A.N. Welcome to another chapter of Bored! :) This one is rated K and is basically about Blaine and Kurt at Dalton before they got together but after Original songs. They sang Candles at Regionals but didn't kiss in Original Song. And Blaine is NOT claustrophobic in this one ;P Enjoy and review if you feel like it!

Disclaimer - I don't own Glee

Rainbows and Shattered Crystal Hearts

The hallways of the boarding school were bare and creepy, even in the middle of the day. It was the weekend, so most of the students had gone home for a couple of days to spend time with their families. But that didn't mean that the rooms weren't available when school wasn't in session, it just meant that the students who actually boarded usually didn't like to spend their weekends in an empty school. Blaine was an exception to said rule.

He LOVED being at school when nobody was around. He loved to patrol the hallways and corridors in search of secret places he could call his own and come to when he was feeling blue. Up to date, he had found an alcove with a view of the Dalton Academy Campus grounds, a claustrophobic hallway with no lights hidden behind a curtain with a dead end, a little closet under the biggest spiral staircase in the building, and a ladder to the unused attic. Being the castle-like school that it was, the architecture amazed Blaine to no extent. But no matter how exciting it was to explore new territory and see things he'd never seen before, he wanted desperately to share it with someone. Just one person with whom he could discuss his secrets with comfort instead of holding it all in by himself. Of course, he could always tell the other Warblers, but then his spots to think privately would always be taken and/or crowded. Wes and David were too hyper and everyone else Blaine wasn't really close to.

But all that was before Kurt Hummel came along. He transferred right smack in the middle of the school year, and he wasn't a boarding student. Despite that, he and Blaine had become the best of friends, if not so much more. They had both harbored secret feelings of love for each other since they had met, but it wasn't until May that Blaine FINALLY realized that fact. Kurt, however, had realized it at Christmas time and was getting tired of waiting. He had confessed his feelings on Valentine's day, but Blaine had said that he hadn't wanted to ruin what they already had, but at the time neither of them really knew what that was. They were extremely close, they knew just about everything about one another and they were too close to be friends, but not physical enough to be lovers. Yeah, they were comfortable sitting in the same bed together when talking and brushing knees under the table when they went for coffee, in fact, Kurt practically LIVED for those moments when the shiver up his spine sent pleasure throughout his body; but when the touch lasts a little longer than necessary or they get a little TOO close for comfort, Blaine shyly moves away and Kurt feels extremely disappointed but masks it well with his years of acting experience. All of this led to Kurt believing that Blaine didn't feel the same way but little did he know that Blaine was just as head over heels for him as he was crazy about him.

One day, Blaine decided he wanted to share his hiding spots with Kurt because they would be alone and he could finally confess his love for the boy. At least, that was the REAL reason he wanted to share another one of his secrets with someone who already knew so much about him. Unfortunately, Blaine was so adorably oblivious that even HE wasn't aware of the real reason he wanted to trust Kurt with his super cool hiding spots.

So on the next Friday, Blaine had used his famous and irresistible puppy dog eyes to literally beg Kurt to stay over for the weekend with him - like a sleepover. Blaine knew that Kurt had frequent sleepovers with the New Directions girls and wondered if that would help convince him.

"Blaine, my dad would never let that happen." Kurt had responded to Blaine's pleading eyes, but he knew he had already won this battle.

"Why no-ot?" Blaine whined and Kurt just rolled his eyes with a corner of his mouth turned up, meaning it wasn't serious.

"Because sleeping in the same room as another gay guy for the weekend is not something parents should encourage." Kurt pointed out. Blaine pouted and knew that Kurt would find a way to please him because... well, he was KURT. And Kurt could be very persuasive when he wanted to be.

"PLEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAA-" Blaine started, but was soon cut off by a very annoyed counter tenor.

"Alright! Fine, I'll convince my dad somehow, but be warned, Finn will have YOUR head when he finds out." Kurt looked hesitant but Blaine was ecstatic. Finally! Someone to talk to about something he had never told anyone ever before. So ecstatic in fact, that he had completely missed the remark about Kurt's step-brother.

"Great! Thanks Kurt!" And without giving it a second thought, he showed his gratitude by kissing him on the cheek but was racing back towards his room before he could see the incredibly cute blush spread across Kurt's face.

And so, late Saturday afternoon, Kurt drove to Dalton with a duffel bag in the passenger seat anticipating a weird weekend with the boy he was totally in love with. Pushing all negative thoughts aside for the moment, he pulled into the parking lot and was immediately met with an over excited Blaine.

"Kurt! Kurt! Kurt! Kurt! Kurt! Kurt! Kurt! K-!"

"ENOUGH!" Kurt shouted. Blaine snapped his mouth shut, not wanting to start the weekend off badly.

"Sorry, I guess I'm just a little excited today." He rocked back and forth on his feet, clearly not wanting to keep still. Kurt took notice and narrowed his eyes.

"Blaine, how many coffees have you had today?" he asked. Blaine actually had to THINK about it before answering.

"I dunno, five?" Kurt's eyes widened considerably.

"FIVE? Blaine! It's like-" looks at watch, "- two in the afternoon! Why would you-?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah whatever come on!" In all his excitement, Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand and almost literally dragged him into school. When they reached the hallway where the math classes were held, Blaine winked at Kurt over his shoulder. "I know a short cut."

Kurt sucked in a breath. It was a poorly played reenactment of when they had first met on the Dalton staircase that was getting father and farther behind them. But this time, they weren't headed for the choir room. Instead, Blaine led him up several flights of stairs and through twisting hallways without a word.

Eventually, Blaine stopped in front of a wall between two windows, barely out of breath. Meanwhile, Kurt was lightly panting behind him, wondering to himself how he had been talked into his. He sent a questioning raised eyebrow in Blaine's direction. The other simply smirked and moved one of he curtains out of the way to reveal a giant hole in the wall that appeared to be a tunnel of some sort, or a blocked hallway that used to exist but they put up a wall instead. Kurt gasped.

"What is that?"

"It's one of many secret hiding spots." explained Blaine. He winked and then proceeded to crawl through the hole that he was JUST tiny enough to fit through. "Come on Kurt!" his call echoed in the tiny hallway.

"I may be skinnier than you Blaine, but I happen to be a lot taller." Kurt refused. Blaine stuck his head back out.

"Please try?" He pouted and Kurt squeezed his eyes shut, trying to block the mad powers of his puppy dog eyes. After a short time. Kurt became exasperated and sighed.

"Alright, I'll try."

"Yay!" Blaine jumped for joy and crawled back in. Hesitantly, Kurt followed, taking it one step at a time. He didn't want to risk getting his Ralph Lauren outfits even the slightest bit dirty. He put one leg through, then one arm, then his head. He tried pulling his other arm through but found that his shoulders took up the entire hole and he couldn't fit through. He stepped back out and tried again. And again. And again. Eventually he sighed and gave up.

"I'm sorry Blaine, but I tried. I really did." There was no answer. Kurt stuck his head through the hole and looked around the dark space. "Blaine?"

"Yes?" Kurt jumped back into the light so fast you'd think he'd expected Karofsky to... oh. "Kurt?" Blaine said worriedly as he gazed at his friend sprawled on the floor. The fear in his eyes dissipated as fast as it had come and he huffed out a breath.

"Blaine Anderson, you can't scare me like that!" he all but yelled. Blaine tried very hard to bite back a laugh. Kurt was just so cute! He held out a hand to help him up and pulled his friend to his feet.

"I'm sorry." he apologized sincerely.

"How did you get out without my noticing?"

"Oh, once you're through the hole it's a small hallway that leads to the other side of the school. I came around."

"There's another hole like this one on the other side of the school?" Kurt looked shocked to say the least. Dalton had always been perfect in his eyes, with it's castle like structure and immaculately clean furniture and organized books on shelves. The students all seemed nice enough and the teachers weren't unnecessarily strict but strict enough. Maybe it was only perfect because a certain gay boy *cough* Blaine *cough* had distracted him from the flaws. The homework load was sheer torture and the subjects were scattered around the school instead of in one wing. The dorms were on the other side of the school from the cafeteria and the library had a floor to itself; four floors from where the classes were held. Also, there were apparently giant holes in the walls.

"Come on, let's go get you settled in and we'll do whatever you want to do for a little while before I show you something else." Blaine at least looked a little bit calmer than before, his eyes shining. Kurt nodded as a small blush creeped into his cheeks at the thought of sleeping in Blaine's room.

He followed his crush through more winding hallways in comfortable small talk until they reached his room. Kurt took deep breaths as Blaine opened he door. Kurt blinked. It didn't even look lived in. The beds were perfectly made and the walls were bare. There weren't any clothes or shoes scattered anywhere, nor were there any utensils or papers on the desk. There were no pictures or accessories or school bags or stuffed animals, only Dalton furniture and sheets.

"Welcome to my room." Blaine said as he walked in and sat in he desk chair. Kurt closed the door behind him and sat his duffel bag on the floor next to one of the beds.

"You sure David won't mind my sleeping in his bed?" Kurt questioned hesitantly. Blaine shook his head no. "You did change the sheets right?" Blaine nodded and Kurt breathed a sigh of relief as he collapsed into the bed.

"So what do you want to do?"

"Want to go to the Lima Bean?"

Blaine frowned. "Kurt, the whole point of you sleeping over is to spend time AT Dalton. We can do that anytime."

"Ooookay," Kurt said. Blaine was never one to turn down coffee, but getting another one probably wasn't a good idea seeing as he was already going off of five of them. The first one probably having worn off by now. "Let's watch a movie."

Blaine's ears twitched like a dog's and Kurt couldn't help but giggle. "Which one?"

They both looked at each other for a moment. "Mamma Mia!" they both exclaimed then burst into laughter. They were so in sync with each other it was creepy, but neither one cared. Blaine popped the DVD into his laptop and lay on his bed face down to watch. He patted the spot next to him for Kurt to join him. He blushed but complied.

Blaine's bed was small, to say the least, but Kurt honestly couldn't care less about how uncomfortable he was, the smaller the space, the more pressed up to Blaine he has to be. Their arms were touching and their legs were touching and their HIPS were touching... Kurt blushed furiously and couldn't even look Blaine in the eye as they settled down to watch the movie. After belting out Dancing Queen, Blaine tried and failed to dance whilst lying down and his arm accidentally hit Kurt in the face causing him to rear back in shock which caused him to fall off the bed with an "Ah!" and a THUD!

Blaine leaned over the side of the bed to check on him but he didn't know that Kurt was already trying to sit up so their faces ended up closer than he'd intended. Neither of them dared move.

"Hello." Kurt said after a while. This seemed to shake Blaine out of his trance from staring at Kurt's face for so long. He sat bolt upright on the bed and smiled, though it wasn't 100% real. Kurt noticed but tried not to think about it too hard.

"Hi." Blaine said after a few minutes of awkward silence and Mamma Mia playing in the background. "Um... I'm really sorry about knocking you over." Blaine rubbed the back of his neck with his hand, sweating a little nervously. Why am I so nervous? This is Kurt I'm talking to, we can tell each other anything! Blaine thought to himself.

Kurt shook his head. "Don't worry, it was an accident and I forgive you." He waved a hand dismissively. Blaine breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good, now let's get back to the movie" Kurt happily obliged and they seemed to be lying even closer than before. The spark of electricity that caused both of them to flush bright red was pleasurable and shocking. They both wanted so much more though...

Singing along to all the songs and dancing around the room left all the awkwardness to fade into nonexistence. Kurt and Blaine were having fun with their little sleepover when the movie ended. Kurt looked at his watch. It was only 4:30.

"Alright, now I'm going to show you something I've never shown anyone before." Blaine announced as he closed his laptop with a goofy smile on his face. Intrigued and a little flattered that Blaine would tell him a secret that he trusted him so much with, Kurt smiled.

"Really? Is it the amount of gel you scoop into your hair every morning?" Kurt joked and Blaine just scowled playfully.

"If you're going to make fun of it maybe I won't tell you." Blaine crossed his arms and turned away from Kurt, sticking his nose high into the air. Kurt pouted. Then an idea popped into his head. Could he risk it? Yes. Yes he could.

Kurt slowly tip-toed from David's bed to Blaine's and sat down behind him. He was facing away from him. He didn't budge at the squeak of the bed under the added weight - that was just what he was counting on. He smiled wickedly and slowly walked his fingers up Blaine's arm, the tips of his soft hands just barely grazing his skin and Blaine's arm was suddenly covered in goosebumps. Kurt was highly aware of the way Blaine's breath had hitched slightly and was breathing a bit harder than before. He grinned devilishly as he leaned in close so that his breath ghosted against Blaine's ear. A pleasurable shiver went up and down the boy's spine, and still he didn't move. Why would he? Kurt then proceeded to walk his fingers up both Blaine's arms and whisper in his ear. His breath tickled the other boy's skin and Blaine was going crazy.

"Please?" Kurt's voice was low and pleading. Blaine was at a loss for words. How was this happening? Did this mean that Kurt felt the same way? Or was he just messing with him? Eventually, he realized he had to respond, but with his body was hyper aware of his crush just inches behind him he couldn't get out more than a stutter.

"Y-Yeah, s-sure." He replied and Kurt 'hum'-ed in his ear, then pulled away as if nothing happened with a huge smirk on his face. Blaine turned to face him but found he couldn't be angry, not when this was he result. Then it was his turn to smirk, because he was going to give him a taste of his own medicine and just kiss him. But before he could even get up off the bed to join Kurt on David's, Nick and Jeff burst into the room, slamming the door in process and causing the two boys to jump.

"Blaine! We need your help!" Nick panted. Jeff was right behind him and also slightly out of breath. A bit annoyed at the interruption, Blaine spoke.

"What is it?"

"The food in the cafeteria is horrible and my car broke down!" Jeff exclaimed. Blaine and Kurt stared uncomprehendingly. Coughing awkwardly, Nick explained in more detail.

"We're starving but the kitchen's food has all expired and we have no way out of here. We were wondering if you could give us a lift?" he asked while rubbing the back of his neck with his hands. He seemed a little shy about asking, but Jeff didn't see the rudeness of the question and waited impatiently for an answer. His stomach growled in sync with Nick's and the four boys laughed.

"Sorry guys, but Kurt's got my undivided attention this weekend and I don't intend on breaking the promise I made. Take the bus or something." Blaine shrugged and the two boys left, grumbling stuff to each other under their breaths.

Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand and led him out into the hallway. He didn't let go, and he didn't think he ever would.

"Planning on telling me where we're going?" Kurt asked as Blaine dragged him through the school.

"You know that hallway I showed you earlier?" Kurt nodded, "Well, it's one of the many secret hiding spots I have discovered over the course of my stay at Dalton and I want to show them all to you. No one else knows about these, not even Wes and David."

"That's actually really cool! And as long as I don't see any spiders or get my clothes dirty I'd be happy to play in your little hiding spots with you. And don't worry, my lips are sealed." He mimed zipping his mouth closed and Blaine just laughed. "So, where are we going this time?"

"You'll see." Blaine winked and Kurt blushed. Something about this guy just made him so relaxed and playful... but so self-conscious and scared of rejection. But he had pretty much accepted the fact that they were never going to get out of the friend zone. Blaine was sometimes the only thing that kept him sane. That, and music.

Eventually, they came upon another dead end of a hallway. Kurt was confused. "What? Is there a big safe behind that painting or something?"

Blaine laughed. "No, but that would be awesome!" The lead soloist of the Warblers then proceeded to walk towards the corner where the two walls met at a ninety degree angle; except they didn't meet. There was enough space for him to squeeze through before disappearing. Without hesitation, Kurt followed and (despite being skinnier than Blaine) had much difficulty squeezing in. Once his whole body was in, he could see Blaine sitting on a windowsill that jutted out of the wall with a beautiful view of the property around Dalton and the sky at sunset. Kurt managed to sit opposite Blaine and just stare at the scenery as the sky changed colours in the most majestic way possible.

"Wow," Kurt breathed.

"Takes your breath away doesn't it? This is my third time seeing it and I'm still amazed."
Kurt nodded mutely and continued to watch. Blaine bit his lip in his nervous state. Although the sunset was extremely serene and calming, what he was about to do could possibly determine his entire future. Finally, he managed to say something.

"Kurt?" Said boy turned to look at him and tilted his head in the cutest way possible. Blaine was thrown by the beauty of the counter tenor in the soft lighting of the setting sun, and wow that sounded cheesy, but he honestly couldn't care less. He cleared his throat. "Do you remember when we met, and I sang Teenage Dream to you?"

"I knew you were singing it to me! I knew it!" Kurt exclaimed and Blaine laughed. "I mean, you were staring at me the whole time, why wouldn't I assume that?"

"Well, I didn't realize this fact until a few short days ago. And then there was the whole 'Baby It's Cold Outside' thing and-"

"You rocked that duet by the way." Kurt interjected. Blaine smiled at the compliment but continued with the little speech he was totally making up on the spot.

"Thanks, you were pretty phenomenal yourself." He saw Kurt blush no matter how hard he tried to hide it. "And the song was about a man who was using the cold as an excuse to sleep with a woman who is attracted to him and it was totally inappropriate to sing with my best friend-"

"That was the day I realized I loved you."

Woah... WHAT? Was all Blaine could think. His heart was racing a mile a minute and he remained silent. Kurt plowed on as if nothing had happened.

"I guess you could say that I had a crush on you since we met, but it wasn't until we did that duet that I realized how deep my feelings truly were for you. I wanted to play it safe after the whole 'Karofsky' thing so I waited it out a bit longer, but I found myself wanting you more and more and by the time Valentine's day rolled around, I was planning on telling you, but then you said you were planning on serenading someone and I thought it was me but it wasn't and then you were heartbroken and I couldn't ask you out because you said you didn't want to ruin what we had and I didn't even know what we had but I accepted anyway knowing you would just be on be rebound and that never ends well. But then the whole Rachel Berry incident happened and I thought I'd lost ANOTHER guy to her as well but then you got offended and I can understand that but I just didn't want to lose you and then you turned out to be gay after all and I just didn't want to bring up the topic of romance for a little while. And then we did 'Candles' at regionals and it was a song about moving on and I was just thinking to myself that you don't want to be with me and-"

Blaine crushed his lips onto Kurt's, effectively shutting him up. After a second of shock, the counter tenor recovered and began to kiss back. Their lips moved in sync and they felt like two halves of a whole had been reunited and their hearts had exploded and shattered like crystal into millions of tiny shards of glass that reflected millions of rainbows in their now connected world. It felt great - no, better than great, it felt... indescribable. You can't describe magic like that... the closest you can get is true love.

When they finally broke apart, Kurt rested his head on Blaine's chest and the two began to happily watch the sunset. Blaine began to play with Kurt's hair and for once, he didn't mind.

"I've been wanting to do that forever." Kurt mumbled and Blaine felt his heart squeeze.

"Kurt, I'm sorry that I was so oblivious to your feelings for so long and that I put you through all that hurt, but I'm here now and I want to spend every second of my life with you. I love you Kurt Hummel." He tilted Kurt's chin up to turn and face him and saw the pure joy in the boy's sea blue eyes. A single tear of joy slid down his cheek and Blaine kissed it away as more came streaming down. Blaine was happy to peck them all away as Kurt threw his arms around him.

"I love you too Blaine Anderson, you have no idea how much." He sobbed into his chest and buried his face in it. Blaine wrapped his arms around him tightly and rested his head on top of Kurt's.

"I think I do." he whispered before planting a kiss on top of Kurt's head before drifting off to sleep with his... boyfriend(?) in his arms and the glow of the sunset before him, despite the fact it paled in comparison to one Kurt Hummel.