A couple days later Monday night dinner was finishing up and Blaine was lingering at the sink, having volunteered to wash dishes. Kurt came over and nudged him.

"Hey," he said, quiet and fond.

"Hey," Blaine murmured.

"I think Sam's got an early shoot tomorrow- he and Mercedes are going to need to leave soon." Kurt said gently.

Blaine nodded, knowing the implication. Kurt wasn't a fan of Blaine being out too late at night by himself, and he'd be expected to leave with them. "I know," he said quietly, a little regret in his voice.

"You'll be back this weekend. It's not like we're not going to be seeing each other at school all week."
"I know. It' s just hard leaving here and going back to my bed by myself sometimes," Blaine shared confidentially. "I got spoiled having you every night."

Kurt placed a small kiss on Blaine's brow. "It's hard seeing you leave too. We'll get used to it."

"Oh, I wanted to show you something!" Blaine said suddenly. He pulled Kurt's hand, leading him over to his bag near the loft door.

Kurt looked at Blaine quizzically. "What is it?"

"I was thinking, the abs class is great, but if I'm going to get real results I need to be exercising between classes too. I ran into Amy after my Voice class this morning and she recommended this app." Blaine pulled out his phone, showing Kurt. "You log in and they have like a 10 minute mini-workout you can play on your phone or your tablet, all stuff you can do at home and don't need equipment for. They mix it up every day so it doesn't get boring, You can track calories there too if you want. And they have this buddy feature where you log any other workouts too, and she says a lot of people are into that because it helps them keep each other accountable."

Kurt nodded, smiling. "Sounds useful. It's a good idea," he said.

"I don't want to push you, and I know you're already so busy, but I thought it'd be good for us to try." Blaine offered.

Kurt shrugged. "10 minutes every couple days isn't bad. I told you, we're in this race together, and if it helps for me to do some of this with you I'm happy to. I'm not touching any of that crazy stuff you got off of Matthew McConaughey's blog with a ten foot pole, but this seems healthy at least."

Blaine grinned. "Fair."

Kurt pursed his lips, thoughtful, and then leaned into Blaine's ear. "You'd need to decide about consequences if you want me to be keeping you accountable with it," he said low, careful not to let the others hear.

Blaine looked over at Sam and Mercedes, flirting on the couch, and then back again. "Decide? Oh. I uh, just figured—you know, like it'd be like any other time," he said dismissively.

"So, say, if you didn't do your workout you'd think you should be punished?"

Blaine flushed. "W-well I don't know. It won't be necessary anyway because I really am going to do this," he deflected.

"I know. But you know that knowing there's a possibility of consequences keeps you more focused." Kurt countered. "And I just want to be clear because we said I wouldn't be monitoring your diet like with Rachel—I don't want to be pushing you if it's not what you want."

Blaine nodded. "That's fair. I'm honestly not having a banana split every night at Mercedes house or anything, I really am trying to eat healthier—"

"I know," Kurt assured.

"But I also know I tend to put too much pressure on myself, so I want to commit to adding this exercise in and just ease in to cooking better and everything—Honestly I think if I felt like I'd be critiqued for what I was eating it might make things worse," Blaine confessed. "I don't know if that even makes sense—"

"It does," Kurt cut him off.

Blaine sighed. "These feel like manageable changes. And knowing you'd be at the abs class and check up on me on the app sometimes—it'll just be extra encouragement to stick with it. And yeah, I guess if I really wasn't doing what I agreed to, then you… would handle it like you've handled other things." Blaine said, a little uncomfortably.

Kurt nodded, giving his fiancé a squeeze and a peck on the cheek. "Sounds doable. I'm really proud of you, honestly. You're making some goals and have a plan to keep on track."

Blaine smiled shyly at the praise. "Thanks, Kurt."