Monday, July 23

Falling asleep naked with his boyfriend on top of him had seemed romantic to Kurt the night before, but when he woke up Monday morning he had a somewhat different perspective.  The alarm was blaring and Kurt couldn't reach it from where he lay, pinned under Blaine's still sleeping form.  He jostled Blaine awake.  

“Blaine.  Alarm.  Morning.  Get up.”

As Blaine groggily rolled off him, Kurt grimaced.  His whole body was stiff from being held down in the same position all night, his stomach was covered in crusty, dried come, and the hair at the side of his neck was slightly damp from where Blaine had apparently been drooling on him.

Kurt groaned as he shuffled toward the bathroom.  He did a cursory job of cleaning himself up, then returned to the bedroom to find that Blaine had gone back to sleep.  “Blaine, come on,” he said, shaking his boyfriend's shoulder.  “We're going to be late for the round up.”

“Mmpf.  Five more minutes.”

“Blaine, honey, have you looked at yourself?  You're going to need those five extra minutes to make yourself decent enough to be seen in public.”

Blaine grumbled, but got up.  He stared bemusedly down at himself, scratching absently at the dried come on his belly.  “Hmmph.”

By the time the boys made it to the corral, Zach and Robert were already mounted up and waiting for them.  “Rough night?” Zach asked, smirking.

Kurt could feel his face heating up as Blaine blithely answered, “Fantastic night.”

As the day wore on, Kurt found himself feeling increasingly concerned about Blaine's cavalier attitude.  When they returned to their bunkhouse after dinner, Kurt said, “I want to talk to you about something.”

“Baby, we can talk any time.  But this is the first chance I've had all day to kiss you.”

Blaine reached for him, but Kurt held up a hand to stop him.  “Blaine, I'm serious.  We need to talk.”

Blaine's expression went from playful to alarmed in a heartbeat.  “That doesn't sound good.”

“It's nothing bad.  I just think we need to re-establish our ground rules about not sleeping together on work nights.”

“How can you say it's nothing bad and then say that you don't want me to sleep in your bed anymore?” Blaine cried.  “That's the definition of bad!”

“I didn't say I don't want you to ever sleep in my bed.  Saturday nights, when we've got plenty of time, and we don't have to be up at the crack of dawn, we can still sleep together.  I just don't want to have a repeat of this morning.  I felt really bad about making Robert and Zach wait for us like that.”

“We were ten minutes late.  Big deal.  They didn't mind.”

“It was fifteen minutes, Blaine.  And that's not the point, anyway.  The point is, I promised David and Ryan that we wouldn't let our relationship interfere with our work.”

“I'm sure they don't even know we were late.  It's not like Robert and Zach are going to run and tattle on us.”

“Again, Blaine, not the point.  David and Ryan trust us, and we have a responsibility to them.  Do you have any idea how lucky we are to have these jobs?  I don't want to screw this up.”

“Kurt, you're overreacting.  Why do you have to take things so seriously all the time?  The world's not going to end if you're not perfect.  Just relax a little.”

“Well maybe you don't take things seriously enough,” Kurt said, a little more sharply than he'd intended.  The sudden hurt in Blaine's eyes pierced his heart, and he immediately softened his tone.

“Blaine, honey, I love that you're so easy-going.  It's one of the reasons I think we work so well together.  But I'm not like you.  If I feel like I'm being irresponsible, I'm going to feel guilty, and I hate that feeling.  And if our relationship is interfering with my ability to do the best job I possibly can, then I'm afraid I'm going to end up feeling bad about myself, and feeling resentful of you.  And I really don't want that to happen.”

“This is because I drooled in your hair last night, isn't it?”

Kurt let out a snort of laughter, and the tension between them instantly evaporated.

“Are we having our first fight?” Blaine asked.

“If I say yes, does that mean we get to kiss and make up?”

“Mmm hmm.”

“Well, then, yes, I guess we are.”

Blaine took Kurt's face in his hands and brought their lips together for a tender kiss.  Pulling back slightly, he gazed directly into Kurt's eyes.  “You know I'll always love you, right?”

“I know.  And I'll always love you.  Even if you do drool in my hair occasionally.”

“So where does this leave us?”

“Well, for the rest of the summer, I really do think it would be best for us to only sleep together on Saturdays.”  

At Blaine's disappointed look, Kurt added, “But the summer's already half over.  And once we're at NYADA, we'll just have to make sure not to enroll in any 6 AM classes.”

“They don't offer any 6 AM classes.”

“Well, then, we've got nothing to worry about, do we?  Now come on, we've still got a little while before we have to leave for the campfire.  Let's make the most of it.”

“Now that, I won't argue with.”