The rest of the morning was uneventful for Blaine. He finished unpacking his things and setting up his room. He turned on his iHome speakers, stuck his phone in, and hit shuffle on the music app. He was putting some pictures on his desk and humming to some Katy Perry song when he heard a small laugh coming from his doorway. He turned to see Kurt leaning against his doorframe with his arms crossed on his chest.

"Katy Perry? Really, Blaine?" Kurt said, still laughing.

Blaine put his hands on his hips and tried to muster up his most serious face. "Hey! What's wrong with Katy Perry? She is an icon!"

Kurt burst out laughing and bent over to clutch his stomach. Blaine smiled at him. Kurt's laugh gave him butterflies in his stomach. It was definitely the best sound he had ever heard. He was going to do whatever he can to hear that laugh as much as possible.

"An icon to who? Pre-teen girls?" Kurt said, still laughing. Blaine began to laugh too.

"Okay maybe not an icon, but her music is catchy! It reminds me of high school." Blaine told him.

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

Blaine had to stop and think about that one. "Both, I guess." He said as he turned off the music.

Kurt stared at him for a moment. Blaine could tell he wanted to ask more about high school. He was glad he didn't. "So if you still wanted to go to the store, I'm ready whenever."

"Oh yeah let me just get my shoes on and we can go." Blaine grabbed his Toms and slipped them on.

They started walking in a random direction. Neither of them knew where anything was yet so they just had to guess. "So tell me more about yourself Kurt Hummel." Blaine said.

"What would you like to know?" Kurt responded.

Everything. "I don't know. Whatever you want to tell me."

"Okay, well let's see. You already know I'm from Lima. Other than my dad, I lived with my stepmom, Carole, and my stepbrother Finn. My dad and Carole got married when Finn and I were juniors in high school. I actually set them up." Kurt said the last part with a laugh. Blaine was about to ask why when Kurt cut him off. "Another story for another day. High school was rough. I wasn't really accepted by many people. But I pulled threw thanks to the glee club."

"I was in glee club too!" Blaine said excitedly, not wanting to address the accepting issue. "What school did you go to? Did you guys compete?"

Kurt laughed at his enthusiasm. "I went to McKinley. The glee club was the New Directions."

"Oh you guys beat us at Regional's junior year! I was in the Warblers from Dalton! You know, the preppy all boys school. Blazer and tie. Talented and charming. Our lead guy was incredible." Blaine said in a cocky tone and flashed Kurt a grin.

"Oh yeah! I remember you guys. You all were very dapper. I mean your lead guy was pretty good. Not good enough though. I'm guessing too 'top 40'." Kurt said shooting Blaine a wink.

"HEY!" Blaine said, putting a hand on his heart "You wound me, sir." He said in mock offence. "Seriously, though. How did we not meet earlier?"

Kurt started to blush and all Blaine wanted to do was reach over and grab his hand.

They walked for a little while longer, and every time their hands brushed, Blaine felt like his was being electrocuted. They talked about favorite movies, music, and anything to get to know each other better. When Kurt mentioned his love for all things Disney, Blaine about died. Could he be anymore perfect?

Once they found a grocery store, they each took a cart, spent an hour gathering food then met at the registers. Blaine's cart was filled with Ramen noodles, microwavable meals, and every type of junk food you could think of while Kurt's was filled with fruits, vegetables, and other healthy ingredients.

Kurt looked down at Blaine's cart. He looked back up at Blaine with a look that said 'are you kidding me?'

"What? I figured it was my first year of college, might as well eat like a college kid." Blaine said in his defense with a smile.

Kurt rolled his eyes. "That's just disgusting. Do you have anything healthy or organic in there?"

Blaine gave him a pout. "I just want to fit the stereotype. Plus I don't really know how to cook. Like, at all."

"Well you can fit the stereotype without giving yourself a heart attack. And I happen to be an excellent cook. I'll teach you some of my tricks. Now put that stuff away. I'll cover us this time" Kurt wiggled his eyebrows at Blaine.

Blaine had to look away. He could feel his pants get a little tighter. How could one boy be so incredibly sexy? Even when talking about groceries! Yep, I'm in love. Blaine suddenly stopped. Oh god, this is bad. Very bad. Blaine knew he wasn't really in love with Kurt. You couldn't fall in love with someone after one day. No, he wasn't in love, but he could definitely see himself falling in love with him and that terrified him. He couldn't let that happen.

Blaine decided the best thing to do would be to distant himself from Kurt. Maybe then he could get over this little crush on his roommate.

Blaine was acting weird. One minute he was being fun and flirty and the next he was being quiet and distant. Kurt was afraid he had gone a little too far with the 'tricks' comment. He felt something between them, and he thought that maybe Blaine had felt it too. He was obviously wrong.

The walk back to the apartment was spent in an awkward silence. Kurt wanted to apologize for once again making Blaine feel uncomfortable, but every time he would open his mouth, no words would come out.

Back at the apartment, Blaine helped Kurt unpack his groceries. Every once in a while they would exchange the occasional small talk about random things, but the air was still awkward. Once all the groceries were put away, Blaine said he was going to finish setting up his room. His bedroom door was closed a moment later.

Kurt was frustrated. Why did this always happen? Why did he always have to mess things up? No, you didn't do anything wrong. Yeah, maybe he was purposely flirting with Blaine, but Blaine was flirting right back. So it was okay for Blaine to be all flirty but it wasn't okay for Kurt?

Kurt sighed and decided to make a salad. He was going to make lunch for Blaine as well, but he didn't think that'd be such a great idea now.

He grabbed a pad of paper and a pen out of his room and scribbled down a note for Blaine.

Help yourself to anything. -K

He may not know what was going on with him and Blaine, but he wasn't going to be rude to him either.

He stuck the note on the fridge with a magnet then headed to his room. He heard Blaine leave his room a couple times to go into the bathroom or grab something from the kitchen, but they didn't speak the rest of the night.

Blaine knew what he was doing was wrong. He and Kurt had been getting along great and then he had to go and ruin everything because he was too scared of what might happen.

He wasn't able to sleep much. He wanted so badly to go and apologize to Kurt for acting cold toward him out of nowhere, but he wasn't sure how to do that without having to explain why he had done it. He didn't want to lie to Kurt, but he also wasn't ready for the truth.

He went out into the living room to get to the bathroom. Kurt was standing in the kitchen when he walked out.

"Did I do something wrong?" Kurt asked suddenly. When Blaine looked up at him, he saw that Kurt looked as distressed as he felt. Blaine suddenly felt ten times worse.

He opened his mouth to respond when there was a knock on the door. Blaine looked at Kurt before going over and opening the door.

Standing in the doorway was Cooper.

"Coop?! What are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming until this afternoon!" Blaine said as he gave his brother a hug.

"Yeah well I was able to push it up a little bit. Man, it's so good to see you!" Cooper said as he hugged his brother back. "Haven't gotten any taller, I see. Is this your roommate?" He asked when he noticed Kurt in the kitchen.

"Oh, yeah it is. Cooper this is Kurt, Kurt this is my brother Cooper." Blaine said as he led Cooper into the kitchen.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Cooper. I'm a big fan." Kurt said and held out his hand.

"Pleasure's all mine." Cooper said with his most charming smile. Blaine could see the blush rise on Kurt's cheeks. He rolled his eyes.

"Let me show you my room Cooper so you can put your stuff down." Blaine said, wanting to separate Cooper and Kurt as soon as possible.

Cooper followed Blaine to his room. Once inside, Cooper set his stuff down on the bed. "Mind if I freshen up a little before we hang out? Airplanes always make me feel dirty."

"Yeah, sure. Bathroom is across the living room." Blaine replied.

Cooper nodded his head then pulled Blaine into another hug. "It's really good to see you, Blainey."

"You too, Coop. Now go and 'freshen up' so we can catch up." Blaine replied once they broke apart.

Once he heard the bathroom door close, Blaine's thoughts went back to Kurt. Of course Kurt would think he did something wrong. Blaine definitely made it seem like he did. No, Blaine might be a douche, but he couldn't let Kurt blame himself.

He made his way to Kurt's door and gently knocked. "Kurt? Can I talk to you?"

Kurt opened the door a minute later. He moved his arm in a 'come in' gesture. Kurt's room was almost identical to Blaine's, except that it had posters of different Broadway musicals on his walls and pictures of what Blaine assumed was his friends and family scattered all over.

"You wanted to talk?" Kurt asked.

"Um, yeah. I wanted to answer your question. No, you didn't do anything wrong." The exact opposite, actually. "I'm sorry if I made you feel like you did."

"Then what happened? Why'd you suddenly-"

"I don't want you getting the wrong impression." Blaine said suddenly, cutting Kurt off. He instantly regretted saying the words the second they came out of his mouth. He saw Kurt's face drop and he knew he really screwed up. Out of everything you could have said Blaine, you say that. Way to be an asshole.

"Wow. Okay." Kurt said, the pain showing in his eyes. "Thanks for looking out for me, I guess." His tone was dripping with sarcasm. "If you don't mind, I'd really like to be alone now."

Blaine wanted to say something. But he knew that if he opened his mouth, he was just going to make things worse. So he just nodded and left Kurt's room. He went back to his own room and got on his bed. He curled himself up against the headboard. Seeing Kurt so hurt broke his heart, especially since he was the reason. Kurt had been nothing but nice to him and this was how he said thanks. He thought that by distancing himself it would make it better, but really it was causing much more pain.

He heard the door open and Cooper walk in.

"Blaine? You okay?" Cooper asked with concern.

Blaine shook his head. "I don't know what to do, Coop." His voice was shaky and tears clouded his vision.

Cooper sat down next to him and put his arm around Blaine's shoulder. "Hey, what's going on?"

Blaine couldn't keep it in anymore. He was sick and tired of hiding who he was, especially if he was hurting other people. He just wanted to be happy. Tears started streaming down his face. "If I tell you something, could you please not judge me?"

"I would never judge you, Blaine. Ever. You're my brother and I love you." This made Blaine cry harder. He really hoped Cooper was telling the truth.

"Cooper, I'm gay." Blaine waited for Cooper to say or do something. Anything. He couldn't look at him, afraid that he would see nothing but disgust on Cooper's face.

After what felt like forever, he felt Cooper's arm tighten around his shoulders. Blaine felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders. The tears were streaming freely down his face.

"It's okay, Blaine. It's okay." Cooper said as Blaine buried his face and sobbed against Cooper's chest.