A/N Okay, so maybe Blaine isn't so oblivious anymore, but how did he manage to order all those gifts in his sleep?
Reviews always welcome!
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Somebody to Love
Kurt thought it was very appropriate that the DJ was playing On Top of the World by the Carpenters. The Warblers had finished their performance, the crowd having whooped and cheered as Kurt and Blaine sang their duet. The dance was winding down now, most of the couples having already left.
But Kurt didn't want this moment to end as he swayed in Blaine's arms. They hadn't let go of each other since the kiss, except during the performance. The last song ended, and the teachers began politely ushering the last few couples out of the reception hall.
"Do you want to get something to eat?" Blaine asked, entwining their fingers.
"Uh, well, Wes and the others invited us to join them at Ramiro's after the dance. But if you don't want to, we can go somewhere else."
"No, that's fine."
They drove in silence to the restaurant, neither really knowing what to say. Kurt was on the verge of panicking. What if this was a mistake? What if they'd just ruined their friendship? What if they'd discover they no longer had anything to talk about with each other?
He almost jumped out of his skin when Blaine reached over and took his hand as he steered with the other one. He glanced over at the hazel eyed boy, who brought their joined hands up to his lips, and kissed his knuckle, before returning his attention to the road. Kurt relaxed into his seat. Things would work out.
They reached the restaurant, and found most of the Warblers and their dates already there. They were met with applause and whistles, and shouts of 'It's about time!'
Blushing, they took there seats as the waitress approached to take their orders.
"So," David said once everyone had ordered. "It's true you were the one sending Kurt the secret admirer gifts?"
Blaine shrugged. "I guess so, though I really don't remember it."
"Bull," Trent said. "That's impossible!"
"It's true," Wes said. "I figured it out yesterday. I knew Blaine had been sleepwalking again. I found him in the dorm lounge a couple of weeks ago when I stayed up late studying for my Economics exam. I got up to get some popcorn, and he was just standing there glaring at the vending machine, muttering something about making someone happy."
The waitress returned with their drinks, and the Asian boy waited until she finished before he continued. "I steered him back down the hall towards his dorm. As I left him at his door, he was saying something about something being sweeter than honey, but I guess I forgot about that part when I went back to studying."
Blaine frowned. "I haven't sleepwalked in nearly a year. Why would I start again now?"
David, whose dad was a psychologist seemed to think about it. "What day did you say you found him in the lounge?" He asked Wes.
"Um, two weeks ago yesterday?"
David nodded. "So what happened that day? What did you do?"
Blaine had to think about it for a moment, but Kurt remembered it vividly. "That was the day he told me he wanted to sing to someone for Valentine's day." He blushed and looked down at his lap. "At the time I thought he meant me."
"Oh Kurt!" Blaine said, pulling him into a hug. "I'm so sorry! I don't know why I even thought I liked Jeremiah. He'd been nice to me a few times, and we'd gone out for coffee a couple of times, and I just...I don't know, I was confused. I knew I'd been feeling different lately, and I just thought...I don't know!" He groaned in frustration.
David nodded. "I think what might have happened was that you were just beginning to realize your feelings for Kurt, subconsciously, but because you never really thought of him as anything but a friend before, you attributed the feelings to Jeremiah."
Kurt frowned at that, but didn't say anything as the dark skinned Warbler continued. "Of course, your subconscious knew who you really had emotions for, and wanted to make them happy, so began sending the gifts while you were asleep."
"And then I stupidly went and announced I was in love with someone else, and you all saw how upset Kurt was and started sending him those roses. But why didn't I notice that?"
It was Wes who answered. "Because Kurt never let it show when you were looking. I watched his face. Yes, his emotions are easy to read in his eyes, but when you are looking at him, he shutters himself off. Probably a defense mechanism left over from having to hide his feelings at his old school."
Kurt nodded, "And at home. I didn't want my dad to know what was happening at McKinley, because I didn't want him to get upset and have another heart attack."
David went back to his theory. "Kurt began sleepwalking the night you announced you wanted to sing for that idiot at the mall. And no Kurt, Wes didn't tell us about the sleepwalking. I saw you a couple of times myself. Usually when Blaine sleepwalks, we just steer him back to his room, but we didn't know if that was safe with you, so we just left you to it, but made sure you weren't doing anything dangerous. By the way, did you know you have some mean knife skills when you sleepwalk? You made an excellent Turkey BLT last week."
Kurt frowned. The last time he'd cooked while sleeping he'd made Belgian waffles with strawberries. That had been a year after his mom had died. "I guess I got hungry while writing stories in my sleep..."
The warblers laughed at that. The waitress and several other servers brought out their food then.
"So, what about the ribbons, then?" Kurt asked.
Blaine frowned, confused. "What about them?"
Wes smiled. "Each gift was tied with a very specific colored ribbon. I'm ashamed to say it took me long enough to notice. Brink Pink, Lawn Green, Argentine Blue, Ivory, Navy, Emerald..."
Blaine's confusion only deepened, until Trent gasped in understanding. "They spell Blaine!"
Kurt smiled. "So far, I've also gotten Amethyst, Navajo White, Dandelion Yellow, Eggplant, Ruby, Salmon, and Orchid."
"So what other colors start with N?" Thad asked. "And any idea what the last gift you sent Kurt is going to be?"
Blaine blushed. "I have no clue!"
They spent the rest of the meal jokingly throwing out colors or gift ideas. As the night wore down, Jen and Anna hugged Kurt and congratulated him on finally getting his man before they said goodnight.
Blaine walked Kurt to his door, and smiling at the taller boy, leaned against the door frame. "So, now that you know who your secret admirer is, are you happy?"
Kurt couldn't stop the huge smile that crossed his face. "Very. But I'm still confused by a few things. I'm just too tired to think about them right now."
Blaine smiled wider, and pulled him into a kiss. "Get some sleep. We can figure out the rest tomorrow."
"Goodnight, Blaine." Kurt sighed.
"Night, Kurt."
Kurt watched the dark haired boy walk down the hall to his own room, happy, knowing he finally had somebody to love.
