Kurt was backed up against the shower wall with Blaine slumped against his chest. The hot water was beating down on Blaine's back and the tiled wall was ice cold on Kurt's skin, but both of their breaths were coming out hot. They were trying to be quiet as their hands fisted with each other's cocks.

Kurt, who was new to all this touching, was finding it a little difficult to keep his voice down. Blaine kept smiling and shushing him while his own moan would come out. It was like a sexy game they were playing.

"Mmnn. Ahh. Oh, I'm right there," Kurt moaned out.

"Oohh. Uhng. Me too. Keep doing that." Blaine's eyes were shut tight.

Push. Pull. Push. Pull. Moan. Moan. Moan. One last tug and both boys were spilling over the edge and their seed was now running down their legs.

Blaine collapsed against Kurt and wrapped his arms around his waist. Kurt bent his knees and braced himself against the cold wall. They were holding each other up. "Uhng. Oh my God," Kurt moaned, coming down from their erotic high.

Blaine's breathing was rough. "I know. Me too. Oohh. Ah. I love you."

"Should we start taking an actual shower now?"

"Just wait." Blaine nuzzled the side of his face on Kurt's shoulder.

"For what?" Kurt rested his chin on Blaine's shoulder.

Blaine pulled away and looked at Kurt cautiously. "Is everything okay?"

Kurt was confused. "Yeah. What's the matter?"

"You're just- You seem like you're in a hurry. Are you uncomfortable?"

"No! I'm fine. Do I seem like I'm in a hurry?"

"Y-yeah. You did this last night too. We finished and then you immediately wanted to leave the moment. Are you sure you're not uncomfortable? I really don't want to rush this or you in any way."

"Blaine, s-stop. You're rambling. Everything's fine. I don't feel rushed at all. I love what we're doing."

"Then why are you in a hurry to get away from me?" Blaine looked self-conscious and like the wrong thing would hurt him.

Kurt felt really bad. "I'm not! Blaine, I'm so sorry. I don't know what I did. I mean, I know what I did because you're telling me, but I don't understand. We were done doing what we were doing."

That's when it happened, Kurt had said the wrong thing. Blaine's face fell and he took his arms back from around Kurt's waist. He grabbed his shampoo bottle and started washing his hair.

"N-No. Blaine. I'm sorry. I don't understand. Really I don't. What's wrong with what I did?"

Blaine rinsed the shampoo out of his hair and started massaging the conditioner in. "You don't feel closer to me after we fool around?"

"Of course I do!"

"Then why are you comfortable with getting away from me once we're done?"

"I'm not. It's not that. I don't want to get away from you. I just don't know what to do."

"Well, normal people cuddle, or take a nap, or make out, or- just relax." He rinsed out the conditioner. "When I finish kissing you, or touching you, or God- THIS. I feel infinitely closer to you and just want to physically stay that way for a while longer. I want to hold onto you and not let go and just be in the moment. Don't you?"

Kurt opened his mouth to speak, but closed it again, not knowing what to say. "Yes," Kurt finally admitted. "I'm sorry, Blaine. I didn't know people actually did that. I mean, you see it in romantic movies, but I didn't know… I didn't want you to think that I was a silly, inexperienced boy for wanting that."

Blaine looked intently at Kurt, his emotions calming. "It's not silly." He leaned forward and kissed Kurt on the lips. He took his shampoo bottle in his hand again and started lathering Kurt's hair with the soap. "I'm not a get in and get out kind of guy. I love you. What we do means something to me. It doesn't matter how small or simple what we're doing is; I always want to be close to you." He took a deep breath and looked at Kurt, his head crowned with shampoo suds. "I'm sorry for my outburst." Blaine pulled Kurt under the water and rinsed the shampoo out for him. "I panicked when I thought that it wasn't the same for you; that maybe all this wasn't what you wanted after all." He started with the conditioner and Kurt just listened, letting him smooth his hair out with the conditioner. "I just got you back and finally have you the way I've always want you: romantically and emotionally. I hate feeling like you might think you've made a mistake. I want you for always." He was about to pull Kurt back under the water to rinse out the conditioner when Kurt pulled Blaine to him instead.

"You and me could never be a mistake. I feel exactly the same way all the time too. I love you too, Blaine. I'm sorry if I made you think those things for even a second. I just didn't know the post-orgasm etiquette. I'll do better next time. I promise. I'll be so clingy that you'll have to force me away from you." Kurt smiled.

Blaine chuckled lightly and looked Kurt in the eyes. "Promise?"

"I promise."

"Good. Believe it or not, I like clingy."

The two finished up in the shower slowly, their fingers like prunes by the time they were finished. They washed each other's skin and kissed under the stream of water and when they left the bathroom, clad in towels and holding hands down the hallway, they were all smiles, happy that their mini shower crisis was over.

Blaine's dormitory floor was complete with other Warblers that lived in the other rooms. Some had doubles where they shared rooms and others had singles, like Blaine. Standing outside his room, was Trent, a taller Warbler with a round face, who looked suspiciously like he could be somehow related to Kurt.

"Hey guys!" Trent greeted as Kurt and Blaine passed by.

"Hi!" they both answered at the same time with smiles aplenty.

"Hey, Blaine, can I talk to you for a second?"

The boys stopped and looked at each other for a second, taking in the look of their bare chests and towels wrapped around their waists. "Um, sure. Can I get dressed first?"

"Oh. Yeah. Totally. But-um. D-Do you think I can talk to you alone?"

Blaine shifted his eyes curiously. He would have gone to Trent's room alone anyway, but now that it was a specific request, he thought it was peculiar. "Trent, anything you have to say to me, you can say to Kurt. Besides, I'd probably just tell him everything anyway."

Trent looked nervous. He started stumbling through his words. "It's not. I don't." He put his hands up in defense and looked at Kurt. "Kurt, you know I'd never." He stopped and took a breath. He started again. "It's not like that- or what you think. I just… It's about one of the other Warblers and I wanted to talk to you about him. I know Kurt used to be one of us and I totally trust you, Kurt, but I thought Warbler business stayed within the Warblers."

Blaine suddenly felt sorry for snapping at Trent. "Sorry," he started. "You're right, but if you have a concern about one of the guys then why don't you talk to one of the council members?"

"This really isn't their territory or line of expertise."

Both Kurt and Blaine were completely lost. "Okay. Just let me grab some clothes and I'll be right over." He looked at Kurt. "That's okay, right? We don't have immediate plans?"

Kurt looked a little surprised that Blaine checked with him first, almost like he was looking for permission. "No! Go a head. You're fine. Seemingly a little whipped, but fine."

Blaine smiled and did the tiniest of chuckles. He looked back to Trent. "I'll be right over."

When he returned, Blaine was fully clothed and his hair was free of any gel, courtesy of Kurt's request, of course. Trent let him in and appraised Blaine's outfit. "Did Kurt dress you?" he asked.

Blaine clad in red jeans, a plain white t-shirt, and oversized scarf that Kurt folded and wrapped around his neck a certain way that the scarf draped and covered most of his chest. "My boyfriend is a fashion-ista." He smiled. "Clothes are his life. Do you think I'd be able to choose my own outfit when he's watching me pick out my clothes?"

"Probably not."

"So what's up?"

"It's Derek."

Blaine's eyes flicked up and he pursed his lips. "What about him?"

"I know you said I could say anything in front of Kurt, but I didn't want to make this awkward."

"Trent, Derek and I aren't together anymore. I don't see what you could possibly need to tell me."

"So, you're happy with Kurt? You don't plan on going back to Derek anytime soon?"

"Um. No. I'm definitely not leaving Kurt to go back to Derek."

"So you don't mind if I date him, do you?"

Blaine raised his eyebrows. "No! I don't mind at all. In fact, I'd prefer it. Why are you asking me?"

"Because you're my friend and I didn't want to cause a problem inside the Warblers. I really like Derek and I think he likes me too, but I know he's still hung up on you. You're still all he talks about."

"Look, Trent. He and I did not part of good terms. I couldn't care less who he dates, but since you want the role of new boyfriend, I just want to warn you to be careful. If this morning is any indication of what's going on inside him, don't let yourself be his rebound. You are my friend and I don't want to see you hurt if you're more into the relationship than he is."

"Okay, Blaine. Thanks."

"You're welcome. Anything else?"

"No. That was all."

"Oh. You could have said this in front of Kurt. I'm just going to go back and tell him anyway."

"I know. I was just nervous because of the topic."

"Believe me. Kurt is my diamond in the rough. I'm not leaving him for anything."

"I know, Blaine. We all do. That was clear from the beginning when he started coming around. He is something else. Special, but you know that."

Blaine had a dopey smile on his face and his eyes sparkled. "Yeah. I do know that. I'm lucky to have him."

"Not like there was any competition."

"What do you mean?"

"Blaine. Come on. Really? Do you really think there was anyone else in his mind that he wanted to be with? Do you really think he saw anyone else, but you?"

Blaine didn't answer, but his smile remained. "Okay. Best of luck with Derek." He got up and went to the door.

"See you later, Blaine."

"See you."

Blaine returned to his room to find Kurt in front of the mirror fussing with his hair. For some reason he thought the look of Kurt being very anal retentive about where each strand of hair went was adorable. He snuck up behind Kurt and wrapped his arms around his middle. He fit his face on his shoulder and looked into the mirror with Kurt. "You look perfect."

"I'm not finished yet. It's not quite there," Kurt said, still trying to lift a hand to replace a few locks."

Blaine caught Kurt's hand and stopped him from moving. "You look perfect." He kissed his hair and pulled him backward, landing them both on the bed.

Kurt rolled onto his side, smiling at his boyfriend. "We can't spend all day in bed, you know."

"Why not? I bet we can try." Blaine leaned forward and placed a chaste kiss on his lips. He had plans to deepen the kiss maybe even cuddle a bit, but Kurt's phone rang and his plans were thwarted. "Who is it and what is so important that we're not making out right now?" Blaine asked jokingly.

Kurt made a silly face at Blaine and checked his phone for the incoming text message. It was Dave.

D- I need a favor.

K- I'll need to know what it is before I agree to it.

D- Can you ask Zach out for ice cream today? Like 1:00?

K- No. I'm with Blaine.

D- That's even better. I want you to ask Zach for ice cream so I can show up and join you. If Blaine's there we can double.

K- ? Why can't you ask him out yourself?

D- Because I don't want to scare him away into thinking it's a date.

K- Dave, you're fucking him. I'm pretty sure you can ask him out for a casual hang out.

D- No. That's the thing. I can't. I just want to get to know him a bit better, but I don't want him to run off if he gets the wrong idea about what I'm doing. If it's a casual thing with a group then he won't see it as a date.

K- See, this is why friends with benefits never works. You like him and now you want more than casual sex, but are anxious because he may not want the same thing.

D- Can you please just ask him?

K- Fine.

K (to Zach)- You busy today? Blaine and I are going for ice cream at 1:00. Wanna come?

Z- I'm free at 1:30. I'll meet you in the parking lot at Dalton.

K- You're going to be near Dalton?

Z- I'm almost there now. I'm meeting one of Blaine's Warbler friends for lunch… and maybe dessert ; )

K- ZACH! I thought you were hooking up with Dave?

Z- Relax, it's just lunch. I met him when they came to our school last weekend. He's really cute.

K- It's never just lunch with you. Aren't you worried about Dave at all?

Z- What's to worry about? We're not in a relationship.

K- I thought you were trying to change.

Z- If I promised not to hook up with any of your Warblers, will you drop the subject?

K- If you promise to not sleep with anyone else but Dave, yes.

Z- Ugh. I'm really not the monogamous type.

K- You said you wanted to change.

Z- I'll think about it.

K- So I'll see you at 1:30?

Z- Yes. See you then.

K (to Dave)- Ice cream at 1:45. Zach's meeting us at Dalton at 1:30.

D- Thanks!

K- Now I think I see what you mean by scaring him off.

D- Why? Did he say anything?

K- It's nothing you need to worry about.

D- That doesn't make me less worried.

K- It's fine. Trust me. Plus I'm not getting into it. So me saying it's fine has to be enough for you to let it go.

D- Fine. 1:45.

"Are you done yet?" Blaine asked, thrumming his fingers on his jeans.

"Yes. We're having ice cream at 1:30 with Zach and Dave."

"They're dating now?"

"No. Dave wants to, but this is really just a set up to get Dave and Zach in a non sexual encounter. It will probably end that way, but Dave wants to spend time with Zach in a fully dressed way without Zach thinking he's eternally in love with him or something like that."

"Friends with Benefits are complicated once one person develops feelings."

"That's what I said!"

"Good thing we're not that complicated."

"Mmm. I agree." Kurt smiled into a kiss with parted lips.

Blaine cupped Kurt's face as he leaned Kurt onto his back and continued to pepper kissed on his lips and cheeks.