Blaine has taken to being Kurt's sign language tutor when they are hanging out in private.

Blaine performs a sign. Kurt repeats the gesture back. Blaine shakes his head and performs it again. Kurt makes another attempt. Blaine shakes his head again.

"Wait, I don't get what I'm doing wrong?" Kurt says.

Blaine scoots closer to him, until they're hip-to-hip on the edge of Kurt's bed. Blaine curls his hands around Kurt's, shaping his hands with his, moving his hands through the gesture like manipulating a puppet.

"I know what you're doing," Kurt whispers, although they are not at the correct angel for Blaine to read his lips. Blaine must feel Kurt's breathe on his temple, for he leans back, his eyes gleaming.

Hands still twisted together, they move in for a kiss. This is how most of their tutoring sessions ended up. Why ever make oneself untangle when they could tangle in closer.

…

Time passes. The school year passes. Slowly, Kurt's friends meet Blaine. Blaine and Kurt turn into the steady, dependable couple that other McKinley students, in their tumultuous relationships turning in and out, together and apart, come to for advice. It's an odd experience for Kurt, because, honestly, he's just figuring it out like anyone else.

With excitement and trepidation, New Directions heads off to Sectionals and then fails abysmally.

…

"So we get off the stage, and then Quinn goes into labor. So we all rush off to the hospital, except for Rachel who we leave as our representative in case we can't get back in time for judging. Then basically, we're all freaking out in the waiting room like it's our baby being born…"

Blaine's laughing at him.

"What?"

Blaine lifts his hand into a shape that even if Kurt was completely unstudied in sign language would understand. Blaine's hand was held up, palm forward, his middle and forefinger pressed down, his other three fingers extended. Together they represented three letters: I, L, U.

Blaine was signing, I love you.

Kurt swallowed hard. Oh. Wow. How was he supposed to process this, except for that he beliefs it, unequivocally. He believes that Blaine loves him. And he loves Blaine too.

Kurt smiles, and he lifts a hand to match Blaine's. Blaine's adoring-eyed look becomes more adoring-eyed.

Blaine lowers his 'I love you' hand and places his upward on the tabletop. Kurt presses his free hand into Blaine's.