yelled at me because he knew I was lying. He saw how I had been charging my phone that day. I told him I was sorry but he didn’t take it. He asked if I knew how many times he had heard it from Mathew and if I was already tired of him…”

“Ouch…”

“I’m not Mathew, Nick. I know he spent a lot of time with us when they were together but I didn’t know he deliberately turned his phone off so Kurt couldn’t reach him. I’m not him. I would never do that. I was in the studio and I had to turn it off and I forgot about time and…I didn’t do it purposely. And Kurt knows it now because I told him but I can still hear him saying Are you already tired of me?...”

“Why did you lie to him in the first place?”

“I wanted to tell him in the morning. He was sleepy so I went for a lame excuse and hoped he would go back to sleep.”

“But you two are okay now, right?”

“Yes, we are. I just have this bad feeling…We had a great weekend. We spent most of  Sunday in the bed and then we went for dinner because it was the anniversary of the day I came to New York to tell him I love him. And we were so happy. The next day he threw a fit about me being tired of him? It hurts. I’m doing my best to make him happy. I don’t understand how he could think something like that…or how long has he been thinking of it? Is he really as happy as he appears to be or is it just an act?”

“I think you are overreacting a little bit. Did you talk about it?”

“No. I mean, I told him I’m not, of course. But then we went to sleep and he was gone in the morning.”

“Talk to him. Tell him what’s bothering you.”

“Maybe I’m just making a big deal of nothing. He was angry and tired. People tend to say things they don’t mean when they are angry or tired…”

“Yeah, stop freaking out and enjoy your success.”

“Kurt?” Blaine called at his boyfriend from the living room. “Can you come here for a sec? I want to talk to you about something.”

There was a noise from the kitchen, a few murmured words but Kurt showed at the door.

“What’s up?” He walked to the sofa and sat next to his boyfriend.

“I won’t be home at the weekend. I’m going to Pittsburgh. I know you have to work so I decided to visit Nick.” Blaine announced.

“Can you wait two more weeks? We could go there together…” Kurt asked him, surprised Blaine hadn’t told him anything about planning the trip to Pittsburgh.

“I’m not visiting Lucas and Mathew. I’m taking my car and we are going on a road trip. We used to do it back in college at this time. The weekend before Thanksgiving…I wouldn’t go but you won’t be at home most of the weekend either way…”

“Blaine? Is everything okay?” Blaine looked at him with eyes wide open, confused by his question.

“Of course. Why?”

“I don’t know. You didn’t mention you wanted to go…”

“Nick called me yesterday and we were talking about our trips and it made me nostalgic…I just made up my mind today. I checked with Nick if it is okay and he is free this weekend.”

“Okay. Have fun.” Kurt smiled at him. Blaine brought him into a hug and kissed his cheek soundly.

“I swear I’ll have my phone turn on so you can call me whenever you want.”

“I don’t know…I might make myself busy…Maybe I won’t think of you at all…” Kurt said with a smirk.

“Well, then I have to make sure you won’t forget me, right?” Blaine asked smugly, leaning to him and kissing him like there was no tomorrow. Suddenly he started to tickle him and Kurt jumped off the sofa laughing.

“You’re unbelievable! I certainly won’t miss you and your craziness, Mr. Anderson. Now, if you will excuse me, I have a dinner to prepare since it’s my turn today.” Blaine swiftly put his arms around Kurt’s waist and put him on his lap. Kurt was still laughing but when he realized Blaine was wearing a serious expression on his face he stopped.

“Honey? What’s wrong?” Kurt was concerned. Did he do something?

“Nothing. I love you. Don’t ever forget that.” This time Blaine kissed him softly and Kurt’s concern disappeared the moment he felt Blaine smiling into the kiss.

“I love you, too. Now let me go. Dinner won’t cook itself.”

“Maybe we could order something.” Blaine suggested. “I kind of like you sitting exactly where you are…”

“You’re a goof.”

“Stay with me here. We could watch something or just sit here and talk…be together…”

“Okay. Order something and I’m gonna put the vegetables back in the fridge. Be right back.”