Kurt parked his car and the two boys headed in. Blaine put their bags in the office while Kurt went and changed out of his uniform and into his overalls and a plain white top underneath.
Kurt grabbed his tools and Blaine pulled up his customary chair and took out his English book they were currently studying in class. Burt directed Kurt to the car that needed to be fixed and Blaine brought his chair over and sat down while Kurt started.

Blaine discarded his blazer, rolled up his sleeves and loosened his tie.
Blaine pulled out a pen and started reading, making occasional notes while he listened to Kurt tinkering with the car, muttering to himself under his breath.
Blaine glanced up from his book and grinned as he watched Kurt lean over the car, a smudge of grease smeared across his cheek.
It was rare that you got to see Kurt dirty like this, Kurt usually so put together. Blaine found it hot.

"Burt!" a voice called and Kurt looked up sharply, nearly banging his head on the hood. Blaine put his book down and glanced around and saw Finn walking in. Burt came out and gave Finn a confused look.
"Hey Finn, what's up?" Burt asked.
"Hey Burt. Mike's car is making funny noises. He was giving us a lift from football practice," Finn explained.

"Sure. We'll take a look," Burt said. "I'm with a client right now...hold on. Kurt!"
Finn looked sharply over and Kurt walked over to them, wiping his hands on an old rag.
"Can you take a look at Finn's mate's car?" Burt asked.
"Sure. Just drive it in here," Kurt said to Finn. Finn nodded dumbly and headed to the car.
Blaine stood up and went to Kurt.
"Hey," Blaine said softly. "Want me to stay?"
"Yeah," Kurt said quietly. "You can pass me the tools."

Blaine snorted with laughter as his mind came up with double meaning to the word 'tools' and Kurt rolled his eyes.
The car was brought in and Blaine watched as Finn and our other guys get out of the car.
One of them pulled a wheel chair from the back and Blaine watched as Sam lifted one of the boys out of the car and put him in the wheel chair.

"Whose car is it?" Kurt asked and the boys all turned to look at him, eyeing him up and down, looking a bit shocked. Sam eyes widened with surprise and he smiled.
"It's mine. I'm Mike Chang."
"Hi Mike. I'm Kurt Hummel," Kurt said, shaking Mike's hand. "Can you tell me what noises you car was making?"

"Er- yeah," Mike said, looking surprised and shot a look to Finn. "It was whining really loud and when I pushed the breaks it got louder."
Kurt nodded and wrote something down on a clipboard.
"OK, sounds easy enough. I just need you to read through this and fill out these forms," Kurt said and handed the clipboard to Mike who took it.

"You didn't mention that you worked on cars," Sam said, grinning at Kurt.
"Never came up," Kurt smiled.
"The benefits of dating a mechanic," Blaine grinned and Kurt rolled his eyes.
Sam laughed.
"Hey, this is Artie," Sam said, indicating to the boy in the wheel chair.
"Sup," Artie said, nodding once with a grin.

"You know Finn and that is Puck," Sam said.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Blaine, Kurt's boyfriend," Blaine said while Kurt lifted the hood of Mike's car.
"Sup," Puck said.
"That's dope that you work on cars Kurt," Artie said, rolling his chair through the garage so that he was near the hood of the car.

"Sure," Kurt shrugged, looking at Blaine and then back to Artie. "Are you all in New Directions?"
"Yeah, they are," Finn said.
"Don't try getting anything out of us," Puck added.
"Wasn't going too," Kurt said, ducking under the hood. "Blaine can you hand me the wrench?"
Blaine grabbed Kurt's tool box and handed him the tool.

"Besides, if I wanted to I would have asked Mercedes and Tina when I went shopping with them the other day," Kurt added with a smirk.

Finn looked mad but Artie, Puck and Mike let out a shout of laughter.
"Damn," Artie said. "You got wit yo."
"Balls of steel. I was impressed by the stunt you pulled at the mall too," Puck grinned. "Nice play Porcelain."
Blaine saw Kurt scrunch his nose at the nickname but didn't say anything.

Finn looked surprised that the other boys were cool with Kurt and Blaine, talking to him like they had been mates for ages.
Kurt pulled out from under the hood and pulled over a little cart on wheels. He laid down on it and pushed himself under the car.
"Blaine, hand me the head torch," Kurt called from under the car. Blaine did as he asked and handed it down.

Mike finished the paperwork and kept a hold off the clipboard.
Kurt rolled out from under the car and Blaine held out a hand. Kurt grasped it and let Blaine yank him up with a grin.
"You've just worn away the brake pads," Kurt said, smiling at Mike. "I can fix and replace them now, it shouldn't take long."
"That would be great," Mike grinned. "I'm meant to be taking Tina out tonight and she'd kill me if I bailed."

Kurt grinned.
"We can't have that," Kurt teased and Mike laughed.
"Dude, you didn't mention that Kurt fixed cars," Puck said, shaking his head as Kurt disappeared into the office to talk to Burt.
"I didn't know," Finn said, looking shocked.
"You didn't ask," Blaine said, shooting Finn a sharp look and Finn had the decency to look ashamed.
"Kurt's cool yo," Artie said.

"So, you and Kurt must go at it like rabbits," Puck said with a wolfish grin.
Blaine spluttered.
"What? That's none of your business," Blaine cried.
"Dude, it's cool. I'm not judging," Puck said with a shrug. "Sex is sex."
Finn scrounged his nose.
"Puck."
"Relax Finnoncence," Puck drawled.

Blaine blushed bright red at Puck's crude behaviour and when Puck looked at him expectantly.
"I'm not answering that," Blaine said.
"Answering what?" Kurt asked, coming back.
"I asked about your sex life," Puck shrugged and Kurt blushed bright red.

The boys laughed and Finn shook his head, looking freaked out.
"It shouldn't take more than a couple of hour to get this fixed," Kurt said and then hurriedly got back under the car to hide himself. Blaine wished he could hide. He was saved when he phone rang and he quickly walked away to answer it.
"Finn," Artie said quietly so Kurt couldn't hear. "You made it seem like Kurt was hitting on you. As far as I can see, he's in love with Blaine."

"Yeah," Mike said. "He's cool, just like Sam said."
"I never said he was hitting on me," Finn growled. "Karofsky said that and it's not true."
"Whatever," Puck said. "Point is, Kurt's a cool dude and witty as hell. I like him. Plus, his boyfriends fun to make blush."
Kurt smiled faintly under the car as he heard them. Perhaps Finn's friends could make them see that Kurt was a good guy.

"You should give him a chance," Sam said. Finn said nothing and Kurt couldn't see his expression.
Kurt heard footsteps and saw Blaine's shoes appear next to the wheel chair.
"You like football Blaine?" Mike asked.
"Yeah," Blaine said, his tone happy. "I'm a Buckeyes fan."
"There a game on tomorrow night. You and Kurt should watch with us," Artie said. "It's at my place. Everyone in New Directions is coming."

"What do you think Kurt?" Blaine asked, speaking louder so Kurt could hear him.
"I'd like to see Mercedes and Tina again," Kurt called from under the car.
"Cool. Kurt and I'll be there," Blaine grinned.
"Finn can give you details later," Artie said.
"I'll take your number," Blaine said, shooting Finn a quick look. "Just in case."

Artie wrote out his number and handed it to Blaine.
Kurt made quick work with the brake pads and slid out from under the car and stood up again.
"All done," Kurt said.
"Thanks Kurt," Mike grinned and clapped Kurt's shoulder.
"Just follow me and you can pay in the office," Kurt said.
Mike payed and the boys left after that. Blaine went to Kurt and Kurt sagged against him, letting out a deep breath.

"That went well," Blaine said, stroking Kurt's back.
"Finn's friends seem OK. Artie, Mike, Sam," Kurt said. "I'm not sure about Puck though."
"Either," Blaine agreed. "But I guess we can find out tomorrow. This is really good Kurt. If Finn's friends can have nothing wrong with us then maybe Finn will try harder."

"Maybe," Kurt shrugged and turned around so he was facing Blaine.
"Come on, I have to finish that other car," Kurt said. Blaine went back to his seat and picked up his book and settled down in his chair.
Kurt went back to tinkering with the car, humming softly under his breath.

Blaine watched Kurt for a while, to make sure he was OK before reading his book again and making notes.
Burt came over a few hours later and told the boys to head home.
Blaine and Kurt drove to the Hummel home and Kurt took a shower while Blaine changed out of his uniform.

Blaine grinned at Kurt and the two of them finished their homework. Kurt started making dinner and Blaine promised not to cut himself if he could help.
Kurt allowed him too.
"If I see any blood though, you're out," Kurt warned and Blaine just sent him a charming smile.

Kurt made butter chicken and the house was filled with beautiful aromas. Burt came home not long after and Kurt sent him to wash up before serving the dish.
They sat around the table and they filled each other in on how their days went.
"How was Finn?" Burt asked.
"Good. He invited us to watch the football with him and his friends," Kurt said, eye shining with happiness.

"That's good," Burt said. "You going?"
"Yeah, Blaine too. Blaine will probably watch the football but I'll sit with the girls," Kurt said.
"One of these days," Blaine said. "I'm going to teach you the rules of football."
"You've been trying for years Blaine," Burt said. "I wouldn't get your hopes up."
Kurt glared while Blaine snorted with laughter.

Kurt turned his glare to Blaine who stopped laughing...with difficulty.
Kurt left Blaine and Burt to clean up while he went and did his moisturizing routine.
Kurt came back down just as Blaine and Burt were coming out of the kitchen.

"Deadly catch is on," Burt said and Kurt rolled his eyes.
"You can have the TV. Blaine and I will be upstairs," Kurt said. Burt grinned and went and sat in his chair.
Kurt and Blaine went upstairs and Kurt took out his laptop.

Blaine grinned and grabbed a Disney movie and put it in. They lay on the bed together, feet entwining and watched the movie, singing along together, Kurt taking the higher notes.
When the movie finished, Kurt turned it off and put the disc away. Blaine looked at the background picture and frowned.
"You changed the picture," Blaine said and Kurt lay back down with Blaine.

The picture was old. Kurt and Blaine were both six years old and were smiling brightly with Elizabeth who was in the act of blowing bubbles. Bubbles floated all around them and their faces were alight with childlike excitement.
The picture before had been of all of the Warbler's.
"Yeah," Kurt said quietly. "I miss her."

"You've been thinking about her anniversary?" Blaine asked.
"Yeah. With Carol coming into dad's life, not that I'm ungrateful, I just don't want her to be forgotten," Kurt said quietly.
"She won't be," Blaine said.
Kurt smiled at Blaine and pulled him into a sweet kiss.

Kurt hummed into the kiss as Blaine cupped his jaw line. They shifted closer so their bodies were flushed and Kurt closed the lid of the laptop, pushing it off the bed. Blaine hummed and rolled Kurt over, hovering over him.
They pulled away when they heard footsteps and Blaine rolled off Kurt.
Burt stuck his head in the door way.

"Bed, now," Burt said. Blaine gave Kurt another kiss before rolling off the bed. With a grin headed down the hall to his own room.
"Night Kurt," Burt said.
"Night dad," Kurt smiled and Burt headed to his own room. Kurt got up and shut the door. He changed into his pyjamas and turned off the light, slipping into bed. He sighed and closed his eyes, thinking of Blaine.