SUMMARY OF BLAINE'S TIME OFF: Tal and Blaine spent most of the time together the first few days, but soon Tal was called into the office. Blaine understood, but wished that he could be with Tal more. Tal was starting to be gone more often, even though he said that he would be able to spend more time. Blaine didn't ask for an explanation but was disappointed. Blaine did not have to go to work until Kurt got back as they worked so well together, Anna decided to put them together again in a shoot. When Blaine invited Tal to go to the work party, Tal declined, saying his work needed him to come in that night. Blaine had a nagging feeling that everything was not well in wonderland...

Chapter 6

Kurt wasn't drinking, but he was dancing. And boy, could he dance. All those glee dance rehearsals paid off! He was very popular, mostly with the ladies, but he was getting along well with some guys too. He was really enjoying himself. Blaine, however, did not dance. He was only trained in ballroom dance since that was all Dalton offered, and his glee club did not do much more than sway. He was drinking, but not anything too hard, he didn't want to get drunk and have yet another drunk incident at one of these work parties. Blaine shivered at the memory, strobe lights and alcohol - not a good combination.

Kurt saw Blaine drinking and, remembering last year, was more than a little worried. He was getting tired anyway, so he decided to have a chat with Blaine, to see if he could slow his drinking down and get him to eat something so nothing would happen this time around.

"Hey Blaine. How's it going? I thought you gave up drinking..."

"Yeah, well..." He sighed "its kind of hard when your boyfriend keeps avoiding spending time with you by going to work every chance."

Kurt looked at Blaine, looking so much like an abandoned puppy, and couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He had a feeling that Tal was not always going to work when "avoiding" him... and Kurt was pretty sure that Blaine felt it too. Normally Kurt would've loved to mention this to Blaine. Crush his love life so that he would not focus on his job and then have a breakdown and blame modeling, therefore quitting his job, making Kurt the best model in the company without question. The only thing was that after the last photo shoot, he didn't have the heart. It was odd, but he actually cared for Blaine.

"Come on, Blaine. Lets get you something to eat, you don't want to get drunk."

Blaine nods, not really wanting food, but knowing it would keep him from getting so tipsy that he would forget about not getting drunk.

Kurt took him to the buffet and collected a little bit of food from everything and then dragged Blaine to a booth. They sat there nibbling at the plate and drinking water.

"So how was your time off in Ohio?" Blaine asked, trying to find a distraction from the dread filling his stomach that Tal was not where he said he was.

"It was nice. I got to see my friends and family again. They are always a blast." Kurt said with a smile, remembering the unicorn shirt.

"Good. thats good. I'm glad you had a good time."

Kurt could see that Blaine was unhappy, he could always tell how Blaine was feeling, even if he tried to hide it. However, he didn't feel like they were on good enough terms to deal with whatever Blaine was going through. Sure, he knew Blaine better than almost anyone, but that didn't mean they were close. He wasn't sure if he even wanted to be close to Blaine. They were both in a strictly competitive line of work, and if he let his guard down then he may loose his edge, and then he would be useless, and fired. No, Kurt thought to himself, he couldn't get close to Blaine, that is the last thing that he can do right now; just leave him now and go home BEFORE you start getting close, before it turns out like last time...

"Hey, I actually have to go. Finish that food, and don't drink any more alcohol. I know you can't handle it well." Kurt rushed out of the party, checking his watch to make sure that he was there long enough to not seem rude by leaving. Thankfully it was already three hours into the party, so there would be nothing rude about leaving. Kurt rushed out to the sidewalk and got a taxi. Once in his apartment he took extra care throughout his night care regimen, and went to bed.

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Blaine managed to stay sober for the most part, and not do anything too embarrassing. He had taken a taxi back home only to find Tal not back yet, so he checked the time. 12:30, it was freaking 12:30 in the morning and Tal was not back from his "work"? Blaine was worried and suspicious but he did not have the energy to stay up and wait for him all night long. He went to sleep, knowing that tomorrow he would be having a rough day, however he also knew he was lucky as if Tal wasn't "work", then he could kick him out, as the apartment was under Blaine's own name. This made him feel smug in his sleepy state, and was unconscious for the next seven hours. When Blaine woke up, Tal was sleeping next to him, and it made Blaine angry. For some reason he couldn't think of, he just knew that Tal was not being honest, and that all those times at "work" he was just cheating. How long it had been going on, he wasn't sure, but he was positive that it was going on now, and he couldn't stand being around him right now. So he changed as quickly and quietly as possible and hurried out to work.