Being Blaine Anderson's shiny new friend feels remarkably like not being his friend at all, save for the fact that Blaine sits next to him during Glee rehearsals more often than not. It's weird, though, because he doesn't say much more than ‘hey' or ‘what's up' before he has a lap-full of Rachel Berry. Kurt does receive a few texts from him outside of school, but they're about as lame and pointless as text messages can be.
What's up, Kurt?
Not much.
How was your day?
It was alright. Yours?
Pretty good. Excited about the new number in Glee?
I guess so. Wish we did more Broadway, though.
Yeah, that'd be cool.
Yeah.
Gotta meet Rachel now. Talk to you later!
Okay, have fun.
Will do.
Actually, their text message conversations border on pathetic, and Kurt wonders if Blaine's just doing it out of the kindness of his heart rather than any actual interest in Kurt's life. Either way, something nice and warm settles in his chest whenever he sees Blaine's name pop up on the screen of his phone. For a while, that's enough to keep him sane after their steamy make-out session on Rachel's couch.
Until it's not.
Blaine's kisses greet him in his dreams nearly every night, accurately reconstructed to include sound and the heavy feeling of Blaine's hand on his cheek. First there's the kiss itself, but then there's the moans and groans and the sounds of their lips sliding wetly, followed by the comforting weight of Blaine's hips pressing him down into the sofa. Kurt always jolts awake just as soon as he remembers the taste of Blaine's tongue - and then he finds that he has to change his underwear because they're too sticky-cool to sleep in. The whole process is maddening.
On top of all of that, there's the most peculiar thing:
About once or twice a week, Kurt will look up from his locker or he'll glance over Mercedes' shoulder in the middle of a conversation to find Blaine staring at him from the other end of the hall. As soon as their eyes meet, Blaine offers him this fleeting half-smile before looking back to Rachel and tugging her closer to his side.
Kurt has no idea what the hell is going on. Blaine is straight. He gets that. He knew it the moment their lips first touched during spin the bottle. So why does Blaine feel the need to make that point over and over when they occasionally make eye contact? He understands why Blaine did what he did for him, but the aftermath of it just doesn't make sense in Kurt's head. Some days, he wishes he had someone he could talk to about all of this. He still hasn't told Mercedes about kissing Blaine at the party, and it's a blessing that the other kids were apparently too drunk to remember most of the night, so they don't bring it up either. Finn remembers, of course, but Kurt thinks he's probably a little too weirded out to mention it at all. Plus, Kurt doesn't think he can convince Finn to have a chat just so Kurt can discuss his crush on one of his brother's very straight friends.
