(12) You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This

A/N: so this is V-day! Yay! Well not so good for Kurt lol but I'm just waiting for the marked down chocolates on the 15th :)

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Everybody Swears We Make The Perfect Pair

"Why the GAP?" asked Kurt. After his conversation with Blaine at the Lima Bean, he was certain that it was him Blaine wanted to serenade. He was usually good about keeping his hopes down, but he just had a gut feeling this time. It HAD to be him...

"Oh! The guy I like is a Junior Manager there."

Nick's eyes widened as he looked over to Kurt who was near tears. How was it that Blaine wasn't serenading Kurt?

Wes banged his gavel and adjourned the meeting. Kurt couldn't get out of there fast enough. He briskly walked out into the hallway, making his way to his room and trying to stop the tears from falling.

Nick followed Kurt all the way up to their room. "Kurt! Wait up!"

As soon as they were in the room, Nick closed the door and turned the lock. He didn't want anyone (particularly a specific hazel eyed Warbler) barging in on poor Kurt.

Kurt threw his bag on the floor and buried his head in his pillow. "Kurt?" called Nick. "Are you ok?"

Over the few months Kurt had been at Dalton, he and Nick had bonded and grown quite close, exchanging stories about their hardships and the obstacles they had to overcome. Blaine was Kurt's best friend, but there were some things that he just couldn't talk to him about (i.e. Blaine)...

Kurt looked up from his pillow and sat up, his eyes red and his face flushed from crying. He shook his head and Nick sat on the bed with Kurt and hugged him tightly. "It's ok Kurt. Blaine likes you, trust me... He's just... An idiot."

Kurt nodded as a few bangs and a familiar voice came through the door. "Kurt! Are you in there? Kurt? Open up!"

"He's not here!" cried Nick.

Kurt quickly gathered his composure as he said, "Let him in..."

"Kurt... Are you sure that's a good idea?"

Kurt nodded and Nick went up to the door and opened it to let in a completely oblivious curly haired Warbler.

"Kurt, what's wrong?" asked Blaine. "You left pretty quick and you looked upset... Kurt... Have- have you been crying?"

Kurt sniffed as he wiped his eyes. "I uh, I'm fine.. I'm just missing my girls a lot... As a matter of fact, I think I'm going home this weekend for some girl talk... Would you like to join us, Nick?" he asked with a sad smile on his face.

Kurt completely missed the hurt look on Blaine's face that said he was hurt that Kurt didn't invite him.

Nick smiled. "Sure thing."

"Oh..." said Blaine. "Ok... Well, if you're sure you ok, then I guess I'll be on my way then..."

Blaine walk out of the room. As he was walking down the hall he let his thoughts wander. "Why didn't Kurt invite ME? I mean, I thought he was my best friend. Unless..." He turned his head towards Kurt and Nick's dorm.

"Have I been replaced?"

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Nick, Rachel, Kurt, and Mercedes were in Rachel's room, comforting a brokenhearted Kurt.

"I was devastated." said Kurt.

"He was..." interjected Nick. "The poor guy was so depressed..."

"But," said Rachel as she braided Mercedes hair. "Did he actually say you two were dating?"

"Well... Not in so many words..."

"Did he put the moves on?" asked Cedes

Kurt opened his mouth, then closed it. He and Blaine had kissed each other, but they were all on dares or bets or something like that. Did that count as putting on the moves?

Nick answered for him. "Yeah, Blaine DEFINITELY put the moves on. Even if it was unintentionally. At Breadstix. That truth or dare kiss. I saw the look on Blaine's face. It's the same one that I have on when I look at Jeff."

"Look, Kurt." said Mercedes. "We're all divas here! You don't need a man right now, Kay? You are an awesome, talented, smart, funny, stylish person, Kurt." Kurt smiled. "There was a reason that I had a crush on you!" she said with a laugh. Kurt laughed and Nick nearly spat out the soda he was drinking. "And if Blaine is too stupid to realize it and take what's right in front of him, then he doesn't deserve you."

He smiled at Mercedes. "It's so nice to be around girls for a change..." Mercedes and Rachel awwwed and wrapped Kurt in a hug.

"What about me!" cried Nick. They all laughed and added him into the group hug.

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David, Wes, and Thad were making their way down the hall, following Blaine. They'd only agreed to the GAP attack because they thought he'd be singing to Kurt and the eye-sex was unbearable. It was too late to cancel it without seeming suspicious, but they'd decided that the only way for their precious Klaine to happen was if all chances of Jeremiah/Blaine (they refused to give them a couples name) happening were obliterated. And the only way for that to happen was to convince the gullible Warbler into singing a completely inappropriate song.

Wes came on the right side of Blaine as Thad and David took to his left. "Hey, Blainers!" called Wes. He put his arm around the Warblers' lead soloist. "Soooo we were just wondering what song you were planning on doing for the GAP attack..."

"I don't know yet, actually..."

David put his arm around Blaine as well. "Just... Don't do something sappy, you need to do something different. On edge. Kind of like you!"

Blaine raised his eyebrows. "Do uh, do you really think that's such a good idea?"

Thad rolled his eyes. "Of course we're sure! In fact..." he smirked. "We have the PERFECT song."

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Blaine and Kurt were sitting outside the GAP on a bench right after the GAP attack. Blaine looked at Kurt with a worried expression. "Was it too much?" Kurt just gave him a sideways glance with his eyebrows slightly raised and furrowed. "It was too much..."

Just then, the blonde guy that Blaine had just sung to walked out of the store.

"Jeremiah!" cried Blaine.

"What the hell was that?" asked Jeremiah. "I just got fired... You can't just bust a groove in someone else's workplace."

"But they loved it!"

Jeremiah shook his head. "Well my boss didn't. And neither did I.. Nobody here knows I'm gay..."

Kurt spoke up then. "Can I be honest? Just with the hair, I think they do." I mean, seriously... Who does their hair like that?

"Let's be clear here Blaine. You and I got coffee twice... We're not dating. If we wee I'd get arrested because you're underage."

Kurt grabbed his bag and walked off to go find Nick. He didn't think it would be right for him to face Blaine with this big smile on his face.

"And besides," Jeremiah added. "You're in love with somebody else." Blaine furrowed his eyebrows and Jeremiah elaborated. "The guy you'd always talk about, the one you kept looking at when you weren't looking at me... When you looked at me, that was infatuation. When you looked at him... THAT was love." Jeremiah patted Blaine's shoulder and walked away, leaving Blaine still wondering who it was Jeremiah was talking about.

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Kurt sat with Nick on a nearby bench in the brisk February air. He had a smile on his face that was just... Really weird. "Should I be happy that it was a total disaster?" asked Kurt. "Or should I be sad that Blaine was hurt?"

Nick laughed. "You should DEFINITELY be happy that it failed. I mean, not only does it leave Blaine available, but that blonde dude was just totally WRONG for Blaine... You and him make a MUCH cuter couple."

Kurt blushed. "You really think so."

Nick raised an eyebrow. "Sweetie, you have to BECOME a couple first!"

"What do you mean?"

He rolled his eyes. "I MEAN... That you need to tell him how you feel... Before it's too late."

"But I-" he was abruptly cut off as Blaine turned the corner and sat on the bench with Kurt and Nick. He sat down next to them, his face sullen.

"Well THAT was an epic fail..."

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Kurt and Blaine were in line at the Lima Bean, waiting to order their usual orders of coffee.

Blaine gave a disgusted look towards the Valentine's day merchandise. "Ugh." he said. "Don't they have anything that isn't covered in stupid little hearts?"

Kurt raised his eyebrows. "Well, you've certainly changed your tune."

"I don't think I've ever made THAT big of a fool of myself. Which is REALLY saying something because I've performed at theme parks! I just- I can't believe I made it all up I'm my head."

Kurt swallowed as he remembered what Nick had told him. "you need to tell him how you feel... Before it's too late..."

He opened his mouth, taking in a shaky breath. "Can I ask you something? Because we've always been completely honest with each other... You and I... We hang out. We sing flirty duets. You know my coffee order... Was I supposed to think that was nothing?"

Blaine furrowed his eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

Kurt took in a deep breath. "I thought the guy you wanted to ask out on Valentine's day... Was me."

Blaine widened his eyes. He remembered the conversation he had with Finn at Puck's New Year's Eve party. If Kurt thought that he wanted to ask him out, then that meant he was still doing a pretty lousy job of not leading Kurt on... "Wow... I really am clueless." He didn't want to screw anything up with Kurt. He needed to set the record straight. "Let me be really clear about something. I really, REALLY care about you, but as you and about twenty mortified shoppers saw, I'm not very good at romance..." Even if he did want Kurt in that way, he needed someone who would be at least a decent romantic. "I don't wanna screw this up..."

Kurt tried smiling weakly even though inside, his heart was breaking into a million pieces. He tried to swallow the lump that was growing in the back of his throat. "So it's just like "When Harry Met Sally"... But I get to play Meg Ryan." Maybe joking would cover the sound of his heart shattering.

Blaine smiled. "Deal... Don't they uh, get together in the end?" Kurt ignored him and ordered his and Blaine's coffee order. That was probably one plot sequence that he'd never get... A happy ending. "You know my coffee order..."

Kurt smirked. "I think I have something for us to do on Valentine's day."

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Kurt was in his and Nick's room with Jeff sitting with his boyfriend. Kurt's face was pink from crying. He was beginning to regret his choice to start the Lonely Hearts Club. It was too painful to watch the guy who'd just rejected him sing a bunch of sappy love songs to an audience instead of him. He'd gone straight to his room and Nick brought along Jeff, who, contrary to the persona he usually gave off, was actually quite a good comforter.

"Honey," said Jeff. "Blaine is a complete moron. You of all people should know that! He just hasn't figured out his feelings yet."

Kurt shook his head and sniffed. "But I told him and he basically rejected me. There's nothing to figure out..."

Jeff sighed. "What did you say exactly?"

"That I thought he was going to be singing to me. Why?"

Niff groaned and threw their heads back. "Because!" exclaimed Nick. "You DIDN'T tell him how you felt! Not really, anyways! For all we know, he could be clueless as ever!"

"Wait a second, though," said Jeff. "If you didn't REALLY tell him how you feel... That means-"

Nick's head shot up. "It does!"

"This is great news!"

"What's great news?" asked Kurt.

Jeff filled him in. "If you didn't tell him how you feel, then he really didn't reject you, he's just clueless as ever!"

"Which means..?" asked Kurt.

"You still have a shot."

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A/N: More reviews=Faster updates :)

Just thought I'd let you all know, we are getting really close to Klaine! about three or four chapters left :)

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