A/N: Here I am guys, It's 4AM here in Italy but I wanted to update this badly - mostly because I don't know if I'll be able to update tomorrow, sorry.

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14. Apologizing

Kurt woke up the next morning with a massive headache. He didn't sleep well – too many worries and thoughts – and now terrible sharp pains were molesting his head. He checked his phone and wasn't surprised to find out Blaine didn't call or text him.

"Typical."

He got up and started to get ready for work. It'll be a loooong day, he thought.

"Knock, knoooock!"

He knocked on Alexis's door and opened without waiting for her to answer, like he usually did recently. Obviously he wasn't ready for what was behind the door that morning: Alex was standing near the big window of her office with her head lowered and, behind her, Sam Evans with his hands rested on her shoulders. They both separated when Kurt came in.

"I'm sorry, I can come back later."

"No, Kurt. Sam was just…"

"I was waiting for Blaine."

"Yes!"

They both flushed and Kurt smiled, pretending to believe that. He gave the coffee he bought to Alex.

"I'm sorry, Sam, I didn't know you were here."

"No problem, I had coffee."

They stayed silenced for a couple of minutes, embarrassed, but then Alex phone beeped. She lifted it up and read the text.

"Oh, great."

"What's wrong?"

"Blaine isn't coming in today."

Kurt almost dropped his coffee, but tried to stay calm and composed before talking.

"And why's that?"

"He says he doesn't feel well."

"That's too bad."

"It is, actually. He had a big day, with screen tests and first reading."

"Do you want me to cancel everything?"

"No, no. I'll do that, I'll try to clear just his morning, in case he feels better later."

"Oh, okay."

"You should go and see how is he."

Kurt gasped.

"What?"

"He explicitly asked for you in his text."

Kurt took the mental note to strangle Blaine, as soon as he saw him.

"I see."

Sam tried to save some of his act.

"Well, if Blaine isn't coming, there's no reason for me to be here."

Alex looked at him and forced a smile.

"Yeah, right."

Kurt decided to give those two a little privacy, he took out his phone and took the way to the door.

"I'm going. Alex if you need me, just call. Bye, Sam!"

"Bye, Kurt."

Kurt sighed loudly right before the elevator doors opened. He peeked inside but Blaine was nowhere to be seen, as usual. He went straight to the kitchen and put the milk he bought in the fridge and the bread in the sideboard.

"Hey."

Kurt closed the sideboard and closed his eyes, before turning to face Blaine.

"Hi. I brought bread and milk. I've noticed you were out yesterday."

"Thanks. I wasn't sure you would come."

"Alex told me you were sick."

"I am."

Kurt snorted.

"You don't seem that sick to me, but okay."

Blaine got closer and sighed.

"I am sick. I'm sick of us fighting."

Kurt raised his eyebrows, looking directly at Blaine who pouted and opened his big eyes.

"Such a cheesy line, Blaine."

"It's not cheesy when it's true."

Kurt walked away, ignoring Blaine's last statement, and took something from his bag.

"Alex told me to give you this. You are supposed to have a screen test for the movie, today."

Blaine took the script from Kurt's hands and, when their fingers touched, Kurt felt the burn again. The one he always felt when his and Blaine's skin came in contact.

"If you're not really sick, you should really get back to work."

"I can't get back to work, if you're still angry. I don't wanna spend all day with you looking at me like that."

He pointed right at Kurt's face.

"Like what?"

"Like you hate me."

Kurt looked up and sighed.

"I don't hate you."

"Okay, but you're angry."

"A little bit, yes."

"Well I don't want you to, okay? I'm sorry!"

Kurt gasped. Blaine was apologizing, like, for real?

"This thing it's harder than I thought, okay?"

Blaine rubbed the back of his head and clicked his tongue.

"Blaine, calm down. I know it was too much for me to ask you to come out, all of a sudden. I have my share of guilt."

Blaine looked up and the corner of his lips lifted.

"Call it even?"

Kurt sighed and thought about what the girls had said. Enjoy the moment and go with the flow.

"Yeah, okay."

Blaine let out a big sigh and smiled, he lift his fist up.

"Yaaaaaay!"

"Come on, dork. Let's go to work!"

Blaine nodded and kissed Kurt on the cheek.

"Blaine this is Lauren, she's gonna read with you today."

"Great! Nice to meet you, Lauren."

The girl giggled, Kurt and Alex rolled their eyes: she was auditioning for the role and couldn't even talk to Blaine without freaking out.

"This is gonna be a looooong day."

Kurt smiled at Alex, she seemed tired but always gave one hundred percent at work. At least Kurt could admire her, he didn't necessarily have to like her.

"Thanks for convincing him to come to work, Kurt."

"Sure."

"You have a great influence on Blaine, whatever it is you're doing, don't ever stop."

Kurt thought about a couple of things he was doing to Blaine, but decided not to share his thoughts and just smiled, politely. He got back watching Blaine act, the boy was really good and could pull out a performance even with that mess of a so-called actress.

"He's really great, Alex."

"Yeah, I know. And he gets better each role, I'm so proud of him."

"How this happened?"

"This as in…?"

"How did you become his agent?"

"Oh. Well, I think it was back in college. We both went to UCLA, I studied management and he studied Theater, Film and Television. We've known each other for years, so it just came to us, naturally."

She smiled.

"When I graduated, I spent all my savings to learn more about this world. And I got a job as an assistant in the agency you know very well now."

"You were really determined to let this happen."

"Sure! I believed and I still believe in Blaine. Look at him: he's a star. He was born to do this!"

The look on her face was so proud, like the one a mother or a sister could have. Maybe Kurt could like Alexis, after all.

"Well, anyway, as soon as Blaine graduated I helped him and went with him to all his auditions. As soon as he got the first one, the agency got interested and Blaine told them he would sign only if I became his agent. And that's how we got here."

"Helping each other out."

Alex smiled and nodded.

The rest of the afternoon was quiet. As soon as Blaine finished reading with dozens of girls, the trio head back to the office.

"Well, that was a complete disaster!"

"It's your fault, Blaine. You have to stop being so charming!"

"I can't help it, it's who I am!"

Alex pushed Blaine and Kurt laughed at their little bickering.

"I think it's time to go home, boys, there's no need to go upstairs. The offices are all closed."

Blaine nodded and Kurt yawned, he was so tired but he didn't have time to register the tiredness that his phone beeped.

Invite Blaine over, Penny cooked for an entire army. –A.

Kurt laughed thinking about Penny and his cooking mania. He quickly answered Amy and wrote a text to Blaine.

Don't give away that it's me. Dinner at my place? Penny and Amy asked about you. –K.

Blaine's phone beeped as he was talking with Alex about the next day, he read it quickly and smiled. He finished his talk with Alex and called her a cab.

"I'll see you tomorrow, guys."

"Bye, Alex."

As soon as she was gone, Blaine smiled at Kurt.

"Let's go eat, then!"

"Wow, Penny, this is awesome!"

They were all seated at the table, eating and talking about random stuff from time to time. It was nice to have Blaine at their apartment and Kurt actually didn't have a care in the world.

"Thanks, Blaine. I'm glad and I'm happy you two worked everything out."

Kurt shook his head and Amy gave a nudge to Penny, but Blaine didn't seem embarrassed or offended about the fact that the girls knew about their fight. He continued eating smiling at the three of them.

As soon as they were finished, Blaine wanted to help with the dishes but Amy and Penny just pushed the boys out of the kitchen.

"Please, you're the guest. Go sit on the couch and wait for us to bring you coffee."

"You're too kind, thanks."

Kurt grabbed him and lead the way to the living room.

"Come on they love to be the hostesses."

They seated on the couch, and Blaine leaned in to kiss Kurt, the brunette smiled but gently pushed him away.

"The girls."

"Yeah, I know. Sorry, it's just that I wanted to make it up to you."

"Is that so?"

Blaine kissed him again but then the girls came in the room.

"Coffeeeeee!"

"And dessert. Even though I see you Kurt were already eating something sweet."

They all laughed. The evening was getting better and better, and Kurt was actually happy for once. What made him happier was the fact that Blaine decided to spend the night and didn't try to hump him, they just talked and laughed all night. Kurt told him about the time he came out to his dad and how supportive he was about the whole story.

"He sounds like a great man."

"He is."

Kurt lowered his head and took a mental note to call his dad the next morning.

"Do you miss him?"

"Sure, he's my daddy."

Blaine smiled and cupped Kurt's face kissing him all over his face, sweetly and gently. Kurt's heart fluttered, he lied on the bed and took Blaine with him who never stopped kissing him, while on top of him. At some point, Kurt reversed the situation, he pushed Blaine on the other side of the bed and rested his body on Blaine's.

"I have to talk to you about something."

"No, no talking. Just kissing."

"Blaine."

"Okay, okay. Tell me."

"I think Alex likes Sam."

Blaine lifted up leaning on his elbows.

"What are you talking about?"

"And I think Sam likes her too."

Blaine looked at him with his eyebrows lifted.

"Are you sure about this?"

"I'm not sure, but they give me some vibes."

"Vibes? And you're basing this on your instinct."

"Just try to notice next time they're both in the same room."

"Is this a way to force me to come out again?"

"No! I swear, it isn't. I just thought you wanted to know."

Blaine lied on the bed again, resting his head on the pillow and his hands over his chest, Kurt started caressing his hair, tangling his fingers in Blaine's curls.

"I'm sorry. Maybe you didn't want to know."

Blaine smiled at Kurt.

"No, it's just…it got me thinking."

"About what?"

"Maybe there's a reason if me and Alex found someone at the same time."

Kurt bit his lower lip waiting for Blaine to say more, but he just shrugged and went back to kissing. He kissed Kurt on the tip of his nose, which was basically becoming Blaine's signature, and then he kissed him on his lips.

"We better sleep."

Kurt was confused, but Blaine was already in position to sleep – so he just cuddled in his arms and tried not to think about his words. Another sleepless night wasn't going to be good for his skin.

TBC