Another week had come and gone and now Blaine found himself on a Friday night at a home-decorating store with Kurt. It was quite a contrast to the Friday night when he had first seen Kurt at the mall about a month ago. Now they were pretty much best friends and that fact made Blaine smile. He reminded himself that he was supposed to be helping Kurt, so he went back to looking at paint samples. After checking a number of colours out he pulled a few samples and looked for where Kurt had gotten to. He found him a short distance away looking through fabric swatches. Blaine walked over to him and held out his choices for Kurt to inspect. “How about something like this?” Blaine asked, holding out the samples.

Kurt looked up at Blaine and took the samples from his hands and began to study them for a moment. “Hmmm maybe... I’m just not sure if they’d be what I’m aiming for.” Kurt mumbled.

Blaine chuckled, “Why are you putting so much effort in this Kurt? As far as I’m concerned your room is already amazing.” he pointed out.

Kurt pocketed the colour samples Blaine gave him and stood up from the fabric book and smiled playfully at him. “Why thank you! But there is always room for improvement on everything. Even my room Blaine.” Kurt replied. He then strode over the paint samples himself and began taking a number of them. “You could always improve that boring room of yours while you’re here.” He teased.

“That’s a lost cause if there ever was one.” Blaine said as he rolled his eyes mockingly at Kurt.

“You said it not me, anyway I think I have enough to work with now. Come on I want to get started right away.” Kurt muttered as he raced off.

Blaine laughed as he hurried to catch up with Kurt. This was one of the many things that Blaine had come to like about Kurt Hummel: he found yet another one when they were back in Kurt’s room as he watched Kurt set up a swatch board of fabric and paint samples. Blaine was finding it quite entertaining to just watch Kurt work his magic as he pondered over what should go where. There was no need for either of them to talk, Blaine just watched Kurt work from the couch in silence.

“I’m sorry if this is boring for you.” Kurt finally muttered as his eyes never left the board.

“No I’m fine this is actually entertaining, it’s like I’m watching a designer show or something.” Blaine assured him.

When Kurt didn’t say anything in reply Blaine just let the room fall silent again so Kurt could focus on his project, while Blaine let his mind wander as he thought how the current scene had become a usual one lately: not him watching Kurt work on something, but him being over at Kurt’s house. They usually ended up hanging out at each other’ s place most of the time. Aside from their trips to the Lima Bean, they rarely spent much time together outside. Which mainly was because it lessened the chance of someone they knew seeing them together. It never crossed their minds that they were hiding from the world, because it wasn’t like they were ashamed of knowing one another. It just made things that much more simple, which was a godsend because Blaine had enough to deal with already. He certainly didn’t want anyone to suddenly tease them about how close they were becoming. Neither of them really minded how things had turned out anyway. Not when they enjoyed each other’ s company so much; and when they were alone they could speak their minds without having to worry about someone overhearing them and becoming judgemental or worse.

Finally Blaine was starting to get curious to why Kurt was so focused on a simple room makeover so he stood up from the couch. “I still don’t get why you’ re so keen on changing this place.” Blaine admitted as he stopped behind Kurt and eyed the almost complete swatch board.

Kurt finally looked up at Blaine as he placed his work on the table with a sigh. “Well if I have to be totally honest, I’m trying to make amends with something... Or rather someone, actually.” Kurt began.

“Come again?” Blaine asked in confusion.

Kurt hesitated for a moment, he wasn’t sure if he wanted to admit the reason to Blaine. But he decided it would probably help him figure things out. “Alright I’ll tell you... Just... Be... I don’t know...” Kurt struggled.

“Kurt this is me, remember? When am I anything but a perfect gentleman? It’ll be fine, go on.”

Kurt eyed him for a moment, like he was unsure if he could believe him. But Kurt reminded himself who Blaine Anderson was and he nodded. “As I told you before my dad’ s been seeing someone. That someone is actually Carole Hudson, Finn’s mother. I sort of set them up at a parent-teacher meeting about a month ago.” Kurt began to explain but he hesitated with the next part. “I’m not proud of it but the reason I set them up wasn’t very honourable. It was because... I sort of had a crush on Finn and I thought it would bring us closer. Looking back on it now makes me realize how stupid I was being, not to mention selfish. Because Finn’s straight, of course, but that didn’t stop me. I was just fooling myself into thinking that it would be different with me. That I could somehow change his mind... Make him love me... Oh god... Talking about it now is so embarrassing.” Kurt muttered as he hid his face in his hands.

“Teenagers do stupid things like this whether they’re gay or straight, Kurt.” Blaine pointed out.

Kurt looked over at Blaine’s kind and non judgemental face and found the courage to continue. “Yeah well that’s still no excuse for how I handled things. I feel bad that I went too far and I took advantage of him, I’d apologize but Finn might not have been aware of it all. If that’s the case and he finds out from me I think I would keel over and die right there!” Kurt blurted out in alarm. “Carole and my dad are getting really close and I can tell where it might lead to soon...”

Blaine already knew where Kurt was going with this, “You think your dad might ask them to move in right? So you want to redecorate the room in case he does?” Blaine offered.

Kurt nodded, “I already know a room like this would be too much for him to handle. I am not saying I want to change who I am. But I want to at least try to make him feel welcome. To make up for everything without having to come out and say it.” Kurt finished.

“It sounds like a reasonable idea to me Kurt, so I think you should go for it.” Blaine said.

Kurt smiled weakly at Blaine, he was relieved that he didn’t make a big deal over finding out he had had a crush on Finn. Kurt knew it had turned out that way because he had left the fact that the crush had stopped because of Blaine out of the conversation. Because no matter how honest they were with one another, there were some things that needed to be left unsaid. There was no way he was admitting that Blaine was the cause, even when it didn’t have anything to do with romance. At least he didn’t think it had anything to do with romance, he had told himself that from the start. But now he wasn’t so sure anymore: the more he got to know Blaine the harder it was to ignore the signs. Blaine was handsome, kind and charming and Kurt knew it would be very easy to fall hopelessly in love with him. But, he was afraid, if that ended up happening, how would it affect their friendship?

“Ah high school crushes on straight guys, I’ve been there.” Blaine said suddenly at random. When he didn’t hear Kurt give any witty comeback to this, he turned to look at him and saw Kurt gape at him in surprise. “What? I thought we were being honest here. Is it that much of a surprise?” Blaine asked him.

Kurt closed his mouth as he quickly recovered from the news because Blaine was right, it wasn’t that hard to believe when he thought about it. “No, not at all.” Kurt replied with a smirk. “Please continue, I know I want to hear more about it. Unless it ends in tears, because I might not be emotionally prepared yet.” Kurt added, fawning his face teasingly at Blaine.

“I’ll ignore the sarcasm and tell you anyway but there’s not much to tell, honestly. I had a crush on this guy when I was a freshman, named Tom. He was very handsome and charming in his own way, one of the few kids in school who wasn’t intentionally mean to everyone. I found that very appealing as you can imagine.” Blaine began to explain.

“This sounds so familiar that it’s almost scary...” Kurt muttered as he thought how much this Tom sounded like Finn.

“Why am I not surprised? Actually my crush on him was one of the things that helped me decide to come out finally.” Blaine added.

“Really? How so? Did you tell him how you felt?” Kurt asked quickly.

“Are you crazy, Kurt? God no! He was straight remember? I didn’t want to freak him out... I can only imagine what would have happened if I had told him. No, I just realized I was never going to actually find someone who could like me in the same way.. If I kept denying who I was. Because I already knew I was gay, I had for a while. I wouldn’t just let myself admit it out loud... and I realized I’d keep on being alone if I stayed in the closet any longer.” Blaine explained. When he finished he suddenly realized that this was the first time he had ever told the story of coming out to anyone. “I’ve never admitted that to anyone, Kurt.” he added.

Kurt looked at him affectionately and touched Blaine’s shoulder lightly. “I’m happy that you shared it with me then. Isn’t it great to be able to open up like this? Because as I was listening to you it was almost like you were describing my own feelings. I might not have been as brave as you... but it doesn’t matter how it happened, we both pulled through and did it and that’s all that matters.” Kurt told him softly.

Blaine smiled at him bashfully, he realized they had drifted off from the main conversation. “Thanks, but back to your whole Finn dilemma. You know there might be an easier way to express your remorse and you wouldn’t have to admit anything.” Blaine began to explain.

“I’m listening.”

“Take a page from the show choir handbook and sing about it, if the opportunity arises of course. But if it does, just think, it wouldn’t be too obvious but Finn might still notice the effort .” Blaine suggested.

Kurt thought about the idea for a moment, “That might actually work, thank you. But I think I’ll wait and see if it’s necessary though. Because I don’t think Finn even knows our parents are dating yet and I’m not gonna tell him if that’s the case. No, I get the feeling Finn’s not too good with change... or at least on that scale. For now I’ll focus on just trying to be less forward and more friendly and hope he gets the message that way. You’ve been very helpful today Blaine, as usual, so thank you.” Kurt told him with a grin.

Blaine grinned back at Kurt, “Hey, that’s what I’m here for."
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True to his word Kurt got his first chance to start his mission to make amends with Finn once Glee club was over the following day. Finding out that the New Directions wouldn’t have any access to the auditorium for the whole week had left them all in a dark mood. All except Kurt who was too focused on trying to act properly around Finn from now on. Only it was easier said than done, and as everyone began to walk away he approached Finn and tried his best to look normal.

“Oh Finn, I wanted your opinion on this. It’s a swatch board, I’m redecorating my bedroom. Kind of going for a hunting lodge meets Tom Ford’s place in Bell-air. I was hoping you could help me out with the hunting lodge part.” He asked. The whole time he spoke he was unsure if he was smiling too much at Finn. He had no idea how to act differently around him, If he didn’t smile at all he knew he’d only come off being cold and distant. Kurt might not be romantically interested in Finn anymore but he still considered him a friend. But figuring how the difference between flirting and being friendly was, easier said than done. Expect when it came to Blaine Anderson because there seemed to be little difference between the two when he was concerned.

“I live in a closet, there’s cowboy wallpaper on the walls...” Finn answered.

“Ohhh...” Kurt said softly, just picturing the horror of that in his mind made him feel depressed.

“But I guess, that one’ s nice.” Finn said, pointed to a black and white toile.

“Toile? That’s surprising, but everyone has their taste. Thank you Finn.” Kurt said. Finn mumbled something in return and then walked off. As Kurt watched him go, he started to frown. “I’m not sure if that went well.” Kurt muttered to himself.
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It never ceased to amaze Blaine how random and surprising Kurt’s texts could be. The one he had just gotten turned out to be no exception.

Do you think I have pear hips?!!

What kind of question is that Kurt!Blaine typed in reply.

Well Coach Sylvester thinks I do. Bring on the diet I suppose.

That’s as silly as the idea of you having pear hips Kurt.I told you she’s scary... Don’t make me take you to a restaurant and force you to eat!

Couldn’t if you wanted to sadly. I have plans, I’m making over Carole today after school.

Is this part of the plan to redeem yourself?

Yes and that makeovers are like crack for me.

Should I be worried I could be next Kurt?!

No You’ re safe, for now anyway. No fashion faux pas, so far. Be thankful.

A big compliment coming from you, good luck.
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It soon became clear that his efforts were not being rewarded when the next day Kurt heard Finn shout his name down the halls of McKinley. Kurt groaned, judging by his tone Finn Hudson did not sound happy. As Kurt tried to think of what he had done to cause it, he turned around slowly to face him.

“Kurt! Hey! Wha... what the hell is going on with our parents? How did this happen? When did they even meet each other?” Finn asked Kurt while he flailed his arms out in alarm.

Kurt forced himself to take a long breath before answering Finn’s question. Because he had no idea how he should answer it without messing up. But he didn’t have anytime to think so he just went with it. “Parent teacher conference night, about a month ago. I always accompany my father to those conferences, to act as translator; fate brought them together.” Kurt began, ‘Fate being me of course.’ he thought to himself, then quickly continued. “It was an instant connection.”

“That’s impossible.” Finn said in disbelief.

Finn’s reaction caught him off guard and it hurt him a little, he had expected Finn would be surprised at the news. But he hadn’t thought he’d see Finn’s reaction so clear on his scowling face of shock. Kurt was well aware that he himself had started the whole thing with the wrong intentions. It was also true that it felt a bit weird that his dad was dating again. But he had been trying to look past that and remind that his dad was happy. Kurt frowned at Finn as he began to shake his head. “When are you going to learn? When it comes to love, nothing is impossible.” Kurt began to point out, but he instantly regretted the hasty declaration the second he heard the words come out of his mouth. It was exactly the sort of thing Kurt would say if he still had a crush on Finn. So he tried to go in a different direction and hoped it would be safer. “Haven’t you noticed anything different about your mom? New clothes, new make up, a hair cut that doesn’t look like it was styled by the Amish?” He began, “Who do you think prettied her up?” Kurt quickly added. He hoped that showing he was trying to be helpful by revealing he had helped Finn’s mother out, that it might put him in Finn’s good books. But Kurt didn’t know how naive he was being. “Has she started selling the furniture yet?”

Finn just kept staring at him with his mouth gaped open in shock. “Yeah... yeah, she just got rid of... her old bedroom set and she tried to sell my dad’ s chair. But I stopped her. How do you even know that?” he asked.

Kurt could tell his hunch that Finn didn’t deal well with change had been correct. Despite this he couldn’t quiet the hopeless romantic in him while the rest of his mind was coming up blank. “People our parent’ s age don’t wait around for love to bloom. They know what they want.” He told Finn with a small smile. He hadn’t meant to but when he said this Kurt’s thought went to Blaine. Causing him to look dreamily off into space as he did. But he snapped out of it when once again he realized this could be taken the wrong way. “And I think it’s very clear where this is leading to, Finn. There’s a good chance that you and Carole could be moving in the future. I mean, you have to agree it’s very possible.” Kurt pointed out.

“No way.” Finn muttered as he started to shake his head in denial.

Kurt rolled his eyes, he was becoming frustrated at Finn’s reaction and it made him hard to stay polite. “That’s why I asked you your opinion about my room. In case we do end up being roommates in the near future. But don’t worry about the chair, I already have a wonderful chaise lounge picked out that I think you’ll find surprisingly comfortable.” Kurt explained. He wanted to help Finn out by introducing him to the finer things of life. After living in a room that looked the same since he was a toddler was too traumatic for Kurt to picture.

“Look, look! Screw your swatches... and… And your chez!” Finn blurted out.

“Chaise.” Kurt corrected him quickly.

“Whatever!! Okay look, I like my house. I’m not moving and she’s not selling that... that damn chair.” Finn blurted out and before Kurt could think of anything to say in reply Finn stormed off leaving Kurt standing alone in the hallway at a total loss for words.

“Finn wait!” He called after him but it was no use, Finn was long gone. Kurt groaned in frustration over what had just happened. He knew exactly what he needed to do to recover from this.
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“Well that was a total disaster!” Kurt whined over the phone.

“I take it things didn’t go well with Finn?” Blaine asked.

“No... no they did not. I think I actually made things worse by freaking him out. How I did that, I still don’t know.” Kurt muttered in annoyance.

“Well... you might know that you don’t have a crush on him anymore. But Finn probably has no idea. Not to mention he just found out his mom’ s dating your dad. So I doubt he was in the best state of mind to realize any change.” Blaine pointed out, he had just finished up his lunch when Kurt had called him.

“You’re right of course, as usual... god I wish you weren’t for once! I mean I understand Finn’s upset, who likes change... I just don’t know what I should do now.” Kurt replied.

Even through the phone Blaine could tell me was moping. “Maybe you give that song idea I told you earlier a go. Whatever the outcome is, I’ll treat you with a coffee afterwards, okay?” Blaine offered.

Kurt smiled endearingly as he leaned against his locker door. “How did I ever survive without you Blaine Anderson?” he said warmly.
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After Blaine helped him regain his determination with his words of encouragement, Kurt was back on track. So when the opportunity to give Blaine’s idea of trying to reach Finn with a song arose, Kurt didn’t hesitate to take it. He made sure to choose a song that would work the best and Kurt was proud of his choice. The fact that it also worked well with the fact that the New Directions currently had no place to practice didn’t escape him. So to everyone else in the room would just think Kurt was trying to cheer them all up, or that was the plan anyway. Kurt stepped up to the piano quietly and he turned to give everyone a quick encouraging word. He asked Brad to put it in B flat and whirled around to start singing. His song of choice was ‘A House is Not a Home’ and he only hoped he could get his message out properly. As Kurt continued to sing his eyes fell on Finn and he tried his best to look sincere. He did not realize that all he managed to do was ending up looking lovesick. Try as he might Kurt couldn’t keep Blaine from entering his mind as he continued. As he let the music take control of him he clutched his arms tightly and brushed a hand along his opposite arm during one line. His mind was fully over taken with thoughts of Blaine when he sang the line about having no one to kiss at night. He couldn’t help but begin to picture himself kissing Blaine in his mind. How amazing it could feel and how much he wanted it to happen. It was like he had just been hit with a bolt of lighting at this realization. Kurt began to picture Blaine sitting in front of him smiling away as he watched him perform and everyone else in the room melted away. All that remained was the answer to what Kurt had been asking himself ever since that fateful day in the Lima Bean a month ago. How did he feel about Blaine Anderson? As the music continued Kurt used all of his emotion to be able to go on. He was so wrapped up with the epiphany of it all that he didn’t noticed everyone glance at each other in confusion. Or the uncomfortable look Finn had on his face, or even when Puck mouthed ‘you gay?’ To him with a judgemental look. No, nothing else mattered to Kurt at that moment. All that mattered was that he was finally able to admit his feelings, that what he felt about Blaine was far more than mere friendship. It had happened slowly, so much that he had missed the signs. But there was no denying it now, as he sang the last line of the song he felt a tear streaming down his cheek. Kurt quickly turned away from the eyes of the New Directions once he finished. The weight of his realization hit him fully and he was overcome with emotions of joy and fear. It had taken a song to realize what he was afraid to admit, that he, Kurt Hummel was falling in love with Blaine. Now that he knew this, he didn’t want to stop, because he knew there was no stopping it even if he tried. The heart wants what the heart wants and what his heart wanted was Blaine, the dapper boy in a blazer. Still he wasn’t sure if he was brave enough to take it, or if he’d even have a chance to.
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Kurt barely had time to start dealing with his realization of his feelings for Blaine, because he soon was faced with an even more daunting dilemma: the problem of having to watch his dad bonding so easily with Finn and how it made him feel instantly threatened. There was no denying that his dad hadn’t been accepting of him being gay. But as he watched the two of them talk about sports during their first dinner all together with Carole, Kurt could only think how it was never that easy for him when he tried to talk to Burt as was for Finn and that fact hurt. It hit him harder than any slushie to the face ever had and he struggled to smile through the rest of the meal. He had tried to change the subject when he commented on Carole’ s appearance but it was no use. All Kurt was able to do was try his best to hide his true feelings, but when his father approached him later that night he knew he had failed. Kurt couldn’t manage to hide his hurt and it lead to an argument between them, if you could even call it that. Kurt had dismissed his father as soon as possible and he had reluctantly retreated. Which left Kurt sitting at his vanity as he tried to cope with this new type of pain. He reached over for his phone and brought up Blaine’s name in his contact list, but he didn’t continue to send him a text or call him, his reluctance to talk to him had nothing to do with his feelings for Blaine changing. He hesitated because as amazing as their friendship was, he couldn’t bring himself to tell him something so personal. The fact that he was in love with Blaine didn’t change his decision. As good as discussing his problems with Blaine always ended up making him feel, he wasn’t sure if this was something he could or should share. It would only make things more insane and Kurt had enough to deal with already.

“How did my life get this complicated?” Kurt muttered as he put his phone back down and started his skin routine.
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Kurt was fortunate to get one lucky break the next day when glee club brought some much needed distraction to his problems. Mr. Schuester had brought them all to a roller rink, that turned out to be owned by April Rhodes, in hopes that it could be their substitute auditorium for the week. So Kurt was forced to focus on having to skate and not fall on his ass- which normally wouldn’t be hard since he was a natural skater. The hard part was making sure his mind didn’t wander too much that he lost his balance or ended up crashing into any innocent bystanders.

Mercedes chose that moment to skate up alongside Kurt and he welcomed her company. “This is so lame.” she said with a groan.

Kurt managed to force himself to smile at her in reply, “I hear you.” he said in agreement.

Mercedes paused to look at him, before quickly looking forward again as they both made another turn. “You okay Kurt? You look kind of down.” Mercedes asked concerned.

“I’m fine.” Kurt lied, trying really hard to sound like he really was. “Just tired.” he added.

“That’s what we get for eating so little. I’ve learned my lesson, I hope you have too.” Mercedes replied.

Kurt whirled around a bit to distract himself for a moment, “I certainly have, Mercedes.” but he wasn’t talking about food. Kurt now knew he had made an error in setting their parents up and this time it had nothing to do with his crush on Finn. Kurt was well aware he was probably being selfish but he simply didn’t care. All he knew was he couldn’t cope with the idea of loosing his father, so he needed to break them up before it was too late.
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Two things had to happen to Kurt for him to decide he deserved a night of fun, which would be accomplished by spending it with Blaine. The first thing being a tearful performance by Mercedes at the schools pep rally. Listening to her talented voice made him realize he had been wrong, about a number of things: everyone had doubts about themselves and it didn’t make them any less special. It didn’t make you less of a person when you had down days, and in the end you still mattered. After coming to accept this, Kurt had thought he could face his other problems somehow. Only to have his hopes come crashing down when he learned that his father was away visiting Finn at his house. Kurt had been curious and thought maybe he could join them and be able to come to accept everything that had happened. But when he was faced with seeing the two of them laughing together over a game, he knew it was impossible. The second blow had been when Finn had allowed Burt to sit in his father’s chair, a chair he had been so protective about originally. Having to live through such a terrible day of emotional highs and lows was all too much. The only therapy he wanted was to forget all his troubles and spend the evening with Blaine. He still had no intention of telling Blaine about him coming to realize he was in love with him. But that didn’t mean he couldn’t enjoy his company. So he called up Blaine after school that day and invited him to join him for some fun at the roller rink. Kurt glanced over at his side where Blaine was sitting on a bench as he tied up his skates and Kurt smiled. He was already starting to feel better and the tension in him drained further as Blaine rolled over to join him. It was no surprise to Kurt that Blaine turned out to be a good skater too.

“I’m better with roller blades, but the nostalgia feeling is kind of fun.” Blaine admitted.

Kurt laughed for what felt like the first time in ages when in reality he knew it hadn’t been that long. He skated up next to Blaine and they joined the circle of people skating around the rink to the music. There was no need to words, mainly because it was too loud to really hear each other anyway. But even silent both of them were having a great time. “I feel like we’ve time travelled back to the 70s!” Kurt yelled to Blaine over the music. When the Bee Gee’s ‘You Should be Dancing’ started playing.

“Hey we could be in far worst places!” Blaine said, as he grooved to the music.

All Kurt could do is shake his head playfully at Blaine as he watched him, he looked ridiculous but he still managed to be charming as well. So Kurt joined him and neither of them cared about what the other occupants of the roller rink might think of their antics. Not to mention that the place was pretty empty, without about half a dozen people on the dance floor with them. He was relieved to see that he could still act normal around Blaine without getting nervous. In fact, after all the drama he had been dealing with his dad and Finn, he had almost forgotten- not that he was falling in love with Blaine, no Kurt doubted he’d ever be able to forget that- he had just simply forgotten that his feelings could make things awkward. But so far all his realization of his feelings for Blaine had done was further prove him what a wonderful and giving person Blaine Anderson was. It seemed almost impossible to feel anything but happy when Kurt was with him. So he really should have no surprise that things had turned out this way. About twenty minuets later they both decided they were feeling a bit skated out. Kurt motioned to take a break and Blaine nodded. Blaine and Kurt skated their way off to the side and Kurt was just going to clear the skating area when he heard a big “Whoa!” suddenly yelled.

Kurt turned just in time to see Blaine go toppling down in his direction. Then it all became a blur as Blaine crashed into him and they fell onto the floor with a thud. Kurt recovered enough to find himself lying on the floor, with Blaine lying on top of him. “What happened? Blaine are you okay?” Kurt asked as he tried to move, which was proving to be difficult from Blaine’s weight and how sore he was feeling.

Blaine lifted his head up to look Kurt directly in the eye, making their noses almost touch by how close their faces were. They remained silent for a moment as they stared at each other, like they were in some sort of trance. Blaine had never been this close to Kurt and it caught him off guard, so much that he hadn’t moved off of Kurt yet.

“Uh Blaine, you’re kind of heavy...” Kurt muttered lightly. As enticing as having Blaine on top of him was, he was far too sore to enjoy it. Not to mention that they were far from alone and they probably looked very strange.

Blaine snapped out of it and carefully got off of Kurt, which wasn’t easy with still having his roller skates on. “Kurt, I’m so sorry! I tripped over something!” He said with panic as he sat up and searched for what had cause his fall. “Wait I see something... ah hah here’s the culprit!” Blaine commented.

Once free of Blaine’s extra weight Kurt sat up, hissing at the pain that welcomed him. To see Blaine holding up a large gold hoop earring. “Hey, that looks like the type of earring Mercedes...” Kurt began, but he never got to finish.

“Well, well, well, What do we have here?” Both of them heard. Kurt new that voice. The pair turned around to see Mercedes Jones standing in front of them. Her hands on her hips and a large devious smile on her face.

Kurt didn’t have time to think how to react to her appearance, so he decided to play innocent. “Oh hi there, Mercedes! What a surprise.” Kurt replied. He quickly finished taking off his roller skates and began to stand up. Mercedes offered her hand to him and Kurt took it as she helped pulling him up. Once standing Kurt turned to Blaine and offered his own hand and the three of them headed over to a nearby bench to sit down. All the while as Mercedes followed them, her smirk never left her face as she eyed them curiously. Kurt knew she must think that he and Blaine were on a date, but Kurt didn’t feel in the mood to correct her. “What brings you here?” Kurt added.

“I was coming to look for the earring I lost when we were here earlier. Which I think you just found.” Mercedes said, pointing to Blaine’s hand.

Blaine reached out and gave her her earring accompanied with a sheepish smile. He wasn’t sure how to react when he knew Mercedes had no idea who he was or what his relationship with Kurt was. “Hope I didn’t crush it when I ran over it. But I think it did more damage to us...” Blaine apologized.

Kurt realized he had no choice but to introduce them to one another. “Mercedes this is Blaine Anderson, Blaine, this is Mercedes Jones.” Kurt told his friends.

“Hi!” Blaine said quickly with a wave.

“Hell-oh.” Mercedes said to him. She nudged Kurt slightly in the shoulder.

Blaine knew it was his cue to become scarce so Kurt could explain things to his friend. So he took the perfect moment to escape. “Uh I’m gonna get my shoes... anyone up for drinks?” he asked. After Kurt and Mercedes nodded in reply Blaine darted off without another word.

Mercedes watched him go and turned her attention back to Kurt, who just looked at her innocently. “Okay time to fess up here, Mr. Hummel. What’s going on? Why do I get the feeling this is why you’ve been so busy lately? Are you hiding a secret boyfriend from me or something?” Mercedes asked as she took a seat next to Kurt.

“No we’re not on a secret date or anything, Blaine’s just a friend, Mercedes.” Kurt replied.

“A very attractive friend who I get the feeling is conveniently gay?” She asked.

“Okay yes he’s gay, but that doesn’t change anything. If a straight girl and guy can be just friends, why can’t Blaine an I?” Kurt pointed out with a sigh.

“True, but I doubt they’d look at each other with big googly eyes like you two do.” Mercedes replied.

Kurt groaned lightly, this would have been rather amusing if it didn’t include him having to tell her why his friendship with Blaine had been kept a secret. “You’re proving my point: one of the reasons I didn’t tell you about Blaine was all the teasing I’d get for it.” Kurt whispered in annoyance. He wasn’t about to tell Mercedes the other big reason, not when they were in public, so he realized he needed to stall. “Look I promise to tell you everything tomorrow! You can come over to my place and I’ll fill you in. Just can you drop it for now? I don’t want to tell you when Blaine’s here. Not to mention I’m sore as hell thanks to your earring!” Kurt hissed. He knew that this was not the best way to convince Mercedes to leave, but he wasn’t in the mood to humour her.

Mercedes’s studied his face for a moment and knew by the look he had Kurt wouldn’t be very cooperative at the moment. Not to mention that Blaine was returning with their drinks in hand, so she gave in. “Fine, but this is far from over Kurt.” She replied playfully.

Luckily for Kurt Blaine walked up to them with his usual friendly smile on his face, so his talk with Mercedes was over.

“I got us all milkshakes! I hope you like chocolate.” Blaine said as he held out the drink tray in front of them.

Kurt smiled lightly at Blaine, since he wasn’t the type of person to go fully on a diet. He did try to stay healthy, as much as a growing teenager could, but he didn’t hesitate to take his drink, figuring he deserved some comfort food for once. “Thanks.” he muttered as he brought the straw to his lips.

Mercedes took hers and smiled, “Thank you Blaine. I was just about to head out though. Since I found my earring and everything.” she explained.

“Oh but I just brought you your drink.” Blaine protested.

“I’ll just have to take it to go. Later boys.” Mercedes said with a little wave, then she turned and left without another word.

Kurt finished swallowing his mouthful of milkshake and let out a long breath once she was gone. He knew it could have been far worse and he was grateful for that; but that didn’t mean he wasn’t dreading what he’d have to do tomorrow any less.

“I like her.” Blaine said with a smile.

“Then do you want to talk to her tomorrow?” Kurt said jokingly.

“I don’t know if that would work...” Blaine replied.

Kurt laughed lightly, “Actually it’s a lucky break. Of all the New Directions to see us, Mercedes is the best possible one. She’ll probably be surprised, a little mad, more at me not telling her anything. But it should be fine in the end. She’s my closest friend in Glee and the first person I ever came out to.” Kurt explained.

“She also seems to have perfect timing.” Blaine added with a grin.

Kurt took another drink of his milkshake as Blaine came to sit beside him. “Where can I get me some of that?”