"He wrote songs for a Harry Potter Musical ? You can't be serious !"

Blaine was reading Darren's Wikipedia page on Chris' iPad, more and more impressed with every line.

"Wait – I have a Wikipedia page ?"

Chris chuckled.

"Of course, why wouldn't you ?"

"This is actually almost embarrassing... I mean, I feel like I'm... exposed or something... Like the Truman Show ! Wait – this movie exists here too, right ?"

"Yes, it does. It's great, by the way."

Blaine smiled at Chris, still not completely used yet not to think of him as Kurt. Because, if you don't look at the clothes or the hair – although now that Chris had ran his hand through it a few times, it looked a lot more Kurt-ish – he had the same smile, the same laugh...

It was the eyes that were most disturbing though. He could see the affection there, but not that little spark Kurt always had when he looked at him... There was something, though. Blaine couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"And don't worry, it's not as if Glee showed that much of your life. Like I said, it focuses on some particular moments. And Blaine... I mean you, you're still a secondary character."

"I thought you said Kurt was one of the main characters... now, at least... and, I mean, I'm his boyfriend."

Blaine realized he might've said it a little too 'gangsta' as Chris chuckled.

"Yeah, I know. Darren is still counted as a guest star. But so are Harry and Chord – they play Mike and Sam."

"What ? Really ? Hasn't Mike been in the Glee club since like... forever ?"

"Pretty much. I'm pretty confident all three of you... I mean, of them might become regulars next season."

"Wait... so that means, me and Kurt..."

He smiled, hopeful. Chris giggled.

"Oh, well, I guess the writers would have to face thousands of angry fangirls if Klaine breaks up for good..."

"...Klaine ?"

"That's the ship name."

"...ship ? As in, fandom couple association, ship ?"

"Yep."

"Sounds weird. I mean, there's just, like, K for Kurt and the rest is all me."

"Ha ! I knew it", he jumped, "I always said Blurt was waaay better ! Too bad I can't exactly tell anyone that Blaine himself approves of me..."

"... it sounds worse, actually ..."

Chris pouted, looking like Kurt that day Blaine had told him there was just no way they were going to watch Moulin Rouge for the fifth time in two days.

"Well, there's still Kurt CoBlaine."

Blaine looked up from the iPad, his face illuminated.

"That's TOTALLY AWESOME !"

Chris froze for a moment and then burst out laughing.

"This is amazing..."

"... did I say something wrong ?", Blaine inquired, confused

"No, no you didn't, actually, ehm... well, 'Totally Awesome' is often repeated in A Very Potter Musical."

"Do you think I could... can I like, watch it ? You have a DVD or something ?"

"Yeah, I think I have it saved on that somewhere..."

"...do you like it ?"

"I love it ! And even before I knew Darren was gonna be my boyfriend – I mean, on screen", he blushed, "He actually didn't believe me when we first met and I said I was a fan..."

Chris took his iPad back from Blaine's hands.

"Actually, I'm gonna go find it on youtube, 'cause I just have the songs... Here. It's just the beginning."

Blaine pressed play, and the unmistakable Harry Potter theme was heard, but played by a simple guitar. It sounded kinda good. Chris was looking at him, biting his lips, as if not sure of what reaction to expect.

"Oh my God – this is... my hair... I mean..."

He paused the video before Darren/Harry had had the chance to start singing.

"Yes, Blaine. That's what it would look like."

"I already spend so much time taming my curls every morning, imagine if it was longer !"

"Actually I like it better when it's ungelled..."

Blaine blushed.

"Yeah, Kurt says the same thing... he says he likes to run his fingers in my hair."

Blaine smiled sadly and Chris took his hand.

"You'll go back to him. Don't worry."

"I hope so... It's just so disturbing because you – you're here and I can't... Anyways... Do you think they're... gonna be alright ?"

"I trust Darren. Like I said, he's probably super excited right now."

"Yeah, and Kurt must be asking him tons of questions..."

Chris smiled and nodded.

"Hey, what's that ? Is it... is it the actual Teenage Dream performance ?"

The suggestions on the side of the AVPM video showed mostly other scenes from the musical but also Teenage Dream and Somewhere Only We Know, much to Blaine's surprise.

"I believe it is..."

Blaine frowned.

"Hey, would you mind ehm... Do you think I could... like, watch an episode of Glee ?"

Chris bit his lip, unsure.

"I'm not... convinced it would be a good idea..."

"Please... Like an old one... If Kurt's cheating on me, don't show me that episode, but... I'd really, really love to watch it."

Chris shook his head, rolling his eyes in a very Kurt-ish movement.

"I guess... Never Been Kissed would do you no harm."

"... what happens ?"

Chris smiled and got up from where he was sitting on the bed.

"The first time Kurt went to Dalton. I'm sure you'd love to see that again. I'm not a hundred percent sure of what the other scenes are, we shoot episodes after episodes... But yeah, definitely the staircase scene and the slow-mo hallway."

Blaine's eyes widened.

"Wicked..."

Chris just giggled and started to walk towards the door.

"Where are you going ?"

"To request the episode – they have a rental thing downstairs. I'll be back before you know it !"

"Oh... okay."

Blaine bit his lip and looked down on the iPad still resting on his knees. He clicked the Youtube search bar and wrote "Kurt Blaine Glee". Scrolling down, he resisted the urge to watch one of the many videos that apparently showed their first kiss. He smiled at Chris' big smile on an interview concerning 'the future of Klaine'.

Now he had to make a choice between Candles and Baby It's Cold Outside.

Settling on the latter, he smiled as the camera focused on Kurt writing something as himself was putting the Warblers' boombox down.

"Hey !"

"You scared me..."

Blaine inexplicably started crying. How was I so blind ? The way he looks at me... he's so beautiful...

"Good because, I'm actually Marley's ghost, and I'm here to tell you to stop studying so more..."

Blaine felt really, really awkward watching himself... and noticing that in fact, Kurt was right. He was flirting with like crazy without having even noticed he was doing so.

"Too bad they'd never let us sing it together..."

Blaine felt the weird urge to jump into the screen and hug Kurt, telling him that just a few months later they would be singing a duet for Regionals together and that everything was going to be okay.

And damn, Kurt looked so, so cute. His shy little smile as he looked at Blaine, the way his eyes followed him after he'd got up to start the music...

They started singing, and Blaine was sure his heart had stopped. Sure, at the moment, he had enjoyed it very much. More than he would have if he'd sung with any other Warbler, to be completely honest. But now he could really see how amazing their voices sounded together.

He laughed when Kurt walked backwards.

"Maybe just half a drink more..."

"...put some records on while I pour..."

And now he understood what Kurt meant by 'you were a tease'.

"Watching Baby It's Cold Outside ?"

Blaine briefly looked up to Chris, who was holding a DVD box labelled "Glee Season 2 – episodes 5-10".

"I... I didn't... Gosh, I was so flirty without even meaning to !"

Chris chuckled and just sat back, smiling.

"This is positively the gayest thing I had ever done on TV. And that's saying something, because season 1!Kurt is... flamboyant."

Blaine laughed.

"Still is."

"A lot less, believe me. Or, at least, differently so."

Blaine paused the video.

"How did people... react ?"

"Mostly hysterical screaming."

"What ?"

"Kidding. I mean, no, the internet went completely crazy, but otherwise... pretty much positive. People still liked you at that time."

"... what do you mean ? People don't like me now ?"

"No, no, of course they do ! Original Songs – the Regionals episode – and Born This Way and then Prom Queen, everyone loves you again now !"

"... you said 'again'..."

Chris bit his lip.

"I'm not sure I should tell you..."

"... it's when I kissed Rachel, wasn't it ?"

"...yes... And the Jeremiah thing too..."

"What ? Why ?"

"Well... Most people wanted you and Kurt together on Valentine's Day. Even before."

"I was very confused, okay ! I... looking back on it now, I guess it's what I should've done."

"You didn't have feelings for Kurt..."

"Not... precisely defined ones... I guess... You know, when he sang Blackbird, and before that, when he told me I had too many solos – and he was absolutely right – I think it's when he was really showing himself. He didn't need me to be his mentor anymore, and I... had stopped considering him... 'off limits'..."

"What do you mean ?"

"After everything he'd been through with Karofsky, he needed a friend, not a boyfriend."

Chris smiled.

"But you... you felt something for him already... before Blackbird ?"

"I guess... it was just, ehm... waiting for this moment to arise."

"Darren said that, too. That you had been wanting to kiss Kurt for a very long time."

Blaine shrugged, not confirming nor denying. Truth was, he didn't really know himself. He pressed for the video to resume playing, and watched in awe as they chased each other around the room. Finally they sat down and he snorted as he saw himself telling Kurt that he was much better than the girl was going to be.

"I should've kissed him... or something..."

"Maybe... the writers could've put some mistletoe in there."

"For the record, the girl really couldn't sing. Well, of course, compared to Kurt, no one can sing."

Chris blushed.

"Oh, right ! I'm so stupid...", Blaine shook his head, "well, I guess... works for you, too... you have a beautiful voice."

They exchanged a smile and looked back to the screen, where Kurt was biting his lips, a longing look in his eyes as he watched Blaine leave the room, and Mr Schuester coming in.

"Someone special ?"

"Just a friend... but on the upside, I'm in love with him and he's actually gay... I call that progress !"

And with that the video ended, Blaine's jaw dropping, his eyes wide.

"He... he...", he blushed, "what does he... wait, progress what ?"

"Kurt always fell for straight guys before you. That's what he means by progress."

Chris smiled and took a sip from his Diet Coke can.

"So... are you sure you want to watch it ? 'cause it might be... weird. But you know, I'm willing to do everything I can to help you... blend in."

"Thanks."

Blaine sighed and handed the iPad back to Chris. Why the Hell did it have to happen to me ?

Darren really, really regretted not reading the full scripts for some of the previous episodes, but for his defense, he hadn't stopped running from interviews, to the set, to photo-shoots, and with the Starship promotion and everything, he was extremely busy.

On the other hand, hearing the stories told by Kurt was way more interesting – all he had to do was imagine the way his co-stars would do this or that, laughing at Kurt's comments. It was also weird because he often found himself forgetting that it was not Chris in front of him, which explained the numerous "she was wearing an atrocious green jacket"s and "the outfit just did not match"s instead of the usual science-fictions parallels Chris managed to establish.

"Wait – I thought... I know Finn and Quinn just broke up, I know Jesse went to prom with Rachel, we've shot those scenes but... Why did Rachel blow Finn off ?"

Truth be told, he really had some trouble following the Finchel/Fuinn/St. Berry/Quam stuff, mostly because... well, sometimes the reactions were a little out of character, or just unexplainable, like Finn being mad at Rachel for kissing Puck... or something... and then going back with Quinn, kissing her when she was still with Sam... not to mention the whole Prom drama, so he sometimes just chose to ignore it, because Blaine didn't have to care anyways.

"Didn't you... film those scenes ? Or at least like, read the script or something ?"

Kurt's tone was a wee bit accusing, but Darren could see a smile forming on his lips.

"I... I didn't really read all of the scripts... I know, I should've, but I'm not exactly used to have the Kurt and Blaine storyline intertwined with the other character's, except for, you know, Rachel's party, and a coffee at the Lima Bean here and there."

Kurt bit his lip, thoughtful.

"... how did the... fans... respond to that ? You know, Blaine kissing Rachel and stuff..."

"Not very well... At first, I mean. Most people said that Blaine questioning his sexuality made no sense at all since he was supposed to be your mentor, confident about who he was and everything, but I suspect it's more... Rachel's reaction that had people be mad, she's supposed to be your friend and you've been in love with Blaine for, like, half of the season, you couldn't get him... and bam, she does, and she says no one cares about you..."

"That's how Rachel is, you can't blame her... And I ended up with Blaine after all, so it's fine."

Darren frowned. He did not expect such a reaction from Kurt. But what he was saying sounded... hollow.

"... are you sure ?"

"I'm not going to be mad at her forever. Or at Blaine, for that matters, because he... apologized. So did I. I shouldn't have reacted so angrily."

"How did you guys make up, by the way ? Because it was, like, at the end of the party episode, the last thing we see is me... I mean, Blaine, telling Rachel he's 100-percent gay, then Rachel kisses Kurt's cheek... I mean, yours... anyways, and she leaves. Then next episode, you and Blaine are at the Lima Bean together as if nothing had happened."

"Well, I... I took Rachel's place in the line, and... Blaine didn't show up quickly enough, so I ordered for him. He arrived at the same time his coffee did. He was a little surprised to see me there, he said 'Wow, you're fast - I just sent you a text to ask if we could meet up here', and then we talked things out. I said I was sorry, he apologized for comparing me to Karofsky, and then took me to the cinema. Holding my hand", he blushed, "in a very platonic way, though. But, wait - I thought you said they showed the important scenes ?"

"Yes, they do... and Chris and I discussed the thing, we made hypothesizes and bets and all..."

"... bets ?"

"They're quite common on set... We pretty much bet for... anything, really. I always lose. Anyways, when we got the script for the next episode, I went to Chris' trailer so that we could read it together – and not only did we find out that Animal was far from what everyone expected it to be, but that the make up scene wasn't even there..."

Kurt blushed.

"... what do you mean ? About Animal ?"

"When we heard we were going to duet on Animal, Chris and I had to check the paper at least three times. There's a huge gap from Baby It's Cold Outside to this and we were expecting something super sexy, and like, Blaine realizing he's attracted to Kurt... dammit, I'm never gonna get used to it, attracted to you, or something. The response to your 'sexy faces' and the baby dolphin -"

"-penguin-"

"Sorry, penguin comment, as well as Blaine saying something about gas pains... I thought I was gonna cry. Chris found it funny for some reason. People argued that you looked really sexy in 4 Minutes."

Kurt blushed.

"... people find me sexy ?"

"Born This Way literally caused a Sex Riot on the internet."

Darren laughed when Kurt hid his face in his hands.

"Don't be embarrassed ! It's true..."

"I've never heard anyone - other than Blaine, you know, at Prom - telling me I was sexy before... I mean, Brittany has. But it's Brittany. She liked 'My Headband'."

"Yeah, I get what you... wait, you weren't even there, how do you know the song ?"

"Rachel's myspace page."

Both boys exchanged a look before bursting out in laughter.

"... I take it you're feeling better, Blaine !"

Finn was standing in the doorway, schoolbag still hanging from his shoulder.

"Hey Co...Finn ! Yeah, much better actually ! "

Darren found it extremely easy to fall into character. It was like having to improvise a scene, but only because he was the only one who hadn't read the script.

"Cool. Ehm, Burt was wondering, if you were still coming to our place tonight."

Darren looked at Kurt, who just nodded quickly.

"Sure, yeah, if that's not a problem."

"He said I should beg if you said no."

Finn gave him a lopsided smile and walked in, sitting on one of the chairs.

"So... what about your car, dude ?"

Crap.

"I... I didn't ask... the truck hit me on the right side, I know the windows are completely shattered... But it was completely the guys' fault, so I guess the insurance will work."

Finn nodded and grabbed the bag of M&M's on the bedside table.

"So, what do you have exactly ?"

"Broken wrist, stitches", he pointed at his temple, "and otherwise just bruises... I was lucky."

"Cool. Could I write stuff on you cast ?"

Darren smiled, nodding. In the script, Blaine was only seen waking up at the hospital, then cut, and we immediately saw him arriving at Sam's mother's funeral and walking through the cemetery to join Kurt and take his hand.

So the events of the night to come were a complete mystery to Darren.

"Any news about Sam's mum, Finn ?", Kurt inquired

"Not that I know off, but she was still pretty stable an hour ago."

Darren had no idea if he was supposed to know about Sam's mother being sick, but he decided not to say anything – Finn could just assume that Kurt had told him, it was less suspicious than asking about it if he already knew.

"... did you two have a fight ?"

"What ?"

"Well you're usually all lovey-dovey and stuff and... you're sitting more than a foot away from each other..."

Kurt and Darren looked at each other and the younger boy moved to sit on the bed, as Darren held out his hand.

"Yeah, now it just looks as if you did it just because I said so."

"... do you want us to make out ?", Darren asked, sarcastic

Uh, yeah, were did that come from, Blaine wouldn't say that. He mentally smacked himself. Kurt gave him a quizzical look.

"Ehm, no, it's fine, I've seen you do it enough. In the living-room. On the couch. On which I sit to watch the games."

Kurt chuckled and squeezed Darren's hand, probably out of habit.

"Because you think I wasn't scarred for life that time I walked in on you and -"

"Kurt."

Darren smiled. It was so unusual to witness a scene between those two done 'in one take', because Chris and Cory always cracked at some point and either started saying stuff that were not on the script or just burst out laughing.

They heard footsteps in the corridor and a nurse and the doctor walked in. The nurse was holding a box labelled "B. Anderson, personal belongings", which she let down on the table. The doctor approached him and examined his temple.

"Still feeling good, Mr Anderson ?"

"Absolutely. My wrist stopped hurting me, the stitches barely tingle anymore."

"Great", he smiled, "So here are the recommendation as well as the list of the medications you will need", he handed him two pieces of paper

"Thanks !"

Kurt read the recommandations over Darren's shoulder and pointed at 'no hip hop dancing' and 'no laughing too hard', which effectively made them chuckle. Finn eyed them suspiciously.

The doctor said that he had to come back to the hospital as fast as possible if his sight got weird or if his head hurt too badly; and with that he left. The nurse opened the box with his -well, Blaine's- belongings.

"We were able to save your schoolbag and this duffle bag... I'm afraid the clothes you were wearing are good to throw away... Oh, and here's your cellphone and wallet."

She handed him a few papers to sign, and luckily he stopped himself before doing his signature and just quickly wrote "Anderson" and a B over it.

"Have a good evening Mr Anderson, and be careful."

Blaine was smiling as he watched Kurt reading his 'Courage' text, and almost jumped off the bed when he saw Karofsky hit the phone and push Kurt against the lockers.

"Ehm, you, probably don't need to see the next scene -"

Blaine was trembling with rage when Chris stopped the episode right after Karofsky's 'girl's locker room's next door' comment.

"You... I mean, you should probably close your eyes while I... fast forward... I'm so sorry I didn't... think..."

"It's fine, just... The look in Kurt's eyes when he told me was enough of a trauma... No need to add the actual image..."

"Yeah, I understand...", he trailed off, "Okay, you're good to watch. Unless, you know, you'd rather skip to a... happier episode ?"

"No, go ahead. I've... missed a lot. And I only know the story from the background, so..."

Chris hit play and the familiar ringing sound was heard. There was some talking about Coach Beiste quitting the football team, and Blaine found himself looking for Kurt every time the scene showed everyone. He smiled at the little 'whaaaat ?' look exchanged with Mercedes and laughed when Mike said that Tina had also been thinking about Beiste when making out.

"Wait – Rachel and Finn were still together at that point ?"

"Yes, why ?"

"I thought they'd broken up before that... Well, Kurt and I didn't exactly talk about Finn's love problems when we hung out, so I only had small pieces of the story..."

"Well, time to catch up !"

Blaine tilted his head when he saw Puck in Figgins' office, yelling that no one cared about him.

"Puck's cool. I never expected him to come to me and be like 'you hurt Kurt, I'mma beat the crap outta you, ya hear me'... Oh, here I come !"

Chris smiled.

"Just let me do the talking."

"There he is..."

"I got your back... Excuse me !"

"Hey lady boys... This your boyfriend, Kurt ?"

Blaine smiled. Yes, I am. Chris chuckled.

"Notice that none deny the boyfriend thing..."

"Hey, I was confronting a jock -three times my size, may I add - about his sexuality, go ahead and tell me you would've taken the time to deny a relationship with a very attra... - with someone."

"Yeah, sure... well it did drive the fangirls crazy."

Blaine rolles his eyes.

"I gotta go to class..."

"Kurt told me what you did to him."

"Oh yeah ? And what's that ?"

"You kissed me."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"It seems like you might be a little confused... And it's totally normal, this a very hard thing to come to terms with, and you should just know that you're not alone."

Chris smiled.

"Darren killed the scene. I loved shooting that, seriously, I mean, I had been waiting for someone to stand up and help Kurt forever... I know the glee club guys beat the crap out of Karofsky already, but it's not the same."

Blaine felt the need to take Chris' hand. For some reason, there was a soft sadness in his voice. I wonder if he went through the same thing Kurt and I did... I wonder if anyone came to help him...

"You have to stop this !"

Blaine smiled. Kurt just looked so confident at that moment it was hard to believe he had just pushed away his bully, but then it was gone and the fear was back in his eyes.

"Well he's not coming out any time soon... What's going on ? Why are you so upset ?"

"Because up until yesterday, I had never been kissed. At least, not one that counted..."

Blaine noticed that Chris was frowning, biting his fingers almost nervously.

"Come on, I'll buy you lunch."

"Kurt, wait – what am I supposed to do, now ?"

"I... honestly, I don't know."

"Finn already noticed something's wrong, and I mean... it's Finn."

Kurt chuckled. They were walking down the corridor to the main entrance of the hospital, heading outside, where they could already see Finn, leaning against a pillar, talking to Sam.

"Do you have your cellphone ?"

"...yes ?"

"Try to work from what you already know, if there's an information that's too important, I'll text it to you."

Darren nodded, taking the phone from the bag Kurt was holding. He turned it on, checking if Wes had answered his last text, before pocketing it. He shot a quick glance at Kurt, who had the exact same expression Chris bore when something was bothering him but he did not want to talk about it. So Darren did what he usually did in that case – he didn't say anything, but took the taller boy's hand. Kurt seemed surprised but let Darren's finger wrap themselves around his.

"Took you long enough ! I don't need 20 minutes to get dressed."

"He has a cast, Finn."

"Hey Blaine, how are you feeling ?"

"... like I just got hit by a truck."

Darren smiled and held out his casted hand without thinking, mostly because he didn't want to let go of Kurt's hand. Chor-SAM smiled in return and bumped fists with him. He looked sad, and extremely tired.

"So, how's your mum ?"

Darren felt grateful that Kurt had asked – because it would've been probably inappropriate for him to do so. Yeah, well, Blaine never knows when he's supposed to say something, r keep his mouth shut...

"Better, I guess. She managed to eat something. But her heart just... it... it keeps accelerating for no reason, and then going way too slowly... The doctors are still trying to figure out what's causing it."

Bites the inside of his cheek. A very weird case of kidney failure. But he can't say. He can't do anything. Who knows what will happen if they do something different from what's happening on the show ? Kurt squeezes his hand.

"Blaine ? Are you alright ?"

"Yeah, just... tired, I guess."

"We should get going. Sam, will you be alright ? Is someone staying with you ?"

"Ehm... Quinn offered to stop by...", he gave an apologetic look to Finn, "Puck, probably. But then tonight I'll have to go keep an eye on my little siblings... I'll see you tomorrow at school..."

He looked completely lost, shoulders slumping as he entered the gigantic building. Finn frowned in concern before taking his keys out of his pocket and walking towards his car, jumping in the front seat as Kurt put the bag in the trunk and helped Darren climb on the backseat, sitting next to him.

"Mind if we stop to grab a burger ? I'm fricking starving..."

"Finn, we're having dinner in two hours, can't you wait ?"

Darren laughed. It was like he was back on set, when they still had a few scenes to shoot and Cory was super hungry, but Chris was reprimanding him, saying that he was tall enough already. Darren liked those times – before Original Songs, most of Kurt's scenes were sad ones, and he remembered, on his third day of work, hearing Chris' laugh for the first time, and wondering why the world couldn't get to hear such a beautiful thing a little more often. Because Chris was a very, very funny guy, the first one – apart from his fellow Starkids – to get his Harry Potter jokes every time, sometimes even saying them before him. He smiled at the memory of that one time Dianna had dared them to watch every movie at one time, only allowed to move to go to the bathroom or stop a fire. They had looked at each other and grinned evilly.

They had stood through all the movies without being bored at all, both crying and laughing and reenacting the scenes from the couch where they were entangled. And if Darren found himself a little too comfortable with Chris curled up against him, he'd let the thought go away and had wrapped his arms a little tighter around the giggling man. It's character bleed. Just character bleed.

"...and then, yeah, she said it was a mistake to go back together in the first place, so, I don't know, she, like, was super pissed at me, you know Quinn – but what was Rachel thinking, showing up with Jesse ?"

"Seriously, Finn, can't you make your mind one good time for all ? You've been in love with Rachel from the moment you laid eyes on her."

"Nah, Kurt, that love at first sight stuff, it's bullshit."

Kurt looked at Darren.

"Worked for me."

"Yeah, well, you... I don't know, you got lucky, or something."

Darren chuckled.

"More like I'm the lucky one – out of all the passing students, he asked me."

"Yeah, yeah...", Finn giggled

Kurt blushed and gave Darren an awkward look, half-adoring, half-shocked. Finn didn't notice anything as he parked the car in the Hummel-Hudson driveway and turned off the ignition, quickly exiting the car.

"Darren, you don't have to -"

"It has to seem true, right ?"

"Yes, sure but... where did you pick that line from, anyways ?"

"... a fanfiction ..."

"... there are fanfictions about Glee ?"

"Yeah, of course. Tons of fanfictions about you and Blaine."

Kurt wrinkled his nose, unsure.

"Are they any good ? Because I remember reading some Grey's Anatomy fanfictions once, and they sucked terribly."

"I haven't read that many, you know, not like I have the time to be on the internet... But mostly, they're like, super cute stories, that the writers imagine happening during the time we don't see you two. Or, you know, like, when they didn't like something in an episode, they rewrite it. There's this super popular one, super great, it's called Dalton, and basically -"

"Guys, don't do anything dirty on the backseat of my car and... yeah, just get out."

"You'll tell me later."

"Yeah..."

They sighed and exited the car. Darren felt his stomach flip at the sight of Burt Hummel – probably some physical reaction Blaine's body was so used to he didn't even need to be himself to feel it. He unconsciously moved closer to Kurt, taking his hand.

"He's not gonna, like, be mad at me or something ?"

Kurt looked at him and smiled.

"Well that was extremely Blaine-ish of you..."

Blaine had fallen asleep a short time after the end of the episode, his head hurting him, not from the accident but because of the situation. He woke up again as the doctor shook him gently. Chris was leaning against the wall, talking to... Karofsky..? Blaine took a minute to realize he had nothing to fear, that it was just an actor, but he had sat up a little too abruptly.

"Do you feel... better ?", the doctor asked

"Yes, actually, my head stopped hurting."

"Do you remember anything ?"

Blaine took a deep breath, blinking.

"I remember... driving to the set... then the crash... waking up here, but it's blurry... and confusing..."

"I'm going to check your memory. Just, the usual. What's your name ?"

"Darren. Darren Criss."

"When is you birthday ?"

"February 5th, 198...7"

"What's your middle name ?"

"Everett."

"Where were you born ?"

"I-in San Fransisco."

"What year is this ?"

"2011."

Blaine tried his best not to panic. Those were the usual questions, so off course he's learned the answers by heart, but what if he asked something tricky ?

"Name four people from you Starkid company ?"

Holy shit. Concentrate, you've seen them written.

"Joey Richter, L-Lauren Lopez, Brian Holden... Joe W-Walker..."

"Mmmh-mmh. Well... looks like you got your memory back. Surprisingly fast. I guess the sleep helped..."

Blaine looked up to Chris, who smiled, looking positively relieved. The doctor, frowning, wrote a few things down on his notepad. Karofsky-guy smiled to him and moved closer.

"Max arrived ten minute ago. You know. To say hi."

"...hi Max !"

He thanked Chris mentally for thinking about mentioning the man's name and winced as he approached and patted his shoulder softly. He smiled, jaw clenched. Nah, I'm not getting used to this one. Luckily, Chris seemed to understand what was happening in Blaine's head once again and he stepped in front of... Max... putting his hand on Blaine's fronthead.

"The fever's gone too."

The doctor looked up and smiled.

"Judging from the look you're giving me, you wanna go home, right ?"

Home ? Yes, I wanna go home, but you most certainly can't take me there...

"Yes, that would be awesome."

"Well, you seem to be doing a lot better, son, but I'm not sure you could stay by yourself -"

"I'll play the nurse !", Chris interjected, "I don't have any scene without him left to shoot, so I'm useless until he can come back."

"That won't be until at least two days, you know. Are you sure you can take care of him ?"

"Yes, I'm... I'm used to taking care of... people."

Blaine raised an eyebrow. Another unexplainable pain-filled look could be seen on Chris' face, but as soon as Blaine noticed it, it was gone.

"You're gonna drown him under bowls of soup and tons of comforter..."

"Max, don't be an jerk. I'm sure I can keep him alive."

"Wanna bet ?"

They exchanged a look and smiled. Max walked to the other side of the bed and held out his fist.

"Guess I'll talk to you later, then. Get better dude, you can't kick my ass lookin' like that."

Blaine smiled awkwardly, pretending to understand the joke, and bumped his good fist against Max's. Chris laid a comforting hand on his shoulder, caressing it softly. Blaine was scared. Really scared. He felt a wave of relief when Chris sat right beside him and wrapped his arm around his shoulders. Blaine leaned against him and let his head fall on the taller man's chest. If he closed his eyes, he could almost pretend it was Kurt. His hands were just as soft, he smelled exactly the same vanilla-honey-sweet perfume. It took all of his mental control not to move just slightly and reach Chris' lips. It wouldn't actually be cheating... Right ?