Chapter 19

Blaine pushed open the door and hurried out of the rain into the dry apartment building. He was cursing the need for essentials like toothpaste and food, as he lowered the hood on his jacket. He shouldnt have to leave the house in rain like this for anything. He was about to make his way to the stairs when he heard the echo of voices coming down.

"-but theres no cell service in this storm, so well have to wait until tonight when we know hell be home."

"I told you we should have let him know wed be here, who knows if hes even going to be home tonight?"

Blaine moved politely to the side as three people reached the bottom of the stairs, allowing them to move into the entrance.

The women smiled her thanks, and Blaine started moving up the stairs. Then he heard an outbreak of whispering behind him, and a gruff voice said, "Um, Blaine?"

Blaine stopped, and turned around in surprise. He studied the three people more closely; the first thing he noticed was a really tall guy who was taking up a lot of the space in the small entrance hall, and then his eyes moved to an older man in a baseball cap who was hand in hand with a women with short, light hair. Despite his investigation, Blaine had no idea who these people were.

"Sorry, do I know you?" he asked.

"Um, Im Burt, Kurts dad," the man said, and Blaine suddenly understood. "Sorry, but Kurts told us all about his boyfriend; I dont know how many pregnant guys live in this building, but I thought Id take a guess you might be him."

"Oh, right," he said, startled. He made his way back down the few steps hed climbed and extended a hand to Burt, and the rest of the family in turn. "Its nice to meet you," he told them. After introductions had been made, he said, "Kurt didnt mention you were coming."

It was the woman, Carole, who spoke next. "No, Im sure he didnt," she said, side-eyeing her husband. "He didnt exactly know."

Burt looked a little sheepish, and then said, "No, we wanted it to be a surprise, you see."

"For Thanksgiving!" the tall man, Finn, added excitedly.

Blaine did a double take, and looked at Finn carefully. "Um, youre a little early." Like, several weeks early.

Burt rolled his eyes and gave a little huff of laughter. "We know. Kurt told us he wouldnt be able to come home for Thanksgiving this year, so we thought wed come up and bring it to him. The thing is, nows the only time we could all get off work together, so we figured wed celebrate a little early this year." 

Oh! A surprise visit from his family! Kurt was going to love this. Blaine smiled at the little group, even though his heart tweaked slightly; his family hadnt even been to see him since hed gotten pregnant, though they assured him they would try their hardest to visit before the baby was born. A second later he realized that Thanksgiving this year was only a few days after his due date. He wondered if that was the reason Kurt wouldnt be going home.

He was brought back to the moment when Burt added, "But Kurts not home, so we were going to wait back at the hotel. Maybe you could take our number and let us know when Kurt gets back? I cant get hold of his cell in this weather, but you could probably get us at the hotel."

But Blaine had a different idea. "No! You cant go out in this weather now; I just went over a few blocks and almost drowned." They looked out the door at the sheeting rain for confirmation. "And its just getting worse," Blaine went on. "Kurts working late, but you can wait in my apartment in the meantime, if it suits you."  

Burt and Carole seemed a bit taken aback at this, and shared a surprised look, but it was Finn, who was still staring out into the rain with a look of consternation on his face, who accepted.

"Sounds good to me, man."

Burt and Carole added their agreement and thanks, and Blaine led them back up the stairs towards his apartment.

The truth was that Kurt probably wouldnt head back to his apartment anyway. Despite how close their apartments were, Kurt was spending most of his time at Blaines these days. After they had taken their physical relationship to the next level, it had become even harder to separate at the end of each night, and now it was rare for Kurt to sleep at his place. Theyd exchanged keys with bashful looks, and Blaine had never been happier.

Several hours later, Kurt opened the door to Blaines apartment and called out, "Hey, honey! Can you believe this weather? I almost broke my neck on the sidewalk coming in-" but he stopped abruptly as he turned into the living room to see Blaine sitting on the couch with a smug smile on his face, surrounded by his dad, Carole, and Finn.

He stopped short for a moment, before saying, "Did I actually fall and this is a weird head trauma induced hallucination?"

Blaines smile grew even wider, and Carole reached for a mug on the coffee table, her mouth also turning into a mischievous smile, before saying, "Hey, Kurt. So, we met your boyfriend."

Finn added, "Surprise!"

That was it for Blaine, who fell into a fit of silent giggles behind his hand at Kurts expression. Then the moment was broken when Burt stood and opened his arms to Kurt, who rushed to hug his father at once. The rest of the greetings followed, and Kurt was quick to catch up on all the things hed missed in Ohio.

Once the conversation shifted to Kurts life in New York, Blaine was surprised how often his name was brought up in Kurts tales. Not large things, just Blaine said here and Blaine and I there, and Blaine suddenly realized that somewhere along the line, theyd started sharing their lives together.

It was late by the time Burt and Carole decided to head back to the hotel, and Blaine looked on in surprise as Finn remained behind.

Kurt took a look at Blaines face and said, "Finn normally crashes on my couch when he comes to stay."

Finn gave Blaine a grave look. "Yeah, otherwise Ive gotta share a room with mom and Burt, and thats just- ugh, no." Kurt and Finn gave matching shudders, and suddenly Blaine could clearly see the brotherly bond between them.

"Oh, so I guess Ill see you tomorrow." It felt so weird to not have Kurt coming to bed with him, and Kurts expression showed that he had a similar opinion.

"You normally stay here, dont you?" Finn asked, giving Kurt a teasing look.

Kurt raised his chin at his brother, but all the same a blush appeared on his cheeks. "Yes."

"Well, dude, stay here then, and Ill stay at your apartment."

Kurt looked at Finn curiously. "You wouldnt mind staying alone?"

"No ways," Finn answered. "I can sleep in your bed and not the couch. Its totally a win for me."

"Okay," Kurt answered, and handed Finn the keys to his apartment. "Ill come over in the morning and make you breakfast and we can hang out."

 "Great," Finn said, heading to the door. "See you in the morning, bro. Night, Blaine."

Once Finn had left the apartment, Kurt and Blaine headed to their room, and got ready for bed.

"I really like your family," Blaine said as they climbed into bed, Kurt snuggling in closer to Blaines side.

"Im really glad they got to meet you." Kurt pecked Blaine on the lips and said, "They like you, you know."

"Really?" Blaine had hoped hed made a good impression. Hed really wanted Kurts family to like him and accept his relationship with Kurt.

"Yeah. Trust me, youd know if they didnt; theyre not great at subtlety. Besides," he said, encasing Blaines hand in his own, "They see how happy you make me."

Blaine brought their hands up and pressed a kiss to Kurts knuckles. He guessed it was about as happy as Kurt made him.