"Guess what!" Blaine yelled through the house as he walked in the door, and he could hear sizzles and pops coming from the kitchen "What?" Kurt hollered back and then Blaine was coming around the corner.

"Well first" he grinned and slid his arms around Kurt picking him up and spinning in a circle while he kissed him playfully before dropping him off in the same spot "I feel like a 50s housewife" Kurt giggled "Well you certainly don't taste like one" Blaine teased with a wink.

"Ok, so what am I guessing?" Kurt asked as he turned back to diner on the stove "Don gave me Friday night off" he said with a grin and Kurt squealed "What's the occasion?" he asked shifting some veggies around with a spatula.

"You and me are going to the Autumn Festival!" he grinned leaning against the counter next to Kurt "It happens once a year before the tourist season starts, it's like the towns last little celebration before they get hella busy" he laughed and smiled widely "That sounds awesome!" Kurt agreed.

~//~

Friday left Blaine rummaging through his through his entire wardrobe trying to find the perfect outfit. Three hours later, when nearly every item of clothing he owned was splayed out on his bed he finally had it, his best black skinny jeans, and a button down shirt with the collar open, under a form fitting deep green cardigan. 

He carefully hung the outfit back in his closet to keep it perfect, and pulled on a pair of sweatpants, not bothering to put on a shirt before he wandered toward the kitchen. Halfway there he realized they were Kurt's pants as they kept slipping down past his hips, and what a nightmare it was going to be to separate out their clothes when Kurt had to leave in, ugh, two days.

Blaine groaned as he reached the kitchen, he didn't want to think about it, he wasn't going to think about it "You spend what little time you have left worry'n, you don't spend it liv'n" he quoted The Skeleton Key out loud to himself and grabbed a banana off the counter.

He glanced at the time as he proceeded to take in half the banana in one bite, it was thirty minutes past when Kurt should have been off work, but him being late wasn't really a surprise. It being his last day there were sure to be lots of last goodbyes.

He decided to check the firewood level while cramming the other half of the banana in his mouth and discovered that it was indeed, low. He tossed his peel in the trash on his way by and stepping out the door remembered very quickly that he was not wearing a shirt, or socks, or shoes... 

He glanced down at his bare feet and up cross the yard at the pile of wood wasn't that far away, he'd be fine if he sprinted. And sprint he did. But it didn't really help. He bolted back into the house and his pants were nearly slipping off completely, the logs in his arms scraped against his naked arms and chest leaving behind little red marks and bits of bark, and his feet were absolutely frozen as clumps from the thin layer of snow on the ground clung to them. This was not his best idea.

He made it to the edge of the living room before he tripped over his numb feet, and the wood went flying, just as the door opened. "KURT!" he exclaimed popping up off the floor and Kurt's eyes went wide as he took in the scene. Blaine abandoned the spilled logs and ran straight for Kurt wrapping his arms around his torso and nearly taking off his feet.

"ohmygod, hi to you too" he started giggling and hugged Blaine back "Blaine, you're covered in wood!" he laughed as bits of log started to rub off of Blaine and on to him "Nope, only got one!" Blaine he laughed and without warning Kurt's entire world was suddenly thrust into chaos as Blaine scooped him up and threw him over his shoulder and Kurt couldn't stop laughing.

"Ohmygod Blaine! What, are you, doing!" he asked between his giggle fits and Blaine nearly ran his head into the wall "Trying to knock you unconscious apparently!" Blaine returned and was more careful on the rest of his walk to the bedroom. 

They walked through the door and Kurt twisted around to see where they were going and only laughed harder when he saw the bed "Blaine! Did you try one everything you own?" he was still laughing and Blaine shrugged his free shoulder "Yes!" he admitted and grabbed the corner of his comforter and ripped it off with enough force to send all the clothes on the bed flying into the floor.

Once the bed was clean he pitched his shoulder forward and tossed Kurt onto the bed, and by this point his pants were barely still clinging to him so he pulled them up with one hand. He quickly grabbed the other corner of the comforter and flung it up in the air before diving onto the bed next to Kurt and letting it filter down over them. "Blaine what are you doing?" Kurt whispered when they were completely encompassed by the blanket, why he was whispering, he had no idea. "Shhh, we're hiding from the world! They'll never find us here!" Blaine giggled.

"In your house, in your bed? I thinks it's the first place they'll look!" Kurt whispered back, and his smile was so big it was starting to hurt his face, and Blaine's matched his perfectly "I missed you" Blaine cooed as he nuzzled his face against Kurt's cheek and Kurt was still giggling as his nose tickled him "I missed you too" he replied softly, and suddenly Blaine was sliding down his body, but not in a sexy way. 

"Blaine, what are you-" Kurt's sentence was cut off as Blaine started to mouth at his ribs through his shirt and Kurt's laughter was instantaneous as he thrashed on the bed and, half heartedly, tried to push Blaine off of him. "Stop, stop, st-stooop" he gasped for air and Blaine finally let go of him and was somehow instantly on his mouth, their lips slid together and their teeth clanked more than usual as they tried to kiss each other around their smiles.

"The only problem.. With your hiding.. Plan.." Kurt talked around Blaine's lips before he pulled back to look at him "Is it's fucking hot in here!" he finished. The blanket was still down around them and between their scuffling and heavy breathing and all the body heat, it was quite stifling. 

"I'll fix that!" Blaine stated in his best superhero voice and proceeded to try and kick the comforter off the bed his right foot, and failed miserably. He tried flailing his leg harder and it didn't help, the blanket just got wrapped around his leg. He finally gave up and jumped out of bed, pulling the comforter around his neck like a cap "Ta-da!" He exclaimed triumphantly placed his other hand on his hip, and his pants fell off. 

Kurt rolled onto his side he was laughing so hard and Blaine just shrugged and stepped out of his pants before falling back onto the bed completely naked and pulling Kurt into another playfully kiss, and Kurt slid his fingers into his hair as he kissed him back and tried his best not to laugh into Blaine's mouth, not that Blaine minded.

After a few minutes Kurt found himself sitting up from his position straddling Blaine's hips and starting to work the buttons on his shirt "So, how was your last day?" Blaine asked as he linked his fingers together behind his head and smiled up at him "Pretty good actually" he smiled back as he pulled his shirt untucked "Lot's of nice goodbyes, and a cake!" he grinned and shucked his shirt completely.

"Even Robin wished me farewell" his sentence came out muffled as he pulled his under shirt off "And-" he reached for his belt "Rose said I'm welcome back anytime" he smiled and pulled the leather out through the loops, he was just so happy that he ended on a happy note with, almost, everyone. 

"Blaine?" one of Kurt's eyebrows rose a little as he undid his pants button and took in how Blaine's eyes had completely glazed over "Huh?" he blinked and looked up from Kurt’s bare chest to meet his eyes and Kurt chuckled "Greedy.." he stated once again and shook his head as he popped Blaine on the side before sliding off him to stand by the bed.

"Hey, you would be to if you were fucking you!" Blaine argued and then squinted because he confused himself. Kurt chuckled again as he toed off his shoes and pushed his pants and fitted boxer briefs down, and ya, Blaine was already rock hard. 

Blaine reached out with both hands and did gimmie fingers at him and Kurt rolled his eyes as he slipped into his embrace, and there was a lot about this that Blaine loved. How they could be simple and silly and so easily slip into something more, how they were so comfortable with each other and their bodies and there was no need to feel self-conscious. But most of all just how right, and safe, it felt to be with Kurt like that, every time. 

The kiss quickly deepened and before he knew it Kurt was reaching over for the lube, there was a popping sound and then a cool finger being pressed against his entrance and Blaine hummed his approval against Kurt's lips and spread his legs wider as Kurt's finger gently entered him. Kurt had topped once more since his first time and Blaine had to admit, he did like it. 

Kurt worked him open slowly and added more fingers as time permitted until three glided in and out without resistance and Blaine was breathing opened mouthed against his lips "Can I try something?" Kurt asked as he continued to pump his fingers in and out of Blaine's ass and Blaine didn't even bother to open his eyes "Always" he breathed in agreeance and did his best not to whimper when Kurt removed his fingers.

Kurt slid down his body dropping little kisses on the way, he positioned himself between Blaine’s legs and folded his backwards before pulling Blaine up into his lap. He lubed himself up liberally and smirked at Blaine who was looking up at him expectantly, after tossing the bottle aside he carefully and easily slid into Blaine. 

Blaine moaned loud and long and let his head fall back against the pillows as his eyes slipped closed and Kurt started a nice easy rhythm. Blaine enjoyed Kurt’s slow steady rocking for a few moments, and was just starting to get lost in it when the last thing he ever would have expected, happened.

His eyes flew open as he felt hot wet heat surround his dick and wrenched up to see Kurt, still fucking in and out of him, had folded his whole body practically in half as he took Blaine’s cock in his mouth, “oh holy mother god” Blaine cursed and the moan that ripped from his throat was nothing short of pornographic “Oh, my god Kurt! Oh, shit” Blaine fingers twisted into Kurt's hair as he focused on not dying of pleasure. 

Kurt set a rhythm of sucking him all the way in as he pulled out and sliding back up to his head as fucked back in and Blaine was losing his mind, as he continued to moan and babble about how amazing it was. 

Kurt lifted his head to meet Blaine’s glazed over stare and a thick string of saliva connected his bottom lip to Blaine’s cock as it fell from his mouth and Blaine didn’t know if he’d ever seen anything so hot in his life. Blaine’s arms went out behind him as he pushed himself up off the mattress to bend forward and catch Kurt’s lips in an open desperate kiss as Kurt continued to pound into him, his pace picking up all the time.

When Blaine’s twisted arms couldn’t support his own weight anymore he fell back down to the mattress and Kurt attacked his cock with renewed vigor, taking it all the way in until it connected with the back of his throat and pushing it in even further before dragging off and repeating the process. The fast his dick drove into Blaine the fast his mouth worked and when he started to suck deep in his throat Blaine lost it.

He let out a strangled cry as he started to fill Kurt’s mouth and the very feel of it made Kurt start to come inside him and Blaine came harder and longer than maybe he ever had, he couldn’t remember, in fact he couldn’t remember his own name!

Once Kurt had it all swallowed he collapsed on top of Blaine and Blaine was breathing like he’d just run a marathon as he stared unblinking at the ceiling, “Good?” Kurt asked with a grinned twisting his eyes up to him, “yeah” was all Blaine could answer in a puffed out breath, because he was fairly sure he was floating off into space.

~//~

The guys got dressed and gelled their hair, and made out for a good ten minutes, and finally stepped out the door about an hour before sunset.

"Ohmygod this is gonna be great!" Blaine beamed as Kurt looped his arm through his, "Mmh, I agree" Kurt smiled and leaned into him a little as they walked toward the curb.

They took Kurt's rental car and so Kurt drove and told Blaine all about how his last day had gone, and they were both still very much in denial that Kurt was leaving in just two days. And maybe it was for the better, dwelling on it wouldn't help anything.

They parked in a gravel lot that was nearly full and made their way toward the town square that had been roped off for the event, hand in hand. 

All four streets that squared off around the courthouse were colorful and full of life, tables and booths lined the edges of the street with a myriad of merchandise, food venders of all types were selling candy, roasted peanuts, fresh cooked hamburgers, grilled corn on the cob, and everything in between, a live band played on the grass in front of the courthouse, and people milled around tables and wandered down the streets, children dashed around grown ups as the boys threw poppers, and the girls proudly brandished cheap plastic toys they'd won at a dollar game, and everywhere you looked people were holding shopping bags. 

"Ohmygod I'm so doing my Christmas shopping!" Kurt squealed excitedly and Blaine grinned and nuzzled his face into Kurt's neck as they walked. Kurt always prided himself on giving unique gifts for Christmas and this was definitely a great place to get some.

The first booth they came to was of framed foil art, they both marveled over the different works, but nothing quite stuck Kurt just right so they moved on. A little ways down they came to a rack of multi colored scarves that Kurt absolutely flipped over "Oh Carole would love these!" he grinned and let go of Blaine's arm for the first time to pull one off the stand "The colors are so vibrant!" he gushed and a woman behind the table smiled "They're all hand made" she informed him and Kurt smiled widely at "Oh, that's even better!"

After much deliberation Kurt decided on the one he wanted and Blaine took the bag with his purchase in it while he paid, "Shall we" Blaine offered him his arm again and he gladly accepted it "One down, eighty billion to go!" Kurt joked and Blaine laughed "Surely it's not that bad" Blaine smirked.

"Oh, it's pretty bad, I have to buy gifts for my family, all my friends from high school, their current significant others, my boss, everyone I work with, that I like that is, my barista, my hairstylist, my-" Kurt started to ramble and Blaine's loud laugh cut him off "Ok, ok, I get the point, that, is a lot of people to buy for" he said with wide eyes "I know, and I know I don't have to buy gifts for everyone I buy for, but I just love making people happy, it's the best part of the season" he explained with a smile and Blaine tightened his arm around Kurt's, there was always something new to love about him.

Working their way down the street Kurt found a paper weight for his dad's office that consisted of a little man made out of various tools that Kurt giggled at for quite a while, a Buckeyes wallet for Finn, and a chunky bracelet for Mercedes. And Kurt had just wandered toward a table of barbed wire art when Blaine spotted Don across the way.

"Hey" he greeted with a smile and jogged over to him, "How's it go'n?" he asked and Don smiled back when he saw him "Great! Y'all look like you're hav'n a good time" he commented looking over at Kurt "Oh ya it's a blast" Blaine agreed "Isn't tomorrow his last day here?" Don asked squinting in thought and Blaine let out an awkward cough, "Um, ya, well I mean his last full day, his flight out is on Sunday." he answered and shifted on his feet a little.

"That's what I thought" Don rubbed his chin and looked down at the younger man "Blaine-" he paused and waited for him to meet his gaze "If you come in to work tomorrow, I will fire you" he stated without a hint of a joke in his voice and Blaine grinned "Thanks!" 

At that point Blaine noticed Kurt glancing around and told Don goodnight before heading back over to him, and they went on their way.

They were meandering down the second street when Kurt saw it, "I WANT IT!" Kurt squealed and clasped his hands together in front of him, the only problem was, it wasn't for sale. Among a rack of prizes for a kiddie game lay one little puppy, his nose just peeking out from the other plush and his giant eyes begging for Kurt to take him home "Win him for me? Please?" Kurt asked looking at Blaine with a bright smile and Blaine couldn't have said no if he wanted to, not that he wanted to.

Blaine pulled the five out of his wallet that it cost to play the game and handed it over to a man standing there, "Ok" he addressed Blaine as he handed him five rings and pointed to the bottles of soda set up a good six feet away "Here's the deal, you get one ring-" he held up a finger "You get a prize from the number one bucket-" he pointed at an old Rubbermaid tub with a giant number one painted it's side filled with twenty-five cent plastic party favors.

"Two rings, the number two bucket, and so on, you get all five rings! You get something off the table" he explained and Blaine nearly groaned, of course the dog was on the table. He got behind the white line and set Kurt's shopping on the ground before he squared up with the two liter bottles, crouching a little and aiming carefully, and missing. 

He hung his head and laughed and handed the man another five dollar bill, no point in continuing if he'd already lost, the second go around he got to ring three before he missed, five more dollars and the second ring missed, the next five got him all the way to ring four, another five dollars and the man running the game was trying very hard not to laugh at him and Kurt was looking at him like he was a superhero.

Twenty-five dollars later Blaine stood with the last ring in his hand, and his heart pounding out of his chest, he took a deep breath, and tossed it. The squeal that Kurt made when it went around a bottle could have been heard across the street, even over the band, as Kurt threw himself into Blaine's arms and kissed him unabashedly "All right, what is it you want? I would say you earned it" the man laughed and Kurt pointed to the table as he bounced on his toes "The puppy! With the big eyes!" he said excitedly and the man pulled it out from the other stuffed animals.

"Ya'll have a great night" he smiled and handed it over to Kurt who squeezed it happily "You're adorable" Blaine told him as Kurt tucked his arm through his and they started back on their way, and Kurt snuggled into his side, partly because he just wanted to, and partly because the sun was starting to set and it was getting colder.

"Oh look at this!" Kurt stopped at a jewelry table and started to look over the necklaces, not letting go of Blaine this time "Really? Name jewelry?" Blaine asked and squinted a little, he would have figured it was a little, tacky, for Kurt "Ya, well, my best friend Rachel has this thing for wearing her own name, don't ask me" he explained "But these are really pretty" he added.

After picking out a gold script necklace with the R laced in crystal gems and adding it to one of the bags Blaine was carrying they went on their way. A few booths down Kurt made an ‘awww’ sound that indicated his heart had clearly melted, Blaine followed his gaze to the ground and found a bright little dachshund in a fluffy pink sweater.

"Oh, aren't you adorable!" he said as he bent down to pet her and she gladly turned into his touch "What's her name?" he asked the girl holding her leash "Katy" came the proud answer and Kurt baby talked her for a moment before standing up and telling the girl thanks and bye. 

"Ok, I give, I could definitely stand having a dog" Kurt grinned and Blaine laughed a little "If you get to dress them up in cute outfits." he stated "Well, duh" Kurt answered as if it were obvious "What it was a big dog?" Blaine asked "Oh that only makes it more fun!" Kurt laughed.

They got some freshly made caramel corn and munched it as they went on, and by the time they'd finished the third street the sun was completely gone, the many street lamps and extra lighting setup was keeping the place well lit up, but the temperature had dropped considerably.

Kurt shivered and tucked himself up tighter into Blaine's side, "Hot chocolate?" Blaine asked and Kurt nodded enthusiastically, Blaine steered them toward the nearest cocoa stand and Kurt excepted the warm cup gratefully "Mmm, not as good as yours though" Blaine commented after taking a sip "Well, no one will ever be as good as me" Kurt joked and Blaine smiled, because he honestly believed that with all his heart.

"Ohmygod, Carriage! Carriage ride!" Kurt pointed excitedly when he spotted the white horse pulling a black buggy stop at the curb to let its current passengers out. 

"Well, I would say now is the perfect time" Blaine smiled and they made their way across the street and since Blaine had just paid ten times the value of a stuffed toy, Kurt paid the driver. They settled into the bench seat with their still nearly full cups of cocoa and Blaine pulled the old wool blanket up over their laps before lifting his arm so Kurt could snuggle back into his side.

The carriage pulled away and Kurt felt safe and warm in Blaine's arms, guarded from the wind with the hot drink warming him from the inside, and he sighed in contentment, and Blaine tightened his arm around him.

The horse walked slowly through the crowd as people parted out of her way and when she finally stepped out on the open road she sped up to a nice trot. Blaine smiled and enjoyed the sound of the frequent clopping of horse shoes against the cold pavement and firm feel of his lover at his side.

The further they got from the festival, the darker the night became, the street lamps got further apart and the shine from the moon finally reached them. They looked at the quaint little houses all down the street, some with lights glowing through the windows and some completely dark. "I bet this would look magical during Christmas time" Kurt sighed imagining all the homes decorated up with lights and Christmas cheer and Blaine hummed his agreement.

"Ohmygod look!" Kurt stated softly and point off into the distance, the soft light revealing a single snowflake drifting down, "Hmm, something good always happens when it snows" Blaine mumbled as he pressed his face to the side of Kurt's, and Kurt smiled warmly and let his head slip down to nestled into his neck.

I love you. Kurt wishes he could say it, but he can't, it wouldn't be fair to either of them. But he can't stop himself from thinking it, and it's been happening more and more lately. Because he does love Blaine, he fell in love with him a long time ago, he just can't do anything about it. So he enjoys the time he has, here and now. 

The carriage came to a stop and their cups were long since empty, Blaine collected their bags and as they slipped back to cement sidewalk the snow was falling soft frequent flurries. 

Most of the children had been ushered home because of the cold and nightfall and the whole scene was much more tranquil. Couples strolled down the streets tucked up close to each other and band had started to play gentler songs, and the snow made it all seem so peaceful.

They finished their walk around the square and Kurt made no more purchases, he was to wrapped up in Blaine and really could care less what anyone was selling. 

They made it back around to the point they'd started at just as the band started a slow country song and Kurt started toward the car when Blaine stopped, and their linked arms caused Kurt to stop walking too, "Blaine?"

Blaine set down his plastic bags and pulled Kurt into his embrace and just as a man started to sing, led him into a slow dance.

Kurt didn't care that they were practically in the middle of the street, or that no one else was dancing, he simply fell into Blaine's arms and moved right along with him.

When you find yourself

In some far off place

And it causes you to rethink some things

You start to sense that slowly 

You're becoming someone else

And then you find yourself

When you make new friends in a brand new town

And you start to think about settlin' down

Blaine tightened his grip on Kurt as they moved slowly in the street,

The things that would have been lost on you 

Are now clear as a bell

And you find yourself 

Yeah that's when you find yourself

Where you go through life

So sure of where you’re headin'

Kurt let his head fall forward a little to press his cheek firmly against Blaine's,

And you wind up lost and it's 

The best thing that could have happened

Blaine fisted his hands into Kurt's shirt and tried to pull him closer, but they were already pressed far to tightly together, and Kurt's face slipped further down to nestle into the side of Blaine's neck,

‘Cause sometimes when you lose your way 

it's really just as well

Because you find yourself

Yeah that’s when you find yourself

When you meet the one

That you've been waitin' for

And she's everything that you want and more

Neither one of them were aware of quite when they had stopped moving, and were reduced to just standing in the street, clinging to each other for dear life as the song continued and Blaine's knuckles turned white where they wrapped around Kurt's shirt, but he didn't dare let go,

You look at her and you finally start to live for someone else

And then you find yourself

That’s when you find yourself

When we go through life

So sure of where we're headin'

And we wind up lost and it's 

The best thing that could have happened

‘Cause sometimes when you lose your way it's really just as well

Because you find yourself

Yeah that's when you find yourself

A tear leaked out of the corner of Blaine's eye without his knowledge and even as the song ended and the next one started they didn't let go. They stood there in the middle of town square, with the snow falling around them and the music fading from their ears, locked in the tightest embrace possible, so afraid to let go. Because they both knew, when they let go, they'd have to let go. And the very idea scared them both to death.