Blaine finds it difficult to suddenly have a roommate again, especially one he doesn't really trust and one that needs to be paid attention to so much.  WIth Rachel he only ever had to worry to tread carefully around her because he never knew what kind of mood she was in, with Kurt, he is constantly paying attention.

One of the first major issues is Romeo.  

His dog is friendly.  Blaine gets that and loves it about him, but Blaine can't seem to help but feel jealous when it's Kurt that Romeo goes to snuggle with at night and Kurt that Romeo curls up beside on the couch when they're watching TV.  Blaine is the one that feeds and walks Romeo, that makes sure his nails are clipped and his fur is brushed and his ears are clean and yet Kurt is the one who reaps all the rewards of having a dog it seems.  All the cuddles and play and Romeo even sits beside Kurt at the table when they eat.

Although, Blaine does enjoy the sight of seeing the pair of them curled up together on the couch or on the floor, both deeply asleep and wound up with one another.  His dog is always adorable in his eyes, and Kurt just looks so at peace like that.  He wonders if Kurt has had pets before because he took to Romeo so quickly and seems to know what he's doing with him.  At the very least, Kurt definitely seems more comfortable with Romeo than he does with people.

The next issue is the thermostat.

Blaine likes to keep his temperature at 21°C (70°F).  It's the perfect temperature in his mind.  It keeps things warm without any worry of sweat.  That is the temperature he likes to get out of a hot shower into.  It limits the humidity.

Kurt however has other ideas about temperature, and everytime Blaine looks away, it seems like the thermostat has been reset for some ungodly hot setting even though Kurt wears his new hoodies all the time and even a double layer of socks.  The breaking point for Blaine is when he comes back from a run with Romeo and the apartment makes him sweat more than his run with the dog did.  The temperature has been set to 30°C (88°F).

“This is insane Kurt!  You just can't do this!” Blaine stammers as he goes to set the temperature back down.

“It's cold.” is all Kurt offers to counter that.

“Then run around, do some exercise… just… ugh….”  Blaine goes to shower after that and when he steps out of the shower, instead of feeling the nice cooling air, he finds it just as hot as it was before.  A quick check in his bathrobe confirms that Kurt had set the temperature back up while he was in the shower.

Blaine is close to pulling out his hair.

Another concern Blaine has is Kurt's relationship with Wes.

Wes and Kurt, for whatever reason, get along.  They joke like old buddies and Kurt even beats Wes at one point in chess which Blaine has yet to do despite many close calls.  Like Romeo, Blaine finds himself jealous.  Not just of Kurt's time with Wes, but of how easy a time Wes seems to have talking with Kurt.  When it's just the two of them, it's so strained.  They coexist in the apartment but Blaine is never really sure what to say or how to say it.

Kurt also no longer calls Wes Asian Trust Fund.  He's just Wes.  For whatever reason Blaine is still called by the nickname Trust Fund with Kurt.  Kurt seems to prefer that particular moniker and Blaine can't shake it.

Kurt intimidates him still.  He's so much more street smart than Blaine is and he can just put on that snarky attitude and Blaine is immediately backing down.  It's why Blaine doesn't fight harder over the thermostat.  He doesn't want to invoke Kurt's ire.

He already has to fight with Kurt on a daily basis to get him to take the antidepressant.  Somehow he wins that battle, but Blaine is sure it's only because Wes keeps telling Kurt how much he'll feel a difference in a couple weeks when his brain starts to sort things out.  Without Wes, Blaine isn't sure how'd he handle Kurt.

Surprisingly the smoking is not an issue.  Kurt will duck out of the apartment a couple times a day and hide in the stairwell to smoke.  If anyone has noticed, they haven't said anything, and Kurt does seem to be making the package last as long as he can before asking for another.  Whatever pleasure he derives from those things, Blaine doesn't understand, but he does see how much more mellow Kurt is every time he finishes smoking one so he doesn't complain about the smell of cigarettes that Kurt brings with him.  He can tolerate it for the bit of peace it brings.

Before Kurt moved in, Blaine bought a small safe that he now keeps in the bottom of his closet with all his documentation and credit cards.  Everyday he puts his wallet in there unless he needs it for something.  Wes said he was paranoid.  Blaine thought he was just preparing for the worst in case it happened.

Rachel said he should put a gun in there.

She and his parents weren't happy when they heard Blaine's plan.  As far as they all knew though he was just taking on a roommate because, as Wes suggested he say, he wasn't used to being alone and Wes was locked into a long term lease in his current place so couldn't move in.  None of them knew the actual situation of his roommate and Blaine was glad he didn't tell them more because Rachel insisted that he couldn't trust a stranger (thus the gun comment) and his parents said he needed to learn to become more independant.

If anything he was past being independant and now taking care of a dependant.

Blaine does all the cooking, the chores, and even the laundry.  He has to coax Kurt into changing his clothing daily and Kurt seemed stressed about getting back his clothes when the laundry is done because he always rushes over and grabs his freshly cleaned clothes once Blaine returns from the laundry room in the building.

Blaine guessed he could forgive him for that.  When he had been in front of the building night after night he had usually only seen Kurt in one of a couple outfits and then only in one towards the end.  He could see that clothing was sacred to the boy.

Kurt also sleeps a lot.  Like, most of the day.  He'll sleep all night, wake up for breakfast, have a nap, wake up for lunch and some TV and then nap again.  The longest he seems to stay awake for is the period between his afternoon nap and going to bed.  Blaine can't figure out why he does it, but the pills they picked up for insomnia have remained untouched and Blaine is guessing that if Kurt's current sleep schedule is any indication - he's not going to need them.

As the week passes, there is a notable change in Kurt's health though.  He eats well enough and his colouring looks better.  Wes suggests that he goes with Blaine to use the gym or the pool so he just doesn't get fat but actually puts some muscle weight back on.  Kurt says he'll “think about it” and then gets caught up in Jeopardy, yelling answers at the TV (half of which are surprisingly correct) and calling the contestants morons when they don't know something he doesn't.

He still hasn't told them any more information on his background.  Wes told Blaine in private that at the very least Kurt had a dad based on something Kurt had said back at the hospital, but Kurt guards his personal information very carefully and while Blaine is trying to get Kurt to trust him, he's not going to push it.  Wes is still doing research on missing persons back at his condo, and every now and then he'll tell Blaine that Rhode Island is clear or that New Jersey is clear.  They're no closer to knowing more about Kurt than they were before but at least they're slowly narrowing down the states he might have come from.

After a week of living together, the thermostat aside, Blaine is somewhat more comfortable with the arrangement.  He finds humor in the little quirks that Kurt seems unaware of, like the way Kurt hums while brushing his teeth or how he'll step on his toes with a grace that's akin to a dancer's.  He still hasn't gotten Kurt out of the apartment yet, even to go to the apartment gym or pool, and doesn't know when to expect the fear of the outside to subside in Kurt, but as far as roommates go - Blaine supposes he could have much worse.

Kurt isn't messy, he keeps to himself, and when Blaine leaves to go work at the society or have a date with Sebastian, Kurt doesn't complain when Wes is there in Blaine's place to make sure everything is alright.  Blaine expected Kurt to complain more than he has about being cared for, but there has barely been a peep out of him.  On the contrary, Kurt actually seems to accept their constant presence with a bit of relief.

Sebastian hasn't come up to meet Kurt, in fact he hasn't come up to Blaine's place at all yet.  Despite working at a humane society, it turns out that Sebastian isn't keen on dogs and would rather avoid Romeo.  He doesn't seem concerned with Blaine having a roommate though when Blaine tells him, citing that it's an “economical thing to do in this city” and there's no more talk of it.  He's almost clinical in his assessment of Blaine's new living situation and completely unworried about another man sharing space with Blaine.  Blaine knows he should be relieved by that, but instead he finds it irritating.  He realizes then he had kind of hoped Sebastian might be just a little bit jealous.  Instead, Sebastian is indifferent and Blaine is annoyed by it and knows he shouldn't be.

Everytime Blaine returns from a date with Sebastian, Kurt eyes him up and down, and then will look to Wes to announce that Blaine is “still a virgin” much to Blaine's embarrassment and Wes' entertainment.  He doesn't know how Kurt knows, figuring it must be something he picked up from his previous line of work, and retreats to his room.  It isn't that he isn't interested in doing that, he's just not ready to do it WITH Sebastian.

Sebastian has made it clear many times already that he'd like to go further with Blaine than just chaste kisses goodnight.  His hand wanders when they make out in the car and he's directly asked Blaine to come home with him many times already.  Blaine knows Sebastian has had many boyfriends before him and hasn't dare asked how many casual hook-ups Sebastian has had too.  If Kurt and Sebastian are any indication, Blaine is fairly sure he must be the only romantically inclined gay guy in the world.  

After their one week anniversary of living together, Blaine returns from work to find that Kurt has pink in his hair once again.  He prances in front of Blaine and even goes “Ta da!”, Wes chuckling in the background.

Blaine can only smile and nod, and really it is a bit of a throwback to months ago.  He suddenly worries that Kurt is going to take his pink hair down to the curb.  That worry is cast off though as soon as Kurt flops himself on the couch and turns on a show Blaine doesn't recognize.  As soon as Kurt starts calling the characters idiots, Blaine knows Kurt isn't about to go anywhere because he's fully engrossed in the show.

Wes has been taking care of the requirements of the program, taking Kurt to a couple appointments and meetings since he has a car, and talking to the social worker on the phone when she calls to check in.  He's here more often than he ever has been and if it wasn't for the stupid lease on his condo, Blaine would just ask him to move in as well since the music room could easily be converted into another bedroom.  

If there's one room Kurt seems to avoid it's the music room.  He didn't see it when he stayed over the one night because Rachel had always kept it locked up but now that she's gone Blaine keeps it open.  He had hope the instruments in there might have provided a creative outlet for Kurt, even if he didn't know how to play anything, but instead Kurt gives the room a wide berth when he walks by it in the hall, even quickening his pace.  For whatever reason, he doesn't like what's in there.

For Blaine on the other hand, the room is a sanctuary.  Whether he's stressed or nervous or just needs some time to himself, all he has to do is go in there and sit at the piano or pick up his violin and play until he feels balanced again.  He's done it more than a few times in the past week and even caught Kurt sneaking peeks from the hallway.  Kurt doesn't ask him about it though, and it's just one more thing Blaine has relegated to the ‘do not push him on it' pile.  

It's a big pile.