He stood in front of the building, taking it all in. This was going to be amazing; he could feel it, the beginning of something new. Maybe it would be the best time of his life, maybe not but whatever was going to happen, he was ready for it. They were going to move into this little apartment together, sure it wasn’t exactly what he had dreamed of but it was a start. His dad had said college would be one of the most exciting experiences of his entire life and he needed to enjoy every minute of it, no matter how hard it might get. And he was so ready, nothing could stop him now.
“Kurt? How about you help me out here?” he heard a voice from behind him saying, so Kurt turned around. Blaine had piled a few boxes and now carried them; you couldn’t even see his face anymore.
Trying to stifle a laugh, Kurt walked over to his boyfriend, taking one of the boxes off the pile. Now he could finally see him. His dark hair was perfectly gelled as always and his eyes were sparkling in that special way again, which meant he was definitely smiling. Suddenly a loud noise made both of them jump. It wasn’t just a noise, someone was singing. Kurt just rolled his eyes.
“NEW YORK, HERE I AM!” Rachel Berry sung, obviously it was Don’t Rain on My Parade, and Rachel had changed the ‘Mr. Arnstein’ part into ‘New York’. Blaine, who had almost fallen over with a shock, the pile of boxes now lightly shaking, tried to keep them balanced as Rachel walked around the car she had just arrived in, only carrying a small bag.
“Hello, my dear lovely roomies”, Rachel said, stopping in front of Kurt with a beaming smile.
“Hello, Rachel”, Blaine murmured, the boxes steady in his hands again, as he started walking towards the stairs. The girl walked after him.
“Wait”, Kurt called out, gesturing to the rest of the boxes, “Don’t you want to help?”
She turned around and hesitated for a moment, but then shook her head. “You can do this alone, just keep going! I need to call Finn.”
Again, Kurt rolled his eyes. This was starting out just great. He took a second box and went after them, up to the second floor where their apartment would be. It was nice and had a lot of windows but still it was nothing near luxurious, it only had one bedroom, a kitchen, two bathrooms and a big living room. They still hadn’t solved the problem about the bedroom but that would have to happen very soon.
Blaine was setting up something that didn’t quite yet, but was soon supposed to, look like a table and Rachel was on her phone, talking like the world depended on it.
“And it’s so wonderful, Finn! It’s raining today but the city is like… The best thing in the world! What? Yeah, I know I already said that but I can’t believe it. The awesomeness of New York is so overwhelming; I think I might start to cry every moment. Oh god, I think… No, no, no, I’m fine. I just-“
“Can she stop talking?” Blaine whispered and Kurt looked at him, putting down the boxes on the floor, though there was not much space left.
“She could, but she won’t”, he sighed and Blaine groaned, Kurt knew he was tired from the ride and having to carry and build up everything, he really wished he could spare him somehow.
But to his surprise Rachel put her phone down the next moment and looked at the two of them with a disapproving look. “You know I can still hear you, even if I’m on the phone.”
Blaine pressed his lips together, trying not to grin and grabbed a bottle of water that was standing on a window sill next to him.
“Before we discuss anything, Rachel, we just need to clear something up. Blaine and I are getting that bedroom”, Kurt said.
The Ex-Warbler who had just been drinking, chocked on the water and started coughing violently and though Kurt shot one worried look at him, he had to turn back to Rachel.
“What? But didn’t Burt tell you guys you weren’t allowed to sleep in one room together?” she protested.
Blaine, who was now able to breathe normally again, looked at her. “You’re not going to tell him anything, will you? ”
Now she looked offended. “I’m not that much of a killjoy. But, wait… You expect me to sleep on a couch then? This is New York! I’m not going to live here, sleeping on a couch. I want a bed!”
“Well then maybe we can set one up next to the TV or something”, Kurt answered, looking at his boyfriend who was back to building up that table.
They discussed for a very long time, Rachel getting even angrier about her visions for New York being changed a little by having to sleep in the living room but as soon as it all had calmed down and all the boxes were up, they finally got to relax a little. A few days ago the furniture had been build up here, the table Blaine had built had only been the little rest that still had to be done. In the bedroom, they had a king-size bed and Kurt couldn’t wait to sleep there with Blaine. Only sleep probably, at first. But just like Rachel, he also had some plans for New York. Now he wasn’t sure about Blaine but they were always so in love and inseparable, it would be very weird if he didn’t agree. It was already late in the evening and college would start for all of them tomorrow. They would all attend the Winchester
College Music and Art, which was a new founded school in New York and already quite famous for its size and luxury. But the classes weren’t supposed to be easy at all.
Kurt was opening some boxes, taking stuff out and putting some back in. Most of it was just his clothes. He had planned to put them into the wardrobe right tonight so they wouldn’t look as bad tomorrow. Blaine was lying on the couch, eyes closed because of pure exhaustion, and he was probably half asleep while Rachel sat on the other end, where his feet were, watching TV. Surprisingly Kurt was louder than he wanted to be, sorting all his clothes and trying to figure out what to wear tomorrow.
“Kurt, can you please do this later?” Blaine whispered, barely audible, and didn’t even open his eyes.
The singer shook his head. “If I finish it now, I won’t have to do it later.”
“Please let’s just go to bed…”
“But I still have to search an outfit for tomorrow”, he protested.
Blaine sighed. “Then do that and let’s go to sleep.”
“Okay, sleepyhead”, Kurt rolled his eyes but only spend the next fifteen minutes searching the outfit he wanted to wear the next morning and in the meantime Blaine had fallen fast asleep on the couch. It was almost impossible to get him to wake up again because he would just roll over or groan or not react at all. But somehow Kurt managed to pull him up and walk him to their room. Blaine fell asleep there the minute he lied down and though he did kind of worry about his boyfriend, most of all he found it amusing. Because they didn’t have a bed for her yet, Rachel would have to sleep on the couch today but Kurt couldn’t care less at the moment. After his nightly skin routine and putting on his pyjamas, he climbed onto the bed next to Blaine and pulled the blanket over both of them. With one more look at his boyfriend, Kurt let himself fall onto the pillow and looking out of the window he could see the lights of New York’s night life shining bright. New York, here I am, indeed, he thought before he finally fell asleep.

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It was early in the morning and Kurt had been so excited, he was awake before his alarm could wake him up. He looked over at Blaine, who was still asleep and because he didn’t want to wake him, he quietly got up and sneaked into the bathroom that would belong to him and his boyfriend from now on. Rachel had insisted on having her own. Standing in front of the sink, Kurt looked into the mirror and, god, he looked terrible though he wasn’t even that tired. His hair was undone and there were huge rings under his eyes. It took him about an hour to fix all of it so he looked halfway presentable in the outer world and when he left the bath, Blaine was sitting on the edge of their bed, smiling up at him. How did he always manage to look so good in the morning? He was already dressed and his hair was already gelled, as always. Kurt tried to talk him into keeping it natural but he just wouldn’t listen. Walking up to him, Kurt was just about to bend down and kiss him, when the door sprung open and Rachel was standing in the doorway, a bright grin on her face.
“Good morning, everybody!”
“Have you ever heard of knocking before entering?” Kurt snapped at her.
She ignored his question and simply sat down next to Blaine, who looked at her like she was crazy. “Hurry up, we have to be on campus in 30 minutes and we can’t be late on the first day!”
“Oh, we won’t be. Loosen up, Rachel, it’s early in the morning and I’m still tired and please just let’s take it slow”, Blaine murmured, his voice sounding hoarse. Then he got up, kissed Kurt’s cheek on the way to the chair his bag was laying on, checking if he had everything he needed.
In the meanwhile the other boy took his own bag and looked at them. “Let’s get some breakfast on the way first.”
Blaine just nodded; Rachel responded by jumping off the bed and almost ran into the living room, where her stuff was.
A few minutes later, they were already out the door, Kurt taking the key to their apartment, and walked around in New York’s already crowded streets. A lot of people were trying to get to work and he had never seen so many caps on one spot in his entire life. While they were standing in line in some caf� that offered bagels, Kurt took the papers out of his bag, which would tell him what his first class would be.
“What’s you guys’ first class?” he asked.
Blaine frowned. “I think it’s Music Education.”
“Hm, what a shame. My first lesson is Graphic Design.”
“I have Theatre Arts. But you do remember that we will have to go into the assembly hall first and the regular classes start for us tomorrow, right?”
Kurt nodded. “Yeah, you’re right. I’m really excited, though, who knows what kind of people will be there and what the teachers are like?”
“I think it’s going to be okay”, Blaine said, already eating some of his breakfast.
“Okay?! It’s going to be fabulous! We’re going to be the most talented people there!” Rachel almost screamed and Kurt raised a hand, signalising her to calm down a little.
After they had finished breakfast, they were on the street again and Rachel had been humming ever since they left the place.
Kurt looked at her with a smile. “What are you humming?”
Rachel just grinned and raised an eyebrow.

See I got a little bit of a problem, back where I come from.
Feels like five people in my population and no one ever leaves there.
I’m gonna be the first one
I guess my papa always told me the way it wasn't
And my mama think she knows me, I know she doesn’t.

Blaine and Kurt looked at each other first, before Blaine turned around looking at the people who were watching the girl sing. They continued walking as Rachel started dancing and doing little twists on the pavement around the two boys.

But I got my head set on New York City
I’ll fly away tomorrow, won’t even miss me
and I’ll get a big boyfriend, just to piss you off
I got my head set on New York City
Here I come

Her singing didn’t really bother anyone, except an old lady who yelled at her to be quiet because it was so early in the morning but Rachel didn’t care, which made Blaine laugh.
It wasn’t far to their college now, they only had to cross another park to get to the campus.

See, I got what you would call an obsession, it feels like I think sane
The limits of a small town frustrating my brain,
Might leave some roots there, but my head’s on the next plane
‘Cause my daddy always told me the way it was,
And my mama think she knows me, I know she doesn’t.

They were now standing in front of the building, as Rachel started singing the last chorus. The three of them stared up at the huge building that had a bit of a Victorian style, though the walls were white so it looked more modern. Since none of them had an idea where exactly the assembly hall even was, they decided on following the other students. When they entered the school, the first thing that caught their eyes was the highness of the ceiling and how big everything seemed to be there. The door, even the windows had a size which no other school could probably keep up with. To Rachel it seemed kind of unreal. This was her college from now on?
“This is enormous”, Kurt whispered, and by that just mentioning exactly what Blaine and Rachel were already thinking.
“To every new student on campus, final call for every one to get into the assembly hall in building three”, a voice sounded through the hallways from a speaker that was hung up in the higher corner of the ceiling.
“Where the hell is building three?” Blaine murmured, helplessly looking at his friends.
That was when a brunette boy came up to them, his green eyes looking directly at Blaine. He was wearing a shirt with a black vest over it and blue jeans which were slightly ripped. Kurt noticed the look was totally last season. But apparently the boy had heard Blaine talking.
He smiled shyly at them. His mom had told him to try making some new friends and this was his very first attempt to. The reason he chose Blaine to talk to, had just been a coincidence. “I have a map, we could… go there together. Only if you want to, because I don’t want to bother you guys if you want to find it yourselves, that’s fine…”
Kurt only smiled slightly, the boy just kept looking at Blaine and he didn’t like it at all. Somehow he had a bad feeling about him. “No, that’s okay. Just lead us there”, he said, taking Blaine’s hand.
The boy looked at their intertwined hands quickly, frowning only a little bit before he looked back up at Kurt and nodded, starting to walk into the direction he thought the hall was and found the others following him.
“Hey, I’m Rachel Berry, what’s your name?” Rachel immediately crowded him and reached for his hand.
“Uh… My name is Nick”, he murmured, clearly not interested in a long conversation and quickly shaking her hand before looking at his map of the school again.
“Oh, Nick. What a beautiful name. You know, we just came here from Ohio and it’s so wonderful! Are you from New York? Because that would be amazing, you could show us around. I mean… I have a boyfriend back in Lima but it would be okay to him, I bet! So… Are you or not?”
Kurt and Blaine both rolled their eyes at her. The talking probably wasn’t going to make her that popular.
“…What?”, Nick replied, blushing slightly, “You’re talking too fast, sorry”
The girl was clearly trying to keep a straight face and not scream at the brunette for basically insulting the way she talked and how opened she was, so she just shook her head, keeping quiet. Blaine basically tried not to laugh at her.
When they reached the assembly hall it already looked like there was no free seat anymore, so many boys and girls in fancy clothes, having taken a seat in the huge hall, which was a lot bigger than the auditorium at McKinley High.
“Wow”, Rachel just said, when they found free seats, and Kurt nodded.
The other boy had sat down beside Blaine, eyeing him cautiously with half a smile on his face but the Ex-Warbler noticed and when he looked back at him, Nick quickly looked away.
“My name is Blaine, by the way”, Blaine said to him, smiling.
Because Kurt had heard him talk to the new boy, he automatically leaned forward to gaze at the two of them, giving Blaine a meaningful look.
“Oh, and this is-“
“Kurt… his boyfriend”, Kurt interrupted him, holding out his hand to Nick with a devilish smile.
Nick seemed a little intimidated by the way Kurt was looking at him, but took his hand anyway. “N-Nice to meet you… So you two are… gay?”
Blaine looked at Kurt reproachfully, before looking back at Nick. “Uh… Yeah, we are.”
Suddenly Nick was lost in his mind. So he wasn’t the only one here? He never told anyone he was gay before, he had always seen other people being humiliated and bullied because of it. So how was he supposed to have the braveness to come out, seeing all this stuff happen to the other gay boys? But before he could say anything, something interrupted him.
“Test, test… One, two, three, four… Hello everybody!” a tiny red-haired women who was standing on stage said into a microphone with a welcoming smile. “I welcome all of you to
the Winchester College for Music and Arts in New York City. And you guys are the lucky people who made it to get accepted in the best Arts College in this region.”
The crowd clapped their hands.
“So I’m Ms. Parker, your headmistress. And now I’m going to tell you all about your courses. The school is parted into three sections. Dance, Art and Music. It all may seem kind of the same to you, but it doesn’t have to be. A lot of you can maybe dance better, some of you can sing better or maybe you want to be a stage designer. It all comes right back together at this point. You have already been put together in different courses, which you chose before, and the papers are being hung up on a blackboard outside the assembly hall at this very moment. Those classes are only valid for today, you already got your regular timetables, which are going to be valid from tomorrow on. But don’t go now, we still have time to answer questions and talk about rules in school. Winchester can be a boarding school, if you don’t have an apartment or house near college…”
Everyone listened attentively and after half an hour the first assembly was done and the students stood up to get their timetables. And so did Kurt, Blaine, Nick and Rachel.
The girl took Kurt’s hand, pulling him through the crowd in a rush to get to the blackboard first. That left Blaine and Nick walking behind them and Kurt looked back at the two boys walking next to each other in a safe distance. When he couldn’t see them anymore, he turned back to Rachel who was searching for their names on the papers. But Kurt just couldn’t concentrate. This Nick kid seemed somewhat dangerous to him, it was like he just kept looking at Blaine and even though he was probably straight, it was strange to him.
“Kurt, Kurt! We have today’s courses together! Isn’t that amazing?!” Rachel screamed happily and hugged her best friend tightly, making him lose track of his thoughts.
“Yeah, it is”, he murmured half-heartedly.
Back in the halls it was still very crowded and everyone was just pushing forward so it had to happen. Someone pushed Nick and he lost his balance, which made him tumble to the ground. The bag he was carrying opened and a few things fell out. Amongst others, also a few Rubik’s Cubes. The shy boy sat up quickly in an attempt to put all of it back into his bag before anyone would see it. But Blaine was already down on his knees, picking up one of the colorful cubes.
“What are these for?” he asked him with a chuckle, holding out his hand for Nick to help him stand up.
“Just… as a pastime”, Nick murmured, still on his knees blushing slightly, taking the cube from Blaine’s hand and putting it into his bag, before taking Blaine’s other hand to stand up.
What they hadn’t noticed was that Kurt had just come back and was standing right behind Blaine now. The sight of Nick holding his boyfriend’s hand, making him more jealous than he had ever been before.
Kurt cleared his throat, making Blaine turn around. “Uh… Rachel and I checked the timetable together and the first course you and I have together is tomorrow.”
“Oh, okay”, Blaine whispered, looking at Kurt with a tiny smile. Rachel poked Kurt’s shoulder, signalising him they should go. “Guess I’ll see you later.”
The taller boy just nodded, considering kissing Blaine goodbye for a moment but soon realized there were too many people around so he just hugged him tightly and whispered an “I love you” into his ear, before looking at Nick cautiously once again as he walked away with Rachel, letting go of his boyfriend.
A few feet away Lucas Dawson was walking towards the blackboard. He was a tall guy with blonde, short hair and light blue eyes, who had just moved here from California with some of his friends. He was happy he got to study in New York with his friends, even though one of his former best friends had come along, too. There had been an incident a few years ago, which he didn’t want to talk about. Anyway, getting away from home was the one thing he had always wanted and here he was. Looking at the timetables, he noticed his first class would be Theatre arts. Already knowing where the theatre hall was, he walked into the direction. When he opened the door to the hall, there already were some students waiting for the teacher and he sat down next to a blonde girl who was having a conversation with another. A few seconds later two more students entered and took a seat next to him. Lucas was eyeing the girl and the boy curiously.
“I wonder if Barbra felt this excited before her first Broadway performance too”, the brunette said.
“Rachel, this is not Broadway. This is theatre class and you’re not performing”, the boy next to her replied.
“Same thing. Anyway, Barbra started like this too. And as her biggest fan I’m allowed to wonder how she felt.”
Suddenly the other girl next to Lucas turned around. “Excuse me, are you talking about Barbra Streisand? Because then you’re not her biggest fan, I am”, the blonde said to the brunette. Lucas looked back and forth between them and felt out of place.
“Of course I am! I’m running her official Facebook fan page.”
Not wanting to listen to their fight anymore, he stood up and sat down to the boy who belonged to the brunette. “Oh god, this is like.. World War III. About Barbra Streisand.” Lucas looked at the shorter boy who was now laughing. “I’m Lucas, and you?”
“Kurt. Kurt Hummel.”
The girl kept getting louder and Kurt and Lucas both looked over to them.
“Rachel is totally gonna win this fight.” Kurt grinned.
“You’re only saying that because she’s your girlfriend, aren’t you?” Lucas raised an eyebrow and smirked.
“Uh.. No, not really. She’s not. I just don’t even know the other girl.”
Suddenly the door opened and the students started paying attention to the person walking in. It was a bald man with something that you could call a big belly and Kurt would’ve laughed but that would ruin the teacher’s first impression of him so he tried to keep it until after the lesson. But it all seemed to start out very well, they had to act out a scene in groups and since Kurt got paired up with Lucas, the nice guy he had just met, the exercise was pretty easy and they were told they had been the best couple to ever act that scene, though it had been a fight scene from West Side Story. Neither Rachel nor the other blonde girl, whose name turned out to be Claire, were satisfied with that and started complaining loudly. But since Theatre Arts was the only course Rachel and Kurt would have today, they only had to wait for Blaine who had been caught up in Music Industry Studies with Nick for over two hours.
“So… how was your day?” Kurt asked his boyfriend on their way home. Rachel was unusually quiet but it was probably because of the very exciting and fight-ful day.
“Pretty good”, Blaine murmured, knowing that somehow Kurt had been acting kind of weird around him before and trying not to give away too much. He was actually getting along with Nick very well and it just seemed like Kurt didn’t approve of that.
“Any details to be shared?” Kurt took the shorter boy’s hand. “I’m just curious.”
Blaine smiled up at him. “Our Music Industry Studies teacher got my name wrong for about five times and then asked if I was in any way related to Pamela Anderson.”
Kurt laughed, even though it wasn’t the answer he wanted to hear. “What did she call you?”
“First it was Bailey, I think. Then Barney. About two minutes later she called me Bobby and Benny. And well, I don’t know why but then she called me Jonathan.”
Kurt smirked. “Okay, Bobby. Should I buy us dinner for tonight then?”
Blaine nodded and looked down at Rachel with a frown. “What’s up with you, Rachel? Usually you’re so talkative.”
“I had a huge fight in theatre class and I don’t want to talk about it”, she said stubbornly.
“It was ridiculous!” Kurt said and rolled his eyes. “You should’ve seen how Lucas literally ran out of the line of fire so he wouldn’t have to listen to all the Barbra Streisand stuff.” He chuckled, remembering the expression on his face.
“Who is Lucas?” Blaine asked immediately.
“Just a nice guy who was sitting next to me in class” He replied, squeezing his hand, “But don’t worry, he’s straight. Quite the opposite to that Nick kid.”
Blaine frowned. “What are you talking about?”
“He totally has a thing for you! Couldn’t keep his eyes off you and stuff like that.”
“You’re crazy, he was just being nice. Not every guy talking to me has to be gay.”
“I didn’t even say that!” Kurt started screaming.
“Kurt, no… Kurt, I don’t want to fight with you right now, okay? Just don’t be jealous, I love you and no matter what Nick might be, straight or gay or whatever, you should remember that there ain’t nobody who could take me away from you”, Blaine muttered and looked at him with a softened expression.
“Aw”, Kurt just said before he bent down to gently put his lips on Blaine’s.
“I’m still here, you guys, even though I’m not talking as much”, Rachel said, clearing her throat.
Hearing Rachel’s voice, Blaine started smiling underneath Kurt’s lips and backed off unwillingly. One more time he looked into Kurt’s eyes and leaned his head against his shoulder while they kept on walking.
“So… What do you want for dinner?” Kurt asked.
Rachel sighed. “Anything! I’m starving.”
“Okay, let’s go get something”, Blaine said, still grinning.
What the three of them didn’t know, at that point, there was someone watching them from around a corner. The person had stopped walking when he had spotted them.