Kurt quickly began to discover how much just knowing Blaine Anderson was changing his day to day life, and it was all positive. Not that anyone would notice the alterations aside from Kurt himself. But for Kurt it was making all the things that bothered him before that much more bearable. Now, for example, whenever he got shoved into a locker or a jock made a snide remark at his expense, Kurt no longer just kept it all inside. Now he ended up telling Blaine about it either over the phone or in person and Blaine would listen as he vented out his frustrations. Sometimes he’d add his own experiences or would join him in mocking the bullies for their ignorant minds. Whatever they did to deal with it they always ended up laughing together. It didn’t make all the pain or humiliation he faced go away of course, nor he did forget it completely because it was always there. Now it simply mattered a little less to him, and that was the magic of getting to know Blaine. Of course a side affect to this was that Kurt had a far harder time paying attention in school and glee club in particular. So he forced himself to pay attention since Mr. Schuester was ready to give them their weekly assignment.

“Our gig at the mall turned out pretty well so I thought that I’d set up a bit of a challenge for you guys next. To really push you all forward and get that much better, tackle your weaknesses.” Will began to explain.

“You’re not going to make me dance, are you Mr. Schue?” Finn asked in alarm.

“No Finn, I have something much better in mind. I want you all to take a step out of your musical comfort zones.” Will replied.

“And how would one do that exactly?” Rachel asked in confusion.

“Your assignment this week is to find a song that is the exact opposite of one you’d normally choose to sing.” Will answered with a smile. Only no one had a real of idea of what he meant so Kurt frowned, until he slowly began to understand what Mr. Schuester meant and his face turned to horror.

“Do you mean like if I picked an offensive rap song? Or if Rachel chose something off Broadway? Because if that’s what you mean the idea is sort of horrifying.” Kurt muttered.

“But also challenging! Which is the whole point of the assignment. But that’s not all of it. After you pick your opposite song, I want you to turn it around and make it your own. Really use all of your strengths to pull it off. So if a complete stranger were to watch you perform, they’d have no idea it wasn’t your usual choice.” Will explained.

When it finally became clear what the assignment was everyone groaned in unison at the idea.

When the glee club was over for the day Mercedes walked over to where Kurt was sitting and he could see she shared his lack of enthusiasm over the idea.

“How the hell are we supposed to find a song that’s opposite but we can still pull off? I am not down with this lesson.” Mercedes mumbled.

“Ditto, I mean I’d rather wear baggy jeans that sing a song by Nickleback...” Kurt admitted with a shudder.

“Want to come over to my place and we’ll try to find our songs together?” Mercedes asked him.

“Sorry I can’t, I have plans.” Kurt said quickly. Blaine was coming over to his house for the first time, just to hang out of course, but Kurt still felt a little nervous about it. So much that when he looked back at Mercedes he realized he had made a mistake with answering her so quickly and with so little details.

“Funny. Lately you’ve had far more plans than usual. Got something you’re hiding Mr. Hummel?” Mercedes asked as she raised an eyebrow at him.

Luckily Kurt was use to coming up with excuses on the fly, so he didn’t even bat an eyelash as she eyed him over. “Sorry to disappoint you but my plans are pretty boring. I’ve been working at my dad’s shop to earn some money for my new spring wardrobe. As usual everything fashionable is expensive so it’s been keeping me busy lately.” Kurt explained. It was also lucky that this particular excuse had been true many times before. So it wasn’t a surprise when he saw Mercedes’ disappointment and he knew she had bought it. “But I will keep Saturday open to spend my day with you, how’s that sound?” Kurt added.

“Sounds good to me.” Mercedes replied. “Have fun being a grease monkey today.” she added playfully as she walked out of the choir room.

Kurt felt a bit guilty at having to lie to Mercedes like that, but he wasn’t ready to tell any of his friends about Blaine, at least not yet. The fact that he was in a rival glee club aside, he didn’t want anyone to tease him about it. But his thoughts were interrupted when his phone got a text message, which was from Blaine.

Am I still allowed to come over for our movie night?

As long as you bring a good movie. No monster films!

Fine I’ll leave my copy of “the creature from the black lagoon”at home. See yah soon then. ;)

Kurt shook his head as he put his phone away and left the choir room and started off towards the parking lot. “A winky face Blaine? Really?” Kurt muttered with a laugh. If more than anything else, Kurt was laughing a lot more since he had met Blaine, that was for sure.
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Somehow Kurt had managed not to wait outside for Blaine when he showed up at his doorstep, which he thought might seem too eager. So he opened the door to come face to face with Blaine’s friendly smile and found it was very infectious.

“Welcome to the Hummel residence!” Kurt greeted.

“Thanks for having me over.” Blaine answered, his grin widening.

Kurt stepped back so Blaine could come inside the house and Blaine began to take off his jacket. Kurt took it from him before he could even offer it. “Follow me, my room’s down in the basement.” Kurt told him as he walked down the hallway with Blaine in tow.

“You have a basement suite? Very impressive.” Blaine commented.

“Wait until you see it.” Kurt added with a smug smile.

Blaine followed Kurt down the stairs to his bedroom and the second he stepped into Kurt Hummel’s space he felt like he had walked into Narina. Mainly because the whole room’s colour palette was a mix of white and grey, like it was covered in snow. His eyes scanned the room and he couldn’t help but begin to smile at what he saw. the room was adorned with trendy and contemporary decorations and pieces of furniture all over the room. He noted the long white couch and a classy hanging chair, as well as Kurt’s bed which was in the far corner of the room.

Kurt watched as Blaine looked around his room, he could only imagine what his thoughts were.

“So what do you think?” Kurt finally asked
him.

Blaine ran his hand along the table that was Kurt’s night stand as he studied the various facial products there. He turned back to look at Kurt and smiled. “Very nice and very you.” he commented. Blaine continued to walk around the room to get a better look of things. “It’s like I’ve walked into designer heaven... And this seriously makes my own room look very very boring in comparison.” Blaine admitted with a chuckle.

“Let me be the judge of that, whenever I see your room of course.” Kurt commented.

Kurt placed their coats on his hanging chair and walked over to his couch and took a seat. Blaine took one last look around the room and joined him shortly after. He placed two dvds onto the table in front of them. “I thought I’d play it safe and bring a couple of classics.” Blaine explained.

Kurt bent forward to retrieve the dvds and let out a small laugh. “Well what do we have here... hmmm 'Singing in the Rain', excellent choice, and... how is' Stardust' a classic? It’s from this decade, Blaine.” Kurt pointed out.

Blaine only shrugged, “It just is, I don’t make the rules.”

“I mean don’t get me wrong I adore Stardust! But I say we go with Singing in the Rain first. Sorry I don’t actually have a tv down here though, so my laptop will have to do. Unless you’d prefer we go watch it in the living room.” Kurt offered.

Blaine stretched on the couch and let out a small yawn, “No this is good, this is a pretty comfy couch. But yeah good choice on our first movie because if you’re anything like me I’ve seen it so many times I know it off by heart. So if we end up missing parts it’s no biggie.” Blaine began to say, but he saw Kurt raise an eyebrow at him playfully and he brought his hand to his face. “You know what I mean!” he muttered.

“That when you have company you end up talking more than watching?” Kurt offered.

“Exactly.” Blaine said.

“Why don’t we just watch the movie?” Kurt suggested and when he saw Blaine nod he placed the disk into his laptop and brought the movie up to play. He leaned back into his couch beside Blaine and what followed for the next hour and a half was a fun filled night for all. Blaine and Kurt ended up commenting on almost every detail throughout the film. From the fact that two men got to sing together back in the 1950s in a movie to the fashion of the era and ending with them singing along to every song. Once the dvd ended Kurt took the break to go get them some refreshments, leaving Blaine sitting along in Kurt’s room while he awaited his return. Blaine was relieved that there was no awkward air hovering around them so far. So it only confirmed his idea to just not worry about what they were to each other beside being friends. Because Blaine knew he was totally clueless when it came to romance. He was far better at singing his feelings than speaking them, which was a fact few people knew. Blaine was already becoming accustomed to having Kurt in his life, so he didn’t want to do anything to endanger their growing friendship. Not to mention that he really had no idea what his feeling towards Kurt were. Only time would tell; for now, all Blaine planned to focus on was being a good friend to Kurt and enjoying the experience.

Kurt returned a moment later with a platter full of snacks and two tall glasses of iced tea and placed it on the table in front of the couch. “Thanks for waiting.” Kurt told him as he handed Blaine his drink.

“The service is quite excellent here.” Blaine smirked as he took a sip of his drink.

“It’s no coffee house and I’m no barista.” Kurt replied playfully as he sat down beside Blaine again. Kurt began to open the dvd case of Stardust when a sudden thought popped into his mind. “You know hearing you sing a long with me during the movie just reminded me of something. Isn’t it a little unfair that you’ve seen me perform with the New Directions but I haven’t seen you perform with the Warblers?” Kurt pointed out.

Blaine, who had been munching on a handful of chips made a face. “Uh well honestly I wish there was an easy way to make that happen. But the Warblers have never actually performed off campus... at least not for like a very long time.” Blaine admitted.

“Really?”

“Yes really, it’s a long story... something to do with an accident that happened eons ago.”

“Oh well I tried, feel up to watching Stardust next?” Kurt asked.

“Of course I am, Kurt.” Blaine answered.

But Blaine ended up paying little attention to the movie or Kurt as he sat beside him on the couch. His mind once again was a whirlwind of thought. This time about how he could make it possible for Kurt to see him perform somehow. Sure he could just sing for Kurt on his own, but that seemed too easy and he had seen Kurt sing with the New Directions or at least its female members at the mall. He had to admit it would be fun for Kurt to see him sing a full number with the Warblers. He hadn’t admitted to Kurt yet that he was getting more and more solos either. It seemed petty when Kurt constantly complained about how he barely got any. But the fact that Kurt was clueless about his rising stardom only made him realize what a fun surprise it could end up being, if he could pull it off, and so far Blaine had no ideas. Except that the problem was that Kurt was in a rival glee club of course. But only his friends knew that or what Kurt looked like, so it wasn’t so bad. If he could manage to gather enough nerves to admit to his friend his idea, things might just come together enough to work in Blaine’s favour. But of course Blaine kept all of this to himself and made himself focus on watching the movie, before Kurt discovered his mind had been elsewhere.

“Couldn’t you see Stardust being made into a musical?” Blaine commented.

Kurt let out a laugh, “Oh my god I was totally thinking that too!” he admitted.

“Wow... This is almost scary... Are you sure you’re not a mind reader, Kurt?”

“I don’t need to be, because it seems we have very similar minds.”

“Must be why we get along so well.”

Kurt smiled at him and fought the urge to blush, “Yeah I guess so.”

When the movie was over Kurt and Blaine ended up spending another hour talking amongst themselves about their share interests. Until they both noticed it was getting late and that they should call it a night. Kurt stood up and handed Blaine his coat and escorted him to the front door. “Well this was a fun evening.”

“Indeed it was, we must do it again sometime soon.” Blaine answered. “I’ll see you later.” he added and headed out the door as he waved to Kurt.

Kurt waved back and made himself close the door before Blaine was out of sight and he leaned his back against the door with a sigh. Things were going so well for him that Kurt was worried he was in for a reality check very soon, because they were never far away. “Oh screw that.” Kurt told himself and strolled down his hallway as he began to whistle Make em Laugh.
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It had been rather easy to keep his budding friendship with Blaine a secret from his fellow glee clubbers, until Blaine ended up calling him on Thursday night. This time Kurt actually had been working in his dad’s shop, which was ironic. Kurt heard his phone ring and he stopped working on the tire of the car in front of him and hurried to wipe his hands and grabbed his phone. “Hey Blaine, sorry you caught me in the middle of work.” Kurt muttered.

“As in working at your dad’s tire and lube shop?” Blaine asked over the phone.

“Yes, I’m dressed in blue coveralls and probably look horrendous so I’m glad you can’t see me right now. What’s up?” Kurt answered as he took a seat on a nearby stool.

“I was wondering if you’re free this Saturday because I managed to snag a pair of tickets to go see a new production of Rent. Mind you it’s nothing big but it should be fun, you interested?” Blaine explained from his spot at the piano in his house.

Kurt almost ended up dropping the rag he was holding in surprise, “Are you kidding? I am so there! I love Rent... how could you not...” Kurt began to reply in excitement but he began to speak slower until Blaine heard nothing but silence.

“Is something wrong?” Blaine asked concerned.

Kurt realized he had stopped talking and sighed. “Hmm? Oh no no sorry! It’s good it’s just... It’s on Saturday. I kind of made plans with Mercedes then, we’re gonna work on our current glee assignment.” Kurt explained. “It’s a tough one so it’s actually a two week assignment.”

Blaine tried his best to hide the disappointment in his voice at the news. “Oh well... I understand it was kind of last minute. Some other time then.” Blaine told him.

Kurt groaned in protest, “No I really want to go with you! I’m sure I can change my plans with Mercedes to another day. If only...” Kurt began.

Blaine already knew the answer to Kurt’s dilemma, since he had been facing the same problem. “...If only your friends knew about me?” He finished for him.

Kurt nodded, which was silly because he realized Blaine couldn’t see his face. “It’s silly I know and I mean it’s not like I need to hide you from them. We’re just friends and neither of us is spying on each other. We both know that, but our friends don’t. I just know that if I told them most of the New Directions would only hear the part about you being a Warbler. Then they’d make a big deal about things because drama seems to follow our glee club wherever we go, since it doesn’t need to be a big deal so I decided not to tell anyone about you. At least not yet.” Kurt admitted.

“Don’t worry about it because I’ve done the same thing myself. I don’t think I'm ready for the amount of teasing I’d get if I told my friends about you. Or the prospect of being of accused of hanging out with the enemy. Which you’re not! God this sucks...” Blaine muttered.

“Don’t get me started... So any ideas what we should do about this? I mean it’s not like we even talk about glee!” Kurt pointed out.

“Right! We’re just hanging out. As much as I dislike keeping my friends in the dark because there’s nothing to hide, I kind of like that it’s not a big deal, which it would be if I told the Warblers. I also wouldn’t agree to stop talking to you if they expected me to. So would it make us horrible people if we continued to keep everyone in the dark?” Blaine asked.

“I don’t think so. So it’s business as usual then and I’ll talk to Mercedes ASAP after we’re done here. Looks like I’ll be joining you for Rent after all.” Kurt told him.

“I don’t envy you having to call her so good luck.” Blaine admitted.

“Oh I’ll be fine, I’m witty remember?” Kurt said with a laugh.

After he and Blaine said their goodbyes Kurt set to calling up Mercedes and started to think how he was going to pull this off. “Here goes nothing.” Kurt muttered to himself as he waited for her to pick up.

“Hey Mercedes... Can we move our plans to Sunday?” Kurt asked her quickly when she answered.

“If you can give me a good reason why.” Mercedes answered.

Kurt sighed, that was easier said than done. “Sunday would work better, my dad’s shop’s pretty swamped and I’m falling behind. Unless you want to come help me finish here...” Kurt began.

“Sorry no, you won’t catch me get all greased up in a pair of coveralls.” Mercedes warned.

“Oh come on, you’d totally pull the look off!” Kurt teased.

“Save it Kurt, fine we’ll hang on Sunday! Just don’t end up changing your mind again!”

“Fashionista’s honour Mercedes, you shall see me on Sunday or I will die trying.” Kurt assured her.

“That’s not even a word, Kurt!” Mercedes said with a laugh.

A few hours later Kurt decided to share the good news with Blaine, only to have Blaine once again beat him to the punch and send a text before he could do the same.

So How’d the call with Mercedes go?

Pretty good, I just said sunday was a better night.

Kurt texted back to him.

Really?????

Kurt chuckled at that.

Well no, but I am witty remember. So I came up with something. Hardly had to lie at all.

I don’t know if I should be impressed or scared Kurt.

Nothing wrong with being both Blaine.