Secrets

‘So!’ Said Kurt, taking Blaine by surprise slightly – there had been a silence for a while, not an awkward kind of silence, just two people lost in their own thoughts in the company if each other.

“So” Blaine replied.

“I think there’s something we should do”

“Oh yeah, what’s that?”

For some reason Blaine was nervous. Or at least his pulse was suddenly pounding.

“Secrets”

“Excuse me?”

“We should tell each other secrets about us. Not deep dark secrets if you don’t want to. Just silly little things”.

Blaine must have looked unsure, because Kurt sighed before continuing.

“Look, I guess after we last saw each other, and you had talked about your family. I realised how little we know about each other. Like really know about each other. That’s not to say you have to tell be everything about you, but we spend a lot of time together. Other than Quinn you’re probably the next friend I spend the most time with. Basically I’d like to think, we trust each other enough, that if/ when we needed to, we could talk about anything.”

“Okay” Blaine nodded slowly, processing what Kurt had just said. “Okay. So what kind of thing do you want to know?”

“Just tell me anything. Something you’re maybe a little embarrassed about or didn’t want to tell me before, because you thought it might freak me out”.

Blaine contemplated for a while. There was probably quite a lot of things he could tell Kurt. Maybe he should narrow it down to things to do with Kurt. So something that has happened over the past couple of months.

A smile slowly crept onto his face.

“Okay , I’ve got one”.

“Great! Let me hear it!”

“Alright, but don’t laugh” Blaine cleared his throat. “Okay, so you know when we first met? And I walked into you because I was distracted?”

“Of course”

“Well the thing that distracted me…..was a squirrel”.

“A squirrel? Really Blaine a squirrel? You’ve lived in New York for how long, and you’re still distracted by squirrels?”

“Hey, you said you wouldn’t laugh!”

“I’m not laughing, I’m merely questioning….. SQUIRRELS?”

“Would it help if I told you it was a cute squirrel?”

“It’s a squirrel Blaine they all look the same” Kurt’s tone was dead pan “You’re going to tell me you named it next”

Blaine was silent. His coffee cup had suddenly become really interesting…

“Oh My God, you did didn’t you? You named it!”

Blaine who was now blushing slightly.

“He had personality, he was aching to be given a name”

“You’re ridiculous”

“I prefer charmingly unique”

Kurt just shook his head, smiling.

“Okay your turn”

“Right, but Blaine can you promise me something?”

“Yes?” Blaine found himself getting slightly unsure again.

“Promise not to take what I’m about to say the wrong way”

“Ooo-kay?”

Kurt, who was now making a point of looking directly at Blaine

“When I first met you, and we had coffee here” he said gesturing around the room “the thing that struck me most about you…..”

Kurt stopped.

“Kurt c’mon you can’t just stop there! The suspense is killing me!”

“Okay, the thing the struck me the most was …. Your freakishly triangular eyebrows”.

Kurt winced.

Blaine said…..

Nothing.

“Oh no I’ve upset you haven’t I. I knew I shouldn’t have said anything. This was a stupid idea. How could I be so stupid and mean and you probably think I’m so rude since you were just talking about a harmless squir-“

Kurt’s rambling’s were cut off by Blaine bursting into peals of laughter.

“Kurt, do you really think something like that would upset me? Especially coming from you.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Kurt shifted uncomfortably in his seat, looking self-conscious.

“Well, first of all do you really think no-one’s ever said anything about my eyebrows? Look at them. Give them googly eyes and they could totally teach small children geometry on Sesame Street! And as for you…”

Kurt raised his – apparently normal shaped – eyebrows at Blaine.

“Well, you’re just so honest and kind and sweet, I don’t think you could ever say anything to upset me. Especially since you apologise profusely after saying anything that might be taken the wrong way before I even get to respond”

Blaine grinned wickedly as Kurt blushed.

“Hey” Blaine said quietly, reaching across the table and tapping it just in front of Kurt. Kurt raised his head slightly, making Blaine duck his head to meet his eyes.

“You know I’m only teasing right? It’s a really endearing quality”

And I wouldn’t change it…

Or you, for the world.