[ 📲 • sms ] —— blue is definitely your color 😉

text messages.

( mssg » kurt | sent ) Why thank you. Red is definitely yours..

😉

kurt.

_{text — blaine ; No offense taken.
text — blaine ; Though we should probably change the subject.
text — blaine ; How’s Tina?
text — blaine ; 😊}

( mssg » kurt | sent ) Good.. Thank you.
( mssg » kurt | sent ) Yeah. I think we should. Definitely.

[nearly two hours later.]
( mssg » kurt | sent ) Tina is Tina. You know how she can be but she’s a good friend and means well. Mostly.
( mssg » kurt | sent ) Currently, she’s my lifesaver. She’s coming over tonight to keep me company. My parents are out of town and she has a soup she swears is going to get rid of this cold once and for all.
( mssg » kurt | sent )

I don’t know what I’d do without her.

kurt.

_{text — blaine ; A friend… with certain possible benefits.}

( mssg » kurt | sent ) Oh… Okay.
( mssg » kurt | sent )

I’m sorry I asked. I shouldn’t have.

kurt.

_{text — blaine ; Me, tooo.
text — blaine ; I’m glad we’re in agreement. 😊
text — blaine ; Even though you’re definitely going to have to catch up before I see you. 😒
text — blaine ; Ask away.}

( mssg » kurt | sent ) We are, definitely, in agreement.
( mssg » kurt | sent ) I know I’m probably crossing every line that exists..
( mssg » kurt | sent ) Or maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment but..
( mssg » kurt | sent ) When you say ‘friends with benefits’? Do you mean, you know..?

kurt.

_{The cheerleader’s eyes narrowed. He probably had a point. Lack of options aside, even Kurt couldn’t quite possibly deny the local Starbucks had begun to aim for mediocre. ❛ You were obviously trying to get my attention. ❜}

Blaine was growing increasingly flustered. The McKinley Cheerio never failed to make his insides twist up and his fingers ache to curl into a fist he could beat against a punching bag because he secretly hated being made to feel like this. No matter how hard he tried to brush it off with nonchalance? Kurt’s attitude always busted past those carefully constructed barriers he put around his very well practiced air of confidence and self-esteem where it nipped and picked at a part of him he wished he wasn’t there. Frustration twisted to anger should be easier. Come on, Blaine. Just make it happen. “No. I wasn’t. See? That’s the thing Kurt. I didn’t even realize you were here.” Liar. “I wouldn’t have noticed you if you didn’t go out of your way to make sure I heard your discontent. So.. Who was trying to get who’s attention? You tell me.”

kurt.

_{text — blaine ; I definitely don’t have a date to the wedding, if that’s what you were wondering.
text — blaine ; Nor do I have a Valentine.
text — blaine ; I guess it kind of helps that he’s British.
text — blaine ; Personally, I’m still trying to figure out whether I’d rather be a part of team up- or downstairs. I mean, sure, Mrs. Padmore’s cooking’s no doubt to die for, and there’s really no beating Mrs. Hughes and Carson’s budding romance, but there’s something about Violet Crawley that just speaks to me.
text — blaine ; Probably because we’re the same age.}

( mssg » kurt | sent ) Oh? You don’t..? And, yes, I was wondering.
( mssg » kurt | sent ) No Valentine either? I guess that goes hand in hand with the no date for the wedding thing. But you never know what could happen once you’re home…
( mssg » kurt | sent ) I mean..I’m just over the moon that I get to see you again.
( mssg » kurt | sent ) You are so Violet. Who can argue that? Plus! She’s played by the woman who I swear is your twin separated from birth and decades apart. 😛
( mssg » kurt | sent ) Kurt..? Is it okay if I ask you something?

kurt.

_{text — blaine ; At least we both very much lived to tell the tale.
text — blaine ; Which is mostly casual.
text — blaine ; I mean, we have fun. But it’s really more of a friends with benefits type of situation.
text — blaine ; Mainly involving the likes of Downton Abbey.}

( mssg » kurt | sent ) So.. You’re not exclusive?
( mssg » kurt | sent ) Friends with benefits..?
( mssg » kurt | sent ) Ah! Downton Abbey! I’ve kind of fallen behind.

kurt.

_{text — blaine ; I’m sure it’s nothing I can’t handle. I vividly remember the odd summer flu season back in 2011.
text — blaine ; Even though I’m definitely still seeing Adam.}

( mssg » kurt | sent ) I hope this doesn’t get that bad. It was not a good time for me. Or anyone within ten feet of my miserable self.
( mssg » kurt | sent ) Right. Adam. Sort of almost forgot he existed.

kurt.

_{text — blaine ; Maybe it’s about time you finally stocked up on some of that good ol’ tea and honey.
text — blaine ; When Harry Met Sally.
text — blaine ; 🙂}

( mssg » kurt | sent ) You couldn’t be any more right. I’ll make sure to grab some on my way home from school. There’s no way I want this when you’re here.
( mssg » kurt | sent )

The last thing I need is to be carting a box of Kleenex everywhere we go. How attractive is that?

( mssg » kurt | sent ) Yeah. Exactly. When Harry Met Sally.
( mssg » kurt | sent )

I’m still holding onto..
( mssg » kurt | sent ) Don’t they get together in the end..?

kurt.

_{❛ Can’t you just go find some place else to get your lousy cappuccino? Some of us are actually trying to socialize. ❜}

“Um. Sorry. The last time I checked, we were in Lima, Ohio. There aren’t many options for good coffee. So, no. I don’t know why my being in line would prevent you from socializing. Other than, you know, you stopping to ask me why I am here. You can go back to what you were doing and ignore me while I get my drink. Which is a medium drip, by the way. NOT a cappuccino. Sort of a win/win for both of us then, isn’t it?”