"This week's theme is Romanticality." those five words echoed in Michael ear. This must be fate's way of slapping him across the face. Last night Michael was up trying to figure out exactly what he was feeling for Blake. He realized that he did love him and now he had to pretend he was head over heels in love with someone, the problem was he already was.
Robert handed out the song and asked them to pick their own lines and to work on choreography. They will have to perform for Robert and the mystery mentor tomorrow. He wished them luck and left.
The remaining six contenders got started. They decided unanimously to pick their partner by simply making eye contact. Michael wanted to lock eyes with Blake but they were the last two guys left and if they paired up then the four girls would have to pair up too and there wouldn't be a straight couple. So Blake was completely off limits. Blake looked at Ali and Michael looked at Shanna and that left Lily with Aylin.
They paired up and started rehearsing the assigned song. As Michael and Shanna rehearsed together Blake couldn't help but look at Michael. Blake was confused and could not understand why he had developed feelings for Michael. But the more he looked at Michael the more he wanted him, so he decided to focused on the homework assignment and redirected all of his feelings for Michael towards Ali.
The six contenders continued rehearsing until it was time for dinner. After dinner they rehearsed some more until it was time for bed. Lily and Aylin were getting along better than ever and were the first to go to their dorm. Shanna and Ali followed shortly after. All the cameramen left for the day and Blake and Michael were alone for the first time since last night. They were now in their room and were completely quiet. Neither of them knew how to bring up the conversation they postponed this morning.
Earlier today when Blake and Michael woke up they hardly said a word to each other. Lily was already up when they woke up so they did not talk about the night before. They just looked at each other and they knew that it was not the right time to talk about it. So without saying a word they just agreed to talk about it later. All day they had acted as if their passionate make out session never happened.
Now they were alone, no Ali, no Aylin, no Lily, no Shanna, and no cameras. It was just them alone in a big room with seven empty beds. Neither of them wanted to bring it up so they got into their own bed and just went to sleep.
The next morning Blake and Michael continued pretending like nothing happened. Even though they both wanted to discuss and even reenact the events of that night, they just didn't know how to bring it up. Romantically week was beginning to feel more like procrasticality week.
When it was time to perform for Robert and the guest mentor (which happened to be Darren Criss). They all did their best. Lily and Aylin even kissed, (I can honestly say I did not see that coming). The winner for this homework assignment was Blake. It was his first time winning a homework assignment. Michael was so happy for Blake but he was now the only one who has yet to win a homework assignment.
Darren then announced this week's song which was "We Found Love" by Rihanna. Fate has yet again reigned a slap upon Michael's face and it felt as if only Blake's kiss could soothe the pain.
Blake's reward for winning was not just a one on one mentoring session with Darren he also got a chance to choose his partner for this week's music video. Blake wanted to pick Michael, but like Michael, he knew it was a bad idea so he stuck with Ali.
During Blake's mentoring session with Darren, Darren asked Blake
"Have you ever been in love?"
Blake remembered the moment when he sang with Nellie.
"Yes" he answered.
"In the video you have to sneak away with your lover, have you ever done something like that and were afraid you were going to get caught?" Darren asked.
Blake thought of that moment when Michael caught him off guard and kissed him, and how he later caught him off guard and kissed him back. He remembered how warm Michael's body was and how he felt when Michael took the lead and pushed him onto the bed. He remembered how his heart raced as Michael climbed on top of him and how scared he was when he heard Lily Mae coming.
"Yes." Blake answered.
"Use that as inspiration for this video" Darren told him.
When Darren finished the mentoring session Blake stayed behind and thought about what Darren said.
Blake thought of Nellie and remembered how she kissed him during fearlessness week. Blake never told Michael about the kiss because at the time he thought Michael had feelings for Nellie. Blake thought that if Michael found out about the kiss it would destroy him, so he never mentioned it. But Blake was wrong because Michael wasn't really interested in Nellie. Michael wanted Blake and now, for some strange reason Blake wanted Michael.
Blake remembered the night Michael kissed him and how it made him feel. He wanted to feel that again so Blake ran out of the room and ran to Michael. He wanted to kiss him, to pin him against the wall once again and rip his clothes off. Blake looked in the kitchen but Michael wasn't there then he looked in the boy's dorm but he wasn't there either. He went to the bathroom came in quietly and Michael was taking a shower. Blake saw Michael through the blurry glass and just wanted to join him in the shower. But he didn't because he remembered why he was here.
He was here to win The Glee Project. This was a competition and he wanted to win. Even if it meant that Michael would have to lose. As quietly as he came in he left but not before taking one last look at Michael hot, wet, blurry body.