Four days later, it was Sunday in the Anderson-Hummel apartment. To be specific, the third Sunday of the month, in which it was cleaning day.

This was the day when Kurt insisted they have a good clean of the flat, changing sheets, washing down the kitchen surfaces with disinfectant, forcing Blaine to pick up any random food wrappers or dishes from his room.

At the moment, Blaine was vacuuming the living room while Kurt was dusting. Melody was sat on the sofa, glaring daggers at Blaine and the vacuum as it was disturbing her sleeping.

"Kurt, the cat hates me, please don't make me vacuum anymore" Blaine said, looking at Kurt with puppy dog eyes, switching the machine off.

"Blaine, I have been your friend for ten years now, the eyes don't work on me anymore, now get to it. The cat doesn't hate you, she hates the vacuum" Kurt said, without even turning around from where he was dusting the small table they have in the centre of the living room.

"But I don't like making her sad" Blaine said pouting and reaching his hand out to coax Melody towards him. She sniffed and gently nudged Blaine's hand with her nose. "I'm sorry girl"

"See?" Kurt said, standing up. "She doesn't hate you" He stood with his hands on his hips, looking pointedly at Blaine.

"I still feel mean" Blaine sulked sitting on the sofa; Melody crawled into his lap and settled there.

"Blaine, come on, you promised you would help on these cleaning days and now you have a cat in your lap who is very likely not to move for three hours" Kurt said, flicking Blaine's head with the duster playfully.

"But look at her Kurt, she's so cute" Blaine said, lifting his hand's under Melody's body, pressing his cheek against hers. He grinned and kissed the cat's head sweetly. Kurt couldn't help but smile. He was right, they were very cute.

"Honestly, the few months I lived with Rachel, I sometimes long for her back. At least she tidied up"

"That hurts Kurt" Blaine said sarcastically, tapping his chest dramatically.

"Shush you" Kurt winked and looked around the room.

"You know what? It's not that bad" Kurt mused. "Okay, we can stop cleaning"

"Yay!" Blaine said, happily, leaning back into the sofa patting the seat next to him for Kurt to sit down.

"So what's new in Kurt Hummel's life recently?" Blaine asked, leaning his head on the back of the sofa and turning to face Kurt.

"Nothing interesting, new guy started at work on Thursday, some photographer for the website, Daniel was his name" Kurt said, shrugging.

"Oh was he cute?" Blaine said batting his eyelashes, mucking around but secretly wondering what Kurt did think of this guy.

"Blaine, you are like a teenage girl" Kurt laughed, punching him lightly on the forearm. "But to answer your question yes he was and he, er, gave me his number, despite me telling him I just broke up with someone"

Oh. That had Blaine stumped. This guy must either be very flirty or he really liked Kurt, taking such a bold move although knowing Kurt wouldn't be interested. Or maybe Kurt was interested. Blaine realised it had been a while since he had said anything given the look Kurt was giving him.

"Um, right, you gonna call him?"

"Maybe" Kurt said, looking away from Blaine and down at his lap. "Unless I get a better offer" he said quietly with the tiniest glance at Blaine. Kurt looked down at their hands, one of Blaine's was stroking the cat but the other was resting on the couch, almost waiting for Kurt to take hold of it.

Kurt wondered to himself why he told Blaine about Daniel. Way to go Kurt, telling the guy you like about a cute guy who flirted with you, he thought. He didn't want to rush into a relationship with anyone right now but even still, he wanted Blaine and he wanted Blaine all to himself, to be able to call him his.

Then Blaine's pocket made a buzzing noise and Kurt was brought back down to planet Earth. "Sorry" Blaine said, pulling it out of his pocket. He grinned a little at the text but then glanced at Kurt, with an expression of confliction on his face.

Nate (12:04): So I hear a certain singer has another show coming up next week? ;) Nate x

Blaine most certainly did have a show coming up, Nate had taken a huge interest in his career saying Blaine was the most talented singer he had ever seen live. Him and Blaine had seen each other in the library a couple more times and they talked about things, music, books, life in general. Blaine couldn't say he had feelings for the guy but he was cute and nice. Plus Kurt seemed to have his own new beau in his life so more than ever, it seemed Blaine was only his friend and nothing more.

"Who's that?" Kurt asked, peering over and looking at the phone screen.

"Some guy from school I met in the library, he saw me play at Vibe a few weeks ago" Blaine said dismissively.

Blaine (12:06): Well I wonder who that could be huh? You coming?:) Blaine x

Kurt frowned a little. "You never mentioned him before"

"I didn't think it was important" Blaine said, shrugging. His phone buzzed again.

Nate (12:07): Of course! So…is the lead singer allowed a date at his concerts? X

Blaine's eyes widened a little at the text. Did he just get asked out? In a rather warped way but still.

"I, er, think I just got asked out" Blaine said stuttering over his words. Kurt turned his head to look sharply at him, hiding the surprise and hurt in his eyes.

"Oh" Kurt mumbled. "I just remembered I told Rachel I would go help her with something today, I'll be back later" Kurt said, getting up and walking out the room.

Blaine considered going after him; that was weird behaviour. He pocketed his phone and stood up to go find Kurt when Kurt popped his back round the door, a scarf round his neck, one of Blaine's old jackets wrapped around him.

"But seriously, have fun on your date" he said with a kind smile, his eyes staring deep into Blaine's.

"You 're wearing my jacket" Blaine said, the corner of his mouth tugging.

"Oh, so I am" Kurt said, looking down at his own body in slight shock, his voice trailing off. "You gave it to me to throw out a while ago but it's such a nice jacket, I didn't want to throw it out" Kurt said quickly.

"It's no problem Kurt, don't look so scared" Blaine chuckled. "You go help Rachel or whatever, I'll see you later" Blaine said, moving over to where Kurt was standing to give him a quick hug.

"What's this for?" Kurt asked, patting Blaine's back.

"What? A guy can't hug his best friend?" Blaine said, the words internally crushing him but he had to keep positive for Kurt.

"Of course he can" Kurt smiled. "See you later" Kurt said walking away and shutting the door.

Kurt wasn't going to Rachel's; he picked up his phone, his finger hovering over the send button.

Could he do it?

If Blaine was dating other people, Kurt could too. Blaine wasn't his boyfriend, just someone he harboured feelings for. Blaine didn't like him that way, Kurt convinced himself, and Kurt had found it easy enough to be in other relationships, he just could never say I love you.

Kurt(12:21) to Daniel: How about that drink then?