School rolled around too quickly in Kurt’s mind. It was harder than he had imagined because suddenly he was surrounded by people again. People, who knew his history more than Blaine and it made him feel uncomfortable and exposed. Kurt couldn’t hide his fears and shivers from Glee club, because they knew almost everything  that Kurt went through last year.

It also felt like he had to say goodbye to Blaine. His sweet Blaine, who had been a little distant and careful after their talk in Lima Bean. It was cold and scary without Blaine and Kurt didn’t want to talk about the transferring, so the hadn’t discussed it anymore. Sure, now when he walked in McKinley halls again, he really wished that Blaine would be there, maybe even holding his hand and ignoring the mean names they would have to deal with, but he cared too much about Blaine to make him through this. Dalton was safe and Blaine had an opportunity to go there, so he should stay there with Katy Perry showstoppers. The only version Blaine Kurt had here was through texts.

“Hey Kurt,” Rachel said in their first Glee club meeting, with a kind of a cold tone. Kurt reminded painfully his words in New York that he had said to Rachel, but now was probably too late to apologize.

“Hey Rachel,” Kurt answered quietly, just trying to  pass the awkwardness.

More people came to the choir room and said hi to Kurt. They hadn’t seen him whole summer, so it kind of made sense, how everybody tried to be as friendly as possible.

“How was your summer?” Artie asked, but Kurt couldn’t find an answer right away.

“Oh, he had a very good summer,” Rachel whistled sarcastically instead. Kurt knew instantly, what Rachel was talking about. “I mean, he has been dating our competition after all.”

“Stop it,” Finn uttered quietly, but Kurt was sure that Finn was more scared of Rachel to really stop her.

Everyone stayed quiet. Of course they knew, what Rachel was talking about. They knew about Blaine, because Rachel had sent ‘urgent’ texts about Kurt dating Blaine few weeks back.

“Rachel, he is not a spy,” Kurt signed heavily, but quietly, feeling tired. He didn’t have much energy to fight with anyone. He had barely slept and the rest of the school day was already really exhausting.

“Oh, right, because Jessie was our lucky saint..”

“Oh, shut up,” Mercedes spurted out suddenly. She was the only one who kept Kurt sane this day. “I’ve met Blaine and he is a really nice guy and good for Kurt. He is not a spy, believe me.”

Kurt shot a thankful look at Mercedes, who sat next to him and he probably thanked someone, who he didn’t even believe in, when Mr. Schuester walked in to talk about the pruple piano project.

Kurt and Blaine met after their first school day in Lima Bean. It was weird to see Blaine in his Warbler uniform, yet so adorable.

„Hi,“ Blaine smiled at him as soon as Kurt step in and gave him a quick kiss. Kurt couldn’t help but notice other boys in uniforms watching them behind Blaine.

„Uhm, are these your friends?“ Kurt asked doubtfully, when other boys were still staring at them. Blaine seemed to finally notice that.

“Yeah,” Blaine breathed. Kurt was surprised but he told himself that he shouldn’t be. After all, Blaine probably did have more friends than two, David and Wes, who graduated last year anyway. “Come.”

Blaine dragged him closer to other guys, who weren’t sitting so far away from them.

“So, guys, be normal,” Blaine said with not so serious tone and wrap his left arm around Kurt, who felt kind of unconscious. “This is Kurt, my boyfriend.”

All of the four guys smiled. It was actually kind of creepy because they kept winking at Blaine.

“Hi Kurt, we’ve heard quite a lot about you,” a boy with dark hair and wide smile said.

“Kurt, these are Nick,” Blaine gestured at the boy with dark hair. “Trent, Jeff and Thad.”

“Hi,” Kurt spoke shyly, almost whispering.

“You okay with it?” Blaine questioned quietly, so the other guys probably barely heard them. Kurt knew what Blaine meant: he understood that Blaine asked if Kurt was okay with meeting more Blaine’s friends and that made Kurt fall harder. Those gentle moments showed how much Blaine actually had learned about him with those few weeks. Even though Kurt wasn’t sure if he really was okay , he nodded to Blaine and smiled lightly.

“Yeah, I’m okay,” Kurt assured.

“Will you sit with us?” one of the guys – Trent, Kurt remembered – asked.

Blaine shot Kurt an asking look, because they actually didn’t plan to stay here much longer. Kurt shrugged. The guys seemed harmless.

“I’ll get you a coffee. A grande nonfat mocha, right?“

Kurt smiled again and nodded. Damn, that boy didn’t knew his past but he sure did remember his coffee order. He stared at Blaine a long time, as the boy walked towards the coffee line and couldn’t stop the smiling. It was probably a little weird by now.

„You are in love with him, aren’t you?“ one of the guys suddenly said. Kurt jerked, he had almost forgot the fact that he was sitting by the table with four other guys.

„Sorry, wha-what?“ Kurt stuttered and looked at their grinning faces.  Did they just tell that I’m in love??

„Oh, don’t worry,“ Jeff spoke . „He’s totally in love with you too.“

What?! THIS was unexpected. Kurt froze and watched at Jeff with kind of terror-shock in his eyes.

„Blaine is..“ Kurt unable to end the sentence.

„In love with you,“ Nick nodded next to Kurt. „It’s quite obvious.“

Kurt stayed silent for a moment, trying to understand the exact meaning of these words. Blaine is.. in love with me? No, not possible..

„It’s a little early for that,“ Kurt squeak when he could finally manage words again. „We’ve been dating barely for a month..“ It seemed like Kurt was more talking with himself though.

„Early or not,“ Nick shrugged. „We know Blaine well and believe us, we can tell when this guy is in love.“

Kurt whimpered and looked down to Blaine again. Blaine noticed him looking and smiled, but turned away then, because it was his turn to order. The thought of Blaine loving him was a little scary, but surprisingly really pleasant. Blaine was wonderful and everything that Kurt would wish from a perfect boyfriend.

„Look,“ Nick signed then, when Kurt didn’t attempt to talk again. „Blaine has always been kind of always-positive-and-happy person, even after the hell he went through in his old school, but he sure have been lonely. But after this summer.. he is so much happier. We just hope, that you can appreciate it..“

„Yeah, we all remember Valentine’s day..“ Jeff said with a frown as he took a sip of his coffee. Trent bit his lip with a weird, worried face and Thad covered his mouth with his hand. Kurt felt more and more confused.

„What are you talking about?“ Blaine asked, when he suddenly returned, sitting next to Kurt and handing him a coffee.

„Something about a Valentine’s day..?“ Kurt explained, although he wasn’t sure himself, what was going on.

„Oh god,“ Blaine groaned at that. „Please no,“ he said when Nick took a breath to start explaining. „I’ve been gone for like.. two seconds and you guys already found a way to humiliate me.“

Boys laugh teasingly.

„We couldn’t say anything, you interrupted,“ Trent mumbled. He looked disappointed, so was Kurt.

„And you won’t!“ Blaine exhaled with wide gestures. But Kurt didn’t want to let it got. He was too curious for that.

„Blaine, please,“  Kurt begged. „I want to know this mysterious story.“

Blaine suppressed his lips „It’s not that interesting,“ Blaine tried to make him leave it.

„Yeah, more just sad..“ somebody, probably Jeff uttered sarcastically.

And Kurt kept begging with his eyes. Blaine groaned then again, giving Nick the permission he needed to talk.

„So,“ Nick started. „In Valentine’s day, Blaine came to Warblers and asked to do a performance off-campus so he could sing to this guy at The Gap, what was his name?”

“Jeremiah,” Jeff answered quickly. Kurt felt his heart skipping a beat. It was going to be that kind of story..

“Right, Jeremiah, and Blaine had to beg, because it’s something that Warblers don’t usually do. And when we finally agreed, we sang ‘When I get you alone’ at the store on Valentine’s day so Blaine could impress him and ask him out or god knows what he wanted from this guy but what happens?”

“He turned Blaine down,” Jeff spoke. 

Oh.

“Yes, Jeremiah turned me down,” Blaine said with a quiet tone, which was filled with humiliation. “Turned out that he wasn’t even out of the closet and he almost got fired because of me.”

Nick and Trent tried to hold back their quiet huff of laugh but without any result.

“Anyways, we never spoke again and I don’t want to back to The Gap ever again. It was the most humiliating experience in my life, which tells a lot because I’ve performed in theme parks and I was kind of hoping that you guys would let me forget it but hey, that’s what friends are for.”

Kurt laughed this time too, although he felt kind of bad for Blaine.

“Aand now you now,” Blaine signed, obviously not feeling comfortable.

“Don’t worry,” Kurt said while pulling Blaine closer. “I had a crush on my step-brother; I think it’s not much worse.”

Kurt leaned to kiss Blaine on the lips, shortly again. But this little kiss was enough to make Kurt wonder more about other Warbler’s words. This kiss was enough to make Kurt understand that was truly in love with Blaine.

The next days passed with the same rhythm. The school was tiring and annoying as Kurt tried to ignore the same kind of bulling he ignored last year. It wasn’t that bad anymore, since Karofsky is gone, but it wasn’t still easy.. The food fight made it even worse and too much drama was around with those first days.
It made him angry and shivering and the only way he could manage his day was thinking about Blaine, who waited him every day, after school at Lima Bean. Blaine, who maybe, was in love with him, but Kurt wasn’t sure and he couldn’t bring himself to say these simple words himself. Everything had happened too fast between Kurt and Blaine and Kurt didn’t want to ruin it.
It was really overwhelming to find a purple piano in courtyard. Really, Mr. Shue, really? Kurt thought. The food fight wasn’t enough to show that it’s a bad idea? No one didn’t start the song, so it was surprising when suddenly the trumpets, trombones and the band started playing. And there he was: Blaine, adorable as ever with really nice red jeans dancing his way in and starting singing:
“It's not unusual to be loved by anyone,“ he sang and these words made Kurt whimper. He quickly reminded Nick’s and Jeff’s words that had kept him up all night. “It's not unusual to have fun with anyone.“

Blaine kept singing and dancing and he blew away the shock and confusion, that Kurt and probably everybody else from the Glee club had. And yes, he was incredible and wonderful but Kurt still couldn’t stop thinking about the meaning of this song. Every time, the word ’love’ came up, Kurt startled a little. But nothing made him startle more than the phrase: „It's not unusual to find out I'm in love with you.“

The piano set on fire, when the song ended, so that made the whole situation even more shocking. Kurt wasn’t sure what was happening, not until the teachers came down to send students to the class and Blaine tugged Kurt inside.

„What are you doing here? What was that?!“ Kurt exhaled when they reached to the school hallway.

„That was me auditioning for the New Directions,“ Blaine answered with a bright smile. „I don’t understand the piano thing though..“

Wait what? Kurt shook his head, still in deep confusion. Kurt didn’t say anything for a long time. He tried his best to understand what Blaine had said. Did that really meant that Blaine will transfer?! In that moment, he didn’t give a damn about that piano.

„Blaine are you sure?“ Kurt asked. „I told you, it will won’t be easy around here..“

Blaine stopped him and just looked directly into Kurt’s eyes „I know that, but the thing is: I can’t be away from the person I love. No one can keep me away.“

In that moment, they both froze, because neither of them didn’t expect, what Blaine had just said. Blaine said that he loves you, Kurt said to himself. Blaine said that he loves you, Blaine said that he loves you.

„Yeah, I said that,“ Blaine signed suddenly.

Kurt swallowed. „I said that just out loud, didn’t I?“ he laughed heavily. Blaine nodded shyly.

Blaine was about to say something, probably to apologize or something, when Kurt pulled Blaine to a tight hug and rested his chin on Blaine’s shoulder.

„I love you too, Blaine. It’s probably too early to say it, but I don’t care. I love you, Blaine.“

Blaine relaxed against Kurt and tightened his arms around him.