To say that Blaine was surprised when Kurt showed up outside his apartment a couple of days after New Years would be the understatement of the year. Kurt was supposed to be in Ohio, visiting his family and while not spending the holidays with the love of his life was disappointing, Blaine had been depending on the extra couple of weeks apart to get his problem under control. He still couldn't believe he'd allowed himself to get to this point again, after being made fun of nonstop throughout his childhood for being chubby and struggling in his early teens to lose the weight, he prided himself on being able to tell if his weight shifted even a pound. Yet, somehow, he'd managed to go until Thanksgiving dinner with his family without taking note of the way his jeans had begun to cut into his hips, or the way his usually toned stomach had softened and begun to push out slightly against his shirts.

To say that his family had been harsh during his visit home would be putting it mildly, he found himself surrounded by fruit and vegetable platters at every meal during his three-day stay, and any request for foods containing bread or potatoes to be passed his way went ignored. When he finally made it back to his apartment in Boston, he'd unpacked his bag to find a folder filled with healthy eating tips, and diet and exercise plans. He tried to crack down on his penchant for junk food after that, knowing that if his family had noticed, that his boyfriend probably had as well, even if he'd been kind enough not to mention it they few times they had seen one another. Shortly after his return to school though he'd been informed by his family that while they would still be paying his tuition, expenses like food and clothing were now up to him to cover and he quickly found that his part time job just didn't pay enough to shop at the whole foods stores. The free food that his job at a dinner provided also wasn't helping him out any.

This led to where he was now, two days into the New Year, avoiding his family and friends, still just as chubby as he was at Thanksgiving, and trying his best to hide it from Kurt. He really should have known better though, he's never been able to hide anything from Kurt, and the old worn out Dalton sweatshirt he had on didn't even buy him the extra few minutes he'd been hoping for. Kurt wasn't even in the apartment before his hands found their way to Blaine's waist, the shorter of the two shrugging away awkwardly and turning towards the kitchen to offer Kurt a drink. When Blaine turned around from the refrigerator, Kurt was leaning against the counter eyeing him with a perfectly arched eyebrow as Blaine sheepishly handed him a drink, knowing that they were about to have this conversation whether he wanted to or not.

"You want to tell me what's going on here", Kurt asked as Blaine tried to avoid eye contact, "I didn't exactly expect sex against the front door or anything but I kind of figured I'd get a little warmer welcome than that seeing as how we haven't seen each other in a while." He paused, giving his boyfriend a chance to answer before sighing, "Okay, I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that this is about your weight", He gave his boyfriend a knowing look, and took they way Blaine flinched as confirmation. He moved forward, taking Blaine's hands in his, "Gaining a little weight your first year of college is normal Blaine, God knows, if it weren't for the two dance classes I had to take last year, I would have gained a ton of weight."

"Yeah, but they call it the freshman fifteen, Kurt", Blaine grumbled, making his was out of the kitchen and flopping back onto the couch in his apartment, "Not the freshman fifty."

Kurt sighed, rolling his eyes as he followed his boyfriend from the kitchen, "Blaine, honey, you know I love you, but I think you're overreacting", Kurt said, patting his boyfriends knee as he sat down beside him.

"Oh yeah, I'm overreacting, that's why most of my jeans don't fit, and I have to lay down on the bed to get into the ones that do still fit", Blaine huffed, folding his arms over his middle and glaring at the wall in front of him.

"Okay, so you've gained a little bit of weight", Kurt conceded, "But fifty pounds, really? That's overreacting", He paused, "And it's not like it looks bad on you", He finished with a small smile, giving the knee his hand was still resting on a squeeze.

Blaine shifted to face his boyfriend, giving him a sad smile, "Seriously Kurt, don't lie to me, I'm not blind", He said with a sigh.

"No, but you are prone to overreacting", He smiled, leaning over to kiss his boyfriend on the cheek, "And I really think you are right now, you still look like the guy I fell in love with."

Blaine still looked distressed, eyebrows knitted tightly together, his mouth pressed into a thin line as he thought and Kurt decided then that maybe this was a situation where actions would speak louder than words. Kurt gave Blaine's knee another squeeze, smiling softly when their eye's met before bringing a hand up to cup Blaine's face, "Please trust me", He whispered, his thumb stroking across his boyfriends cheekbone and moving forward to brush their lips together. Blaine sat tense and unresponsive as Kurt sighed against his lips, deciding on another course of action, he pulled back and moved to straddle his boyfriend instead, kissing his cheek before resting their foreheads together.

"I love you", Kurt whispered, his hands coming to rest on Blaine's waist, ignoring the way that his boyfriend flinched at the touch, "And I really wish that you'd stop being stupid so I could show you just how much."

Blaine winced, automatically sucking his stomach in when Kurt's hands slipped underneath his sweatshirt, "I'm not being stupid", He mumbled.

Kurt groaned in frustration, pinching Blaine's side and then rubbing soothing circles over the flesh when Blaine yelped. "You are though", He said, leaning forward to peck Blaine on the lips again, "Because if you weren't being stupid then you would see that your boyfriend is here, sitting on your lap, telling you that he loves you, and trying to kiss you." He paused, giving Blaine a chance to respond, before continuing, "Look, I understand that the first year of college is tough, I also understand that you had to spend Thanksgiving with your family, who are assholes, but this is me. I love you, a little bit of weight isn't going to change that, if anything it's making me realize just how true that 'more to love' phrase is", He trailed off, giving his boyfriend's hips a gentle squeeze.

Blaine sighed, reaching for Kurt's hands, "Kurt, you don't have too", He trailed off.

"But I want too", He responded, looking Blaine in the eye as he stroked his hands slowly up and down his boyfriend's sides. "I want too", He repeated, leaning in to kiss him again and sighing contentedly when Blaine finally responded.