Non-fat?

On their fourth meeting, now at the designated time of ‘Wednesday afternoon at 2pm’ Kurt was yet again there before Blaine in the usual spot by the window, wearing a cream coat this time with a soft brown scarf wrapped around his neck several times, his hair perfectly coiffed  . However unusually, Kurt had two cups of coffee in front of him instead of one.

“Thirsty?” Blaine nodded to the extra cup sitting on the table.

Kurt who’s eyebrows knitted together in confusion, glanced at what Blaine was nodding at and laughed.

“Oh! No that one’s for you” He smiled pushing the cup towards Blaine as he sat down.

“Medium drip right?”

“You know my coffee order?” Blaine was slightly taken aback, after all he was pretty sure Kurt had only seen him order once. “That’s impressive”

“I didn’t know how you liked it if that’s any consolation”

“Nope, still impressive” Blaine grinned, grabbing the cream and cinnamon from the nearby counter.

“Ok now take note – I like a little cream and a little cinnamon” He joked, flamboyantly adding them to his drink.

“Noted” Kurt smiled, saluting.

They both sat in silence for a moment, sipping their drinks.

“Hey!” Blaine said suddenly, making Kurt jump a little. He chuckled.

“Sorry, I have a tendency to do that don’t I?” Inside voice Blaine, inside voice, he smiled remembering his mother’s childhood instructions. “I just realised you know my order, but I don’t know yours”.

“No you don’t” Kurt replied, giving nothing away.

“Well I think maybe I should?” Blaine countered shyly “It’s only fair” he added looking up through his long eyelashes “plus I feel like a bit of a failure for not remembering”.

Kurt seemed to consider Blaine’s argument for a while before replying:

“Guess” He propositioned with a smirk.

Blaine’s eyes narrowed.

“Challenge accepted”

Kurt shook his head “You won’t guess correctly, but I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts”

Blaine, who was now studying the extensive menu above the counter, smiled.

“I think” He started, drawing out the words, then looking over the Kurt “You prefer something sweet”

Kurt was silent.

“I’m right aren’t I?!”

Kurt sighed “So Mr Holmes, you guessed I liked something sweet, but I’m afraid your powers of deduction are going to have to be stronger than that”

“How about we make a deal, if i guess the type of coffee you like, you provide me with the specifics?”

“That sounds fair”

Success, Blaine thought, he knew exactly what Kurt would like.

“Mocha” He grinned triumphantly.

“How’d you guess so quickly?”

“Well once you confirmed you liked something sweet and agreed to my terms, the options became dramatically narrowed down. I figured sweet equals chocolate and voila, mocha!”

“Congrats”

“Now, now you have to stick to your side of the deal remember?”

“Fine, but don’t laugh”

“Why would I-“ Kurt cut him off mid question.

“Just don’t”

“Okay, okay I won’t laugh”

Kurt cleared his throat and recited his order quickly.

“Grandenonfatmochawithwhip”

Blaine considered this a moment, eye’s squinting slightly.

“You do realise that doesn’t make much sense”

“I’m not repeating it”

“No I heard what you said, it just doesn’t really make sense”

“You said you wouldn’t laugh” Kurt pouted, although Blaine didn’t think he was aware he was.

“I’m not laughing, just pondering”

“Well, I can see you laughing internally”

That’s when Blaine laughed “Ok then Kurt, I apologise for my internalised amusement”

“And why doesn’t my order make sense?”

“Well...you order your mocha non-fat; that I get; you may be health conscious or whatever. But then you order whip, which kind of defies the point of the non-fat milk doesn’t it?”

“I just like the taste the whip adds”

“Yeah it’s the added fat you previously took away” Blaine smirked.

“Exactly i previously took it away, then added it along with the flavour of whip, so now it’s all balanced out” Kurt explained.

Blaine pondered this for a moment “It just seems like a lot of fuss over a few grams of fat”

“Well it also cools down the coffee enough for me to drink straight away”

Blaine raised an eyebrow at Kurt, challenging him.

“Ok fine, it’s doesn’t really make sense”

“So why the non-fat?”

“Honestly?”

“If you don’t mind” Blaine’s expression softened, only a hint of amusement showing on his face.

“I just like the sound of it” Kurt said quietly “The sound of my order I mean”

Blaine cocked his head to the side. He was not expecting that.

“When I was younger I thought it made me sound grown up, and now despite the fact I’m 21, I still kinda like the sound of it”. Kurt blushed slightly and looked up at Blaine “Although my comment about cooling the drink down is true”

Blaine chucked.

“Ok so ‘Grande non-fat mocha with whip’. Got it”.

“You think I’m crazy don’t you”

“No I think it’s cute”

And with that Blaine left the table to get them both refills.