A/N: And another one!
"Stop fussing with your clothing. You look fine."
"But what if I'm under dressed?"
"You're in public school…"
"But I don't feel -"
"You look adorable, shut up," says Kurt, slapping his boyfriend's hand away from his collar.
"I'm not used to being out of uniform and in an educational environment," mutters Blaine, sneaking a hand up again to adjust his outfit.
Kurt scoffs. "Who in the world calls school an 'educational environment'? This is barely educational if you can call it anything at all."
Blaine's face dropped. "Will I not fit in? Are you sure I look okay?"
Kurt ignores him this time and takes his hand instead. "You ready?" Kurt asks, mostly to himself. Suddenly, Blaine realizes the reluctance in his boyfriend's eyes.
"You're nervous."
"No," lies Kurt. "Just nerv-nervous for you."
"Hey," Blaine says with a smile, "It's going to go fine, Kurt. I promise."
"You can't promise something like this, Blaine."
"I can promise I won't leave your side except for classes."
He feels a swelling in his heart that Kurt's never felt before Blaine, a feeling of true joy he was not used to since before his mother passed away. It assured him that, yes. They could do this. It would be fine.
"Yeah," says Kurt, "I can be brave. I can do this. Courage, right?"
They walk from where they had been standing next to Kurt's car and pass the dumpster that had essentially been Kurt's early morning resting place for the past two years. He lets out an involuntary shudder as he glances over to it, and Blaine squeezes his hand reassuringly.
"Don't worry, Kurt, you're not going to have to deal with that anymore."
"Hey, pretty boys," comes a voice. Kurt stiffens, thinking it's an insult, before he sees Mercedes stroll up next to them, hand in hand with Sam. "Why are the cute guys always gay?" she says.
"Because it means I get the cutest as my boyfriend," says Blaine, kissing Kurt on the cheek. Kurt blushes, and enjoys the smile on Blaine's face.
"He's nervous," says Blaine, "but I'm trying to tell him it will all be alright."
"What will be alright?" Rachel asks, coming up next to the three of them. "Are you two fighting? Because we need you two to be okay for all of Glee Club this year. And it's the start of a new year, BE HAPPY."
Blaine leans away from the girl. "Sheesh, Rachel, calm down. Kurt's just worried that someone's going to say something...Untoward about the fact that I'm here now."
Rachel shrugs. "I'll tell Finn to punch them."
"Nice."
"He's your brother now, Kurt. He's there to help you. And he's extremely unhappy today. Something about how his old jeans don't fit right anymore. He's dying to hit someone, but only if they ask for it."
"Can I get a swing in first?" Kurt asks, "Seeing as it's me that's being screwed over here."
The four of them arrive at the doors of the school, and Kurt feels his heart begin to hurt as he opens the doors.
Of course the first person they run into is Azimio.
"Hey, pretty boy," he says with a grotesque grin, "this your boyfriend?"
Sam steps in to say something, but Blaine steps forward first, with guts he gained from his and Kurt's show at prom.
"Let this answer for you," Blaine says with a smirk. He pulls Kurt in for an admittedly chaste kiss. However it makes its point, on both Azimio and Kurt. Azimio is dumbfounded, while Kurt's a little lightheaded and giddy about the fact that he gets that kind of kiss whenever he wants to. It's a nice feeling, he thinks.
The five friends walk past him in his daze.
"Well," says Rachel, "that was effective."