The boys go were welcomed with the sounds of unruly Starkids on their way back from the pool, the lobby filled with Starkids looking for a place to check in, a place to pee, a place to sit, whatever. Upon seeing Blaine, even in his soaking wet state a large group of them ran forward to greet him.
“Dare! You beat us here!” Julia yelled, running forward and throwing her arms around the short boy.
“Are you Kurt? Oh my god you must be Kurt!” Lauren squealed before pulling Kurt into a tight hug.
“Yeah, that would be me! I’m really glad I finally get to see you in person Lauren!” Kurt exclaimed back, releasing himself from Lauren’s grasp.
“Oh my gosh so Darren told you about all of us then?” she asked.
“Something like that… It was more like I finally put two and two together and figured out that Blaine was Harry Freakin’ Potter.” Kurt admitted. “I’m a huge fan of Starkid and I’ve been to your shows before so I was actually surprised it took me as long as it did.”
“That’s right! Joey said you were a fan!” Julia said, giving her own input into the conversation.
Blaine nodded and looked around the crowded lobby before turning back to the group. “Speaking of Mr. Richter, where is he?”
“Brian and Joey though it would be a good idea to run out and get ice cream right this very second so they should be back in a few minutes. Go get dressed so we can hug you properly!”
Blaine and Kurt laughed before making their way back to their floor and into their room to change. “I love your friends so much… I was kinda afraid their personalities were different offstage but they’re great!” Kurt admitted.
“Yeah… A few of them have bad days but overall, they’re pretty nice.” Blaine said, going into the bathroom to put his street clothes back on while Kurt changed.
“They seem to converse regularly though, if everyone knowing my name is a good indicator!” Kurt joked through the door.
Just then, their hotel room was invaded. “Honey!!! I’m hooommmmeee!” Joey yelled as he stepped throught he door, taking note of the naked Kurt who was holding his shirt in front of himself and the lack of Blaine. “Oh god this is the wrong room isn’t it?” He said slowly backing up, and out the door.
“N-no not the wrong room, just… The wrong moment maybe?” Blaine’s in the bathroom.” He explained.
Blaine bursted out of the bathroom then, taking in the sight of almost naked boyfriend and idiot best friend. “God Joey! Don’t you know how to knock?!” He asked, wearing only his boxers. He direct his attention Kurt, only then noticing his boyfriend’s state of undress.
“Oh my god Joey! Get. Out. Now that you’ve officially seen more of my boyfriend than I have.” He muttered to himself.
“Sorry! Sorry… I forgot you were sharing a hotel room, I’ll just…” He said, pointing to the door. “Nice to finally meet you Kurt, I’ve heard a lot about you.” He said before walking out and closing the door behind him.
“Welcome to Starkid!” Kurt said with a laugh.
Blaine followed suit and laughed as well. “Um… Yeah… So that was Joey… I’ll just, go put on some clothing now.” Blaine said before going back in to the bathroom.
Kurt laughed and shook his head. If this was how they met, he was sure the rest of their friendship would b full of adventures.
…
Once they were both dressed, they went out into the hall to properly catch up with and meet Joey.
“Okay, I’m glad you’re dressed now because I need to hug you.” Joey said, pulling Blaine and Kurt into a tight embrace.
“Yeah, next time you want to surprise me and my boyfriend in our hotel room ask the rest of our friends what we were just doing. Which was swimming.”
“Either way, Kurt it’s great to finally meet you. Dare never shuts up about you; so if you ever hurt him you can pretty much guarantee that you’ll never have the privilege of seeing sunlight ever again. Got it?” Joey threatened, holding on to Kurt’s forearm a little too tightly and staring into his eyes just a little too intensely.
Kurt nodded with his eyes wide and serious and Joey loosened his grip on Kurt’s arm, blinking away his gaze. “Okay, now that the threats are done! How are you guys? Did Dare totally freak out on the plane? Are we still going to the Encounter after the show tomorrow?”
“We’re good, Yes I did and Yes we are.” Blaine responded just as quickly as Joey asked. “How was your drive?
“Pretty good, sitting on a bus that has Wifi and an Xbox isn’t too hard.” Joey admitted. “Although getting ice cream once we were off was kinda the highlight of my day.” He said, holding up his ice cream cone for emphasis.
“So who’s ready to do a concert!” Blaine said excitedly, high-fiving Joey and hugging Kurt into his side.
Kurt laughed and hugged Blaine back. “Well, I’m ready to watch a concert!”Kurt said excitedly.
Joey smirked and chuckled darkly. “That’s what you think…” he said, looking at Kurt with a slightly evil expression.
Kurt gave him a look of confusion before turning to Blaine, who gave Joey a look that plainly said ‘knock it off right now.’
“We’re totally pulling you up on stage at least once over the next few days.” Brian said as he walked up behind the group with his duffel bag thrown over his shoulder and an ice cream in his hand. “I’m Brian, by the way.” He introduced, holding his empty hand out for Kurt to shake.
Kurt took his hand and nodded. “I know, it’s nice to finally meet you in person.” He said politely.
Brian smiled and turned his attention to Joey. “Hey, the rest of the guys were wondering if you still wanted to head over to Catch One and have a few drinks.”
Joey nodded and gestured towards his bag. “Just let me put this in my room and I’ll meet you in the lobby.” He turned to Blaine then. “You don’t mind, do you?” he asked sincerely.
Blaine shook his head. “You guys go have fun! Kurt and I were going to go get something to eat anyway. We’ll meet you back here around 8 and we can play baseball on the hotel field?” he suggested.
Kurt’s face paled slightly at the idea of sports, but he nodded along with Joey and Brian nonetheless.
“Alright, you guys have fun! We’ll see you in a bit.” Brian said, turning back around towards the elevator. “Hey Joey! Who’re you sharing a room with?” he asked.
“Joe.” He said. “I put Lauren in charge of living arrangements so she thought I’d be cute to go by first names.” he said sarcastically. “It would be fine if Moses wasn’t such a bathroom hog…” Joey complained and Kurt laughed.
“You’ve obviously never met me then.” Kurt admitted and Blaine nodded.
“His moisturizing routine takes like an hour.” Blaine says.
Kurt looks at him indignantly. “So does your hair routine!” he counters.
Blaine blushed and the rest of the group laughed and waved them goodbye, heading towards their own room to put their stuff down and go to the bar.
“Does it bug you that you can’t go to the bars with them?” Kurt asks as they walk towards the staircase at the end of the hall.
Blaine shrugs. “Not really, I mean; they wouldn’t do it if they knew it bugged me and if it were back in Ann Arbor they’d just stay in and toss me a beer too. I’m used to it when we’re in other cities.” He said.
“Besides, I’d rather spend time with you.” Blaine smiled, knocking his shoulder against Kurt’s and grabbing his hand as the step into the stairwell.
…
That night, the two boys got back to their room around eleven, having lost track of time at the beach.
“I can’t believe you jumped in the ocean with all of your clothes on!” Kurt exclaimed, throwing his sweater into the armchair adjacent to the bed.
“It was hot out! As if you didn’t want to do it too…” Blaine argued, crossing his arms over hic chest and pouting.
Kurt laughed and nodded. “I probably would have, but these jeans would refuse to come off ever again if I got them wet.”
“I tempted to go jump in the pool again; I’m ridiculously tired though.” Blaine said, stripping off his wet shirt and throwing over the rail of the bath tub. “I’m gonna put some dry clothes on and then climb into bed, if that’s alright with you.”
Kurt nodded and sighed sleepily, grabbing his sleep clothes out of his bag and changing into them quickly. He flopped down onto the bed and stretched, going over the events of the day in his head.
So far, he’d met all of Blaine closest friends and seen his boyfriend behave in his normal, crazy way. The Blaine he’d fallen for was reserved and dapper, calm and serious in a good way—but there was always something beyond the calm exterior that Kurt searched for.
The angelic boy had only seen glimpse of it through Blaine’s performances, the playful and fun way he can grab his audience’s attention and hold it in a vice grip.
“You ready for bed?” Blaine asked when he stepped out of the bathroom, standing at the door frame in a t shirt and sweatpants.
“Yeah, you guys wore me out today!” Kurt admitted with a yawn. “I knew you and your friends were crazy but I had no idea how contagious it is!” He said, climbing underneath the covers and opening his arm for Blaine to crawl into.
Blaine snuggled in close and closed his eyes. “Yeah… That’s why our concerts are so high energy though. That and the fact that our fans are batshit crazy.” He admitted.
Kurt laughed and nodded. “Did you know there’s a blog dedicated to your ass?”
Blaine opened his eyes and gave Kurt a look. “What?” He said with a slight giggle.
“An entire blog, Blaine. Someone in the world runs a blog that consists solely of pictures of your butt.”
Blaine laughed. “You know this because..?” He asked.
Kurt laughed awkwardly. “No reason… Just stumbled upon it…”
“I love you.” Blaine said simply, turning to face Kurt so that their eyes could meet.
Kurt’s breath hitched slightly at the confession and he stuttered. “I-I love you too.” He said with a smile.
The two boys just gazed at each other for a second before kissing slowly. Kurt deepened the kiss and pulled Blaine closer so that the shorter boy was on top of him.
Blaine licked his way into Kurt’s mouth and sighed at the contact, slipping his hand up the front of Kurt’s shirt. His hands caressed the soft, milky white skin of his boyfriend’s chest and Kurt mimicked the action, sliding his hands up and down Blaine’s back.
Kurt pulled away slowly and Blaine whined at the loss of contact. “M-maybe we should cool down a bit.” He suggested. Blaine nodded and rolled off of Kurt.
“Goodnight.” Blaine said, pecking Kurt lightly on the lips and turning over in his arms, effectively taking his spot as the little spoon.
“Goodnight, Blaine.” Kurt said in return, draping one of his arms over Blaine’s torso and closing his eyes, hoping for enough sleep to make it through the concert the next night.