When we finish cleaning up from baking, the cheesecake has about 45 more minutes to cook.
"What do we do now?" Asks Jeff.
"Well, the Warbler's usually decorate before Christmas break, but they didn't get to do it this year, so I was thinking that we should decorate," Wes suggests.
"How do you decorate?" Kurt asks, looking at me.
"Um, we usually make those snowflake chains, set up a simple Christmas tree with popcorn to decorate it, and we hang tinsel around door frames," I answer looking over to Kurt.
"Do we have the tree in here, Nick?" David asks.
"Yeah, it's in the attic. It shouldn't be dusty because it is in its box," Nick says motioning towards the attic.
"Hey, Blaine, why don't you show Kurt where it is," David says. At first I wonder why David says that, but then I remember that he caught Kurt and I. David clearly ships us. I roll my eyes at him, showing I don't approve of how obvious he is.
"Come on, Kurt," I say gently showing him the way. When Kurt and I are in the hallway, I hear the rest of the Warbler's in the kitchen, laughing. To make small talk, I ask Kurt about his recipe, "So, did you really remember that recipe?"
"Actually, I remembered most of it, and then I improvised for the parts I didn't remember. Let's just cross our fingers that it turns out good," Kurt says.
"So, do you bake a lot?" I ask, once again making small talk. Kurt and I take a turn in the hallway.
"Yes, I bake a lot. I usually bake once a week, but sometimes I bake more," Kurt says chuckling to himself, making him even more adorable than he is. I laugh too, but not too loudly.
"Oh, here we are," I say pointing up to the attic. I pull down the stairs, and motion for Kurt to go up it first. He smiles, and walks up the stairs with much grace. I walk up after him. Dust is painted across everything in here, chairs, tables, boxes. I walk over to the large rectangular window. I pull back the blinds. The bright sunlight shines among the dust, making everything shine. Kurt, although not shimmering in dust, still shines the brightest in this room. The sun hits his eyes just right, making his blue eyes seem to glow more than they do normally. The sun lightly touches his lips, his perfect lips.
"So which of these boxes holds the Christmas tree?" Kurt asks, thankfully looking around the boxes, and not catching me staring at him. I blink my eyes a couple of times, and walk over to Kurt. I look around the room and notice a box in the corner that says 'Xmas tree'. I walk over to it and open the soft cardboard box. Inside I see the tree. I pick up the box and walk over to Kurt.
"Here it is," I say smiling and patting the box. We start to walk over to the doorway, when Kurt asks if he should close the curtains like how they were when we came up.
"Nah, it makes everything look beautiful in here," I say talking particularly about Kurt. I look up at him. He is looking around the room.
"You're right," he says looking over to me, "Everything in here is beautiful."
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When we reach everyone else, everyone is already stringing the popcorn.
"Hey, guys," greets Jeff.
"Hi, we've got the tree," I say, once again patting the box.
"Blaine, how about you set that up in the main room with David and Wes. And Kurt, can you stay with Jeff and I and make the snowflake garland?" Nick orders.
"Come on," says Wes. He pulls me into the main room before I can look back to see Kurt.
"Alright, open up the box," says David. He walks up to me and the box. We start to set up the tree in the corner.
"So, Blaine," says David, "when are you going to tell Kurt?" I see him and Wes look up at me.
"You told everyone?" I ask him, not particularly mad, but I ask just out of curiosity.
"David didn't have to tell anyone. You always look at Kurt like how we would look at a national's trophy," Wes says, working on the tree. I roll my eyes.
"He's right," David says.
"Alright, I like him," I say quietly, "but it doesn't matter because I doubt Kurt likes me."
"You don't know that," Wes says.
"He's so perfect and I'm so," I say trying to think about a word to describe me, "ordinary I guess. How can Kurt ever like me?" I ask looking up.
"Blaine, you need to watch more romance movies," David says laughing to himself. Wes joins him in his laughter.
"I don't see how movies have to do with this," I say, clueless.
"Blaine, just don't get your hopes down," Wes says sweetly. We finish setting up the tree. After we finish, the rest of the Warblers come into the main room with their accomplishments. I see that the popcorn is done. David and I step away from the tree so Jeff and Nick can string the popcorn on the tree. I try to avoid Kurt, so I don't seem too needy. But, lucky for me, he approaches me.
"So, where do you usually put this?" he asks holding up the snowflakes.
"We usually put this above the fireplace," I say pointing towards the fireplace. Kurt and I walk over to it and put up the snowflakes. We step back and look at it to make sure it looks good. Suddenly a loud ringing fills the air.
"The cheesecake is done," Jeff says. Kurt dashes over to the kitchen to take out the cheesecake. When he comes back, he still has his apron on.
"You forgot to take off your apron silly," I flirt.
"Oh, I guess I did," Kurt says looking down. I think he may be blushing, but it's hard to tell. It's probably just my imagination.