Blaine is walking through the almost empty halls of McKinley, he's trying to stall a little, not wanting to arrive at the Lima Bean an hour early but not sure what to do in the meantime.

After a while he shrugs and shakes his head at himself as he decides he's acting stupid and starts walking through the halls to the entrance of the school.

But then Blaine hears the voices getting louder out of a classroom just around the corner, he knows it's the glee club's room. He can't help himself and without making a sound, heads off that way. He's standing right outside the room, carefull that nobody can see him and listens, holding his breath a little as the voice he begins to know quite well starts to sing.

I walked across an empty land, I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet, Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone, I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in, I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree, I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love? Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone, I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in, I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go, Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything, So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

Blaine slides down, his back against the wall next to the door frame and hugging his knees, as he hears Kurt sing further.

Oh simple thing where have you gone, I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in, I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

So if you have a minute why don't we go, Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything, So why don't we go
So why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

The moment Kurt stops singing, Blaine scrambles back up on his feet and hurries down the hallways out of the school. As soon as he's in his car Blaine drops his head on the steering wheel, hands clutchting tightly around it, and yells at nothing in particular "Fuck!"

It actually takes him a few minutes to calm himself down a bit, and when he looks up out of his window, he notices the rest of the glee club already walking outside the school.

"Shit, they must've finished early ..." he mumbles to himself as he starts the engine and immediately takes off.

Blaine parks his car a bit further down the road, and stays in his seat. His eyes closed and hands still on the steering wheel as he contemplaits if he should actually go in and meet Kurt again. He knows the wall he so carefully build around himself, is crumbling and he's so freaking tired to keep it up all the time. But he can't, he can't let himself open up to anyone really, can he?

Startled by a sudden tapping against his window Blaine looks up, and finds Kurt standing next to his car, arms crossed and a questioning look.

He rolls down his window, not really looking up at Kurt anymore when the other boy says,

"What? You were actually thinking of not coming in, weren't you?"

"Euhm ... Maybe?" he answers quietly.

"Look, you really don't have to if you don't want to. I just ... Never mind, if you don't want to, fine. I guess I'll see you tomorrow then."

He can't stop the slight dissapointment sounding through his voice as he says it and starts to turn around and head over to the entrance of the coffeeshop.

Blaine keeps staring after Kurt for another few seconds, but when he sees him nearing the door, Blaine quickly opens his door and almost jumps out of his car.

"Kurt, wait up!" he yells as he locks the door and starts running towards the boy now waiting for him.

'I'm so gonna regret this.'

Stopping right behind kurt, he sees the soft smile now lingering on Kurt's mouth as he looks at him, and somehow Blaine can't stop thinking '... or maybe not.'

It's less akward then Blaine thought it would be, sitting across Kurt without it being in school, after last saturday. He has to admit, he's starting to feel at ease with the other boy. Even if neither one is talking at the moment, just sipping their coffee, it's kind of nice.

Kurt breaks the silence after a couple of more minutes,

"If you don't mind me asking, were you really planning on just driving away again before I got here?"

Blaine looks up from his coffee grazing his lower lip with his teeth, not sure what to answer,

"Well, I don't know ... I was thinking about it, but ..." he sighs "I don't know what I planned on doing actually. I mean, after hearing .."

Blaine suddenly stops mid-sentence, eyes wide when he realizes what he was about to say, and hoping Kurt won't catch it.

"Hearing what?" the other boy asks curiously, a soft smile breaking through on his face.

"Euhm, well ..." Blaine puts his coffee back on the table in front of him and keeps his eyes cast down. "I kind of heard you sing. You know, before coming over here."

Kurt is now fully smiling at Blaine, his eyes practically twinkling, "Well, good, I hoped you would stick around school long enough to maybe catch that."

"You did? Why?" he lifts his gaze to Kurt in wonder.

"Because I sort of chose that song especially for you." Kurt suddenly feels a little nervous, wondering if this isn't as stupid or weird as he thinks it is right now, and goes on "It's just, you know, you can talk to me if you want. No one has to know anything, it'll be no ones business but ours and please just stop me because I'm rambling and I'll never shut up otherwise."

"Kurt, I ..." Blaine starts softly "There's not much to talk about, not much more than what I already said. I just find it still hard to believe that you of all people would do this. And, hearing you sing that song, it ... well, you know."

"Okay, I get that you don't want to talk about everything, but really, that's not even my point. I just want you to know that you can. Whenever you feel like it, no matter what about ..."

Kurt's gaze flashes to the table for a second, and without thinking about it, he lays his hand on top of Blaine's. Surprisingly, Blaine just looks at their hands for a second before staring up at Kurt again, but doesn't pull back. He smiles a little hesitantly and Kurt can see the slight blush creeping up on his cheeks.

"Thanks. One day ..." he almost whispers and adds " ... soon."

"Whenever you want, okay." Kurt replies, suddenly realizing something.

"Hey Blaine?" he asks while he pulls his hand back and grabs his phone out of his messenger bag. "Can I have your number?"

For a moment Blaine seems to contemplate what to do, but finally reaches out to take Kurt's phone and quickly puts his number in it. He hands the phone back to Kurt and soon Blaine's own ringtone is heard for a very short time.

"Really? Pink?" Kurt chuckles when he hears it. "Now that I wouldn't have guessed."

Blaine just shrugs a little, "I like her songs, so?"

"Well, that's perfectly fine." Kurt smiles and puts his phone back in his bag. "But at least now you have mine too."

From then, they both fall back into a relaxed conversation, going from school to music and movies they both love. Until Kurt looks at his clock wide eyed,

"Oh damn, I have to go. My dad will kill me if I'm not in time for dinner and I didn't even say anything to him about being later."

Blaine's smile falters just for a second, but enough for Kurt to notice.

"You gonna be okay?" he asks Blaine silently as they both stand up and start to walk outside the door. "Do you have to work today?"

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine. Really! And no, not tonight, monday's and tuesday's are my days off."

"Oh," Kurt looks at the other boy, thinking "You're gonna be all alone then."

Blaine shrugs and takes a step to the side to let a couple pass them. "Basically, but it's okay. I'm kind of used to it by now."

Before thinking it really through Kurt blurts out "You want to have dinner at my house? At least you won't be alone then."

Closing his eyes momentarily, Blaine shakes his head "Thanks, but no, I'm fine, really! You don't have to worry about me."

Knowing he shouldn't push Blaine into these things, Kurt sighs barely audible.

"Okay then I guess. See you tomorrow." he smiles before he turns to head over to his own car.

"Yeah ..." Blaine replies, already walking backwards to where his car is parked.

Kurt is already almost at home when his phone buzzes with an incoming text. The moment he parks his car, he looks at it and can't help but smile.

'Thank you Kurt. Xxx'

He turns off the ignition and quickly sends a short text back.

'Anytime ... I mean it, Blaine. Xxx'