^{❛ blaine.  fancy  seeing  you  here. ❜  as  if  it’s  a  TOTAL  coincidence  he’d  waltzed  into  the  SAME  coffee  shop  about  five  minutes  after  blaine  had.  NONETHELESS,  hartley  gets  perfectly  comfortable  in  the  seat  across  from  him.  now,  it’s  HARD  for  hartley  to  ever  ask  a  favor  of  anyone,  and  blaine  seems  to  be  the  type  not  to  hold  it  AGAINST  him.  ❛ i  was  wondering  though,  ah—–  are  you  BUSY  friday  night?? ❜}

      Hearing a voice–Blaine glances up from the coffee he busied himself stirring in hopes of getting it under the boiling hot temperature he burned his mouth with on the way to his chair. Yeah–let’s not repeat that mistake again.  Hazel eyes met Hartley’s with a blink in surprise of the sudden appearance in the chair across from his.  Lips curved into a warm, welcoming smile that was tugged a bit to the side in wonder.  “Hello to you, too.”  Curiosity sparked at the OUT OF THE BLUE question–causing Blaine’s head to tilt.  His stirring paused.  “No. Not really.  Why?”