A/N: I apologize for not updating in a long time. I kind of lost where I was going with this...but I think I've got it figured out. (Sounds promising, eh?) So, here we go.
The rest of the week flew by for Kurt and he pushed away any thoughts of Blaine. He thought that maybe Blaine could like him back, but that obviously wasn't the case. Rachel pestered him in glee club that day that Blaine interrupted them at lunch, but Kurt just waved her off telling her it wasn't that big of a deal and finally Rachel dropped it. Kurt wasn't going to dwell too much on him. Blaine was graduating after all and then Kurt would be back to square one. Besides, he could continue living vicariously through Rachel, who surprisingly has been pretty successful with Finn lately; a sure sign that even if Finn was into boys, he would not have been well suited for Kurt.
Soon it was Friday night and Kurt was packing up his things for his weekly visit to the Anderson-Berry household for a sleepover. Kurt hadn't really been avoiding Blaine all week, but he hadn't been going out of his way to see Blaine around school. As he packed, Kurt made the conscience decision that he was NOT going to get hung up on Blaine. Blaine was his best friend's older brother – just because they were both gay didn't mean that they were meant to be together. While it would be great if Blaine liked him, Blaine had had experiences, he had had boyfriends. Kurt had had….his right hand once or twice before he got weirded out by it. Blaine would probably never go for him anyway.
Kurt allowed himself one moment of self wallowing before he grabbed his bag, mentally chastised himself, and walked down the stairs calling out a goodbye to his dad. He probably wouldn't even see Blaine tonight, and he didn't care if he did or not. With the new resolve not to care, Kurt drove himself over to Rachel's for a night full of musicals, makeovers, and probably talk about Finn. The perfect Friday night.
When Kurt arrived, it was like he had stepped into a tornado of female hormones. Apparently in the ten minutes it took Kurt to drive to Rachel's, Finn had called Rachel and asked her out. On a date. Tomorrow night. Kurt, mentally berating Finn for not warning him, was glad that this night now had a purpose – something Kurt could really sink his teeth into and use as a distraction from Blaine.
"Do you still have the things I brought over the last time I was here?"
"Kurt!" Rachel nearly whined. "I can't wear the same thing again. I need to wear something new!" Rachel's sentence ended with a screech; Kurt barely flinched.
"Do you honestly think I would ever suggest re-wearing an outfit?" Kurt questioned, raising his eyebrow at Rachel. "Calm down for two seconds. I'm going to do what I do best – reinvent clothes so they look brand new. I just need the scarf and maybe part of the skirt. Do you know what you're doing on this date?" Kurt asked, walking down the hall towards Rachel's room, trying not to peek into Blaine's room, which had the door open for once.
"He said we were going out for bowling and dinner. So I was thinking pants that stretch and this patterned – " Kurt whipped his head around so fast he nearly got whiplash.
"No. No, no, and no to everything you just suggested. Why would ANYONE own 'pants that stretch.' No. You need to impress him, not remind him of his mother."
"But I thought I had already impressed him since he asked me out. And isn't it a thing that guys date girls that remind them of their mother?"
Kurt tried hard not to roll his eyes. "First of all, you got him interested – you don't have him hooked. Second, it's more that girls date guys like their father, but either way it's a personality thing, not a 'I'm dressing like I've given up on the idea of ever having sex again' thing." Rachel looked scandalized while Kurt just waved his hand as if to say "moving on."
"What do you know about dressing for a date anyway? Since when have you ever been on a date?"
That stung Kurt momentarily until he realized that Rachel had no clue, no control on what was going on. And when Rachel has no control, she lashes out. "Fine. You're right. I've never been on a date before. You asked for my fashion advice but since you don't want it, I can just go home." Kurt replied, his arms crossed. Rachel sighed.
"I'm sorry Kurt. I didn't mean it like that. I'm just really nervous."
"I know. Come on. Go put this dress on and I'll tweak it once it's on." Kurt tossed a simple black dress at Rachel and shooed her into the bathroom.
"Never been on a date before? I find that hard to believe." Kurt nearly fell over in surprise. He turned around to see Blaine standing (shirtless, again. Come ON that is not fair!) in the doorway of Rachel's room, smirking.
"Yes well, this is Ohio. There's probably exactly 2.5 gay people in the entire state and the one is probably dating the half one because they sure aren't dating me." Kurt replied trying not to make eye contact with Blaine.
"Well, there's got to be at least 3.5 gay people in the state, because I'm gay and I'm not dating anyone." Blaine pushed himself away from the doorway and flopped onto Rachel's bed, close to where Kurt was standing. Kurt could feel Blaine's eyes on him, but he couldn't look at him. Kurt didn't think he could look up and see Blaine smiling at him – but not at him.
"Ok well just because we're both gay and single doesn't mean anything." Kurt mumbled, fiddling with something on Rachel's desk, missing the way that Blaine was looking at him, really looking at him, like he couldn't believe that anyone wouldn't want to date Kurt. "Regardless, I've accepted that I'll wait until college before I date. I don't mind waiting another few years." Kurt took a deep breath and flashed a smile at Blaine.
"It gets better out of Ohio." Blaine responded, his voice losing all traces of joking. "Not everyone is so closed off and homophobic. Then again, not everyone is that way in Ohio either, there's just a smaller population of them." Kurt offered Blaine a weak smile. "Although, waiting until you're in college isn't such a bad idea. High school boys are the WORST." Blaine's foot nudged Kurt's foot, causing Kurt to look at Blaine, seeing Blaine's teasing smile back in place.
"I'm a high school boy." Kurt quipped.
"Yeah well, you're a cool high school boy. All other high school boys are lame."
"You're a high school boy." Kurt said, fighting the smile from spreading all over his face.
"My point exactly." They both looked at each other momentarily before bursting into a fit of giggles.
"Honestly Blaine, don't you have any of your own friends to bother?" Rachel said, standing in the doorway of the bathroom. "Kurt and I are in the middle of something important." Blaine stopped laughing, rolling his eyes dramatically at Kurt before turning over on Rachel's bed so that he was laying on his stomach, his chin in his hands. Kurt tried not to ogle at Blaine's butt.
"Oh I'm sorry Princess Rachel. Considering you were taking a year and a day to get ready I thought I would entertain fair Kurt over here." Kurt snorted at the nickname, earning himself an over-the-shoulder wink from Blaine.
"Yeah well 'fair Kurt' doesn't need your rescuing Sir Blaine and this princess needs to get ready for the ball tomorrow night, so get out!" Rachel made a shooing motion with her hands. Blaine smiled widely before rolling over and grinning at Kurt.
"Until next time, fair Kurt. If you are ever in need of rescuing from this evil sister, let me know and Sir Blaine will rescue you." Blaine reached out and grabbed Kurt's hand, placing a soft kiss on it. "Also, if you ever want to talk about…things again, I'm here." Blaine said, just loud enough for only Kurt to hear.
"Thank you, Sir Blaine." Kurt flushed.
"Yes thank you Sir Blaine. Now go do something else." Rachel all but shut the door in Blaine's face before turning around to face Kurt again, clapping her hands together. "Ok Kurt. Make me fabulous!"
"You guys really get into your analogies." Kurt murmured, as he assessed Rachel.
"What can I say; we're a family of overdramatic people."
"That's for sure." Kurt's comment earned him a playful smack on the arm. "Ok. Let's do this." Kurt pushed out all thoughts of Blaine (Blaine 'coming out' to him, Blaine being single, Blaine saying that he thought Kurt could get dates, Blaine calling Kurt cool…ok no really Kurt is not thinking about Blaine anymore) and concentrated on making Rachel look fabulous.