Kurt felt lighter than ever when he woke up on Thursday with a pair of warm arms around his waist.

Carefully not to wake Blaine, who was still softly snoring, he shuffled a little closer until his nose was buried against his shoulder.

He still had trouble believing this was anywhere near to reality. It all seemed too good to be through.

It was a nice change for once. Ever since that Sunday they had gotten on a date, it had been like this.

Waking up with that one pair of warm arms around him. He loved it.

And while he hadn't gotten much time with Blaine because their schemes had messed up this week, it was still nice to have these little moments.

Blaine shuffled in his sleep and let out a louder snore. Kurt let out a soft giggle, knowing it meant Blaine was slowly waking up.

He pressed a kiss against Blaine's collarbone as he felt Blaine move next to him.

“Good morning,” he whispered as he kept still next to him.

Blaine mumbled it back, almost to incoherent to understand.

Kurt let out a chuckle as he felt Blaine's arms wrap a little tighter against him, “you know you will have to let go of me at some point, don't you?”

Blaine just wrapped his arms around him a little tighter.

Kurt couldn't help but grin. Carefully he started sliding his hands over Blaine's t-shirt clad chest until he found the perfect place … to tickle him.

Blaine let out a squeal and almost fell out of the bed, which gave Kurt just enough time to jump off the bed and start running while laughing loudly.

As he ran in the kitchen, he heard the tuts coming from behind him as Blaine had started following him.

He ran towards Jeff and hid behind him, “don't move,” he whispered.

Nick started chuckling, “Kurt everyone can see you.”

Kurt pouted but kept standing behind Jeff who looked ready to defend him.

Meanwhile Blaine had made it into the kitchen, still looking not fully awake but looking ready for revenge. “Jeff get out of the way.”

“No,” Jeff said as he crossed his arms in front of him.

Kurt smirked in triumph as he gave Jeff an appreciatively pat on the back.

Blaine shook his head as he threw his hands in the air, “fine, I'm going to take a shower and think about ways to get you back, got it?”

Kurt just winked at him and watched him walk away.

He waited 5 minutes after he heard the shower start running to make his way again in their room.

What he didn't expect was the door to close behind him and being pressed against it.

Blaine looked at him with a playful smile on his face, “got you.”

Kurt let his mouth fall open a bit as a quiet oh escaped his mouth.

Blaine just grinned, “so what should I do with you for waking me up so rudely.”

Kurt bit on his lip. All he could think about was how close Blaine was standing. “How about you kiss me,” he said quietly.

Blaine just shook his head and Kurt was 100 % sure he wouldn't get one until he felt Blaine's soft lips against his.

Slowly they moved against him as Blaine took another step closer until he was fully pressed against Kurt.

“You are lucky I like you,” he whispered as he turned around and started walking towards the bathroom.

Before he entered he turned around, “and remember, that was your last kiss for today. Guess I found the perfect punishment.”

Kurt pouted but it was no use as the bathroom door closed in front of his nose.

Kurt had been a bit pouty today. Blaine had kept his promise and just smiled and winked to him. It drove him nuts.

It was a good thing they had only morning practice together.

He let himself fall down on the couch. He had a free afternoon in advance of the show from tomorrow.

It was nice to have some quiet before the long day of tomorrow. Sadly enough, the warblers did have practice this afternoon so that meant he had the room for himself.

He had taken his keyboard out of his room, something he started taking with him everywhere but hadn't gotten the time to play yet.

His song book was lying next to him on the couch, waiting patiently for him to write some new lyrics in them.

Lately he had felt like he had so much inspiration with all the new experiences he was experiencing. Some of them were about friendships, others were about the live shows but most of them were about Blaine.

Carefully he started touching the keys on his keyboard, letting the music speak to him until he found something that felt right to him.

He didn't need to write his notes down in his book, just the lyrics. He could always remember the notes.

He could sit for hours, just like that, playing notes until something came to him. It gave him some sense of calmness.

A soft melody started filling the room as a soft smile spread on Kurt lips and slowly the words started to form.

Carefully he started scribbling the words he had in his head down in his notebook.

Every once in a while, he would scratch a sentence and replace is it as he noticed how ridicule it sounded out loud.

He didn't even notice how the door opened as he was sitting on the couch, headphone on his ears, and softly singing along with the lyrics he had written during the afternoon.

His laptop was standing on the coffee table, connected with his keyboard as he was recording the music.

He didn't notice how Blaine lifted his eyebrow in wonder and how Jeff and Nick leaded him to sit down at the kitchen island

Feels like Im in a cartoon
Lovestruck, shot with a harpoon
Flying high as a balloon
And I aint coming down
Got no, no chill around you
But Im trying, trying to play cool
Dont want to rush it on too soon
Im keeping you around

Kurt closed his eyes as he started singing a little more softly.

Meanwhile, Jeff took out his phone and started recording it while no one noticed.

Superstitiously, Im watching my words
All of my words
Now
Like a birthday wish
Dont say it out loud
Never out loud

Yeah I want to tell everyone
That you are, you are my only one
Screaming at the top of my lungs
But Im whispering, Im whispering, Im whispering
Cause I dont wanna jinx it

Kurt stretched out his hand as he stopped the recording of the first part he had written and saved it on his computer.

It wasn't until Jeff and Nick started applauding and whistling that he looked up. His face slowly turned from pink to red.

“How have you been able to keep this from us,” asked Nick with his mouth open. “That's amazing!”

Kurt shrugged a little shyly as he closed the program on his computer. “What? you really thought I wrote my audition song by just humming a melody,” he asked with a soft smile.

It was Nick's turn to be speechless, “fine you got that one.”

He gave Jeff a shove as he started pointing towards their room, “we're gonna watch a movie. If you want you can join us later.”

They “subtly” left the room with one last wink and then it was just Blaine and Kurt.

Blaine looked at him curiously from where he was still sitting at the kitchen island.

He lifted up his eyebrow as he opened his arms widely and gave this little shake with his head, like he wanted to ask why he was taking so long.

With a soft blush on his cheeks, Kurt made his way towards Blaine. He stopped once he was standing between Blaine's legs and let out a quiet sigh as he felt Blaine's arms wrap around him.

For a while they just stood like that, comfortable in each other's arms.

“So,” Blaine whispered against Kurt's neck, “that was a quite amazing coming home.”

Kurt let out a soft chuckle as he wrapped his arms around Blaine's neck, “was it now?”

“Hmm,” hummed Blaine as he pressed a soft kiss against his neck, “so who was the song for?”

Kurt let out a giggle as Blaine playfully gave Kurt butterfly kisses over Kurt's neck.

Kurt tried to push him away after a bit, “stop that,” he said playfully. “and you weren't supposed to hear it … yet.”

Blaine smiled at him, “well I won't say I regret it.”

Kurt blushed, “well I'm glad you liked it,” he whispered as he leaned forward and kissed his lips softly.

“So will you give me the recording,” Blaine asked with a pout lip and puppy eyes as Kurt pulled away.

Kurt let out a heartfelt laugh. “No, not yet. You'll just have to wait until it's finished,” he grinned before he turned around and started to put away his stuff.

When he had gathered everything, he turned around again, “so how about we take Jeff and Nick up on their offer.

Blaine shrugged and followed Kurt into Nick and Jeff their room. He could at least cuddle bit.

And who knows, he might be able to get the recording from Kurt's computer.

But that could wait a little longer.

Kurt couldn't believe how fast time had gone by. Here he was again, back for another live show.

He stood at the side, looking around, watching people run around.

Blaine was standing at the other side of the room, talking with Jeff and Nick.

They had decided to keep their distance today to keep the press of their backs.

It wasn't easy because he did want to scream it from the rooftops, but he knew now wasn't the time.

It was like Blaine could feel him watching, as he turned around and looked straight at him.

A soft smile spread on his lips as he gave him a wink before he turned around again.

Kurt felt himself blush a little and looked around, hoping no one had caught it, but everyone seemed to be in their own bubble.

The crew manager gave their signs to get into place.

This time he didn't have luck. He was on the whole other side of the place with the guy with the pink pants and with Luke, the guy with the pink pants, Sebastian and with Roy.

They all stepped on stage at the same time as the music started playing..

Knowing that I find it on my own
Cause if life aint leading though where I can go

Next up to them entered Girl life, Sara, Mercedes, Luna and  Ashley.

Im standing still with nothing in my way
Letting me go so I can find myself again

Next up where the Warblers. Some girls started shouting in the crowd which made Blaine smile ever so slightly from where Kurt was watching.

Jeff and Nick were taking the rapping parts as Blaine started singing together with them. Somehow it worked.

I need that
Ground beneath my feet to feel that
Ground beneath my feet
I need that
Ground beneath my feet to feel that
Ground beneath my feet
I need that

The whole group met in the middle, dancing along with the music and playing a little with each other.

I need that home, Im coming home, Im coming home
Cause its life that Ive been living in my home
Home, Im coming home, Im coming home
Cause Im tired of being out here on my own
Im coming home, oh yeah yeah yeah
Im coming home, oh yeah
All of this time Ive been living it up
All thats is left is rubble and dust
Oh oh, Im coming home

Girl life, Sara, Mercedes, Luna and  Ashley took the next part again.

I know if I can find my own way back
Theres a life I always knew but never had

Kurt started singing again with Luke Sebastian an Roy.

Im tired of fighting things that I cant change
Letting me go so I can finally find my place

Blaine, Jeff and Nick stepped forward and started their part again.

I need that
Ground beneath my feet to feel that
Ground beneath my feet
I need that
Ground beneath my feet to feel that
Ground beneath my feet
I need that
Ground beneath my feet to feel that
Ground beneath my feet
I need that
Ground beneath my feet to feel that
Ground beneath my feet
I need that

The group came together again the middle, all of them doing the moves they had learned in the dancing course.

I need that home, Im coming home, Im coming home
Cause its life that Ive been living in my home
Home, Im coming home, Im coming home
Cause Im tired of being out here on my own
Im coming home, oh yeah yeah yeah
Im coming home, oh yeah
All of this time Ive been living it up
All thats is left is rubble and dust
Oh oh, Im coming home

When the last words escaped Kurt's lips, he couldn't help but look over at Blaine. Blaine was looking at him just the same, smiling that soft smile and having that twinkle in his eyes.

Yes, he was definitely coming home.

Kurt was playing with the microphone in his hand. Before he had gone to the backstage room, Blaine had given him a small wave from across the room.

With a soft knock, he let his head fall against the cold wall in front of him. How he had wished he could have gotten a good luck hug or kiss.

But nothing to do about it now, he needed to concentrate.

With a sigh he started slipping in his role. He had decided to create himself into a character for this song.

They wanted to see him do something different, something that would surprise them.

Well, he was going to surprise them.

The sign was given towards him to get up on stage. He made sure his shirt was sitting alright when he made his way on the stage.

The lights were still out and the video was still played on the background. He had decided to tell them a little bit more about his past week and had teased them on his song choice.

As his video, he had decided to show a small compilation of him during his singing class and dance class, nothing that spectacular.

He took place behind the piano they had put on stage. It wasn't really usual but he had held down his foot until he had gotten what he wanted.

It was all part of the performance and it would give him a chance to ground him.

The lights slowly turned up again as Olly announced him.

He took a deep breath and started touching the keys.

Turn down the lights
Turn down the bed
Turn down these voices
Inside my head
Lay down with me
Tell me no lies
Just hold me closely
Dont patronize
Dont patronize me

He took a deep breath before he started going into the next verse.

Cause I cant make you love me if you dont
You cant make your heart feel
Somethin that it wont
And here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart
And I will feel the power but you wont
No you wont
Cause I cant make you love me
When you dont
When you dont
Yeah-hh

Kurt softly closed his eyes as he started losing himself in the music. For a moment he forget he was in the middle of a show, he just let the music talk to him.

Ill close my eyes
Cause then I wont see
The love you dont feel
When youre home with me
Morning will come
And Ill do whats right
Just give me till then
To give up this fight
And I will give up this fight

Cause I cant make you love me if you dont
You cant make your heart feel
Somethin that it wont
And here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart
I will feel the power but you wont
No you wont
Cause I cant make you love me
When you dont
When you dont

He opened his eyes softly as the last note softly ebbed out of the room.

The room had turned fully quiet and he thoughts he saw some people wipe away a tear.

He stood up quietly as applause filled the room, first quietly and slowly growing stronger.

He didn't know if it was a good sign or not.

Once in front of the jury table, he felt his nerves set in. had it been enough, was all he that was going through his head.

Leona smiled softly at him as she wiped away a tear that escaped her eye, “you are in trouble mister,” she said threateningly, “for making me cry in front of all those viewers.”

Some people let out some chuckles in the crowd.

Nona placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. “It's ok. I think we all got a little teary eyed near the end.”

Dean smiled enthusiastically towards him, “that was amazing. I don't know if you'll be able to top this.”

Kurt felt himself blush again. He hoped people wouldn't notice through the television.

At last he watched Michael, wondering if he was going to say something.

“I made  you promise something last time, Kurt,” Michael started, “you remember?”

Kurt swallowed the obvious lump in his throat and nodded. He took the microphone Olly was holding and started talking. “Yes, I promised you I was going to do something different. That I was going to surprise you.”

Michael nodded thoughtfully, “while you did surprise me, I'm not sure if it has convinced me fully. I want you to do something more carefree, something with power in it. You understand?”

The crowd was death quiet and Leona looked like she wanted to slap him, and not the soft kind.

Kurt shook his head, “with all due of respect but I am who I am and I'm not going to change that. I'm a singer, I love singing something with a message, something that makes people feel. I don't want to be the next Pitbull or the next Nicki Minaj because while I have nothing against them, it's not my style. If being who I am isn't what you guys are looking for, than I'm sorry to disappoint you over and over again,” he gave the microphone back to Olly, not really wanting to say more.

Leona started clapping and soon other people started following in the crowd, it made Kurt's heart soar a little.

All he wanted now was one really big hug.

Olly applauded along with him. “I loved your performance for one and I'm sure the rest loved it as well. Do you want something to say to the people watching?”

Kurt thought for a moment before he took the microphone once more, “I just wanted to say a thank you to everyone voting. This was for you guys and I hope you did enjoy it as much as I poured my heart into this one.”

He gave the microphone back to Olly who wrapped him into a hug and send him off stage with a last round of applause.

When Kurt walked into the backstage room, he felt like all the worries had slowly started building again on his shoulders.

Blaine was nowhere to be seen as he had needed to go to the waiting room. And by the looks of it, he had left quiet early as he was nowhere to be seen.

To make it worse, it was like all eyes had turned towards him.

Mercedes stood up and wrapped him into a hug. “Don't listen to Michael. He doesn't know what he's talking about.”

Kurt shrugged, “we'll see if the viewers agree.”

With a shrug he walked away and took a seat in the loveseat in the corner. He pulled a pillow on his lap as he curled on the couch, keeping a bit of space free for Blaine, not caring for a moment about the rules they had agreed on.

Finally it was the warblers turn. The intro clip started with Blaine, Jeff and Nick thanking everyone for voting. They played a small round where they played questions which each other and they asked each other questions that came out of a bag, standing on Nick's lap.

It was funny to watch them tell their stories and you could obviously tell who had written the questions as Jeff was moving with laughter from his place on the couch.

It was followed by a compilation video of the guys during their dancing and singing classes, and much to Kurt's surprise, it ended with a short fragment of him sitting on the couch and singing a piece of jinx.

His mouth fell open, a little stunned, because there was no way they had just done that.

With a heavy sigh, he let himself fall back on the couch and pressed his hands against his face. He would have to get them back for that later.

He carefully placed his hands back on his lap as he watched the guys walk on stage.

To his surprise, they looked totally different than the last week. This time they all wore neat button ups with nice brown pants under them. They all looked quiet dashing.

Blaine had topped It with a sweater over his button up while Nick wore a tie and Jeff wore his suspenders and  some sneakers under them.

Blaine had once again a beanie, which Kurt had to admit he started to love quiet much.

Blaine pointed towards the camera as it looked like he was looking right through the television.

This is so dumb, this is so bad
Gotta be numb to miss you like that
Lifting me up, letting me fall
Fuck with my head, like its nothing all
You were my sun, you were my Earth
I was your best, and you were my worst
Breaking my heart one piece at a time
Well heres a piece of my mind, yeah

Jeff and Nick met him in the middle as they backed Blaine up while they rap singed.

You dont know what it is you do to me
Yeah you stole my heart
And all I have is a hole where it used to be
And the hardest part is
Now youve got some substitute for me
But hes not the one
You dont know what it is you do to me
Yeah you leave me numb

Yeah you leave me numb, numb

Blaine started acting the words as he went to the next verse.

Losing my mind, losing control
Swallow my pride, you swallow me whole
Smile on my face, to cover my hurt
Spent so much time but what was I worth
Unbroken heart, Im taping it up
Cross in my hand, mistaken for love
Nails in my back that dont mean a thing
They aint yours, they aint yours

You dont know what it is you do to me
Yeah you stole my heart
And all I have is a hole where it used to be
And the hardest part is
Now youve got some substitute for me
But hes not the one
You dont know what it is you do to me
Yeah you leave me numb, numb

Yeah you leave me numb, numb

Blaine made room on the middle on the stage as Jeff and Nick went nuts and to his surprise, Blaine started doing some breakdance moves on stage.

Another surprise he could see himself falling for quite hardly. Was there anything he couldn't do?

I got trapped off in a black box
Lit from the matchbox in your rage
You said we are a merely players
Who still act off of the stage
I kept begging you to stay like "baby please dont leave me
Know you dont like fall but whats one more season?"
And I dream on you getting your plot and your scheme on
And I just be here with my jeans on
He love me he love me no he dont
Cause you made me feel like the night before Christmas
Love is a crime and Im stuck in your prison
Far as you want, baby, I go the distance
If you numb and Im numb then what is we feeling?

They walked around the stage like they owned it as Blaine stopped his moves and started walking to the crowd, letting his hand touch as many of them.

You dont know what it is you do to me
Yeah you stole my heart
And all I have is a hole where it used to be
And the hardest part is
Now youve got some substitute for me
But hes not the one
You dont know what it is you do to me
Yeah you leave me numb, numb

Yeah you leave me numb, numb

Blaine was a little out of breath near the end but he knew the judges would overlook that. After all his boyfriend was quiet talented.

Just like he expected, they were all over the moon by their performance. Even Michael seemed to like it quite a bit, even though he didn't mention it was that many words.

They left the crowd with lots of applause and Kurt knew it wouldn't take them that long to come back to the backstage room.

Just like he expected, it didn't take long before Blaine's face peaked around the corner.

He didn't even hesitate as he took a seat next to Kurt and wrapped him into a tight hug, “he doesn't know what he's talking about. He's just scared because he thinks you might win it over his team now he has already lost one.”

Kurt let a small smile spread on his face, at least his boyfriend knew how to cheer him up. Kurt let himself fall into the hug as they got more comfortable on the couch. “Let's just hope the people at home don't agree with him.”

Blaine shook his head, “they won't. Everyone around here got in tears because it sounded that beautiful.”

Kurt raised his eyebrow in suspicion but Blaine didn't cave, “it's true. Even I got a little teary eyed. It was beautiful.”

It was that moment that Jeff and Nick made their way over to them and took a seat on the ground in front of them, “that's true. He cried like a baby.”

Blaine kicked Nick with his foot as he pouted, “that's not true.”

Nick shrugged, “if you say it. Wish we had proof, oh we have.”

Jeff took out his phone with a smirk and before Kurt knew it, they were running around the backstage as Blaine tried to steal Jeff's phone.

And like that, all tensioned left his body because it didn't matter if he lost tonight because he won overall already.

Kurt hated that moment standing on stage with the other contestants and the not knowing if he went through or not.

Leona gave a small squeeze on his shoulder when she stood behind him. It gave Kurt a little bit of hope.

Olly took place in front of the stage, “so I'm going to announce who goes through in a random range. If I call your name, you may leave the stage and we'll see you again next week.”

Everyone nodded but the tension was there.

“Tonight, we'll be saying goodbye to 2 more contestants. Let's start.”

The lights went off as a little spot shined on all of them.

“The first one to go through is,” Olly said while he waited a little longer, “Sebastian.”

Sebastian started smiling his triumph smirk as he bowed once and left the stage. It almost made Kurt roll his eyes.

Next to leave the stage were Jeff, Nick and Blaine where Kurt did applause for rather loudly but he was overruled by all the shouted in the crowd.

“Next to leave the stage is,” Olly started when a smile spread on his lips, “Kurt.”

Kurt let his hand fall in front of his mouth with happiness. It felt so good not to be called last.

He hugged Leona briefly before he ran towards the backstage.

Blaine was looking rather angry at Sebastian but started smiling immediately when he noticed Kurt.

He wrapped him into a tight hug, “I told you so. You were amazing out there.”

Kurt just held him tightly, “thank you for today,” he said sincerely as he pressed a soft kiss against Blaine's neck, where only Jeff and Nick could see him.

It was a reminder for later.

They watched person after person walk towards the backstage and people hug each other as their roomie made it through.

In the end, it were Mercedes, Sara and Girl life that were still standing on stage.

“It looks like some girls were leave the show tonight. The last person to go through is,” said Olly, “ Mercedes.”

Mercedes let out sigh of relieve as she ran towards the backstage and immediately hugged Kurt, “now I know what you've been talking about. That's awful.”

Kurt nodded his head, “it really is. I don't wish it to anyone.”

They waited for their sign before they ran up the stage to say goodbye to girl life and Sara. It was sad to see them go but they weren't Kurt's best friends.

It was only later that night when he and Blaine went to sleep and he felt Blaine snoring softly against his chest, that he did realized he had survived another week.

With 8 contestants left, it was now for real. And he knew he had to work even harder to make it through another week.

With one last kiss against Blaine's forehead, he let his eyes fall close. Those were worries for the next week.

For now, he wanted to let himself fall in a dreamful sleep.