“So, tell me, how is life in Slytherin?” Blaine asked when they were walking through the front door, trying to break the silence.
“Cool, I think. We are not so different from the other houses, you know. People are still judging us because of the war and it’s really irritating. Two generations weren’t enough to wipe out the prejudice?”
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings… I don’t judge you, Kurt!”
Blaine was afraid he ruined everything. He had the tendency to say all the wrong – possibly the worst – things when he was nervous. And finally being alone with the boy of his dreams… well, let’s say nervous was an understatement.
“Okay.” Kurt smiled at him. “Answering your question, I like to be in Slytherin. Emerald green and silver look classy together and we have an amazing common room and dorm under the lake.”
Blaine stopped and looked at Kurt with huge eyes.
“You mean… you can see all the animals from your window? The mermaids and the Giant Squid and everything? That’s wicked!”
“Well, I can show you sometime… if you want…”
Kurt blushed bright red when he realized that he just invited Blaine to their dorms. That counted as really pushy, considering this wasn’t even a proper first date.
But Blaine smiled and nodded enthusiastically, his bright eyes shining with excitement.
“I would really love to see it! Just because of the view of course.” He added quickly when he reminded himself that jumping Kurt there and then was not a bright idea.
They were walking in silence for a bit and Kurt’s mind was spinning really fast. Blaine obviously liked him and he was adorably shy, so maybe he needed a bit of help.
“So how was your lesson with Santana? Is she a good teacher?”
Blaine went totally red from ear to ear when he heard the question. If he told Kurt the truth, the boy might think that Blaine was some sort of weird stalker and he would probably never talk to him again. But what if Santana had already told him everything? It was a trap.
Kurt was patiently waiting for the answer, so Blaine swallowed hard with the decision of telling just one part of the truth.
“Well… there was a bit of a misunderstanding. You know, I don’t really need tutoring at all, because I only failed that one essay. And I thought… it would be good to go with Britt, because… you know, she is slow and everything. I didn’t want her to get lost in the castle.”
At the end even Blaine believed it, so he sighed with relief.
“Oh, what a gentleman you are, really.”

They walked around the lake, enjoying each other’s presence, talking about anything and everything. It was getting dark and cold, but they didn’t mind, they were so lost in their conversation. Kurt was amazed by the other boy’s charm, humor and mostly his kindness, which was not so common among his fellow Slytherins. It was just refreshing to have someone to talk to without any bitchy remarks or sarcastic comments.
Blaine couldn’t get enough of Kurt’s gorgeousness. He was funny and clever, with the most amazing pair of piercing blue eyes. Blaine knew that it would be really easy to fall in love with the boy next to him. Maybe he had fallen for him already.
“It’s getting late… maybe we should go back inside. I don’t want you to get into trouble because of me for being out after curfew,” Kurt said finally with a sigh. He really didn’t want to end this evening yet, it was so nice to be with Blaine.
The hazel eyed boy agreed with him on what he said, however, so they walked back to the castle. They took their steps slowly and measured, to maybe gain just a little more time for the both of them to spend together...
When they reached the Great Hall where they had to part, Blaine turned to Kurt with a smile.
“I had a really good time. Maybe we could repeat it sometime?”
“That would be great,” Kurt nodded, smiling back at the other boy kindly. “We will see each other at breakfast. Good bye Blaine.”
They finally parted with an awkward handshake, and on his own again, Kurt basically flew back to the Slytherin commons with his heart beating in his chest and grinning like a lunatic.

There was absolutely no way his friends wouldn’t notice his happiness, so Kurt wasn’t surprised when he found Sebastian and Puck waiting for him in the common room, eyeing him suspiciously.
“Look who came home! Where were you, little Kurtsie?” Sebastian asked him, but Kurt ignored the boy and sat down next to the fire without a word, smiling smugly and content. But Sebastian was not one who gave it up so easily, so he followed Kurt, Puck on his side.
“Look at him, Noah, our little Kurtsie is just like a kitten that swallowed the canary. Though, it might have been a hobbit, not a bird,” he spoke on, and Puck snorted from next to him “So how was it, Hummel? Did you fuck him in the library?”
Kurt finally looked up from the fire with a judging glance:
�As the matter of the fact, I didn’t fuck him anywhere, so calm your tits, Sebby. We were just walking on the grounds and talked. He is adorably cute and charming.”
Sebastian’s jaw dropped and he seemed to be in shock, looking from Kurt to Puck and back to Kurt, trying to catch some signs of joking. But when he found none of that, he just plopped down next to Kurt dramatically, shaking his head in disbelief.
“Wow, this is a historical moment, our Sebastian lost his word! We should make this day a national holiday and celebrate it every year!” Kurt exclaimed, clearly very amused, and Puck laughed and high-fived him.
Sebastian not being able to speak was truly something remarkable, because the boy always had something to say; he had to have the last word in every argument. And now he was sitting next to Kurt, trying to put the pieces together.
“You didn’t… you were just… talking?? What the hell is wrong with you, man? You are trying to get in his pants since forever and when you get him alone YOU ARE JUST TALKING WITH HIM????”
Kurt shook his head with a sigh; Sebastian was a little weird sometimes.
“Look, Seb. I really like him, a care about him and I’m not just looking for an easy fuck. I want to know him first, you know, dating and everything. But who am I talking to? You always just fuck and then move along. Blaine is really amazing, and I…”
Before he could get started on his rant about how great Blaine was, Sebastian interrupted with a roll of his eyes.
“Look at the little lovebird; you are so disgusting with this whole emotional thing. I need to fuck this sight out of my system.” He announced with a sigh, and then turned to take a slow look around the common room, searching for a potential hook-up for the night. “Now, who should be the lucky twink tonight?”
There weren’t a lot of fully gay boys in Hogwarts, but there were even less who were totally straight without a little bit of bi-curiosity in them. That was why it wasn’t all that hard for a good-looking guy to get his way with them, and Sebastian was more than just a bit handsome. But of course, his curiosity was only piqued by guys in the upper grades; he only chose his 'victims' from among the fifth years. “I want to be there when you fall in love, Seb. It will be pure joy to watch you suffer. I can’t wait to see it,” Kurt teased the playboy who was still searching for his soon-to-be one-night stand. The thought made Puck laugh and caused Sebastian to frown as he looked at Kurt with pure disgust on his face.
“I will never fall in love, you idiot. I’m immune to that disease, thank Merlin. It would be awful, and it would ruin my image,” he corrected the other boy, wrinkling his nose. Though, he was quick to change the subject, with a cunning grin on his face: “But why didn’t you introduce us to your hobbit prince? We should meet him properly, don’t you think?”
“Absolutely not,” Kurt shrugged and shook his head. “We don’t want to have a threesome with you, so stay away from us. You might scare him away, you know. He is cute and adorable. And a Hufflepuff.”
Sebastian laughed and licked his lips, checking Kurt out like it was the first time he saw him.
“You know, I really like the idea of that threesome, I would finally get the opportunity to fuck you. You grew up to a nice little twink, Kurtsie.”
Kurt jumped up, starting to get anxious. If Sebastian fucked up his chances with Blaine… well Kurt would end him without a second thought.
“Go and fuck some reckless little boy and leave me alone, or you will be in big trouble, Smythe!”
“Oh, are you jealous? You need only ask, and you can replace them in my bed anytime. I guarantee that you won’t regret it,” Sebastian winked at Kurt, laughing at his fury, but the smile faded from his lips when the boy pulled out his wand and pressed it into his neck.
“You leave me alone right now, or I will hex you. This is my last warning.”
Fortunately, Santana arrived right at that moment into the Slytherin common room, and when Kurt noticed her, he turned his back on Sebastian to ask the girl about her evening.

Blaine was practically bouncing on the balls of his feet from happiness. All he could talk about was Kurt, all he could think about was Kurt, everything was the boy for him at that moment. He was sitting in the common room with Tina, who listened to him with a fond smile on her lips.
“And his eyes, you just can’t believe how blue they are! And if you watch them closely, there are little green sparkles in them, just like the ocean. And his skin is smooth and beautiful, and his hair… I don’t know what he does with it, to style it so perfectly…” Braine talked about Kurt on and on, his eyes glimmering and a big, goofy smile plastered over his face. But he noticed himself after a while, and he scratched the back of his head among his messy curls shyly. “I’m rambling, sorry. He is just so… amazing.”
Tina was really glad to see Blaine so happy. He really deserved a nice guy who would treat him right, way better than his last “boyfriend” Jeremiah, a Ravenclaw who graduated last year. Blaine had been trying to get over his crush on Kurt, and for this reason, he had been out on a couple of dates with the older boy, but sadly, Jeremiah only had wanted to get into his pants. So, when Blaine had refused, he had gotten dumped right away, and had been left broken. It had been a hard time, but luckily Blaine got over it and now was seemingly on cloud nine with love for Kurt.
“Don’t worry I know that feeling, dear. I was the same when I met Mike: you just can’t stop talking about him, because he took your heart away, am I right?”
Blaine narrowed his brows at those words, regarding the girl doubtfully.
“Tina, are you practicing Legilimency on me?”
“No, silly! You are in love!”
“Oh gosh...Am I this obvious?” Blaine bit his bottom lip as he blushed bright red, his shoes suddenly becoming really interesting.
“Yes, honey,” Tina giggled. “But it’s perfectly alright. Now we just need to find out if Kurt feels the same. How was he?”
Blaine sighed as he thought back to the afternoon.
“He was dreamy, gorgeous, and so hot…” He started again, but Tina stopped him with a chuckle.
“Stop it, loverboy, I meant what was he like? Was he shy, avoiding your eyes, or have you caught him staring when you looked away?”
“I have no idea, because I was too busy doing those exact same things.” Blaine shook his head, looking at the girl helplessly. “I’m such a ridiculous looser…”
Tina stood up and pulled the boy into a tight hug, caressing Blaine’s back to calm him down. The poor thing had no self-esteem, and that was his main problem.
“Look at me,” she said finally, letting him out of her embrace. “You are handsome, funny and intelligent, so no need to be so hard on yourself. I’m sure he likes you; he went out with you today, after all. That's something!” Tina cheered, shaking Blaine's arms subtly. “Now you just need to stay close to him, and this tutoring thing is a perfect alibi for you two to keep meeting up. It was a great idea, too! It started everything, and I think Britt also came out of it pretty well, because she isn’t home yet.”Blaine was almost smiling again, but when Tina mentioned tutoring, it faded quickly.
“I fucked that up too, Santana found out everything…” He sighed dejectedly. “I’m such a failure…”
“No, you are not! Okay, so you don’t really need help, but maybe he does. You should tutor him instead! You are a Prefect so it’s your duty to help people. There must be a subject that’s hard for him.”
Blaine’s eyes lit up with realization, as he finally understood what Tina was saying. It was indeed true: he had scored perfect in almost all of his subjects...
“You are so right! I will find out tomorrow for sure!” He beamed. “Thanks Tina… for everything”
“Anytime, honey.” The girl gave him a soft smile and patted his shoulder. “I just want to see you happy again.”