Blaine walked out of the room to see Finn and Rachel walking in together, setting their things down. "Hey guys! What's up?" He asked happily, going into the kitchen to make something for dinner.
He may have been smiling on the outside, but inside he was worried about Kurt, he hasn't come home yet, or even called, it made him very nervous.
"Oh nothing B, how was your first day at NYU law?" Rachel sat down on a stool, leaning forward in interest as Blaine looked through the cabinets.
In all honesty nothing really happened. He met two of his teachers got a bunch of papers and has to have some material read by next class. It was insane that he was doing this and he instantly wished he stuck with majoring in music or something he knew already.
He decided to stick with the simple answer.
"It was pretty informative and very scary." Rachel let out a giggle and crossed her arms over her chest, sitting back carefully. "I feel like I'm not really going to make friends though, everyone there seemed so serious." He felt like a child saying that.
"Mm.. Homemade pizza for dinner?" She asked excitedly, getting up to come into the kitchen with her friend. "I definitely want to help with this!"
Blaine smiled as she stood close and reached out to grab the flour. Rachel wanted to get off the subject since Blaine seemed a tad distressed about his first day.
The two laughed as they bumped hips, working as a team to get dinner done, Rachel flinging cheese in his direction. Since they've been eating at home more they all try to make cooking a little more fun by tossing the ingredients needed to each other, or just starting mini food fights. It keeps things interesting that is for sure.
Kurt sighed and rested his head on the desk for a minute to collect himself.
"Excuse me.. Kurt, sorry to disrupt, but I have some messages here for you." He glanced up to see the new intern that was assisting him this semester.
"Thank you Gavin, just leave them on my desk." The door shut gently making Kurt look up. He was exhausted and just wanted to go home, not make all these calls and place all these orders just to have to run errands tomorrow.
Speaking of calls. "Blaine. Shit." He stood and moved his hands around his desk quickly, biting his lip in concentration.
His face lit up when he got a hold of his phone, quickly dialing his number. "Hey there.. I'm sorry I haven't called, I lost track of time and was making so many phone calls." He explained before Blaine could even ask how work was going.
"No, I should be sorry, you were probably worried about me and I should have checked in so you knew I was safe." Kurt smiled widely as his boyfriend was being sweet about the whole thing. Its not that Blaine was gullible or a pushover, but he understands and tries to see everything from other people's eyes.
He smirked at the subject change of Blaine explaining the adventure of making homemade pizza with Rachel for the first time. He was always one to avoid things.
"I should be home in an hour or two. Save me some dinner okay? I'm excited to try it." He laughed softly, looking over the papers left on his desk, rubbing his forehead in distress. Making calls will be the death of him.
Suddenly he realized that the faster he gets done, the faster he gets home, he sadly had to cut Blaine short and hang up. "Babe I'm really sorry but I should probably get going.. Yeah I'll see you when I get home, I promise. You too. Bye."
Rachel yawned loudly as they were all lounging on the couch watching TV. They were starting to have traditions like a real family would, watching their normal lineup of shows after dinner till the wee hours of the night.
"Lets go to bed babe." Finn murmured as he sat up stretching, feeling a little sleepy himself.
She rubbed her eyes tiredly, standing up slowly. "Goodnight Blaine."
Rachel turned to find that he was asleep, splayed out over the side of the recliner, his mouth slightly open. It was precious.
"Huh.. What?" He sat up in a panic and rubbed his face a few times before looking up at Rachel, a little more alert than a few seconds ago. "Where's Kurt? Is he not home? What time is it?"
She bit her lip and crossed her arms over her chest, looking at her friend with sad eyes. He had no idea what he was in for with Kurt's job and the hours he worked, she almost felt bad for not talking to him about it, but it was Kurt's responsibility, this was his boyfriend after all.
"No sweetie, he should be home soon though." Lying was bad but she didn't want to worry him anymore than she had to. Little did Blaine know it was almost midnight.
Kurt paid the taxi driver as fast as possible and ran into the apartment building so he wouldn't get soaked from the rain. It was after one at night and he felt horrible.
He shut the door behind him as quietly as possible. It was completely silent in the apartment, he expected that, especially when he entered his bedroom. The room was pitch black when he peeked in on his boyfriend, his heart aching at the sight before him, Blaine snuggling with Kurt's pillow.
As carefully as possible he slipped into the bed, wrapping his arms around Blaine's waist, his lips pressing to the back of his ear ever so gently.
"You're home." Kurt smiled as Blaine rolled over, burying his face in his boyfriend's chest. It was making him feel happy and sad all at the same time.
The younger man held on tightly, like he would lose him if he were to let go. It broke Kurt's heart, he had to explain what his job was to Blaine so he wouldn't have to try and wait around for him anymore.
The next morning was hell. Sun bright through the window, some music playing a tad too loud for his liking, and the sound of sizzling. It was all too much to handle this early.
"Well good morning sunshine." Kurt looked up with a frown on his face, running a hand though his disheveled hair.
Blaine smiled widely and set some coffee down on his boyfriend's bedside table, taking a seat on the side of the bed.
"Listen Blaine, we need to talk."
A hand came up slowly, he wasn't looking at Kurt but the smile continued to remain on his face.
"Do we? About what?" Blaine was being passive and it was worrisome to Kurt.
"Don't act like I didn't come home about one thirty last night, and don't even begin to act like you weren't worrying about me. Please Blaine. Can we talk about this?" Kurt practically begged.
He wanted to get this talk with him over with so he wouldn't be worried about Blaine's pent up feelings all day, Kurt knows how he can get.
Blaine sighed loudly, his sad puppy like eyes gazing at Kurt. "I guess there is no avoiding this, is there?"
Kurt shook his head slowly, his blue eyes now a gray color due to the change in his mood.
"We have to handle this like adults.. We're not in high school anymore." He mumbled sadly, remembering the days where they didn't have to talk about things and could just ignore it till it went away.
There was a knock on the door making the couple look up. "Oh, hey you two, sorry." Rachel apologized quickly, noticing their expressions. "Just wanted to let you know I was leaving." Kurt and Blaine waved goodbye to their friend, getting a sympathetic smile before she left the room.
Blaine bit his lip, avoiding eye contact with Kurt. Having talks made him uncomfortable, he always felt like he did something wrong even when he knew for sure he didn't. The last serious discussion he had was with his parents and those obviously never end very well.
"At Marc Jacobs I answer phones and run mindless errands to pick up scarves, outfits, and idea books. I'm basically a slave. Until all messages are checked and planned out and my schedule for the next day is done I can't really leave. I'm basically like Andy from the Devil Wears Prada." Kurt began to explain, knowing all too well how Blaine was with confrontations, even when it wasn't his fault.
"I'm sorry for not telling you what I did there before but now that you know I'm hoping you'll understand that I'm not always going to be home at a decent hour, but I'll try my hardest to be in the near future."
Blaine glanced up to his boyfriend with sad eyes as he finished his speech, he was feeling like a child again.
The younger of the two pursed his lips, reaching his hands out to hold onto Kurt's.
"I do understand now that you explained it. Checking in with me is all I ask. I know you probably get busy but I would like to know that you're okay so I can stay sane." He took a deep breath before continuing, feeling the weight being lifted off of his shoulders. "I do this crazy thing where I'm so in love with you that I tend to worry when I haven't heard from you for hours."
The two laughed softly, the tension fading away. Blaine had a knack for that, lightening situations.
Rachel was busy with final preparations for her show but was released earlier than usual which meant more time with Finn.
She peeked into the arena and smiled widely as she saw everyone leaving the ice. "Hey there Rachel!" A few of the guys yelled, waving to her as they walked to the locket room. With a giggle she waved back and scanned around for Finn, not seeing him.
"Well look who's here!" She turned and saw him walking toward her, already changed into regular clothes, smelling fresh and clean.
Finn smirked as he held her close, rubbing her back soothingly. "I was let out of rehearsal for the day so I was thinking maybe we can hang out, meet up with Kurt before he has to work, I'm sure Blaine will be with him." Rachel offered excitedly, her hands on her boyfriend's chest as she gazed up at him.
There was no way he could deny her anything. She was his weakness so to speak. "That sounds great. Lets go!"
They decided to meet in Washington Park since Blaine wasn't out of class yet, it was easier than traveling the city and waiting around for each other and having to hunt one another down in this big place.
"Kurt! I feel like I haven't seen you in forever!" Rachel hugged him tightly, the two of them laughing.
Finn watched his brother and girlfriend, he was so glad they got along the way they did. "Are you and Blaine okay dude? You guys were having an intense conversation this morning." He blurted without even thinking. That was dumb.
"We're fine Finn, thanks." Kurt left it at that and looked to the ground, trying to compose himself a little bit, he could have gone on ranting about it if he wanted, but decided to stay quiet.. He's barely thought about their talk thankfully. Blaine hasn't said a word about it while they've been messaging. In Kurt's mind everything was okay right now.
He was pulled away from his thoughts when arms wrapped around his waist, a head resting on his shoulder. "Its only my second day and I already want to drop out." Blaine grumbled from behind Kurt, his arms tightening slightly.
Kurt placed his hands over Blaine's, leaning back gently to show he was there for him. "Just stick it out a little longer, we'll figure it out. We can talk about it more later okay?" He felt Blaine nod against his back in agreement.
"Well if you two are done being cute how about we grab something to eat?" Rachel suggested loudly, taking hold of Finn's hand, starting to walk away.
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