Thanks a bunch to emc14 for providing me with the art and CrazySue05 for editing this baby!

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It was the end of January when Blaine finally got an owl from Kurt. The past few weeks had been hell for him. Now that he had gotten used to talking to Kurt for at least an hour or two every day, not talking to him was something he had to survive through. Even during the class, Kurt never called upon Blaine, and Blaine never raised his hand. He quietly did his charm work in the corner of the class, not even laughing when Santana cracked some off-colour jokes at him. He started using the shaving charm only twice in a week, thus getting a lot of stubble as well as a beard the other days. Surprisingly, that only made him more endearing to the other girls rather than them thinking he looked like a homeless person. He looked lost, and the first-years tried their best in cheering him up.

So when he got an owl, he finally looked up at the staff table to see Kurt looking back at him. There was a glimmer of a smile on his face, and Blaine was happy to see that maybe, just maybe, they could make this work. The letter told him to come see him on the evening of the 29th. It was a Saturday, so he decided to complete most of his homework on Friday evening and Saturday morning so he wouldn't over think about what would happen that evening. That weekend also happened to be a Hogsmeade weekend so most of the students would be out and not on Blaine's heels asking him why he was going to meet a person who had ignored him for the last month. None of them knew the whole story, and Blaine planned to keep it that way.

At lunch, Brit, San and Sally came and sat with him to eat lunch. As he bit into a chicken leg, they kept giving him bits of advice.

Don't over think it.

Let him do most of the talking.

Maybe you could do some of the kissing.

I mean it. Let him say what he has to say.

Then you can chime in with what your romantic sense has to say.

If you kiss, can you Floo-call me so I can watch? Dolphin making out is hot.

Brit honey, Blaine has to make sure he doesn't screw it up, only then can they commence to the kissing.

Okay Sanny. Blaine, don't screw this up. You will not have cute babies if you keep this up.

At that last sentence, Brittany's voice had gone a bit louder and most of the people around them had started looking at them, not knowing what was going on. Blaine just wanted to sink into the floor as he murmured, "I'm a damn Ravenclaw. I know what I am doing." He just pulled up another bowl of potatoes and spooned a few into his mouth, not wanting to say anything by mistake.

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At five, Blaine had a third cup of tea in the kitchen as the elves surrounded him. Just then, the oven pinged and he got up, against the will of the elves, and put on a glove to remove the hot chocolate chip cookies. Those were then grabbed by Slinky, who put them in a neat basket and a red-and-white checked cloth on it.

He walked up to Kurt's office and knocked twice, as usual. Kurt opened the door swiftly, leading him to believe that Kurt had been waiting right behind it. He handed the basket blindly in front of him and said, "Chocolate chip cookies. I had promised to bake you these back at home, but circumstances...anyway, I hope you like them." Kurt had curiously touched one of them only to almost drop the basket due to the heat. Blaine rubbed the back of his neck and said, "Yeah, I just made them in the kitchens and brought them." Kurt told him to take a seat and went into the kitchen. Blaine sat down on the one-seat sofa, and Kurt came out of the kitchen with two glasses of milk and the cookies kept on a plate. They started eating the cookies with small bites, each waiting for the other to break the awkward silence.

Kurt spoke up, "So, I think I should go first, tell you what I felt. When you first told me about it at your house, I was shell-shocked. Then I was embarrassed that you saw the bullying that had happened to me first-hand. I could easily have hit him back with one of my hexes, but Dad and I were on the down-low there. We practised magic in our shed in the middle of the night, and no one knew about it. It was a rule for us. Then I got really angry, maybe it was irrational, maybe not. But the fact is that you had invaded my privacy. That was something I had to think over. However, since you don't know me from Adam nor did you ever come to America to see me there, I am pretty sure you didn't ask for a boon or wish to see what was happening in my life. So, I forgive you, even if there was nothing to forgive."

Blaine heaved a sigh of relief as he leaned to hug Kurt tightly. He knew Kurt was a rational person and would think through all the pros and cons, however he wasn't sure if Kurt's anger at the lack of privacy in his life would surpass his rationalism. The next words Kurt said was something he would remember forever.

"Actually, the funny part is, when you first called me out on Christmas Eve, I was sure you were going to confess your love to me or something." Kurt giggled, not realizing that he had hit the nail on the head. Blaine suddenly stopped hugging Kurt as he leaned back and blankly stared at Kurt. Kurt just looked back and asked, "Blaine, you're frightening me. Tell me what's wrong." Blaine said, "Well, what you said wasn't false either. I would have confessed that if you hadn't apparated away." Kurt had a shocked look on his face, and Blaine immediately realized he had a mistake. He should have been happy with the fact that they were talking again and didn't have to throw this bomb.

Blaine got up and started walking away, mumbling, "I shouldn't have told you. Now, you won't talk to me again for another month. Should have kept my damn mouth shut." He had almost reached the door when Kurt woke up to his senses, jumped from his seat and ran behind Blaine. He slammed the door shut, shoved Blaine against it, and kissed him.