pianokeysandbowties

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Rachel wasn´t paying too much attention to the movie
anymore, which was saying something considering it was one of her favorites.
Still, having Blaine close by and simply focusing on his words and movements
was doing her good and so she spent all the energy she still had left on that.
She couldn´t even begin to thank him for staying, and for being strong when she
couldn´t be. Finn had been his friend too and he was grieving, just like
everyone else, and now he was being strong for three: Kurt, her and himself. He
was hurting too, Rachel had noticed the redness in his eyes and how he had
tried to hide it from her and Kurt, even though there was no reason for it.

Still. She was grateful for him staying and she had to admit
that she was looking forward to him moving to New York permanently even more. “Is
that your way of getting me out the house?” Rachel asked, her lips curving into
a light smile. “If so: It´s working. I couldn´t leave one of my best friends to
his own devices on his new path, could I?”

Rachel snuggled up to him a little tighter then, letting out
a content sigh. “Well.” She then eventually added. “Speaking of blend: You need
to find your perfect coffee shop. One that does your coffee just right and has
everything you need. And of course you´ll need the right yoga class. That´s a
must.”

Feeling her warmth against his body, Blaine let himself relax into it.  He needed this nearness more than he let on underneath the veil of simply wanting to make her feel better by any means possible.  Including holding her in the tangled mess of his arms and legs.  But the act wasn’t completely selfless either.  Holding her close gave him the means to find comfort in her presence.  Her breathing against him was soothing beyond words and he was certain that if he stayed like this, they could both drift off for a while.  Maybe soon. Or maybe not at all.  Good thought anyway, right?  If not?  No worries.  This suited him just fine.

“Yeah.  It was.  I didn’t do a very good job at hiding the ulterior motive behind my proposal but,” he hummed down into the siken coolness of her hair and shrugged one shoulder because that was all he could manage in this position.  “I’m guilty of wanting us all to get out.  Not really sorry for it though.  I think it’d do us some good.”  Trailing the tips of his fingers against her cheek, he lifted up to squint down at her thoughtfully.  “Don’t you?  And.  Nope.  You can’t leave me like that.  Who knows what trouble I’ll get into?  Just another eason for you to go.”

“Yoga and coffee?  In which order do I combine the two?  I want to make sure I’m doing it right,” he teased lightly. “What about the subway? What’s your trick for navigating that?  I know there’s an app and some maps but it felt like more luck-of-the-draw actually catching them on time or not messing up the letters.  So much to learn.  When you think about it?  So little time.  Crazy how close it is to you not being able to get rid of me no matter how badly you want. Isn’t it?”