1. Take responsibility
"Hello David," Kurt said cheerfully, giving him a short wave as he walked closer to where he stood.
Dave turned around and shut his locker as he smiled at Kurt, leaning back against the row of lockers. "Hey! Want me to walk you to French?"
Kurt nodded enthusiastically. "You know, I'm so glad you came out; we can be seen together so much more now. After all, us gay kids gotta stick together, we need all the friends we can get."
Dave nodded, but his smile was fake. Every time Kurt referred to them as friends, he felt his heart sink. Dave thought that coming out meant that Kurt would want to be with him; that he would jump into his arms, and they'd ride away into the sunset together, a stack of Vogue magazines on the backseat of the car for Kurt and a six pack of red bull for Dave.
Funnily enough, coming out didn't result in Kurt swooning, but David dodging slushies and losing most of his friends.
They walked side by side, and Dave felt the urge to reach out and grab Kurt's hand, but controlled himself. Meticulousness and dapperness would win Kurt's heart, not grabbing his hand while his were most probably sweaty.
So commenced, part one of Dave's master plan: Take responsibility.
The plan was foolproof. 5 steps to winning a guys heart, all very easy, all very seemingly what girls would want. Dave had to get some credit though- he wasn't exactly the best at using google, and google wasn't the best at presenting him with lists on how to make a gay man swoon.
As Dave and Kurt walked down the hallway, Dave launched the first step.
"So, I, um, did your math homework for you," Dave said.
"What?" Kurt said incredulously.
"You're…math...homework?" Dave said, confused at Kurt's tone.
"But, why?" Kurt asked.
"Because you were having trouble with it when I tried teaching you!" Dave said indignantly.
Kurt stared at him. "If I was having problems, that means I should keep working on them so I can learn how to solve them, right?"
Dave looked flustered, and his cheeks turned bright red. "Oh, um, yeah, that makes sense. I was just…trying to take responsibility?"
"By what, cheating on a homework assignment?"
"I didn't think of it that way!" Dave said.
Kurt chuckled, as they continued to walk down the hallway, turning around a corner and stopping in front of Kurt's French class.
"We'll study again together, if that's okay with you?" Kurt said.
"Of course it is!" Dave said.
Kurt smiled, and began to walk into the class, but turned around right before Dave moved to leave. "Unless of course, you want to get rid of me, which is why you did the homework for me."
Dave stood open mouthed as Kurt chuckled, and walked into the class, the door swinging shut behind him. Dave leaned back against the wall, banging his head against the wall.
Shit.