Chapter 2

"Mr. Hummel, so nice of you to join us. And you, I presume you are…"

Mrs. Lopez pauses to glance at the attendance sheet, "Blaine Anderson?"

Blaine gives a slight nod and mumbles an apology, while Kurt just goes to the same seat that he sat in yesterday, the one farthest in the back.

"You two are late to my class. Since it is only the second day of school, I'll let it slide. Next time, it's detention." Mrs. Lopez said without even glancing in their direction.

Kurt smiled when Blaine shuffled his way to the back of the classroom, placing himself in the seat directly next to Kurt.

Kurt was lucky that nobody sat next to him yesterday. I mean, half of the kids in class probably thought that "gay was contagious" and he was just grateful that Blaine even wanted to sit next to him.

As Mrs. Lopez continued going over the syllabus and class expectations, Kurt turned to the beautiful boy next to him.

"Good thing we didn't get detention"

Blaine huffed as a response and crossed his arms, not even taking his eyes off of the teacher.

"Anderson?" Kurt questioned. Did he do something wrong already?

Blaine just scooted himself slightly away, still not looking at Kurt.

Kurt took that as a hint not to talk to him.

Finally, class ended and Kurt jumped out of his seat and ran out. Blaine hadn't said anything to Kurt the entire rest of the hour. He waited outside the door for Blaine to exit, he would have to talk to him now.

Blaine made his way out, connecting his hazel swirls to Kurt's cyan eyes for only a moment, then trying to walk away.

"Anderson! Wait up! What the fuck is your problem?"

"Please don't curse at me"

"I didn't mean to- I just- what's wrong?"

Blaine sighed and finally made eye contact with him.

"I've never been late to class. That was really embarrassing for me, sorry for ignoring you though. You've done nothing but be kind, I just didn't want to get in anymore trouble or anything"

Fucking nerd.

A cute nerd, though.

"Don't say sorry Anderson, I'm the one who owes you an apology. I didn't know it was such a big deal for you"

"S'okay"

"No. It's not. And to make it up to you, I promise to walk you to Lit every single day, and make sure you get there right on time. Maybe even early some days. Sound like a plan?"

Blaine's mouth curved upward, "Cool. I gotta get to Psych but I'll see you later Hummel"

"See you Anderson"

Kurt watched Blaine walk away from him. Kurt's eyes traveled lower and he couldn't help but to stare at his ass.

Hm. Nice.

Blaine Anderson was going to be the death of Kurt Hummel.

By lunchtime, glee club was already settled at their table in the corner of the cafeteria. Kurt sat with Mercedes and Rachel on his sides.

"Has anybody recruited new members?" Rachel asked, breaking the silence at the table.

"I put up a signup sheet in the locker room and one guy signed up!" Finn exclaimed.

Rachel beamed at her boyfriend and grabbed his arm, "Oh Finny! You're so hardworking. I love how determined you are. You've done so much more for us than the other inferior members of this club"

Kurt rolled his eyes. He loved her, but Rachel was so fucking annoying.

"Who was it?" Santana asked from across the table, arms linked with her girlfriends, Brittany.

"Some guy named Hugh Janus. Never heard of him"

Kurt choked on the apple juice he was sipping on and laughter broke out from everybody at the table, with the exception of Finn and Rachel.

"What's so funny?" Finn asked, as Rachel started quietly explaining the joke to him.

Leave it to Finn to be the most clueless person on the planet.

"I actually think that I got us a new guy" Kurt directed towards Mercedes and Sam on the other side of him, knowing that if Rachel heard, she would interrogate Kurt about Blaine, plus he really just wasn't in the mood to talk to Rachel right now.

"Oooh, do tell!" Mercedes exclaimed.

"Okay so his name is Blaine. He's new here and he's pretty shy, but I befriended him and I think I can convince him to join glee club. He's a total sweetheart but it might take him awhile to open up to everybody"

"Is he gay?" Sam asked.

"Undetermined"

Mercedes elbowed Kurt in the ribs, "Is he cute?"

Before Kurt could even begin to answer, he saw Blaine walk into the cafeteria, his lunch tray holding just a package of crackers and some celery on it.

What the fuck is up with this kid?

Blaine looked around, his puppy dog eyes seeming to appear again. He must have not seen Kurt and he began retreating from the cafeteria. Kurt couldn't, in good conscience, let him sit all alone.

"Speak of the devil! I'll be right back" Kurt practically jumped out of his seat and raced over to Blaine.

Blaine's wide eyes softened once they landed on Kurt, and Kurt felt his insides getting warm and fuzzy. That was just a normal reaction, right?

"Hey Anderson"

"Hi"

"Come on, sit with me"

"Oh, okay. Thanks" Blaine smiled.

Kurt started leading Blaine to the table, "I'll introduce you to everybody in the glee club once we get there. Just a warning- most of them will probably tease you. Don't take it personally, that's just how they are. You'll love them and they'll love you, I swear"

Blaine stopped in his tracks, "Oh no no no, it's okay. I'll eat in the hallway or something. Really, I don't want to intrude, they probably wouldn't like me, or anything"

Kurt felt his heart ache. Why does he talk about himself like this?

"Blaine" Kurt turned towards him, "They're going to love you. I promise. And hey, if you don't like them, just tell me and I'd be happy to join you for lunch in the hallway, just the two of us. But you'll love them. Plus, you can get to know them before you audition for glee on Friday"

Blaine let out a laugh and the sight made Kurt smile instantly back.

"You called me Blaine instead of Anderson, and just for that, I'll give it a try"

"Great" Kurt smiled and continued towards the table, "And you are auditioning for glee, correct?"

"I mean if you're in it, then sure"

Kurt felt the need to jump up and down from that statement, but he managed to compose himself before arriving at the table, Blaine practically glued to his side.

"Everybody, this is Blaine. Blaine, this is everybody." Kurt announced once they got to the table.

Before Blaine could even open his mouth and greet the table, Rachel had grabbed him by the arm and pulled him down next to her.

"Hi! I'm Rachel Berry, the star of glee club. I'm so excited that you'll be joining us, at least I hope so. Auditions are this Friday at 3:30, so you better be there. I bet you have a great voice. Do you think it'll blend with mine? Maybe we could sing a duet sometime? I happen to have a great selection of-"

"Okay Rachel that's enough" Kurt spit out as he slid next to Blaine. Close, but not close enough so that they were touching.

"You're such a little cutie! Isn't he so cute and tiny?" Mercedes squealed.

"He's a little Hobbit!" Brittany replied.

"Hey dude, sorry for scaring you yesterday. A friend of Kurt's is a friend of mine" Puck said.

"Are you gay?" Sam asked.

The entire club stopped talking over each other for once, waiting for Blaine's response.

"Uh-" Blaine started, clearly uncomfortable.

"Oh my god, you and Kurt should make gay babies!" Puck shouted.

A flush rose over Blaine's face and he looked down at the table, "I- Um-"

"So you're gay too? Cool. Kurt doesn't have any gay friends. I mean Sam is kinda gay but I don't know if that counts…" Finn said.

"Dude shut up. You know I'm bi. But hey, Blaine, it's cool if you're gay. Or straight. Or whatever." Sam added.

Puck started speaking, "Yeah and if you are gay, Sam will probably make out with you like he did with Ku-"

"OKAY PUCK" Kurt felt his blush set in, "That's enough"

He really didn't need Blaine knowing about his past relationships quite yet.

Tina and Mike arrived at the table, Mike carrying the tray full of food that the couple was going to share for lunch. Every single day since they got together, Tina and Mike shared food off of the same tray. It made Kurt want to gush over how absolutely adorable the act was but it also made him want to vomit because, well, fuck romance.

"Oh my god, Hey! Blaine right?" Tina practically squealed when she saw Blaine.

Great, maybe Blaine was straight and him and Tina were in love or something.

Stop being ridiculous. Tina and Mike are obvious soulmates. But still, why did Tina get so excited to see Blaine? How did she know him?

"Yeah Blaine! What's up buddy?" Mike reached out his fist and Blaine awkwardly gave Mike a fist bump, avoiding eye contact.

"Hold up. How do you two know this hobbit?" Santana questioned.

"He has calc with us. This man is a literal God at calculus" Blaine blushed from Mikes compliment and Kurt had to refrain from making his jealousy obvious.

Kurt should be the only one allowed to make Blaine blush. The only one.

"Yeah he is! He doesn't talk much but he finished his calc assignment so fast today that the teacher thought he was cheating, but apparently he's just a genius. He seems so quiet, I'm surprised he's sitting here. You don't seem like you would want to sing in front of anybody. Is he trying out for glee or something? " Tina asked, sitting down with Mike by her side.

"Yeah. Hummel got him to audition on Friday. We're pretty sure they're gay lovers or something" Puck said, thinking that he was being funny when he really wasn't.

"Blaine, you're gay?" Tina asked.

"He has to at least be bi. I mean, look! His jeans are cuffed!" Sam added.

A chorus of "Oooh's" rang out from the table, as most of them glanced underneath to look at Blaine's cuffed jeans.

"Or maybe he's just really short" Brittany mumbled, obviously feeling sympathetic for Blaine. "It's okay Blaine, it's cute"

"Yeah no it's not cute, just gay" Puck dragged out the 'y' sound, getting no laughter, just glares from everybody at the table.

"Shut up and let the dude talk, he's barely been able to say anything yet because of all of you fucking blabbermouths who don't know how to shut the fuck up. So, are you gay Blaine?" Santana kept her face in a perfect straight line while speaking.

Blaine's face was still bright red as he started, "Oh umm…. " Blaine looked at Kurt for guidance, pleading for help with his puppy dog eyes.

Sensing Blaine's discomfort, Kurt cut in, "Rachel! What were you saying about Newsies yesterday? I don't think anybody heard, you should explain it to us again."

"Yes Kurt yes! Good idea! So…" Rachel started and the entire glee club seemed to stop listening and luckily, stopped harassing Blaine.

Blaine shot Kurt a grateful smile and Kurt whispered, "Sorry, tried to warn you."

Blaine shrugged and whispered back, "It's fine. They seem… nice. I guess. I mean I'm glad that Tina and Mike are here too" as he pulled out his phone in one hand while holding a celery stick in the other.

"Yeah. I guess," Kurt quickly added, "Hey. Give me your phone."

Blaine looked shocked, "Um. What?"

"So I can put my phone number in dummy"

"Oh." Blaine smiled, "Yeah, yeah. Here"

Kurt entered his information into Blaine's phone and handed it back to him, hoping everybody else at the table didn't notice, just so they wouldn't tease the already on edge Blaine.

"So Blaine… what do you like to do for fun?" Santana put on her bitch smirk while asking. Of course she would try to direct the conversation to Blaine, she just loved to make people feel uncomfortable.

Blaine subconsciously moved closer to Kurt, his thigh now touching Kurts. Kurt felt oddly elated at the fact that Blaine moved closer, maybe signaling that he felt comfortable with Kurt? Whatever it was, Kurt was enjoying the touch of their thighs together.

"Um. School, I guess. That's how I spend most of my time, doing homework and studying and stuff, y'know?" Blaine murmured, clearly still not wanting to be himself in front of everybody.

Not that Kurt even knew much more about Blaine than any of them.

"No, I don't know. I'm not a fucking nerd. I mean maybe Tina and Mike know, since you guys are lame fucking nerds," Santana rolled her eyes, "I just realized I never introduced myself so hey bitch, I'm Santana. You can call me Tana, or Satan, or whatever the fuck you want"

Brittany glared at her girlfriend, but kept their arms linked together. "Sorry, that's just how she is," Brittany directed a smile towards Blaine. "I'm Brittany, Santana's girlfriend. And I think Santana was wondering what you did outside of school and schoolwork and all that?"

Blaine smiled at Brittany. A little too brightly for Kurts liking.

What if Blaine was straight?

"I've actually always loved singing. And I can play piano. I play tennis too. I'm kinda just average at all of them, but I try my best"

Kurt had to force himself not to roll his eyes. Blaine was probably fucking perfect at both, he just always had to drag himself down.

"Cool. Once I had a dream that Sam fit four entire tennis balls in his mouth" Brittany deadpanned.

"Are we sure that was a dream?" Puck questioned, dead serious.

"For the last time, I've never had any balls in my mouth!" Sam exclaimed.

Mercedes and Kurt simultaneously burst out laughing, and when Kurt looked at Blaine, he could see that the boy was actually smiling.

"Yeah, sure Sam..." Puck let out a chuckle.

Conversation continued flowing throughout the table, most of it being Rachel talking about which school musical she wanted to get the lead in that year. Kurt usually never listened to Rachel, and he was finding it even harder to focus on anything at the table with Blaine's thigh touching Kurt's the entire rest of lunch.

Kurt's thoughts kept going places that they really shouldn't have been. And oh god, he found himself wondering what the rest of Blaine's body felt like. He just wanted to touch him, and not even in a sexual way. Although, he wouldn't mind if it was in a sexual way, he just wanted to feel Blaine closer. Blaine's soft hands caressing his face and the feeling of holding Blaine so close that he could feel his heartbeat, and oh god why was he thinking like this? He needed to stop before his thoughts could spiral and possibly get dirty and he would end up in a very awkward situation. He barely knew Blaine, so why was his mind making him think all of these thoughts? Did Blaine put some kind of spell on Kurt?

Thankfully interrupting his thoughts, the bell rang and everybody began throwing away their trash and walking out of the cafeteria.

Everybody said their farewells and told Blaine it was nice meeting him, and he mostly stayed silent, giving small smiles and nods.

The pair walked out of the cafeteria together in silence, which was fine with Kurt. As long as Blaine was in his presence, he felt good.

Why did he feel good when Blaine was around?

Why was Blaine doing this to him?

Blaine turned towards Kurt and whispered a small, "Thank you"

"Of course. But for what exactly?"

"Making me feel welcome. I don't think- I mean- I just-" Blaine took a deep breath and continued, "I didn't even think that I would make a friend here. Let alone a huge table of crazy, loud, and overbearing friends"

Kurt smiled, "Anytime Blaine. You're really sweet and... I think we're gonna be very good friends"

"Oh. Yeah. Friends."

"See you, Anderson"

"See you, Hummel"

About 2 minutes into Kurt's next class, he felt his phone buzzing in his pocket.

Unknown: btw i am

Kurt: anderson?

Unknown: no, this is patrick.

Unknown: yeah it's blaine haha

Kurt: lmao hey anderson

Kurt: wait you are what?

Unknown: gay

Unknown: just thought i'd let you know haha

Oh. Huh.

Good to know.

Thank you for reading if you did ! I promise it'll get more interesting, I just gotta introduce all the characters and stuff first y'know? Anyways, thank you again !