"Hey Blaine."

"What are you doing here so early Wes?"

Blaine stared at the suspicious looking Wes who was looking around the coffee shop. He knew exactly why Wes was here, it was ridiculous. Also, with the smile that Wes was wearing on his face, Blaine knew that he was there to see Kurt.

"Oh you know, I just want to have my usual Monday morning coffee." Wes winked at Blaine who rolled his eyes at him.

"Wes, it's 8 in the morning, I don't even know if he's coming. Why are you wasting your time here? Don't you have a job somewhere?" Blaine asked.

"Blaine. MS&L opens at 5 so I don't have anything to do right now." Wes replied with a laugh. "Alright, I'll have brewed coffee today." He said. Blaine rolled his eyes again.

Blaine made Wes' coffee avoiding his disgusting thoughts of spitting in it or something just to wipe that annoying smile off of Wes' face. 'No Blaine, that's gross'.

"If you need me, I'll be over there." Wes pointed at a little corner of the shop where he can see all the things that was happening over at the counter.

"Wes you're ridiculous."

Blaine couldn't deny the fact that he was waiting for Kurt to arrive. He constantly kept checking the shop doors to see if the flashes of light would go off but as of now, everything were quiet. It's still early morning and the usual crowd arrives at 11:30 onwards. Sam, on the other hand, looked really ecstatic and Blaine couldn't help but notice.

"Sam, is there anything—" Blaine stopped; he couldn't help but smile back at Sam. His smile was contagious for some reason. "Why are you smiling like that?"

"It's Alex." Sam simply said. Blaine frowned.

"What about her?" Blaine asked curiously.

"We're kind of like together already." Sam actually blushed at that and Blaine couldn't help but smile at him. Did he look like that when he was talking about Kurt to his friends? It's kind of embarrassing but endearing at the same time.

"Well it's about time!" Blaine blurted out. "You've been flirting for months." He added as he saw the look on Sam's face. "She's so badass, don't let her go." Blaine clapped Sam on the shoulder and Sam nodded.

"Yeah and great timing too, she's turning 28 next week." Sam said dreamily and then Blaine saw it hit him. "Oh my god. I've got a week to find a perfect gift."

"I'm sure she'll love anything you get her." Blaine reassured Sam. "I'd be glad to help but right now, Holly's going to teach me how to bake cupcakes." He bounced happily.

Holly, their resident pastry chef, actually offered Blaine a chance to learn how to bake cupcakes which is cool because he just mastered (not really) the art of latte making and now he's learning something new again. This is the reason why he loves this job.

He left his counter post and went into the kitchen but reminded Sam to call him if Kurt comes into view. Good thing they could see who's coming from the shop window.

The thing about Blaine is that he's like a puppy; he gets overexcited when trying out new things and it's endearing but it can be a pain in the ass especially for Holly.

"Blaine! Stop using up all the cream!"

Blaine laughed and apologized to Holly as he apparently used up all the cream which is definitely an exaggeration. It was going well at first, he did well for a first timer; but he became Holly's worst nightmare when it came to the frosting. It turned out that Blaine actually loved a whole lot of cream frosting on his cupcake and the first time he did it was like unleashing frosting hell all over the counter and to the first batch of cupcakes that he made.

The only cupcake that wasn't frosted at all was put to the side and cherished by Blaine. He swore to take it home and eat it in the solitude of his own room. Holly rolled her eyes at Blaine but was laughing because he's really adorable.

"Blaine! Code red!"

Blaine swiftly cleaned his hands and everything up. It was quite a miracle that he stood in the counter not even a minute after Sam called him out. He gave Sam a confused look.

"Code red? Really? Are we in the military or something?" Blaine laughed. In his peripheral view, he can see Wes staring intently at him with a little smile on his face.

Blaine checked his watch; it was a few minutes past 9 a.m., Kurt was early today. It didn't surprise Blaine that Alex wasn't with him although Rachel Berry is. He also noticed the lack of paparazzi that moment which was weird.

"Good morning, welcome to The Coffee House, what can I get you?" Blaine smiled, his face shining with confidence. He got this.

Except he didn't. He just stared at Kurt for the longest time and he only snapped out of his dreamy state when Rachel Berry ordered.

"Hi. One dark coffee for me and a grande non-fat mocha for Kurt." Rachel Berry smiled.

"Ah. Can I also have a latte?" Kurt added, looking at Blaine straight in the eyes. Blaine just hoped his eyes doesn't reveal his thoughts of 'oh my god you remembered my latte from last week, didn't you? You are a perfect angel. Wow.'

After a few seconds of staring, Blaine nodded as he worked on their coffee orders. Sam, on the other hand, was looking for Alex and Kurt was the one who noticed this.

"Looking for Alex?" Kurt said simply. "She's a pain in the ass, just so you know." He added with a little laugh. Sam scrunched his nose.

"I do know. That's what I like the most." Sam replied calmly.

"I'm sure she's going to drop by later. I don't think she'll miss the chance to see her 'cute little puppy'." Rachel teased while Sam blushes.

Blaine couldn't help but listen to their little conversation as he made the orders. It seems like Sam is already really familiar with Rachel and Kurt; Blaine couldn't help but feel a little bit jealous of that. 'I wonder when I'm going to be a regular topic of their conversations.'

"Here you go." Blaine said, giving them their orders.

"The latte's not here." Kurt frowned in confusion. Blaine just gave him a warm smile.

"I'll just bring that to your table later." He responded. Blaine didn't miss the side glance that Rachel gave Kurt and how her eyebrow raised as she did so.

"Alright then, we'll be over there." Kurt smiled.

Blaine immediately worked on the latte that Kurt ordered; this time with a different design. At least by doing this, he can show Kurt what he's good at. And it seems like Kurt liked his café latte too or else he wouldn't even be back at the shop.

As per usual, Blaine got a sticky note pad after finishing the coffee and scribbled something on it. He was going to serve the order when he noticed a lone cupcake inside the kitchen. He smiled as an idea hit him. He quickly went to the kitchen, frosted his first cupcake and set it in the tray next to the latte. He added another cupcake made by Holly in the tray for Rachel. Blaine then scribbled something more on the note pad before he went to serve the order.

"Here's your latte Mr. Hummel." Blaine said politely, putting the coffee and onto the table. "Also, a little something something." He smiled as he placed the cupcakes in front of them.

"Oh wow, free cupcake! Thanks Blaine." Rachel gratefully accepted it.

Blaine still gets shocked when he hears them casually calling him by his name like they were all friends. He didn't even dreamed that this could happen. They paid for their coffee since Kurt insisted to never make Blaine pay for it so Blaine's just going to have to treat them with something different.

"Enjoy." Blaine said more to Kurt than to Rachel. Kurt looked up at him and smiled.

"I'm sure we will." Kurt responded.

Blaine excused himself and went back to the counter to continue with his work. He just hopes Kurt will find his latte art and cupcake both impressive and delicious.

You still haven't changed your coffee order? I'm hurt. :P

P.S. It's my first time making a cupcake so please have mercy with your judgment (I haven't tried it yet, I hope it's good). - Blaine

Kurt let out a little laugh as he inspected the café latte. There was a little foamy zebra on top of the coffee and he couldn't help but smile a little; Blaine has got a thing for animals, doesn't he? He also examined at the cupcake for a while and noticed that it was different as compared to Rachel's; he got a cupcake with a white frosting topped with chocolate shavings while Rachel got a pink frosted one.

"I didn't know you liked café lattes. I thought you only knew how to drink one coffee order." Rachel admitted, sipping her coffee and looking around.

"Rachel, have you seen how adorable this latte art is? Very adorable. I love creativity." Kurt smiled, fishing his phone out of his pocket and taking a photo of both the latte and the cupcake, tweeting them separately.

"It is cute and amazing at the same time, how does he even make that?" Rachel curiously asked. She let her eyes wander the second time around. "This shop's really quiet early in the morning. It's hard to find quiet places nowadays."

"That's true. If I had known that it was this peaceful here, I would've gotten my coffee by myself a long time ago." Kurt said with a sigh. "Sometimes I just need a break."

"Yeah well, be thankful we have a job." Rachel smiled. "And an amazing job at that too." She added. But Kurt wasn't listening, he found himself staring at Blaine again.

"Hey Rachel, what do you make of Blaine Anderson?" Kurt asked. Rachel looked around and gave Kurt a knowing smile.

"Why? You're interested in him? Also, I noticed you two had a connection or something."

"Rachel. Focus on the question."

"Fine." Rachel rolled her eyes at him. "Well, he seems nice. He's hot but he could use a lesser amount of hair gel. Also, he's got a nice ass." She ended, earning an eyebrow raise from Kurt. "What? He does! You should totally look." Rachel laughed.

"You're unbelievable." Kurt rolled his eyes at her.

But Kurt did look, he did. There's no harm in doing so right? Indeed, although vertically challenged, Kurt couldn't help but notice his eyes, his smile and yes, his ass. Little did they know that a certain Wesley Samuels was currently observing their every move and Wes couldn't help but snigger at what he was seeing, thinking along the lines of 'Blaine's gonna freak when I tell him about this.'

20 minutes later, Alex walked in looking very different than usual or so Blaine noticed; she was practically shining with happiness no matter how cheesy that sounded. He also didn't miss the blush that crept on Sam's face as he saw Alex. Blaine watched the two have eye sex for a few moments and he couldn't help but notice that Kurt and Rachel were staring at them too.

"Good morning. Welcome to The Coffee House, what can I get you?" Sam smiled.

"Hi. My usual order of three please." Alex replied, completely unfocused. Sam nodded.

"I'm sorry to interrupt this lovely exchange but you're late Alex." Blaine intervened with a chuckle. For a moment Alex was confused so Blaine pointed towards Kurt and Rachel who waved and were now walking towards them. "They arrived early."

"Oh. Oh! Hey guys. I didn't know you were—" Alex said in a rush, blushing. Kurt and Rachel found it endearing; they've never seen Alex so flustered before.

"It's okay." Kurt responded. "But we seriously have to go so you have to say what you need to say." He reminded her while Alex pouted but did as she was told.

"So my birthday is next week and I'm having a party—"

"At my house." Kurt interjected loud enough for them to hear. It seems like he wasn't totally into the idea of people partying at his house as he sounded so bitter. However, Blaine's ear perked up as he heard about it; he just hoped that Alex would invite him too.

"—and I'd like you to go, of course." Alex ignored Kurt. Sam nodded in reply. "And Blaine too, you can bring friends." Alex smiled.

If it wasn't disrespectful and tactless, Blaine would have screamed in joy. He just got invited to a party. Granted that it was not unusual for him to be invited to one but to a party! In Kurt's house!'I'll be inside Kurt's house!'

He didn't know if his internal flailing is showing on his face but the fact that he just caught the amused look on Kurt's face meant that maybe it did. He cleared his throat and covered his face for a little bit.

"Yeah. Okay, thanks." Blaine replied coolly.

There was another exchange of conversation between the couple while Rachel just stood there, marveling at how unceremonious this all is while Kurt was at the counter by Blaine.

"You're going to the party then?" Kurt stated.

"If that's alright with you but if it's not then I can just—"

"Don't be silly. That's great. Can you bring some cupcakes?"

"I'm sorry, what?"

It was a simple gesture but it made Blaine want to melt into a puddle right then and there. Kurt just reached out and handed him his sticky note and the cupcake wrapper.

"It was delicious. Sorry you couldn't get a taste of your first cupcake, I kind of finished it all." Kurt laughed a little bit, surprising Blaine. That laugh just takes his breath away; everything Kurt does takes his breath away actually. Even talking to him seems surreal for Blaine.

"Uh yeah, no. It's alright." Blaine smiled, rubbing his nape. "Yeah. I'll bring some cupcakes, yeah." He ended.

"Awesome. See you around Blaine." Kurt said, tugging at Alex's arm. "Come on Alex, you're seeing him later tonight already aren't you?"

"I wonder who the cute little puppy is right now." Rachel teased her.

They wore their sunglasses as they exited the coffee shop doors and Blaine remembered that even though they act normal, they're still stars once they were out of the premises. And wow, did Blaine need that kick. He was totally imagining him and Kurt in a dewy meadow, eating chocolate-covered strawberries and kissing the lights out of each other.

"Oh man. Your faces are priceless." Wes appeared from the corner of the shop as soon as the three stars were out of sight. "Sam, I didn't know you could blush that hard and Blaine, your boner is showing on your face."

"Shut up." Blaine said, running a hand over his face and pocketing the sticky note and the cupcake wrapper. He's going to read it later.

"Alright then, my stalking is finished." Wes stretched his back. "Head over to MS&L later okay? Gotta tell you something. Bye." He waved as he exited the shop, chuckling on his own.

Blaine immediately excused himself and went to Holly to practice some more awesome cupcake making. He couldn't wrap his head around the fact that 1) Kurt and Rachel casually talked to him, 2) Kurt complimented his cupcake and 3) Kurt thought it was great that he'll be at Alex's party.

He didn't drop by Music Sheet and Lyrics that night and the tone of Wes' voice on the phone clearly told him that the man was upset. He had better things to do like go online and see if there's an update from Kurt and to research about cupcakes.

"Man, you're unfair aren't you? I wanted to tell you something." Wes grunted on the other side of the line.

"What's so important that you can't tell over the phone?"

"I wanted to see your reaction when I tell you that they're totally checking you out."

"Wha—sorry, who are we talking about here?"

"Kurt Hummel and Rachel Berry. I was lurking around at the shop earlier right? And I think they were talking about you." Wes told Blaine and waited for the nervous fumbling for words. But it didn't come.

"Shut up Wes, we both know that's not true." Blaine responded, scrolling down his computer. That was impossible.

"Of course you won't believe me. But I swear, they were checking you out. You may just have a chance buddy." Blaine could feel Wes' smile reverberating through the phone, it was insane.

"Alright, alright. Hey look Wes, I gotta go, I'm doing stuff."

"Your phone skills are getting rusty Blaine." Wes said.

"It's not that. It's just that I don't want to talk to you right now." Blaine laughed. "I'm kidding. I'll drop by tomorrow, I just have to do some research and shit." He ended.

"Fine. Good luck with the cupcake thing."

And they both hung up. The great thing about Wes is that he almost never gets pissed off at Blaine no matter how stupid and rude he gets. Best friends just do that.

He decided to open his Twitter account and was not surprised to see that Kurt had tweeted photos of his day again. A separate photo update of the latte and the cupcake were in the batch of photos that he tweeted that day. Blaine couldn't help but smile.

Kurt Hummel @KurtHummel

Got a free cupcake today! It looks delicious. #cravingforcupcakes

Below it was another tweet:

Kurt Hummel @KurtHummel

Oops! Almost forgot this little sweetheart. Latte art makes me smile. I could get used to this.

Blaine had to read it over and over again to be sure that his mind wasn't making it up. 'I could get used to this'. Does that mean Blaine would be seeing Kurt on a regular basis now or is he just getting his hopes up for nothing?

'Well, he did come today. It's highly possible that he'll come by again next week.' He thought.

Then he remembered the note, he fished it out of his pocket and read it.

You make amazing lattes but it's hard to change coffee orders, my grande nonfat mocha is the jealous type. PS. The cupcake was delicious. – Kurt

Blaine chuckled a little bit at the note. Has this become a thing now? It's the second Monday that they've exchanged notes. Maybe it wasn't so much of a big deal to Kurt but to Blaine, it meant so much more than just written words. It meant that he had a connection with Kurt that no one else had and that is a start.

Now that he was in speaking (and writing) terms with Kurt the celebrity, all he had to do is step it up and Alex's birthday party is just what he needed.

Oh and he still have to thank Sam for falling in love with Alex and having the balls to ask her out. He's lucky to have the right friends.