Blaine held Kurt's hand as they walked through the lobby at the mixer.
"You guys are going to be amazing!" Blaine reassured both of them. He just wished he knew if the other people's performances were more amazing or not.
Once they were in the ballroom for the mixer, everything went crazy. Kurt was pulled away and some guy grabbed him.
"Loving the Frodo look. I'd let you pass the first ring," the stranger said.
Blaine stared at him shocked, "I'm sorry what?"
"You're like really hot. I thought I'd try."
Blaine backed away, "I- I have a very protective boyfriend."
Blaine took a seat at one of the tables, ignoring the performance happening on stage as he tried to quell the anxiety of someone propositioning him like that. It made him very uncomfortable to hear some random boy propositioning him.
It was one thing for Kurt to appreciate him, He knew Kurt loved all of him. But a stranger doing it. It made him feel like a piece of meat for them to ogle over. And it wasn't like he could return the feelings. He was asexual. He had absolutely no attraction to strangers. He wasn't even sexually attracted to the man he loved with all his heart.
Apparently someone scared Kurt and Rachel as well, because they were out of there much sooner than he expected.
They went back to the car, and Blaine tried to ignore his anxiety, knowing he'd have to tell Kurt later about his own experience inside.
"Rachel, just because they're good, doesn't mean your life is over. They've been working just as hard as you. You can nail the audition because you're better and they won't even matter," Blaine comforted her. He may not have seen the performance, but he was sure that was why they were upset.
"Kurt, you are amazing and just because some guys like what you do, doesn't mean anything but that you like cool things. You just need to do a little more to prove you're different than them. I say run for Class President."
"I should run for Class President!" Rachel exclaimed.
"No, you shouldn't. You have that part of your application padded enough," Blaine denied her, not letting Rachel take this.
"You're right, honey," Kurt finally admitted. He took Blaine's hand and kissed it since it was the only part he could reach.
"Yeah, we can do this." Rachel said, some of her enthusiastic energy coming back.
School only got busier after that.
Kurt agreed that Class President was a good idea and let Blaine be his campaign advisor/Vice President. Blaine worked hard to keep his Dom happy. He even took an amazing picture of Kurt for the campaign posters and made buttons. He went around and asked for votes for Kurt.
When Brittany came around with her idea of a unicorn for Kurt's posters, Blaine gently let her down. But then she wanted to campaign for Blaine.
"A vote for Kurt is a vote for me, Brittany. I'm his vice president."
"So I can make you the unicorn!" Brittany said excitedly, and left before he could say no.
"Kurt I have a problem," Blaine said nervously, curling his body closer to Kurt on the couch.
"What happen, baby?" Kurt asked, concernedly running his hands through Blaine's hair.
"Brittany wanted to make you a unicorn, but I convinced her not to," Blaine bit his lip. "And now she's trying to make campaign posters for you, but with me as a unicorn."
"I'm sure they won't be too bad," Kurt comforted, worried as well about the posters. Brittany had an active mind sometimes and it didn't always line up with normal.
"I hope so," Blaine muttered.
"Have you auditioned yet for West side Story, Blaine?"
"Not yet. I've been busy on your campaign," Blaine explained. "But I will tomorrow during lunch."
Blaine made his way to the auditorium the next day. He waited till he was called before stepping out on stage.
"Hi, I'm Blaine Anderson and I'm auditioning for the role of Bernardo."
Coach Beiste told him to start.
Blaine launched into his rendition of Something's Coming, letting himself get lost in the song. His only other concern in the world was to make Kurt proud of him.
"That was amazing, Blaine. They'd be crazy not to give you a role," Kurt gushed, hugging his boyfriend tight as Blaine came out from backstage.
"You think so?"
"Would we being going to the starry room if you weren't?" Kurt asked innocently.
When they arrived, Kurt was ravenous, sucking on Blaine's neck to leave a huge hickey, almost tearing off a button of Blaine's shirt, his bowtie nowhere to be found. He only stopped himself when he got to Blaine's pants, and made his way back up. Blaine was in heaven, letting his Dom just use him for his own enjoyment. He knew he'd be finding hickeys for days, but Blaine didn't really care. He liked them. They were a reminder of Kurt even when he wasn't there. All he had to do was touch one of the love bites Kurt left on him and it was like his Dom was there with him. It was very relaxing.
The next day, Kurt's happiness flew away as they walked into the school. They saw them all over the place.
"Is that- What is that unicorn doing to me?" Blaine asked horrified. "That's just gross."
A few were much tamer, but for the most part they were similar to the first poster they saw.
Kurt slid into his protective Dom role quickly. He was on a warpath, tracking down Brittany, his sub trailing behind him.
When he found her on the second floor, he demanded to know what she was doing.
"I'm helping you win," she said brightly.
"But why are the unicorns doing that to me?" Blaine said, upset, referencing one she'd just hung up.
"It was a creative choice," Brittany justified
"Could we maybe approve the posters you put up before you make them?" Blaine asked weakly.
Brittany looked at them confused, "Why would you need to approve of it? They're perfect."
"Because Blaine is clearly upset by them, Britt," Kurt explained carefully. "And these posters could be misconstrued as someone bullying Blaine."
"Oh," Brittany said after a minute.
"I like the one where we're having tea with a unicorn," Kurt smiled, deflating once he saw she understood.
"That one is my favorite," Brittany said happily.
"So could we stick with that one? And not cover Kurt's other official posters, please?"
"What about the funbags?"
"What's in them?" Kurt asked, not sure if he wanted to know.
"A unicorn horn, glitter, stuff like that!"
"Could I help you with them and think up what else to put in them?" Blaine asked, incredibly worried about Brittany undoing any progress he'd made.
"Okay! Come to my house after Glee," Brittany skipped away.
"Help me take these down, baby," Kurt commanded.
"Gladly," Blaine sighed in relief.
"I am so proud of how you handled that," Kurt said earnestly.
"Thank you, amour," Blaine smiled.
He wasn't sure he would have been able to talk to Brittany logically if Kurt was there to support and help him. It took Kurt speaking up for him to get past the horror of all the posters. He'd actually thought someone was bullying him when he first saw them.
Blaine was worried. Kurt hadn't shown up for their English class, and it was almost over. Why would Kurt ditch? Kurt didn't do that. Which could only mean something happened to him. Had the hockey players got him? Or the Skanks he'd heard about who liked to smoke under the bleachers? His mind just filled with worse and terrible ideas.
He went straight to Glee after class, hoping that maybe he'd find Kurt there. But he was still nowhere to be found. He checked outside for Kurt's Navigator and fortunately it was still there.
Blaine went under the bleachers next.
"Hey, you're Kurt's boyfriend, right?" A voice asked from the darkness.
"Yes?" Blaine said hesitantly.
"What are you doing down here?" Quinn asked, Blaine finally able to identify who she was.
"Looking for him actually," Blaine sighed. "Didn't you use to be blonde?"
"I was, until I learned how to have a life."
"Okay," Blaine said simply. "Have you seen Kurt?"
"You know I agree with Santana, you are definitely like a puppy, hyper actively looking for your owner, or boyfriend, in this case," Quinn assessed. "I think I saw him on the concrete stairs."
"Thank you," Blaine smiled. "And I probably shouldn't tell you this because we're competition for Valedictorian, but you don't need to try so hard. Life's hard. Don't make it harder."
"Are you trying to get me back in Glee club?"
"No. I just see someone lost as I was in public school before I found Kurt. And I'm not saying find a Kurt, I'm saying stop pushing away the good part of life, by trying to hide in the bad parts," Blaine explained. "Now excuse me, I need to find my boyfriend."
Blaine hurried to the stairs and found Kurt halfway up. He sat down next to him quietly, waiting for Kurt to be ready to speak.
"I'm not getting Tony," Kurt sighed unhappily. "They think I'm not masculine enough to play the role."
"That's stupid," Blaine sympathized.
"I tried to do an original scene from Romeo and Juliet with Rachel, but they laughed me out of the auditorium, even Rachel," Kurt leaned his head against Blaine's shoulder. "And I spied on them and apparently I have toothpick-like arms."
"It's their loss and the loss of whoever plays Maria because you are definitely masculine and your arms are definitely not like toothpicks," Blaine soothed him. "We could go prove that right now in the starry room."
"I like that suggestion, but we've got to get to class." Kurt reminded him.
"You mean Glee? School's over, Kurt!" Blaine corrected, pointing out the stragglers still on campus.
"Have I been sitting here that long?" Kurt asked in shock.
"Yeah, I was really worried in English," Blaine told him. He rubbed his fingers over Kurt's hand soothingly.
"Well then let's just skipped Glee and go back to your house," Kurt suggested. "Is your mom there now?"
"She's supposed to be in Dayton till 7."
"Even better," Kurt gave him a wicked look.
Kurt and Blaine threw themselves into Kurt's campaign in light of Kurt not getting Tony. The decided to make anti-bullying Kurt's platform in light of seeing younger football players and the hockey team bullying kids.
Kurt took a break from the campaigning and bought a bouquet of flowers for Blaine when his spying turned into finding out that Blaine was the prime choice for Tony.
"You're not still bothered are you?" Blaine asked worried "Because I'll insist it go to you, I was happy with Bernardo."
"It's okay, Blaine. The part is going to the most worthy. I saw your audition, it should be yours."
Blaine went to kiss Kurt, but Kurt stopped him.
"I see hockey players," Kurt said in explanation. "I promise we'll celebrate later."
"You're running against me?" Kurt asked, hurt as he walked up to Rachel's locker between classes.
"I might not get Maria. I need it for NYADA," Rachel explained.
"You? You know I need it more, Rachel," Kurt said, starting to get mad.
"Well let the best campaign win, which will be mine," Rachel replied.
Blaine was getting concerned, the glee club was dwindling every day and all Mr. Shue was worried about was how they danced.
They seemed to be all going to a new glee club called the Troubletones. Mercedes had left last because she had to share a role with Rachel.
Blaine was starting to realize what Kurt meant when he said the New Directions were crazy.
Rachel and Mercedes had gone off the deep end over sharing a part. Something he knew was fairly common even in Off-Broadway Performances
"Mama, do you want to buy ad space in my school play?" Blaine asked his mom, glad he'd caught her on a day she was home.
"Oh a play? What role did you get?" Pam asked, imagining back when Cooper and Blaine used to entertain her with little plays they'd made up.
"It's West Side Story and I play Tony," Blaine said happily. "Kurt got Officer Kripke."
"You got Tony?" Pam grinned. "Good job, Blainey."
She opened up her bag and handed him a new bowtie. She replaced the old one with the new one she'd just given him.
"Don't you look so cute," Pam grinned. "My little boy, the star, playing a lead role."
"Thank you, Mama," Blaine looked down at floor happily running his fingers over the new silk bow tie his mother had given him. He knew there was a story behind it. There always was.
"And how much is an ad in the program?" Pam asked sweetly. "Oh let me just see it."
"My Dad is running for Congress against Sue Sylvester," Kurt informed Blaine after their morning kiss.
"So my buttons have 2 uses now then?" Blaine teased. "We can tell people to vote Hummel and tell their parents to as well."
"That's not a bad idea."
A/N: Sorry this is going up so late in the day. My grandma is here for my sisters wedding, so I spent the day with her.
Please review. Please.
