It's not until monday afternoon that Kurt sees Blaine again, he hadn't shown up for their study hour during lunch and Kurt hadn't seen the other boy the entire day. Kurt knows he shouldn't be as bothered by it as he is, but he kinda worried the entire day.

Now school is done for today and he's standing in front of his locker, Puck animatedly telling him about his saturday night and trying to act sorry for standing him up.

"Puck, it's okay. Now stop trying to appologize when you know you don't really mean it." Kurt rolls his eyes at Puck and adds "And not that I don't like talking to you, but really, I don't need all the details. In case you forgot, they really don't do anything for me."

He chuckles a little at Pucks expression before he says "But just let me know sooner next time."

Puck shrugs as he replies "Yeah sure dude. See ya tomorrow."

And with that Puck turns and heads out of the schoolbuilding.

Kurt grabs his books out of his locker and puts them in his messenger bag when he finally sees Blaine walking down the hall towards him, gaze on the ground and shoulders a bit hunched as usual.

The moment Blaine is near, he barely looks up and just walks passed Kurt.

Stunned for a few moments, Kurt stares after Blaine dissapearing outside before hurriedly swinging his bag over his shoulder and running after him.

Outside the school, Kurt stops right in front of Blaine, making him look up in surprise and stopping him so abruptely that he lets his books slip from his arms.

They land with a thud between both of them on the ground, and Kurt already crouches down to gather them up before Blaine has the chance.

When he hands them back, Blaine takes them, muttering a small "Thanks" but never really looks up at Kurt.

As he starts to walk further, Kurt just takes a step in front of him again, blocking his way.

"Hey, where were you at lunch? I've been waiting for over half an hour." Kurt says, trying to sound annoyed, but not really surprised that he actually sounds more worried than anything else.

"Yeah, sorry," Blaine starts, looking around, anywhere but at the boy standing in front of him. "I forgot to let you know, sorry. Look, I really got to go." He adds as he steps besides Kurt and almost jogs away.

"Hey, and tomorrow?" Kurt yells after him, now starting to get frustrated. Blaine quickly looks over his shoulder, their eyes locking for a moment as he says "Yeah, tomorrow is good." and then he's gone.

Kurt just looks at him running away and rolls his eyes as he mumbles "You better be there, I'm not gonna do it all by myself."

Sighing he kicks at a loose pebble on the ground and walks to his car, immediately leaving the parking lot and feeling particularly agitated.

As he walks through his front door, he slams it shut and drops his bag next to the side table in the hallway with a loud thud.

Carole looks out of the kitchen, raising one eye at him. "Bad day?"

Kurt shrugs as he takes off his coat, "Not until this afternoon."

"Want to talk about it?" Carole offers, drying her hands on a towel now and leaning against the doorframe.

"Nope!" Kurt answers shortly and picks his bag up again, running up the stairs to his room.

He slams his door shut behind him and lets himself fall face down on his bed, 'What the hell am I doing? He's just ...' Kurt doesn't even finish that thought, remembering the way their eyes locked when Blaine was standing on that stage. "Fuck!" he mumbles as he rolls over on his back and stares at the ceiling.

He doesn't know how long he's been laying on his bed, but he bolts up straight when he hears a knock on his door and Carole opening his door slightly.

"Dinner's almost ready Kurt."

"Yeah, sure, I'll be downstairs in a minute." he answers before getting up and walking to his bathroom the moment Carole is gone again.

Next day goes pretty much the same as the previous one, he doesn't see Blaine at all before lunch, and now Kurt sits here at their usual table behind the gym, waiting for Blaine to show up.

It's been fifteen minutes when Kurt finally sees the other boy walk up to him, looking tired as ever en not even making eyecontact as he sits down at the table, after he's taken out his books.

Kurt slowly leans back in his seat, crossing his arms in front of his chest and stares at Blaine for a few moments. He doesn't change his posture when he sees the other boy struggle to avoid his gazing, and instead starts to speak,

"So? Should I be honored you decided to finally show up?"

Looking around, everywhere but at Kurt, Blaine sighs and adds quietly "Look I said I was sorry yesterday okay, I'm here now so let's just do this. The sooner we get this done, the sooner I'll be out of your hair."

Though irritation is slowly breaking through, Kurt leans forward, his arms folded on the table and looks at Blaine questioningly.

"Okay, let's start this over."

Blaine looks up at him for the first time, confusion clearly in his eyes.

"I'm glad you decided to come back today, but honestly ..." Kurt sighs "I know you know I saw you saturday ... What's going on?"

Blaine bites his lower lip, looking like he's contemplating his answer, before he says quietly,

"Just let it go okay. It's nothing, I'm fine ... Let's just do our work."

He glances around for just a moment before looking back at Kurt "Please, don't ..."

"Blaine ..." Kurt starts, wanting to push the other boy just a little more, but then changes his mind as he sees the pleading look in Blaine's eyes.

"Okay," he contemplates for another moment before saying "But look, I know we got off on the wrong foot, but if you want to talk?"

Blaine briefly chuckles sarcastically "Yeah sure ... Just drop it please?"

"Okay, but ... I do mean it." Kurt says sighing and shakes his head barely visible. "You might not believe it, but still."

After a couple minutes of silence Blaine suddenly slams his book shut and stares at the other boy in front of him. "Why?"

"What why?"

"Why on earth would you want me to talk to you of all people? Before this assignement you barely even noticed me though we've been in classes together for years! Without it you wouldn't even be talking to me at all so ... Why should I?"

Taken aback Kurt looks at Blaine in surprise. He doesn't really know what to say, astonished by the sudden angry tone of the boy in front of him.

"See ... you can't even answer me. And you think I'm gonna start talking personal stuff with you? Just forget you saw me and as soon as this is over, you can go back to ignoring me like before!"

Rolling his eyes Blaine quickly gathers his books and shoves them in his bag. He jumps up and starts to walk passed Kurt to head back into the schoolbuilding, but the moment he walks by Kurt suddenly grabs his wrist, stopping him succesfully.

With a glare to the guy, Blaine pulls his hand out of Kurt's hand and starts to turn around again but he can't seem to make himself move as he watches Kurt standing up.

"Look Blaine," Kurt says as his teeth graze over his lower lip for barely a second. "I know I've been everything but nice to you, and I can't really give you a reason ..." 'yes you can!' the thought is running through his mind without him even realizing it "But just, I don't know if you've got anyone and I'm , you know, I'm a pretty good listener at times."

Kurt shrugs as he stares into Blaine's eyes, doubt and suspicion clearly readible in them.

With a slight smile he ends "Just think about it okay?"

He raises his hand, finger ghosting over the other boys arm, but drops it back to his side as he walks away from Blaine.