“Blaine, stop sulking.”

They were hanging out at Music Sheets & Lyrics and Blaine just told Wes all about Kurt Hummel and what he discovered online. Wes, on the other hand, listened to what Blaine had to say but his sulking face was annoying him so much. He’s not used to seeing Blaine not ridiculously happy.

It turned out that Kurt Hummel is a movie star. He’s done a lot of movies in a span of a few years (even wrote a movie and starred in it) and he just currently finished filming his latest movie, ‘The Saltwater Room’ which is probably going to be a great movie (in Blaine’s opinion) because Kurt is acting in it. He also appears on a TV series where he plays a gay underdog who sings beautifully. And to add to all of those, he also wrote a children’s book, so he’s also an author.

“Wes, you don’t understand.” Blaine started, finishing his fourth glass of vodka. He wasn’t sure how he ended up drinking so much.

“Damn well I do.  You met him on Saturday night. His eyes were a weird mixture of three colors, a weird but beautiful mixture of it. You shook his hand around 9 p.m., his hands were so baby soft. He was wearing a gray suit and you wanted to frolic in his hair.” Wes listed out, counting with his fingers. “Did I miss anything?”

“He’s got a great voice.” Blaine sighed, remembering how he felt in hearing Kurt’s voice. He couldn’t even believe that he didn’t know he was a star. And here he was hoping that maybe he’ll meet him again and have a chance to get to know him better.

“Earth to Blaine, come in Blaine.” Wes laughed loudly over the songs that the current musician was singing on stage. “You didn’t even talk to him for more than 20 minutes. Move on Anderson.”

“You don’t understand Wesley. I have never been this infatuated by a famous artist.” Blaine said in his defense. Wes gave him a look that says ‘are you fucking kidding me right now?’

“Uhm, hello? Katy Perry? Does that ring a bell?”

“That’s–that’s different Wes.” Blaine stuttered a little bit because yeah, Katy Perry. “Katy Perry is a woman. Kurt Hummel is a GOD.” Blaine responded, his eyes cloudy with images of the beautiful Kurt. “I mean have you seen him? No. No you haven’t.”

“Alright, fine. You can start fangirling but do not cross the line. You know what I mean.” Wes said as Blaine gave him a confused look.

Blaine sighed heavily. Wes was right, Wes was always right. But why the hell was he even assuming that Blaine was in love with Kurt Hummel? Blaine knows the line between fantasy and reality. Of course he did. Also, he didn’t want to associate himself with the entertainment industry as much as possible so if he did fall in love with Kurt, he wouldn’t even act on it. Probably.

“You’re up Anderson.” The man who just left the stage tapped him in the back.

Blaine nodded, grabbed his guitar and went up the stage. He tuned his guitar for a little bit and looked at the crowd. He remembered the fundraiser and how different everything in here looked like for him. But still, he smiled. He loved these people.

“Hey everybody. To all the regulars here, welcome back and I hope you don’t mind seeing my face again.” Blaine laughed as everybody laughed with him, shouting ‘No!’s and ‘You’re awesome’s. “Alright, so tonight, I’m going to start my set with a song from the 90’s by LFO entitled Girl On TV.”

He heard a few why’s from the audience but he just kept his smile. His eyes caught Wes though and the latter was shaking his head at him to which Blaine answered with a shrug. With that, he started his set list.

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This was insane. Blaine had never done this before in his whole life. It was his day off and he was spending all his free time at home. This was alright if it was a normal day where he practices and polishes his music but it wasn’t. He was at home, his hair all over the place, in his pajamas, eating a bowl of cereal in front of his laptop while watching YouTube videos of Kurt Hummel.

Every fucking Kurt Hummelinterview.

ALL NIGHT.

He spent the previous night on his blog, following all blogs that was Kurt-centric as he called it in his mind. After checking out almost a billion blogs in his opinion, he moved to watching all Kurt’s interviews and personal VLOGs that Kurt posted a few years ago. As he was watching the interviews, his torrent downloads of Kurt’s series and movies were also on the go.

Lastly, on Twitter, he hesitated to click the follow button on Kurt’s twitter page but eventually did so after a few hours of contemplation that involved a mind war of ‘what if he remembers you and then think you’re weird?’ and ‘what if he thinks this is awesome and follows me back?’. He didn’t miss a single thing and by morning, he almost knew all things Kurt Hummel.

It was fucking weird.

Blaine had never acted like this. He had never felt the need to know about someone so desperately than he did with Kurt. Not even with Katy Perry.

He was watching Entertainment Weekly’s interview with Kurt Hummel on his new movie when his phone went off. Blaine finished the few seconds left of the interview before grunting and answering his phone.

“Hello? What?” Blaine said in a huff, not really pleased at whoever was calling him at that moment.

“Whoa. Relax tiger, it’s me.” David said on the other line. “What’s got you pissed at this time of the morning?”

“Nothing. Sorry.” Blaine apologized but he wasn’t feeling that sorry at all. “What did you want to say?”

“Yo, Blaine.” Wes took over the phone. “David and I are going to get coffee at your shop. Wanna join us?” Wes asked nicely.

“Sorry, I’m busy.” Blaine said. They didn’t know what he was doing but it seems like his laptop wanted them to. Suddenly, an interview started to blast out of the laptop’s speaker and with all the tabs open on Blaine’s search engine, he didn’t know where it was coming from.

“Blaine. BLAINE ANDERSON, ARE YOU STALKING KURT HUMMEL ONLINE?” Wes asked in a judgmental tone. Finally, Blaine managed to find where the sound was coming from and pause it.

“No. What are you saying? No.”

“You know what, we’re just gonna drag you out of that wormhole. We’ll be there in 20. Get your ass out of that bed.” Wes said in an authoritative voice.

“I don’t wa—”

Wes had already hung up on him before Blaine could finish his sentence. He didn’t have a choice, it’s either he gets up and take a quick shower or Wes will throw him out in his pajamas and messy hair. So he did what he had to do: spend 10 more minutes on his laptop and scroll through Google and YouTube search before rushing to take the shower and fix himself up, particularly his hair. He gelled it down just in time that Wes and David arrived.

“You really are quick on your toes aren’t you?” David laughed. Blaine shrugged and proceeded to give David a hug. They really haven’t seen each other in a long time.

“And you are really doing some serious stalking.” Wes peeked inside his room and saw that Blaine’s laptop was opened to Kurt’s twitter. “Is this the reason why you haven’t shown your face at the bar recently?”

“No.” Blaine responded quickly, too quick that Wes had to roll his eyes at him.

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They arrived at The Coffee House and found that Sam was working his shift that day. They ordered their coffee and were surprised to see Mike and Tina on one of the tables. What a coincidence, Blaine’s two groups of friends having a grand reunion.

“Mike!” David called out. Mike whipped his head around while Tina peeked behind his head. Mike waved at them and beckoned them to sit with him and Tina.

The boys made their way to the table. David and Wes sat next to Mike while Blaine sat next to Tina. He really got along with Tina well and sometimes, he just needed a girl friend to talk to. After the brief hello’s and how are you’s, the conversation between the three guys skyrocketed to all levels of high.

“…Blaine’s hair gel addiction stays though.” Blaine suddenly heard David say to Mike. He didn’t even know what they were talking about because he was recounting his Kurt story to Tina.

Tina was more than willing to listen. She had her fair share of Mike and her love stories to Blaine and they had this silent agreement that when one talks, the other one would listen very carefully and comment at the end. Once Blaine finished, Tina was already grinning like a madman.

“I know him! I saw his movie last summer and it was amazing. You know, the one that I asked you to see with me but you were too busy with your music.” Tina shrugged then laughed. “But Blaine, you met him and I know that he’s hot but is he gay? ‘Cause if he is then OH MY GOD.” Tina practically squealed, squeezing Blaine’s hand in hers.

“I think he is. I mean, he’s not really hiding his sexuality or anything. He’s blatantly honest that he’s gay. So that’s cool.” Blaine smiled dreamily as he remembered the interview where Kurt admitted that he was gay and that it was okay to be gay. Tina eyed Blaine curiously and shook her head.

“Blainey’s in love and/or infatuated.” Tina teased him in a singsong voice. Blaine snapped out of his video flashback.

“Is that possible after meeting one person only once?” Blaine stupidly asked. He knew it was possible and he was trying to make sense of it all for now. “Maybe I was just, you know, attracted to him because he was a star-ish.”

“Blaine. You just told me that you didn’t know he was a movie star. What is wrong with you?” Tina straightforwardly said. Blaine was going to say something else when Wes decided to interrupt.

“Oh right! Blaine has a newfound love with a certain Kurt Hummel.” Wes announced. Blaine blushed and kicked Wes hard under the table.

“What’s new? I mean, Katy Perry.” Mike said in a matter-of-fact voice. Blaine rolled his eyes at them.

“Seriously guys, enough about Katy Perry.” Blaine said but he was ignored by the three. Wes explained that Kurt was different because he was a guy. Mike was now looking at Blaine curiously.

“Blaine. Be honest.” Mike started in a very serious tone. Everybody waited for the question; wondering if it was going to be life-changing. “Do you use him to masturbate?”

“OH MY GOD MIKE!”

Blaine and Tina chorused looking scandalized while the guys laughed at the question and at Blaine’s reaction. His eyes will literally fall out of its socket if he continued to widen them. Also, Blaine was blushing madly but he was thankful when Tina diverted the attention.

“Do you do that Michael Robert Chang?” Tina asked in a warning tone. Mike ended his laughing fit and closed his mouth while the other two’s teasing turned to him.

“Of course not babe. There’s only you.”

“Holy shit. I will never un-hear that.” Wes almost choked on his coffee.

“We really didn’t need to hear that Mike.” Blaine grimaced as images went to his head without his consent. He looked at Tina apologetically as he realized his choice of words, “Not that I’m saying that Mike doing it with you is—”

“OH MY GOD. This is not a topic to talk about over coffee!” Tina blushed, hiding her face in her hands. She was usually shy in front of strangers but she can always loosen up in front of her friends.

As the topic and laughter died down, Blaine started to drift away from the conversation. He almost forgot that it was Monday and Monday meant Alex. He realized this when he saw Alex Simmons walk in the coffee shop, immediately greeted by Sam’s “Good morning Ms. Alex, same coffee order?”

‘Oh, so that’s why she said that it was always Sam who tends to her.’ Blaine thought. That Monday when he saw Alex was the only Monday when Sam exchanged day-offs with him to which Blaine agreed. Good thing he did agree or else he would’ve not met Alex again.

But Blaine saw that Alex was not alone this time; following her was a petite woman with long brunette hair, looking relatively tired but still pretty.

“Is that Rachel Berry?” Tina was the one who said it out loud. “I’ve watched her TV series, she’s got an amazing voice.” She remarked. The boys looked behind them and nodded, recognizing Rachel.

Blaine, on the other hand, was being controlled by his mind. He didn’t know what was up with him but he left his seat and walked towards Rachel and Alex who was now telling Sam their coffee order. Blaine didn’t even listen to Tina trying to stop him.

He reached the counter before Sam could receive the payment from the two of them. He gestured to Sam that it was alright and then turned his attention to the girls.

“No need to pay for that, it’s on me.” Blaine smiled at them. He saw a spark of recognition in Alex’s eyes and knew that she remembered him. “Hey Alex.”

“Blaine Anderson, it’s lovely seeing you here again. You’re not working today?” Alex asked, standing in line and waiting for her coffee. This was the perfect opportunity for Blaine to strike up a small conversation.

“No, it’s usually Sam who’s here on Mondays.” Blaine explained. He glanced at Rachel Berry and offered his hand. “Hi Ms. Rachel Berry, I’m Blaine Anderson. I’m a huge fan of your work.” He said with a smile. Rachel accepted it with a practiced smile on her face (or so Blaine thought).

“Thank you.” Rachel responded. After a moment, she furrowed her eyebrows, “Have I seen you before?”

“Oh, yes you have Rachel. He’s the guy who played at last week’s fundraiser. Remember?” Alex reminded her to which Rachel nodded.

“You were really good.” Rachel complimented him while Blaine just shrugged his shoulders shyly.

“That means so much coming from a star.” Blaine and Rachel both chuckled at that. Their coffee orders were already being fixed so Blaine knew that his time was coming to an end. “Oh, I’m here with the owner of Music Sheets & Lyrics, the one you invited for the fundraiser.” Blaine said, pointing over at Wes. “Hey Wes!” He called out.

Wes looked behind him and saw Blaine waving and pointing at Rachel and Alex. He smiled and waved while the two women politely waved back at him.

“That’s him.” Blaine said. “Are you busy? I mean, would you like to join us?” He knew it was a longshot but he had to ask, this was his chance.

“Ah sorry. We have to turn you down on that.” Rachel said in reply as she looked at her watch while Alex’s phone went off. She checked it and smiled.

“Apparently, we gotta run. Our schedule today is jam-packed and Kurt’s waiting at the studio already. He just texted me right now.” Alex said, more to Rachel than to Blaine. But Blaine’s ears perked up at the mention of Kurt; finally, a confirmation that Alex is indeed friends with Kurt.

“That’s too bad.” Blaine said, hiding the excitement in his voice. He had to do this right. “But I’ll see you around? Maybe? I’ll treat you coffee when you’re here.” He smiled.

“That is something that I will not turn down, right Rachel?” Alex smiled as she got the coffees from Sam, thanking the guy. Rachel nodded. They do really love their coffee, don’t they?

“And maybe next time we’ll bring Kurt. I didn’t know that the staffs here were so friendly. Also, he loves your coffee.” Rachel smiled.

Now that is what Blaine wanted to hear. Even if it was not a promise but at least he knew it was possible because 1) Alex seems to like Sam, 2) they love the coffee there and 3) the Coffee House is probably on the way to their studio.

“I will look forward to that.” Blaine managed to say without sounding crazily excited. Alex and Rachel waved goodbye and went out of the shop, avoiding the paparazzi who kept taking photos.

As soon as they were gone, Blaine let out a long breath that he didn’t know he was holding. Sam looked at him, mildly amused.

“Did you just really have a conversation with a star? A superstar?” Sam asked, amazed. Blaine nodded.

“Apparently, I did. And I heard what I wanted to hear.” He smiled. “Thanks dude, I owe you one.”

“Yes you do. You owe me $20. Good thing they order like normal people.” Sam laughed. “Or you’ll be broke.”

Sam was right and Blaine hadn’t thought about that. But it was probably worth it. He walked back to the table and all eyes were on him. Apparently, they watched the whole exchange, wondering if Blaine would crash and burn.

“Wow. You just went up there like it was nothing and talked to them.” Tina commented. Blaine shrugged, he knew Alex anyway so it wasn’t really that hard.

“They were nice so it wasn’t such a big deal.” Blaine responded honestly. It was true, they were really nice.

“So? What of it?” Mike asked curiously.

“Alex was the one who assisted me at last week’s fundraiser.” Blaine started, nodding towards Wes. “And we kind of became acquainted and now that I bought her coffee, I hope we’re friends.” Blaine chuckled.

“Then? What do you get from this?” David asked.

“Well, she’s Kurt’s friend. And you know ‘maybe next time we’ll bring Kurt’.” Blaine mimicked Rachel’s voice, now unable to hide the excitement in his voice.

“You sneaky son of a bitch! You’re using her to get closer to Kurt Hummel?!”

“You have to thank me for letting you go to that fundraiser then.”

“You should write a book! How to Make a Celebrity Notice You by Blaine Anderson. Rule # 1: Have a friend with connections to the industry. Rule # 2: Befriend celebrity’s manager and/or friend. Rule # 3: Hang out in their favorite coffee shop.” Mike laughed.

“Hey! I don’t hang out here, I work here!” Blaine defended himself.

“Yeah right.”

“Wait! No. The title should be ‘Stalking 101’ by Blaine Anderson.” Wes added which earned boisterous laughter from the other two.

“But this is amazing, isn’t it Blaine?” Tina smiled at him, ignoring the boys. Blaine nodded in reply.

“Yes. It really is.” He said.

Good thing Wes and David dragged him out of his wormhole or else he wouldn’t have had this chance of talking to Alex and Rachel. He would’ve never confirmed that they were friends with Kurt and he wouldn’t have heard the words ‘and maybe next time we’ll bring Kurt’ escape Rachel’s lips.

This is turning out to be a very good day.

The only thing to do now is wait.