“This is absolutely ridiculous, Blaine.”

Blaine’s eyes went wide as Kurt looked up from the meticulously handwritten note.  He’d taken his time with it.  He’d put a lot of thought into it.  He’d made sure that it said exactly what he wanted it to say.  “No it’s not,” he insisted.  “It’s descriptive.”

“It’s wordy,” Kurt countered.  “And lovely, I mean, the sentiment is wonderful, that’s not what I’m talking about at all.  It’s just wordy.  And I’m not sure it makes total sense, either.”

“It’s a wonderful title!”

“The 20 Things Blaine Anderson Wants to Do With Kurt Hummel Before Kurt Leaves Blaine At McKinley to Deal With All of The Ridiculous Things That Happen During Glee and at McKinley For 365 Days Before He Can Join Kurt In New York and Start Their Fabulous Life Together,” Kurt read, enunciating the words for Blaine.  Because surely Blaine hadn’t actually said the words out loud and thought ‘yes, this is the perfect title for this list’.  

Blaine reached up to fiddle with his bowtie before sighing.  “Okay, so there was a lot that I wanted to say with the title,” he said.  “But the sentiment is completely understandable.”

Kurt bit his lip lightly as he watched Blaine.  His boyfriend was nervous, which generally was an adorable look on him.  “You know, this may explain your grade in English this year...” he teased.

“My English grades were fine,” Blaine scoffed.  “Besides, you always had me look over your papers when we were at Dalton.”  He reached over and poked a finger against the paper.  “You said I gave the best feedback,” he added proudly.  

Kurt cocked his head to the side and smiled patronizingly at his boyfriend.  “Oh... honey... you were cute and I wanted an excuse to spend more time with you.  I had Nick look over things after you did for a real edit.”  He reached up and brushed an imaginary bit of lint from Blaine’s shoulder.  “But you were the most attractive editor.  By a long shot.”

“So... you were just making an excuse to spend more time with me?”

“Pot, meet kettle,” Kurt said, leaning forward to give Blaine a kiss on the cheek.  “I didn’t ever do anything that you didn’t.  Although it made me feel like much less of a creeper once I figured out that you were doing the same thing.”

“I never - “

“Candles.”

“Okay, just once - “

“Baby It’s Cold Outside.”

“Alright, alright!  You were cute and I wanted to spend more time with you!” Blaine relented.  He should be annoyed at how pleased Kurt looked right now, but he just couldn’t.  Not when Kurt was wearing his ‘cute smug’ face, and not when the entire point of the list was because his time was running out.  “And maybe this is just an excuse to spend more time with you before you leave.  But I want to make sure that I have a chance to do everything I want to do with you this summer before you head out east.”  He sighed, rubbing the back of his neck absently.  “I’m going to miss you.”

Kurt look a step back and sighed.  “Blaine, NYADA didn’t want me.  I’m not going anywhere.”

“So?  Screw them!” Blaine countered.  He reached for Kurt’s hand, linking his fingers with his boyfriend’s and holding on tightly.  “They made a mistake.  But I know that you’re still going to find a way to leave, because you should.  You need to.  Because you’re Kurt Hummel, and Lima’s too small for your bright star, and standout fashion, and just... you.  Lima’s not enough and as much as I hate the idea that we’re going to be apart for a year, and as much as it sucks that NYADA didn’t recognize your talent, if you’re not going to NYADA, well, you still need to go.  And I know you’re going to realize that soon.  So I know we have a limited amount of time together and... well, these are my list of demands before you leave.”

“Demands?” Kurt chuckled.  He rubbed his thumb along the back of Blaine’s hand.  The NYADA rejection had be crushing.  The NYADA rejection coupled with the fact that they did, in fact, want Rachel ‘I Choked During My Audition’ Berry was just salt in the wound.  Add to that the fact that he’d been so caught up in the romance of the idea of being accepted to NYADA that he hadn’t bothered to apply to any other schools... well, he’d spent most of the summer moping on Blaine’s shoulder while they ate cheesecake and watched varied Kardashian antics.  He knew he had to come up with something to do, but everything was a second-choice and Kurt was tired of having to fall back on second and third choices.  Just once... just once he wanted to get his first choice.  But that was neither here nor there at the moment.  “Can we at least come up with a shorter name for your list of demands?”

Blaine just smiled.  “Anything you want.”

“How about just ‘20 Things Blaine Wants to Do With Kurt’?” Kurt suggested.  

Blaine let go of Kurt’s hand long enough to slide it behind his boyfriend’s head and pull him down for a kiss.  “We’re going to start tonight,” he said.  “I’ll be back around 8.”