Blaine, Kurt and Leah ended up at the airport again two days later; first thing in the morning, on the day of the Teenies. They boarded the plane without a hitch and landed safely in LA in time for lunch. They checked into their hotel, in two rooms- Blaine and Kurt in one and Leah across the hall. Usually Kurt would only have needed enough room for one or the other, but he couldn't not bring Leah when he was going away for the weekend. He needed her to keep him in order. She wasn't going to be attending the Teenies, but she had plenty to do in the city.

Kurt promised to take Blaine to do touristy things since he hadn't been in the city, and so that was how they killed a few hours- simply walking around, seeing the sights, getting lost temporarily and finding their way back to where they had come from. Although Kurt knew LA reasonably from visiting for work related reasons so frequently, he wasn't able to navigate it like a local, and he found he was directionally challenged without Leah to keep him on track. They wound up in a cafe and were just getting ready to leave when Blaine heard an all too familiar voice enter.

"I don't know why I'm not landing any roles, Patricia. My auditions are going great, as far as I can tell, and am I ever wrong?"

"...let's not get into that, Cooper. What are you having?" Patricia replied. She was a short woman, dressed impeccably and tapping quickly at her phone, probably in her early forties. She went and ordered them coffee while Cooper chose a table carefully. He didn't have a chance to decide before Blaine hurried across the cafe.

"Coop!" Blaine said as he approached him, and Cooper turned quickly, his face lighting up when he saw whom it was. He opened his arms and Blaine hugged him.

"Blainey! What the hell are you doing here, kid?"

"Having coffee with-" Blaine waved Kurt over, and he left the table quickly. "Coop, this is my boyfriend, Kurt. Kurt, Cooper. But you've already met, right?"

Cooper took a second to process the new information. "I meant in LA, Squirt," He rolled his eyes, "but it's nice to see you, anyway. How long are you in town for?"

"We fly back to New York late tomorrow," Kurt answered, "we're just here for the Teenies tonight."

"Cooper. We're meant to be having a meeting here." Patricia snapped from behind them, eyeing the teenagers up and down. There didn't seem to be any logical reason for him to be talking to them.

"Sorry, Blainey, but I have an important meeting with my agent. Maybe we could do lunch tomorrow? Call me, okay?" Blaine agreed, and Cooper checked that they had each other's current numbers.

Leah came into the cafe and greeted them. This was exactly why Kurt needed Leah around- he was so wrapped up in his day spent with Blaine that he had forgotten that he might need to get changed before the Teenies. "Are you ready to go back to the hotel?" she asked. Kurt nodded, and Blaine handed Cooper his phone back.

Cooper hugged Blaine again and then Leah repeated her question to him. He said that he was ready to go, but Cooper wasn't ready to let them leave just yet. He offered his hand to Leah, introducing himself. She blushed violently and introduced herself as well, before reminding Blaine and Kurt that they needed to leave, that Cooper probably had something important to be doing. And so they left, returning to the hotel. Leah seemed to be somewhere between horribly embarrassed and positively glowing the whole way back.

At the hotel Blaine and Kurt showered and dressed in their suits, ready to be picked up and taken to the Teenies.

"Are you sure you're ready for this, Blaine?" Kurt asked, squeezing his hand gently as they each perched on the bed, waiting for Leah to tell them to go downstairs.

Blaine nodded. "Of course. I mean, our relationship isn't exactly a secret, but if you want everyone to know, then so do I."

"It could change everything for you. Back in Ohio people will start recognising you as Kurt Hummel's boyfriend, not just as that one Warbler. I don't want you to be unprepared for it, or anything."

"I'm so ready for this, Kurt."

The pair stepped out of the limo at the Teenies and was instantly faced with hoards of photographers, between the officials, the paparazzi and the fans. Kurt sometimes stopped to talk to the odd fan at these events, but he wasn't going to overwhelm Blaine with it all, so he just waved slightly and passed down the carpet, until he got far enough for him to be expected to pose again. Finally they got into the venue and Kurt grabbed Blaine's hand. "So far so good?" Kurt asked, and Blaine nodded. Kurt brushed a kiss to his cheek and they found their table, where they were sitting with other Highlands cast members and their plus ones.

"You all remember my boyfriend Blaine, right?" Kurt reintroduced, and they said that they did, even though last time they had met him he hadn't been Kurt's boyfriend. Cassidy and Luke's friends seemed to be a couple as well, so that neither of them were awkward third wheels. Kurt felt proud of himself for beating them to become a public couple- to squash the fan rumours. Maybe the others enjoyed teasing the general public.

The awards began and ended, and Kurt left one award richer, having won the Teenie for best returning actor to a dramatic series. Although invited to the after party Blaine and Kurt decided that they would be better off simply returning to their hotel and spending the time together.

They were faced with more reporters on their way out of the venue to get to their limo, but this time there were far fewer fans. Kurt held his Teenie in one hand and Blaine's hand in the other. There was no turning back now. Kurt pulled Blaine over to talk to some of the many reporters- they had decided they were being open with their relationship, and there was only one way to do that effectively. They had to be upfront with the people who would spread the word.

To best emphasise his point, Kurt wound his arms around Blaine's waist and kissed him, much to the delight of the reporters. They broke apart and the camera flashes died down, and Kurt left one arm securely at Blaine's waist. In order to avoid confusion they simply gave the media representatives Blaine's name, and that was about it. Blaine got into the limo while Kurt talked to a few of the fans.

Kurt took photos with a whole crowd of teenage girls, signed a few photos and autograph books, and thanked them all whenever they announced how much they loved him. "Your boyfriend's hot," one of the girls said, "is he going to be on the market any time soon?" Kurt laughed and said that he didn't plan on it- not when this was his first appearance as Kurt Hummel's other half. The girl swore that she would start a Blaine Anderson fandom, and Kurt said that he would proudly be the first one to be part of it, although he thought it already existed.

Although he didn't say it, he was sure the Warblers were already the unofficial Blaine Anderson fandom.

Later Blaine sat cross legged on the huge bed at the hotel, his laptop open in front of him while he checked his Kurt dedicated blog. Old habits die hard, and no matter what his relationship with Kurt was he was still incredibly fond of posting photos of him.

He was only online for a few minutes before photos and videos started surfacing from the Teenies. There was more Cassidy and Luke scandal, because people were now fairly certain that they were an item as their characters were- but more relevant to Blaine was the Kurt gossip.

It hadn't taken very long for their kiss to be nearly viral, while people tried to find out more about Blaine.

Kurt's fans seemed divided between I'm so pleased Kurt has someone he can take to awards shows, who he isn't afraid to kiss in public, it's so great that he's happy! and I was so sure it was Luke. This is a sad day for Humros shippers everywhere :(

The occasional fan was mourning the loss of Kurt on the market, being upset that they couldn't date him themselves.

Videos from old show choir championships were appearing, because someone had been clever enough to find out whether or not Blaine Warbler was Blaine Anderson- and they were waiting for other people to recognise their achievement.

He might not have been famous, but people were treating him as if he were.

And the worst part was Blaine knew that if Kurt had been dating someone else, he would have been just as involved in the mad researching.

Kurt sat down next to him, leaning his head on Blaine's shoulder. "Are you okay?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah," Blaine said, "but I shouldn't have gone online." He shut down his laptop and put it on the floor by the bed, turning his attention to Kurt.

"Are you regretting your decision to go with me tonight?" Kurt asked as Blaine slipped his arms around Kurt and they fell back against the pillows together, a tangle of limbs and neither of them minding.

"No," he answered simply, "I am so proud to be your boyfriend, Kurt. And I'm pleased that only some of your fans are mad at me."

"What do you mean?"

"There are plenty of people out there who are pissed that I'm not Luke- or that I'm not them."

"There was a girl at the Teenies tonight who told me she was going to start a Blaine Anderson fandom, so you have that to look forward to. She said you were hot."

"Well I am pretty hot."

"You are." Kurt kissed him gently. "Do you want to get ready for bed? We can turn out all the lights and cuddle and watch a movie."

"I'd like that," Blaine said, and detached himself from Kurt to find his pyjamas and slip into the bathroom to change. He emerged to find that Kurt had changed too.

"You know I wouldn't have minded you getting dressed in front of me," Kurt said from the bed, as Blaine walked over, "and you just missed the perfect opportunity to see me shirtless."

"Maybe later," Blaine responded, giving Kurt a deliciously crooked half smile, slipping under the covers next to him and shuffling over into his arms. They chose a movie to watch and watched it together in comfortable near-silence. Blaine yawned softly as the credits rolled, and Kurt kissed his forehead.

"Bedtime, then?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah," Blaine agreed, "it's been a long day."

Kurt flipped the TV off with the remote and turned the lamp on the bedside table off, and then snuggled down under the covers. Blaine cuddled into Kurt's side. They were quiet for a bit, but neither one fell asleep and neither one expected to. This was a routine they had fallen into the past few nights.

"I want to change the world," Blaine said, to answer a question Kurt never asked, "I know I can't change the whole world, but I'd like to change a piece of it. Make a difference. Make a dent."

"How do you plan on doing that?" Kurt asked gently, out of genuine care and curiosity.

"I don't know. I'll take your suggestions."

"Do you want to do like, charity work? Or make a dent in the being famous kind of way?"

"More sort of charity, I think. Help people like me."

"Like you?"

"Cancerous teenagers."

"I have an idea, but we can't do anything about it yet. Not until we get back to New York."

The next day Blaine woke in Kurt's arms and leaned up to kiss him. "Morning," Kurt said with a smile, "Sleep well?" Blaine nodded in response. "Good. Are you going to have lunch with Cooper?"

"Yeah, if he texts me or something. It would be nice to catch up with him properly."

"He hasn't been home in a while?"

"Nope. He got out of the house pretty quick, what with my dad disapproving of his career choice. He never looked back," Blaine explained, "and I don't blame him."

"You could have used him around, I bet. When you were having your own problems with your dad, he might have been a good ally to have."

"Yeah, maybe. But there isn't anything we can do about that now. Besides, I had you." Blaine smiled slightly and Kurt returned it. He had never thought about how big an impact just being there had on Blaine, for him to have a friend in all the chaos of his life at the time.

Kurt kissed Blaine's cheek. "We should get up. See if maybe Leah wants to go out with us for breakfast." Blaine agreed and they slipped out of bed to get showered and dressed.

Blaine met up with Cooper for lunch as they had discussed, and Leah and Kurt chose to eat in the same restaurant, so they could continue their day together afterwards. It was easier to stay as a group as Leah began to get paranoid that one of them wouldn't arrive at the airport on time if they split up. They sat across the room so that they could see each other, but not hear the other pair's conversation.

"So Kurt's your boyfriend?" Cooper asked.

"Yeah," Blaine said, "we've been dating for three months."

"I respect your life decisions and all, Squirt, but you could have thought to tell me."

"Do you really care that much about who I'm dating?"

"Well, no, not really, do whatever makes you happy, kiss twenty guys in one night, whatever- but you could have called me and told me that you were gay. Given me some kind of warning or something. I seriously don't care what you masturbate to." Cooper paused for a moment. "Unless mom and dad don't know. You know, about being into dudes."

"They know. Mom was the first to know when we started dating. I came out when Kurt and I were just friends, though."

"And dad?"

"He knows. He's acknowledging that at least Kurt exists, but it took him a long time. He still tries to set me up with girls because he thinks it will make a difference."

"I'm sorry I'm not there for you more, Blaine. It's hard to go up against dad, I know."

"It's fine, we're in a good place at the moment." Blaine shrugged. He had moved on from the insensitive comments Phillip had made when he was drunk.

"I saw your name online last night," Cooper said, "The world loves that you're Kurt Hummel's boyfriend. How did you two meet, anyway?"

"Through the Wish Factory. I got a cancer Wish and I ended up meeting him, and then we just sort of kept in touch. And, eventually, slowly... we started dating."

"That's cute." Cooper didn't even bother to ask about Blaine's health- there had always been an unspoken agreement between them that Blaine heard enough of it from everyone else, that he didn't need to repeat it to Cooper. When there was something to tell, he would. Cooper expected an I'm fine answer, and that wasn't worth even asking the question for.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Blaine asked, knowing that Cooper had established a sort of womaniser reputation over time. He wanted to turn the conversation around somehow- it was odd talking about him, when it used to always be the all-about-Cooper show. Maybe Cooper really was changing- maybe even growing up.

"Me? No. But I'm thinking about it, you know? I want more than sex. I want to fall in love and have a family one day, maybe. I want something a little more serious." Cooper filled his mouth again, shrugging as though it didn't matter, trying to make it seem like it wasn't a big deal.

"Oh, well, good for you, Coop. Do you have your eye on someone, maybe? Or... something?"

"I, um, maybe." Cooper looked over Blaine's shoulder, across the slowly filling restaurant to where Kurt and Leah were eating. Kurt said something and Leah laughed. Cooper smiled. Blaine turned around to see what he was looking at, and Kurt gave him a little wave. Blaine waved back lightly and turned back to face Cooper.

"Are you looking at my boyfriend?" Blaine asked, fairly certain that that wasn't the case, although it seemed like it, "Because yeah, firstly, he's taken, and secondly, I thought you were straight."

"No, Blainey, I wasn't looking at Kurt." Blaine's eyes widened and he grinned.

"Oh, that's perfect," Blaine said, "You... Leah?"

"Leah," Cooper agreed. "Could you give me her number or something?" Blaine didn't have a chance to respond. "Boyfriend approaching," Cooper warned, and sure enough Kurt was walking over from where he was eating with Leah, who was looking positively pink and avoided all eye contact with their table.

"Hey, Kurt," Blaine greeted, "do we have to go or something?"

"Do you need to borrow my baby bro so you can go hook up in the bathroom?" Cooper asked. Kurt rolled his eyes.

"No and no. Leah wants your number, Cooper, but she was too shy to come over here and ask." Cooper smiled.

"She does?"

"Yeah, so can you call her sometime or something?" Cooper nodded excitedly and handed Kurt one of his business cards. He took it and retreated to his table before handing it to Leah who pocketed the card and couldn't seem to stop smiling.

"So you fly back to New York tonight? What happened to Ohio?" Cooper said, returning the conversation to where it more or less had been. He tried his best not to keep looking over at Leah.

"I still live in Ohio, Coop. I'm visiting Kurt for the week, and we were going to the Teenies, which is why we're in LA. I'll be going back to Westerville later in the week." They continued catching up until their lunch was long gone and Leah and Kurt suggested that maybe they should leave. The group hung around by the exit of the restaurant as Blaine and Cooper said goodbye, and Cooper promised that he would be back in Ohio to visit sometime soon.

Kurt grabbed Blaine's hand and pulled him out of the restaurant with no warning, leaving Cooper and Leah alone. Leah could thank him for it later. Even if she got mad at him for doing it, he knew it would all work out in the end. Kurt received a text from Leah a few minutes after Blaine and Kurt started walking.

Having coffee with Cooper. I'll catch up with you later. Have fun with B!

Kurt and Blaine shared a smile, feeling proud of their matchmaking skills.

@OnlyBlainers I got half a million new followers overnight... you clearly have some questions. Ask away. I'm sure you've worked most of it out already.

Blaine tweeted from the airport as they sat, waiting for their flight back to New York to be called. Leah was using her laptop, appearing to do something official and businesslike, although she was simply on Facebook; Kurt was on his phone, looking through a fashion blog; and Blaine was being ambushed by teenage girls who wanted some confirmation from him.

To clarify, you are Blaine-Anderson-dating-Kurt-Hummel Blaine Anderson?

@OnlyBlainers yep, and I admire whoever stalked back far enough to when Kurt tweeted me months ago to find my handle.

Are you still in high school?

@OnlyBlainers yes. I'm 17.

You're hot.

@OnlyBlainers Not a question, but thank you :3

Where are you from?

@OnlyBlainers Ohio, same as Kurt. We're from different towns though.

How long have you and Kurt been dating?

@OnlyBlainers a few months. It isn't important. We were friends first and it feels a lot longer.

@KurtHummel isn't your boyfriend like, the best boyfriend ever?

@OnlyBlainers oh, definitely. Good kisser, too.

DID YOU REALLY JUST SAY KURT WAS A GOOD KISSER I CAN'T EVEN

@OnlyBlainers I did! Don't sound so surprised. You've seen those scenes, I know.

You two are the cutest like really

@OnlyBlainers well we are pretty cute, but I can think of cuter things.

How do you even get Kurt to notice you, if you're just a fan?

@OnlyBlainers you have to be lucky enough to be dying, and then they let you be noticed by all kinds of people.

Dying? What are you on?

@OnlyBlainers long story, but I met him because I'm cancerous. He swears we would have met anyway, something about fate.

Can we be best friends?

@OnlyBlainers I don't see why not.

Fight ten duck sized horses or one horse sized duck?

@OnlyBlainers um... duck sized horses.

Favourite Pokémon?

@OnlyBlainers WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ME CHOOSE?

Do you ship Jelliot?

@OnlyBlainers oh yeah. I wish I had spoilers for you, but Kurt doesn't tell me anything.

Have you visited the Highlands set?

@OnlyBlainers I have! Hold on and I'll tweet a picture of Elliot's bookcase.

He tweeted the bookcase picture, much to the delight of the people who had participated in his Q and A, and then their flight was called.

@OnlyBlainers well this was fun, but now I have to go. Maybe we can do this again sometime? Hopefully you found this helpful.

Kurt took his hand and they walked toward the gate together, Leah a couple of steps ahead of them. "Thank you for answering my question," Kurt said, and Blaine laughed.

"Why wouldn't I?"

"You had teenage girls to attend to."

"They loved it. I think a lot of them are really happy that they found my Twitter from that one tweet you sent me." Kurt smiled, thinking fondly of that second day in Central Park. When he thought about it now it seemed so obvious that they had liked each other, and it suddenly seemed silly that they had waited so long to act on anything. But it was all worth it. All of it.

"They think we're cute."

"Of course," Blaine said, "because we are. Couple of the year, here we come."