After All.
Part 1, chapter 2.
Kurt was sitting in the common room at Dalton Academy, listening to 'Only One' by Yellowcard on his iPod. He decided to take every chance he would to either listen to the song or practice the song as he desperately wanted the lead. Feeling a hand softly touch his shoulder Kurt turned around to see Christian standing above him with a huge smile on his face.
"Good morning, Kurt!"
"Good morning, Christian' Kurt said before getting up to give his boyfriend a hug. Christian hugged Kurt back tightly, he was happy to see him and be spending the morning with him.
The boys walked to the café around the corner, "Hot Mug", holding hands and conversing. They both were as happy as ever for such an early hour in the morning. Kurt told Christian all about the night before and how him and Blaine had stolen some of Coopers pasta bake before going back to Blaine's room for a game of Singstar, Kurt always won, and he also helped him organise his closet better than it already was.
Christian laughed, he knew how much Kurt love rearranging and reorganising clothes, he was forever changing Christian's closet.
They sat opposite each other in the café, ordered two coffees and two servings of pancakes which they both enjoyed over the discussion of their audition for the potential duet.
"I really think we should sing the chorus together, it just screams 'sing me with your boyfriend' every time I listen to it" Christian took a sip of his coffee.
"Yes, I agree! I totally know what you mean, what a perfect idea!" Kurt was bouncing a little with excitement when he felt his phone buzz in his pocket.
"I'm glad you think so!"
"This is why you're my boyfriend." The two boys smiled at each other.
Christian watched Kurt as he put his phone onto the table to read the text message he just received. "Who is that from?"
"Oh just Blaine" Kurt had a smile spread wide across his face, "he says hello by the way." Kurt looked up from his phone at Christian who smiled.
He wanted to reply to Blaine right away, he felt little butterflies in his stomach and he wasn't quite sure why. He wished the feeling would pass, he felt guilty for being overly happy just because Blaine had texted him. He decided to wait until his breakfast date was over to reply to Blaine, it was probably for the best.
Blaine Anderson awoke, showered, put on his perfectly ironed Dalton uniform and walked alone to the shared dining room. He felt rather happy this morning due to his great night last night with Kurt; it had been a while since the two of them had that much fun. Blaine didn't have enough confidence to admit to Kurt that he was letting him win at Singstar each time; he was also too kind to let him down like that.
He opened the door to the dining room to see Cooper sitting with Sebastian and one of Blaine's fellow Warblers, Jon. Cooper spotted Blaine walking in, smiled at him and waved him over, "Hey Blaine!" Cooper called.
"Hey guys!" Blaine smiled back.
"Come join us." Blaine walked over to his friends and sat down. "I made scrambled eggs and seeing as you stole my pasta bake last night I figure you may as well have some of my scrambled eggs for breakfast" Cooper laughed.
"Oh," Blaine laughed too, "thanks, Coop. Saves me making my own breakfast, I appreciate it!"
"No problem" Cooper shrugged.
Blaine grabbed some scrambled eggs but before he began to eat he grabbed his phone out of his pocket and looked at the time. It was 8.03am and he knew Kurt would be on his breakfast date with Christian by now. He badly wanted to text Kurt, just to say good morning so Kurt would know that Blaine was thinking of him. He wished he could tell Kurt he was always thinking of him but he would never do that to Kurt, he respected the relationship he was in with Christian. He didn't want to be responsible for any trouble that may rise between the couple.
He opened his phone and started to write a message;
"Hey Kurt, hope you're having a good breakfast. Last night was fun even if you did beat me at every song we sung on Singstar! I guess you're just too good haha. See you in Math after lunch (I've got a tutor lesson for English with Mr. Chapman over lunch) so if you get there first save me a seat? I'll save you one if I get there first! Pretty excited for the Warblers meeting tonight, can't wait to tell everyone your idea! Ps- tell Christian I say hello."
Blaine hesitated before pressing the send button, re-reading the text to make sure it wasn't suggesting anything other than friendship and once the message had sent he let out a sigh of relief.
"Excited for the Warblers meeting tonight, Blaine?" Jon turned to look at Blaine while shoving a forkful of scrambled eggs into his mouth. It was as though Jon had been reading Blaine's mind.
"I'm always excited for Warblers meetings, Jon! You know that" Blaine laughed and took a bite of his eggs.
"That's because you always get the lead" Jon winked at Blaine. The Warblers like to joke around about Blaine always singing lead but they didn't mind, they knew Blaine was the strongest performer out of the group and they all knew if they wanted to secure a win they needed him. They also really enjoyed watching him and listening to him.
Blaine was still laughing, "well I've actually got a bit of an announcement to make tonight." Jon raised an eyebrow. "Kurt and I discussed it and it's something I think the Warblers could do really well but we'll just have to see what everyone else thinks of the idea."
"I'm guessing you won't tell me until Warbler practice?" Jon asked hopefully.
Blaine smiled back "nope!"
"Didn't think so" Jon laughed.
The four boys continued on eating their scrambled eggs and talking. Every few minutes Blaine would grab his phone out of his pocket and glance at it to see if Kurt had replied. He knew the answer before he even looked at his phone because he hadn't felt it vibrate, he was just being hopeful.
It was the last period of the day which meant math class for Kurt and Blaine. Blaine had come back early from his English tutor session with Mr. Chapman so he was sitting alone in the classroom waiting for Kurt to join him. He was feeling tired and hungry; he worked extremely hard with Mr. Chapman and only got time to eat a small amount of his lunch, but knowing he would spend all his time in math class with Kurt was enough to keep him happy.
One thing that Blaine couldn't seem to get off his mind, though, was the fact that Kurt never replied to his text message from the morning. He knew it was only a small, silly issue to be annoyed about but it made him feel unloved. Maybe Blaine's feelings were becoming a bit too dominant? He was beginning to worry that they may get in the way of their friendship but at the same time, he didn't care. He loved Kurt yet he couldn't have him and it was as simple as that.
Hearing footsteps approaching from outside it was as though the whole world had slowed down as Blaine watched Kurt walk into the classroom. His face was perfect, he saw Blaine sitting down waiting for him which made him smile widely and his eyes sparkle. Kurt ran a hand through his neatly groomed hair and joined Blaine at the table.
"Hey" he said brightly, still smiling.
"Hey, Kurt" Blaine smiled back, not taking his eyes off of Kurt's face.
"How was your English session with Mr. Chapman?"
Blaine's stomach dropped a small amount. So Kurt had gotten his text this morning, he just chose not to reply.
"Yeah, it was ok." Blaine shrugged, "it was pretty boring but exhausting at the same time. Not to mention I'm starving hungry."
"Oh, man, that's the worst." Kurt looked sincerely at Blaine, "how about I cook you dinner tonight? I guarantee it'll make you feel better. We all know my cooking is the best" both the boys laughed.
"That's true; you could cook any other person under the table!" Blaine smiled.
"Well now, Mr. Anderson, you're just saying that to make me feel good" Kurt fluttered his eyelids and placed his hand on Blaine's arm.
Blaine's heart raced like crazy, he found Kurt so adorable. "Hey, I don't just say things!"
The rest of the class had started to arrive but Blaine didn't notice, he was too fixated on Kurt. The two boys sitting in silence, Blaine still wondered why Kurt didn't reply to his text message and he wondered whether or not he should ask him about it.
Kurt noticed he still had his hand resting on Blaine's arm and decided to remove it yet a strange feeling came over him, he didn't want to stop touching Blaine and he didn't understand why. He glanced down awkwardly, 'what is going on?' Kurt thought to himself.
"I have a bone to pick with you" Blaine turned sideways in his chair and raised an eyebrow at Kurt.
"Oh no, should I be worried?" Kurt looked at Blaine and smiled.
"Well, this morning I texted you."
"Oh!" Kurt squeaked, remember that he didn't text Blaine back.
"And you never replied to me. I'm appalled, Kurt!" Blaine only pretended to look hurt when on the inside he actually was.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I forgot all about that! I was at breakfast with Christian when I got it and it just slipped my mind, I'm really sorry!" Blaine could tell Kurt was telling the truth and it made him feel a little better to know he didn't intentionally get blown off. "You should have texted me and abused me and I would have remembered!"
"Well, naturally a person would remember once they have been reminded" Blaine smiled and nudged Kurt with his shoulder.
"Shush you, I already feel bad enough and now you're making a fool out of me?"
Blaine smiled, "Well, what are best friends for?"
Christian and Blaine sat together on a table in the dining room waiting for Kurt to finish up cooking their dinner. Blaine was excited to share dinner with Kurt tonight; he thought it was only going to be those two compared to the usual group they usual ate with, until Christian was invited to join them.
"I feel really bad for intruding on yours and Kurt's dinner tonight." Christian looked at Blaine.
"It's alright, it's not like it is for a special occasion or anything anyway. Plus you're his boyfriend and my friend, you're always welcome." Blaine laughed, pretending to not care. He was right, it wasn't for anything special but to Blaine a dinner alone with Kurt would be better than anything he could've wished for right now.
"You're way too nice, Blaine" Christian smiled back.
"Yeah I know" Blaine knew how nice he was and he hated it. He wished he wasn't so nice because being nice has just made him feel worse inside. Blaine wanted to be able to tell Kurt it would be nice to have dinner one night without Christian but he was far too kind, he didn't want to hurt Kurt's feelings. He cared about Kurt getting hurt more than he cared about himself getting hurt. If Kurt was happy, Blaine was happy.
Kurt walked over to them with his purple and green polka dotted oven mitts on, "So boys, tonight I have cooked you an incredible meal and I expect you'll both enjoy it very much!" he said with enthusiasm.
"I always enjoy your cooking" said Blaine.
"Yeah, me too!" Christian agreed.
"How flattering" Kurt pretended to blush and fanned his face. "Are you both ready to eat?"
Christian and Blaine both nodded.
"Bring it on" Christian smiled.
Kurt walked over to the kitchen, and brought the boys their dinner. It was lasagne, a specialty of his, and it looked absolutely delicious.
"Wow, Kurt! It looks really great! You've outdone yourself." Blaine smiled and Kurt smiled back at him. In this moment he forgot Christian was there, it was just him and Kurt, perfect. Blaine and Kurt continued to smile at each other for longer than normal, Blaine's heart was racing.
"Yeah it looks good." Christian kissed his boyfriend on the cheek. Kurt suddenly realised he was still looking at Blaine and quickly looked away.
"Thanks you two." He served up their dinner while his mind raced at a million miles per hour. 'What on earth just happened then? Why was Blaine looking at me like that? Why could I not take my eyes off of him? Oh gosh, what if Christian had noticed that moment between us?' he felt strange and the feeling wasn't going away.
Blaine wasn't sure if it was possible but he felt as though he had just fallen more in love with Kurt. He was the most beautiful boy he had ever seen.
Kurt sat down next to Christian and facing Blaine. He grabbed hold of Christian's hand for reassurance and started to eat his lasagne in silence.
"So, who's excited for the Warbler meeting tonight?" Christian himself had an excited tone.
"It's certainly going to be interesting!" Blaine was excited, he loved Warbler meetings. "I wonder what everyone will think about the proposal we're going to make."
"I hope they at least have an open mind about it" Christian said putting a piece of lasagne into his mouth. "Wow, this is really good, Kurt"
Kurt just smiled back.
"I think they'll enjoy the idea, actually. I mean, it's different and it's good. And if they don't enjoy it then I hope they give it a chance." Blaine felt confident that their fellow Warblers would like the idea of a duet.
"It's about time we all did something new anyway" Christian smiled at Blaine. "You're quiet" he nudged Kurt.
"I'm just trying to enjoy my dinner, I don't think I baked it long enough" Kurt smiled up at him. He was lying; of course, he couldn't stop thinking about what had happened only minutes ago. "Carry on you two."
Christian laughed, "The lasagne is fine, Kurt."
"Yeah, it's really nice" Blaine smiled at Kurt, his heart fluttering. Kurt smiled a thank you back at Blaine.
It was 7.32pm and the Warbler meeting was just beginning. Kurt and Christian sat together whereas Blaine sat with Jon, Dustin and Michael.
Dustin rose from his seat, "Hello fellow Warblers, tonight we have a few things to discuss. First Warbler Blaine has informed me would like to share an idea with us all." He nodded, "So, Blaine, what do you have in mind?"
Blaine stood up and walked to the head of the room. "Kurt and I have discussed a new option for the Warblers to try. It's different to what we normally do and I understand if none of you agree with the idea we have but if you'd just listen to what we are proposing I would greatly appreciate it." Blaine smiled at his fellow Warblers, he actually felt a little bit nervous. "How would you guys like to try a duet to the song 'Only One" by Yellowcard?" he waited.
Kurt was looking up at Blaine with a huge smile on his face, greatly proud that his best friend was up there expressing this idea.
"That's actually not a bad idea, Blaine" Michael was nodding, "great thinking, Kurt."
Kurt smiled at Michael in appreciation.
"Yeah" Jon agreed, "we could make it work. What do you guys think?"
The Warblers all broke the silence, talking happily, agreeing with the idea.
Blaine was still standing at the head of the room, smiling widely. He was so proud of Kurt for coming up with this idea, even the fact that Kurt wants to do this duet with Christian wasn't making his mood decrease. He looked over to his best friend, the boy he loved, to see him smiling up at him.
"Who do you propose sings this duet?" Michael asked Blaine.
"Well Kurt and Christian are hoping to sing it but there will be auditions for whoever else would like to sing, it's only fair." Blaine looked at the group of boys, smiling.
"I see you've really thought this all though, Kurt and Blaine. Perhaps you two should audition?" Michael looked at both boys.
"Oh" Blaine was surprised at Michael's suggestion. "That would be fun but Kurt really wants to sing with Christian and visa versa."
"It's ok" Christian spoke up. Blaine looked at Christian, confused. "If you want to audition with Kurt I don't mind."
"But, what about Kurt?" Blaine was still confused as why Christian would be suggesting this.
"Maybe I could audition with both of you?" Kurt seemed to be confused as well. He had never thought about singing the duet with Blaine but now he was, he didn't mind the idea.
"Everyone is welcome to audition" Michael reassured the group.
"Well, I'm glad you all like the idea, thank you for listening to my proposal." Blaine smiled at the group and returned to his seat. His head was racing and his heart was pounding fast. He wanted to know why Christian didn't mind Blaine singing with his boyfriend. Blaine wasn't complaining though, this idea seemed to turn out better than expected. Not only did he now have a chance to score the duet with Kurt but it was the fact that another boy thought they should sing together that really made Blaine happy. He looked over at Kurt and was surprised to see Kurt looking back at him smiling. He smiled back sheepishly before looking to Christian who was sitting to the left of Kurt. He had his head down and his hand on Kurt's knee; Blaine couldn't help but wonder whether or not Christian regretted his suggestion.
Once the Warblers meeting had finished Blaine found his way over to Kurt and Christian.
"That went well" he smiled. He felt on top of the world, overjoyed with the fact that he, Blaine Anderson was now going to audition with Kurt Hummel which meant time alone together. Nothing could break Blaine's great mood right now.