"There is a sale on at the mall. Please tell me we are going?" Tina's asked, a hopeful look on her face that was slightly pixilated by the computer screen. Kurt was having his weekly Skype session with his girl Tina. She was one of the few in the glee club who had kept in contact after he transfer from McKinley. He had never really been close with anyone – other than Mercedes before they had their falling out – but he wasn't surprised that Tina had kept contact with him. She had one of the kindest hearts he had ever seen. He was sitting on his bed and could vaguely hear Mildred and Elizabeth down stairs.

"Of course we are," Kurt smiled ruefully. "I've been saving up."

"Great," Tina beamed. "Santana and Brittany are sure to come and Mike owes me a shopping trip so he can be the bag holder."

Kurt sniggered at this. Mike often got dragged along shopping with them to hold Tina's bags. He didn't complain, enjoying the time he spent with his girlfriend but got bored easily, eyes drifting to the gaming stores every time they passed them. Kurt suddenly sat up straighter as he thought of an idea.

"If Mike is coming, why don't I invite Blaine? They could keep each other entertained while we shop," Kurt explained and Tina beamed.

"That's a great idea," She smiled and then giggled. "Just make sure Blaine doesn't know what he is getting into otherwise he may not want to come anymore."

Kurt laughed bit knew that Tina had a point. He knew that Blaine didn't like shopping all that much and hoped that Blaine would come with him.

"Oh, that's my mum calling me," Tina sighed. "I'll message you later tonight of where to meet."

"Sure thing. Bye," Kurt signed off and closed the lid of his laptop. He reached for his phone and quickly dialled Blaine's number. The two of them had grown closer after regional's and they had seemed to be out of the honeymoon stage.

"Hey, I was just thinking of you," Blaine answered and a shiver ran down Kurt's spine.

"Hi," Kurt breathed and he heard Blaine chuckle on the other end of the line.

"What are you up to?" Blaine asked and Kurt rolled onto his back, hand coming to rest lightly on his stomach.

"Well, I was just talking to Tina and she said there is a sale on at the mall this weekend and that we need to go," Kurt told him and Blaine hummed.

"Oh, you'll have fun," Blaine said and Kurt could hear the slightest hint of disappointment.

"You're coming to," Kurt told him and he could picture Blaine's eyes widening.

"I am?"

"Yep. Tina is bringing her boyfriend Mike along so you can keep each other company while we shop because I know you will get bored," Kurt smiled. "You and Mike will get along really well, I promise."

"How long will we be at the mall for?" Blaine asked hesitantly and Kurt smirked.

"Best not think about that dear," he sniggered. "Tina is going to message me a time and place to meet so I thought I would give you a heads up."

"How thoughtful," Blaine teased and Kurt sniggered again.

"Kurt!" Mildred called from down stairs and Kurt froze, heart starting to beat faster. "I need your help cooking dinner! Can you come down?"

Kurt let out a breath of relief. "Sorry, I have to go. I'll call you later tonight."

"Okay. Bye," Blaine said and Kurt smiled before hanging up. He jumped off the bed, a smile still attached to his face and headed down stairs.

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Kurt and Blaine walked towards the mall, fingers occasionally brushing against each other. It was as much PDA they could get away with in Ohio and both hoped that some day it would change but for now they had to settle with this.

"There they are," Kurt beamed, nudging Blaine and indicating to the group of girls and Mike standing by one of the benches. Kurt hurried to them, Blaine trailing behind him and hugged the girls tightly when he reached them.

"Nice find Porcelain," Santana smirked, looking Blaine up and down with a lick of her lips. "Very nice."

"Blaine this is Satan – I mean Santana and Brittany," Kurt introduced. "and this is Mike and Tina."

"Hey man," Mike beamed, clapping him on the shoulder. "I see you got dragged here too."

"I don't mind," Blaine shrugged. "I mean, I'm not into shopping as much as Kurt is but at least I get to spend time with him."

"Same here," Mike smiled. "Kurt usually finds some clothes for me that are my style when they finally hit the men's section. I can guarantee we won't be going home empty handed."

"Come on," Kurt beamed excitedly at the all. "We have much to cover."

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Blaine slumped against the wall next to Mike. His feet hurt and he was hungry but it was well worth watching the smile on Kurt's face. He just hoped that they would stop soon. He may be gay but there was only so much shopping he could take.

"They look exhausted," Tina giggled beside Kurt as they watched their boyfriend over a rack of clothing.

"Poor things. Mike should have known better and I didn't really tell Blaine what it would be like for fear he wouldn't come," Kurt bit his lip.

"Do you think we should take pity on them and call it a day?" Tina asked, looking to the stack of bags that Blaine and Mike had ended up carrying.

"I think we should get some food into them," Kurt said thoughtfully. Tina nodded and together they headed to Mike and Blaine. They stood directly in front of them and Kurt melted at the sight of Blaine's pout and exhausted eyes.

"Moving on to the next one?" he asked, trying to sound happy but it was drowned by the tiredness in his voice.

"We're getting food and then going home," Tina smiled. Both boys brightened and jumped to their feet, grabbing their bags and hightailing it out of the store, leaving a giggling Kurt and Tina behind. They grabbed Santana and Brittany and found Mike and Blaine already at a table with food. They slid into their seats and Blaine passed the food all around before digging into his meals.

Mike and Blaine were slowly gaining more colour in their faces as they ate and happily joined in the conversation when their mouths weren't full.

"Kurt, is he your dolphin?" Brittany asked curiously and Blaine shot Kurt a confused look.

"Yes, he is," Kurt smiled and Brittany beamed back at him.

"Yay. That makes me happy," Brittany decided and Kurt smiled fondly at the girl. "It also explains why he is so wet."

Santana and Kurt snorted with laughter and Blaine brows furrowed. Tina and Mike skilfully his their smiles around their food.

"I'm not wet," Blaine protested and Kurt patted his hand.

"She means that you are wearing so much hair gel," Kurt explained through his laughter. "Which I agree is really bad for your hair and scalp."

"What's a dolphin?" Blaine asked, touching his hair self consciously.

"Dolphins are just gay sharks," Brittany told him and Blaine nodded slowly.

"She means you're gay," Santana added.

"I go that," Blaine said. "It's just – out of all the names I've been called, hers is the nicest."

Kurt smiled and squeezed Blaine's hand. "She's not the brightest crayon in the box and I'm sure there a few missing," Kurt explained to Blaine in a hush whisper. "but she means well. She likes you."

Blaine grinned at this and smiled beautifully at Kurt. They finished lunch and carted their shopping bags back to their cars. Kurt waved goodbye to the girls, promising to catch up with them soon and headed to his car. He helped Blaine load the bags and slipped behind the drivers wheel. Blaine buckled himself in and quickly rested his head against the window.

Kurt chuckled softly and gently reached out to stroke Blaine's cheek. Blaine cracked an eye open sleepily.

"I can see why you purposely didn't tell me how long we would be here," Blaine grunted and Kurt bit his lip.

"Sorry," Kurt said sheepishly. "I didn't think you would come otherwise. I know that we can get carried away."

Blaine reached over to took Kurt's hand and gave it a squeeze.

"It's fine Kurt. I enjoy spending time with you. Even if it means that my feet may fall off," Blaine smiled and Kurt sniggered. "Hey I'm serious, I can't feel them."

"Come on, let's get you home," Kurt hummed and started the car.

When they got home, Kurt and Mildred were in the living room doing some light exercise to help Elizabeth regain her strength.

"Hi boys," Elizabeth smiled and it faltered as she took in Blaine's tired appearance. "Uh oh. Long shopping trip?"

"So long," Blaine moaned, collapsing into the arm chair, head dropping onto his shoulder. Elizabeth winced sympathetically and Mildred sniggered. Kurt placed the bags onto the table and looked at Blaine.

"I think I broke him," Kurt said sceptically, looking Blaine over. Blaine grunted and opened his arms, making grabbing motions and Kurt rolled his eyes before moving over to sit in the chair with him. Blaine hummed happily and wrapped his arms around Kurt.

"So what did you get?" Elizabeth asked, giggling slightly at how Blaine was acting like a kola.

Kurt happily went into detail about what he bought while Mildred pulled out each item and he showed them the things that he had picked out for Blaine – who cracked an eye open to look before closing them again. Blaine fell asleep quickly and Kurt extracted himself gently before putting a blanket over Blaine and went to put his clothes away.

Both Mildred and Elizabeth made sure he was comfortable before going on about their day. When his stuff was all away, Kurt brought his laptop down and settled himself beside Blaine and logged into Facebook – not before snapping a quick picture on his phone to show Blaine later.