“Let’s get down to business…to defeat…the Huns.” He moved around the edge of the couch, all eyes on him as a few of the boys laughed a little. “Did they send me daughters--” pointed around the room, “--when I asked…for sons? You’re the saddest--” he dropped his hand to his side “--bunch I’ve ever met…and you can bet before we’re through. Mister, I’ll…make a man…out of you.”

By this time, everyone had caught on as they harmonized their voices in tune to the instrumental part of the song.

Blaine hopped up onto one of the chairs. “Tranquil as a forest…but on fire…within.” He brought his hands together before his chest, as sort of a meditating stance. “Once you find your center…you are sure to win.” He dropped his hands. “You’re a spineless, pale pathetic lot. And you haven’t got a clue. Somehow I’ll…make a man…out of you!” With the final word, he leapt off of the chair, running across the room to pull one of the boys to his feet, encouraging him to sing the next part.

And then Wes was moving around the council’s table, singing the next part. “Say goodbye to those who knew me.”

And then another voice. “Boy was I a fool in school for cutting gym!”

And then Kurt was leaping to his feet. “Hope he doesn’t see right through me!”

Blaine tried to ignore the way his heart skipped a beat at the sound of that beautiful voice.

And finally, all the voices in the room sang together. “Be a man!”

“You must be swift as the coursing river.” Blaine weaved around the various bodies throughout the room. “With all the force of a great typhoon. With all the strength of a raging fire. Mysterious as the dark side of the moon!”

Blaine honestly could not remember the last time he had this much fun in Glee rehearsal. Kurt was right. Everything was so uptight and perfectly organized. They never sang songs that weren’t possible selections for the competition. “I’ll Make A Man Out of You” from Mulan was obviously not a good song choice for a choir competition, but it was fun so it didn’t matter. They were all improvising and they were all having fun. So much fun, actually, that they spent the remainder of Glee rehearsal singing Disney songs.

As Blaine was gathering his belongings, he noticed Wes clapping Kurt on the shoulder and saying something to him with a huge smile on his face. Quite possibly thanking Kurt for his suggestion and maybe even apologizing for not listening in the first place. There was a little sheepish smile on Kurt face as he nodded at Wes before heading over to Blaine to gather his own belongings.

“Thank you, Blaine,” Kurt was saying as he slung his bag over his shoulder. “For talking to them.”

Blaine held his hand out and Kurt took it almost immediately as they began heading out the room. “You’re the one who should be thanked,” Blaine said. “It was your idea. That was actually really fun,” he said with a little laugh.

“Disney songs, though?” Kurt asked with a little laugh.

“Oh, come on. You know you loved my selection.”

Kurt sighed, giving Blaine’s hand an affectionate little squeeze.

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Blaine tried sneaking little kisses onto Kurt’s forehead, cheek and lips whenever he could manage. Kurt didn’t seem to be complaining. In fact, Kurt seemed to love it judging from the way his breath would hitch whenever Blaine would surprise him with a kiss. He loved Kurt’s reactions and they only made Blaine want to give Kurt more of those little surprise kisses.

It had only been a few weeks since their first kiss. They were taking things slow, though. Blaine wasn’t sure if he liked that or not. He didn’t want to overwhelm Kurt. The younger boy had never really been in a relationship, but neither had Blaine. So, he was completely clueless in knowing when it was right to do what. So, Blaine was just doing whatever felt right.

And right now, as Blaine was sitting on the floor to his room and Kurt was lying on his bed reading through his biology text book, it felt so very right to kiss Kurt. He had caught himself staring at Kurt quite a bit throughout the day. They shared two classes together and Blaine usually walked Kurt to class whenever he could. And the entire time he was in Kurt’s presence, his eyes would flicker down to those pink lips and he briefly found himself looking at that pretty, slender neck. The most they had done was kiss for a few seconds and rarely was there tongue involved. Blaine always found himself craving a little more, though.

His homework had been long forgotten about five minutes ago and Kurt was the main subject on his mind now. Kurt, who was brushing at his bangs and biting his lip as he stared at the open book lying before him. Soon enough, Blaine was crawling away from his own book and notes and up to the edge of the bed, eyes on Kurt. The younger boy noticed him there and looked up from his notes to smile at Blaine. Blaine grinned in response. “Hi,” he said softly.

“Hi.” Kurt laughed a little.

Suddenly, Blaine was crawling onto the bed, pushing the text book aside as he closed it. Kurt looked like he was about to complain, but before he could say a single word, Blaine’s lips were on his, a hand cupping the side of Kurt’s cheek. He smiled softly against those lips he had been staring at all damn day. Before he could second guess himself, Blaine was parting his own lips slightly as he ran his tongue over Kurt’s bottom lip, silently asking for entry. Kurt tugged at Blaine’s tie, pulling him a little closer as his lips finally parted in response, a quiet noise escaping from the back of his throat that made Blaine nearly shiver. He pressed into the kiss a little more, leading Kurt down onto his back so that he was hovering over the younger boy, head tilting in an attempt to deepen the kiss.

Normally when they kissed, they were sitting on the edge of the bed. Or Kurt was sitting and Blaine was leaning over him. This--This was intimacy on a completely different level and Blaine was completely fine with this.

Pulling back a little, Blaine opened his eyes to look down at Kurt, smiling softly. After a moment, he lowered his head to kiss along that gorgeous jaw line and then down the length of Kurt’s neck. Blaine suddenly heard Kurt gasp below him and he pulled his head back to look down at Kurt.

“I’m--I’m sorry,” Blaine said quickly. “Is this too much?” By this time, he heart was hammering at his chest. And then, Kurt shook his head quickly.

“No, no. Absolutely not.” And then Kurt released his hold on Blaine’s tie, fingers gently wrapping around Blaine’s neck. “I just…never realized how sensitive…” Kurt’s cheeks were burning red.

Blaine chuckled a little before lowering his head and kissing at Kurt’s neck experimentally. As he trailed little kisses along that neck, he could feel Kurt’s fingers lightly digging into his skin. Blaine nearly smirked against Kurt’s neck as he dragged his mouth along his boyfriend’s skin and up to his ear, kissing softly. Kurt’s breath hitched and Blaine laughed softly into his ear before Kurt pushed at his chest.

“We’re supposed to be studying,” he managed to finally say.

Blaine kissed at his ear again before speaking softly into it. “Well, we’re taking a break.” And then he pulled his head back a little to look down at Kurt and then press one, two, three kisses on his mouth. Smiling, Blaine pulled his head back to at Kurt who’s cheeks were still flushed. Finally, Blaine decided to move away as he took Kurt’s text book and placed it on Kurt’s stomach with a quiet little, “There.” And then a wink before Blaine was moving off of the bed leaving a slightly frustrated Kurt behind. Blaine was being a tease and he damn well knew it.

Blaine decided that he really liked having Kurt stretched out beneath him. He liked the way Kurt would stop breathing for a moment when Blaine’s mouth would find his neck. He loved the little sounds Kurt would make when Blaine kissed him. They only encouraged Blaine to do these things more. It made Blaine want more and, damnit, how had he gone so long without a boyfriend? And why had he waited so long to kiss Kurt?

That didn’t even matter anymore, because the fact of the matter was that he had finally kissed Kurt and Kurt was now his.

Blaine cared about Kurt more than he could begin to explain. And for that reason, he didn’t want to push Kurt into doing things he wasn’t comfortable with. So far, things were going quite swimmingly and Kurt was responding fairly well to Blaine when they kissed. They were barely at second base, however. When they kissed, there wasn’t much touching involved save for the gentle brush at the arm and cheek. It was so incredibly difficult to keep his hands to himself, though. That smooth, pale skin was always to nice to touch and Blaine was always so tempted to slip a hand over the small of Kurt’s back and let his hand just rest on the warmth of Kurt’s skin. However, he didn’t want to freak Kurt out. He didn’t want to put himself through that embarrassment when Kurt would shove Blaine away and ask him what he was doing. And then Blaine would babble on and apologize like an idiot.

Blaine’s eyes were on his text book at this point, but he wasn’t really paying attention to the words he was reading. His mind was focused on his gorgeous boyfriend. He was far too focused on the idea of wanting said boyfriend stretched out beneath him once again. Blaine was a patient person, though. He was willing to take things slow because unlike most individuals his age this relationship with Kurt--despite it being his first--actually mattered. It meant something and Blaine wasn’t about to screw that something up. Kurt had very quickly climbed to the top of his list of priorities and it seemed like he was going to stay there for a very, very long time.

Blaine had fallen for a beautiful boy named Kurt Hummel.