Blaine stood in the airport for a long time, until he finally remembered how to move his legs, and walked out to his car. 

He thought he'd drive home but wound up driving to the bar instead, he walked inside with his head a little low but no tears in his eyes, they were all frozen somewhere deep inside him.

"Hey" Don addressed him softly as he walked behind the bar and settled against the counter next to him "Hi" Blaine turned quietly "He's gone huh?" Don asked and Blaine nodded "Ya, headed back to New York, where he belongs" Blaine said studying the counter under his hands.

"Are you ok?" Don asked concerned and Blaine shook his head as he looked up at him "No, I'm not" he admitted "I'm sorry Blaine, first loves can be like that" Don commented looking straight into Blaine's shattered heart.

"I'm not... I didn't..." Blaine started and stood up straight looking out over the bar blankly "I fell in love with him didn't I?" he asked and Don's own heart hurt for him "I'm afraid so kiddo" he answered softly and put a hand on Blaine's shoulder.

"Well, he was a good first love to have" Blaine said with a faint smile "I think it's time." he said quietly but firmly and looked up at Don "I have the money, and the plan, and I think it's time I, I move on. I'm gonna head to California in the morning" he decided, and Don pulled him into a fatherly hug.

"We're gonna miss you ‘round here Blaine, and I pray everything turns out well for you, you're gonna do great things kid, I mean it" he pulled back and looked in Blaine's eyes "Now go, conquer the world" he grinned and Blaine's hugged him one last time "Thank you so much for giving me a chance, thank you for everything" 

Blaine said goodbye to a few people in the bar and all wished him a fond farewell, from there he headed to the farmers market and told Annabelle and the other venders goodbye and received more than a few hugs.

Next he found himself walking into The Diner and Beth rushed to his side the minute she saw him "Blaine honey what's wrong?" she asked and he gave her a watery smile "I'm leaving Ms. Beth, I'm heading to California in the morning" he answered and immediately found himself engulfed in a hug.

"Oh sweetheart I'm so proud of you, I know you're gonna do great!" she said as she squeezed him, letting go with tears in her eyes, they exchanged a few more words and Blaine said goodbye the cook and other waitresses on staff and on his way out the door Beth's voice stopped him.

"And Blaine-" he turned to look at her "If in a few years, you stop and remember us, come back for a visit?" she requested and Blaine nodded "You can count on it"

~//~

The plane ride back to New York was long and painful, and Kurt thought it would never end. 

When the plane finally landed nearly five hours later he just knew he would feel better when he stepped off it, he didn't. He made his way over to the baggage claim and found his driver with two of his bags already by his side. 

"Hey Bruce" he said quietly as he moved to stand by him, "Welcome back Mr. Hummel! How was your trip?" he asked in a bright voice as he grabbed another bag off the rotating baggage claim. "Um, fine." he answered noncommittally and Bruce spared him a sideways glance "Anything happen up there?" he asked.

"Ya, um.." Kurt shook his head trying to come up with an answer for him, "I fell in love" the truth spilled out because he couldn't stop it and Bruce’s eyebrows shot up into his hair and he almost missed a bag, grabbing it just before it was too late.

Kurt stared out over the airport that was still hustling and bustling even though it was so late, and with the bright lights and rushing people you would never know it was pitch black outside. He grew still and just watched his beloved city, in all it's fast paced, bright, loud, inordinate, sophistication.  And suddenly he felt like he was looking at his own life from up above, like he had stepped out of his own body so he could see the whole situation for what it really was.

The whole time, Kurt just knew, or at least he told himself, that when he got back to the city he would be ok, that everything would go back to normal, that he would be ok. His eyes widened and it was like a bolt of lightning stuck him and ran through his veins and out his finger tips. His eyes got even bigger and his breath got heavy as he started to take small steps backwards.

"I can't do this" he whispered and looked at Bruce still backing away "I can't do this!" he said louder and his features revealed he was very near having a panic attack "Sir?" Burce's concerned eyebrows knitted together "Take my bags! I'll be back in ten hours!" he called and bolted across the airport. 

"I need to go back to Telluride!" he spat at the woman behind the ticket counter, who took in his distressed body language and decided not to comment "Colorado? The last flight leaves in five minutes, if you hurry you can make it" she said quickly.

Kurt had never run so fast in his life, and even when he sank down into the airplane seat, his heart didn't slow. Because he honestly, had no idea, what he was doing.

~//~

When Blaine finally pulled up to his cabin and slid out of his car, it had started to snow. He looked up at the flakes falling from the sky gently, almost mocking him "-when it snows" he whispered into the dark as a tear rolled down his cheek and he didn't move to stop it.

He went inside and started off by picking up the elements of the bed by the fire and putting them back where he found them, next came the fridge, he pulled out all the food and threw it away, and emptied the cabinets too, leaving behind only what he found there. Well, plus all the bakeware Kurt had bought.

He packed his clothes and everything else that he owned and found that his one bag he’d come with had grown into three, he set them by the door so they'd be ready to go in the morning and set to work cleaning. He scrubbed the cabin top to bottom, determined to leave it spotless for Horas. 

And when the house was completely clean and empty, it felt cold. Even with the fire roaring in the corner, it felt cold, and he didn't want to sleep here again. Not without Kurt. For a good ten minutes he seriously considered leaving then and getting a head start on his drive, but he was honestly exhausted.

He stumbled to the bedroom and crawled into bed in his clothes, barely even toeing his shoes off. And he was asleep the moment his head hit the pillows, with an alarm set for eight o'clock, California.

~//~

*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*

Blaine was jolted awake and it was still pitch black outside, a glance at his clock revealed it was two in the morning.

*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*

Blaine pulled himself up and walked to the door. He pulled it open, and there stood Kurt.

"I'm in love with you Blaine, I fell in love with you the first time you played that stupid guitar-" Kurt exclaimed quickly, his voice open and urgent as he stared into Blaine's shocked eyes,

Kurt is feeling bold...

"Please, come with me, I can't live without, not after everything we've done and felt, and I know there's a lot to think about but I don't care, I wanna go home but I want you to come with me, I don't want it to be my home anymore I want it to be our home-"

Blaine is feeling brave...

Without a second thought to where he'd stay, or how he'd get a job, what he'd do there, or his dreams in California, Blaine threw himself into Kurt's arms and kissed him with more passion then he even knew he had in him.

"I've been in love with you for so long Kurt I don't even know when it started, I think it may have happened the first night you walked into my bar!" Blaine rushed out his confession so he could go back to kissing Kurt, "Of course I'll come to New York with you!!" he nearly shouted and picked Kurt up spinning them around on the porch in the low light of lamp "I love you!! I love you so much!" Blaine chanted as he buried his face in the nape of Kurt's neck and set him back down.

"I love you Blaine, I've wanted to say it for so long" Kurt whispered holding him tightly "I guess we were both a little stupid" Blaine said as a blush crept across his cheeks, and they got lost in each other's eyes for a moment.

"Oh! We have to go! Our flight leaves in twenty minutes!" Kurt said suddenly and Blaine nodded dashing back into the house and pulling on his shoes in bedroom before returning to the living area, Kurt took a look around the house and the bags by the door and gave Blaine a questioning look when he was back by his side "Blaine?"

"I, uh, I was headed to Cali in the morning" he admitted and Kurt grabbed his face pulling him into a forceful kiss and both panic and relief balled up in his stomach with the knowledge that he'd almost missed him "I love you" Kurt breathed against his lips, just because he could "I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing that" Blaine said with a grin and Kurt smiled back even bigger "Good, cause I'm never gonna stop saying it!" Kurt answered and kissed him again.

They hurried out the door and for the first time Blaine noticed the yellow cab by his sidewalk. And then it hit him "Shit my car!" he said suddenly pausing in the middle of the path "It's New York you don't need a car, and if you decide you want one I'll buy you a new one" Kurt offered and Blaine grinned at him, "But I still can't just leave it here" he chewed his lip as he thought about it.

"I've got it!" he said suddenly and set his bags down before he pulled out his phone, holding it to his ear for a moment before he started talking "Hey Don!" he said excitedly "I know it's late but I have a gift for you!" he smiled "I want you to have my car!" he exclaimed and then shook his head "Nope! Because I'm not going to California! I'm going to New York!" he practically squealed.

"Hi Don!" Kurt greeted leaning close to the phone and Don spoke so loud even Kurt could hear him "Is that Kurt!" he exclaimed and Blaine looked at him with shining eyes "Yes it is" he said with a grin "I'm gonna leave my keys under the visor, you can keep it or give it to one of your sons, or sell it and go on a vacation, whatever you want, I just want you to have it! You've done so much for me!" 

And if Blaine could have seen Don's face he would have known he had tears in his eyes and a smile on his face "Thank you Blaine, I wish you two all the happiness in the world" Don said sincerely, and they said goodbye.

Blaine shoved his phone in his pocket and looked back at Kurt before taking a deep breath and grinning so big it hurt "Let's go start our lives together" he said softly and pulled Kurt into his arms, their lips slid together and Kurt finger's wound into his hair as Blaine wrapped his arms strong around him and pulled him close. 

The snow filtered down and collected on their shoulders as they held each other tight in the glow of the pale moonlight, and shared the first kiss of the rest of their lives.