Kurt rested his hand down on Blaine’s nervously shaking knee and squeezed it hard as he glared over at his boyfriend “Stop shaking your knee, you’re making me anxious. I’m the one that’s future is being decided today”
“Sorry” Blaine sighed and sat back willing his knee to keep still “And it’s your health but our future”
“Dr Fitzgerald said things have been going well. This could be good news...”
“We said that last time”
Kurt and Blaine had been sitting in Dr Fitzgerald’s waiting room for half an hour waiting to hear the results of the copious amount of tests Kurt had to go through. Now that Kurt’s last chemotherapy treatment was over, they tested absolutely everything. They were thorough before and after each treatment but Dr Fitzgerald wanted to make sure that he knew everything about the teenager’s health. Put through everything from CT scans to blood tests to even a sperm count (A test where Blaine’s sexting skills came in handy especially when the only magazines provided contained naked girls). Dr Fitzgerald didn’t want to miss anything.
“Kurt?” Nurse Isabelle smiled as she emerged from the doctor’s office with a file in her hands “Dr Fitzgerald will see you now”
Taking a deep breath, the two boys stood up slowly. They were just as intrigued to find out Kurt’s diagnosis as they were anxious for a negative result. Blaine squeezed his boyfriend’s hand gently as they made their way through to Dr Fitzgerald’s office. Taking a seat, the pair didn’t let go of each other’s hands.
“You two look worried...” the older man wearing a pristine white lab coat chuckled. Opening Kurt’s ever growing medical file and turned to the teenager’s most recent test results “I will start off with the worst possible news I can give you today...”
Kurt’s breath caught in his throat as he clutched Blaine’s hand tighter. Fearing the worst, he closed his eyes and prayed that he could handle what he was about to hear.
“I told you both before we started the chemotherapy that it had some long term side effects” Dr Fitzgerald began looking up at Blaine who couldn’t look him in the eye “I will schedule frequent checkups to monitor the fatigue you will most likely experience as well as your heart function. Weakening of the heart muscle is common after taking one of the drugs in your last round so we’ll keep an eye on that. The worst of my news is that Kurt, I’m very sorry but you are now infertile. It was a risk and I should have pushed the idea of freezing sperm before you started treatment”
“Hang on” Kurt chuckled and slackened his grip on Blaine’s hands “The worst news you have is the fact that I can’t biologically father a child?”
“Yes and I’m very sorry but there are a lot of other options you could consider if you wanted to expand your family”
“I already have a gorgeous daughter and Blaine and I can’t exactly have children like normal couples anyway” he smiled and watched as the corners of the doctor’s lips curled up as well “You’ve gotta say it before I’ll believe you”
“Do you boys know the meaning of complete remission?”
“Are you serious? It’s gone?” Kurt beamed almost jumping from his seat in relief.
“I told you before this last treatment that the chemo had been working, we just had to be a bit more aggressive. Aggressive worked. You, Kurt Hummel are cancer free”
“Cancer free” Blaine repeated softly before pulling Kurt into a tight and relieved hug. Holding each other for a few minutes, Blaine pulled away slightly and placed a soft kiss on his boyfriend’s forehead “I told you, I told you, you could fight this and win”
“Before you two start dancing down the street” Dr Fitzgerald interrupted with a soft sigh as Kurt and Blaine turned back to him “There is always the possibility that the cancer will return in the future. Could be a year from now, could be 30 years from now, it could be never. You have a history of cancer in your family so your chances are slightly higher. It may not return in the form of Hodgkin’s either. It could come back as anything from lung to prostate cancer. We will keep it monitored”
“If it comes back, we’ll be ready” Kurt nodded determinedly. If this cancer was to show it’s ugly self again, Kurt would be ready to kick it’s ass back to Kingdom Come just like he’d done it now. Cancer wasn’t going to stop him anymore. If he could beat it once then he could do it again.
“If it comes back we’ll throw everything at it and I’m confident you could beat it again”
Dr Fitzgerald went through the rest of Kurt’s test results and what they needed to do now that his treatments were over. Everything bar the infertility was good news but Kurt wasn’t going to let that worry him. He already had an amazing little girl and if they were lucky enough to expand their family they would adopt anyway.

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“Should we pick up Claire? Oh I need to call my Dad! And NYADA, I wonder if they’ll let me take classes again” Kurt began to ramble as they made their way out toward their car. Neither of them expected to hear such amazing news now they didn’t know where to start the celebrations.
“Whoa ok slow down” Blaine laughed “We’ll call your Dad and Carole first then I’m going to take you out for a celebratory lunch, just the two of us, ok?”
“What about Claire?”
“They’re having an arts and crafts day at preschool; we’d just be ruining her fun. I want it to be just us for a little while”
“Just us, back to normal” Kurt smiled and stopped Blaine. Wrapping his arms around his boyfriend’s neck, he pressed a soft kiss to his lips “I know this cancer could come back and it probably will eventually but that’s not going to stop me... us from doing anything anymore. I’ve been given a second chance and I’m going to make the most of it”
“And what are you going to do first in this new lease on life?”
“Start planning our wedding. I can’t go any longer without being your husband. I won’t even wait til my hair has grown back”
“Your hair will grow back in no time, I can already see that beautiful bronze hair of yours poking through” Blaine smiled and stole a quick kiss “I love you and I’m so proud of you for beating this. You are truly amazing and the sooner I marry such an incredible man, the happier I will be”
“I couldn’t have done all this without you. I wouldn’t have fought this hard if I didn’t have you or Claire to fight for” Kurt said with a smile as he brushed away a loose curl hanging over his boyfriend’s forehead “Thank you for saving me”
“I didn’t save you...”
“Yes you did” he assured Blaine “Every time you took me to a chemo session, every time you held me through a bad night, every time you simply made me smile you were saving me”
“And I’d do it all again if I have to”
“Let’s hope you don’t have to”
“Amen to that” Blaine laughed and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket handing it to Kurt “Before any more saving, you have to call your Dad. You have to tell him the amazing news”