"Morning honey. How'd you sleep?" Elizabeth said with a warming smile.
"I slept fantastic, how bout you mom?"
"It would've been better if your dad didn't kick me so many times!" She giggled. Kurt loved that little giggle his mother had. He would never forget that giggle.
"Ah dad. Gotta love 'em" Kurt giggled.
They both just looked at each other and shared a laugh before Elizabeth turned to the stove to flip the pancakes.

"Do those have peanut butter and chocolate chips in them!?" Kurt got really excited over his favorite breakfast.
"Of course, you'd be crazy to think they wouldn't be in my special pancakes silly!"
"Mom, when those are done can I ask you something?"
"Anything honey."

Kurt got really nervous and turned a faint shade of red while thinking about the subject.

After the pancakes were done she sat across from her son and held her ear; which was a sign for them that she had open ears for listening. Kurt smiled and pointed at his mouth. Showing he was ready to talk.

"Mom, how do you know when you love someone?"
Elizabeth sighed we relief, she was hoping it wasn't where babies came from. She knew both of them were not ready for the conversation.
"Well, when I fell in love with your father I got butterflies every time he talked to me or even looked at me"
Kurt pointed to his ears this time.
"When he held me I felt like I was melting against him. Sometimes I got really nervous, but most of the time I was my complete self. When we looked at each other we could read what they other was feeling. We were completely comfortable with silences. I was happy all the time around him"
"Love sounds great" Kurt sighed
"It's one of the best things in the world." She smiled at her son.
Kurt point to his mouth, showing he wanted to talk.
"How do you know when you like someone?" He was beginning to get curious.
"You find yourself always thinking about them. Always looking at that person. Blushing when they talk to you. Getting nervous in front of them. Mostly things like that" Elizabeth was wondering where this conversation was going. " Why are you so curious, do you like a someone"
"No I just want to know this stuff for when i get older." Kurt was getting nervous. He was wondering what his mother would think after his next question. He spit it out anyways.
"How do you know who you like?" He said kind of looking away. "If you like boys or girls" he said clearing up his question.
"Well..." Elizabeth wanted to take a few seconds to make sure this was a good explanation for an eight year old. "Most boys like girls, and most girls like guys" She said quietly.
"What if a boy liked a boy? Or a girl liked a girl?"
"That can happen too. You just don't see that as much as you do boy liking girls"
"Ah. Do people not like that?"
"Most people think it's weird. But me and you dad don't mind it. We think its completely normal-Love is love, it doesn't have a gender"
"Love is love, it doesn't have a gender." Kurt thought to himself. "So, I'm just saying here, if I liked boys, you and dad wouldn't care? you would treat me the same?"
"Kurt, honey, we would love you more for being honest with us and would let you be who you are" She said with hopeful eyes.
"Okay. That's good to know..do you know what time it is?" Kurt was ready to go to Rachel's now.
"It's about 10:15. Are you going to Rachel's?
"Yes. I'll be home before street lights on. I promise"
"Alright see ya later" She kissed her son on the forehead and sent him on his way.

Before Kurt could even knock on the door Rachel had already opened it. Shocked Kurt spoke "Top o' the morning Ms Anderberry"
"Why hello Mr Hummel. Thank you or giving me time to actually get ready for today"
they both laughed and Kurt walked into the home. He just starred at Rachel. She was wearing a black dress and her hair was all done. She looked like she was going on a hot date or something. Kurt had to know why she was so dressed up for the occasion.
"Why so fancy today?"
"Do you not know what today is?!" Rachel almost yelled with excitement
"Uh...Oh yeah! Blaine's coming home!"
"DUH! Come on!" Rachel insisted
"Where are we going?"
"I want to welcome Blaine home the right way..with a song"
"Which song?" Kurt was beginning to wonder if he was gonna sing with Rachel. It was her brother, so she should sing it by herself. Well at least that's what Kurt thought.
"It Will Rain by Bruno Mars." It's one of his favorite songs this month
"This month?" That was weird, Kurt thought.
"Yeah Blaine doesn't have a 'favorite song'. He has 'monthly songs' and this months, or when he left at least, was It Will Rain."
"Well it sounds like a marvelous choice" Kurt said, now understanding everything.
"And you're going to sing it with me" Rachel demanded
"But I don't even know Blaine!" Kurt started getting nervous "What will he think of me. I want to make a good impression" he thought to himself.
"Oh yeah! that's right. Are you excited to meet him?"
"A little more nervous than excited.."
"Don't be. I'm sure he'll love you as much as I do"
"Aw Rach, you're all too kind. But what time does Blaine come home?"
"Oh about 12, why what time is it?"
"It can't be that late..its only 11:22! Holy Moly! We should probably get started on the song" Kurt was turning warm. He had no idea why. It was just another boy. Why was he getting so nervous?
"Come on into the basement. It's gotta be perfect"

About a half hour later the two went upstairs waiting for Rachel's Dad's to bring home Blaine.
At exactly 12 the door crept open. It was Daddy L's hand waving on Rachel to start the music. Kurt's stomach flipped as soon as it started. Blaine walked into the home, sat down and starred at Rachel and the new boy in his house.
Rachel looked dead into Blaine's eyes and sang:

"If you ever leave me baby
leave some morphine at my door
cause it would take a whole lot of medication
to realize what we used to have
we don't have it anymore"

Blaine instantly realized what Rachel was doing and joined in at the chorus

"Cause there ain't no sun light
if I lose you baby
and there'll be no clear skies
if i lose you baby
Just like the clouds,
my eyes will do the same if you walk away
Everyday, it will rain,
rain, rain"

Kurt just starred in awe. "How was it possible that a beautiful voice like that can come out of a little boy's mouth" was the first thing he thought. Right after that thought he caught himself, mouth open in awe. He shook it off and continued the last verse of the song with the two siblings.

At the end, Rachel and Blaine's gave a roaring applause. All three kids smiled and bowed. Rachel turning to her brother to give him the biggest bear hug ever
"Don't ever go to camp again. I missed you way too much"
"I'm sorry. I missed you very much too, but band camp was just so much fun!"
Kurt was just standing there awkwardly.
"Oh I almost forgot. This is my new friend Kurt! he lives across the street!"
"Well nice to meet you Kurt, I'm Blaine"
"H-h-hello Blaine. How was camp?" Kurt didn't know why his voice was shaky.
"It was fabulous! How was time with my sister?"
"It was a pleasure."
"Well I'm glad you kept her busy. Are you staying for a while? Cause I would love to know more about you"
"Yep, I'm staying until the street lights go on, if that's okay with your dads"
"Of course it is!"
"Rachel! Me and Kurt are going upstairs for a bit. We'll be down later, okay?"
"Yeah that's fine. I'll go put on a show for Daddy L and H." She yelled back at him.
"Perfect, so we have time!" Blaine laughed

Kurt liked his laugh. It made his stomach go crazy.
They headed up to Blaine's room when Blaine stopped turned around and hugged Kurt.
"Thank you for coming into mine and my sister's lives, this means so much. I know we've only known each other for about an hour. But I that we're going to be together forever" Blaine whispered into Kurt's ear.
"Anytime. You and your family are wonderful. I'm glad you guys are in my life now" He whispered back getting that feeling in his stomach again.
Blaine pulled away and instantly Kurt missed the feeling of Blaine against him.

"Well this is my room" He said opening the door.

Kurt was shocked to see that it was very similar to his room. Blaine had his trophies on a shelf and his bed spread was almost the same, except Blaine's was blue and grey.

"It's very nice. I like you blankets" was the first thing that came out of his mouth
"Thanks, I've missed them a lot since I was at camp"
"Was it hard?"
"Was what hard?"
"Going to camp? Being away from your family for so long?"
"It wasn't that bad. I adapted quite easily, I'm much of a people person"
"Well aren't you lucky" Kurt thought but instead said "Well that's always a good thing"
"Yeah, hey do you mind if I unpack while we talk?"
"No go right ahead"

Blaine ran downstairs to get his suitcase leaving Kurt in his room. Kurt took the opportunity to look at Blaine's room more carefully. He slowly looked up and down the walls, taking in every inch of space into his memory. He sniffed the air (as weird as that sounded that was how Kurt remembered things the best)it smelled like axe and a few other things he couldn't put his finger on. After standing there with his eyes closed for a few seconds he herd Blaine come back upstairs, Kurt moved fast and sat on the floor near the end of the bed.

"Alright I'm back"
"Geez is you bag big enough?" Kurt said teasingly
"Hey! I was gone for like 3 weeks! I needed to look good!"
"Okay that's understandable. Why'd ya go to band camp?"
"Well I really went for guitar, but when I got there I started playing drums too. So I went to improve and learn new talents" Blaine explained
"Oh that's so cool! Do you think you can teach me one day?"
"Sure Wanna start tomorrow?"
"If it's okay with Rachel that I'm with you and not her for a while"
"Oh don't worry, she'll be fine."

Blaine started to unpack, and by unpack he meant throw all of his cloths on the floor making a huge mess.

"Is this how you unpack?" Kurt laughed
"Well how else do you do it?" Blaine said in the most serious face ever
"What I do is put the clean clothes on one side, the dirty ones on the other. It makes cleaning up much faster"
"Wow that's a good idea, can you help me with it?"
"Well I guess so"

They fell into a pattern Kurt asking if it was clean or dirty, Blaine replying. This went on for a good 20 minutes until Kurt went to reach for a shirt at the same time as Blaine and they grabbed each others hands. They didn't let go right away. Kurt started blushing then pulled away.

Kurt cleared his throat "What is this thing?" He said holding up what it seemed a shredded blanket/shirt thing. Kurt couldn't really tell for it was in such bad condition
"Ahh! Be careful!" Blaine cried
"What is it?" He asked again
"Its the last thing I have from my granddad before he died. Its my most favoritest thing in the world"
"So is it a blanket?"
"Well it was..now its shredded silk"
"Awe that's really cute" "Whoa did I just call something another boy did cute?" he thought
"Awe thanks, you are too" Kurt blushed. Wait a minute, "did Blaine just call me cute?" he thought. "Well if he said i was cute, and I said cute then it must be normal for people to say that. I guess I'm not weird!" He thought again.
"I'm not cute! I'm like a ferocious lion! RAWRR!!!" Kurt said lunging over the bed
Blaine starting laughing "Oh please! you're adorable"
"rawrr!!! how are lions adorable"
"Lions are my favorite animal, so to me they're adorable"
"ohh I see!"
"Well if you're a lion then I want to be a tiger! RAWRR!!!!"
"Fine! but we have to be friends, we can't fight!"
"Aw but that's no fun!"
"Maybe we can fight, as long as you don't hurt me!"
"YAYY!!!"

Blaine got on his hands and knees lunging at Kurt playfully. Kurt did the same. Kurt jumped ontop of the bed and roared the best lion roar he could, which caused Blaine to jump onto the bed to and tackle Kurt.

"KING OF THE BED!!" Blaine yelled

They began pushing each other until Kurt was the only one left on the bed and Blaine was on the ground.

"I win!" Kurt gloated sticking his tongue out
"But can you win round two?"
"Probably!"
"Then round two it is"

Blaine sat there for a few seconds to confuse Kurt. Then when Kurt least expected it Blaine leaped on top of Kurt. They rolled around on the bed until Kurt's legs were dangling over the edge waving his hand in defeat.

"Okay fine you win round 2" Kurt said in a defeated voice
It was Blaine's turn to gloat.
"I knew I could take you!" he stuck his tongue out mocking Kurt
"You took me be surprise!"
"That's the point silly!"
"Alright fine! you win I lose. That was tiring. I just want to lay down now! Phew!" Kurt said as he laid on Blaine's bed
"I wanna lay down too! move over your taking up the whole bed ya goof!" Blaine shoved Kurt over playfully so they both had an even amount of room.

Blaine laid right next to Kurt. They fell into a silence. Then out of no where Kurt felt Blaine hold his hand like they did on accident earlier. Kurt didn't mind. If anything he liked it. They scooted closer together when finally Kurt spoke "You and Rachel are my best friends you know that?"
"Aw Kurt, that's so nice! you're my best friend too!"
"Really?!" Kurt was surprised
"Yeah. My other friends don't let me hold their hands. and you don't mind it! I like that!"
"Well we're special friends!"
"That we are, Kurt!"

Kurt looked out the window and noticed it was getting dark out. He didn't want to leave yet! He told Blaine that he would have to be home before the street lights were on. Blaine looked at him and told him to hang on. Then he vanished down stairs.

"Daddy L, can Kurt sleepover tonight?"
"He has to tell his parents first, then he can."
"Thank you! love you!" Blaine yelled running upstairs

"Do you wanna sleepover?" Blaine asked
"Yeah! but I have to call home first and tell my mom. Where's the phone?"
"It's over there" Blaine said pointing at a corner of the room across the hall

Kurt dialed the number.
"Hi, mom"
"yes dear? why aren't you home yet?"
"Can I sleep over here tonight? Mr Anderberry said it was okay"
"Well if its okay with them then I'm fine with it."
"Thank you, love you"
"Love you too"
They hung up.

"Hey Blaine! I can sleep over!" Kurt yelled from across the hall
"Alright sweet! It'll Be so much fun!" Blaine squealed