No wait times...that was different.
Blaine pulled out Kurt's chair, but Kurt smirked at him and pulled out Blaine's as well, before taking his seat. The sound of Blaine's laughter was one of his favourite sounds now. He made a promise to himself to get him to laugh a lot.
"So this is fancy," Kurt said as the hostess left to get them menus and drinks, "why this place?"
"Well, I know it is a little fancy, but it's also one of my favourite places to eat," Blaine replied with a shy smile, "I hope you don't mind."
"It's certainly different than places I would go to."
"Is that a good thing?"
"Yes Blaine, its a good thing."
Conversation started flowing fairly easily after a drink or two, it made them both relax a little and by the time they were ordering their meals, it was as if Kurt had known Blaine for years. There was comfort there, and also excitement, friendliness and connections.
It was so different from any date Kurt had ever been on, and it didn't even feel like a date. It felt just like sitting down to dinner with Blaine. Which was why it had diminished Kurt's nerves, because it felt so natural and real being around Blaine.
And due to Kurt's instructions, Blaine had stopped trying to impress him and was just being himself. Which Kurt really loved.
They also were sharing their food, which you don't really do in a fancy place because it isn't polite but once Kurt had stolen a little of Blaine's meal, he laughed and then stole some of Kurt's, so they were both laughing giddily and enjoying themselves.
"So, tell me something I don't know about you already," Blaine said with a smile after they had finished their meals, "High school hell, bullies, Lima, Glee club, your fantastic father, your brother and step mother, your friends, Nyada, musical theater major...but what else?"
"What would you like to know?" Kurt asked as he placed his hands down on the table, leaning to rest on it.
"Anything." Blaine said with a shrug and a wide smile, which took Kurt's breath away.
"I don't have any pets, and never had one, but I like cats, erm..." Kurt started listing off personal things, and Blaine sat listening very interested in it, "I'm a very picky person, well I think I am."
"Picky how?"
"Different things, like tidiness and cleanliness," Kurt said and Blaine nodded with agreement, "I hate getting my hands dirty unless its for a good reason...I can be quite stubborn too. Rachel always says that."
"Well stubbornness is sometimes a good thing, it means you won't settle for lesser things, and stick to what you want." Blaine explained lightly and Kurt looked down a little shyly at the implications in that statement.
"I guess so," Kurt said with a shrug, before leaning his chin on one hand and smiling curiously at Blaine, "so what about you? I know about your high school, a Sadie Hawkins incident, mother and father, your brother, your business...what other things?"
"Well I can be pretty particular about things too," Blaine said clasping his fingers underneath his chin, "cleanliness and tidiness are important to me too, but also order. I can be very snobby."
"I doubt that, we just shared each other's food in a fancy restaurant." Kurt said with a laugh gesturing to the amount of mess between them on the table, and Blaine grinned at that.
"Oh trust me, I can be, especially when things aren't going my way."
"I see."
They fought over the bill, but Blaine won because it was his choice to bring Kurt here, and he wanted to do the gentlemanly thing. Kurt had rolled his eyes but agreed and when they were back in the limousine Kurt sighed with contentment, seating himself a little closer to Blaine than before.
They didn't talk much on the ride back to Kurt's apartment, but it was nice and peaceful. Kurt could really see himself doing this again and again. Blaine was a delight to be around.
"This has been really nice tonight," Blaine told him and Kurt turned to him, raising both of his eyebrows as a shy smile spread across his lips, "I mean it, I've really enjoyed it."
"Me too, it's been incredible." Kurt said quietly and reached a hesitant hand out to take Blaine's, who snatched it up with a little chuckle.
"Good." he said as he raised Kurt's hand to his lips and placed a small kiss on the back of his knuckles.
"But next time, I choose where we go, ok?" Kurt said and Blaine laughed as he regarded him with amusement.
"Next time?"
"Yes next time." He said with a firm nod and they exchanged a smile.
"Ok."
The tension in the air became palpable after there little exchange and Kurt found that it was incredibly welcomed. His heart felt a little light and his head felt fuzzy as he stared into Blaine's soft looking eyes. Blaine brought a hand up to Kurt's cheek, stroking softly along it with the pad of his thumb, causing a pleasant shiver to run down Kurt's spine.
He closed his eyes and leaned into the sensation, but after a few seconds it was gone and Blaine's hand slid back into his. Kurt opened his eyes with confusion but then realized that the limousine had pulled to a stop and Blaine was getting out.
He sighed as he felt a little disappointment settle into his stomach, and he followed out after Blaine.
He nodded to Jonathan as he and Blaine walked up to his apartment building. And as they ascended the stairs to Kurt's apartment door, Kurt felt like he was going to go a little crazy.
He was so sure that this perfect night was going to end in a perfect kiss, but Blaine wasn't even looking at him as they made their way up. Hadn't looked at him, Kurt noticed, since the moment in the limousine.
Should he ask? Would that be too forward? Was Blaine still having doubts about this silly age gap thing? Kurt didn't know, but the thoughts were running through his head a mile a minute, and it only made him feel worse.
As they reached Kurt's floor, he nearly groaned at this night being almost over and reigned his heart in for more disappointment. His defenses were slowly creeping back up, but he had been open with Blaine all night and now it felt like he was hiding, and it wasn't a good feeling.
As they came to a pause outside Kurt's door, they both stood semi awkwardly in the hall. Kurt didn't want to go in and leave things hanging the way they were, he didn't understand what was going on, and he needed to know.
Was this Blaine's way of backing out of dating him?
"Blaine?"
At the soft call of his name, Blaine turned to look at him, and Kurt could see the emotions as clear as day in his eyes.
Trepidation was there, worry, a little bit of resignation and maybe a little spark of hope, if he was looking deeper.
"I had a wonderful night, thank you." Kurt said and Blaine's mouth tilted upwards in a small but resigned smile, as if he was waiting for rejection, "but I- I guess I'm just confused about what is happening right now."
Blaine tilted his head as regret filled his face and Kurt stepped forward to place a comforting hand on Blaine's arm.
"You can tell me, if this isn't going to work out, you know," Kurt tried to get through his words without choking on them, "please just-"
"No, Kurt." Blaine said sternly, "I would very much not want to stop seeing you."
"Then I don't understand what happened?"
"It's not you-" Blaine started and Kurt instantly felt the flames of anger creep higher, he hated this saying.
"Don't." Kurt said a little stubbornly and also a little angrily now, crossing his arms over his chest and Blaine instantly smiled at him, "tell me."
"I guess I was thinking about everything really," Blaine said with a shrug, "I'm sorry if you thought that I was trying to-"
"Let me down nicely?" Kurt suggested and Blaine shook his head quickly.
"But I'm not, I want to date you, I really like you." He said with conviction, even though the conflict of emotions behind his eyes terrified Kurt.
"But?" Kurt prompted.
"In the limousine, I was going to kiss you," Blaine admitted and Kurt's temper calmed slightly at the information, "and then there was a voice in the back of my head saying that this could only end in hurt and pain, so I pulled back...and since we got out and come up here, I was trying to think of all the reasons that it wouldn't be worth it."
"And?"
"I couldn't think of a single thing, that would make this not worth it," Blaine said quietly and Kurt's breath caught slightly, and his heart skipped the next beat at Blaine's words, "nothing anyone could say or do, would make me not want to be with you."
Kurt sighed in relief, and Blaine watched him sag against the wall outside the apartment. He reached forward to place his hand on Kurt's arm, rubbing over his bicep softly.
"Are you okay?" he asked and Kurt closed his eyes for a moment as he calmed his nerves and felt a little deflated.
"I was just terrified for a second there, that you had thought that it wasn't worth it." Kurt said softly, letting the fear shine in his eyes when he opened them and Blaine stepped closer, a gentle and caring look in his eyes.
"Who would ever say you weren't worth the effort, you're incredible."
Kurt carefully reached out and wrapped his fingers in the lapel of Blaine's suit jacket, holding onto to him to ground him slightly, and he felt one of Blaine's arms wind around his waist, grounding him a little more.
"Where do you see us going?" Kurt asked, even though his brain was telling him to shut up, "I don't really do casual dating, and I don't hook up, I just...I need to know."
"Well I see us dating for a while," Blaine said as he strengthened his grip around Kurt, watching Kurt's hand nervously flex against the material of his jacket, "and then maybe becoming boyfriends, lovers-"
"Married?" Kurt asked quietly and then gave a small laugh at how ridiculous that sounded after a first date.
Blaine laughed good naturedly.
"Maybe."
"So this will be serious?" Kurt wanted to confirm it, he needed to, Blaine was becoming an important person and Kurt wouldn't be able to bare it if everything fell apart.
He had opened himself up so much tonight.
"Yes, of course." Blaine said seriously and Kurt nodded at that.
They still stood holding each other for a while, silently drawing comfort from each other and giving comfort in return. This night had been a very strange and emotional one for Kurt, but it suddenly didn't feel weird or too fast. Even though it was.
Blaine was here, with him. Wanting him. Staying with him. And it made him smile.
"Can I ask you a question?" Kurt asked and Blaine turned his face up to him with a smile.
"Of course."
"Can you kiss me now?" Kurt said as he bit his lip and Blaine chuckled before placing his hands on Kurt's cheeks, gently stroking over them with his thumb.
"It would be my pleasure." He said in a whisper and then leaned forward to bring their mouths together.
Kurt whined at the first contact, Blaine was warm and soft, and he smelled good. Their kiss remained chaste, but Kurt could feel the pressure Blaine put into it, making his lips feel tingly. Kurt pulled back a little, separating their mouths for a split second while he wrapped his arms over Blaine's shoulders and leaned back in.
Blaine made a pleased kind of groan in the back of his throat as his arms wrapped around Kurt's waist tighter, bringing their chests in contact. Their lips slid over the others, sliding together in perfect sync.
Kurt had never had a kiss quite like it.
Blaine pulled away after a few more seconds, and Kurt whined again until Blaine pecked his lips once more with a chuckle.
"Wow." Kurt exclaimed breathlessly.
"Yeah, wow." Blaine agreed.
