Question 16: What do you value most in a friendship?

Kurt entered the apartment and sighed. Blaine, being the cute boyfriend he was – boyfriend, what a sweet word to have on your lips – got up and walked towards a concerned Kurt:

"Such a beautiful face to be frowning…"

Kurt gave him a little smile and pecked his lips. Blaine was helping him to get rid of his bags and coat and his boyfriend exhaled loudly. Blaine started massaging his shoulders:

"That kind of day, huh?"

Kurt moaned in pleasure and a relaxed grin opened in his mouth:

"Thank Goodness I have you."

"What do you need tonight? Chocolate, ice-cream, wine…"

Kurt interrupted him:

"You."

"Sorry?"

Kurt put on a seductive smile and began to caress Blaine's hands in his shoulders, making Blaine lose focus for a moment. Kurt laughed and approached him for a kiss:

"How about you and me in a soapy bath. Nothing sexual, I just could really use a massage and the relaxation of my wonderful boyfriend near me."

Blaine kissed his boyfriend again and went to start running the water. Kurt came from behind him and kissed his shoulder blade and then the back of his neck:

"What have I done to deserve you?"

Blaine just chuckled, he kept making himself the same question. They both got undressed and Blaine helped Kurt climb in the bathtub after him. They adjusted themselves with Kurt sitting between Blaine's legs with his back to his boyfriend's chest.

Kurt's head fell back to touch Blaine's shoulder and he hummed satisfied. He then began to caress Blaine's thighs under water. Blaine smiled:

"This is living. Can I touch your hair?"

Kurt giggled:

"You always so concerned about me. Sure, honey, your fingers on my head would feel divine."

Blaine grabbed a bottle of Kurt's most fragrant shampoo and began to caress the other boy's head:

"You know this shampoo does things to me?"

"How so?"

"I always wanted to sniff it on you, I mean, before we started dating. You would come out of the shower smelling so amazingly and I'd want to hug you and never let you go."

Kurt was so relaxed that his chuckle came from the back of his throat, his voice an octave lower. Blaine kissed behind his ears. Kurt hummed again:

"You should have, I'd have liked."

"I didn't know that back then."

"You know now, and you use it as a superpower to make me melt. Thank you so much for this, Blee; you were heaven sent."

Blaine kissed the moist skin of the back of Kurt's neck and really enjoyed the smell of the shampoo he had recently applied. He was feeling blissful. All he wanted was to never leave that tub with Kurt and tell the other boy how much he was loved. However, it was too soon, and he didn't want to spoil their honeymoon phase dropping a "l-bomb" before the right time.

Kurt's voice got him back from his daydream:

"… the time I caught you singing in the shower and you show up wearing nothing but a towel around your waist. How I wanted to run my hands all over your chest and kiss you senseless."

Blaine chuckled right behind the other boy's ear and he could feel it peaked Kurt's attention. Blaine leaned back a little:

"Sorry, no sexual thing tonight…"

"It's not as if I'm opposed to having sex with you tonight; I just needed to relax a lot first."

Blaine went to massage Kurt's shoulders:

"Okay then, tell me about your day."

"It was awful spending all day long listening to auditions to find the perfect partner to write the songs for my musical. They all suck."

Blaine felt an uncomfortable pang in his stomach. Kurt, when he first heard the news of the grant, had asked Blaine to do it. Blaine said he'd think about that, but he it you be stepping way outside his comfort zone to write music for something that would go public. Blaine has no problem in performing songs from other people in his classes. He's a musical theater student, for crying out loud! However, appearing as himself singing is something he have a problem with. He didn't have this problem in his Warbler days. But those days were before Sebastian. And before he had mined all of Blaine self-esteem. Nowadays, Blaine tries to escape even karaoke nights with his friends.

But then there's Kurt, sweet Kurt, who never forces Blaine to do anything he's not willing to do. Blaine didn't even have to respond that he didn't want to be Kurt's partner. His non-response was enough for Kurt to hold up auditions. Of course, he had asked if Blaine would mind if he opened auditions. Blaine's comfort came first in Kurt's book. And there they were alone in a bathtub exchange caresses and Kurt telling him about his day. Blaine didn't feel Kurt pressuring him into accepting the offer, but there it was: Blaine's people pleasing problem. He cleared his throat:

"Do you want me to write them?"

Kurt stirred in his embrace. He then turned to face Blaine:

"Blee, that ship has sailed. When we talked about it you said you weren't ready. Of course, I think you are the most talented music writer in the world. No one can live up to you. But you don't want to do it and I respect that. I know not everyone is as a show-off as I am."

"I hate to see you grieving."

Kurt smiled and cupped Blaine's face with his hands:

"That's just me being a diva…"

Kurt kissed him passionately. Blaine let himself get lost in the kiss. Kurt's lips were magical. Blaine grinned:

"If you keep kissing me like that, I'll say yes to anything you ask."

Kurt smiled and kissed him briefly one more time:

"Then let me stop, I've learned not to use my superpowers for evil. Turn around so I can wash your hair now."

Blaine tried to relax in Kurt's embrace. However, an invasive thought kept coming back to his head. He kept thinking about how Sebastian always said Blaine was worthless. And how he never allowed moments of intimacy with Blaine beyond sex. There Kurt was, though, massaging Blaine's hair for no other reason than to make him feel good. A furtive tear escaped Blaine's eyes. He tried to clean it taking advantage of having his back to his boyfriend, but he then sobbed.

Kurt turned him around, with worry written all over his face:

"Blee, don't worry. I'll find someone good enough to write the songs. I shouldn't…"

Blaine interrupted him:

"It's not that. It's something you said not to bring up again."

"What? I said I think we should be able to talk about anything in order to have a healthy relationship."

Blaine answered in a feeble voice:

"You said I shouldn't bring up Sebastian…"

Kurt snorted and began to nuzzle his nose against Blaine's:

"I said not to bring him up during sex, but surely you can talk about you past."

"I used to be a different person before him. I was the Warbler's lead singer and I liked to perform. Now, I'm insecure all the time."

Kurt returned to caressing his thighs:

"You are perfect to me, but we'll work together on the parts you don't like about yourself, okay?"

"What have I done to deserve you?"

Kurt bit his lower lip seductively:

"You give the best massages."

They were soon laughing together and losing themselves in each other.