Thank you for the amazing feedback on yesterday's chapter - it's mindblowing that quite a few of you say that was your favorite chapter to date! Unfortunately I don't plan to write anything else in the time travelling verse, it's just too confusing for me. The only thing I have considered doing with that chapter is writing the moment when the timeline cements and Blaine tells Kurt about the fact that he was a time traveller. But don't hold me to that, okay?

Woke up to the latest Tumblr riot - video clip of one of the 03x04 songs that I've been dying for and I kind of cried a little watching it, not just because it was so amazing but because of what it symbolizes, of where the characters were in 02x04 compared to now and... ugh. Anybody who's seen it will understand my feelings.

I posted another sequel to a Kiss chapter too. It's a sequel to Chapter 94 - Introductions, the one where Kurt brings Blaine to his house to introduce him to his family and they end up kissing in Kurt's car and get caught by his dad. I wrote what happens during the dinner and it's called... surprise surprise... Introductions. So feel free to go and check that out :)

From Paige Blithiar: when they were in the benefit and Kurt runs to the choir room with Blaine in tow to comfort Tina? And Blaine sees just how much he cares and during Mike's performance…

Angela and I are in agreement that not even a Kliss could have made this episode 'good'. We're just not fans.

Tina

As Tina bolted off the stage, Blaine winced as he could hear the sound of the girl beginning to sob. He turned to Kurt anxiously, expecting to see his boyfriend looking equally as concerned, after all he and Tina were still very close. Instead he found Kurt already out of his seat, tugging at Blaine's hand. "Come on!"

Frowning, Blaine allowed himself to be pulled out of the auditorium, wondering why they were leaving instead of supporting the others. But as they headed towards the choir room that Kurt had shown him on the way in, Blaine understood that nothing was going to keep Kurt from looking after his friend at that time.

The door was open and Blaine could hear Tina crying. He hesitated for a second, not sure whether he should go in or not and Kurt stopped, turning to look at him. "What is it?"

"Should I wait outside?"

Kurt frowned. "No, of course not," he said as if it were obvious. "You care about Tina too, don't you?"

"Of course -"

"Then come on."

Kurt tugged his hand again and Blaine allowed himself to be led into the choir room which had been transformed into a dressing room. Blaine only took a second to marvel at how much work they had done before Kurt let go of his hand, crossing the room to sit next to Mike and Tina. "You were amazing," he said soothingly, Mike shooting him a grateful look. "I was so in love with your song and someday when you don't have the audience from hell, you're going to perform it again for us."

Tina threw herself into Kurt's arms and Mike stood, crossing the room to join Blaine. Mike was the only person besides Kurt that Blaine actually knew at McKinley due to their Asian heritage - Blaine had helped out at an Asian camp a few years back before Tina had taken his spot as the other counsellor and gotten to know the boy. "Is she going to be okay?" Blaine asked.

"I hope so," Mike said, still staring at his girlfriend, clearly worried. "I can tell her I love her all I like but other than that, there's not a lot I can do. I don't sing, I can't help her in that aspect. That's why I'm so glad Kurt's here, he always knows what to say to make people feel better."

Sure enough, Tina had begun to calm down, still clinging to Kurt. Blaine watched the two of them for a minute, noticing the way Tina was rumpling Kurt's clothing and how the boy didn't even care. And for someone as fashion conscious as Kurt, that was a big deal.

He's wonderful.

Of course Blaine knew that. But it was moments like this, seeing Kurt at his most natural, looking after his friends that Blaine couldn't help but fall for his boyfriend even more.

Kurt had been through so much in his life already. More often than not, he would be the one who was upset, the one who needed support and love and for someone to notice that he wasn't okay. And while Blaine knew that Tina was one of the ones who had tried to be there for Kurt, nobody had really supported Kurt the way he now supported others. Blaine hated - hated-that had to go through what he did to help others, but it had simply made him a better person as a result, a person more equipped to help others. That was how Kurt saw it and what Blaine was beginning to see too.

It wasn't just the McKinley group that Kurt had helped. Blaine knew of at least three Warblers who had turned to Kurt when things had gone wrong in their lives, some of them barely knowing him, only knowing that he had been through some pretty horrible stuff himself. People had done the same to Blaine before and he had helped the best he could, but Kurt's way of helping people blew anything Blaine could do out of the water in his opinion. It was like talking to your best friend who could then offer you practical advice that, more often than not, worked. It was one of the main reasons that the Warblers had been so sad to see Kurt go as well - on the outside it had looked like Kurt had struggled blending into the Warblers, but once the meeting was over he was one of their best friends, the guy that everybody seemed to like and get along with.

And, on top of all of that, Kurt had helped Blaine.

From a bystanders perspective, it would look like Blaine had been the one to help Kurt through everything he had gone through - transferring schools, confronting a homophobic bully, teaching him to be a part of a group and being the friend and mentor he had needed. And Blaine wouldn't deny that those things had happened (though he would almost certainly downplay them). But what nobody saw was what Kurt had done for Blaine.

Kurt had taught him to live.

After so long being pushed down and hated for who he was at his old high school, Blaine had transferred to the Warblers as a shell of who he had been. It had taken quite some time before he felt safe at Dalton, but Blaine had still struggled to be himself. Yes, he had been able to act it out through song but with his interactions with everybody else he had been nothing but polite and charming, making sure to never get on anybody's bad side.

So when Kurt had sat him down one day - not long after the failed solo audition - and told him what he was doing was a cop-out, Blaine had been stunned and admittedly a little bitter. But he had listened patiently to what Kurt had told him and now Blaine was so incredibly grateful that he had because what Kurt had said made sense.It was easy to be the person that everybody liked, what was difficult was to be yourself and know that sometimes people weren't going to like you. That was who Kurt was and that was who Blaine had been before Westerville High had tried to bash it out of him.

Blaine had taken it on and taken it to heart. And maybe it had led to a drunken kiss with Rachel and a huge argument with Kurt over sexuality that had ended up being pointless, but Blaine finally felt like he had started living again.

And now he had a boyfriend, a boyfriend who happened to be the most amazing person Blaine had ever met. Someone who Blaine owed so much to, so much gratitude and thanks and love.

Blaine just hadn't figured out how to show that yet.

Mike had left his side and joined Tina again who had relinquished her hold on Kurt and was wiping her eyes. "You okay, beautiful?" he asked, holding her gently again. Tina nodded and Mike smiled down at her. "You're strong, I know you. You'll be okay."

It was only when Mike leaned in to kiss her that Blaine's mind clicked.

Of course.

"Alright guys, we can't let this get us down!"

As Mr. Schuester began his pep talk, Blaine slipped out of the room quietly, figuring he didn't need to be around for this part. He wasn't sure how much longer Kurt would stay with New Directions but was perfectly willing to wait, even though every second was making him more and more nervous about what he was going to do.

How do I do this? Do I just… what, do I just kiss him? Or do I tell him why I'm doing this and then kiss him? Do I need to ask his permission, should I be waiting until he does this first, should I even be doing this now?

"Okay, Mike's going on in five minutes," Kurt announced as he left the room, taking Blaine's hand again. "Quinn and the others are handing out taffy to keep the audience quiet so we have to be as supportive as we can, okay?" There was a moment of silence. "Blaine?"

Blaine realized he was the one who was supposed to have replied and smiled quickly. "Not a problem."

Of course Kurt knew him far too well. "Is something wrong? It's not the Karofsky thing, is it? I doubt he's still here… unless he is still here and you just ran into him out here -"

"No, no it's not Karofsky," Blaine hastened to reassure him, not wanting Kurt to work himself into a panic. "I was just thinking… wondering, actually, about how I managed to get such an amazing boyfriend."

Kurt stilled, turning to stare at him. "What - what makes you say that?"

"Watching you in there with Tina," Blaine explained. "You take such good care of your friends and the people close to you and I know," he added, seeing Kurt start to open his mouth, "I know it should be normal but unfortunately not everybody sees it that way so the fact that you do makes it even better and makes you all the more amazing."

Kurt was blushing and it was the most endearing thing Blaine had seen in his life. "And?" he prompted, clearly wanting to know why Blaine had brought it up.

In answer, Blaine simply leant in and kissed him.

When he broke away, Kurt looked stunned but thankfully not in any way opposed to what had just happened. "You deserve to know how incredible you are," Blaine said softly. "But more than that, you deserve to know just how much I care about you too, that I care about you the same way you care about Tina or Jeff or Mercedes -"

"Or you," Kurt interjected. "Especially you."

Blaine knew he was blushing a little but continued nonetheless. "And all that support and encouragement and love that you give to others, I want to be able to give to you when things get rough. So for now, all I can do is show you and promise you that I will."

Kurt was staring at him like he was the world. "How did I get you?"

"You decided to spy on my school before Sectionals," Blaine responded promptly, earning himself a slap on the arm. "Well you did! And now I'm going to return the favor by spying on Mike Chang's amazing dancing." He held out an arm to Kurt who, rolling his eyes, looped his arm through it. "Shall we, my good sir?"

"You're such a goof."

"I'm your goof," Blaine bantered back, smiling as Kurt rolled his eyes again. "Admit it, you wouldn't have me any other way."

Kurt glanced over at him, smiling in a way Blaine had never seen before, and Blaine knew it was because of that kiss. A new level of understanding had passed between them and Blaine had never felt so strongly for Kurt than he did in that moment.

"No, I wouldn't."

I want a goof like Blainers...

MusicalEscape:

"Quinn! Hi, I'm Blaine, you don't know me, but I know you, and I swear it's not because I stalk you! I need you to pretend to flirt with me so you can make Sam jealous and I can be with Kurt and the fabric of the space time continuum doesn't tear."

"Oh... Kay... Hi?"

*storms over* "HEY! I'M her potential love interest!" *glare*

"All yours." *runs away and into McKinley*

"Umm... Who WAS that?"