11

Naturally, the exam was easy for Kurt. He quickly scribbled down all the correct answers while all the other students were clutching their heads, staring at their tests in confusion. He grabbed his bag, flung it over his shoulder and headed to the front of the class.

He handed in his paper with a dashing smile, which left the professor confused, since he had never seen him like that.

He went home immediately and continued packing his things, still reconsidering outfits. He kept checking his phone constantly, even knowing that Blaine was still studying. He did send him a few encouraging texts, but tried not to distract him.

At night he got a response from Blaine saying that he was exhausted and had a headache but that he got everything done in time. Kurt texted him a kiss back and went to sleep.

The next afternoon he took the subway to the NYU dorms that Blaine stayed in. He had never been in that part of town before. The dorms were in a beautiful red brick building. The halls were buzzing with people talking about their finals and Kurt had trouble looking past them to see the numbers on the doors.

He soon found the one that Blaine had texted him. The door was slightly open so he knocked twice and pushed inside. He found his boyfriend in the middle of the room jumping up and down in excitement. Blaine immediately saw him and rushed towards him, picking him off the floor and twirling him around.

“I passed! I passed Kurt!” he yelled excitedly. “I can’t believe this.” he kept twirling Kurt, who giggled into his neck. Blaine let him down and placed his hands at either side of Kurt’s face kissing him deeply and fast. Kurt was caught a little off guard, slowly moving his lips against Blaine’s. He finally threw his hands around his neck, matching Blaine’s rhythm and pulling him closer. Blaine started to nip at Kurt’s lips with his tongue, asking him to open up.

In that moment, a loud coughing behind them made them jump apart.

“I’m sorry to interrupt.” said a girl, sitting on a bed in the back of the room. “And as much as I enjoy this.” she pointed, a finger waving between the two of them. “This is getting a little awkward.” Her voice was deep and raspy and her dark hair was pulled back by a headband as she looked at them in amusement

Blaine let go of Kurt, pulling him by his hand towards the middle of the room. “Right. I’m so sorry,” he said. “Kurt, this is Des. She’s my roommate.” the girl extended a hand. “Nice to meet you.” she said. “I’ve heard a lot about you. Seriously, a lot.” she grinned at Blaine who shot her a pleading look.

“Right.” he interrupted. “Des is Dutch. And she’s a great listener. Really good at keeping secrets.” he narrowed her eyes at her as she smiled back at him innocently.

“Did we interrupt you?” Blaine asked. He pulled Kurt back with him and they sat down on Blaine’s bed, their sides touching.

“No it’s fine, I was just writing.” she answered, looking back at her laptop.

“Des writes a column for the school paper.” Blaine explained. “Des, explain to Kurt what kind of a column you write.” he grinned at Kurt excitedly jumping up and down with a ‘wait for it’ look on his face.

“God, Anderson.” she sighed and closed her laptop. “Fine. It’s a sex column. All kinds actually.” Kurt’s eyes widened as he tried to find the right response. “Oh..” he stammered.

“It’s not what you think.” she interrupted. “I don’t share my ’experiences’ with the world, or anything. I just accumulated a lot of theoretical knowledge before college and they asked me to write about that. You know, straight sex, gay sex, transgender sex, sex change issues, you name it.”

“Oh, okay” Kurt answered carefully. “Well, that’s great. People need to be educated.”

She rolled her eyes and opened her laptop again. “Tell me about it.”

Blaine took Kurt’s hand again, which made his stomach flip and elaborated. “It’s insane. People love her. And they confide in her all the time. They constantly come up to her, asking for advice and stuff, it’s insane.”

She shrugged. “Well, I do keep them all secret and I guess I just have a face that one can trust.” she winked at Kurt who giggled a little. She did seem like the kind of person that you would want to spill all your secrets to right after you met her.

Blaine suddenly tensed besides Kurt and turned his head towards the door. “Oh, Peter just walked by.” He jumped up and walked towards the hallway. “I’ll be right back, okay Kurt? I just want to tell him about my results and ask him how things went for him.”

“It’s fine.” Kurt grinned. Blaine was still buzzing with excitement, which was the most adorable sight. He jogged out of the room and closed the door behind him.

“You’re really smitten, aren’t you?” Des had watched him grin after Blaine and looked at him knowingly.

“Yes, I am.” Kurt answered and shrugged. “I’ve been in love with him ever since I first laid eyes on him.”

“Wow that’s amazing.” she answered.

Kurt suddenly decided something and got up to walk over to her bed. “Can I ask you something?” he said. She patted the spot beside her and scooted over to let him sit. “Of course you can.” she answered. “Whatever it is, I have probably heard worse.” she winked at him again which made Kurt lose some of the tension in his body.

“I doubt that.” he chuckled. She placed a hand on his, which surprisingly, Kurt didn’t mind at all. “Spill, gorgeous.” she said.

He took a deep breath and looked up at her. “I have a vagina.” he said. “I was born with it. I’m still a man though” he added and looked at her. “I know you are, sweetie.” she answered calmly as if he had just told her what he had had for breakfast.

“Go on, there must be something bothering you about it, otherwise you wouldn’t sit here.”

She still looked at him not in the least surprised or shocked, which made Kurt comfortable to keep going.

“Well. Of course there’s something bothering me about it. I just. I don’t know what to do with it. I don’t know how it works or what I’m supposed to do now that I have a boyfriend. I have ignored it all my life and now there’s Blaine, and we’re going away on a weekend vacation… “ he sighed. “It just all sucks.”

“And Blaine knows about this?” she asked calmly.

“Yes, he does. He has accepted it.” She squeezed his hand a little and smiled at him. “Well that’s great sweetie. But. Have you accepted it?”

Kurt looked at her in confusion trying to think it over.

“Well, yes, of course. I’ve lived with it all my life. I had to accept it. I mean, I think I did.” he mumbled looking down on his hand.

“It doesn’t sound like it.” she said carefully. “You need to accept this yourself. And love it about yourself and your body. Don’t worry about Blaine. He’s crazy about you. Trust me, I can verify that.” She nudged his shoulder and Kurt smiled a little at her as she continued.

“No seriously, he would probably wait forever until you’re ready. But that won’t even be necessary. Just as long as it’s going to take you to accept your body and love every part of it.”

Kurt nodded and made a note to remember that.

They heard steps approaching the door and Des let go of his hand. “Keep that in mind.” she said and pulled her laptop towards herself.

Blaine entered the room talking about Peter’s exam results. He walked up to Kurt and leaned down, kissing him softly on the mouth.

“Are you okay?” he asked, studying Kurt’s face.

“I’m fine.” he got up and lay down on Blaine’s bed, who sat beside him.

Des suddenly got up. “I’m going shopping, boys. I need some more gorgeous headbands, and you two need some alone time.” she smiled at them and grabbed her coat, then turned and left the room.

Blaine turned around and slid up the bed so their bodies were aligned. He grinned at Kurt, whose face was only a few inches away.

Kurt raised his hand and placed it on Blaine’s cheek, slowly caressing it with his thumb, feeling the light stubble against his skin. Blaine was still smiling and looking at him like it was the best day of his life and Kurt leaned forward to kiss him softly.

“I’m really proud of you.” Kurt whispered as he pulled away, still lazily stroking Blaine’s cheek. “And I’m happy to see you so happy.” he added. Blaine raised himself up on his elbow, hovering a little above Kurt. He kissed his mouth and his cheek, moving down to his jaw. He then made his way up to Kurt’s ear and whispered softly “I’m happy because of you.” and placed his lips right under Kurt’s ear, which made his heart skip a beat.

“Blaine, I need to talk to you about something.” he said and pulled back a little to look into his boyfriend’s eyes.

“Of course.” he answered, placing a hand on Kurt’s back and lying down again, waiting for Kurt to start.

“I’m really looking forward to our trip tomorrow” he started, distracted by Blaine’s hand that was rubbing slow circles into his back.

“There’s just one thing I need to say first.”

Blaine stopped his movements and took Kurt’s hand instead. “Of course. What is it? Remember that you can tell me anything. Don’t ever be afraid to talk, okay?”

Kurt smiled and still tensed up a bit, avoiding Blaine’s gaze.

“I just… We’ll be sharing a bed, which I’m really fine with.” he smiled at Blaine who nodded, listening carefully. "I just need you to know, that…” he sighed, looking anywhere but into Blaine’s eyes.

“I’m not ready to do anything, yet.” He felt his blush covering his face and neck. Blaine audibly exhaled slowly.

“Hey..” Blaine put his hand under Kurt’s chin and lifted his head. “Look at me. I know that. And I’m fine with it. You don’t have to be embarrassed about that.”

He gave Kurt’s hand a light squeeze which made the other boy raise his eyes. “You just tell me, what you’re comfortable with, and I will be absolutely happy to follow your lead.”

Kurt smiled at that and cuddled closer again, resting his head on Blaine’s chest. He took their intertwined fingers and put them next to his face, kissing Blaine’s knuckles slowly.

“I really like this.” he said. “Just kissing and cuddling, and holding hands.

“Then that’s what we’ll do.” Blaine answered and Kurt could feel the rumble of his voice in his chest when he was speaking. “I really like this too, by the way.” Blaine continued. He lifted his other hand to slowly run his fingers through Kurt’s hair. He then then leaned down and kissed the top of his head.

“So are we good now?” Blaine asked after a few minutes.

Kurt raised his head and pressed a long kiss to his lips. “We’re more than good, we’re brilliant.” he murmured between kisses and opened his mouth to welcome Blaine’s tongue.