Nov. 12, 2014, 6 p.m.
A Bird Without Wings: Chapter 3
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‘Do you guys want to go and grab a coffee?' Rachel asked while hooking one arm with Blaine's and the other with Kurt's.
They were walking down Central Park, Rachel in the middle with Kurt on one side and Blaine on the other. Kurt and Blaine shot each other a glance and nodded before Blaine answered: ‘Sure, Rach! Where do you want to go? The Diner or somewhere else?'
‘Oh, I know this great coffee place Isabelle once told me about!' Kurt said excitedly before Rachel could even open her mouth. Rachel shot him a confused look, it was like her eyes were asking him why he interrupted her. ‘It's on 5th Avenue. It's new, it's pretty cheap, it has a vintage touch to it and it'll be fun!'
Rachel started to protest: ‘Isn't better if we go to the Diner? I have a discount there.'
‘Yeah you,' Blaine pointed to Rachel, ‘have a discount there. Kurt and I don't.'
Kurt nodded and continued talking about the coffee place. ‘Isabelle told me they have the best caramel frappuchino's over there.'
‘Caramel frappuchino's?' Rachel asked, raising her eyebrows.
‘Yeah, why?' Blaine asked while Rachel was already speeding up her pace, dragging both boys along with her.
‘B, they're caramel frappuchino's and I can't wait to try one of those again,' Rachel answered.
Blaine leaned his head backwards and saw Kurt doing the same. ‘Are they that delicious?' he mouthed when Kurt looked at him.
Kurt nodded and smiled. Secretly Kurt was addicted to those frappuchino's, he got one on the way to work almost every day. Whether it was winter or summer or somewhere in between, those frappuchino's always made Kurt happy. The first time Isabelle brought him there he was amazed by the way the shop was decorated: little vases with colorful flowers, vintage colored posters with different places in New York on them and of course the golden details on the chairs, tables and marble counter. And every time he came there he told himself: ‘Next time I'm bringing Blaine along.' But until now he never had the chance to do so.
Rachel dragged them all the way to 5th Avenue and stopped, only to ask: ‘Where is it? What's it called?'
Blaine was glad they stopped for a moment so he could catch his breath. ‘These frappu-thingys better be worth it,' he muttered under his breath.
‘Oh honey,' Kurt shot his fiancé an apologetic look before he answered Rachel's questions calmly. ‘The shop's called “Mochalicious” and it's on the right side of the street.'
‘Good.' Rachel started walking again and didn't even care about the fact that Blaine almost tripped over his own feet.
They kept on walking until Kurt stopped, causing the other two to stop too which was much to Blaine's appreciation.
Kurt patted Blaine on the shoulder. ‘This is it.'
They stood in front of a large building which was six floors tall but only the ground floor was occupied by the coffee shop, with double wooden doors and the front had lots of windows in it, giving the costumers a view of the daily life in New York.
‘Come on, let's go in!' Rachel squealed.
They opened the door and the smell of coffee came their way. It wasn't too crowded and the three friends quickly found a table in the corner. They opened the menu's at the same time, Kurt and Blaine looking into one together and Rachel looking on her own.
‘Kurt, Kurt, look they have cronuts here!' Blaine said excited and pointed to the menu, ‘This place is awesome!'
Kurt smiled at him and shook his head. Blaine and his cronuts...
They saw a waitress coming over to their table. ‘Can I get your order?' she asked before she noticed Kurt was sitting at the table, ‘Oh, hi Kurt!'
‘Hi Zoëlla. I guess you already know my order?' he asked.
‘A caramel frapp and a slice of cheesecake with lots of whipped cream, right?'
‘Yup, you got it!' Kurt answered, giving her his biggest smile.
‘Yeah! I'm getting much better at this! Okay guys, anything else?'
‘I also want a caramel frappuchino and a low-fat vanilla cupcake,' Rachel answered.
‘Okay,' Zoëlla said while she wrote down the order and turned to Blaine, ‘and what do you want, handsome?'
Kurt gave Zoëlla his biggest bitch-glare but she didn't notice it, she was staring at Blaine. Handsome? She wasn't getting a tip from Kurt, that much was certain. Only Kurt was allowed to call Blaine handsome, everyone knew that. Well, almost everyone. He doubted if Blaine had noticed the compliment though.
‘Caramel frappuchino and a cronut, it doesn't even matter which flavor. Surprise me.' Blaine smiled at the waitress and Kurt could clearly see she was attracted to him so he grabbed Blaine's hand. Take that, Zoëlla.
Zoëlla's face fell when she saw Kurt and Blaine holding hands and smiling to each other. ‘Okay, three caramel frapp's, one low-fat vanilla cupcake, a slice of cheesecake and a surprise cronut comin' up!' she said before she turned around and left.
‘I guess Blaine has an admirer,' Rachel said amused after Zoëlla was completely out of sight.
‘Yes, and his name is Kurt Hummel and he's wearing an engagement ring he got from him,' Kurt said, kind of annoyed by the way Zoëlla had looked at his fiancé.
‘Kurt Hummel, are you jealous?' Blaine asked, smiling.
Kurt started blushing. ‘No I'm not! She should be jealous at me though, because I have a handsome fiancé.'
‘How do you even know her?' Rachel asked, propping her chin on her hands.
‘She started working here a couple of weeks ago. When I ordered my drink that day she noticed my brooch and told me she loved it. She also told me she was new here and didn't have any experience waiting tables, so since I worked at the Diner I gave her some tips,' he paused, ‘Oh god, she'll probably spit on my cheesecake.'
Blaine and Rachel both laughed and when the laughter died down, Rachel grabbed a hand of both boys.
‘Guys, I'm so happy for you! You're getting married in two months, that's so crazy! I didn't think my two best gays would ever get married!' She squealed.
‘Rach, do me and Kurt a favor and never ever call us your best gays again,' Blaine said.
‘Oh, okay, sorry,' Rachel apologized. ‘But I'm just so excited!'
Kurt nodded. ‘We can see that.'
Zoëlla came back with their orders. ‘Here you go guys,' she said, ‘Enjoy!'
‘Thanks Zoëlla', Kurt said with an annoyed undertone.
They all grabbed their caramel frappuchino's and took a sip.
‘Oh my god, that's good!' Rachel said.
‘Told you, the best caramel frappuchino's,' Kurt agreed.
Blaine was already halfway his frappuchino and he didn't stop.
‘Honey, you'll get a brainfreeze if you don't take a break,' Kurt warned.
Blaine stopped drinking just long enough to say: ‘No, I won't. My new addiction, right here,' and then kept on drinking.
‘Hey, do you guys have a maid of honor already?' Rachel asked before taking another sip.
Kurt almost choked on his cheesecake and Blaine choked on his drink. Kurt shot Blaine a panicked look when Blaine started coughing. Another thing he could add to the list of “Things Rachel Berry is capable of”: making his fiancé choke. Kurt patted Blaine on the back while Blaine kept on coughing. After a while Blaine waved, telling Kurt to stop. ‘You okay?' Kurt asked worried. Blaine nodded, he had tears in his eyes from the intensity of the coughs.
‘Guys? This is just a normal question, why did you guys almost die?' Rachel asked, squinting her eyes and looking at the two boys.
‘To be honest, Rach, we haven't decided yet. We're still looking for the most trustworthy and loyal person,' Kurt said hesitantly.
That wasn't exactly the truth though. The truth was: they didn't want Rachel as their maid of honor. Kurt didn't want her to steal his spotlight, especially not on that day and Blaine, well... he just didn't want Rachel. Tina seemed so much more suitable for the job.
Rachel raised her eyebrows. ‘Uh, hello?! She's sitting right here! The most loyal and trustworthy person in the entire world!'
Kurt and Blaine looked at each other. Oh god, how were they going to tell Rachel writes-her-name-with-stars-at-the-end Berry?
‘But Rach, think about it. If I choose you, who is Kurt going to pick? And if Kurt picks you then who am I going to pick?' Blaine stepped in, coughing one last time.
‘True, I can't split my amazing self in two,' Rachel admitted.
Kurt rolled his eyes and grabbed his drink. Can Rachel just be normal and not so selfish?
‘Okay, take all the time you want to decide but,' she paused, ‘I want to be involved in the wedding somehow.'
Blaine laughed a little uneasy. He hoped Rachel didn't hear it but he knew Kurt did when he felt Kurt's elbow poking in his side.
There was no way in hell Rachel was going to be involved at the wedding. Kurt shivered at the thought of Rachel choosing other music or flowers. Kurt hoped she wasn't going to ask if she could sing at the wedding.
Rachel grabbed Kurt and Blaine hand again. ‘This is going to be amazing. All of your friends and family will be there. People will be dancing and everyone will be happy an-'
‘Excuse me guys but I really need to go to the bathroom, I drank too much of that frapp,' Blaine interrupted her. He stood up and leaned down to whisper in Kurt's ear: ‘I'll be right back.'
Kurt stared at his fiancé walking away before turning to Rachel again. ‘What's up with him?' Rachel asked surprised, ‘He interrupted me, no one interrupts me.'
‘Well, Rach, some people just desperately need to get away from you,' Kurt snapped.
Rachel tried to defend herself: ‘Hey, sorry Mr. Crankypants. I don't even know what I did wrong! I just asked if you guys have a maid of honor already and then I just went on about the wedding, what's wrong with that?'
Kurt apologized. ‘Sorry Rach, but I'm just a bit worried about Blaine.'
‘Why? I mean, he seems happy.'
‘You mentioned the word “family”,' Kurt said.
Rachel still didn't get it. ‘Yeah, so?'
Kurt snapped again. ‘Rachel, really? You know Blaine and his parents don't have a very good relationship!'
Rachel gasped. ‘Oh god, I forgot! Do you think I hurt him?'
‘I don't know,' Kurt sighed, ‘Blaine has been thinking about his parents a lot lately, he thinks they won't come to the wedding.'
Rachel put a hand in front of her mouth. ‘Oh, poor Blaine.'
‘Do you think I should check on him?' Kurt asked.
‘Maybe, I'm not sure.'
‘I'm going to go and check on him,' Kurt said without even listening to what Rachel had said. He stood up and walked over to the bathroom in the back of the coffee shop.
He opened the door and walked in. ‘Blaine, honey, are you in here?' he asked. Right at that moment one of the toilets flushed and Blaine came out of the stall.
‘I'm right here,' he answered and waved at Kurt with a smile on his face, ‘But the question is, what are you doing here?'
Kurt looked at Blaine. No puffy, red rimmed eyes, no tear streaks on his face, no watery voice. Blaine hadn't been crying at all.
‘Just wanted to check on you, you were gone for a pretty long time,' Kurt answered, a bit insecure.
‘Well, I just had to pee,' Blaine said, wondering what Kurt's real reason was to come to the bathroom, ‘Relax mom.' Blaine walked over to the sink to wash his hands.
Kurt smiled at the comment. Blaine had seemed so... tense when he told Kurt he'd be right back. Maybe Kurt had imagined that. It was weird but he had somehow expected to see Blaine cry. When Blaine had dried his hands, he put an arm around Blaine's waist. They walked out of the bathroom and back to their table, together.
‘Blaine!' Rachel called when both boys came back, ‘Are you okay? I'm so sorry I said that.' Rachel didn't notice that Kurt was making the “shut it, Rachel!”-gesture and hugged Blaine tight.
‘Uh, Rach, I'm good. I just had to go pee, so... Why are you guys acting so weird all of a sudden?' He looked at Kurt and then at Rachel, ‘Wait, you're sorry you said what?'
‘Things about family, I didn't want to hurt you,' Rachel apologized, still oblivious to Kurt's gestures.
‘Hurt me?' Blaine asked surprised, ‘Kurt, can you please tell me what the hell is going on here?'
Kurt sighed and began: ‘Honey, promise me you won't get angry at me.'
‘Or me!' Rachel added.
‘Okay, I won't get angry,' Blaine said, eyeing his two friends suspiciously.
‘Rachel started about “family” and then you had to go to the bathroom and you seemed so tensed when you walked away and I thought you were going to cry because of your own family and then I told her about your relationship with your family and how hurt you've been by the whole thing and then...' Kurt rambled, ‘Why are you laughing?'
Blaine put a hand in front of his mouth to keep himself from laughing to hard. ‘Honey, did you really think I was going to get angry at you because you care about my feelings?' Kurt nodded quickly, ‘Well, I'm not. And I'm also not mad at you, Rach, you didn't know about my parents.'
‘So, are we good then?' Kurt asked.
‘Of course we are,' Blaine answered and pecked Kurt's cheek. He sat down and pulled Kurt down to sit next to him.
Blaine put his hand on Kurt's thigh. He then noticed his cronut was still in front of him and grabbed it eagerly, taking a bite of it and mmm-ed at the taste of strawberry cream filling. ‘Man, this is good,' he said with a mouth full.
They ate, laughed and talked some more before finally paying and walking out of the shop, Kurt and Blaine holding hands and Rachel on her own.
The three of them walked all the way back to Central Park where Rachel had to take a different road to get home. ‘Bye, guys!' She yelled and waved at the couple on the other side of the road.
‘Bye, Rach!' Both boys yelled in unison.
After Rachel was out of sight, Kurt and Blaine kissed before making their way to their own place.
*****
Later that day, Kurt and Blaine were in bed together, arms wrapped around each other and Kurt's head on Blaine's chest.
‘I can't believe Rachel had the nerve to ask us if she can be our maid of honor,' Kurt said, ‘I mean, ugh, just the thought makes me cringe.'
‘Honestly, babe, I don't think it'll be that bad,' Blaine said.
Kurt patted Blaine's stomach and chuckled. ‘Says the guy who almost wanted to evaporate when she asked the question.'
‘Okay, forget what I said,' Blaine admitted and pulled Kurt even closer to his body. ‘Forget Rachel, forget the wedding stuff for a moment and just think about what means the most to you.'
‘Cheesecake?' Kurt asked surprised, ‘I need to think about cheesecake?'
Blaine made a fake crying sound. ‘Wrong answer babe,' Blaine said when Kurt looked up to him and messed with his hair, making it stick up in different directions.
The boys took a shower together when they got home which took much longer because Blaine took a very long time soaping Kurt's back and placing feather light kisses on it after he rinsed all of the soap off. They didn't do anything special with their hair so Blaine's was curly as ever without any gel in it and some strands of Kurt's hair fell on his face without it being hair-sprayed down and perfectly coiffed. Blaine loved Kurt's hair, coiffed or not.
‘Oh,' Kurt sounded innocent, ‘You mean the other thing that means most to me?'
Blaine nodded, a smile spreading across his face.
‘My dad?' Kurt asked, knowing that also wasn't the right answer.
That's when Blaine shimmied out from under Kurt and got out of bed. He turned his back towards Kurt and said with faked sadness: ‘Well, if I'm not so important...'
Kurt grabbed Blaine's wrist and tugged him back onto the bed. ‘No, no, no! Stay! I was kidding, you are the most important person to me.'
‘Make sure your dad doesn't hear that,' Blaine chuckled and scooted over to Kurt.
Kurt grabbed Blaine's hand and pulled him closer. ‘He can't yell at me, he's in Lima.'
Blaine nuzzled Kurt's neck and placed soft kisses everywhere he could reach. They were both shirtless because 1. it was June and the sun was shining so it was warm inside of the apartment and 2. they were both wondering why they even have shirts in their closet because they always wanted them off sooner as they put them on.
‘I love you,' Blaine murmured against Kurt's skin, sending shivers down Kurt's spine.
‘I love you too,' he answered while his hand rested on Blaine's hip.
Blaine pushed Kurt over so that he was laying on his back, giggling when he heard a surprised squeal coming from Kurt. His hands roamed over Kurt's abs and torso before he used Kurt's chest as a pillow. ‘You,' he walked his fingers down his fiancé's abdomen, ‘are amazing.'
Kurt hesitated for a moment before confidently saying: ‘I know.'
‘Oh, Hummel's ever so humble,' Blaine smiled.
‘Hey, do you want to watch Ms. Doubtfire tonight? I know how much you love that movie,' Kurt suggested.
‘Mmm, yeah, sounds good,' Blaine mumbled.
‘And are we gonna order pizza or are we gonna starve?'
‘Pizza sounds good,' Blaine mumbled again.
Kurt tapped his fingers on Blaine's shoulder. ‘Basically by mumbling you're just trying to say “Kurt, baby, please shut up. I just want to hold you and cuddle you”.'
‘Actually, yeah,' Blaine mumbled, he looked up at Kurt and smiled before snuggling into Kurt's side more.
Kurt reached behind his head to grab a pillow, but it was difficult to move with Blaine on top of him.
‘What are you doing?' Blaine asked when he felt Kurt moving under him.
‘Just trying to grab a pillow,' he answered and showed Blaine the pillow he got from under his head.
‘Honey, why do yo-,' Blaine was interrupted by a soft hit to the head, ‘Did you just hit me with a pillow?'
Kurt chuckled. ‘Yeah, remember that tickle fight a couple of weeks ago?'
Blaine shook his head. ‘No, why?'
‘Well, I still remember that and I also remember I haven't taken any revenge,' Kurt explained and lifted his pillow, ready to hit Blaine again.
‘Aaah, no!' Blaine screamed when Kurt made the pillow come down any place he could hit Blaine with it. ‘I thought you were nice!'
‘I am nice, I'm just taking revenge,' Kurt said as innocently as possible.
Blaine quickly got up on his knees. ‘Okay, don't I get a weapon to defend myself?'
‘You have your charm, that's your biggest weapon,' Kurt said.
‘Than-,' Blaine started before the pillow hit his head again. He looked at his fiancé and said: ‘Take that back, I'm not thanking you anymore.'
‘I'm sorry babe,' Kurt apologized and held the pillow by his side. He leaned in and cupped Blaine's cheek with his free hand before kissing him sweetly.
When Blaine gave in to the kiss, Kurt took his chance, pushed Blaine until he was on his back and straddled his hips while making sure their lips never parted.
‘I won,' Blaine said triumphantly after the kiss, panting a bit.
‘Really? Why do you think that?'
‘Um, you're not hitting me anymore? That means I won.'
‘Honey, I'm still holding my pillow. This is far from over.'
‘Shit,' was the only thing Blaine could say when he saw Kurt's devilish grin.
Kurt attacked Blaine, hitting everywhere he could reach while Blaine held his arms defensively in front of his face and screamed for mercy every time the pillow hit him. The fight ended soon since Blaine figured out he could impossibly win from his fiancé. They ended up laughing in each other's arms.
‘Oh, I can't wait to make you my husband,' Blaine said after the laughter died down.
Kurt sat back on his knees again and cupped his fiancé's face with both hands. ‘And I can't wait to make you mine.'
Blaine giggled and pulled Kurt down onto him, wrapped his arms around him and kissed his lips, nose, cheeks, his whole face.
‘Have you ever thought about kids?' Kurt asked after a moment.
‘What?' Blaine looked into Kurt's eyes, a smile spreading across his face.
‘Kids, you know? Mini me's, mini you's. Have you thought about that?'
‘Y-yeah, I-I have,' Blaine stuttered.
Kurt traced circles on Blaine's chest with his thumb. ‘Maybe, we could have some when we're ready. If you want to of course.'
Blaine's face lit up like a light. ‘Honey, of course I want to have kids! I even know their names already!'
Kurt smiled when he saw Blaine's face. ‘Oh yeah? What names do you have in mind?'
‘If it's a girl, Rosie and if it's a boy, Finn.'
Kurt gasped and sat up, still straddling Blaine's hips. ‘Honey, you really want to name our boy Finn?'
Blaine sat up. ‘Of course, Finn was your brother. You miss him, you still love him. Plus, I know it'll make you happy and that's my goal: make you happy for the rest of our lives.'
Kurt threw his arms around Blaine, buried his face in the crook of his neck, cursed himself when there were tears rolling over his cheeks and kissed Blaine's pulse point.
‘Y-you have no i-idea how m-much that m-means to me,' he said with a watery voice.
Blaine pulled back a bit and pushed some hair out of Kurt's face. ‘I love you so much, seeing you happy makes me happy. Seeing your smile every morning when I wake up, god Kurt, it makes me realize that you're mine.' He cupped Kurt's face. ‘I would die happy if I died in your arms, Kurt.'
Kurt didn't even try to stop the tears from rolling down his face anymore. Blaine wiped some of them away with his thumb and kissed the tear streaks, tasting the salty taste of his fiancé's tears on his lips.
‘B-Blaine?' Blaine looked up. ‘N-never leave m-me.'
‘I wouldn't even dare,' Blaine answered back and wrapped his arms around his fiancé a bit tighter, sealing his promise to Kurt. He pulled Kurt down with him on the bed. ‘Shh, honey it's okay. It's okay, I'm not going anywhere,' he cooed.
They stayed quiet for a few minutes. Blaine looked at Kurt when he lifted his upper body so he could look at Blaine properly. ‘R-Rosie's a nice n-name,' he said.
‘You think so? I saw it in a book a couple of weeks ago and I thought “hey, that's cute”,' he shrugged.
‘Y-you're going t-to be an a-amazing father,' Kurt smiled.
‘I can't be more amazing than you,' Blaine protested and pecked Kurt's nose.
‘You want to order pizza?' he asked after a while, ‘I'm getting kinda hungry.'
‘Y-yeah, I'm getting a bit h-hungry too.' Kurt started to get up before Blaine pulled him back down.
‘Luckily I'm always prepared for cuddle evenings,' Blaine said and reached for his front pocket, fished out his phone and dialed the number. ‘Hi Mario!' he yelled when the man on the other side picked up.
Blaine was good friends with Mario since he moved here. Mario even learned him some Italian.
‘Con me e Kurt tutto va bene,' Blaine said and Kurt raised his eyebrows, not understanding what Blaine had just said. ‘What kind of pizza would you like, babe?' he asked Kurt.
‘You choose, B. I chose last time,' Kurt answered.
‘Okay,' Blaine said before talking to the man on the phone again, ‘For me a pizza with pepperoni and for Kurt a pizza with extra cheese.'
Kurt's mouth started to water. Blaine knew him so well, pizza with extra cheese was his absolute favorite.
‘Grazie, Mario!' Blaine ended the phone call and turned to Kurt again.
‘What the hell did you say to him in the beginning?' Kurt asked.
Blaine put his phone back in his pocket. ‘Mario asked me how we were doing so I told him that we're fine.'
‘Oh okay,' Kurt fiddled with a loose thread on Blaine shirt. ‘Do you know that you sound so sexy when you're speaking Italian?'
Blaine raised his eyebrows in surprise. ‘I do? I guess I need to talk some more Italian huh? Mio tesoro.'
‘Mmm, I have no idea what you just said but it was hot. Say it again.'
‘Mio tesoro.'
‘Come here, you,' Kurt cupped Blaine's face and kissed him passionately.