“Yes you. I remember a fantastic kiss with you, Kurt Hummel.”

“But you said it was a remarkable kiss from a beautiful person, that can’t be me.”

Blaine just gave a small smile. “Of course it can be you Kurt. You are remarkable. You are beautiful. You are everything and more. I just wish you could see it all.”

Kurt stared at the boy sitting across from him. The amount of sincerity behind Blaine’s words scared Kurt. They made him want to run and hide and never look at the other boy again. “I just can’t see it, it’s not going to happen because I can’t believe that it’s real.”

“But you are all of those things! They’re what I love most about you. Every little quality and quirk about you makes me smile.” Blaine blushed at the end of his sentence, as if he didn’t mean to let the last bit slip out.

“Oh stop it.” Kurt tried to contain his blush. “You can’t mean that.”

“Of course I can, and I do. So stop trying to argue with me, because you know it won’t get you anywhere honey.”

The banter between the two love struck boys continued on and Kurt couldn’t help but feel like their conversations lately have turned flirtier. It wasn’t even from him trying to make them that way, but more on Blaine’s part. A reason for that could be Blaine feels more comfortable with Kurt, but he’s never even acted that way with any of the New Direction members on an occasion.

“So have you thought more about our duet for glee this week?” Blaine asked.

“Well I had an idea in mind, so if you want we can work on it tomorrow in the auditorium after school? It will be much quieter working there than at one of our houses.”

“Sure that works for me, and then we can maybe even go for coffee afterwards? I like having this be our thing.”

“We have a ‘thing’ now?” Kurt teased lightheartedly.

“We’ve always had a ‘thing’ dear Kurtie!”

“Oh god. Don’t call me Kurtie. Please. Because if you do, I will just call you Blainey, and I doubt you would like that much.”

The other boys laugh rang out through the coffee shop, making a few people turn their heads. “Well now that you say it, I don’t think I would mind it much Kurtie!”

“Ok, you know what Blainey. I have dinner at home calling my name to be made, we skipped Friday night dinner this week and moved it to Sunday.” Kurt sighed. “So as much as I would love to stay here and keep talking about my Pippa Middleton musical, I must go.”

“Let me walk you out then.” Blaine insisted.

The boys exited the Lima Bean and said their goodbyes at their cars, even if they were headed back to practically the same place. Kurt drove through the streets of Lima in a daze. His conversation with Blaine felt like it was on repeat in his head.

No matter how many times Blaine told him he thought he was beautiful and amazing, Kurt just couldn’t believe it. The thought of him being desirable to another person was so absurd. He has spent so many years of his life telling himself that he won’t have the fairy tale ending with his prince charming, that he’s finally convinced himself that’s the case. Now Blaine has come into his life and is the definition of anyone’s Prince Charming, and Kurt is ready to have him sweep him off his feet, but he can’t mix his dreams with reality. It only sets him up for depression when it doesn’t come true.

Going home to make dinner was an excuse for Kurt to be able to leave. Being in the coffee shop with Blaine sitting across from him with his adorable little grin and laugh was just becoming too much for Kurt. Especially after Blaine admitted to remembering the ‘remarkable’ kiss between the two the previous night. Kurt’s feelings and love for Blaine was starting to get so suffocating that it was destroying him on the inside. Blaine’s
flirtatious banter and entrancing eyes were impacting Kurt in a way he never thought possible.

Arriving home, Kurt felt his tears gathering at the edge of his eyes. His dad and Carole weren’t home, but the lights were on, indicating the Finn was at home. Ever since their parents got married, Kurt and Finn had grown closer. Kurt knew he could talk to Finn about anything without it having the awkwardness that it had before. This is what prompted Kurt into walking into the house and heading straight for their shared room in the basement.

Finn was lying on his bed reading what looked like a comic book. “Hey dude, how are you doing this morning? Oh wait. It’s the afternoon. Whatever you get what I mean.”

“Finn, I need your help.” Kurt admitted sitting down on his bed across from the giant.

“You need my help? With what?”

“With Blaine.”

“Woah, wouldn’t Mercedes be better at helping you with this?” Finn had a confused look on his face.

Kurt sighed before continuing. “She would, but I just need you right now. This is eating me up so much.”

“Ok, well you know I’m not exactly good with all this stuff, but I can try.”

“Well obviously you remember playing spin the bottle last night right?” Finn gave a short nod. “Well, then you remember how Blaine and I kissed and I guess that’s what started all of my worrying. Last night I went to bed wondering if Blaine would remember because he had been drinking, and then today when we went for coffee, he brought it up and he remembered and he called it a remarkable kiss and called me beautiful and I just love him so much it hurts Finn. It really kills.”

Finn stared at Kurt for a moment before his mind caught up with him. “Did you just say you love him?”

“I did.” Kurt blushed. “I really, truly love him. I just don’t know what to do. This is just a huge mess in my head and I wish so much that it wasn’t like this.”

“Well, I guess the only thing you can do is to tell him.” The other boy said simply.

“Wait, what? I can’t tell him! What if he doesn’t like me back or he thinks I’m a freak or he never speaks to me again?”

“Kurt, that’s not going to happen, if what I’ve noticed is even partly true, he’s just as head over heels for you as you are for him. I’m also positive that someone else has told you that too by the look on your face right now.”

“You’re right, Mercedes and Rachel said the same thing. I just can’t wrap my head around that idea. He’s just so perfect. How could he ever like me the way I like him?”

“Contrary to what you believe, you’re pretty amazing yourself Kurt. There’s no one like you.”

“Thanks Finn, that really means a lot. But what am I supposed to do? Just come out and say ‘Hey Blaine, thought you might like to know, I’ve been in love with you since you first opened your mouth and introduced yourself’? I don’t think that would work out very well.”

“Why don’t you do what you do best?”

“Design an outfit? I’m not sure how that would work either. I’m not even sure that makes any sense at all.” Kurt looked over at his stepbrother and saw the eye roll he received.

“Not fashion Kurt, singing. Singing is what you do best. Sing something for Blaine to tell him how you feel. And don’t do it in front of the whole glee club either. That just wouldn’t work out for you at all.”

“Finn, you’re right. That’s just perfect. I’ll sing to him tomorrow after school before we rehearse our duet and I’ll tell him how I feel. I have to pick a song. I have to pick the perfect outfit. What am I going to sing? What am I going to wear?”

Finn laughed and got up and walked towards where Kurt’s iPod was sitting on his desk. “Calm down dude, I’ll help you pick out a song.”

And he did. Kurt and Finn spent an hour trying to find the perfect song before deciding on one to use. Then another hour was spent practicing the song before Burt and Carole got home.

Later that night Kurt called Mercedes and told her everything down to his latest plan to tell Blaine how he felt. “Oh boo, I’m so excited for you! This is just going to be absolutely wonderful! You have to call me and tell me EVERYTHING when you get home!”

Still smiling at his best friend’s antics and his upcoming plans, Kurt drifted off into a peaceful sleep that night.

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Blaine fell back onto his bed and his mind started racing with thoughts of the boy across the street. Kurt Hummel was perfect, and he didn’t know it. Blaine remembered their first kiss perfectly. He had only had one drink after all. The feeling of Kurt’s lips stayed on his and he could still taste him despite everything else.

The kiss just told Blaine what he already knew. He needed Kurt. Need him to breathe, needed him to live. Kurt had grown to mean so much to Blaine in such a short time and that frightened him. What if he was moving into all of this way too fast? Sure the two boys became best friends within days and shared things with each other than no one else knew, but what if that’s not enough?

Blaine knew that if he had Kurt as something more than a best friend, it would complete him, but could he risk telling Kurt how he feels? Would it be worth losing him over? Would it be better to have Kurt know and risk their friendship, or stay friends for the rest of their lives without acting on urges?

The answer was so obvious and in bold letters, but it was just so hard to try and accept what was to come. Accept what will be said. Accept what may be said. What may be done. The endless possibilities and outcomes of finally being able to be completely truthful with the one you love flying past in the air were overwhelming.

Kurt could return the feelings, and of course that’s what Blaine would want the most. Kurt could not return the feelings, but the two boys would still stay friends, and Blaine could live with that option, although it wouldn’t make him all too happy. And lastly, Kurt could fully turn Blaine down and never speak to him again. The chance of that happening shook Blaine to his very core. Not having Kurt in his life would be a horrid experience.

A plan to tell Kurt how much he cared, no loved, him formed itself under the curly mop of hair. Blaine when to sleep that night mentally preparing himself for the next day and what it was to bring with it.

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Kurt awoke the next morning with a smile on his face. It was quickly wiped away when his plans for the day recalled themselves in his head. Different scenarios of what could happen played themselves out in his mind and they started to worry him. Shaking his head he got out of bed and commenced his morning routine.

An hour later he was outside waiting by his car for Blaine to come over so they could leave for school. Kurt took extra time the night before picking out the perfect outfit to wear that day. His tightest white skinny jeans, baby blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled to his elbows, and a dark charcoal vest with his black Doc Martens completed the ensemble. Looking across the street he saw a frazzled Blaine running out of his house and Kurt smirked at the sight.

“Sorry I’m late! I woke up past my alarm and then I made a mess in the kitchen when I was eating breakfast and I’m just a hot mess this morning!” Blaine huffed out getting into the passenger seat of Kurt’s Navigator.

Laughing, Kurt said, “You’ve got the hot part right.” Adding a wink at the end for good measure.

The boys laughed and sang along to the radio on their way to school, acting like nothing was brewing, although they both had their respective plans in the making.

The school day past in regular fashion, with both boys anticipating their rehearsal after school for their glee duet. Kurt made sure to be at the auditorium early so make sure that everything worked out the way it was supposed to. As soon as Blaine walked through the auditorium doors, before he could even get a word out, Kurt started his song.

Tonight, a candle lights the room
Tonight, its only me and you
Your skin, like gravity
Is pulling every part of me
I fall, you and I collide

What if I stay forever?
What if there's no goodbye?
Frozen for a moment here in time, yeah
If you tell me the sky is falling,
Or say that the stars collide,
The only thing that matters in my life,
Is you and I tonight

The expression on Blaine’s face when Kurt started singing was priceless. Blaine’s eyes softened and looked misty even from where Kurt was standing on the stage, pouring his heart out.

Our eyes close, the candle burns away,
But I know the fire still remains,
This love, is all we need,
We fit together perfectly,
I fall, you and I collide

What if I stay forever?
What if there's no goodbye?
Frozen for a moment here in time, yeah
If you tell me the sky is falling,
I'll see that the stars collide,
The only thing that matters in my life,
Is you and I tonight

Kurt tried his hardest to show the emotion in the next part of the song. The part he wanted Blaine to understand the most.

I wanna see this through,
I'm gonna give it all to you

Tonight a candle lights the room,
Tonight it's only me and you

What if I stay forever?
What if there's no goodbye?
Frozen for a moment here in time, yeah
If you tell me the sky is falling,
We'll see that the stars collide,
The only thing that matters in my life,
Is you and I tonight
Just you and I tonight
Just you and I tonight.

As Kurt’s voice faded out, Blaine had reached the stage and was walking towards him slowly. “What did you think?” Kurt asked hesitantly.

“That was beautiful Kurt, absolutely beautiful.”

“I’m glad you liked it, it was for you after all.” Kurt tried to hide the blush that was rising on his face.

Blaine just stood a little ways away from the other boy and stared on in amazement. “Kurt, why did you choose that song to sing to me?”

“Because it was the most obvious song for me to sing that would convey exactly how I feel.” The other boy admitted.

“Kurt, what do you mean?”

“The easiest way for me to say it is that I like you Blaine. No, I love you. I think I’ve loved you ever since I laid eyes on you in your kitchen. You’re the one person who has ever, and could ever make me feel this way. When I’m around you, it’s like there’s nothing else in the world but you and I, hence the song. I’ve known for a while now that this is how I feel, and I just needed to get it off my chest, and now I have. I love you Blaine, and this is my way of showing you that.” Kurt blurted out and then took a deep breath before continuing on. “I met you not that long ago, and we just clicked as soon as we met. You became my best friend, and lately, that just hasn’t been enough for me. I need more. I need you. I guess my point is, you’re what I need to live. Just you. Silly, adorable, quirky you. I look into your eyes and see everything I’ve ever wanted. All the love I’d always imagined.”

“I finally had enough. The other day at Rachel’s party, when we kissed, I felt a shock. Like this is what I’ve been waiting my entire life for. And then I worried myself that you wouldn’t remember the kiss and when you told me you did, I felt like my heart would explode because it seemed like it was nothing, like it wasn’t my first kiss that actually counted. That killed me. So I told myself that I needed to show you how much I love you and this is what I came up with.” Blaine was silent throughout the entire speech. “Blaine, say something. Anything, please.”

“Oh Kurt.” With that, Blaine threw himself into Kurt’s arms and both boys were overwhelmed with their emotions that they couldn’t contain the sobs that escaped them. “Oh Kurt. I love you too. I absolutely, positively, love you too. With all my heart. Everything that you feel, I feel too. The shocks, the pain, the feeling of never wanting you to be gone. I promise you, the only reason I didn’t want to elaborate on the kiss, was because I was worried that you wouldn’t feel the same way, and now I know that you do. Now I know that I didn’t make anything up in my head. That all of this is real. My dreams finally became reality. I feel like I could fly right now.”

“Blaine, how could you ever think I wouldn’t love you too? I thought it was obvious. But I guess we were both too oblivious to the other’s actual feelings.”

“Kurt, there’s something I’ve been wanting to do, ever since I met you.”

“What is it?” Kurt asked, curiosity showing on his pale face.

“Let me kiss you. Again.” Blaine pleaded.

“Of course.”

Blaine leaned his head into Kurt’s and pressed his lips against the other boys. The feeling of the kiss was so much more than their first. The love and devotion for the other was so strong, that it could be felt miles away. They worked slowly first before the kiss turned more urgent, both boys needing to feel the other’s love. Kurt reached his hands behind Blaine’s head and twisted his hands into his curls, much like their kiss Saturday night. Blaine’s hands rested on Kurt’s hips and they stood still, lips attached in the auditorium for a long while before breaking apart when they ran out of air.

“I love you.” Blaine said breathlessly.

“I love you too.”