Saturday night had arrived and Blaine was driving to pick up Kurt so they could make their way to the community theatre and see Rent. Little did Kurt know that Blaine had a secret to reveal to his friend, one that he was still amazed had come through. Blaine could still remember the looks of surprise and amusement as he had told his friends in the Warblers about meeting and befriending Kurt. Like he had assumed they had teased him like crazy about it, but since Kurt wasn’t there to hear, Blaine had survived somehow. The fact that they had all agreed to play along with his plan had made it all worth while. Now all Blaine had to do was keep his excitement in check so Kurt would be none the wiser to what he had in store for him. Blaine pulled into the driveway at Kurt’s house and Blaine noticed he was already standing outside waiting for him. When Kurt caught sight of him he waved with a smile and Blaine smiled back at him.

“Hey there! Ready to go?” Blaine called as he opened the window of his car.

Kurt nodded and walked up to the driver seat window, “Naturally.” he said with a grin and he headed over to the passenger side and piled inside.

“So after the show I thought we’d head over to my place and you can see how boring my room is.” Blaine suggested as he drove off towards the theatre.

“Sure, but I bet it’s not that bad.” Kurt replied.

Despite the low production quality of the show, Blaine and Kurt ended up enjoying Rent quite a bit. But that was probably because of their chemistry again, even if it was only platonic. What the cast had lacked in sets and elaborate costumes, they had made up in their acting and singing voices. Which reminded Kurt very much of the New Directions. After the show was finished Kurt and Blaine stopped for a quick coffee at the Lima Bean and headed over to Blaine’s house as planned.

As Kurt followed Blaine through the hallway of his house, Kurt thought about how he was glad there was no awkward air hanging around them still. The plan of just focusing on becoming good friends had been a wise one. Blaine stopped in front of one of the bedroom doors and opened it up and bowed for Kurt to enter inside first. Chuckling to himself Kurt stepped inside and began to scan the room around him. At the first glance, Kurt had to admit that compared to his room, Blaine’s might seem rather boring. But considered how his own room looked compared to most teenage boys, even gay ones, that wasn’t saying much. As he walked around the room Kurt liked what he saw, even if it was bordering on the juvenile side with some objects, such as the collection of robot toys. Kurt also noted some framed photos of what looked like water polo players. It seemed Blaine had a thing for lamps considering how many were placed around the room. Kurt noticed Blaine walk over and toss their coats on a chair in the corner and he smiled at Kurt when he was done.

“Well? What’s the verdict?” Blaine asked him.

“Very nice and very you, it’s not boring at all.” Kurt answered with a wide smile.

“Why thank you, that’s a big compliment.” Blaine said. He flopped down on his bed and brought his hands to rest under his head. “That production of Rent was pretty good. I couldn’t stop myself from crying when they sang at Angel’s funeral.” he commented.

“I know, I saw you. I hear there’s going to be a far better version of Rent to be put on sometime next year.” Kurt replied as he walked over to join Blaine on the bed and sat on the corner beside him.

“Something to look forward to then.” Blaine told him with a smile.

Kurt looked down at Blaine’s handsome smiling face and couldn’t help but let out a small laugh. His attention was distracted when he noticed one of Blaine’s school uniform was laid out on the bed. Kurt picked up the navy and red tie and gave Blaine a curious look. “What’s this here? Getting lazy with your laundry, Blaine?” Kurt asked. He was confused because the uniform didn’t have a single wrinkle so it looked like it hadn’t been worn recently.

Blaine grinned playfully as he sat up on the bed, this was the reveal he had been waiting for. “No, this is actually part of my master plan.” Blaine explained.

“Your what?” Kurt asked.

“My master plan. This, Kurt Hummel, is how you’ll be able to see me perform with the Warblers.” Blaine added.

“Come again?” Kurt asked, he still had no idea what Blaine was getting at.

Blaine chuckled as he grabbed the blazer and draped it over Kurt’s frame. “It’s for you to wear, dummy. You’re going to enroll at Dalton academy. Well, not officially and only for one short moment, But you get the idea, I hope.”

“You mean like... Sneak into Dalton wearing this so I can see you sing with the Warblers? I’m not sure that’s a good idea... Well it’s actually a brilliant idea! But you do realize this would make me look like an actual spy and I have no desire to get my ass kicked by a bunch of preppy school boys if I’m discovered, right? Not to mention facing the New Directions if they find out somehow too!” Kurt pointed out.

“Aww come on! Where’s your sense of adventure? You said you wanted to see me perform and I’ve made it possible now. It’s not that bad either, everyone will just think you’re a new transfer student and in that blazer you’ll blend right in. Besides the Warblers often put on performances and the whole student body comes to watch. So you’d just be another fish in the sea of students.” Blaine assured him.

“That’s true... But what about your friends who saw me perform at the mall? Won’t they recognize me? That would blow my cover for sure, they wouldn’t know we’re friends so they’ll think I came on my own to spy on you guys!” Kurt shouted as he flung his arms up in the air, only he had forgotten he was holding onto the tie and the both of them watched it go flying into the air and tumble down on the floor next to the bed.

Blaine sighed and bent over to rescue it and looked back at Kurt, “Uh well that won’t be a problem actually... Because I sort of told my friends about you.” Blaine admitted quietly.

Kurt narrowed his eyes at Blaine. He wasn’t mad at him but he couldn’t forget that he had just lied to Mercedes about hanging out with Blaine. “So the business went bankrupt huh? Did you think how bad this makes me feel that my own friends are still in the dark?” he asked.

“I had to tell them about you Kurt, it was the only way to make my plan to work. Besides, only four of the Warblers know about this, not all of them. If it helps, they teased me like crazy, to the point when I felt like giving up... and it’s far from over.” Blaine admitted, then sighed. “But it’s done and now you’ll get to see me sing, to make things even. It’s also not a song for Regionals or anything so you wouldn’t be spying either. But if you don’t want to risk it Kurt, I’ll understand.” Blaine added. He then looked at Kurt pouting with big puppy dog eyes. “Eventually.”

Kurt just stared At Blaine and his ridiculous facial expression and he couldn’t fight it any longer, his frown left his face and he let out a long breath in defeat. It was hard to stay annoyed at Blaine for long, especially when he hadn’t done anything wrong, so Kurt relented. “Fine, I’m sorry for overreacting. I’d love to see you sing actually and thanks for doing this. Considering all the work and torture you went through to arrange it, it would be rude not to go. I also have to admit it would be fun to sneak into Dalton, like I’m some classy secret agent.” Kurt admitted as he took the tie from Blaine’s hand gently.

“Like a gay James Bond?” Blaine asked with a laugh.

“I’d be quiet because you might be considered the attractive Bond girl in that scenario.” Kurt teased. “So what are the details of this ‘master plan’ of yours?” Kurt asked as he made air quotations for when he said the words master plan.

Blaine rolled his eyes playfully at Kurt but answered his question anyway. “Oh it’s pretty simple. You head over to Dalton after class and I’ll give you the directions on how to do that. The Warblers are going to put a performance on in our choir room on Monday and everyone’s welcome. Except you’ll want to get there early because the room fills up pretty quick. Once you make it inside Dalton the real plan begins. Following my directions you’ll find this cool staircase that curves downwards and at the bottom of those stairs you’ll see a handsome young student, who you will ask what’s going on and he’ll graciously take you to the choir room.” Blaine explained.

“And how will I know who this handsome young student will be?” Kurt asked playfully.

“Very funny! Anyway that’s it, we’ll just pretend we’re strangers and you’ll get to watch us sing. After that’s done, just head over the Lima Bean and we’ll meet up like we usually do. Then you can tell me what you thought of it all.” Blaine said.

Kurt stood up from the bed and took the blazer from Blaine and tried it on over his shirt, he turned to smile back at him.

“Sounds like a master plan to me.” he admitted. __________________________________________________________________________

Master plan or not, Kurt Hummel couldn’t help but feel nervous about sneaking into a different school. Which was silly because he wasn’t even there to spy on the Warblers, no, he was there to watch his friend sing and nothing more. Kurt hoped that Blaine would have more than a line or two in whatever song they ended up singing. So far Blaine had been rather quiet about his status in the Warblers and since Kurt hadn’t heard him sing, aside from their sing along to Singing in the Rain, Kurt wasn’t completely sure what to expect, aside from knowing that Blaine was talented, but that was easy to guess. As he strolled up to look at the massive school in front of him, Kurt walked as innocently as possible as he headed up to the door, which had a large D engraved on it. Kurt took a deep breath and stepped inside and his first impression of Dalton Academy was that he had stepped into a fairytale. The school was so gorgeous it was almost ridiculous and it was easy to tell how rich its creators must have been. Kurt figured he was allowed to look around in amazement of it all if he was pretending to be a new student. Finally Kurt followed Blaine’s directions until he arrived at the designated location of the staircase and he glanced down at the bottom and sure enough, he found Blaine standing near the bottom. Kurt began to walk down the stairs and tried his best to look like he was lost and disoriented. A number of students raced down beside him and he had a feeling they were heading to the Warbler’s choir room. When he reached the bottom of the stairs Kurt continued to look around a bit and ignored Blaine’s presence at first, who was looking at his phone. Kurt’s eyes fell over Blaine and when he put his phone back in his pocket Kurt stepped forward and tapped his shoulder.

“Excuse me, can I ask you a question? I’m new here” Kurt asked him.

Blaine- totally in character- gave him a quickly friendly smile and shook his hand. “My name’s Blaine.” he said.

“Kurt.” he replied quickly, trying not to blow his cover. “Um, what exactly is going on here?” he asked.

“The Warblers, they sometimes put impromptu performances once in a while. Tends to shut the school down.” Blaine explained.

Kurt couldn’t help it, “Wait so the Glee club here is kind of cool?” he asked.

“The Warblers are like rock-stars.” Blaine replied grinning.

That comment caused Kurt to raise his eyebrow in amusement. ‘Oh Blaine.’ he thought. But Kurt’s thoughts were quieted when Blaine reached out to grab his hand and pulled him forward.

“Come on I know a short cut.” Blaine told him as he began to lead him down the gilded hallways of Dalton.

Kurt looked around as he was guided along hand in hand with Blaine. It all seemed so surreal. Suddenly Kurt thought of how he would have reacted to it if this had actually have been the first time he met Blaine. Did things like that really happen in real life? Kurt didn’t have time to think about the answer when Blaine brought Kurt to a large room, which Kurt found hard to believe this was their choir room. It looked more like some fancy room in a rich manor house, McKinley’s choir room didn’t have any couches, for one thing. The room was already full of blazer clad students and some of them were moving tables away to make a stage area. Kurt glanced around and gave a shy smile. “Quite a turn out.” Kurt muttered.

Blaine grinned and fixed the lapel of Kurt’s blazer, which had gotten tangled up in the strap of his book-bag in their sprint to the room. Kurt just looked at him with his mouth open in surprise, of course they weren’t really strangers but if they had been, Kurt would have been blown over by his charm, not to mention how good looking Blaine was. Luckily for him, Kurt had already dealt with that fact and had managed not to let things get weird between them because of it.

“Of course, and this is from not planning at all. Now if you’ll excuse me.” Blaine replied. He gave Kurt a quick wink and headed to join the Warblers.

As the music started the Warblers began to sing the back up vocals, a capella style, and Blaine whirled around and began to sing lead. The song in question ended up being 'Waking Up in Vegas' by Katy Perry.

Kurt just stood there smiling to himself smugly, he wasn’t sure what he was more surprised about: the fact that Blaine turned out to be a possible lead singer for the Warblers, that he had obviously picked the song out himself or that he was an amazing singer. Of course the last detail came to no surprise, he had known from the start that Blaine had an impressive voice. Which only added to his appeal to the point that it was almost annoying, Except for the fact that it was impossible to stay annoyed at Blaine for long. Not when Kurt was currently watching him sing and throughout the song he looked over at Kurt’s direction before glancing away.

Blaine made sure his eyes never fell for too long on Kurt as he continued to sing, but it was a challenge. The look of delight on Kurt’s face whenever he came into view was very addictive, but his inner performer managed to hold his composure together, so he didn’t crack.

Kurt looked around the room and he couldn’t ignore what a warm reception the Warblers were getting. Even when he was enjoying the show Kurt couldn’t help but notice how different things were at McKinley High. It would be impossible to imagine a room full of cheering and smiling students if the New Directions did the same thing at their school. Kurt pushed those negative thoughts aside because he didn’t want anything to ruin this moment for him. After all he was here watching his friend sing, because Blaine had planned for him to be able to. So all Kurt would allow himself to think about was how life was pretty good at the moment. When the song was over Kurt forced himself to leave without approaching Blaine, that would have made him stand out too much. He darted out of the room and out to the parking lot, all without being stopped or running into anyone. Kurt was quite proud of himself, until he reached his car and found four Dalton students waiting for him.

“Well it was fun while it lasted.” Kurt muttered to himself as he walked up to them and put a brave smile on his face.

“Hello, what can I do for you guys?” Kurt asked innocently as he stopped in front of them.

“Are you Kurt Hummel?” One of the them asked, who had blonde streaked hair.

As Kurt studied the four of them more he realized they all looked familiar and he noticed they were members of the Warblers. Then it dawned on him who they all were and he sighed. “I take it you’re Blaine’s friends whom he told about me?” Kurt asked.

“Yes, we are. I’m David while this is Nick, Trent and Jeff. First off you have nothing to worry about because we’re not here to beat you up.” David answered.

“Dalton has a very enforced non-bully policy so your life’s not in danger.” Nick added.

“And even if there wasn’t you’d still be fine.” Jeff pointed out.

“Well that’s a relief.” Kurt breathed.

“We just wanted to meet you.” David said.

“Alright, but does Blaine know you’re doing this?” Kurt asked as he came to rest against his car. He was pretty sure the answer would be no, but he asked anyway.

“Of course he doesn’t, he’s already off to meet up with you at the Lima Bean, you just missed him” Trent answered.

“Yeah I got kinda distracted by the splendour of your school on my way out.” Kurt admitted.

“We won’t keep you for long, we just wanted to see for ourselves if you’re trustworthy.” Trent told him.

“Blaine’s a great guy and everything but he’s so trusting in people that he’s almost gullible.” Jeff commented.

Kurt rolled his eyes, “Even Blaine’s not that stupid, because he isn’t at all.” Kurt had to point out.

“True. And it’s also true that Blaine was right about you, when he told us you had no ulterior motives in befriending him.” David began.

“Which I’m glad to hear of course. Blaine is a great guy and a good friend so thank you by the way, for going along with his plan. I promise that no one in my Glee club even knows about him. The subject never even comes up between us either. So and of your Warbler’s secrets are safe.” Kurt explained to them. Kurt watched them all eye one another and judging by their grins, he knew the only reason they weren’t teasing him was because they had all just met, which was a godsend.

“We actually believe you Kurt, so don’t worry.” Jeff said.

“So we’ll leave you alone now, as we said. We just wanted to meet you.” David added and they turned and left.

“Great performance by the way!” Kurt called out as they left and he got into his car and drove away. He still wasn’t sure what that had all been about but Kurt doubted he’d ever find out, at least not from Blaine. Because he certainly wasn’t going to tell him about him meeting his friends, not yet anyway. When he arrived at the Lima Bean Kurt had been tempted to have some fun and not tell Blaine what he thought of the performance right away. But one look at Blaine’s excited face when their eyes met inside and Kurt knew it was out of the question. Since Blaine had had a head start on him he wasn’t surprised to find he was already sitting at a table with Kurt’s drink waiting for him there. Kurt strolled over and smiled at Blaine in greeting and took a seat across from him.

“Very nicely done Blaine Warbler. Though you could have given me a heads up that you’re their leader.” Kurt said, taking a drink of his coffee.

“Well I’m not really the leader, not yet anyway but I am getting more solos now. But even if I was , if I had told you I wouldn’t have been treated to seeing your surprised face.” Blaine told him.

“So was it worth sneaking into Dalton for it? I thought I’d make it totally fair by picking a Katy Perry song too.”

“Very cute and yes it was worth the sneak in. You’re as talented as I thought you would be, which is a lot by the way.” Kurt commented.

“What if you thought I would be terrible?” Blaine asked as he pouted at him.

“Lucky for you then that I didn’t. I thought you were amazing, Blaine.” Kurt admitted.

That fact made Blaine begin to smile bashfully and Kurt swore he was blushing a little, which only made Kurt think about how cute he could be without even trying. Kurt took a sip of his mocha and realized something. “You know I never actually heard what you thought about my singing and that hardly seems fair.”

“Oh you’re right! Well then let’s see... For the lines you sang I thought you were very good. In fact I was very surprised at your vocal range.” Blaine answered. there was no way he would ever admit that his first impression of Kurt had been how good he looked in his skinny jeans, though. Not when things were going so well with them dealing with just being friends. It hadn’t gotten awkward so far between them and that was something Blaine did not want to ruin.

“Why thank you Blaine, too bad I didn’t sing the whole thing though.”

“Maybe I can hear you sing a solo sometime?” Blaine suggested.

“Well I gotta admit having you sneak into my school wouldn’t be too successful. Mainly because the chances of me getting a solo are far less likely. Not when I have to fight Rachel at every turn. So I have no idea when it could happen, so that makes planning pretty impossible.” Kurt grumbled, showing Blaine it was a sore spot for him.

“I’d suggest you just sing for me sometime then, but that might be weird.” Blaine replied.

Kurt quickly swallowed his mouth full of mocha and grinned. “Actually that’s a good idea... It doesn’t have to be weird either. It could be very simple actually.”

Blaine gave him a quizzical look, “I’m listening.”

“This could actually be a big help for me. The song assignment for Glee Club this week is to find a song that people would think as the complete opposite of a song I’d normally choose to sing. Then take that song and make it my own... And as you can guess it’s been very challenging. On Sunday Mercedes and I looked for possibilities and I think I’ve found one that could work quite well. Only I’m kind of nervous about performing it in front of everyone because I’m not sure I can pull it off.” Kurt said softly. “So it might be nice to get a non judgemental opinion first... Are you game for that?”

“Oh yeah for sure! But wait... Wouldn’t that fall under the lines of us discussing Glee Club stuff? Because I thought we were going to steer clear of doing that. It’s what I told my friends anyway... I’d hate to end up lying to them again.” Blaine pointed out.

“Except that what we’d be doing couldn’t be seen as spying at all, it would just be a friend helping another friend out, who happens to go to a different school. It’s not like I’m singing this number for Regionals or anything. So I think we’re safe... Unless you don’t want to risk it.” Kurt replied.

Blaine shook his head, “No I agree! Because it means I get to year you sing. Let’s go for it, so the question now is when will I get to?”

Kurt thought about the answer for a moment, “Hmmm... Let me see, soon like at the end of the week? I just need a few more days to work all the kinks out.” Kurt began to explain, but he stopped when he saw Blaine’s reaction to him saying the word kink and he groaned. “Really Blaine? You know what I mean!” he added as he glared at him, though playfully.

“RIGHT...” Blaine replied mockingly.

Kurt knew just how to stop Blaine taunting him like this, “Don’t you still have Warbler practice tonight? What with you being their star singer, I can’t imagine they’d let you go. I’m still surprised you managed to get away at all after that number.”

Blaine squirmed in his seat at the comment and glanced at his watch, letting out a deep sigh. “Yeah I should get going. But don’t worry, I always come here to get my medium drip before practice anyway, which you already knew. So that’s nothing suspicious, I am surprised I beat you here though.”

“Oh that, I just got distracted.” Kurt admitted, which was true.

“See ya, I’m looking forward to seeing your performance.” Blaine called as he got up and hurried out of the store.

Kurt smiled but remained seated, “Me too.” he added, though Blaine was already gone and didn’t get to hear him.
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So when Thursday finally came around Blaine found himself sitting once again on Kurt’s bed in his basement suite. Only Kurt himself was nowhere in sight because he was busy getting dressed into the outfit he planned to wear for his solo. Blaine had no idea what to expect as he sat there twiddling his thumbs. A quick glance around the room showed Kurt meant business because he had moved a bunch of his furniture away to make room to dance in. Blaine grinned, this was nothing like what the Warblers did, their practices were far more mundane and they were never out of their blazers either. When Kurt had greeted him at the door earlier it had been easy to tell he was nervous and Blaine couldn’t blame him. Even he wasn’t sure he could pull off a song that was totally opposite to his normal singing style.

“Are you ready?” Blaine heard Kurt call from the bathroom.

Blaine chuckled and moved to sit at a better viewing position from his spot on the bed. “Yes, ready when you are!” Blaine called back.

Blaine watched as Kurt stuck his arm from out of the bath room with his docking port’s remote in hand. He pressed the start button and music soon began to fill the room. Suddenly it felt like Blaine was at a rock concert. The song started out with an epic drum and guitar solo and Blaine tried to figure out what the song was because it sounded familiar to him. But he didn’t get any chances to guess because the second Kurt stepped out into view Blaine forgot how to think all together. Just when he thought things were under control and at a platonic state once again, all Kurt had to do was dress to kill and it started all over again. Because Kurt was now dressed in a very tight pair of leather pants that looked more like body paint than fabric. Add the dangerous combination of him wearing a black mesh shirt, though it had a black undershirt underneath, which Blaine was grateful for. But it didn’t diminish the look at all, Kurt had topped it all off with a black leather jacket and fingerless gloves and the result was sizzling. While his hair, oh that straight hair that Blaine had instantly envied, was all spiked up and Kurt finished the whole look with a pair of designer sunshades. Finally Blaine recovered enough to realize he was singing Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin.

As Kurt began to sing the rock song, he began to move and dance around the bedroom. Blaine at first found himself mesmerized by the movements but he had to remind himself he was supposed to be watching the performance in order to give feedback. But it wasn’t fair, Kurt was so attractive! Once he got over that a bit he was able to focus on the actual performance. The first thing he noticed was that it was definitely a song that he wouldn’t picture Kurt singing by choice. But that didn’t mean he was bad, not in the least. In fact Kurt’s pitch worked very well with a number like this, his ability to hit the high notes worked surprisingly well for rock numbers. Just as he continued to watch Kurt gyrate it was soon clear to see where his weakness was. The trouble Kurt was having all had to do with his attitude during the number. Instead of looking intense and powerful, Kurt’s face just looked uncomfortable at times and his movements only added to it with his awkward body language. But Blaine also noticed that it went back and forth, one moment he had it and then a second later he would loose it. So while he had the looks down to perfection, he needed to work on the rest to fully pull the whole number off. He tried to keep his face looking neutral but a number of times he couldn’t help to gape at him in shock. ‘Oh god... if this isn’t over soon things are gonna get dangerous.’ Blaine thought to himself as he fought the stirring of desire that was risking to show. Luckily for him it was all over in a flash when Kurt ended up crouch down on the floor, breathing hard when the music stopped.

Blaine began to clap because it had been a very entertaining performance nonetheless. He quickly brought his legs up to sit in a crossed position. He was relieved to see he hadn’t gotten a boner but with Kurt still being dressed like he was, Blaine wasn’t taking any chances. Blaine felt very silly as he sat there, because he had been so insistent on not letting his mind go anywhere even close to romance. It wasn’t worth the risk of ruining their friendship and Blaine still had no idea what his feelings were. Better to keep things at bay for now, especially when Kurt had asked for his help and if Blaine kept worrying about it, he’d be no help to anyone.

Kurt looked up from his crouched position and ran a hand through his hair as he caught his breath. He looked over at Blaine who was still clapping and Kurt grabbed for his water bottle on his desk nearby. “So... How was I?” Kurt asked nervously.

Blaine opened his mouth to say something, only to close it a moment later. He was having trouble with coming up with a honest yet sensitive way to answer the question. All he knew was Blaine would for sure leave the detail about how turned on he had been over Kurt’s state of dress. But as he was busy figuring all of this out Kurt took the long silence as a bad sign and his nervous face quickly turned to sheer horror.

“Oh my god I was horrible wasn’t I!” Kurt blurted out as he brought his hands to cover his face in shame. He collapsed upon his couch and curled up, like he was trying to melt away into the white leather.

Blaine shot off of his spot from the bed in a flash and came to hover over Kurt, not knowing what to do. He felt like the worst friend on the planet at that moment. “No Kurt, no! You weren’t horrible!” Blaine blurted in reply.

Kurt moved enough so his now blotchy red face was staring at Blaine and he looked like a cornered deer. “No I was! I mean I was trying to look like some sex rock god. But I kept messing it up and... Oh god...” Kurt began. He reached over for a tissue and blew his nose loudly.

Blaine came over and sat down on the couch beside him, making sure not to end up sitting on his legs. He brought his hand up and paused, he wasn’t really sure what would be appropriate to do. But for once he simply didn’t care about the consequences and Blaine rubbed Kurt’s shoulder gently. “Kurt, calm down okay? Listen to me, you were not horrible alright? You know we’ve always been honest with each other from the start. I’m sorry I didn’t answer right away, it was stupid... I was just thinking how to give a good answer.” Blaine explained.

At hearing this Kurt straightened up and sat normally on the couch, he gave Blaine a weak smile as he tried his best to calm down. It took a few minuets but finally he took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “Oh... Okay...” Kurt said weakly.

Blaine smiled at Kurt and let go of his shoulder, which he realized he had still been touching. “So are you ready to hear my honest opinion now?” Blaine asked reluctantly, but when Kurt nodded he continued. “First of all, you pulled off the vocal part of the song very well, you have a very wide vocal range, Kurt, it’s truly amazing. You totally proved that you can pull off a Led Zepplin song just as well as any show tune number. But when it came to the visual performance... Well.. You look incredible as far as your wardrobe is concerned. But your facial expressions and dances moves... Not so much. I could tell you weren’t comfortable.” Blaine admitted.

Kurt remained silent for a moment as he took in what Blaine had just told him. He had somehow managed to be honest but not offensive. Kurt nodded at him and smiled, “You’re right, of course. I mean I was trying... Really trying. I want to show the world, or at least the kids in glee that I can rock out as well as any straight guy can. That I’m not all show tunes and girl songs.” Kurt told him.

Blaine laughed at that, “Hey I happen to love both rock songs and show tunes! So we’re gay, that doesn’t really prove anything, Kurt. There’s nothing wrong with liking what you like, weather it’s music or guys...” Blaine began to tell him, but he realized he was getting off track. “Anyway what I’m trying to say is, you have the right idea. I mean the whole idea of the assignment is to do something out of your comfort zone. Something people wouldn’t picture you singing, so you’re heading in the right direction, you just don’t own it, at least not yet.” Blaine pointed out.

Kurt sighed again, he was still getting use to accepting he had a friend he could talk to like this.“Any sage advice then? How do I fix it?” he asked.

Blaine thought about it for a moment before answering, “Well let me think…You’re focusing too much on trying to look sexy in the number. Oh you pulled it off in some parts, believe me...” Blaine began. ‘Oh why did I admit that!’ Blaine thought. “You should focus on the singing and the rest will be fine. Just take the pressure off and have fun with it, let the inner performer in you shine. Use that wonderful superior attitude of yours to channel your inner rock star. If you can manage to do that, then I know you can succeed.” he suggested.

Kurt let out a scoff, “And how would one go about doing that?” he asked as he gave Blaine a playful look.

Blaine stood up from the couch and began to stretch his arms a bit. “Well I might not have your level of superiority but I think I can help you with the dancing part. You just need to tone it down a bit, make it more you. After all you’re supposed to make this song your own right? But if you don’t agree with my ideas please tell me! It’s your song assignment after all, not mine and I don’t want to mess things up for you!” Blaine offered.

“Oh you could never do that Blaine, at least not on purpose.” Kurt told him.

Blaine smiled again and held his hand out to Kurt, who took it and Blaine pulled him off of the couch to a standing position. “So, ready to get to work?” he asked.

“Indeed I am, thank you Blaine.”

Blaine just kept smiling, he had a feeling he would be smiling at lot from now on. “Hey what are friends for?”
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Once again Blaine ended up having perfect timing when it came to texting Kurt.

This time Blaine sent it right when glee club was over, and it amused Kurt that his friend hadn’t waited long to find out how his solo had gone. He finished buttoning up his cardigan and brought up the message in his phone.

So how did Rock and Roll go?

Kurt smiled and began to quickly type his answer.

Pretty good, not sure if I fully pulled it off. But from the facial expressions I saw. I certainly surprised them all.

I wish I could have seen that!

Kurt could only agree with that as he wished that Blaine had seen their reactions. The wide range of them either being shocked, surprised or horrified or all of those things at once had been amusing, not to mention oddly satisfying. If anything no one in the room could deny he hadn’t nailed the song assignment. So, all in all, it had been a good end to another week in glee club. Who knew what the next one would bring. All Kurt knew was how much he had enjoyed Blaine helping him with it and he knew what he needed to do next. Talk to Blaine further about how they could talk about glee club together and still make sure it wouldn’t be considered spying. But he would leave that assignment for another day.