I am SO late. Sorry! I think as of now you can expect updates weekly. I'm super busy right now and I'm finding it difficult to get time to do the quick updates I was doing before. I hope none of you mind and I apologise for the unexplained wait after the last chapter.
Either way, enjoy this next one.
Much love, ohsounicorn!
Blaine Anderson
To congratulate Blaine on his new membership to the Warblers, Nick and Jeff had taken him out to one of their most popular hang outs, the Lima Bean; a small coffee shop just outside of Westerville that Blaine had only ever driven past. It was a nice place, very relaxed and the coffee was good, he could tell rather quickly why they came here.
Once they were sat down with their orders, Blaine found himself lost in his own thoughts, allowing the other boys to get into a deep argument about whether chocolate chip or blueberry muffins were better. He thought about Kurt and what had happened between them the other night, unable to stop the small smile that came across his face. Which, annoyingly so, did not go unnoticed. Nick and Jeff looked at one another curiously, making sure both had caught on before looking back at Blaine with grins on their faces.
"What are you smiling about?" Nick asked as the world came back to Blaine and he looked at them with a slight blush on his cheeks as he was caught red-handed.
"Nothing." He said too quickly, his eyes darting down to the coffee cup in front of him which he took a sip from to try and cover up the obvious embarrassment.
This only made them more curious and more in the know of what was going on. "In other words," Jeff said. "Who is he?"
Blaine blushed even more, shaking his head. "I was once told that you guys gossip like a group of girls and now I'm seeing that it's true." He told them in an attempt to avoid the question and distract them with a statement.
"Sebastian says that a lot, is it him?" Nick went on, clearly not giving up.
"No!" Blaine frowned though his mind wondered back to the odd encounter he had with him on his second night at Dalton and the way he made him incredibly nervous and lost for words. Then there was the way he'd come up to him after his performance and sent shivers through him even though he'd barely said a word out of line. It was odd that he had something going on with Kurt despite this but right now his feelings were so mixed up that nothing quite made sense to him.
"Well, thank god for that. The last thing we need is more drama between him and Kurt." The blonde said as he picked up a large chocolate muffin and took a bite, his friend beside him shaking his head in what could be called disgust.
Blaine watched them, shuffling awkwardly in his seat at that reply and hoping that this time they wouldn't catch on. His hope being quickly shattered when Jeff frowned at him and sat up in his chair, chocolate muffin being put back down on the plate quite seriously.
"Wait a second…" Jeff pointed a finger towards him. "It's Kurt, isn't it?"
All Blaine could do was sit there as his cheeks burned, unable to build up the courage to answer. He had no idea what kind of reaction he would get and going by the ones he was getting so far, without an answer, he didn't want to know.
The dark haired boy next to him glanced between them, a look of shock on his face. "Oh my gosh, it is. Look at him, he's bright red."
"Am not!" Blaine protested, bringing his hands up to cover his cheeks. He was almost relieved when they both laughed and turned to one another to high five. In the midst of it all he managed to notice that their hands clasped together for a little too long before they cleared their throats and turned back to him.
"How did it happen?" Jeff asked.
"Oh who made a move on who?" Nick didn't give him time to answer.
"How much do you like him?" The conversation went back to Jeff.
Nick turned to him and glared. "My question first."
The other narrowed his eyes back at him, crossing his arms. "I asked one first and then you butted in."
"Just eat your chocolate muffin, dumb-ass."
Blaine kept his face in his hand, not sure whether to laugh or cry, choosing a mixture between strained laughter and sobbing. He was too embarrassed to answer anything and frankly quite confused about the mixture of feelings he had been getting from both Kurt and Sebastian throughout the past week. It was certain that Kurt was the nicer of the two who seemed to genuinely like him, whereas Sebastian had started off practically hating him and then had suddenly came onto him and began acting some form of kind so was clearly the most odd.
He looked up to find Nick and Jeff staring hopefully at him, in anticipation of an answer, obviously over the small spat they had. "So, you gunna answer?" Jeff asked, the muffin now back in his hands as if it were popcorn at a movie.
There was no way he was getting out of this. Maybe it would be good to have someone to talk to, he could tell them the whole situation and get their advice on it. After all they did know Kurt and Sebastian a lot better than he did. He had to talk about it.
"So, basically," He began, feeling rather nervous though a small smile came across his face. "Kurt came to my dorm on Wednesday night and we were just talking about my audition and what song I was going to sing and it happened. He kissed me and it was sweet and I like him."
The other boys turned to one another, equal smirks on their faces before they looked back at him, both raising an eyebrow when they saw that Blaine's little smile had turned into a frown. His mind going to what had happened the night before with Sebastian and how he would even begin to explain it.
"What?" Nick questioned his expression, a touch of worry in his tone.
Blaine thought for a moment longer, shuffling awkwardly in his seat. As if it was some huge secret he had been keeping, he leaned forward, his voice going quiet. "Sebastian came to my dorm the night before that, the night I was originally meant to go study with Kurt, and he kind of… came onto me, I guess." He finally admitted.
Both Nick and Jeff stared at him and again he felt like an animal in a zoo, though this time he wasn't being stared at like something they might eat and more like something they were genuinely curious about.
"How did that make you feel?" The blonde asked.
"Nervous." He replied simply.
"That is so typical of Sebastian." Nick sighed, shaking his head a little as he sat back in his seat, not seeming to take much from Blaine's answer. "I knew when we told him about their studying session that he would do something stupid."
Blaine frowned in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"I tried to stop him!" Jeff said quickly, looking between Nick and Blaine as he started to make excuses for himself. "I was just hoping he wasn't going to hurt you or something but he intimidates me just as much as the next person. Supposedly I gave him an idea and if that was it I'm sorry."
All Blaine could do was look at him, trying to take it all in. Sebastian had been playing him to get revenge on Kurt, it all somehow made sense but he couldn't help but feel a little strange about it. He was almost disappointed. Whether it was because it had all been a lie or because he hadn't realised, he didn't quite know.
"It's okay." He said with a nod, trying to reassure his new friend that this wasn't his fault. Which it most definitely wasn't. Though he still was trying to wrap his head around the whole thing.
"Sebastian's an idiot." Nick told him. "He is incredibly possessive but denies it and he does the most stupid things because of it."
Jeff nodded along, still giving Blaine an apologetic look. "He's always been this way, well ever since he and Kurt got together. Before he was just being, he'd been thrown out of several schools since he moved to Ohio from France and that's pretty much all we know about him."
"Kurt made him his project on his second week of school." Nick smirked softly at the memory, glancing at Jeff who was grinning equally to him. "Way to welcome the new kid who doesn't seem to give a crap about anyone or anything."
Blaine smiled as he listened intently to the story, rather enjoying it despite the fact it was about the guy he had a potential 'thing' with and another who seemed to be out to make him completely confused and nervous. It was interesting, a modern day love story that he'd never heard. Mainly because it was about two boys rather than the typical boy-girl pairing. As well as this, Nick and Jeff were telling it together - equally as interesting as they bounced off one another.
"Kurt had only been at Dalton for three months himself." The blonde shook his head with a small chuckle. The way they were talking rather fondly proved that even though the made a deal of complaining about their friends relationship they did care about them.
In a way they weren't even telling Blaine the story, they were reminiscing with one another. Nick laughed and pointed at Jeff, nodding in agreement to the statement. "Do you remember when Kurt introduced himself?" He then turned to Blaine. "He walked over to him with a grin on his face in the cafeteria, put out his hand and said 'Hi, I'm Kurt Hummel. Nice to meet you.' Sebastian looked at him with this pissed off expression as if he'd said the most offensive thing ever. From then on Kurt would not leave him alone, it was hilarious."
"Somehow it happened, none of us are entirely sure how but soon he was part of the Warblers and him and Kurt were singing flirtatious duets and cuddling in the corner of the room." Jeff raised his eyebrows.
"And we've been left to deal with the drama ever since." The other sighed with a shake of his head.
"Yep and we're just very sorry that you seem to have become a part of that." Jeff added, that sympathetic look coming over his face again. "But hey, if it ever gets too much or you need to talk, Nick and I are here for you. Right, Nick?" He nudged his friends shoulder, who quickly nodded in agreement.
It was a great feeling. Blaine had genuinely managed to make some great friends here, and obviously gotten himself involved in some form of antics but at least he now had more going on in his life than he had before. He was part of something that wasn't bullying, he wasn't the school laughing stock or the freak, he was just Blaine Anderson. He couldn't help but smile at this.
"Thanks guys, that means a lot."
Both boys waved their hands at him and laughed, causing him to chuckle too. Avoiding the ever so slightly overwhelming feeling he was getting because this was bordering on cheesy. "Oh it's nothing." Jeff told him. "All you've got to do is tell me whether you like chocolate chip or blueberry muffins more and I highly recommend you say chocolate chip."
Blaine chuckled. But he knew he had a lot more to think about than that. He needed to deal with the strange love-triangle he had become a part of, consider whether it was worth the fight. Figure out which boy he genuinely wanted or whether it was better he leave them be.