Summary: Anniversaries have always mattered in the Anderson-Hummel household and their wedding anniversaries are going to be no different. Future! Klaine. #2: Cotton

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Kurt had been wracking his brain all week for the perfect gift to get his husband for their anniversary. Blaine had amazed him last year. He wanted to give his husband the same feeling this year. So, Kurt had researched day and night for anything and everything having to do with anniversary gift ideas. He got the most common websites first that told him that flowers and dinner out in a fancy restaurant was the best way to go, especially if the marriage was still young. Only Kurt didn't want that. He didn't want Blaine to have to endure something that they already do quite often, on a special day like their anniversary. He wanted his husband to feel amazing and loved, like Kurt himself had felt last year when he had all of those beautiful paper cranes surrounding him.

Website after website was looked at and usually with an eye-roll, exited out of with a tiny growl of frustration. It took him about 10 minutes to relax and to tell himself that he'd try one more website and if that failed, then he'd have to just start scoping the shops for something that just screamed Blaine.

He thought to himself. Maybe, I should change the subject of what I'm looking for. I just put in Anniversary Gift Ideas before. I bet if I'm a bit more specific then maybe i'll come up with something.

Kurt slid his finger across the screen of his phone to unlock it and pulled up the internet again. In the search bar he typed. 2nd Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas. Millions of pages popped up. Kurt let out a heavy sigh. He said he'd only look at one more website before hitting the shops, so just wanting to get his websearching out of the way he placed his finger down on one of the links at random.

Welcome to Anniversary Gifts By Year. We'll help you make the right choice for your special someone.

The opening message was a bit cheesy, but then so was Blaine, so he'd figure he'd give it a chance. He pulled his finger across the screen and right in front of him was 2nd Wedding Anniversary. He tapped at the link and looked surprised. It wasn't other peoples ideas on what he should give his husband, but something else entirely.

So, you're on your Second Wedding Anniversary, congrads! Something you should know about this year is that it is the year of Straw or Cotton. You'll probably find it easier to find things to fit the cotton theme unless you are planning on splashing out a thatch cottage or a modest straw dolly. Pure cotton is a luxury and can mean anything from a cotton hanky or a new bed linen.

This year is the year to start getting creative. Nothing could be as amazing and memorable as your First Wedding Anniversary together with your significant other, am I right? As your wedding anniversaries are advancing, it would be prudent to get creative now and to think along the years, out of the box.

For example: Say you're on vacation a few months before your anniversary. You could write a message on cotton, place it in a bottle and set it out to sea. If you put your name and address on the bottle you may have someone find it and send it back to you. Imagine if it floated for hundreds of miles, you could then promise a trip to where it was found.

When in doubt and you can't find anything perfect for that special someone, make something that will mean something to the both of you that are like the symbols you gained on this day two years ago.

Straw or Cotton. Kurt thought about all of the things he could do with each of those things, but realized that some were not even possible right now. If they both still lived in Ohio, instead of New York, Kurt's idea for a relaxing midnight hayride might of worked.

Kurt glanced back at his phone. The last line of the article standing out.

" When in doubt and you can't find anything perfect for that special someone, make something that will mean something to the both of you that are like the symbols you gained on this day two years ago."

Symbols? This website is so damn cryptic.

Kurt lifted his left hand, pressing a finger down on the screen, exiting out of the website when his hand caught a glint of sunlight off of his wedding ring.

Kurt felt like an anvil had just dropped on his head. His symbol was right in front of him. The one same thing that both he and Blaine had gained on this day two years ago was his symbol. Their rings, but what was round and could be made out of pure cotton?

Why was his mind drawing a blank? Why was this so hard? Why.....

.....Did he just get hit in the face with a bunch of flyers?

Kurt heard a gasp in front of him. " Oh my, I'm so sorry. The wind just got a grip on them before I did. Are you ok?"

Kurt barely heard the question as his attention was caught by something written on the paper in bold black ink. Working with Cotton: Friendship Bracelets. Today 3pm.

" Sir? Are you ok?"

Kurt's head snapped towards the voice and smiled. " I'm just fine, thank you very much."

****Klaine****

Only days later would our two favorite guys surface from their home and return to the working world, each now sitting in a crowded room of people. Both of their days had brightened whenever someone would ask them what time it was because they would have to glance down at their wrists where their watches should be, only to see the word courage staring right back at them in red and blue letters.