Blaine felt something dig into his arm and chest and something wet in his ear. Blaine bolted up, rubbing his ear and he heard more giggling. He looked around and saw the puppy sprawled on the bed, being hugged by a giggling Lily.

"Who's your friend?" Blaine asked, voice hoarse with lack of use.

"This is Sheba, Daddy," Lily beamed.

"Come here," Blaine instructed, smiling. Lily let go of Sheba instantly and crawled into Blaine's open arms. Blaine growled playfully and hugged her, kissing her cheek. "I missed you," he told her.

"I missed you too, Daddy," Lily said, leaning up to kiss Blaine's cheek.

"When did you get Sheba?" Blaine asked, reaching out to rub the dog's head. The puppy licked his fingers in response.

Lily played with Sheba's ears, the dog cocking its head onto one side and adopting a lazy expression she toyed with them. "Two days ago," Lily said brightly. "Daddy said we could get one and we went and we looked at all these doggies but she was the cutest and Daddy loved her too and he said that you would love her as well," she gushed, barely pausing for breath.

"I do, she's so cute," Blaine cooed.

Kurt shifted, burying his head further into the pillow to try and escape the noise.

"Daddy!" Lily cried and started climbing over Kurt. "Daddy, wake up!"

"M' up," Kurt mumbled. Sheba started crawling over Kurt too, following Lily. Blaine chuckled and grabbed the puppy before it could start licking his husband. Blaine didn't think he would appreciate dog saliva as a part of his moisturizing routine. Kurt snaked an arm around Lily and dragged her close to him, causing her to squeal and laugh. "Morning," Kurt grinned lazily.

"Morning Daddy," Lily giggled.

"Why don't you go get your slippers and dressing gown?" Kurt suggested and Lily nodded, scrambling off the bed. Sheba struggled against Blaine and he put the puppy on the ground, which hurried after Lily. "So, we got a dog," Kurt said, rolling over so that he was facing Blaine.

"Really, I hadn't noticed," Blaine teased and Kurt rolled his eyes.

"We missed you," Kurt pouted, "and she was so cute and sad and you said that every child needed a dog growing up."

Blaine chuckled and leant down to kiss Kurt. "I'm not mad," he promised. "I think the puppy is adorable."

Kurt grinned and reached up to cup Blaine's cheek. "She is and Lily's so happy, she loves her."

"I love you," Blaine countered.

Kurt turned a delicate shade of pink, smiling adoringly up at his husband. "I love you too. It's nice to have you home."

"It's good to be home," Blaine said, stretching, "hotels aren't nearly as fun without you."

Kurt chuckled and pulled his husband into another kiss. They pulled away as they heard rapid footsteps and Lily came running in, slippers on and her dressing gown untied. Sheba came barrelling in after her, sliding to a stop at the foot of the bed and wagging its tail persistently, looking up expectantly at Kurt.

"Breakfast!" Lily cried and the two men laughed. They swung themselves out of bed, each pulling on a jumper and following Lily to the kitchen. "Can we have pancakes?" Lily asked.

"Sure thing, sweetie," Kurt said, helping her up into her seat.

"Can Sheba have pancakes?" Lily glanced down at the dog.

"No, she has to have her dog food," Kurt explained.

Blaine stood behind Lily and brushed her hair before tying it up with a hair band so that her dark curls were out of her face. Kurt went to the kitchen and started pulling out ingredients for the pancakes.

"Can you feed the dog?" Kurt asked when Blaine came wandering in.

"Sure. Where's her food?" Blaine replied, looking around the kitchen.

"In the pantry, on the floor," Kurt smiled and Blaine grabbed Sheba's bowl from the side and poured some dog food in there. "She eats outside."

Blaine nodded and headed to the back door, sliding it open. Sheba barrelled past and sat down, tail wagging as she licked her lips. As soon as the bowl was down she started lapping up her food and Blaine chuckled. Looks like they would be going to puppy training in their spare time. Blaine went and washed his hands before re-joining Kurt in the kitchen. He watched as Kurt expertly poured the mixture into the frying pan and made a perfect round pancake.

"Go sit down, love," Kurt instructed gently. "These will be ready in a moment."

"K," Blaine said, stealing a quick kiss before joining Lily who was sitting her teddy Snicky into the chair next to her.

"What did you do while I was gone?" Blaine asked and Lily immediately started to babble about what they had done.

"- and we had a tea party!" Lily beamed as Kurt came out with plates filled with pancakes. "Pancakes!"

Blaine chuckled at her enthusiasm and dug into his own breakfast.

"Both of you slow down," Kurt scolded. "You'll end up choking or making yourself sick."

Blaine grinned sheepishly and slowed down. He had missed Kurt's cooking. Lily slowed down, too – but that was only because she couldn't fit any more in her mouth. Sheba whined at the door, scratching it with her small paws.

"Coming, puppy," Lily called, making to jump of her chair but Kurt stopped her.

"She can come in after you have finished," Kurt said in a tone that left no room for argument. Lily pouted but settled back on her chair.

Sheba continued to whine at the door and Blaine shifted, shooting a glance at the door. He looked back to Kurt who was watching him with raised eyebrows.

"Don't even think about it," Kurt warned.

"But Kurt," Blaine whined and Kurt shook his head.

"Really Blaine?" He sighed.

"But she's so cute," Blaine protested and Lily giggled. "Look at her."

"Oh no, don't make me out as the bad guy," Kurt said, putting his hands up in surrender. "Finish your breakfast and then she come in." Kurt rolled his eyes as he watched Blaine shovelled his pancakes into his mouth, sniggering at Kurt's disgusted look. Lily giggled and tired to copy Blaine but couldn't get that much in her mouth.

"I'm full," Lily announced. "Now can she come in?"

"Fine," Kurt sighed and Lily jumped off her chair and ran to let their puppy in. Sheba came bounding into the room, immediately running to Kurt and nudging his leg. "Great," Kurt muttered. "Three people I'll never be able to say no too." Kurt let his fingers rub the dog's head and she smiled at him, tongue hanging out.

Blaine chuckled and started collecting the plates. Lily came and stood by Sheba, patting her happily.

"Come on, puppy," Lily said, grabbing her teddy and Sheba followed happily.

"You're the one who got the dog," Blaine reminded him, coming up behind Kurt and putting his hand on his shoulders.

"You're the one who went and did a concert," Kurt shot back. "You wanted a dog."

"I did," Blaine grinned, leaning down to nip at Kurt's ear. "I missed you so much."

Kurt hummed and craned his neck to let Blaine kiss it. "I missed you too. Promise we can come next time?"

"Promise," Blaine smirked against his neck and kissed it gently.

"NO!" Lily screamed and both boys yanked away, looking up, eyes wide. Sheba came running out, Lily's teddy firmly in her mouth, running from away from Lily's room.

"Uh oh," Blaine breathed and started the chase.

"Snicky!" Lily cried and came running out from her room.

"It's OK," Kurt said, catching her around the waist. "Daddy will get Snicky."

Kurt and Lily watched, eyes wide, as Blaine chased Sheba around the house. He eventually caught her and pried open the puppy's jaw gently. "Drop it," Blaine said sternly and Sheba looked at him beseechingly before she obeyed, panting from her run. Blaine picked up Snicky and let Sheba go.

"Bad puppy," Lily scowled, clutching Snicky tightly when Blaine handed the bear to her.

"She didn't mean it," Kurt explained gently. "She doesn't understand."

"She hurt Snicky," Lily growled, tears welling in her eyes. "She tried to eat him."

"She was just playing," Kurt told her, gently wiping away the stray tears that rolled down Lily's cheek. "She's just a puppy. She doesn't understand."

Lily sniffed and hugged her teddy tighter. "Can you fix him?" Lily asked, gazing at Kurt with hopeful eyes.

"I think we have some bandages," Kurt smiled. "Why don't I go patch him up and you talk to Sheba, tell her that Snicky is not for eating."

"Can daddy help?" Lily asked.

"Of course," Blaine said and the two went to find Sheba. Kurt chuckled, standing up and going to their bathroom to grab the bandages. Kurt grabbed a wet cloth and scrunched his nose as he wiped away the dog saliva. Kurt expertly wrapped the teddy's arm with the white bandage and tied it up. When he came back out, Lily was gently patting Sheba, Blaine watching her fondly.

Lily looked up as Kurt entered. "Is he OK?"

"He'll be just fine," Kurt assured her, handing the teddy over. Lily hugged the bear tightly and Sheba gently licked the teddy's ear. Lily giggled and patted Sheba some more.

"Come on, Sheba. Let's go play in my room," Lily said and hurried back to her room.

"Crisis adverted," Blaine grinned, pulling Kurt into his arms. "You make a wonderful doctor."

"Only to teddy bears," Kurt grinned. Blaine started tugging Kurt to the kitchen, Kurt following willingly, shotting his husband a confused look.

"While Lily is in her room," Blaine explained huskily, eyes trained on Kurt's lips, "I'm going to make up some lost time." He took delight in Kurt's shiver and when they were safely in the kitchen, he kissed Kurt deeply, running his tongue along Kurt's bottom lip.