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More Niff :) I know it's not really that good, but I'm merely experimenting. ;)

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Warbler practice on the following day was excruciating. Nick sat all but comfortably beside his best friend and that never happened before. To crown it all, Wes and David were busy adding moves to the choreography they were all supposed to master over the weekend. Great. Just great.

Jeff, on the other hand, was on fire about the dance. He loved it, the dancing, and Nick kind of loved to watch him. Being a good Warbler and all, Nick tried the moves himself, but mostly failed, blushing heavily as he stumbled into Thad a couple of times. The steps weren't that hard, but the brunet kept being distracted by Jeff kidding around with the others and his tall body moving in front of him. Well, might as well call it by its name. Nick was staring again. At the blond's broad shoulders, the toned back showing through his shirt, strong but slender legs moving perfectly to the beat. His... Well, yep, his ass. That too. Nick was staring at his best friend's ass. Not helping- at all.

As he stood there, sort of lost in thought, Kurt bumped into him. "Hey, Nick, watch out," he snapped, then haltered, watching the brunet intensely. "Were you just... checking Jeff out?" he whispered.

Nick looked at Kurt in shock, quickly elbowing him. "Psst! Would you keep it down?", he hissed, being seized with panic. "Let's talk later," he added in a more apologetic tone. "Please?" Nick looked around warily, but none of the other Warblers seemed to have noticed their short exchange.

"Sure," Kurt answered, surprised by the sudden request.

For the rest of their meeting, the chestnut haired boy kept an eye on Warbler Nick. The brunet tried hard not to tout Jeff, that was obvious. He totally checked him out earlier.. Kurt smiled. He couldn't wait for that conversation to happen and quickly texted Blaine not to wait for him. The curly haired boy looked at him questioningly from across the room, but Kurt only mouthed a "Later" at him. As expected, Nick stayed behind after practice while Jeff was standing in the doorway, waiting for him.

"No need to hold up, Jeffie. I'm meeting someone."

"Oh, okay," the blond said, confused about who his best friend might meet without him. I'm meeting someone. That sounded weird, secretive. Does he.. have a boyfriend or something? Why didn't he say anything about it? About him. Her? The blond glanced around the room. Only Wes and Kurt were still there, but Wesley had a girlfriend and Kurt had Blaine, so what the hell was going on? And why did this bother him so much? Confused and hurt, Jeff eventually left the practice room. It was probably nothing.

"So," Kurt said enthusiastically when they were finally alone. "You and Jeff, huh?" Within a moment, Nick's face was flushed again. "You are obviously into him, I can tell."

"You think? I don't know, Kurt." Nick ran a hand through his dark hair, tousling it in every direction. "Sure, I have these feelings, but honestly, I have no idea what they are supposed to mean." The brunet launched himself onto one of the sofas, while Kurt sat down on an arm, mulling what he just said over in his head.

"About what kind of feelings are we talking here exactly?" he asked after a while. Nick sighed, but said nothing. "Well, try to put it into your own words. What do you actually feel when you see Jeff, for example." Kurt didn't have to wait long for an answer.

"He makes me happy. Always has."

The brunet was searching for words, trying to explain, mostly to himself really, what was going other than that. "But lately... I catch myself watching him. You know, his body and stuff. I want to touch him, but it's also more than just the physical. I want to be close to him, like, all the time. It's very distracting."

Kurt was once more watching the look on Nick's face. His eyes lit up when he was talking about the blond Warbler and it seemed like he couldn't stop the involuntary smile that was sneaking onto his lips. He's in love and doesn't know it. That's kinda sad.. "I don't know, though, if this is just a phase or something.. Maybe it'll pass and I can go back to having purely amicable feelings for him," Nick continued.

"Want to hear my opinion on this?" Kurt interrupted. Nick had practically admitted to wanting more than friendship from Jeff, but he was so doubting, it was frustrating.

"Yes, please! I'm lost here." the brunet replied hopefully. Kurt snorted. "Obviously." Gotta be smart, Hummel. The 'you are in love, you idiot' kind of approach will just scare him away. As well as the 'you are gay, deal with it' one.

"So, you are saying that you care about Jeff, more than usual, but you're confused and don't know what your true feelings are?" Nick nodded blankly. "I'd say you need to sort things out on your own. Sorry. I can't help you find, like, the depth of your love for him or your.. sexual orientation." Nick winced slightly. Just what I thought.. Afraid of the big G word. Kurt quickly continued.

"You should back away from Jeff for a while and see what will come of it, I guess. A little distance always helps to clear things up.." Another idea crossed his mind. "You know, we could change rooms, if you want to? For example.."

"Distance, huh? I can do that," Nick said thoughtfully. "And that's really going to help?"

"Sure, without a distraction you should be able to figure this out in a few days, don't you think?" Kurt winked reassuringly at the brunet. "I'll fake a fight with Wes and then we could switch rooms until he and I 'make up'." He was doing the air quotes, smiling triumphantly at his wonderful plan. "How 'bout that?"

And that was that. They decided to suit the action to the word on the same night, hence Kurt went immediately down to work to make this happen. He felt like a mentor, just like Blaine. Well, Nick and he weren't going to get together, though. This was some other kind of mentoring, more plotting than anything else, but Kurt was enjoying himself. Even during the fake fight with Wes that everyone on their floor was able to witness. Acting, like a pro. Yeah, Kurt was having fun.

Jeff, on the other hand, was completely oblivious to most of this. However, it stung him that later that night he was sort of forced to room with Kurt. Not that he didn't like him, that wasn't it. Jeff stood in their bathroom, gazing at white tiles, and wondered what was actually bothering him.. And it hit him.

When Kurt came to ask for a place to sleep, Nick had been so fast in offering his own bed. He seemed to be glad about the opportunity, even.. to leave Jeff behind and sleep in a dorm room with... Wes? So it was Wes, after all. The blond froze in front of the mirror, coping with the realization, eventually leaving the cold room to curl up in his bed. He felt like crying, missing his friend's body heat, not really able to understand why, though. Nick was his best friend, Jeff should be happy for him. So, why couldn't he?

"Too bad that Blaine doesn't live on campus, huh? What was that fight with Wes about, anyway?" he asked Kurt later that night. But all he got as an answer was an "I don't wanna talk about it". So that wasn't very helpful either. Or friendly, for that matter.

Meanwhile, it took Nick three days to finally realize it. Friday night, it just made click and all of a sudden it was clear as glass. He loved Jeff. Not simply in a platonic way as his best friend, but he was in love with him. His smile, his hair, eyes, his goofiness, also his hotness. Yes, Jeff was hot. So hot. Although they'd known each other for years, Nick hadn't seen that side of his friend.. Until now. He missed the blond awfully, but he wasn't quite sure how to drop the bombshell when he'd go back. Just take it easy, he told himself.

For Jeff, these three days went by super slowly. All he noticed was that Nick wasn't around a lot. They barely talked or saw each other until, on Saturday, the brunet moved back into their room. Kurt had apparently made up with the council member and everything went back to normal. Almost everything.

Jeff couldn't quite put his finger on it, but there it was. Something different. He had missed his best friend so much, it had been almost unbearable and he even started to question their relationship. Well, friendship. They were not a couple. What the devil, brain? But still, Jeff pondered over the idea for a while. Was this maybe one of those Freudian slip thingies? He spent his whole Friday wondering about Nick, his smile and his voice. The way they laughed together and how badly he wanted him to be near right now, to be able to touch his face. How nothing could separate them.. until that week, since, of course, they were separated now. Damn Wes and damn Kurt as well. Jeff went to sleep pretty late that night, his jealousy keeping him awake, but in the end he came to the conclusion that it was best if he never thought about his best friend in that way ever again. Too complicated. Too hurtful. But... wasn't Nick worth it? Could they have a future together, like he'd imagined? No, no way..

As Nick reached his own door on Saturday morning, he was the happiest he'd been in months. He took a deep breath before entering the room. Nick stepped inside and there he was. "Jeffie!" the brunet exclaimed, running to his best friend and hugging him tightly. His heart nearly skipped a beat as he felt Jeff hug him back just as hard. "Nicky! Thank God you're back.."

To be continued.

I'm nearly done with two other chapters.. They'll be up within the next week ;)

Mistakes will be corrected on sight etc. etc.

See you around! xoxo