But little did Blaine know that something had changed overnight. When Kurt woke up bright and early that morning, more excited than ever to see Blaine, because when he saw Blaine this time, he wouldn't separate from him for another month. That's right... a whole month of the two guys traveling around the country together.

A month ago, Kurt never would have believed that he'd have his idol's phone number, let alone that he'd be riding around the country with him. Kurt would have laughed in your face if you had told him that. But lo and behold... here it was. As fate would have it, Kurt's car broke down and Blaine decided that he just couldn't do the rest of the tour without him.

What did Blaine see in him, Kurt wondered. Blaine had to have met thousands of fans at this point, so why did Kurt stand out as different? Kurt just blamed good old luck for this. It was luck that Blaine had decided to talk to Kurt for longer than he usually did for his other fans. It was luck that Kurt had rescued Blaine from that massive crowd the night Blaine ventured out without security in order to find him. It was luck that the man Kurt admired for so long just happened to have almost everything in common with him and that they could talk to one another effortlessly.

But that wasn't what was on Kurt's mind that morning. What was on his mind was the newspaper he had seen when he opened his hotel door. Kurt knew that room service would leave him a paper, and while he normally didn't bother with reading the news, he was desperate for anything to make the time go by faster until Blaine was there to pick him up. But when Kurt picked up the newspaper, he was shocked by what greeted him. There he was, on the front cover, holding Blaine tightly in his arms. Oh shit.

What would Blaine think? Would he be disgusted to be connected to a fan such as himself. I mean, sure, they were friends now, but that didn't mean Blaine would want people under the impression that they were dating... even if Kurt was in love with him. And shit... now Kurt probably wouldn't be able to be seen in the crowd at Blaine's shows anymore without people harassing him. But he didn't care about that so much. He was just worried about what Blaine would think.

And oh great... that was Blaine knocking on the door now. Kurt was really anxious about breaking the news to him. What if Blaine freaked out and told him that he couldn't ride with him anymore. I mean, if the press made a field day out of them hugging, just imagine what would happen if a picture was snapped of Kurt getting on or off Blaine's tour bus. Shit. Just... shit!

And then Blaine was knocking on the door again, so Kurt hurriedly stuffed the newspaper into his bag and ran to answer the door, trying his best to appear un-phased by the news he had just received.

Blaine arrived to pick Kurt up at around 9 AM the day after his show, and greeted him with a warm hug. But Kurt seemed a bit reluctant. That was weird. Kurt always returned Blaine's hugs just as eagerly. But Blaine decided to just overlook it.

"So, you ready to go? Are you packed?"

Kurt nodded, grabbing his bags and setting out after Blaine, making his way onto the tour bus.

WOAH. This bus was AWESOME. Wait, no. Awesome didn't even begin to cover it. Kurt had always pictured tour buses as being cramped and stuffy. But no. Blaine's tour bus was spacious and had multiple bedrooms and couches and TVs and a mini bar and just WOAH. Kurt could definitely get used to this.

But Kurt remained silent, not expressing any of his amazement, because there was a bigger issue to be dealt with, and Kurt didn't know how to go about bringing it up. So he just decided to remain silent for the time being.

"I cleared a room up for you. Follow me and I'll show you which one it is. Then you can put your bags down and we'll watch a movie or something. Or wait, are you hungry? We could have breakfast! I have a chef on the bus and he makes delicious omelets."

"Ummm... food sounds fine, I guess. Thanks again for letting me stay with you. I hope it won't cause you too much trouble." Kurt said, following Blaine into Kurt's temporary bedroom.

"Of course it won't cause trouble! How could you even suggest that!" Blaine said, surprised that Kurt wasn't as excited as he was. Blaine personally thought that his tour bus was awesome, and was hoping to get more of a reaction from Kurt. But Kurt had been relatively quiet since he got on the bus, which was very strange for him. Blaine normally had trouble getting Kurt to shut up... not that he ever wanted him to. He loved hearing Kurt talk.

Kurt began unpacking, hope to stall in the impending conversation, but Blaine stopped him, grabbing his hand and dragging him out to the kitchen, where he quickly gave his chef their breakfast orders.

And then they sat in silence- Kurt did so purposefully, Blaine did so out of confusion.

"Are you okay, Kurt? You seem unusually quiet." Blaine questioned, concerned by Kurt's change in behavior.

"Ummm, yeah. I'm okay. I just... never mind." Kurt said, shaking his head as he decided to not reveal what was bothering him to Blaine.

"Kurt... please, tell me. What's bothering you? It's obvious that there's something on your mind." Blaine pushed, hoping beyond hope that Kurt wasn't upset by Blaine serenading him the other night. Kurt had seemed to love it at the time, but they never did get to talk about it. Oh god, please don't let him be upset about that!

"It's just... please don't be mad, but when I grabbed the newspaper this morning... well... this was on the cover." Kurt said, pulling a newspaper out of his bag and handing it to Blaine.

Blaine glanced down at it, and his eyes widened in shock.

Blaine and Kurt were on the front cover, hugging each other tightly, and from the angle that the picture was taken, it looked like Blaine was kissing Kurt's ear. Blaine knew that he was only whispering something to Kurt, but how was anyone else supposed to know that. The title read "Superstar Blaine Anderson's Not-So-Secret Romance."

Blaine skimmed the article quickly.

Apparently, one of the other fans who was backstage at Blaine's tenth show had taken a picture of Kurt and Blaine hugging, sold the picture to the newspaper, and even offered a story about how Blaine had serenaded Kurt earlier than night during his show.

Oh shit. This is the part in the story when the guy Blaine has fallen in love with usually runs away. Here it goes.

"Go ahead. Run away then. You got what you wanted. You're famous now. Or maybe you don't want to be famous. In which case, you should still run away before I draw any more attention to you." Blaine shouted, tears running down his face, ripping up the news article into tiny pieces.

Kurt was in shock.

"Blaine. What are you-?"

But Blaine cut him off.

"No, it's fine. I understand. No one ever really wants to be with me. Especially when the newspapers get wind of it. So just go ahead and disappear. Here, I'll even give you money so you can make it back to New York." Blaine said, fumbling through his jean pockets, pulling out any cash that he had on him.

Blaine froze when Kurt's hand made its way on to his, stopping his movement.

"Blaine. Listen to me. I don't want to run away. And I'm not going to lie. Yes, I would like to be famous! But not by using you. I want to be famous on my own time for being a fashion designer. Yeah... this is weird. And misinformed, since we're not having a secret affair, but I'm not going to run. I like being with you Blaine. You're my best friend. I'm not like those guys in your past."

Blaine was crying even harder now. No one had ever stuck with him through something like this before. Usually, once someone got publicity from being with him, they would either run away, wanting out of the spotlight, or they would run away, taking advantage of the fame that had been brought to them. Blaine always had to go through this alone.

"You're my best friend too. I'm so happy I have you with me the rest of this tour." Blaine said once he was able to calm down a bit.

Both secretly hoped that whatever they had going on between them would last longer than the tour, but decided not to bring it up right then. Both were still pretty fragile over what had just happened. They still needed to talk about the other night as well, with Blaine serenading Kurt, but, again, both decided to remain silent about it for now and just enjoy being in each others presence.

Blaine grabbed their omelets and made his way to his bedroom, Kurt following behind him silently. This time, it was a pleasant kid of silence. They both needed a few minutes to themselves to clear their heads. So Blaine popped in his favorite Disney movie and the two settled onto his bed, sitting side by side, holding hands, enjoying movie after movie all day long until they drifted off to sleep, Blaine resting his head on Kurt's shoulder, and Kurt's head on top of Blaine's.

And they slept better than they ever had.