So I had my orientation for my job today which was actually heaps of fun and put me a lot more at ease at starting work tomorrow. I also got give a bright green polo which I love more than is healthy. And for those of you who live in Australia and possibly other areas, you already might know where I work, which I can't mention for security reasons. Anyway, training should be interesting :)

From TwihardGleek2011: So I got you a prompt from SLS: when Blaine walks out to talkto[sic] Jeramiah[sic] about what happened and Kirt[sic] makes the commet[sic] about Jeramiah's[sic] hair, maybe Jeramiah[sic] could say something mean to Kurt and Blaine get[sic] mad and say something to Jeramiah[sic] and then talk to Kurt and end up kissing him!

Defensive

"... no one here knows I'm gay."

Kurt couldn't resist. "Can I be honest? Just with the hair ... I think they do."

He hadn't expected any kind of response from the older boy, after all he looked like he wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. Which is why he was so surprised when Jeremiah turned on him, eyes flashing. "Who asked you to talk?"

He took a step forward, Kurt frozen in shock. "Just because you're comfortable screaming I'm flamboyantly and stereotypically gay, doesn't mean the rest of us are or want to be. Blaine never normally acted this .. this forward when we hung up, I bet you told him that this was a good idea -"

"Hey!"

Blaine was suddenly in front of Kurt. "Don't you even think about pinning this on him! All he did was something you're too scared to do - be proud of who he is."

"I'm not scared to -"

"Yes, you are." Blaine cut him off, shaking his head angrily. "I don't know how I didn't see it before - we could never go to a coffee place close by because you were too scared to be seen by anybody you knew with a gay kid. And you told me you were out, Jeremiah."

Kurt stared in amazement as Blaine came to his defense, flaring up with anger. "That's not out. That's calling yourself gay and then never acting on it. At least I had the guts to come and tell you how I thought I felt - and I was incredibly mistaken by the way. And at least Kurt has the guts to be himself, no matter what."

Kurt couldn't stop the small smile from appearing as Blaine spoke about him. "Kurt is who he is, and he doesn't change that for anybody. He inspires me to be myself every time I see him stand up for something he believes in or just lets his guard down and has fun with us guys. He's genuine and real and, more importantly, he wants to be who he is. I don't know if I'd be the person I am today if I hadn't had Kurt in my life these past few months. So maybe he did inspire me to do this, even if it was for the wrong person -"

Does that mean there was a right person? Kurt thought to himself, trying to not to blush at Blaine's praise. He had never known that Blaine felt that way about their friendship and, even if that was all that they ended up having, Kurt was okay with that. Because Blaine meant just as much to Kurt as it seemed Kurt meant to Blaine.

"- at least I did it and I was true to myself."

Jeremiah snorted, adjusting his hoodie. "Well, if he's that awesome, why don't you date him instead?"

"Maybe I should!"

Kurt's mouth ran dry. No, he's just saying it to prove a point.

"And maybe I would have asked him first if I hadn't thought he would say no, if I hadn't thought he was so out of my league." Blaine's voice was still angry, but Kurt could hear the hesitance behind it. He tapped Blaine on the shoulder and the boy stiffened, as if he had suddenly remembered Kurt was standing beside him and had heard every word.

"He would've said yes, by the way. Just saying. You can continue."

Kurt stepped back slightly, letting a smile cross his face and waiting. A second later, Blaine spun to face him, his eyes wide. "Really?"

"Yeah. Feel free to continue fighting with Jeremiah though, I quite like people coming to my defense sometimes."

Blaine shook his head, stepping closer. "I'd much rather be doing this."

And before Kurt could process it, Blaine's lips were against his.

It wasn't the first time Kurt had been kissed. His first experience had been Brittany trying to shove her tongue down his throat and Kurt letting his mind wander to the latest collection of Vogue. His experience with Karofksy had left him feeling violated and pressured. But this was nothing like either of those two. Blaine's lips were smoother and softer against his, definitely, but it was about the way Blaine was kissing him - like Kurt was the most important person to him in that point in time.

And all Kurt could do was kiss him back and try and express the same sentiments.

After a few moments, Blaine pulled away, staring into Kurt's eyes for a long moment before turning back to Jeremiah. "That's called being out and proud. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go and ask this lovely boy to be my boyfriend and then take him out for lunch."

"And get the rest of the Warblers out of The Gap," Kurt interjected quietly as Jeremiah turned to storm off. "David's going to spend way too much money on awful quality clothing if we don't stop him."

Blaine turned to face Kurt, his gaze softening from anger to affection. "You're amazing, you know that?" he murmured. "And I'm sorry. I wish I'd known how you felt, I would have spared both of us that awful display in there."

"At least I know you'll stop at nothing to get what you want." Kurt smirked, reaching out to take Blaine's hands. "I believe there was something you had to ask me?"

Blaine suddenly smiled in a way that made Kurt's heart skip a beat. "That there was. Where would you like to go for lunch."

Kurt detached one of his hands to hit him lightly. "Just for that, I'm going to say no when you actually do ask."

"Really? So, Kurt, would you be my boyfriend?"

Kurt tried. He really did. But he couldn't stop the smile from breaking his face and the blush staining his cheeks. Blaine smiled in return. "I'll take that as a yes?"

"That would be a yes," Kurt admitted before leaning in to kiss Blaine again, wondering if he would ever get over the sensation of the other boys lips against his own. He hoped not.

Blaine broke away, resting their foreheads together in such a cliche way that Kurt immediately decided that cliche was his new favourite. "I like that yes," he murmured. "Let's go rescue The Gap from the Warblers and then go spend some time together, okay?"

"Mm, okay." Kurt pulled away reluctantly, looking over Blaine's shoulder to see the moping figure of Jeremiah walking away in the distance. Thank goodness he didn't realize how amazing Blaine is, Kurt thought to himself as he linked hands with Blaine and headed back into The Gap.

MusicalEscape:

Blaine's hair:

Awakening in Kurt's bed after BIOTA (I feel sorry for Kurt's pillow, which had to be washed multiple times to get the gel out)

*walks up to Blaine* "Here. Read." *shoves paper in face*

"A... petition? 'Blaine Anderson should let his hair loose more?'"

"Yup."

*flips pages* "You got ore than a thousand people to sign this."

"Yup. I might have also stolen your hair products and hacked your credit card account and put it on lock so you can't order any more gel..."