December 11th, 2015

Blaine and Kurt were walking down the street on their first free day in months and they were window shopping. Blaine leaned his head on Kurt's shoulder, "This was a good idea." He had his arms wrapped around one of Kurt's.

Kurt had his own hands in his pockets to keep warm from the cold. He smiled, "I was just about to stay the same thing."

Blaine smiled at him, "I can't believe we can relax for three weeks and not worry about any classes."

"It will be nice," Kurt nodded, "Although as soon as it starts again it will be a whirlwind."

"Shhh," Blaine said shaking his head, "We aren't discussing that yet. We are going to enjoy this weekend and the rest of our break."

Kurt let out a laugh, "I suppose you are right honey. When is Cassidy's last day of school before break?"

"Next Friday," Blaine said as he looked into one of the windows.

"It will be nice for all of us to be home for longer than a few hours," Kurt said as he let out a content sigh.

Blaine nodded, "Ooo look at that," he pointed to a shop window and inside were hundreds of different ornaments. "Can we look inside? Just to look around a little?"

Kurt smiled and really couldn't resist his fiancé, "Course, we should actually start looking for more since I know we have an entire tree to fill."

Blaine pulled Kurt inside the small shop and they were greeted by an elderly woman. There wasn't anyone else inside. "Hello there. Did you kids need any help?"

"Hi," Blaine smiled over at her, "I don't think so. We are just looking around today."

The older woman smiled, "Just call if you need anything."

Blaine gave her a nod and then out of the corner of his eye he spotted a small cat ornament, "Look," he pulled Kurt over to it, "Doesn't it look like Stormageddon?"

Kurt took the small ornament into his hands. It was a cat that did look a lot like Stormageddon. Also the cat had a halo and wings coming out of its back, "It does, but he sure isn't an angel. He is the one who threw up in my favorite pair of shoes just last week."

Blaine laughed, "That's true, but I know Sissy would love it. She hasn't had a Christmas tree like this since she was about two. I doubt she remembers it though."

"When you lived with your uncle you didn't have tree?" Kurt asked confused.

"We did," Blaine shrugged, "But it was one of those fancy ones where everything matches and we couldn't touch it."

Kurt held the small cat ornament in his hands, "We are getting this one. Let's look around some more."

"Okay," Blaine grinned happily as he looked around and laughed when he found a small hippopotamus wearing a ballerina tutu hanging on a hook.

"Cassidy would love that one," Kurt said from beside him. "What do you think about these little guys?"

Blaine turned and saw Kurt holding up an ornament that had a cat and dog holding up a banner that said Merry Christmas. He started laughing, "Are you trying to tell me something?"

"Well your sister always insists that I am part cat and you act like a puppy," Kurt shrugged his shoulders.

"I think we should get that one too," Blaine laughed.

"We definitely are," Kurt nodded his head. "Let's have a look in the other types of ornaments."

"Okay," Blaine said as they looked at some of the other ornaments.

Kurt let out a laugh as he picked up a bowtie and Blaine gave him a look. "This one is adorable though," Kurt held up a snowman with a bowtie around his neck.

"Are you making fun of my bowties?" Blaine asked with a grumpy look on his face.

Kurt shook his head, "No. I just really thought it was cute. Look they have Disney ones. I bet Cassidy would love one of her favorite princess."

Blaine rolled his eyes at Kurt and laughed, "You are just turning the conversation into something else."

"That maybe but look it's Ariel holding up a wreath with Flounder in the middle," Kurt held up the ornament, "It's adorable isn't it?"

"Yes it is," Blaine laughed and looked down with a small blush on his cheeks.

Kurt wrapped reached down and laced their fingers together, "Hey, are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Blaine said.

"You know what you said about Cassidy," Kurt said, "It's the same for you. You haven't had a real tree yourself in awhile."

"I guess it's a bit weirder for me since I was older, but for awhile I thought I thought I wouldn't be happy again," Blaine said with a shrug, "I barely even remembered Christmas was coming the year my parents passed away."

"The same thing happened at my house when my mom passed away too," Kurt said pulled Blaine closer to him, "But you know I think we will make this a Christmas to remember."

"I do too," Blaine smiled at him and squeezed his hand. "Oh look it's a pair of turtle doves." He pointed out a pair of two small glass turtle doves, each holding a two smaller bells.

Kurt scrunched his face in confusion, "What's so special about turtle doves?"

"Well it's sort of a religious thing, but two turtle doves mean a strong bond," Blaine explained, "They represent a devoted love."

"They are pretty," Kurt commented.

"My parents had a pair of them," Blaine smiled to himself, "They told me that my grandmother gave them to them and that's the Christmas my dad proposed. My grandma always though she had an intuition about that sort of thing."

Kurt saw the look on Blaine's face.

"It's silly I guess," Blaine started to walk away.

"No," Kurt shook his head and pulled Blaine back over, "We should get them."

Blaine's eyes widened, "They are expensive Kurt."

Kurt looked at the price tag and sure enough they were thirty dollars, "I don't care think of them as an early Christmas present from me. I know you don't have your grandmother now to tell you that we meant to be together, but I know we are and I sort of like what they stand for."

"Really?" Blaine asked surprised.

"Yes," Kurt nodded his head, "Blaine, I meant what I said. This is going to be one of our greatest Christmases and I think with these on our tree and for years to come they will be perfect."

Blaine leaned over and kissed Kurt on the lips, "Thank you."

Kurt smiled, "You don't have to thank me. I like the idea of a devoted love."

"Yeah," Blaine said letting out a giggle.

They walked to the older woman and set down the ornaments they had chosen on the counter carefully. "Oh, you two picked out some lovely ones. First Christmas tree together?" she asked.

"How did you know?" Kurt smiled over at her.

"I've been doing this for years," the woman explained, "People usually buy one or two not five."

"Well you are correct," Blaine said to her, "My sister and I haven't had the greatest memories of Christmas so we are trying to make more happy ones."

"Oh turtle doves," the woman said, "These need to be wrapped carefully." She grabbed some tissue paper, "Keep these two safe and remember that if they ever lose their mate, they will always find a way back to them."

Kurt smiled and reached down to take Blaine's hand, "Yeah, I have to say that sounds about right." Blaine just blushed again and looked down letting out a laugh.