Blaine planned to move out as soon as possible. He gave his resignation to his boss on the Monday morning. After an hour of persuasion and lot of No, Mr. Reynolds, I’m not going to change my mind, he went back to his office and told Nick and Mathew.

“I can’t say I’m surprised. I’ve expected that since you two got together for the first time.” Mathew announced.

“I knew you were gonna move to New York eventually when Kurt told us he was going. I’m happy for you. We’re gonna miss you.” Nick said and hugged his friend.

“I’m gonna miss you too.”

“When is your last day here?” Mathew asked him.

“Today. I need to pack my stuff.”

“He let you leave in the middle of the project? Who is gonna replace you in our team?” Nick was curious. He liked meeting new people. When Mathew had joined Blaine and him he had immediately complemented them. Would the new colleague click with them as well?

“I have no idea.”

“I hope he won’t be gay.” Nick sighed making Blaine and Mathew frown.

“What?” Blaine sent him a glare. Nick was his best friend. He surely didn’t have anything against homosexuals but his remark still hurt.

“There is too much drama when I am around gay guys. Come on, Blaine. You know what I mean. I love you, Mathew, Lucas and Kurt with all my heart, but I think I deserve some break. I need straight friends too.”

“Wes is straight…” Mathew noted.

“Yes. Each one of my straight friends is like miles away. All of my closest friends here don’t play for my team. I would like to go to hit on girls with someone who would be hitting on them too for a change. Like a straight man, you know…”

“You know, he might be a she…” Blaine reminded him.

“Well, I wouldn’t complain about that.” Nick laughed.

“Don’t even think about it, Nick. No romantic relationships at the workplace.” Mathew warned him.

“Who said something about romantic relationship?” Nick winked at them and both Mathew and Blaine rolled their eyes.

“Every week you have at least one one-night stand and it’s always another girl. Don’t you think you should try to date them first? It’s not about you being around gays. It’s about you not being able to handle a commitment.” Nick just shook his head. He knew Blaine was right. But he wasn’t ready for a serious relationship.

“Not everybody is like you. You are lucky you found Kurt. And you weren’t even looking for someone. The love came to you and the same way it’ll come to me. I’m not in a hurry…Okay, let’s get your things packed so we can enjoy our last day at work together.” 

“Hi, dad.”

“Blaine! How are you?” Daniel was pleased to hear his son’s voice without sadness. He had gotten used to a cheerful Blaine after his birthday but the last few weeks had been tough. Blaine had barely called them on his own and when Daniel and Alice had made a phone call, it hadn’t lasted too long because Blaine had been tired and miserable.

“Great! So much has changed. Do you have time?”

“I always have time for you, son. What’s up?”

“I quit my job today. I’m moving to New York. I’m going to try to make my living by playing music.”

“That’s amazing. I’m so happy for you.”

“Thanks. I’d like to go there soon and I need your help.”

“How can I help you?”

“I need a place to live in New York and it’s not gonna be easy to find what I’m looking for. I doubt I could find a decent apartment in a short time on the internet. Does your friend from high school still work with real estate in New York?”

“Charlie? Yes, I think he does. If not him, his son does. Do you want me to give him a call?”

“Yes. I have some specifics and this is probably the easiest way to get an apartment quickly.” Blaine heard a noise. His dad muttered something unrecognizable and he spoke again.

“Okay. I have a sheet of paper and a pen. What are you searching for?”

Blaine started to dictate – two bedrooms, one for sleeping with a big closet (he needed to share it with his boyfriend, Kurt would spend nights there), another one for his musical instruments (“By the way, would you be so kind and send me my drum set there? Thanks!”), it would be ideal if the room was soundproofed (“You know, how some neighbors in an apartment building are, but if it’s not, I can make it myself.”), he also gave him Kurt’s address.

“It has to be as close to this place as possible, okay? Like thirty minutes walk radius.”

“You know, it would be easier if you weren’t focused on such a small area. Why there? Have you already found a job in New York?”

“Nope. Kurt lives there and he refuses to travel across the city to see me. He says it’s a waste of time.”    

“Oh…So you two are together again? What about his job in Europe? You seemed to be very determined to do whatever it takes to get him there.”

“I failed. He lost his spot and I gave up on my moping and decided to do something with my life.” A smile appeared on Daniel’s face. This was his younger son.

“I’m so proud of you, Blaine. If you need something, let me know.”

“Thanks dad. I will. Tell Charlie I can move in any day, okay? I would go and stay at Kurt’s but I know if I did that, I wouldn’t be able to go away from him, so I have to find my own apartment as soon as possible. Then I’ll start sending my resumes and hopefully get a job quickly.”

“Blaine, if you need money to…”

“No, dad. I don’t need money. I have some savings. I’m fine.”

“I just don’t want you to take some job because of money. I want you to do what you like.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t get stuck in a job I hate anymore. More than two years were enough. I gotta go. The guys are waiting for me at the bar. I really appreciate your help. I’ll call you and mum tomorrow. I love you. Tell mum I love her, okay?”

“We love you, too. Take care of yourself. I’m gonna call Charlie.”

“Thank you. Bye.”

“Bye.”

It had been two days since Blaine had told them about his plans. All three of his best friends were in his apartment, waiting for him to return home with boxes so they could pack his things.

“Five months ago we were doing this for Kurt.” Lucas said with sadness in his voice. He missed his best friend and losing another one was bittersweet. He was happy for both of them but on the other hand he wished they would stay in Pittsburgh.

“Well, such is life. You never know what it brings to you. I hope none of you are going to move out any time soon.” Nick said with a sigh and went to the shelf, where Blaine had a picture of five of them at the bar.

“You do realize they won’t be in New York for long, right?” Lucas and Nick looked at Mathew with curiosity in their eyes.

“What do you mean?”

“Come on! They were in a long distance relationship for two months and they were like an old married couple. Can you imagine them dating at the same place? They are going to get married and start a family and I bet they’ll move back to Lima or Westerville so they could be closer to their families.”

“I doubt that.” Nick argued with him. “They worked too hard to get out of there. They won’t go back unless it’s a family visit.”

“You just want them to be closer to Pittsburgh.” Lucas took Nick’s side and Mathew knew he couldn’t convince them about his truth. One day, he would definitely bring this topic back and then he would say: I told you so.    

“You know, just a reminder,” Nick wanted to say one more word before the discussion was over. “You told us we were gonna lose Kurt because of his success in fashion and it hasn’t happened yet. I don’t think you know what you are talking about, Mathew. Face the facts. They are going to live happily ever after in a big city and we will at least have somebody to visit there.”

Blaine arrived to New York on Thursday morning. He was supposed to meet Charlie at nine in the first apartment. Blaine found his way there easily and he was praying this one would be the best from all three of the apartments Charlie was going to show him today, because it was really close to Kurt’s. Of course, it wasn’t the best. Charlie told him not to rush things and suggested that he stay with friends or in a hotel for a few days. With more time he could see more apartments and find exactly what he was looking for. But Blaine was in a hurry. He didn’t want to wait. He’d been waiting for too long. He chose the only apartment that already had a soundproofed room.

It was a small apartment with a little kitchen and a decent size living room. The bedroom was big enough to have a bed and two bedside tables there. The closet was small though. He had no idea how all his clothes would get in there and where they were going to put Kurt’s clothes, that was a mystery for him right now, but he would make it work. He knew besides the closet dilemma, the apartment was the best from what he had seen today. By noon he had his contract signed and all his stuff from his car were scattered in his future music room, which didn’t need any repairs. By midnight his new bedroom was painted and there was a big bed in it. He had a problem with getting the mattress in its place, but he was proud of himself that he managed to do it without help. On Friday he painted the rest of the apartment and cleaned up the kitchen. He unpacked everything that he could fit into his kitchen counter and bathroom cabinets and when he was finished, half of his things were still in the boxes in the music room. He would need more storage space for sure. He made a list of things he would have to buy and he was looking forward to shopping with Kurt. He went to bed tired but happy.

“Hi, Honey. How are you?” Kurt answered the phone and he immediately turned off the TV. Blaine hadn’t had time for calling him in the last two days and Kurt was ready to take this opportunity and keep him on the phone at least for a few minutes.

“I’m great. I’m sorry I kind of ignored you for the last few days.”

“Don’t worry about it. I know you needed to pack and say goodbye and prepare for moving out. I miss you.”

“How much do you miss me?”

“Really, really much…” There was a knock on the door.

“Honey, someone is knocking. I’ll call you back in a minute, okay? Love you.” He cancelled the call and went to the door.

“I love you, too.” Blaine told him when Kurt opened it.

“Blaine!” Kurt screamed and smashed his shoulder. “Why are you doing this to me? Why can’t you just come announced like a normal person?” Blaine laughed and stepped in, kicking the door closed while his arms wrapped themselves around Kurt’s waist.

“Because I like surprises.” Blaine said and leaned into Kurt so he could finally kiss his boyfriend.

“Well, I hate them.” Kurt murmured before Blaine connected their lips and put his arms round Blaine’s neck to bring him closer. Their lips met and Kurt forgot about hating surprises on the spot. In fact, he might be changing his mind about them if it meant he could get kissed like this in the end. Blaine backed Kurt to his room without breaking contact between their mouths.

The shallow breaths and soft moans followed their actions, both of them trying to get closer to the other by hugging and slightly changing the positions of their bodies to eliminate the places where they weren’t touching. Kurt tugged on Blaine’s shirt in an attempt to take it off and Blaine pulled away.

“I came to pick you up…” He said and smiled at Kurt’s whine.

“What? We’re fine here. Why did you take us to my room, then?”

“I didn’t want Rachel to walk in on us kissing. She would have a lot of comments about it.” Blaine grabbed Kurt’s hand and led him out of the apartment.

“Where are we going?”

“It’s a surprise.”

“Did you not listen to me when I said I hated them?” Blaine stopped in his track and turned his head to face Kurt. He pecked Kurt’s lips and smiled.

“I promise, you’ll love this one.” One last kiss and they left the building to go to an unknown place which Kurt wasn’t thrilled about. It didn’t cease his smiling, though. Blaine was here and that meant from now on Kurt could see his boyfriend whenever he wanted.

Blaine was talking about a goodbye party the guys had done for him and Kurt tried really hard to listen to him but he was too curious about the surprise and deep in his thoughts.

“Kurt? Babe?” Kurt didn’t respond and continued walking, not noticing Blaine had stopped until the hand he was holding pulled him back.

“Why did you stop?”

“I was asking whether twenty-five minutes by foot and eight minutes by train was okay with you…”

“Okay for what?”

“Okay for the distance between us.” Kurt’s eyes went wide and he was staring at the building in front of them.

“Are we going to see some apartments? Do you want me to help you chose one?”

“Not exactly. We are going to my apartment and then you can help me with shopping. I need a new couch and a coffee table and…”

“Let’s go! I wanna see it!” Kurt told him eagerly so Blaine took him inside. They went to the top floor and Blaine passed every door on their way until they were in front of the last apartment in the hallway.

“Wow. If you lived further, you would be in another building.” Blaine chuckled and opened his door.

“Welcome to my new home.” He said and let Kurt in. He gave him a short tour around the living room and the kitchen.

“I wanted you to see it before we go shopping. I’m not quite sure what décor I should go with. I purposely chose this color for the walls. It leaves us with lots of possibilities. You can decorate the room in whatever color you want if the walls are beige. Maybe we could buy the wallpaper for the wall between the kitchen and the living room…”

“Blaine?”

“Yes, Sweetie?”

“How long have you been in New York?” Kurt asked.

“Since Thursday.”

“It’s Saturday.”

“I know. I wanted to bring you to a decent place. I needed to make some repairs first.”

“I could have helped you.” Kurt said, evidently hurt. He thought Blaine would find a place to live in with his assistance. He had been looking forward to it. Blaine came to him and hugged him.

“I know, but I had to do it by myself. You wouldn’t have let me stay here until it was according to your definition of a perfect home. You would have made me stay with you for a couple of days and it would have been hard for me to leave you. I know this place is not ideal. But it has a soundproofed room and it’s not so far from you. The bedroom is sufficient. The closet is small but we’ll figure out how to keep some of your outfits here.”

“My outfits?”

“Yes. Your outfits. After spending the night here I don’t want you to hurry home so you could change your clothes and go to work. You can go there straight from here.” Kurt caressed Blaine’s cheek with his thumb and kissed him tenderly.

“You are unbelievable, Blaine Anderson. I love you so much.”

“So am I forgiven for not telling you about me being here?” Blaine asked hopefully.

“I would forgive you a murder if you were saying the sweetest things in the world. Show me your soundproofed room.”   

“As you wish…”

As soon as they entered the room, Kurt closed the door and pinned Blaine to the wall. He kissed him passionately, making him want more. Blaine kissed him back with the same amount of passion and desperation, both of them battling for dominance with Kurt winning the moment he started nibbling on Blaine’s ear lobe. Blaine just threw his head to the wall and let his boyfriend do whatever he wanted. Kurt felt Blaine relax under his touch so he eased the hold on his wrists and kissed his way to Blaine’s neck, finding the spot that drove Blaine crazy and sucked on it hard, surely leaving a hickey. He was awarded by a loud moan as he licked his artwork and he gladly gave Blaine what he was silently asking for. He rolled his hips, getting another sound similar to one he had heard a while ago. Kurt released Blaine’s arms and Blaine immediately grabbed Kurt’s ass and pulled him closer, getting a deep cry of his name. They were grinding against each other and kissing frantically for a long time when Kurt pulled away after a really loud moan from Blaine.

“No one was able to hear us, right?” Kurt asked and Blaine, still dizzy from hot kisses and touches, nodded.

“That’s cool.” Kurt smirked and left the room.

“Kurt!” Blaine whined and stumbled through the opened door.

“Payback is a bitch, Blaine.” Kurt shouted at him and Blaine hurried to the bedroom to find his boyfriend and finish what they had started.

Kurt was observing Blaine’s closet, when two arms enclosed his waist. Blaine held him tight from behind, kissing his neck and drawing invisible patterns with his fingers on his stomach through the layers of his clothes.

“Now we are even, can we get to the point where I can have you naked in my bed?” Blaine whispered in his ear. Kurt’s body responded with a shiver and Blaine knew he was gonna get what he wanted.

“We need to go shopping…That’s why you brought me here, isn’t it?” Blaine grinned and nibbled his jaw. Kurt was playing hard to get and Blaine loved the challenge.

“I’ve changed my mind. We can go shopping tomorrow…” Blaine’s voice was barely audible but Kurt heard him very well because Blaine made sure his words were spoken right to his ear.

“You shouldn’t be procrastinating things, Honey.” Kurt leaned to Blaine’s chest, his breathing heavy.

“Exactly. We shouldn’t be procrastinating our desires. You are my desire.” Kurt closed his eyes as one of Blaine’s hands strayed downwards and his fingers started to play with the  button of Kurt’s jeans.

“I want to make you feel good. Don’t you want it, baby? I want to kiss you…” Blaine peppered Kurt’s neck with small kisses.

“I want to touch you.” His hand stopped playing with the button and opened it but kept the pants zipped.

“I want to caress your flawless skin and feel your body against mine. Because you and I together, we are perfect. You are my better half and I want us to be a whole. I want to be yours and I want you to be mine.”

“Blaine…” Kurt was writhing in his arms, the closet and shopping trip long forgotten.

“Tell me what you want, my love.”

“You. Kiss me…” Blaine swung him, their chests collided and he pressed his lips firmly on Kurt’s. He took a control over it and the heated kiss changed to slow and sensual. Soon, they were undressed, lying on the top of Blaine’s bed, moving in harmony and expressing their love for each other with their lips and fingers on the bare skin of the other.

“Blaine?” Kurt whispered and Blaine raised himself on his elbows to look his lover in the eye.

“Kurt? Love, are you crying?” He immediately stopped his movements. “Did I hurt you?”

“No.” Kurt choked, tears now streaming from his eyes like waterfalls. “It’s perfect. You are perfect.”

“What’s wrong? Why are you crying?” Blaine wiped his tears from his cheeks and kissed him lovingly.

“Don’t leave me again. Please, don’t ever leave me…”

“I won’t.” Blaine reassured him between sweet kisses. “I swear, I won’t…Never again…I’ll be with you till you have me…”

“I’m sorry I cried.” Kurt said when they were tangled under the covers, tired and happy with Blaine’s head rested on Kurt’s chest and Kurt’s hand playing with Blaine’s hair.

“Don’t. You don’t have to apologize for being emotional.” Blaine lifted his head and kissed Kurt’s collar bone. “I’m not going anywhere, Kurt. I’ll do whatever it takes to make you believe me.”

“I believe you. I love you.”

“I love you, too.”

“I know. You screamed it pretty loud a while ago.” Blaine laughed.

“Don’t laugh! Your neighbors might hate you before they meet you.”

“Hey! Why would they hate just me? It’s not like you were the quiet one. You hit a note I didn’t even know was possible for a man…speaking of notes…you have to sing with me as soon as my music room stops being a storage room.”

“Well, we can sing together…We need to buy a couch to the music room.”

“I was thinking about armchairs actually…”

“No. A couch. It’s more comfortable.”

“We can choose a comfortable armchair. I think it takes less space and it doesn’t really matter what you are sitting on. You won’t spend hours there…” Kurt leaned down and captured his lips with Blaine.

“I wasn’t talking about sitting on it…”

“What?”

“I want you to have a good relationship with your neighbors. We could be as loud as we want in the soundproofed room…”

“Oh…”

“Sex on an armchair is not bad but I doubt we would enjoy it several times a week. We need to keep the volume down at my place because of Rachel, but we can do whatever we want here.” Blaine shifted on the bed and moved himself up so he could face Kurt.

“If I wasn’t so sleepy, I would drag you out of here to buy a damn couch right now…The images you gave me…Do you have any idea what are you doing to me?” He brushed the hair off Kurt’s forehead and kissed it softly before pulling him closer.

“We have all the time in this world to bring our fantasies to life, Honey. Go to sleep.”

“I’m sorry for making you cry. I’ll do my best not to be the reason for your tears…” Blaine said sincerely and closed his eyes.

“Where did you go? The bed is empty and cold without you.” Blaine complained when he woke up in the afternoon and found Kurt standing by the door and watching him.

“Rachel called to yell at me because I didn’t let her know I was leaving and she was worried for hours because I didn’t answer my phone.”

“Come back.” Blaine pouted and Kurt had no choice. He crawled to the bed and snuggled to Blaine’s side.

“How did you sleep? Is the bed comfortable for you?”

“Yes. Everything is comfortable with you.”

“Maybe we could buy some decorations for this room. I really didn’t have the time for anything but the bed and the two matching bedside tables…”

“This room doesn’t need any more decorations.”

“Any more? There is nothing at all.”

“Trust me, Honey. No decoration could beat you spread naked on your bed. You are the greatest decoration ever.”

“Oh my god…you’re so cheesy.” Kurt laughed at him and put a sloppy kiss on his lips.

“You love it.” Blaine nodded and kissed him back.

“Yeah, I do.” They were lying in silence for couple of minutes, both men with a big smile on their faces.

“Baby? Do you have any specific plans on Thanksgiving?”

“No. Just spending the time with family…why?”

“My parents would like to meet you…I mean not on Thursday, they know you will be with your family. We were thinking about Saturday. You could come and on Sunday, we would go to the airport from Westerville. You don’t have to if you don’t want to. It’s a suggestion.” Kurt changed his position from laying to sitting.

“You want me to meet your parents?”

“And Cooper.”

“Wow…I would love to meet them…” Kurt said, biting his lower lip.

“But?” Blaine asked, knowing his boyfriend well enough to anticipate some sort of problem.

“If I tell my family I’m going to see you and your family, they will make me bring you home too.”

“Yeah…I understand. Doesn’t matter. I’ll tell them it’s not the right time.”

“Honey, you’ll meet my family when you are ready. I’m not going to push you into something.”

“What?” Blaine was confused. “I’m ready to meet your family. I thought you didn’t want to introduce me to them yet.”

“No! I didn’t mean it in that way. I was just saying that if I’m going to meet your family, you’ll have to meet mine.”

“So how will we do that? Thanksgiving is in two weeks…”

“We are going home on Wednesday evening. You’ll go to Westerville and I’ll go to Lima from Columbus. We’ll spend Thursday with our families and on Friday you could come over for lunch and stay with us till Saturday morning. Then we’ll go to Westerville and from there to the airport in Columbus on Sunday afternoon. It will be a little hectic, but with a limited amount of time we don’t have a choice.”

“Have I said to you how much I love you today?” Blaine asked with a soft smile.

“Yes, but feel free to repeat it.” Kurt replied and laced their fingers together.

“I love you more than anything in this world. Have I shown you how much I love you?” He asked again and freed his fingers so he could run them from Kurt’s hairs through his arms to his waist.

“Yes, but feel free to repeat it.” Blaine didn’t need to be told twice. He started gently kissing him, reprising the act of passion, lust and the most important, love.