"I love the curls in your hair…" Kurt would whisper again and again.

"I used to gel it down… I just don't have any product to do it anymore… I don't want you or your father to spend any more money on me again" Blaine would respond, unable to take the compliment as if it was too good to be true.

"I love when you smile that way. It enlightens your face…" Blaine would admit every time Kurt showed a little bit of teeth.

"Please… I still have baby teeth!" Kurt would respond, very concerned about that part of his anatomy.

It was simple and they had created the perfect warm bubble they needed.

Only, life of a bubble is easily threatened by a needle. And that needle would come soon, sooner than they expected.

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On Monday morning, they walked hand in hand in the McKinley corridors. Proudly, even. Blaine was a little bit scared, considering his past in another public school. But he was not alone; Kurt was with him. It was enough to feel safe.

Everybody in Glee was happy for them. They liked Blaine and they trusted him more and more.

All the Glee Clubbers were sad to learn that Blaine wouldn't perform with them at Sectionals. But they were happy to learn that he might have the knowledge to beat the Warblers. They had done their research and they knew they had the power to beat them. But with Blaine and his insider knowledge, it would be easy.

But still, the Jesse/Rachel incident was still fresh …

On Wednesday, it was Rachel who came up with the idea during the Glee meeting.

"We need bonding time! I say we do a S 3 this week-end!

-A S3?" Mercedes asked laughing

"A Sectional Song Selection" Rachel explained. "And since Blaine won't participate to the show, I suggest we make it at his house. Because that's what's fair!"

Blaine didn't know what to say. No one knew in McKinley that he was living in Kurt's house because he had nowhere else and that the State decided that it would be that way. He knew that he could trust the Glee Club with the secret but he was still so ashamed. Not that he was denying his fate; he just couldn't share it with other people because he would not be able to stand pity from Mercedes knew, because Blaine knew he could trust her… and because Kurt already told her the day he arrived Lima.

Blaine looked at Kurt, helplessly, his eyes screaming "Please, say something".

"But I thought Mr. Schue get to choose the songs for Sectionnals" Artie asked

"I thought, as a team Captain, to provide him with some choices. This is why we need to all be at Blaine's house on Friday night to work on a list of potential numbers!" Rachel stated.

Mercedes was now looking at Kurt too, as if they were exchanging silent words, knowing exactly what the other was thinking. Blaine was still looking at Kurt in panic.

"Let's do it at my house! My parents would be out to see my brother in Columbus. We'll have the house for ourselves! And Blaine can totally pay for the pizza!" Mercedes said, after her silent exchange with Kurt.

"I… I can do that!" Blaine said, in relief.

So it was set. Glee club would be meeting at Mercedes' house on Friday and Blaine would pay for the pizza with Kurt's Credit Card (but nobody would need to know that last detail).

No one in Glee Club seemed to notice Santana, sitting at the back, noticing everything that went down during this conversation; from Blaine's hesitant look to Kurt's resignation and Mercedes' mysterious life-saving idea.

"I guess I need to investigate" the Latina said under her breath.

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On Friday night, Kurt and Blaine arrived together with four pizzas. They were boyfriends, they could be arriving together, and it wouldn't mean that they came from the same place, right?

Everybody settled in the living room. They eat as they were trying to figure which song the Warblers would be singing. Blaine said they loved Top 40 songs but that sometimes, they would slip to older Billboard successful tunes.

"Last year I was lobbying for some Katy Perry... I don't think we can expect that for sectionals" Blaine explained

"But these Garglers dudes, they're not shy of the gayness!" Puck said

"The Warblers are not all gay, Noah! Dalton is not a gay school!" Blaine responded, half laughing.

"But what can we expect from them, then?" Artie asked, still concerned

"The Warblers won't want to shock the audience." Blaine answered "Like I said, they'll go with popular songs. My guess is that they're going to make a song where the musical arrangements will allow them to focus on the acapella part... Because let's face it, they can't dance!"

Rachel was scribbling furiously, taking as much notes she could to Mr Shue.

The subject then slipped to the possible song they would be able to sing. Rachel was only talking about Broadway success, which happened to be in her vocal range, while the boys were lobbying for some classic rock.

"Do I have to remind you that you need songs you can dance to?" Blaine almost screamed while Mercedes and Rachel were fighting for a solo "These are good songs... But you can't expect Mike and Brittany to show what they really can do!"

And they night went by; everybody was laughing and enjoying it. The main subject often changed but Glee club was like that; everyone was different but accepting everybody with their differences and just enjoying spending time together.

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When the night was done and they had settled on a set list to give to Mr Schuester, Kurt and Blaine were the first to make for the door after wishing everyone good night. They wanted to be home as soon as they can and enjoy each other's company. Five nights in separate beds was too much.

It was not until they were outside, putting their bag at the back of Kurt's car, that the blue eyed boy realized that he forgot to take the pizza leftover he promised to Aaron.

"It'll take just a minute!" Kurt told Blaine as the curly haired boy leaned on the car.

Leaving Mercedes' front door open just a bit in his hurry, Kurt heard Santana's voice:

"I still don't trust the boy! Maybe he's stirring us up in the wrong direction with false information! I'm pretty sure Kurt's working him too…

-Kurt wouldn't do that! He's loyal to McKinley" Rachel said

"They live together, it's weird; I've looked up Blaine's file at school! His and Kurt's address are the same! " Santana replied, as if it was the best argument she could find.

"Maybe Blaine is the new kid living with Burt and Kurt! I mean, with Emily gone, that's what we can expect" Finn said. Kurt was surprised to see that the taller teenager was making his brain work.

"Blaine doesn't look like a kid who needs Foster Care! Let me tell you that! Kurt only lives with abused kids or fucked up teenagers! Blaine looks perfectly sane to me!" the Latina countered

"Yeah... Maybe you're right" Puck wondered.

"And after all Dalton looks like a total gay school where they'd be fitting perfectly!" Santana lastly said, as if his was the perfect argument

-How can you say that?" Mercedes replied "I know they're both gay but suspecting them to conspiring against us? That's just horrible, girl!

-Tell me why then he didn't give a fuck about him for weeks and then, surprise, they're boyfriends! If they've been living together, then, Kurt should have come to school with Blaine from the very beginning!

-I completely trust them! Kurt's never been to Dalton! And if they weren't talking... well..." She stopped herself from speaking, before saying too much. Mercedes didn't want to say that Kurt was ignoring Blaine on purpose, to protect him. It was actually kind of dumb, nice and heartbreaking at the same time.

"This is stupid" Sam dared to say. "Blaine was certainly not sent to spy on us! That would be stupid!

-That wouldn't be the first time..." Tina said "There's Jesse St-James and the Breakfast Incident"

At the mention of last year's Vocal Adrenaline's male lead, the room went quiet. If Carmel High had sent an agent, why can't the Dalton Academy.

"Maybe Santana's right..." Quinn stated.

Kurt was looking at the Glee Club, all gathered in the living room. They couldn't see him but they were all there, agreeing to Santana's argumentation while Mercedes, helpless, couldn't just say that Blaine was maybe some kind of poor orphan who was living with Kurt because his parent wouldn't… Or that maybe Blaine was an abused teenager, taken by Child Protection Services and brought to Burt's house. She couldn't use the real reason of Blaine's presence or telling the Glee Club how messed up Blaine really was. But before Mercedes could talk again, Kurt yelled.

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Blaine didn't know what took Kurt so long. He was lost in his though of the kissing night he would be granted with tonight, with his boyfriend. But then he realized that the said boyfriend was gone for a long time. Getting a pizza in the Jones' fridge was not a big expedition to North Pole. Maybe Kurt was caught in a conversation about Patti LuPone with Rachel.

Then he heard it. Kurt's clear voice was easily carried outside with the door slightly opened.

"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK OF BLAINE LIKE THAT? YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM! YOU DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT HIM THE WAY I DO! WOULD YOU JUST SHUT UP ALREADY?"

Curious, Blaine went inside and headed up straight for the living room. As he was approaching, Santana was continuing her questioning:

"Why on Earth does he live with you then?" Santana said

"It's not my story to tell, Santana!

-That means you don't know!

-I- I...

-Isn't that weird? He doesn't look as fucked up as the other kids were!

There was a nodding in the group. They were agreeing with Santana.

"Cut it out! He might have been living some very difficult things! YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!

- Pretty sure you're both conspiring against us in your rainbow painted room while sucking each other's dick!"

All the people present in the living room looked at Santana in shock. They wouldn't have put it THAT way, certainly not with the dick sucking part but surely the conspiracy thing. They all had Jesse in mind and comparing him to Blaine. Everyone seemed to agree about Blaine, everyone but Mercedes, who just looked devastated and willing to throw everybody out.

Kurt opened his mouth to speak but this time; it was Blaine who answered in a murmur:

"I wish I was there to make conspiracies…

-I knew it! So what is it? Sabotage? Tipping them on what were actually doing?" Santana answered

"-If only I was still in contact with them, I could do it, just so you shut your filthy mouth up!

-Not as filthy at yours, since you get some cum in you pretty cocksucking mouth every night!

-You know what, Princess? I don't live at Kurt's house because I want to suck him every day! It's possible to think of people in other way than sex, you know? Might as well learn that now if you want the slightly ounce of love in your life!"

Everybody went silent. Pretty much everyone's jaw dropped. But Blaine was not finished and this time, he was addressing to almost everybody in the Jones' house.

- And if I had the chance to, I would go to Dalton because I thought you guys were accepting… Seems like I was wrong." His voice broke and he started crying, because if he was still able to go at Dalton, he wouldn't have lost his friends, Dalton ones and McKinley ones. Blaine felt Kurt's arm around him and he just buried his face in his boyfriend's chest, not seeing every single member of New Directions stunned while tears welled up in Santana's eyes.

"And just to make everything clear, I'm living at Kurt's house because- because my social worker chose that ho- home for me, to have them take care o- of me." Blaine manages to say in between sobs. "No-not because I-I-I have a choice!"

God he was tired of crying. He really was. But he couldn't help it. People were arrogant and mean. Was he the only one in this world, beside Kurt and Burt, to see good in people before seeing the bad?

When his crying calmed down a bit, he looked at his Glee Club. He saw that Santana was gone. And that Brittany was gone too.

"I'm so sorry, dude, we didn't know" Blaine heard Finn say. "You should've told us!"

"We all have a past" Puck said, looking Blaine but also glancing at Quinn. "We tend to make everything big when we don't know stuff..."

"You should have seen last year's Glist! Even Mr Shue was being paranoid!" Rachel stated

"I- I was just so a-ashamed. I'm sorry" Blaine said

"Don't be. We understand" Tina responded kindly. "We-we-we all did stuff we're not proud of" she added, mimicking her stutter.

"Where's Santana? I-I need to apologize

-She went outside with Brittany" Rachel told the boy.

Blaine then went for the door, to look for the girls. Kurt tried to follow him but he just shook his head and Kurt let him go. He was lead by Santana's quiet sobs.

When he reached them Brittany looked at him.

"Santana I-" Blaine began, ignoring the blonde cheerleader's glance.

"Can't you just leave her alone? I think you've done enough damage for the night!" Brittany cut him before he could finish his sentence.

Santana sniffled a bit and said:

"No... Brit... It's-It's okay..."

Blaine was still looking at Brittany. He could see anger in her eyes but he could also see the light bulb when Santana told her that Blaine's presence was tolerated. But she just couldn't forgive him for what he said.

"I'm just gonna leave you alone, then" Brittany said "But if he makes you cry again, I'll ask the leprechauns to shave his eyebrows" she added, dead serious.

Still not used to Brittany's style, Blaine reported his attention to Santana.

"I'm sorry" they said at the same time

"I shouldn't have said those things…" Blaine started. He was avoiding Santana's eyes. He was sincere, but he just couldn't face her, not after everything he said, not before she accepted his apology.

-No, you shouldn't have... But I started...

-I know... But I was hurt by the lack of trust… I still am… But I shouldn't have said those horrible things to you, even if you started it" Blaine finished

" I'm still hurt you know..." the Latina said

"I can rely...

-I'm just sick of people thinking I'm just a slut without feelings… Because I totally have those…

-I know... I don't know why I said that. It's just something that seemed so easy to let out...

-Well, it's the reputation I have and I'm not doing anything to change it. But having it rubbed in your face is really hurtful.

-I'm sorry..." Blaine whispered. It would be hard to have Santana forgive him.

-I understand that it was a mistake to push you and Kurt like that. Especially you.

-Thanks for including Kurt...

-You're welcome. But about your past I didn't know, Blaine. I'm so sorry."

Maybe it would be easy, after all, because as hurt as Blaine Santana was, she was also as sorry as him.

"-I just don't know why you didn't believe I needed... Well..." Blaine hesitated on the words. Not wanting to let them out, as if he was scared of them. "Foster care..." he managed to add in a whisper

"The investigation was a complete mess. I just thought "how could a rich guy need foster care when he could have a nanny"

-Yeah...

-I don't want to know what happened to you... Not if you don't want to tell me. I know what it's like to have a secret you want keep forever..." she added with a strange glimpse in her eyes.

"It's okay, Santana, you didn't know… I'm sorry

-I'm sorry too

-We're good?

-Yeah…"

And just like that, to seal the deal, they hugged. They weren't completely good, but it would do for the moment.

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Later that night, Kurt and Blaine were cuddling on Blaine's bed. It was Friday night, they were allowed to after all.

"You know you can talk to me Blaine, right?" Kurt said, wanting Blaine to tell him everything, not just about tonight's events. He already recounted his conversation with Santana. But what Kurt wanted to hear was Blaine full story. Again, Blaine closed completely, knowing where this conversation might lead him

"Maybe another time Kurt… Now is not the moment… Especially after the evening I had.

-It's okay…" Kurt responded, leaning to kiss his boyfriend's sweet lips.

Maybe the bubble was not shattered. Not yet…