Kurt and Sam had made great progress with preparing their duet for Glee and were switching from serious to relaxed mode. Sam was showing off the latest voice he'd learned to mimic - Mr Schuester's.
"C'mon guys, if you want to dance well at Nationals its time to Bear Down," Sam said with classic Schue enthusiasm.
"Stop! It's too funny." Kurt gasped holding his ribs and grabbing Sam's shoulder to prevent himself from falling off the couch with laughter.
"Hey," said Blaine in a flat voice.
"Blaine!" Kurt squealed. "I wasn't expecting you this evening."
Blaine muttered something under his breath that sounded like "clearly" but Kurt was too happy to see him to pay much attention.
"Finn let me in," Blaine said louder as Kurt came forward to give him a shy hug.
"Of course," said Kurt. "Do you want to hear Sam and I practise? You could give us some feedback to improve before we sing in front of the whole Glee Club."
"Ah, no that's okay. I can wait if you haven't finished."
"Actually I'm pretty tired and I have to get back to help Mum 'cos Dad's doing a night shift again," Sam said standing up and gathering his things to go.
Blaine looked happier. "Oh, I'm glad he's got some work Sam. See you later."
Kurt walked Sam to the door and they made another time for their next duet workshop.
Blaine watched on, observing Kurt's animation as he waved Sam off and frowning when Kurt turned back to Blaine and started praising Sam's skills on the guitar.
"I play guitar too, you know," he stated, interrupting Kurt's spiel. "You haven't seen me play yet. I'll bring my guitar next time I come over. I'm probably better than Sam."
Kurt's eyes widened and he grabbed Blaine's hand steering him round to sit down on the couch. He felt Blaine's forehead and frowned in concern.
"Blaine are you alright? You're acting weird. Like you're jealous or something."
Blaine scoffed but then shrugged, admitting: "I didn't like seeing you all over him like that."
Kurt was stunned but came to his senses quickly and gritting his teeth announced: "We're taking this somewhere more private".
When they got to Kurt's room Blaine avoided looking at him. He wouldn't sit down and Kurt had to strive for patience.
"Blaine. Blaine! You said something really stupid out there. Now I could demand an apology as would be my right but actually it is making me more concerned about you. This is so unlike you." He waited for a reaction, and kept waiting.
"I knew you were meeting this afternoon," Blaine finally said in a low voice.
"I tried to do some homework of my own but the more I pushed it out of my mind the more it kept coming back, haunting me. I couldn't stand it …"
"Blaine you are the one who insisted we work separately on this assignment. My first choice was to work with you."
"I know."
"So where is this coming from?"
"Kurt, with everything that happened over the summer, you're even more important to me now. I just feel, if some guy came along, like Sam's gay twin brother or something, and he made a play for you … I'm just so scared I could lose you."
Kurt tried to embrace Blaine but he held himself away.
"I need to know, actually you know, I think I have a right to know … do you think Sam is hotter than me?"
"Blaine!" Kurt gasped. "I love you. You know that."
"You haven't actually answered the question."
For all the exasperation he was feeling, Kurt realised that Blaine really did need to hear him say it. He stepped closer to Blaine and forced him to make eye contact.
"Blaine. When you sang that Katy Perry song to me, every other guy I'd ever crushed on went out of my head. Forever. You are the only one I want."
Blaine looked close to tears but he grabbed Kurt and kissed him passionately which Kurt was more than happy to reciprocate.
When they broke apart, panting, Kurt was smiling and caressing Blaine's face as he said:
"I can't believe you were acting so insecure. You've always been so confident. The way you've been out front of the Warblers every performance, carrying the group …"
"It's a different thing when it comes to you, Kurt," Blaine murmured as he lovingly pressed small kisses all over Kurt's face. "We've been taking things so slowly which I understood at first but I guess I started to wonder if you just didn't find me that attractive; if Sam was more your type?"
Kurt stepped back abruptly although he still held Blaine's hands.
"I thought that was a mutual decision! And we may have been going slowly Blaine but we haven't exactly been standing still. You do remember exactly what we were doing when your parents came home, don't you?"
"Of course I do," Blaine answered resignedly, taking a seat on Kurt's bed at last. "But that was a big step forward for us and we haven't revisited it yet. I feel like we're going backwards."
"You were an emotional wreck after what your father said, and did," Kurt answered taking a spot beside Blaine. "But I haven't changed my mind. I just thought you needed time. And we never found the right moment."
"I don't need time," Blaine whispered. "I need you".