Chapter 7

Kurt walks in to Dalton again, armed with his suitcase and bag. It's still early, so there are not many people around in the corridors.

He gets to his and Blaine's dorm and unlocks the door. Walking inside, he sees Blaine sleeping peacefully in his bed.

Kurt smiles to himself and quietly walks over to his own bed. After quickly putting the Dalton uniform on, Blaine wakes up.

At first he doesn't even notice Kurt. He stands up, just in a pair of sweatpants, and turns around until he catches sight of him. He screams and jumps backwards, placing his hand on his bare chest.

Kurt can't help bursting out with laughter at the scene and not long after Blaine joins in. A few seconds later, they both come to a stop and look awkwardly at each other, not quite knowing what to say next.

"Hey…" Kurt mumbles, a small smile creeping up on the side of his mouth.

"Hey…" Blaine repeats. He scratches behind his neck awkwardly, looking down at the floor.

"How was your weekend?" Kurt presses, eager to make conversation.

Blaine looks up at Kurt, "Good" he replies, nonchalantly, "How was yours?"

"Great!" Kurt says before thinking.

Blaine nods, pretending not to care how happy Kurt sounded, but something inside him did care, a lot...

Kurt looks over at Blaine. His bare, slightly tan chest was breathtaking. His strong, muscular arms and his slightly visible abs on his stomach were making Kurt thinking very inappropriate thoughts. He also sees a dark line of hair traveling from his bellybutton, continuing down into his sweatpants, perfectly marring his stomach. On the sides, a V is formed, making Kurt blush at the very sight of it. After scanning Blaine's body again, one last time, he forces his eyes away from Blaine, blushing furiously.

After a few awkward seconds of silence, Kurt speaks up, but saying something neither of them was expecting to come out of his mouth.

"Can we stop this?!" Kurt blurts out.

Kurt hates his mouth sometimes. It was just something that exploded inside him and he couldn't control it…but why is Blaine like this?

"What?" Blaine says with a slight edge in his voice, looking at Kurt with big, golden eyes. He looked confused and… angry?

"Why are you like this? At first you were nice to me, but now you just…ignore me…" Kurt sighs and drops down on his bed.

Blaine looks down at his hands, feeling slightly guilty. "I'm sorry… it's just that…I don't even know. Some stuff has been going on and I guess I have just been… off."

Kurt frowns, but at the same time can't help but to feel sorry for him. It's quiet for a minute, while Kurt calms down.

"Um, do you want to talk about it?" Kurt asks feeling concerned.

"It's just, it's just my… parents… and-and some other stuff…I'll be fine though." Blaine is still looking at his hands, blushing ever so slightly.

Kurt couldn't take it anymore. He walked over to Blaine and took his hands in his. Blaine looks up at Kurt in surprise, but is smiling faintly. Kurt smiles back.

"I'm sorry. I really want to be your friend, Kurt. I'll be better!"

Kurt shakes his head, "No you're fine, don't worry about it. And I'd like to be your friend too." They smile at each other.

"I should get ready." Blaine mumbles and Kurt nods.

They both stand up and let's go of each other hands.

XX

Lunch is before Kurt can even register that he has finished two classes already. Kurt can feel the excitement come to him and he walks quickly to the cafeteria, eager to see Ben again, who he hasn't seen since their date.

He walks into the cafeteria and gets some food, deciding not to wait for Ben this time. Looking around, he can't see Ben anywhere. He is about to walk over to a free table when he hears a voice behind him.

"Kurt?"

Kurt turns around and sees Blaine standing in front of him.

Kurt smiles at him, "Hey!"

Blaine smiles back. "Eh, I was just wondering if you wanted to sit with me…and some of the other Warblers?" He asks hopefully.

Kurt's smile drops a bit, "Sorry, I can't… I'm meeting someone…else. Maybe tomorrow?"

He can see that Blaine is disappointed, but Blaine says it's okay and confirms they will eat together tomorrow.

Blaine walks over to the table where some of the Warblers were already sitting, not far away from the table Kurt has taken.

While waiting for Ben, Kurt looks over at the table Blaine is sitting on and can see that Sebastian is sitting down beside him, with a big, stupid smirk. He kisses Blaine on the cheek and whispers something in his ear. Kurt can't see Blaine's expression, because someone is blocking the view.

"Hey!"

Kurt looks up and sees Ben smiling down at him, going around the table to sit beside Kurt.

"Hey!" Kurt says back, watching him sitting down.

When he is seated, he turns to Kurt and kisses him right on the mouth. Kurt is surprised, but can't say he doesn't enjoy it.

Ben pulls away and whispers one more hey, but Kurt is just smiling stupidly at him, blushing.

Ben chuckles, "I love it when you bush" winking at Kurt, making him blush even more.

Ben laughs slightly at his discomfort, before sitting back and beginning on his food. Kurt can feel someone watching him, so he looks up, swiveling in his chair. Two golden eyes are looking right into his, but not for long- Blaine quickly looks away and down to his food. He moves closer to Sebastian, who is resting an arm around his boyfriend. Sebastian looks over at Blaine, grinning. Blaine just smiles back.

"So how was the rest of your weekend?" Kurt asks Ben nervously attempting conversation.

"Good, not much happening, but it was fine. What about you? Did you do anything?" Ben looks over at Kurt and can see that he is thinking of something completely different to Ben's weekend.

"Just with some friends and family…" Kurt says down to his food.

Ben suddenly understands why and freaks out. "Oh God, is it my text? I knew it was too much! Fuck!"

Kurt looks at Ben, confused. "What text?" Kurt can't understand what he means, but suddenly remembers.

"I can't wait to see you again tomorrow, so I can look into those beautiful eyes, hold your hand and kiss you again."

"Oh no! No, no, it was nice! Really!" Kurt promises, taking Ben’s hand.

Ben relaxes again, "Then…what is it?" he asks, frowning.

Kurt looks at Ben blankly, "Nothing."

"Okay…" Ben doesn't sound convinced, so Kurt says the first thing he can come up with.

"You know that text?" he starts, removing his hand from Ben’s.

Ben looks up at Kurt, nodding.

"Is it bad that my family read it?" Kurt asks carefully looking down at his food, blushing.

Ben looks up at Kurt. "Y-you showed the message? Why would you do that?" Ben asks, sounding a bit hurt. But what Kurt doesn't see is Ben's playful smile.

Kurt's head snaps up, "No, no I didn't show it to them exactly… My-my step-brother took my phone and read it out loud… I tried to take it from him, but he is really tall!" Kurt explains quickly, desperate to let Ben know the truth, only to be met with Ben's amused expression. "And why are you smiling like that?" Kurt snaps.

Ben suddenly bursts out laughing whilst Kurt just continues to look at Ben with a confused look. After calming down again, Ben turns to Kurt.

"I was just kidding!" He chuckles.

Kurt is still looking at Ben with a confused look, not understanding what is going on.

Ben stops laughing. "It's fine." He assures Kurt before kissing him one more time.

It feels so natural when Ben kisses Kurt, like they have done it for years, but Kurt still gets butterflies in his stomach and blushes slightly every single time. He doesn't know where he and Ben were standing, but he could feel it going a good way.

A thought comes to his mind and he decides to ask Ben about it.

"Ben?" The man in question looks over and Kurt takes a deep breath, "Are-are we…boyfriends now?" Kurt can feel the heat come up to his neck and face.

Ben smiles, "Well, I would hope so." He winks at Kurt and grins at him.

Not a stupid grin like Sebastian, but a cute and handsome grin.

Just what Kurt liked.

Kurt smiles at Ben and nods, "Good!"