"All I'm saying is that Devon is the most handsome guy in all of America." Kurt proclaimed to Tina as he made his way down the stairs.
Blaine trailed behind them, nodding attentively and trying not to get caught in Kurt's eyes.
"You do realize you've never actually seen him, right?" Tina asked casually. Kurt shrugged, as if this were no more than a trivial matter.
"It has nothing to do with what I was saying. Sure, I've never seen his entire face - the guy's practically a ghost where pictures are concerned - but that doesn't stop the fact that he has the best singing voice in the world." He announced.
Tina rolled her eyes as she nudged Blaine, making him realize he'd been staring at Kurt for far longer than friendship etiquette allowed.
"It doesn't sound a little, I don't know, familiar to you?" she asked mischievously, throwing a gleeful glance at Blaine when she caught him violently shaking his head at her behind Kurt's back.
Kurt considered it.
"Nope." He decided. "Anyway, got to get to class and all that. I'll see you later Blaine. Bye Tina!" He waved and walked away.
As soon as he was out of sight, Blaine grabbed Tina by the wrist and pulled along until he spotted an empty classroom.
"Have you lost your mind?" he hissed, voice low so nobody on their way to class would hear. Tina rolled her eyes.
"What's wrong now, Hannah Montana 2.0?" she asked teasingly. "He'll never figure out that that Devon guy is actually you.
I mean, he's been obsessed with him - you - for months, and he still hasn't riddled out the similarities."
Blaine wrenched her closer as she made to get up and leave.
"That doesn't mean you have to go around dropping hints!" he whispered. "We made a deal!"
She sighed.
"Fine, fine. But when your secret gets out, and Kurt stops being your friend, don't come running to me. And I want 20% of your publicity." She waved, and ran off before he could ask her what she meant.
Why would it be when instead of if?
The next time he got Tina alone, he demanded immediately what she meant.
It was right before he had to leave for an interview that would probably take the rest of the day, so he'd have no other time to ask.
"What where you talking about earlier when you said, 'when he finds out'?" he asked Tina. She sighed.
"Blaine, I hate to tell you this, but these things have a way of getting out.
He's not dating anyone, and he doesn't know about your massive crush, so this mysterious Devon is practically keeping him going.
I doubt he'd stop at anything to uncover the truth.
And he pays more attention to you than you think - it's not exactly a difficult conclusion to come to. You disappear for hours on end sometimes." She pointed out.
Blaine rubbed the back of his neck, straightening his bowtie nervously as he saw Kurt round the corner.
"If you ever tell him about the crush, I will not hesitate to kill you, Tina Cohen-Chang." He told her.
She simply rolled her eyes at him and turned to face the approaching Kurt.
"Hey, Kurt, what's up?" she asked.
"Devon music video premiering tonight!" he sang happily. He held his hand up when she made to speak. "I have no time for your chatter, Chang, I have a television to be getting to."
