It had started innocently enough. A youtube video, a bunch of kids messing around. They'd loved the books, the movies, the story in general. Why not make a crazy musical parody of it? Who knew it would go viral and become such a hit? Not them, that's for sure. The Starkids. Simple enough name. No crazy scheme to get famous. Just a way to pass time and have fun.

The alias was to protect the credibility; let them live a normal life. They all knew they wouldn't work forever, someone was bound to notice eventually. But it was worth a shot. Plus, it was fun. It made them feel like Hannah Montana. (In a good way) They said Blaine was a college kid for credibility, making him feel like maybe he wasn't left out of this one.

Posting the videos on Youtube had been Blaine's idea. "What's the worst that could happen? So, someone finds out I'm a closeted Potter fan; I'll live. It's not like it's gonna be a popular video or anything." He persuaded his friends.

"Fine. We'll post the damn videos. But you're using an alias. We don't need people knowing our leading man is gay. Not that I care you are, but other people might. And I've always wanted to be famous; you guys know that." Julia insisted. She had this crazy idea in her mind that working alongside gay people would make her look gay. It was weird, she knew; but Blaine didn't take offense to it. (She was like Rachel Berry; but we'll get to that later.)

"Fine. Just put starring Darren Criss then." Blaine said, pouting a bit. He wanted to be famous too.

Joey gave him a funny look. "Why Darren Criss?" He asked.

Blaine rolled his eyes at his best friend. Did it really matter? "Darren is my middle name, and Criss is what my parents were going to name my twin sister." Blaine explained. "She died in the womb." He explained.

Julia nodded and typed the name into the credits; clicking the 'post' button. "Movie time?" She asked the others. Everyone made their way to the couch. "Do I even need to ask?" She said with a laugh, picking up the Sorcerer's Stone and popping it into the Blue Ray into the player and settling on the couch next to Lauren.

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"W-we should practice." Blaine said with a shy smile, shaking his head at how well that had went.

Kurt smiled back at him. "I thought we were." He said. Oh, we're kissing again. And wow; I haven't kissed like this since that one time with Julia. And that had been like kissing my sister. Blaine thought. Wait, why am I thinking about Julia while I'm kissing the boy I love? Love? Is it too soon to say that? Oh, who cares Blaine! Hot boy. Kissing you. Focus on that. Blaine thought.

Kurt pulled back and stared at him. "Wow..." He breathed. "So... Does this mean..." Kurt trailed off, looking at Blaine expectantly.

Blaine smiled. "Kurt will you be my boyfriend?" He asked. Kurt nodded and they walked out of the common room hand in hand. Blaine couldn't help but feel like he was hiding again.
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"...And then I kissed him." Blaine explained over the phone.

"Dude! That's great. Does this mean you're like together now?" Joey asked on the other line. He knew all about the internal struggle Blaine had been having earlier in the week. Their nightly phone calls voiced a lot. After Blaine had transferred to Dalton, they'd all promised to stay in touch. After all, the Starkid's weren't gonna let distance tear them apart.

"Yeah, I asked him to be my boyfriend and he said yes so... Yeah, I have yet to stop smiling." He admitted.

Joey laughed. "He sounds awesome Dare, When do I get to meet him?" He asked excitedly. The Starkids had taken to calling him Darren over the last year, keeping his Dalton life and his Starkid life separate.

Blaine frowned. "Joey I don't know. I mean... I haven't even told him about Starkid yet. For all I know, he could hate Harry Potter. And face it, that's all we ever talk about." He admitted with a laugh.

"Or he could be a Starkid fan and fall even more in love with you at the discovery that you're Harry Freaking Potter." Joey argued.

Blaine laughed. "Yeah sure. He totally fanboys over Darren and is in love with Joey Richter." He said sarcastically.

Joey sighed. "Ya never know man! Maybe he's straight for Lauren Lopez and has a secret Redvine addiction."

Just then, someone knocked on Blaine's door and walked in. Kurt, of course. Blaine gave him a small wave and held up a finger, signaling for Kurt to hold on for a second. He nodded and walked over to Blaine desk chair, waiting patiently. "Listen Joey, I gotta go. Tell Lauren and Jules I said hi." He said quickly.

"Fine; ditch me. It's okay." Joey said in a pouting voice.

"Joey, I have company. I'll text you later." Blaine insisted.

"Ooh, it it really hot company you'd like to do dirty things to?" Joey asked.

"Maybe." He admitted.

"Okay! We'll bye! I love you Darren! Go do dirty gay things with hot boys!" He said excitedly.

"Too soon. Love you too." Blaine said before hanging up and smiling at Kurt. "Hi..." He breathed, resisting the urge to giggle with excitement.

"Hey, who were you talking to?" Kurt asked.

"Oh, my best friend Joey. We call each other every night to stay in touch. He lives back in Ann Arbor so... Have I really never mentioned him?" He asked.

Kurt shrugged. "You probably have. I just forgot or something." He said nonchalantly. "You seem pretty close, so I doubt you haven't."

Blaine smiled. "Yeah, we've known each other forever. He was the first person I came out to." He admitted.

"I came out to 'Cedes first. She asked me out and I rejected her. Then she threw a rock through the windshield of my Navigator because I told her I was in love with Rachel Berry. We've been best friends ever since." He explained.

Blaine laughed. "You have a funny coming out story! When I told Joey I was so afraid of what he'd say. I mean, what straight guy wants to be best friends with the gay kid? I did it on accident, we were watching Transformers and I said I didn't like Megan Fox. It was obvious after that. I mean, what straight guy doesn't like Megan fox? When I realized what I'd said I ran out of the room and tried to hide in my bathroom and cry. I swear, not five minutes passed and he'd already found the key to my bathroom and ended up holding me while I cried for an hour. When I'd finally composed myself enough to hear what he was saying he told me he'd had no idea, but that he didn't care one way or another. The craziest part? We were thirteen at the time. It was insane. Of course, we were never normal teenagers." He said with a laugh.

Kurt smiled. "That's pretty awesome. So when do I get to meet him?" He asked.

Blaine bit his lip. "That's funny, he asked the same thing. Hopefully soon. But like I said, he lives back in Ann Arbor so it might be a while."

Blaine's boyfriend nodded. "So what do ya wanna do?" He asked.

"I don't know, a movie? You can pick." He said, pointing to the rack next to his TV. Kurt nodded and walked over to the rack, eyes lighting up as he grabbed a disk off the shelf.

"I haven't seen this since that midnight premiere!" He lied, it had been the Hollywood premiere. Kurt pulled the disk out of the case and stuck it in Blaine's dvd player. The familiar sound of Hedwig's theme filled the room and the display menu for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One showed up.

"You're a Potter fan?" Blaine asked, surprised.

Kurt rolled his eyes. "Duh! How could I not be!" He said, sliding next to Blaine on the bed. "Is this okay?" He asked nervously.

Blaine smiled. "Perfect." He said, placing a small kiss on Kurt's forehead.
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A few months passed with no more mentions of Harry Potter or Joey, and Blaine pretty much forgot that Kurt knew nothing about his Starkid past. but nothing stays silent forever.

"Hey Blaine, could you go into Finn's room and grab my Marc Jacobs bag off the floor by his closet? I left it in there when I was doing homework last night." Blaine nodded and walked out of the room, knocking on Finn's door before pushing the door open and grabbing the bag off of the floor. But not before a t-shirt in the open closet caught his eye.

"Oh my god..." Blaine whispered as he caught sight of the oh-so-familiar Starship logo. He quickly shook his head and left the room.

Kurt knew something was up the minute Blaine returned to the room. His face was stark-white like he'd seen a ghost and his expression was vacant. "You okay babe?" He asked. They'd recently started to get comfortable enough for pet names.

Blaine looked up and shook his head again. "What? Oh, yeah I'm fine."

"You sure? You looked like you just walked in on someone changing or something." Kurt said with a laugh. "Wait, did you walk in on Finn? I remember the first time I did that. He didn't speak to me for like a week." He said with another laugh.

Blaine shook his head no. "I just have a headache. I think I'm just gonna go home and rest for a bit. I'll text you later okay?" He said, setting Kurt's bag down on his bed and grabbing his phone off of Kurt's nightstand.

Kurt nodded and leaned over to give Blaine a kiss on his lips. "Feel better, I love you." He said, turning around to finish folding his clothes and Blaine walked toward the door.

"Love you too, babe. I'll see you later." He said, walking to his car so he could call Joey and vent.
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"You've got to tell him dude. He probably knows what Starkid is if his brother does." Joey tried to reason.

"But him and his brother have such parallel interests! He might despise Starkid and hate his brother for owning that shirt!" Blaine argued.

"Fine Darren. Do what you want. But don't come crying to me when your boyfriend figures it out before you tell him." He said. "I gotta go, Lauren is having a Malfoy Meltdown." He said, referring to the times when Lauren falls in to character for no apparent reason and begins to roll around like a fool.

"Bye Joey, call me later." Blaine said before hanging up and banging his head against his desk.
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Kurt prided himself in being very aware of things. He knew the latest gossip, kept up with fashion trends and knew what people were feeling most of the time. He knew that Blaine was feeling strongly about something, and that it was tearing him apart at the seams. He just didn't know what was doing it.

When Kurt couldn't figure something out, or let it go; he submitted to his guilty pleasure of Youtube. When he had gotten tossed in a dumpster for the first time Freshman year, he'd discovered the best thing on the internet; A Very Potter Musical. What wasn't to love? It was Harry Potter, with music, and it was hilarious. Later that year he'd found Charlie Bit My Finger, which he didn't find all that amusing, and then Nerdfighting; which he'd never admit to liking. The internet was his sanctuary.

Kurt dreamed of meeting famous people, He'd faint if he ever met Marc Jacobs, and drop dead if it were Patti LuPone. Being friends with a Starkid? That would be totally awesome. They'd make you laugh to you peed your pants and be great friends to you, guaranteed. They loved their fans and loved each other, something hard to accomplish these days it seemed.

Focus Kurt, you need to study He thought as Coolest Girl blasted out of his laptop speakers. Watching Youtube videos and trying to do your homework all at once? Very difficult it seemed. Screw it. He thought, getting up from the desk chair in his dorm room and walking out.

He found Blaine in his dorm room, door open and music coming out. Live music. Kurt thought as he stepping into the room. "You play guitar?" He asked and then it clicked. Gutiar playing, original song writing, accepting straight best friend, Ann Arbor. Oh my god, I'm dating Harry Freakin' Potter. He realized suddenly.

"Blaine?" Kurt said, trying to gain the boys attention. "Blaine? Hello... Anyone home?" He tried after a few seconds. "Blaine! Earth to Blaine!" He tried to no avail. He was seconds away from giving up. "COME IN, STARSHIP RANGER!" He yelled, making Blaine jump in surprise.

"What? Ohhh... H-Hi Kurt. What's up?" Blaine said nervously.

Kurt laughed and rolled his eyes. "Cut the crap Blaine. I know you're Darren Criss, also known as Harry Freakin' Potter." He stated, sitting down on the bed.

"And now you're here to break up with me right?" Blaine asked, picking at his bedspread and refusing to meet Kurt's eyes.

Kurt sighed. "I was afraid you'd say the same, cuz according to the internet you're as straight as a board. By the way, which name is an alias?" He asked.

Blaine smiled a bit. "I'm definitely gay, and my middle name is Darren." He proclaimed. "So does this mean you're a fan?" He asked Kurt.

Kurt blushed and nodded. "I can't believe it took me this long to figure out actually. You signed my 'Together We're Totally Awesome' t-shirt at the last AVPS show." He admitted

Blaine laughed and thought for a second. "Oh my god! I did! You made me mess up my line in the Second Act, twice. You were front row and very distractingly cute." He realized. "I wanted to ask you out that night by the way, but it would've blown my whole 'Darren Criss is straight' cover."

Kurt laughed. "It's probably good that you didn't, actually. For one, I would have passed out. And two, I didn't come out to my dad until about a week later. He uh, found my scarf of sexual preference under my bed. Along with a lot of other things."

Blaine's eyes got noticeably larger. "Wait a second, how much of a fan are you?" He asked. "Because this does seem like your thing at all."

Kurt bit his lip with a worrisome expression. "I... Um... I've been in love with your alter ego since I was 14 and I use 'Not Alone' for ninety percent of the auditions I do? I'm one of your biggest fans, I know that; which could potentially make things really awkward between us." He admitted.

Blaine sighed. "Joey is going to laugh his ass off about this..." He stated. "He's been rooting for you being a fan ever since I told him about the Starship t-shirt I found in Finn's closet a while back."

Kurt laughed. "So you're not mad at me for being obsessed with you? Because if I were you I'd be spazzing out right about now to be honest."

"Honestly, I'm just glad you don't hate me for being the biggest Potter Nerd that's ever walked the face of the earth. I love you, you crazy, obsessed fanboy." Blaine whispered endearingly.

"And I love you too, you weird, incredibly creative Potterhead." He said in return. "So now that I know your big secret, how ya feeling about it? Are you excited that you can fanboy or are you frightened for your life?" He jokingly said in his best Rita Skeeter voice.

"Why would I be frightened for my life?" Blaine asked, playing along

Kurt giggled and continued "Cuz I love your guts, want you mine and I just escaped from closeted fanboydom. But, It's no skin off your back, kid. Ya know why?" Kurt said with a giggle. "You're Blaine Freakin' Warbler!"