When Blaine showed up at the Hummel residence later that afternoon, he certainly did not expect the nice, and neatly decorated looking home, but he also didn't expect to hear Kurt's musical laughter and excited talking as he approached.

'Well that certainly is a change from the Kurt at school..'�he thought as through one of the windows he glimpsed Kurt laughing with a very nice looking woman, and a intimidating, yet warm looking older man who he assumed was Kurt's father with the way he was ruffling Kurt's hair.

He sighed inwardly, but shrugged.�'Come on Anderson..it's just Hummel..maybe my hunch about him being different is true..'�he inwardly said, hoping maybe he could talk himself into finally knocking on the door.

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Kurt's happy mood quickly vanished as the knock on the door reminded him of his social suicidal situation. "I'll get it dad~!" he said jumping up from the couch, trying to look as cheerful as possible.

He quickly went to the door, propping himself up in the doorway. "I'm surprised you showed Anderson." he said with a hint of a smirk as he noticed the way Blaine flushed and inadvertently gave his outfit a once over.

"This is for�your�benefit Hummel, not mine, but I can gladly go home." he said with a slight tone to his voice as he met Kurt's eyes. Kurt met his gaze with a scowl, and he stepped outside, closing the door slightly behind him.

"Look. Let's get this clear. We have to be civil obviously to do this. My father does not know about my grades, and he�will�not know. You are simply a..friend...visiting to work on a school project. Got that?" he asked with a icy tone to his voice.

Since they had been outside a minute or two Burt had come to investigate. "Hey kiddo who wa- oh. Hi." he said nodding toward Blaine, before turning to Kurt for an explanation. "Oh dad this is Blaine, he is here to work with me on a school project. I told him we could work on it after dinner." Kurt said with a smile.

"Sure kiddo just don't stay up too late." he said to Kurt, before turning to Blaine, offering his hand. "Nice to meet ya Blaine. Kurt doesn't normally bring people from school here, so it's nice to see a friendly face." Blaine was slightly taken aback, but he smiled, and firmly shook Burt's hand.

"It's my pleasure sir." he responded as he was led into the house by the two Hummel men, Burt smiling at him a bit. "Call me Burt. Sir makes me sound old."

Kurt smiled fondly at his dad, before turning to Blaine. "My room's this way." he said motioning toward the basement. Blaine inwardly sighed.�'Well here goes nothing..'

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Kurt luckily turned out to be a rather quick learner, so the study sessions went a lot smoother then Blaine originally thought. Kurt eventually, after the first week or so, began to slightly be nicer to Blaine and open up to him. Blaine to his surprise, found out that Kurt loved theatre and musicals, dancing, and fashion. Blaine wasn't that into fashion, but when it came to theatre and musicals he and Kurt actually had quite a bit in common.

The only thing still bothering Blaine was how different Kurt was at school. One day while they were taking a short break from studying, he finally looked at Kurt, biting his lips nervously for a moment, before finally asking what had been on his mind. "Why do you act so different at school? I mean I see you here at home...and...you're almost like a whole other person sometimes." he asked quietly. This type of subject was a sore spot to Kurt, and this time would be no exception if his reaction was anything to go by.

"Well I honestly don't believe it's any of your business now is it?" he asked, his shields obviously back up in place. Blaine tried to hide the hurt, and just shook his head, gathering his things.

"You know...I don't know why I thought maybe you'd change...I thought...you know what...nevermind." he said, heading for the door, before he suddenly felt a hand on his wrist. He stopped surprised, before looking back at Kurt who had his head bowed.

"I'm not like you Blaine. There was a time I use to put up with the bullying and the harassment. I can't do it anymore. I'm popular now, I don't have to see the looks on people's faces when they don't like you any more. I don't have to constantly wash dye from my expensive clothes...I don't have to be�afraid�to walk the halls anymore.. " He said softly, before slowly meeting Blaine's gaze, which was a bit softer now. Blaine let out a sigh, before sitting next to Kurt again, brushing the bangs from Kurt's eyes. "That may be true..but the Kurt I see here in front of me is ten times the man that he pretends to be."

Kurt's eyes teared a bit, and for the first time since he became popular, he allowed himself to do what his heart told him. He wrapped his arms around Blaine and allowed himself to be comforted by the waiting arms in front of him.

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AN: So I apologize I've been sick (so if this chappy isn't as good I'm sorry x.x; and I have Sundays and Tuesdays off, so those are really the only free days I have to write, so I'll try my best to get my chapters up on those days!