“So, Blaine how long have you known Kurt?” Burt asks at dinner.

”Um, two days now.” Blaine answers uncomfortably.

“And are you straight or gay or what?”

“Dad! You could’ve been more tactful about that.” Kurt reprimands. Blaine chuckles.

"I am definitely gay." He nods, lifting one side of his mouth in a half smile.

"Okay. See, Kurt, there's nothing wrong with asking. I'm probably better off knowing anyway." Burt gives Kurt a pointed look.

"Dad, just because I have a friend who's also gay doesn't mean we're gonna run off and elope. Jeeze." If Kurt was being honest, though, he thought that he might be falling for Blaine a little. His eyes Kurt thinks, sneaking a glance at him.

There's a slight awkward silence before Finn changes the subject.

"Oh, Kurt. Rachel wanted me to tell you that she needs to talk to you."

"Goodie." Kurt mumbles. He does NOT want Rachel attacking him about Blaine. He pulls out his phone, typing a quick text.

Finn says you wanted to talk?

He stands and picks up his plate, heading to the kitchen to start the dishes. Carole has Finn collect the rest of the plates while Blaine and Burt talk about football. Kurt's phone buzzes.

Yes. What's going on between you and Blaine?   -R

Nothing. He's a good guy and my friend. Why do you ask?

Calm down, I just wanted to know. I'm your friend, too, remember?   -R

Yes, but you enjoy gossiping. And I have to do dishes now, so I'll talk to you later.

Fine, but you haven’t heard the last of this…

Why must you be so dramatic?

With that, Kurt tucks his phone into his pocket and Starts to rinse dishes so that they can go in the dishwasher.

*****

The next day, Kurt walks up to McKinley a good 20 minutes early and straight into Sue’s office.

“Good morning, coach Sylvester.” He greets in a monotone.

“Oh, good morning, Porcelain.” She replies, closing a notebook.

“I’m going to cut to the chase here; I want to be back on the cheerios, coach.”

“Of course you do, Porcelain. Who doesn’t? But I’m not sure it’d be right to let you back on just like that after you quit last year.”

“That was last year, coach. I wasn’t mature enough to handle glee and the Cheerios back then.” Kurt attempts to persuade her. She studies his face carefully.

“Alright, fine. But if you quit again, you will never see the end of my wrath.” She threatens, pulling out his old uniform. “And you don’t get to skip today’s practice.”

“Understood. Thank you so much.” He takes the uniform from her and heads to the locker room to change.

Kurt Hummel struts down the halls of McKinley in his reinstated Cheerios uniform, catching some shocked gazes and some glares. Brittany skips over to him.

“Coach Sylvester let you back on Cheerios?” She asks happily.

“Yep! The uniform still fits perfectly, too!” He holds his arms away from him so that Brittany can see.

“Awesome! Are you coming to practice today?”

“Yeah. I’m going to go to class now. See you Britt.” He waves, walking to English.

Blaine feels his jaw drop when Kurt walks into English. He’d known that Kurt was planning on asking his coach for his place back, but he didn’t think he’d actually succeed so quickly. Kurt must be pretty persuasive. Blaine thinks as Kurt takes his seat beside him.

“Don’t gawk Blaine, it’s rude.” Kurt teases.

“Shit, sorry. Hey.” Blaine comes back into reality. Luckily, the teacher starts talking before Kurt can question him.