On Friday Blaine was getting worried. Kurt hadn’t come. It was really really cold. Where was he? He slept on Kurt’s bed that night dreading what could have happened to his friend.

He wondered where Kurt was, and if he would still come on Sunday like Blaine had asked him to or if something had terrible occurred.

However on Sunday, Kurt was there and Blaine was thrilled. He had barely been able to do more than smile and greet the people at the shelter because he kept looking around for Kurt, and as time progressed, he got more and more worried, but there he was. He was here. He was safe.

“Kurt!” He shouted happily as Kurt looked around for him. Kurt’s face broke in a smile when he saw Blaine and he hurried over almost tripping on the footpath which had uneven pavement. Blaine went to grab him and steady him “Woah…easy,” Kurt beamed at Blaine as he blushed from how close they were “Hi,” They were so close Blaine found himself looking at Kurt's lips and flushing under his intense gaze of those gorgeous eyes.

“You didn’t come on Friday,” Blaine pointed out hugging him in response and Kurt looked sorry for it“I’m sorry Blaine…I fell into some mud when a car drove by Friday afternoon, I was on my way to the shelter. It had frightened me and I hadn’t watched where I was going and I smelt horrible. I wanted to clean up, and I looked everywhere for a local shower, eventually I had to use the one in a local school…but they were already closed, so I slept outside and waited for the school to open, the security guard let me in when he saw my condition this morning, and then I had to ask him how I could find my way back to the park where the shelter was nearby,”

“Oh Kurt… you should know by now that doesn’t worry me, I could have helped drive you somewhere” Blaine insisted embracing Kurt in another hug, breathing in the scent and realising he smelt familiar as he helped him into his car. He had turned the warm air con on so it was nice and not chilly in the car and Kurt seemed pretty happy to be in there. He sighed in content, as he gracefully sat in his sead keeping his joggers tucked underneath so they could avoid getting mud anywhere “I know that, but I take pride in my health Blaine, and it wasn’t so bad spending the night there. Someone had tossed some ancient carpet from the school’s room into the dumpster and I used that to cover myself from the cold. It was warm, even warmer than the blanket at the shelter,”

“Did those showers have shampoo?” Kurt nodded. “It was a very luxurious school, I didn’t think the guy would let me in and that I’d have to find someplace else but after he checked I had no weapons on me he said it was okay for me to go in,”

“What did it look like?” Blaine hated that Kurt had to go to such lengths just to be clean and he didn't want his discomfort to show on his face. People really did take bed and blankets for granted. “Big, when I was inside the décor was amazing, it had such grand furniture! Large paintings. There were no students, it was too early, but I had to take a flight of stairs to find the bathroom, the security guard had told me where to go,”

“Sounds like my school Dalton,” Blaine observed and Kurt nodded “Dalton Academy?” He asked, Blaine nodded “That’s the one!,” Kurt looked at Blaine in fascination “You really go to a fancy school Blaine,

“I go there mainly for the safety reasons but it is a beautiful school, but I’m glad to hear they helped you” Blaine returned as he started the car. Kurt was looking around his car in awe then. “You have a lovely vehicle Blaine,”

“Thanks, her names Jude, Jude, this is Kurt,” Kurt giggled as he said “Nice to meet you. You named your car?” Kurt raised an eyebrow at which Blaine shrugged also chuckling as he turned on the engine.He then proceeded to look around for something he had brought with him amongst other things, like a blanket and warm gloves incase Kurt got cold, but his mother had pretty much everything they needed, and he planned to stop for food to eat.

“Hey, it’s a valuable member of the family,”

“Why Jude though?”

“Ever heard of The Beatles?” Blaine questioned. Kurt nodded with an unreadable expression.

“I um…I sang The Beatles one time my dad was in hospital,” Kurt admitted and it was the first time Blaine heard him mention his father. Kurt looked out the window then and Blaine didn’t ask him to elaborate.

He believed Kurt would open up all in good time. He needed to trust Blaine though. He found what he was looking for and grinned in triumph "Aha! Here it is,"

Blaine  put on a particular CD. Kurt blushed adorably when he recognised the song. The background music to Baby it’s cold outside was playing asking for vocalist to join in. Kurt's enthusiasm was admirable considering his situation as he clapped and exlaimed excitdedly "You got the CD?" Blaine grinned "I thought we could practise on the way," He loved that Kurt was still able to enjoy moments in his life where not everything was a struggle. That's what he had seen in those expressive eyes of his. Courage.

Blaine caught Kurt staring, Kurt looked away bashfully, and Blaine thought he was so cute in that particularl moment but then he started to singing surprising Blaine as he took the lead “I really can’t stay…” Kurt’s voice was drawn out into singing mode and Blaine couldn’t help but chuckle at the playful way he sang as he responded “But baby its cold outside,”

“I’ve got to go away…” Blaine shook his head while he kept his eye on the road as he had begun driving after he placed in the CD “But baby its COLD outside,”

He drove out of the place where the shelter was and they began their journey to the graveyard and then his mum's place. He also planned for Kurt to stay the weekend, but he hadn't told Kurt that yet. He wanted Kurt to enjoy having a warm bed and home cooked meals for once even though he did get a bed and his mother's cooking it wasn't the same as in a house where love was surrounding you.

“This evening has been…,” Blaine couldn’t get over how silky Kurt’s voice was. He was pretty sure he was already addicted. “Been hoping that you’d drop in,”

“So very nice,” Blaine reached his hand over the console placing it on Kurt’s cold hand gently when they were at traffic lights getting the chance to see Kurt turn red as he pretended to play the game, taking away that same hand Kurt pointed his forethinger at him shaking his head “My mother will start to worry,” He returned his gaze to the roads shrugging when the lights went green. “Beautiful what’s your hurry?”

“My father will be pacing the floor” Blaine turned a finger to the traffic “Listen to the traffic roar,” Kurt laughed at his change of lyrics “So really I better scurry…” Again with traffic ahead Blaine paused to look at Kurt with a warm smile

“Beautiful what’s your hurry?” Kurt  slowly reached his hand making Blaine inhale and exhale slowly to put it under Blaine’s chin tilting his head back to the window to see where he was driving. Blaine actually thought Kurt was going to stroke his cheek – cheeky little devil. Two can play that game.

“But maybe just half a drink more…” Blaine reached his hand while keeping an eye on the road and placed it on Kurt’s shoulder squeezing it. “Put some records while I pour,” He hoped that wasn’t too much, but considering Kurt continued singing he figured it was safe. Were they flirting? It sure felt like flirting.

“The neighbours might faint!” Kurt took his hand of his shoulder and brought it to his lips kissing the inside of his palm softly. God damn it Kurt. He barely choked out his line as he purred “Baby its baad out there,” Kurt placed his hand back to its place on his side and Blaine wished he hadn’t because he had enjoyed the feeling of Kurt’s lips, even if it was just a matter of acting.

Blaine couldn’t help but gulp as he wondered; since when was car rides so overwhelmingly hot? “Say what’s in this drink?”

Blaine tried to remain his cool as he focused on his singing rather than his fast beating heart rate. "No carbs to be had out there,” He was thinking of Kurt’s lips still though and he blushed or so he thought as his face was incredibly hot.

He had a crush on Kurt. “I wish I knew how…” The realisation hit him while they sang.

“Your eyes are like starlight now,”

“To break the spell…”

“I’ll take your hat your hair looks swell…”

Should he consider telling Kurt how he felt? He wondered

You seriously have perfect timing Blaine.

Oh shut up.

Hey I’m just your head talking, you don’t want to hurt your brain do you?

No you’re Wes’s voice who somehow managed to sneak into my brain without my knowledge

Well fine smartass you ask Wes when you see him but for now face the fact that YOU-LIKE-KURT and not just like like, I mean actual-

OKAY I GOT IT INTERNAL MONOLOGUE LET ME FINISH SINGING TO HIM THEN

You are so whipped

“I ought to say no no no sir,” Because Blaine couldn’t move closer he just put his hand barely touching Kurt’s fingers but there if Kurt wanted to take. “Mind if I move in closer?”

Kurt laced their fingers together and Blaine smiled as he carried on driving watching where he was going “What’s the sense in hurting my pride?”

Blaine squeezed his hand.

“I really can’t stay…”

He was so so crazy about Kurt.

“Baby don’t hold out,”

“Baby”

“Oh….but”

Together they finished of on a high note “Baby it’s cooold ouuut siiiiiiiiide,”

Blaine kept his hand in Kurt’s and Kurt didn’t move to take his off.

“I love your voice,” Kurt gushed and this time Blaine blushed.  He knew he had a good voice from what people told him at school and his teachers always praised his singing but it didn’t affect him in the same way it did when Kurt told him that.

“Funny, I was about to say the same thing to you,” Blaine responded and with a quick glance at Kurt who was glowing from the singing.

He felt Kurt rubbing his thumb over his knuckles and he found that he liked it. “Getting to know you this month has been a highlight for me too you know?” He said seriously and if he looked at Kurt he could imagine him smiling but he was a careful driver. “So Rebecca says,” Blaine laughed. “Oh god, is she calling you lover boy still?”

Kurt wasn’t worried to reply to that “It doesn’t bother me,” Blaine smirked at that. He couldn’t wait to tell that to Rebecca. Just to tease her, he thought to himself.

Blaine had to concentrate on the road then, it was in a busy area so Kurt looked out the window watching the houses and the parks go by and Blaine wondered what he was currently thinking.

Blaine turned into a parking lot then and parked the car. “Kurt?” Kurt had fallen asleep briefly and he hated to wake him up, he had planned to keep driving through, but he figured Kurt would be hungry.

“Yes Finn?” Blaine eyes narrowed and then slowly Kurt started coming back to the real world. “Oh Blaine…sorry, I forgot where I was for a moment,”

“That’s okay, I thought we should get some food, the graveyard is another hour from here, and then it’s another hour and a half before we reach my mom’s house, we haven’t eaten anything yet,”

“Will your mom feel betrayed that we already ate something?” Kurt asked rubbing his eyes and Blaine laughed. “Hardly, I’m sorry I woke you, you look like you were enjoying that sleep,”

“Hmm it’s okay,”

Blaine noticed Kurt’s hair was even more out of place and Blaine couldn’t help but snicker. Kurt noticed the way he was looking at him and eyed him suspiciously. “Something wrong with my face?” Blaine shook his head.

 “No, you look perfect, now come on let’s go,” Blaine answered truthfully and went over to Kurt’s side and opened the door for him and helped him out.

His car was a little big so there was a bit of a step to get down. Blaine put an arm on Kurt’s back and lead him inside. Kurt kept yawning which made Blaine regret waking him up. He should have just gone through the drive through. Kurt let Blaine order whatever he wanted for the two of them, and Blaine suggested they eat in the car since it was colder in the shop than outside. He wondered how anyone in their right mind could put the cold air con on. The weather still hadn’t warmed up outside. If anything it was still as cold as that night Kurt came to the shelter.

Kurt said he was just going to the toilet and when he came back he seemed more alert and awake. Blaine figured he washed his face and he also saw the way Kurt’s hair had changed to a more Kurt like look.

“Blaine, why didn’t you tell me my hair was a mess?!” Kurt fumed, still fiddling with it with his fingers as though trying to fix it as he walked over to Blaine who had the food in his hands ready to go. Blaine laughed. “It wasn’t a mess, I thought the bedhead looked cute, come on – I have a dinglehopper in my car you can use,”

Kurt smacked his arm in a - you are unbelievable - way and Blaine laughed. Kurt mumbled something under his breath.

“What was that?” Blaine teased and Kurt rolled his eyes at the way Blaine was watching him. “I said trust you to make a Disney reference, you’re like a 5 year old sometimes,”

Blaine smirked at that. “My friends would agree with you Kurt, they say the same thing,” Kurt seemed pleased by that and he moaned over the sandwich. “Thank you Blaine,” They walked to the car, and back in the warm air con they began to eat their food and drink their coffee in the parking lot.

Kurt probably hadn’t eaten the day before, so he wasn’t surprised at how quickly Kurt had eaten half a sandwich by the time he unwrapped his.

“Anytime,”

“Hey let’s play a game,” Kurt suggested and Blaine looked intrigued at his friend “Okay shoot,”

“Never have I ever?” Kurt recommended taking a bite of his second half sandwich. Blaine was watching the way his lips took a sip of his coffee and blinked before realising he was being creepy. Blaine had his sandwich in his mouth so he gave a thumbs up. “But we need like a safe word for if anything you don’t want to talk about,” Kurt nodded in understanding “Okay, like what?”

“Like I don’t know….masturbation?” In all truthfullness Blaine said that without thinking how horrible it might sound. It was on impulse. Kurt looked scandalised “ Ewww Blaine!”

Blaine laughed hysterically bringing his sandwich away from his mouth and smirking at Kurt “Oh my god your face, are you trying to tell me you DON’T masturbate Kurt?” His dark eyebrow rose in question and Kurt blushed furiously. “It’s a bit hard to masturbate when there could be people watching you, ”

Blaine watched his face screw up and realised he was being serious. “Okay, I’m sorry that was out of line,” Kurt was still red so Blaine tried to change the topic “You go first,” Blaine insisted.  Kurt took a sip of his coffee.

Blaine had found out that he liked Mocha one time when engaging with Kurt in the shelter so had gotten him one, and the way Kurt’s eyes lit up upon recognition had been totally worth it. He didn’t even care that it cost him more than a medium drip. Had it cost $10 Blaine still would have gotten it for Kurt.

“Never have I ever gone skinny dipping,” Kurt grinned at Blaine. Blaine turned pink and Kurt laughed “You’re not serious?”

“Shut up, it was a dare,” Blaine’s ears were burning as he looked away to make sure none of the Warblers were nearby and then remembered they were probably at school or at home. “Blaine, I have to hear the story for that one,”

“Nope,” Blaine shook his head. “Oh come on Blaine…” Blaine huffed.  “Later, my turn now, never have I ever kissed someone,”

Kurt’s facial expression darkened and Blaine wondered if he went too far. He did a side way glance at Blaine, and his face softened upon seeing Blaine’s concerned look “Does it count if it was against your will?”

Blaine gaped at him. “Oh Kurt, I’m so sorry….and no it doesn’t have to if it wasn’t what you wanted,” Kurt nodded. “Then no,” He reached over to squeeze his hand "Sorry Kurt," Kurt nodded "It's okay, I've accepted that sometimes life sucks," Blaine smiled sadly. “It sucks being a singleton hey?” Kurt started to smile at that “Yeah, it does, my turn, never have I ever gone to New York,”

Blaine groaned “You win that round,”

“You’ve been to New York?” Kurt gaped at him as Blaine looked slightly embarrassed. “My mum wanted to shout me and my brother a holiday, it was after she just got a divorce and she knew we loved New York, so she took us,”

“Wow,”

Kurt asked him all about it, and he told him everything he remembered about Time Square, Broadway, watching Wicked and Cats live and seeing Katy Perry in concert.

“Katy Perry really Blaine?” Blaine could hear the questionable tone in Kurt’s voice. “What, she’s amazing,” Blaine defended his idol. Kurt laughed “If you say so,”  Blaine pointed at him using his sandwich "You listen to me sing Teenage dream and you'll fall in love" Blaine said with such confidence that he didn't even replay what he said as Kurt quickly responded "I'm sure I already have," Blaine might have thought that being strange had he thought about it further but he was too busy enjoying his conversation and food with Kurt. It was a good thing he came prepared because Kurt looked disappointed when his sandwich was gone. He brought out another "Want to go halves on this one?" Kurt lit up as Blaine handed it over "I was starving, hope you don't mind,"

It was so nice chatting to Kurt, he was so interested in everything he did, and was so easy to talk to. They never ran out of things to talk about and Blaine realised they had a lot more in common than he and his actual friends did. He found out Kurt too had a love of musicals and whilst Blaine loved his bowties, Kurt loved his scarves, and Kurt also loved piano music.

Blaine listened to Kurt who confessed it was his dream to live in New York one day. Once he had tried walking there on foot, but he only made it 5 hours out of Lima before getting exhausted, he called a cab to take him back after finding some money on the ground.

“I hated taking that money,” Kurt told looking sad and Blaine reached over to squeeze his hand. He still hadn’t started driving yet, but he figured they had all day.

“Kurt, people take money from the streets all the time, that’s not really a crime,”

“It was still someone else’s money, just like this is still your food,” Kurt insisted.

Blaine sighed. “Well how about this, one day, when you can pay me back, you can buy me coffee instead, for now this is an I owe you one, okay?”

Kurt seemed to consider this. “Well. I do only have 2 more surveys before I get my $20 into my account, I could buy you one then,” Blaine smiled. “Whatever makes you happy,”

Kurt smiled too at that.

“But I get to buy you lunch too,”

“Kurt…no” Blaine loved Kurt’s compassion but sometimes he wished Kurt would just enjoy other peoples willingness to be kind.

“No buts Blaine,”

Blaine rolled his eyes and started the engine then. “Fine, now…never have I ever smoked,”

Kurt sighed and Blaine gave him a curious look. “You have?”

“Only to try it once. It was freezing one day, and someone at the park offered me a smoke when they saw me shivering, said it would warm me up,”

“Does it?” Blaine tried to picture Kurt smoking on that cold evening in the middle of a park, and he wondered why he found himself getting hard at that image. He shifted uncomfortably trying not to grab Kurt’s attention. He was so attracted to Kurt, and why was it only occurring to him now? He didn’t know if this was such a good thing or not, he’d have to talk to his mum later, she was pretty good on these things.

“Well…I ended up coughing too much, so I don’t really think it did its job on me,” Blaine nodded understandably. “I never liked the idea of smoking, my dad used to smoke cigars in the house, and the smell was so overwhelming,” Kurt was listening intently at Blaine’s story. Blaine found himself opening up more about his family. Not many people have been able to do that.

They finished their food then and then Blaine saw Kurt eye him like he wanted to say something. "Yes Kurt?"

Kurt hesitated and then put his hands on his hips "Did you get me that picture of us Blaine, because if not I might have to leave right here and now." Blaine chuckled and reached his hand in the back under the seat. He brought out a framed picture of the two of them. "I hope you don't mind if I framed it," They had taken more than just the one but Kurt's favourite was the one that he framed. The one where Blaine kissed his cheek. Blaine also had the others in smaller square versions. "I put them in the back, if you open it up you'll see them," Kurt did those and looked them over his eyes watering. "Thank you ...."