Here's chapter three! Lots and lots of fluffy fluff. Smut coming soon, promise! I hope you enjoy it – if you like it, love it, or even hate it please review! Again, I don't own Glee. If I did there would be no hiatus and baseball would be on another channel.
About 3 am, Blaine's eyes fluttered open when the boy sleeping on his chest sighed in his sleep. He jumped just a little, until he realized through his sleep-induced haze that it was Kurt cuddled up to his chest. He could feel the deep, regular breathing of the other boy against his side. A smile crossed his face as he noticed that they were in the same position they had been in when he had fallen asleep. Although if it were possible, it seemed that Kurt had snuggled in even closer to him. He was laying slightly off to the right of Blaine, with one leg cocked up and over Blaine's right one. His head was rested, slightly tipped down, on Blaine's chest and his right arm had woven across Blaine's chest and around his ribs in a half-hug. Blaine's arms were still locked in a hug around the other boy. Blaine sighed with contentment. As much as Kurt had needed him and needed to feel his touch, Blaine realized that he had needed Kurt as well. He needed to feel again, to be content and happy and warm with someone who cared about him. He carefully adjusted the blanket over them both and pressed a tentative kiss to the top of Kurt's hair, knowing the other boy would be furious that he'd touched his hair, but loving the closeness and comfortableness in the motion. Blaine drifted back to sleep with a smile gracing his lips and the boy he was falling for snuggled up on his chest, hugging him.
A few hours later, the early morning sun streamed through the single window in Blaine's dorm room. The sun was just breaking over the large oak trees that surrounded the buildings of Dalton Academy. The sunshine was slowly making its way across the smallish dorm room, towards the boys who still lay cuddled under an afghan on the twin bed. The brightness made both boys stir in their sleep and eventually passed over their faces, causing them both to awaken within minutes of each other.
Blaine woke gradually, blinking in the sunshine. Before he was able to comprehend anything else, in those last moments before sleep is completely gone, he felt utter contentment, enjoying the warmth and closeness that Kurt, still on his chest, afforded him. He knew this day was going to be wonderful, because if nothing else, for the first time in his life he had woken up next to someone he deeply cared for after sleeping wrapped around each other all night. His right arm had fallen asleep and he was forced to adjust it just a little and that movement caused Kurt to stir in his sleep.
Kurt's eyes fluttered open, and he stretched just a little. He was waking up from a great dream that involved what happened with Beauty and the Prince after that wonderful dance at the end of the movie. He slowly became more aware of his surroundings, revealing in how warm and comfortable his pillows and bed seemed to be. He attempted to stretch as he did every morning but when he arched his back, he realized something was around his shoulders. He opened his eyes, and when he did so, he became conscious of the fact that not only was he not in his own room, but it also appeared that his pillow was human shaped and moved! He jerked his head up and raised his eyes until they met Blaine's whose eyes were also fluttering open. Blaine's strong arms that were around him was what had stopped his stretch. He pulled Kurt closer in his embrace. Panic was starting to register on Kurt's face as he realized that he had just spent the night with the one boy at Dalton that he had his heart set on but who didn't reciprocate his feelings.
Blaine grinned a sleepy lop-sided goofy smile and said in a gravelly sleep heavy voice, "Hey. . . good morning! You sleep well?" He released Kurt partially and rubbed at his eyes with one hand, the other still firmly on Kurt's back. It was extremely early, and Kurt was just comprehending that he'd spent the night in Blaine's room (what about curfew?), curled up to Blaine (oh crap, how did that happen?), and that he had the typical problem that most teenage boys had in the morning (oh crap, oh crap, oh crap – why now?). Also, that last problem was right up against Blaine's leg, as Kurt was still snuggled in and had one leg up over Blaine's.
"Um . . . yeah I guess. Why am I still in here? What time is it?" Kurt managed to mumble out while instantaneously turning bright red. He attempted to shift his hips away from Blaine enough that he wouldn't be able to feel his problem against his thigh. He was so horribly embarrassed to wake up so intertwined with Blaine. As if it wasn't bad enough, revealing his problems to Blaine and now accidentally crashing overnight in his room.
Blaine could easily read the expressions of panic on Kurt's face. "Hey, no worries, ok? The movie got over and it was obvious that you were exhausted. I didn't want to wake you up and send you back to an empty room all alone after what you told me. So I just cuddled you up and covered us with a blanket." It finally dawned on Blaine that perhaps Kurt wouldn't have been ok with this, that it seemed like maybe it was more than it was, that Blaine was taking liberties with Kurt in his sleep that he wouldn't be ok with. "Um, I hope that was ok – I mean – I didn't want you to be lonely and I really didn't want to be lonely and it seemed like a good idea at the time and oh crap." Blaine got out in a rush. His blush was nearly dark enough now to match Kurt's. In addition, he had just felt Kurt move his hips and, seriously, his knee was right there on Blaine's upper thigh. Blaine really hoped that Kurt didn't look towards the foot of the bed anytime soon because if he did he would get an eye-full.
"Oh," Kurt's bright blue eyes met Blaine's again, "no, I'm glad. It was the nicest way to wake up I think I've ever experienced," he whispered, still in the early morning haze, a small smile on his face, just reaching the dimple on his right cheek. The smile warmed Blaine's heart and caused him to involuntarily squeeze Kurt close to him again.
"Good, and it's only about 6:30 so we have a few minutes before we have to get up to get ready, I mean if you would like to lay here a while longer," Blaine said hopefully. In his heart, he was coming to the understanding that he never wanted Kurt out of his arms, that this was the best feeling in the world. And he hoped that he could at least get a few more minutes like that this morning before reality hit them both in the face.
"Mmhhhmmm, yes please" hummed Kurt as he buried his face back into Blaine's shoulder, shutting his eyes and just enjoying the feel of the other boy, the smell of boy and Blaine and trying to memorize how all this felt because he was sure it was all going to end soon and he wouldn't ever feel anything so perfect again.
About fifteen minutes later, after just laying together, enjoying the feel of the other boy and the experience of just being together, they were forced to get up and get ready for classes. As Kurt swung his legs off the side of Blaine's bed and ran his fingers through his hair, he realized he had better high-tail it out of Blaine's room if he didn't want to be caught there. He started to look around the room to gather anything of his he might have left, but he hadn't brought much at all with him since they were just going to watch a movie. "Blaine – I've got to get out of here before somebody sees me leaving and gets the wrong idea." He ran a hand through his hair again to assess the damage that the night had done and came to the conclusion that not only did he need to shower, but that an entire routine of hair care would need to be done to be presentable today. He'd also neglected his moisturizing routine the night before and that had to be remedied as well. Plus he had that ridiculously difficult Physics test today to freak out about again.
Blaine could almost read his mind as these thoughts flitted across Kurt's face. When the panic arose in his eyes, Blaine responded to it, "Don't worry about the test, you have it in the bag! Go get ready and I'll meet you at breakfast. Don't forget your notes and we'll go over them one more time if you like." He sat on the edge of the bed next to Kurt and pulled the slightly taller boy in for a reassuring one armed hug. "Hey – thanks for watching the movie with me last night. I hope the back rub helped and remember you can talk to me about anything. I'm a closet cuddle-monster so last night was awesome. I just don't let it out here at Dalton much. But I suppose if you're a closet cuddle-monster too as last night would indicate, we can be cuddle-monsters together!" He finished the little speech with another goofy grin. "Now get gone cause I have to get ready too!"
Kurt grinned at the goofiness of his friend and the idea of more nights spent with him in the same manner. Nothing would make him happier. "Ok – see you at breakfast!" Kurt opened the door to Blaine's room cautiously and peeked down the hallway to make sure no one saw him exiting Blaine's room. When he had made sure the coast was clear, he glanced back in at Blaine who was gathering the pieces of his uniform that he would need after he'd gotten out of the shower. "Hey – thanks again for last night. It meant a lot to me." He barely met Blaine's eyes out of embarrassment but he felt he had to say it again.
"No problem. It meant a lot to me too! Now, shower! Physics test, remember?" There was that stunning smile again.
"I'm gone, I'm gone." Kurt grinned back at him and practically ran down the empty hallway to his room to get ready for the day.
He had to add at least a half an hour into his routine just to look normal thanks to the damage to his carefully maintained hair. It was well worth it though, to have the night that he'd had. He still couldn't believe how wonderful it had all been and he swore he could still feel the heat from Blaine's hand on his back from when he had woken up. With just a few minutes to spare, he managed to make it down to breakfast. Blaine had saved him a seat next to him at the Warbler table and had also snagged him one of the good croissant sandwiches with egg-whites only, the way he liked it.
He slid into the chair with a grateful look to Blaine and the plate in front of him. "You're amazing! Thanks, I owe you one!"
Blaine met his eyes and couldn't help but think how beautiful the blue-eyed boy was. He still couldn't believe that he'd had the privilege of sleeping all night curled up to him and got to be the first person to see those gorgeous eyes that morning. "No problem. Do you have your notes? I can't find mine on velocity." Kurt dug through his bag to find the requested notes for Blaine and felt a hand brush against his back. He jumped a little at the touch, but looked up to see Blaine's kind eyes looking at him. He was a bit dumbfounded, but it was apparent that Blaine had taken what he had told him about missing the physical closeness he shared with his old friends to heart. Kurt now understood that there was no way from here on out that Blaine was going to let him go one day without meaningful human contact, let alone 4 weeks and 3 days. And it made his heart smile.
Later on in the day, after the horrible physics test that was just as bad as the boys had both feared, they were sitting in the Warbler's practice room doing some of the other homework they had neglected for their afternoon classes. Blaine had continued to connect physically with Kurt throughout the rest of the day, clapping him on the shoulder after their test got over, brushing up next to him during lunch, even going so far as resting his head for a second on Kurt's shoulder while they were standing next to each other in line for lunch. Kurt was overwhelmed with thankfulness for Blaine. He had been worried as he had scampered off down the hall that morning toward his own room that the rest of the day would be awkward, or that Blaine would have realized he'd made a mistake. He wasn't in love with Kurt, and he had so much as told him he wasn't really interested in a relationship with him after the whole Jeremiah incident. He'd had all kinds of opportunity with Kurt, especially when they'd been in his room working on, as Blaine had put it, "being all sexified." And he'd never acted on it, so Kurt was doing everything he could to suppress his romantic feelings for the gorgeous dark haired boy. But now, where did this leave them, he kept wondering. Blaine's constant small affections throughout the day stopped Kurt's insecurities from eating him alive and allowed him to think that maybe, just maybe there was still a shot at the two of them being together.
As he was contemplating this, a note in the shape of a paper football (he knew what it was because Finn played with them all the time) flew across the table at him and landed on his history book. He glanced up and across the table at Blaine, who was seemingly engrossed in looking up an answer in his notes. But there was a little bit of a grin pulling at the sides of his mouth. "Real mature, Blaine!" Kurt whispered across the table, causing Blaine to giggle and continue to pretend to look for something in his notes.
Kurt opened up the note, which read, "I had a great time last night and I was hoping against hope that you'd want to hang out again tonight. I have Mulan and haven't watched it in a while! Also, I think you need another back rub; you've tried to crack your back three times while we've been sitting here. Not that I'm staring at you. Seriously. Cause I'm not. ~Blaine (PS Pretty please?)"
Kurt giggled at the note, because really Blaine probably had been staring which was slightly embarrassing in and of itself. He thought for a moment and then replied at the bottom. "I'd love to. I don't have much homework tonight so how's eight? And yes you are staring. Creeper. ~Kurt"
Kurt carefully folded the paper football back up and 'kicked' it back across the table to land on Blaine's notes. He quickly looked back down at his textbook to pretend to study. He could hear Blaine open up the paper. "Awesome – see you at eight for some Mulan coolness!" Blaine whispered across the table to him. "I can't wait!"
I swear – smuttiness in the next chapter; I had to get through this part first though! If you enjoyed, please review! I'm not sure how far I'm going to write this one and would love some feedback!