'Too right.' Jeff said, leaping after him, followed by the rest of the whooping Warblers, who were all high on post-performance adrenaline.

'God, those boys.' Kurt sighed, nudging Blaine playfully as he watched his friends dance away into surrounding stores. 'It's like looking after toddlers. Body popping toddlers.'

Blaine laughed and followed Kurt to a bench opposite The Gap. Kurt had a dejected grimace plastered to his face as he stared into the nothingness that was the stores window display. Which changed to a fake and jovial smile when his friend turned to him and gushed again about Jeremiah, only to be replaced with the heart-rendering sadness as he looked away.

Dozens of people were milling around the pair, all carrying arm fulls of large, stuffed shopping bags, filled to the brink with expensive goods.

Kurt wished he could afford such luxuries now. Curse the stupid Dalton price tag.
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20 minutes later, and Jeremiah came out, his face flushed and his eyes glaring daggers at Blaine.

'-I just got fired.' That was the line that really hit Blaine. His features dropped and his shoulders hung limply at his sides.

A few more bitter words and a pat on the arm, and Jeremiah was gone, leaving Kurt and Blaine alone to mope on the bench.

'...you do know that was actually a pretty terrible idea, right? It's his workplace' Kurt said with only a splattering of false commiseration.

To be honest, Kurt did't even think he really should have any fake sympathy for his friend. He had made it perfectly obvious that he has feelings for Blaine, and said feelings (and, funnily enough, his feelings for Kurt) had been noticed by several people (the majority of the Warblers.) Although, at the same time, he is Blaine, Kurt's best friend, and there's something in that friendship which means he really can't hate Blaine, even if he did sing a vastly inappropriate song to a different man.

Kurt grits his teeth and stares down at his friend. The dejected male, slumped on a bench with his head in his hands, whining to himself. His reply to Kurt, 'Yeah' comes out as more of a mumble than anything else, but Kurt decides not to bring up Blaine's failure at enunciation, as he usually would, and instead rubs comforting circles into his friends back

'Look, Blaine, I know how you're feeling, I really do. I've made a huge fool of myself like that, though on a less public scale, and with the boy who is now my stepbrother...' Kurt trailed off, shuddering. 'But... let's just think about it from Jeremy-'

'Jeremiah.' Blaine corrects instantaneously.

Kurt huffs. 'Jeremiah's point of view then... You're a friend, and right now, not only is he probably feeling embarrassed well into next week, but he's also lost his job.'

If Blaine realised how much it is hurting Kurt to admit that he actually feels pretty darn bad for the guy who stole Blaine's heart from him, he certainly doesn't say anything. Which leads Kurt to believe, and rightfully so, that Blaine really didn't notice, doesn't understand, as is just wallowing in self-pity. Waiting for his friend to help him out of his depression and bring him back to his bubbly self again.

That thought just annoyed Kurt further, especially when Blaine hummed with false understanding and depth, and gazes at Kurt with the unfair use of his adorable puppy eyes. 'I know…' he said miserably , though he doesn't sound like he wants to know.

'It would be like if I declared my...hypothetical' He muttered the last part. ' affection for you in front of all the Warblers ,then you ended up getting thrown out, without really doing anything.' pfft...hypothetical my foot
They way Blaine followed that sentiment up, nearly brought tears to Kurt's eyes.

He glanced over at Kurt with a newly emerged smile and laughed. Downright laughs at Kurt. In a way that says the situation is more amusing than helpful, and the feelings Kurt expressed really are just hypothetical, not something the younger boy struggles with every goddamn day of his life.

Kurt tried not to dwell on the fact that Blaine thinks the idea of him and Kurt is preposterous and instead turns away, so Blaine can't see the tears forming in his eyes, and threatening to break free at any moment.

'I'm...' Kurt sniffed, as gracefully as he could. 'I'm going to talk to Jeremy's-'

'Jeremiah's.'

Kurt clenched his fist in fury at how insensitive Blaine is being right now.

'Jeremiah's-' he said through gritted teeth. '-manager, all right Blaine? I want to see if I can persuade him to give Jeremiah-' he put unnecessary emphasis on the name. '-his job back.'

With that, Kurt stood up and started heading towards the store. Not waiting for a reply from Blaine, who is still acting far too self-centred to even give Kurt a thank you.