━━ 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 !

i would never lie to you , blaine . * her eyes are very earnest . *

( @lovelikefoolss )
            
            i don't think that's accurate . . . 

really ? huh . must've slipped my mind to . . . to mention it . . . we're , like , best friends again . but on the down - low . don't wanna risk another rick springfield song ! * she does finger guns . and nearly drops her phone . *

right . senior class president . . . underpaid intern . . . busy schedules . * his heart flutters just at the name , eyes brighter , though he presses his lips together with a gentle shrug . he was / intent / on acting unaffected about the whole . . . / whatever / it was with daniel . until either of them put a label on it , then romanticizing it would only cause pain later on . * well , daniel / was / just here a couple weeks ago for a . . . long weekend . * his cheeks are pink . * besides , you're / also / important to me , blaine .

( @blackestbirds ) 
            
            we've both been . . . busy . * with blaine's thirty clubs and kurt with vogue and nyada soon , it was evident that they wouldn't talk much . new york moved so much faster than lima . lima was so slow he had to join those thirty clubs and become senior class president just to make time go by faster . * i know i said not to speak about him , but i / am / kind of surprised your dad didn't ask daniel to be here . 

* he gives blaine's hand one last squeeze before pulling away , instead checking his phone , just for something to do with his hands . there was a text from daniel , and he shuts the phone off . thinking of daniel and blaine at the same time was still such a raging headache . he looks over , realizing it's been a beat too long since he's spoken . * i am , too . * his smile is small , distant . * i've missed you a lot . i feel like we haven't spoken at all .

you’re forgetting wes and david . * he clicks his tongue , a trace of humor in his smile . everything felt much simpler during his junior year . at dalton , with blaine , things made sense for the most part . now everything was much more unclear and foggy . * are you sure you want to initiate a conversation with sebastian about / me / ? willingly ?

( @blackestbirds ) 
            
            * he feels a tinge of guilt when kurt doesn't mention daniel , but it quickly goes away . he was allowed to be cruel toward daniel . he was cruel throughout their sophomore and junior years . even senior year . it was fine . . . / normal / , even . . . to hold a grudge . * . . . finn and alicia . nick and jeff . . . * he adds with a small chuckle . * point taken . well , i could talk to sebastian about your . . . continuous / issues / with him . 

* kurt was . . . hesitant . for the most part , they'd handled their issues . blaine moving out of the loft made kurt feel like he could inhale through his lungs again . but what did that say about him ? about their engagement ? he could only stand it when he didn't look in square in the face . which meant he tried / not / to look at it , to think about it , to pick a specific date in june because that was / too much / right now . he tilts his head , hoping his stare was not too vacant . * sebastian has severe issues with pride . and most things . but see ? just look at you and sebastian , britt and santana , rachel and jules , finn and noah , me and . . . * he blinks a beat too long . * elliott .

@blackestbirds ; i think it'd be really awkward if he did . 

it was an experience . at the very least , i am / sure / finn will not serenade you . so that's progress !

@blackestbirds ; oh . . . i think i've heard about that . must've been horrible to / actually / be there . 

fantastic. so fill him with horse tranqs and disposing of him in the bermuda triangle.

@motherIoving ; i think sue sylvester has horse tranquilizer actually . 

you’re right, i can handle this without. i can take karofsky. just need a strong horse sedative.

@lovelikefoolss ; you're much stranger than i am . 

you're not much better . isn't that why we're friends ?

@lovelikefoolss ; * he raises a brow . * you're so strange . 

sounds like you're nitpicking because / you're / afraid . but i'm tired of talking about work . how's . . . * he visibly hesitates , struggling to mask his features . * . . . david ?

@blackestbirds ; with sue sylvester as principal , i think that's gonna be / really / hard . 

it shouldn't take long . / you / may have daniel , but we have . . . everyone else , aside from mr . schue and alicia . we're a pretty reliable team of recruiters .

you are so many things to me , blaine . * he smiles softly , gaze lingering , before abruptly snapping away . * and if things go astray with . . . sam , at least i'll have you around .

@blackestbirds ; not here , that's for sure . * he smiles brightly . * which is why i am / so / glad i am so generous / and / your hero . 

you are a / lifesaver / , blaine . * he nods seriously , squeezing blaine's shoulder . his fingers linger a beat too long . * where would i be without your limitless generosity ?

* he wavers , just fleetingly . he hadn't been trying to make blaine jealous , / really / , but if he had been . . . well , it didn't matter now . * it's settled . i'll see you then .

@blackestbirds ; breadstix at seven sounds perfect . * he laughs softly . * well , i like listening to you talk about anything , so . . . 

so . . . breadstix ? tonight at seven ? * that sounded a little too pushy . he laughs airily . * i'll try not to pine over sam / too hard / during dinner .

@lovelikefoolss ; the only thing that upsets me about you is you almost setting me on fire . aside from that , we're good . 

. . . oh . you know . just . reasons . silly reasons .

@lovelikefoolss ; why would i be mad at you ? you didn't blind me .