Pairing: Klaine with a side of Brittana and a little bit of Quick
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise, Glee or Harry Potter is not mine.
AN: Alright, apologies, I would love to make up a reason as to why this has taken so long, but to be honest I just wasn't inspired/writer's block. Well here it is, I hope you enjoy it :) Many thanks to my friend Jess for making sure this was publishable.
It was a couple of weeks later when Blaine was rushing up behind Kurt to catch him before he went into class, "Kurt! Hey! Wait up!" Kurt turned around and as soon as he spotted Blaine slowed to a stop and waited for him.
"Hey, what's going on? Don't you have Herbology now?"
Blaine nodded, "Yeah, I do, but I wanted to ask you something and now seemed like a good time?" His voice rising at the end making it seem more like a question.
"Blaine get to class, you're going to be late. I'll meet you in the main hall before Lunch and we can talk then, yeah?"
Blaine pouted, "But I'm already here, and it won't take long, I just wanted to know what your plans for this Hogsmead weekend were?"
Kurt shook his head, glanced towards his Transfiguration class that were still waiting outside, "Uh, nothing that I know of, probably going with Santana and Puck, why? What'd you have in mind?" Kurt was secretly thinking that he would give up his time with Santana and Puck if it meant spending the day with Blaine. After getting interrupted by Finn two weeks ago, Blaine and Kurt hadn't had that much time together. All their planned hang out's seemed to be crashed by one of their friends, and if Kurt was being completely honest with himself it was frustrating the hell out of him.
"Well, I know Santana is planning on going with Brittany and Puck and Finn mentioned something about taking their girlfriends, so I thought we could go together? I mean we haven't had that much time together, alone that is, and I thought it would be nice knowing that they would all be distracted so no one would be crashin-" Blaine stopped talking when Kurt covered his mouth with his hand.
"You're babbling, you have a habit of doing that when you're nervous. Though I don't know why, I would love to Blaine, now hurry up and get to class. You're going to be late as it is. I will see you at lunch."
"Okay, see you then." Blaine turned to leave, before turning back around and kissing Kurt on the cheek, "Can't forget the kiss goodbye." He said with a cheeky wink before jogging down the stairs to the main entrance. That was something else that had developed after that day, Blaine always made a habit to kiss his on the cheek whenever they said goodbye. It was the physical manifestation of the both of them dancing around the topic of the near-kiss they had.
Kurt walked back to his Transfiguration class to see they had already gone in, when he stepped in the room he saw rats on the tables. He slid into his seat next to Santana as quietly as possibly, "Urg, I hate rats, why do we always have to use rats? Why can't we use the turtles again? They don't even try to get away." He whispered quietly to her.
"Screw the rats, what was going on with loverboy out there?"
"Will you stop calling him that? Nothing much, he was just asking me to Hogsmead this weekend since you and Noah are ditching me for your significant others."
"Oooh, is that the reason he used? You have a date with loverboy." She ended in a singsong voice. Kurt quickly pinched her arm, and shot her a death glare before turning back to the front of the class and tried to listen to what their professor was trying to teach them. He groaned when he realised he would do turning the rat into a cup, there was just something so inherently wrong with that. He couldn't argue though and set about trying to do the transfiguration correctly whilst ignoring all the looks Santana was shooting his way.
The day passed quickly, and it was dinner before Kurt and Blaine could talk again, due to a last minute Slytherin Quidditch meeting during Lunch. As soon as Kurt entered the Great Hall he was accosted by Santana.
"So, is it a date or not, Hummel?" She whispered whilst walking him towards the Gryffindor table where everyone was already seated.
"I told you, it's not a date, it just so happens that our friends have ditched us for the day." Kurt said directing a dirty look in Santana's direction. "It would have been nice if you had let me know you had plans."
"Oh whatever, I was going to tell you tonight." Santana replied, "Look at him Porcelain." Kurt glanced up to see Blaine smiling in his direction he then winked when he locked eyes with Kurt. Santana sniggered, "Oh it's totally a date." With that they both made their way to their seats, Kurt's next to Blaine's and Santana on his other side next to Brittany.
"Hey, how was the rest of your day?" Blaine asked, nudging his shoulder.
"It'll be better when it's over. I do not appreciate Coach cutting into lunch time, it's about the only time I can get away from the idiot's that tend to end up in Slytherin." Kurt was frowning by the end; even though Karofsky was gone it didn't mean that the bullying suddenly stopped. It wasn't nearly as frequent, but Quidditch training tended to make an easy bullying ground.
Blaine grabbed his hand, "You okay?"
"I'm fine, just being a whiney bitch. I am however looking forward to tomorrow now that I'm going with you." A grin lit up Blaine's face as soon as the words left Kurt's mouth.
"Good, we should shop for Halloween costumes while we are there. I think Gryffindor is having a party in their common room."
"No costume, no entry." Rachel cut in from her position next to Finn, "That's the only rule, and everyone will have to stick to it; as I'm going to be at the portrait hole checking everyone that comes in!" Finn tugged on her hand and whispered something in her ear, which caused her a shy smile to sweep across her face before she turned and kissed him. It didn't look like it would end any time soon, until Rachel seemed to feel the stares in her direction. "There's nothing to see here, go back to your meals."
Kurt glanced down at what was on his plate, "I'm not feeling particularly hungry after that display of heterosexuality." He quickly pushed his plate away.
"Hey, no, you have barely eaten; I know you wouldn't have had lunch due to the meeting, so you have to eat now." Blaine punctuated the statement by moving the plate back in front of Kurt. "Oh and don't even bother pouting, it's not going to work. If you eat now, I promise we can go to the cafe you like at Hogsmead."
"You promise?"
"Yes, now eat your dinner." To the surprise of everyone at the table Kurt did start to eat, though slowly and still mildly glaring in Finn and Rachel's direction.
"Okay Mum, I'm all done now. Can I be excused?" Kurt's sarcastic tone broke the slight silence that had settled at the table.
Blaine chuckled, "I'm not your Mum Kurt, trust me, I'm pretty sure Mum's don't think about their son's like I think about you." As soon as the words were out Blaine blushed, "Uh, what I meant was that, you know, you're my best friend, and I think about you in a way that a mother wouldn't. Not that I don't think about you in the way I implied, and oh Merlin, I'm just going to stop now because I'm just making this worse." The blush seemed to extend down his neck.
Kurt laughed a bit, and had a faint tinge of pink across his cheeks when he heard Santana state for most the table to hear, "Oh yeah, tomorrow is definitely a date, Hummel. After that show, I think it's quite clear."
Blaine quickly stood up and left the table, the glare Kurt sent Santana was enough to make her hold her hands up in surrender, "Santana, you sometimes make it really hard for me to not want to punch you."
Kurt quickly found Blaine in one of the extra Greenhouses, "Blaine, hey." Kurt touched his shoulder to get his attention. When Blaine's eyes locked with his Kurt knew something was up by the way they were shining slightly in the dim lighting. "You know you shouldn't take anything Santana says seriously right? She was just being a bitch, which well, we both know is kind of a Slytherin trait."
Blaine's head nodded jerkily, but he didn't make an effort to stand up or move out of the greenhouse, so Kurt sat next to him. "What's up, Blaine? Please tell me what's got you so upset. I hate you being sad about as much as you hate seeing me sad. So please, tell me what's going on in that head of yours." Kurt raised his hand, tapping Blaine's temple with his pointer finger.
Blaine shrugged and sighed, "I'm just overreacting Kurt, it's nothing."
"It's not nothing Blaine, come on, I told you everything with Karofsky, and everything since then, you know you can trust me." Kurt looked pleadingly into Blaine's eyes. "Please."
"Would you completely freak out if I told you that I wanted it to be a date tomorrow?" Blaine glanced up from his hands for a split second before staring at them again. "It's just so frustrating Kurt, I can't seem to get anything right with you. Anything else in my life and my eloquence and speech is impeccable, and then you walk into a room, and everything I know and learnt just flies straight from my head and I'm left as a babbling idiot." Blaine frowned, "This, you and me, is the last thing I want to screw up, and yet that's all I seem to be doing."
Blaine stopped talking when he saw and felt a hand cover his, "I think it's a little ridiculous that you think that you have to try so hard to win me over. I would love for tomorrow to be a date Blaine." He placed a hand under Blaine's chin and tilted it upwards so Blaine was looking into his eyes. "Also, I kind of love that I can do that to you, because let me tell you Blaine, when you walk into a room I struggle to keep everything together as well. I'm just lucky I have practice with keeping my cool in every situation, if not I would be far worse than you."
A small smile came across Blaine's face, "Really?" He looked hopeful like he just couldn't believe that he had that affect on Kurt.
Kurt broke into a full on grin, "Of course, why do you think I fiddle so much in your presence? I always need to be smoothing my clothing out when I'm around you because I'm paranoid about what you think of me." Kurt slid his hand to cup Blaine's face, "You're amazing Blaine Hufflepuff, I know I don't say it often, or at all; but you really are."
Blaine moved a hand to cover Kurt's on his face, "So now that we've both admitted we like each other, and that tomorrow is a date and that for once one of our friends haven't interrupted us, could I maybe kiss you? I mean obviously we have some good karma going for us right now, and I wouldn't want to test the fates by not taking advantage of it." Blaine stopped talking when Kurt placed a finger on his lips.
"If you want to kiss me, you're going to have to stop talking for a while Blaine. Think you can handle that?" Blaine nodded eagerly, before leaning forward and capturing Kurt's lips in a kiss. The hand that had previous been holding Kurt's hand to his face moved to cup the back of Kurt's neck to draw him in closer. After what felt like minutes, Blaine pulled back to look Kurt in the eyes, before leaning in again and placing another short and soft kiss onto his mouth.
Blaine let out a shaky breath, "Hmm, we probably shouldn't have done that. I have a feeling I'm going to get quite addicted to your kisses, Mr. Hummel."
Kurt's cheeks were flushed pink, "I think I would be okay with that. I mean kissing you all the time, because I think I'm quite addicted too." Kurt chuckled, "Told you my eloquence would leave me, apparently I'm not practiced enough to keep my cool after you kiss me." Kurt glanced up at Blaine before tugging him into another brief kiss. "Mmm, definitely going to be an issue to be in class around you, I don't think I will pay any attention."
Blaine laughed, leaned forward to catch Kurt in a longer, slower kiss that seemed to make time stop. Blaine pulled away only leaving an inch between them, "Okay, if we don't leave now, I don't think I will be able to." Blaine pulled his hand away from Kurt's neck and stood, offering his hand to help Kurt up. "Also I didn't get dessert, and you know –"
"I'm a teenage boy." Kurt said mockingly before pressing another chaste kiss to Blaine's mouth, "Come on then, we better go see you cousins."
"My cousins?" Blaine queried grabbing Kurt's hand before he could get to far and falling into step beside him.
"Yes, your cousin's, the house elves, they must be a distant relation, what with the similarities in height."
"Hey! That's not nice!" Blaine shoved him a little to the side, but didn't let go of Kurt's hand which meant he didn't really go far. Kurt chuckled then pulled Blaine close to his side before opening the entrance door to the castle. As soon as they entered they saw Santana sitting on the steps that lead to the rest of the castle.
"What are you doing here Santana?" Kurt asked, glaring lightly in her direction. It wasn't completely her fault, and Kurt couldn't really complain because what she said lead Blaine to confessing his feelings.
"I saw hobbit boy over there eying off the chocolate cake before he left, so I thought I would save him a piece." She held out the cake as some kind of piece offering.
"Thanks Santana." Blaine excitedly ran to her and grabbed it. When both Kurt and Santana looked at him with slight disdain, he just shrugged. "What? It looked really good. I'm a boy, I can be excited to eat sweets, stop judging me."
Kurt couldn't help the smile that came across his face, "Come along then, I'll walk you back to your common room." He grabbed Blaine's hand again and lead him up to the tower. "Santana I will see you by the fire, yeah?" That was Kurt's peace offering to show that he wasn't mad anymore.
"Of course, looks like you might have something to tell me." A wink was added on at the end, but Kurt chose to ignore it, waving a dismissive hand in her direction.
Blaine was staring at him when Kurt finally turned around from his conversation with Santana. "You don't have to walk me back, I can tell you want to have a 'lady-chat' with Santana."
"How do you know about her lady-chats?" Kurt asked.
"I think I had a lady-chat with her last week? Well she said it was a lady-chat. If I'm honest Kurt, she kind of scares me, so I just nod and go along with whatever she says."
Kurt laughed, "She's fine when you get to know her. She's an acquired taste; here's your entrance, I will see you tomorrow at breakfast before our trip to Hogsmead?"
"Yeah, I'll see you then Kurt." Blaine rolled on to the tips of his toes to kiss Kurt again on the lips, "Yep, that's never going to get old." He stated with a grin.
Kurt bent down for one last kiss before leaving with a small wave and a shy smile. "See you later Blaine."