He was currently leaning over his workbench trying to perfect a funeral arrangement that was going out that afternoon, a giant 'MOM' in white carnations, not his personal cup of tea, but the family who ordered it seemed to love the idea, and he was never one to go against what anyone wanted. Just as he was fastening the ribbon around the base, his hand slipped and the pin he was holding caught his finger, breaking the skin and making his finger bleed everywhere.

"Great! Just what I need! Shit that hurts!" He sucked his finger into his mouth, hoping the pain would dull slightly, it didn't causing him to hop on one head, holding his finger, as though that might do something. He probably looked like a right sight, hopping around holding his finger which was gradually bleeding more and more. Just as he was reaching for a bandaid and some tissues to help clear up the mess, there was a knock on the glass partition, making him jump and spin at the same time, great, he thought to himself, now I look like a total loon.

Stood just outside the partition was a young guy, dark hair, brown eyes, skin similar to Santana's if not a touch lighter, he grinned as Kurt turned to face him. His grin dropping when he saw that Kurt was bleeding.

"Oh my god are you okay?" He rushed forward, helping Kurt put the bandaid on his finger whilst Kurt tried to clear up the mess he had made.

"Thank you, and sorry, I didn't realise there was anyone in here, how rude of me! I'm Kurt Hummel, owner, is there anything I can help you with?"

"No need to thank me, or apologize, I'm Blaine, Blaine Anderson, I am about to open the Italian Restaurant next door, so thought I would pop in and say Hi, and also wondered if I could get some of your wonderful flowers to have on my tables?"

Kurt shook Blaine's outstretched hand, blushing slightly, he couldn't believe the guy who was opening a restaurant next door had seen him at his worst, jumping around like a lunatic and bleeding.

"Oh my god! What must you think of me! I'm not crazy, I promise! and yes of course you can have some flowers! How about instead if paying me for them, you cook me some of your food? It always smells so good, I would love to try it, plus I have a dinner party tonight, so it would go down well!"

Blaine smiled his toothy white smile.

"Sounds good, how about you bring the flowers over later and I'll have something ready to go for you, you MUST try my tomato sauce, I'm hoping it's going to be that that keeps the customers coming back time and time again!"

"Sounds amazing, thank you Blaine, and sorry about the whole jumping around and bleeding thing!"

"Not a problem at all, Kurt, so I'll see you later?"

"Yes, later, have a good afternoon, Blaine"

He smiled as Blaine turned around to leave, well he seemed like a nice neighbour to have at least, and if he could get some free food, what's not to like hm? He turned back to the arrangement he was trying in vain to make, steeling himself to finish it, his thoughts slowly drifting to his new neighbour.

The rest of the afternoon was a hive of activity, he didn't get a moment to even go to the toilet, that's how busy it was, and as he closed the door of the shop and locked it at 5.30 he was glad that today was over, stretching his back, it made a very satisfying click, making Kurt moan in appreciation, he really needed to go and get his back checked at some point, all this pain can't be good.

He started on his tidy up of the shop, sweeping the floor of all the flower trimmings and making sure everything looked presentable for the morning. He had already prepared the flowers for Blaine's centerpieces for his tables, he had gone down the traditional Italian colours, reds, greens and whites, thinking it would give the restaurant that homey feel. Wiping his hands on his trousers, he checked the time, he would have to be at his Dad's for 7 giving him about an hour with Blaine, just long enough.

Going out of the shop, closing the door behind him, he carefully carried the centrepieces next door, knocking lightly on the door. An asian girl answered the door, smiling slightly at Kurt, a slight look of confusion on her face. Typical, Kurt thought to himself, another cutesy straight couple, just what I need. He put on his best 'shop' smile.

"Hi, I'm here to deliver these to Blaine?" The girl got a look of comprehension on her face.

"Oh! You must be Kurt! Blaine mentioned you were stopping by! Come in! He's just in the kitchen, finishing you some food! These are beautiful, you are quite clearly talented at your job!"

As she turned to take the flowers off Kurt, Kurt noticed she was sporting a small baby bump. Even better, Kurt thought, straight cutesy couple with a baby on the way! Not to be rude, he decided to make conversation with the girl.

"Oh wow, how far along are you? You must be thrilled! congratulations! Is it your first?"

"Oh, thank you! I'm Tina by the way! and I'm about 4 months now! It's going so quickly! And yes, it's our first! We both can't wait to welcome this little one into the world!"

Kurt smiled softly, she honestly did look thrilled and pregnancy clearly suited her judging by her beautifully clear skin and not a blemish in sight. Bitch.

"That's amazing! Do you know what you're having yet?" Before she had a chance to answer, Blaine came bustling out of the kitchen, his hair had a lot more volume to it due to the steam in the kitchen, he looked flushed, and a bit harassed, but smiled when he saw Kurt.

"Kurt! Hi! It's good to see you again, I see you've already met Tina?"

"Yes, we were just chatting about your baby! Congratulations!"

Blaine looked at him for a minute and then burst out laughing.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh, but Tina isn't pregnant with my baby, she has a husband, Mike, a good friend of mine, actually, they are having the baby, not me! Tina is missing a certain appendage to be my sort of person, if you know what I mean!"

He winked at Kurt after this, making Kurt blush again, although this time not from embarrassment, this time it was from the sheer exhilaration of the fact Blaine was actually gay!

"Oh right, well, congratulations to you and Mike, Tina, and good to know, Blaine, I'm the same actually, boobs scare me slightly"

He loved hearing Blaine laugh at his jokes, possibly a little bit more than he should for just being his neighbour.

"Anyway, enough about boobs, I just wanted to bring you your centrepieces, I went traditional, I hope you don't mind?"

"Not at all! They are amazing Kurt, Thank you!" He leaned forward and gave Kurt a sort of half hug in praise, his eyes widening as he pulled away.

"Oh, I am sorry, I'm a bit tactile, and tend to get a bit touchy feely, I hope it doesn't make you uncomfortable?"

"Oh not at all, it's fine" Truth be told, Kurt wasn't a massive fan of people being in his personal space, but for Blaine, with his puppy look he could make an exception.

"Great, well I have some pasta for you to take with you, I hope you like it! You'll have to give me a review tomorrow."

"I will do, Blaine, thank you, do you live in the apartment above here too?"

"I do, it's not very homely yet, but I'll get there, I assume you are also my neighbour in my apartment too?"

"I am, how about you pop over for coffee in the morning? I can tell you all about how your pasta went down, I don't open the shop until 11?"

Kurt knew he was taking a risk, inviting Blaine for coffee, but he convinced himself it was the neighbourly thing to do.

"I'd really like that, I haven't had a chance to unpack my coffee yet, so that would be great!"

"Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow morning then?" He took the pasta from the table Blaine had left it on, and turned to leave.

"Bye Kurt, see you in the morning"

Kurt closed the door to the restaurant, was it bad to already be looking forward to coffee with his 'neighbour'?