The next day was a Saturday and Kurt was going shopping at the mall with Mercedes and Tina.

"So how's your boyfriend?" Mercedes asked Kurt as they were getting out of her car.

"'Cedes, Blaine is not my boyfriend! How many times do I have to tell you?"

"Ok, Ok but you want it to happen don't you." It wasn't really a question because she already knew the answer.

"Well yeah, he's so god damn HOT! You just need to see him! He's so funny and sweet and he's actually gay! and-"He was cut off by Tina.

"Wait wait Blaine can't be that good if KURT HUMMEL is gushing about him?!" Tina was grinning, trying to stop a snigger; Mercedes didn't even try and laughed a long loud laugh.

"Oh hush. If I ever introduce you, you shall see how perfect he really is." Mercedes and Tina both awed at the same time.

"What?"

"You think he's perfect! You have to ask him out!"

"What? No! He would never say yes!

"Are you saying he's too good for you?"

"Yes!"

"NO one is too good for Kurt Hummel!" This time no one suppressed a snigger but all burst out laughing.

"But seriously," Tina started once they had all stopped laughing a couple minutes later, "you say he's perfect and you met him, what, 2 days ago?"

"Yeah 2 days, but he is perfect! I...I never believed in love at first sight...'til now." Both girls awed again.

"You love him?" Tina squealed.

"Falling and hard" Kurt said, blushing, as they were going into the mall.

They then decided to get some coffee before shopping so they headed off to the cafe.

After sitting down to enjoy their steaming hot coffee's they were making a plan of what shops they would go to. Then Kurt felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked up to see Blaine and two other guys smiling broadly.

"Hey Kurtie!" Blaine burst out laughing at Kurt's half-hearted glare.

"I told you to stop calling me that, Blainers!" Kurt said standing up. Mercedes and Tina's eyes bulged as they realised this guy was Blaine. Kurt turned to acknowledge who Blaine was with.

Kurt stretched out his hand for the boys to shake. "Hi, I'm Kurt."

"Oh we know who you are Kurtie, Blainers here won't stop talking about you." Blaine began to blush. "I'm Wes."

"And I'm David. We have heard a lot about you." Mercedes and Tina stood up too. "Oh we know the feeling! Kurt here's told us a lot about Blaine too. Kurt sent them his famous bitch glare that would have made them cower but they just shrugged it off, laughing.

"Anyways" Blaine started, eager for a new topic of conversation.

"We're just grabbing coffee then going to look around, want to join?" Kurt looked at Mercedes and Tina with huge hopeful eyes. "Sure! We'd love to!" Mercedes answered Kurt's silent plea.

"Great! So do you want to get going or coffee first?" Blaine asked, to Wes and Nick mostly.

"Well I need coffee so I vote coffee." David spoke up and Wes nodded in agreement.

"Ok then, you guys go get coffee and come join us?" Tina suggested.

"Perfect." The 3 boys walked off to get coffees as Kurt and the girls sat back down.

"You guess have pet names for each other?!" Mercedes quietly yelled whilst Tina sniggered.

"Well it was Blaine's idea! He called me 'Kurtie' and so to get back at him I called him Blainers last night on the phone." Kurt shrugged, "But seriously do you now see how hot he is?"

"Ok yes he is, he is smokin'! I approve White Boy." Mercedes agreed.

"Exactly! What did I- Shut up they're coming back!" Kurt tried to change the conversation but Blaine beat him to it.

"So where do you think we should go?" Blaine, Wes and David all grabbed chairs and sat around the table. Naturally, Blaine sat next to Kurt so Wes and David sat next to Mercedes and introduced themselves properly, while Kurt and Blaine had their own conversation.

"I'm Mercedes and this is Tina." They shook hands and then Mercedes turned serious and whispered.

"Ok, my White Boy, Kurt is falling for Blaine, does he feel the same? Because he is not getting crushed." Tina just nodded in silent agreement.

"That's good because Blainers feels the same way about Kurtie" Wes put on another ridiculous voice when he said their pet names again. "But he thinks that Kurt is too perfect for him." Mercedes and Tia just stared and them.

"What? What's wrong?" Wes and David were getting paranoid at having the girls stare at them.

"That's exactly what Kurt said about Blaine!" This time it was Mercedes that silently nodding whilst Tina responded.

"You know it's rude to whisper." Kurt and Blaine had come out of their bubble and had noticed their friends whispering.

"Oh well, let's shop!" Mercedes said, standing up to make her point.

After 3 hours of trying on clothes and shoes they were all starving, even Kurt.

They were entering the food court and Mercedes, Tina, Wes and David went to get a table while Blaine and Kurt went to stand in the cue.

They had just begun to cue when they heard a voice behind them.

"Hey Kurt is this your boyfriend? He looks even more pathetic than you!" Kurt and Blaine suddenly weren't hungry. Blaine felt Kurt immediately tense up at the voice. They both slowly turned around to see two boulders of guys both looking at them in disgust. "It's Karofsky" Kurt whispered, so quiet that Blaine almost missed it.

"Hey Hobbit, why'd you choose Ladyface over there? He's a pathetic, weak, worthless piece of shit but then again you look it too!" One of the guys sneered. Blaine could feel himself getting angrier by the second at all the mean, hurtful things they were saying about Kurt, who was just looking at the ground almost in tears.

"Just leave us alone." Blaine said trying to keep calm but his voice showed his rage.

"Oh, the fag's got backbone." Blaine snapped; he was done with people calling him a fag.

"I said leave us alone! You may get away with bullying at your pathetic excuse of a school but in public this is harassment so leave now or I'll call the cops!"Blaine had no idea if what he was saying was true or not but he guessed that the idiots before him wouldn't know either.

Kurt was stunned at Blaine's outburst, so were a few other people who had turned to watch the whole affair.

"Fine, but be warned, if either of you go around spreading anymore of your gay fairy shit anywhere else, we won't leave you standing like now." The smaller, but still huge, was just inches away from, a terrified, Kurt's face so Blaine gently pulled Kurt away from the bully and stepped in between them.

"Bye Ladyface, Hobbit!" They walked off and Kurt let out a huge breathe that he didn't realize he was holding in.

"Thank you." Kurt whispered. Blaine pulled Kurt into a hug, even though people were watching, most with a disgusted look on their face.

"They shouldn't be able to treat you like that and those awful things they said about you, they're not true, none of it" Kurt looked up from Blaine's shoulder.

"But they are! I couldn't stand up for myself or you! I am pathetic and weak and..." Kurt broke off because he'd begun to cry.

"Come on, let's go to the bathrooms."

They went to the bathrooms and Blaine went into the larger, private disabled toilet locking the door behind them, pulling Kurt into a hug.

"You are none of what those guys call you, trust me, you are one of the bravest guys I've ever met honestly!" Kurt once again looked up from Blaine's shoulder. His eyes were watery and cheeks soaked but Blaine still thought he looked like an angel.

"How?" Blaine could tell Kurt wasn't looking for attention or compliments, he genuinely thought he was what his tormentors told him he was, and it broke Blaine's heart.

"Well you're still at that stupid school, facing those bullies instead of running away" Kurt gave him a watery grin.

"So how's about we get cleaned up and leave this disgusting toilet?" Blaine made a face at the state of the bathroom, making Kurt quietly laugh a tiny bit.

Once they were back at the food court they found their friends looking around to see where they had gone.

"What happened to you guys?" Mercedes was the first to spot them and came running up to them, followed closely by the others.

"We ran into Karofsky." Mercedes and Tina's faces fell.

"Who's Karofsky?" Wes and David were deeply confused.

"This Neanderthal that's bullying Kurt." Blaine answered for Kurt who still had yet to say something, but was just looking at the ground, his face completely drained of colour.

"Come on, maybe we should just all go eat, maybe you'll feel better?" Wes suggested. But Blaine new that Kurt would not be hungry, he still looked really shaken.

"I think I might just take Kurt home. You look really pale, well more pale than usual." Kurt laughed half-heartedly at Blaine's joke.

"Good idea, I need to stay to grab a few more things if that's ok?" David asked.

"No it's ok, you guys stay here, and it'll be fine."

And, with a lot of persuasion, Mercedes and Tina stayed too.

"You really didn't have to drive me home, you know" Kurt said, once they were in Blaine's car.

"I know but you're really are quite shaken, I would be too, so if you want I could just drop you off or if you need a friend, I'm here too." Blaine really didn't want to say friend but Kurt would never want anything more, right?

Blaine kept his eyes on the road but so badly wanted to look over at Kurt's beautiful eyes.

"Could you, if you want I mean you don't have to but could you stay for a bit?" Kurt really wanted for Blaine to say yes but knew he more than likely wouldn't. Which was why he was shocked when Blaine said,

"Sure! I'd love too!" Kurt grinned from ear to ear, making Blaine's heart skip a beat.

And with that they started off for Kurt's house, Kurt giving directions to Blaine.