Blaine sat next to Kurt on one of the plush couches in the common room, one arm slung loosely around Kurt's shoulders, their sides flush together, Nick and Jeff occupied the other, both couples were laughing hysterically as Wes and David attempted to out dance each other at Dance Nation. David was winning and the play had turned dirty with Wes more than once shoving David in an attempt to throw off his stride, Wes swearing that it was just the result of an awesome move he was trying out and not deliberate attempts at sabotage.
Finally David was victorious, turning he bowed dramatically to the room with a sweeping gesture and held his hands high to accept his applause.
"Thank you, thank you" he lorded as his friends clapped.
Wes was breathing heavily but held his hand out to congratulate his friend.
"Well done man" he said as David gripped his hand.
"Thanks mate" David grinned back "you know you're pretty good for an old guy."
"Six weeks David" replied Wes with a roll of his eyes, "I'm only six weeks older than you."
"Yes well clearly that makes all the difference" teased David, "the younger man is champion."
"Whatever" muttered Wes releasing his hand and flopping down on the floor next to the coffee table.
"Anyone want to take a shot at the title?" asked David looking around at his friends in turn, "I'll go easy on you" he boasted.
"Ah no" said Nick resolutely.
"Jeff" asked David, "fancy it."
Jeff smiled in response but shook his head, "no man, not at the moment."
"Blaine? Come on you know you can't resist an excuse to dance around this room" he grinned.
"Sorry, busy" smiled Blaine, tightening his hold on Kurt's shoulder; Kurt smiling brightly in response to the action.
"No point asking you I suppose" David directed at Kurt with a raised eyebrow.
Kurt blushed and shook his head.
"Damn you lot for being all cuddly" moaned David, sitting down heavily next to Wes on the floor.
"Never mind mate" smiled Wes patting him on the knee, "maybe someone will let you beat them later on."
"Do you really think so?" asked David in all seriousness.
All five of his friends looked at him in disbelief and shook their heads, silence falling across the room.
"What?" David questioned looking at them all. "What did I say?"
Wes grinned and shook his head.
Kurt shifted slightly causing Blaine to turn to him with an inquiring expression.
"You okay" he asked.
"Fine" smiled Kurt moving forward from his position on the couch and standing. "Just hungry, do you guys want anything from the kitchen?"
"I'll come with you" said Blaine making to stand.
"You know I can go on my own" Kurt smiled down at his boyfriend.
"I didn't mean anything Kurt" Blaine replied quickly "of course you can go alone", Blaine prattled, somewhere between sitting and standing.
Kurt smirked at his befuddled boyfriend and bent to place a small kiss to his cheek before turning and striding from the room.
"Smooth" laughed David as he fist bumped Wes who was also laughing.
"Oh shut up" sighed Blaine slouching back against the seat.
"You know he's gonna be okay" added Jeff turning to Blaine.
"I know" Blaine exhaled "it's just a reflex, you know? I don't want him out of my sight."
"We know that man" said Nick before adding with a smirk "but he's only gone for snacks."
Kurt pondered his options, it was fairly late so he didn't want anything heavy but he couldn't deny he was starving. He and Blaine hadn't gone out since they had been interrupted earlier that evening instead they had spent several hours in the common room, doing nothing in particular with their friends. Kurt smiled at the thought that each of his friends had commented on his new look, he hadn't realised it would make such an impact but clearly it had.
Opening the refrigerator he stuck his head inside and screwed his nose up at the contents, there was nothing inside that sparked his interest. Straightening he closed the door and turned to find a figure leaning against the counter watching him with obvious curiosity.
"Christian?" Kurt asked "What can I do for you?"
"Nothing, nothing" he replied.
"Oh, okay" Kurt responded with a frown, turning and opening cupboards still in search of something to tempt him.
"Nice eye" commented Christian casually.
"Um, yeah" mumbled Kurt.
"Walk into something" he asked with a sneer.
Kurt shifted uncomfortably but did not turn to face Christian, instead he continued to open random cupboards in an attempt to mask his unease.
"I just wondered you know" he continued with an amused lilt to his voice, "or did Blaine do that when he found out about you and Jeff?"
"Christian get the fuck out" came a voice from the doorway before Kurt had time to process what had just been said let alone respond.
"Well, well, Jeffrey" smiled Christian as he pushed away from the counter and sauntered toward him, his hands in his pockets, "what brings you here I wonder?" he winked as he walked casually past him and out into the corridor.
"I said get the fuck out" growled Jeff glaring at Christian.
"Night boys" he called, "don't do anything I wouldn't do" he added as he strolled down the corridor.
"Kurt. Are you okay?" Jeff asked tentatively as he edged slowly into the kitchen.
Kurt was yet to turn around, his hands gripping the doors on the cupboards to the point that his knuckles were turning white.
"Kurt?" Jeff tried again slowly rounding the counter and standing directly behind his friend.
"What did he mean?" Kurt asked in a quiet voice, "What did he mean about you and me and Blaine?"
"Ah, well" Jeff shuffled nervously, running his hand through his hair.
"Christian saw me take you to my room on Friday night when you were hurt and he kind of told Nick and Blaine that you and I were spending the weekend together and he made it look like we were getting it on in secret."
"He what?" Kurt said in a small voice.
"Um, yeah. That's why Nick was pounding on the door last night" Jeff explained to the back of Kurt's head as he was yet to turn around.
"And now he's going to tell everyone that Blaine's given me a black eye because he found me cheating with you" Kurt stated blankly, "he's making this whole thing up."
"C'mon, he's a pratt but he wouldn't do that" Jeff said, although he wouldn't put it past Christian to do exactly what Kurt had just voiced.
"Kurt" Jeff said gently putting his hand on his friends shoulder and squeezing gently, "c'mon lets grab something that's going to make our teeth rot and go back to the guys hey?"
Slowly Kurt released his hold on the doors and turned to face his friend.
"Did they believe him" he asked looking directly into Jeff's eyes.
"What?"
"Did they believe him? When he told them we were "together" in your room, did they believe him?" Kurt asked quietly, punctuating 'together' with his fingers in quotation marks.
"Ah, um" Jeff stumbled over his words, sadly this was long enough for Kurt to interoperate the worst possible meaning in his delay and he took off out of the kitchen and down the corridor before Jeff could stop him.
"Shit" Jeff muttered before taking off after him.
"Kurt, Kurt stop" he shouted as he tore after him down the darkened corridor.
Jeff was fast, he was on the track team but damn it he couldn't keep up with Kurt whose few seconds head start had given him an advantage.
"Great, just great" Jeff breathed as he rested his hands on his knees and took a breath "how the hell can he move that fast and disappear that quickly?" he thought out loud.
"Kurt" he yelled, "Kurt" as he took off again.
There was no response but Jeff really hadn't expected it to be that easy. Hurtling down the corridor Jeff burst through the common room doors and skidded to a halt on the wooden floor in front of his startled friends.
"Um hi" he said trying to sound nonchalant.
"Babe, you okay" asked Nick with a quizzical look at his flustered boyfriend.
"Absolutely" nodded Jeff still breathing quickly "Kurt here?"
"No" answered Blaine sitting forward slightly, "I thought you went to help him with the snacks, you know since me doing it would've apparently been overbearing and creepy" he said with raised eyebrows.
"Yep, quite right, definitely creepy" nodded Jeff as he swept the room again hoping that Blaine was wrong and he would miraculously find Kurt sitting on the couch all along.
"Babe" Nick tried again, "Jeff what's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing at all" Jeff replied whilst retreating towards the door, "I'll ah, I'll just go and uh..."
"Oh no you don't" said Nick jumping over the back of the couch grabbing Jeff by the hand, "spill it Jeff, what's the matter."
Jeff looked around the room panic rising in his chest as he realised that Nick wouldn't let him go without an explanation.
"Okay, so I went to the kitchen to help Kurt and when I got there Christian was in the kitchen with Kurt, he told him that you and Blaine thought we were meeting in secret and then he asked him if Blaine had given him the black eye for cheating" Jeff garbled out without taking a breath, "and then Kurt took off and damn Blaine he's fast and I lost him and I hoped he'd come back here but he hasn't..."
"He said what to him" Blaine asked angrily jumping to his feet, "he asked him if I'd done that to him, seriously he asked him if I'd hit him?"
"Yeah" said Jeff nervously.
"Okay, babe calm down" said Nick stroking his thumb over Jeff's hand that he was still holding.
"Blaine, I think you should know that before Kurt took off he asked me whether you believed what Christian told you" Jeff said quietly.
"About?" questioned Blaine.
"About what he told you and Nick we were doing behind your back" clarified Jeff with a glance to his boyfriend who had tensed slightly at the memory.
"And?" asked Blaine, "What did you say?"
"Well, I didn't have time to say much of anything" said Jeff nervously shifting his weight from foot to foot, "he just looked at me for a beat and took off."
"Great" moaned Blaine "just great" he grumbled running his hands through his hair in a desperate action, "I need to find him" making to move towards the door.
"What the hell is Christian's problem anyway?" asked David jumping to his feet to stand next to Blaine.
"No idea" spat Blaine tugging anxiously at his hair.
"Okay, guys lets split up" Wes directed taking charge, "Blaine, you go check his room in case he's gone back there, David and I will check around the dorms and Niff you check everywhere else."
"Great, thanks for narrowing that down for us Wes" scoffed Nick.
"Nick" warned Jeff tugging him towards the door, "let's just go look okay?"
"Sure babe" said Nick somewhat guiltily, "sorry man" he directed at Wes who responded with a nod.
"Let us know if you find him okay" added Wes as Nick and Jeff exited the room.
"No problem" waved Nick as he was dragged out by a worried Jeff.