Sideways

Chapter 29

"We should go out." Blaine waited for a response, but Kurt didn't flicker. He rolled his eyes and elbowed his boyfriend gently in the side. Kurt rolled over, with a quiet groan, but was still asleep. "Kuuuuuuurt," Blaine said, leaning closer to Kurt's ear. Blaine smiled and pressed his hand to the inside of Kurt's thigh and then slowly, slid it upwards and then Kurt was awake and sitting up.

"What the..?"

"Trying to wake you up," Blaine grinned.

"Other people have alarm clocks," Kurt said, but he was smiling. "I get molested in my sleep."

Blaine sat up and faced Kurt, crossing his legs.

"What did you want, anyway?" Kurt asked, as Blaine entwined their fingers together. "How's the head?"

"It's okay," Blaine said, but it was still throbbing a little bit. "Buttttt," he said, stretching out the 't' sound. "I was waking you up to say we should go out."

Kurt blinked a couple of times. "I thought we were already going out?" he made it a question.

"No," Blaine shook his head. "I meant out out. As in on a date. We've never gone out on a date."

Kurt seemed to stare at him for longer than was really necessary and then he smiled, slightly, his eyebrows raising. "Um, okay," he breathed. "Where has this come from?"

Blaine shrugged and lay back against Kurt. "I was just thinking about how we sort of got into this whole thing really quickly," he said. "Like, we started with sex and then feelings came into it, when it should have been the other way round. Plus, dating should have slotted in there somewhere."

They both spoke at the same time then.

"We don't have to."

"Unless you don't want to."

"Oh."

"Oh."

"Oh, what?" Kurt asked.

"You don't want to," Blaine said.

"I didn't say that," Kurt said, pushing Blaine gently off, so that they could face one another. "I just meant I don't want you to feel like you have to take me out. Sex and feelings is more than fine with me."

"Yeah," Blaine smiled. "But imagine sex and feelings and dating. Or! Imagine dating, then feelings, then sex."

Kurt rolled his sky blue eyes and chuckled. "I think it's time for your medication, babe."

Blaine lay back again and Kurt cradled his head in his arms, then began to unravel the bandage from around his head. Blaine closed his eyes when Kurt gently pulled the bandage off of the cut. It stung, but wasn't hurting as badly as it had the night before.

"Ew," he heard Kurt say.

"'Thought you said you loved me," Blaine fake pouted.

"I'll love you in a minute," Kurt said, crawling out from beneath Blaine and standing up. "Be right back."

"Does loving me in a minute mean a blowjob?" Blaine called after Kurt, as he disappeared into the bathroom. He lay back, smiling, because even though his life had literally come apart at the seams and would probably never be sewn back together, he still had these little moments with Kurt. Not for long, his mind said, automatically, but he shoved that away, not wanting to think about it.

He lay there, just thinking, until Kurt came back a few minutes later, holding a damp towel and a fresh bandage. He looked at Blaine and smiled. "Have you figured it out?" he asked after a moment.