rachel.

She didn´t want to think about the time when Blaine would go
back to Lima. It felt as if he had already stayed longer than he should have,
but then again Rachel had trouble with getting the days right. They all seemed
the same to her and while music was what gave her comfort she was dreading next
week when she´d go back to NYADA. She had taken the week off, but it
wasn´t really doing her anything good, then again she wasn’t sure WHAT
was doing her any good.

Or maybe she did. Being here in bed with Blaine, watching a
movie and just…knowing that she wasn´t alone. No…FEELING that she wasn´t
alone, was doing her good. She felt herself relax and maybe, just maybe she
figured that they were all going to be okay. Sometimes she thought about Carol
and Burt and how they were dealing with it and Rachel made a mental note to
call them as soon as possible. She knew she´d have to be strong eventually, but
it felt nice to just…let go for a while.

Her lips stayed curled into a smile as Blaine traced his
fingers over her forehead and nose and she laughed, moving herself closer to
him so she could reach up to ruffle through his hair. “Yes, yes. I think you CAN,”
She then agreed. “Your hair´s really soft. And it looks good when it´s curly,
trust me, I´m an expert in this.”

Blaine made space for her as she nudged in closer unknowing that she was about to DARE shove a hand in his hair.  And he couldn’t help laughing when she did.  “Hey!  You are so lucky you just complimented this mess after making it into one!  I can’t believe you!”  No guilt.  Not yet anyway. Maybe it was okay to be okay for a second or two.  His hand jerked up to snatch hers out of the air before she could pull it away as he huffed and chuckled with his bangs now in his face. Having caught hold of it, he had no idea what to do next.  Probably should have planned that out better..  

So?  He winged it and gave her knuckles a kiss before tethering his fingers through hers and wrapping both her arm and his across her chest pulling her impossibly closer and holding on tight.  “You know?  I could try it.  For you.  Probably for Kurt, too.  I think.”  He quickly corrected himself knowing his boyfriend loved when his curls were loose.  Blaine never can help wondering if Kurt’s being nice or saying so because he is the only one who gets to see him that way outside of Brittany’s horrid prom theme.  Both?

“I don’t know.  I was lucky enough to have people forget seeing me without at least a little control over this mop on top of my head the first time,” though his eyebrows shoved towards one another and he hummed in thought as soon as he said so, “Then again?  They usually forget my first or last name isn’t Warbler. So that’s not saying much…  Do you think I should risk it?” His nose scrunched up.  “Or wait until I’m in the safety of New York City permanently to try it out? A lot less people who know me here..  And no possible yearbook pictures to immortalize it.”