It is kind of typical that this story ends with a chapter that’s fully Kurt POV. After all, the Myosotis series seems to favour his point of view. While writing this chapter, I also listened a lot to Troye Sivan’s song “Easy”, which fits the story. Or at least, I think it does.

Also, slight spoilers for Hadestown, or the general story of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Then again, it’s a well-known myth and I knew the ending before I ever watched Hadestown.

Thank you for reading.

“You didn’t do anything wrong.”

“I beg to differ,” Kurt argues back, “You were angry at me for a reason. I played with your heart. I was indeed experimenting.”

Blaine looks uncomfortable. “Why can’t you just accept my forgiveness? You’re sorry, I forgive you.”

“Because having your forgiveness doesn’t sit well with me,” Kurt says, “Not yet. Even though I understand your standpoint, I still feel like you’re too forgiving. It’s good that you were angry, really, but do you really think we can go back to the way things were?”

“Well, no, but-”

“See!” Kurt cuts him off, before Blaine can protest again. He uses his free hand to point towards the air. “We can’t go back to being friends with this hanging over us.”

“Or more,” Blaine says under his breath and then he quickly drinks some tea, but Kurt’s heard him.

Yes, exactly. How are they able to ever date if they will not communicate? Kurt will not allow Blaine to be treated that way when they’re dating. They should be on the same level.

Kurt can understand not wanting to talk. This understanding of communication is new for him too. He’s never had to do this with Adam.

Thinking about Adam still stings, though.

“I just don’t want the both of us to bottle up our feelings. I don’t want one of us to shout unreasonable things in a surge of anger.”

“Did someone do that recently?” Blaine asks.

See, Kurt hasn’t even fully told him everything about the break-up yet, because they’ve been ignoring it.

“Adam called me a coward for breaking up with him,” Kurt says and he can feel himself tear up. The break-up was short, but emotionally heavy. “He said that I was a coward who didn’t want to fight for our relationship.”

Blaine puts his tea on the coffee table and he tries to hug Kurt, but he stops and looks hesitant. But when the tears start to flow on Kurt’s face, Blaine moves closer anyway and he hugs Kurt tightly. It’s still kind of unexpected, so Kurt has to make sure he’s not going to spill his tea on Blaine, but after the initial shock wears off, Kurt uses his free arm to hug him back.

“You’re not a coward,” Blaine says and he rubs Kurt’s back.

“You think so?” Kurt cries. He’s been thinking about it ever since it happened, but Kurt really did try to save his relationship with Adam. Kurt is certain that Adam regrets his words, but that doesn’t mean that they didn’t sting.

“You’re not,” Blaine says again, “Trust me, I know enough about cowardice and you don’t have any of it.”

“And I tried. You know I tried.”

“Shhh, I know, I know. You chose him,” Blaine says.

“Sorry for that,” Kurt sniffs, “Especially since I knew I loved you more. I lied during our conversation in the coffee shop.”

Blaine tenses for a small second, but then he continues hugging Kurt.

“Can I explain to you why I lied?”

Blaine pulls back from the hug, but he still has his hand on Kurt’s shoulder. He nods. “Please.”

“Denial, mostly, but I also was too afraid to let go of what I knew,” Kurt explains, “I chose Adam, even though I knew I loved you more, because I didn’t want to leave the life that I’d been living for the past four years. I tried to convince myself that if I just tried harder, then all would be fine, which is why Adam’s accusations suck.”

“See, you’re not a coward,” Blaine says fondly, “I know what it’s like to uproot your life, so I figured that it was something like that. So I know how hard it is and I can say with certainty that you’re not a coward. In fact, you’re courageous.”

Kurt shakes his head. God, why is Blaine being so helpful and kind? The whole point of this conversation is to make sure that Blaine is allowed to be unkind towards the people who’ve hurt him, but here they are, and Blaine is comforting him!

“What’s wrong?” Blaine says when he sees Kurt shaking his head.

Kurt tells him what’s wrong and Blaine laughs.

“You’re so determined to have me hate you, it’s kind of silly in my opinion.”

“Well, you’re so determined to not hate me, and that is kind of silly in my opinion.”

“Ah, you really sound like Wes,” Blaine sighs, “Maybe that’s why he’s given you his stamp of approval.”

“It is, actually,” Kurt says. Back in the kitchen, while Blaine was ‘changing his socks’, Wes was probably ready to give Kurt a long lecture, but Kurt cut to the point before Wes had a chance to start. Kurt immediately made clear that he feels guilty and that he’s here to make sure that Blaine understands that he cannot be walked over by him any longer.

Wes had looked at him with something that’s quite rare for Wesley Montgomery: utter respect.

Then, Wes gave him a shovel talk and then he got Blaine.

Kurt and Wes seem to understand each other: they love and protect Blaine. Blaine doesn’t always need protecting, but in the same vein, he also doesn’t notice when he does need it. They’re not here to baby him. They’re not going to stop Blaine from making his decisions on his own, but they will look out for him.

Kurt tells Blaine that.

“Again, I don’t want to invalidate your feelings on the matter,” Kurt continues, “But I know you. We’re best friends, despite it all. This might be okay for now, but what happens the next time?”

“Well, I don’t plan on there being a ‘next time’,” Blaine points out.

“Neither am I, but if I’m not the one misusing your kindness, then someone else might do it.”

“Wait,” Blaine frowns, “I thought this conversation was about us? Why are you making it such a big thing?”

Kurt rests his hand on his face. “Oh God, yeah, sorry, my thoughts are all over the place. Yes, it is about us, but do you understand why I am not jumping up and down with excitement to accept your forgiveness?”

“So this is looking after me?” Blaine asks.

“I mean, are you looking after yourself?”

Blaine looks stricken. “I mean, I’m- I’m trying.”

“Blaine, are you really no longer mad at me?” Kurt asks. 

“Uh, yeah,” Blaine says.

“So, when I told you that I lied to you, you were totally okay with that?”

After all, Blaine tensed up.

Blaine looks a bit confused and conflicted. “I- Yes, I think so.”

“Really?”

“W-Why are you so determined to make me hate you?” Blaine asks again. He moves to grab his tea from the coffee table and Kurt sees that his hands are trembling slightly.

Kurt stops him by putting his hand on Blaine’s. Blaine looks at their joined hands.

“I’m not determined to make you hate me,” Kurt says.

Blaine’s still looking at their hands, but he sighs.

“Okay, that sucked,” he relents, “Yeah, that really sucked. I understand your explanation, but why didn’t you just break up with Adam? I want- Why did you do this to both of us? I know you fought for Adam, but why didn’t you realise immediately that it wasn’t fair to both us?”

“Just like you: I’m trying,” Kurt answers.

“What?” Blaine looks at Kurt with confusion.

“I tried to do what’s best for everyone, but everyone got hurt in the process.”

Although, looking back on it all, Adam could’ve let him go too. Kurt wonders if he’ll ever see Adam again.

“Bottom line: it was just a messy situation,” Kurt says.

Blaine turns his hand around, so that he can hold Kurt’s. Kurt’s eyes widen. They haven’t even reached that part of the conversation yet.

“Uhm,” Kurt says and he turns red. He quickly takes a gulp of his tea, so that it looks like the hot tea is turning him red.

“Can we compromise?” Blaine says, not bothered by Kurt being nervous.

“Compromise how?”

“We’re both right,” Blaine says, “You’re right. I was angry. I suppose a part of me still is, even though I try to sweet talk my way out of it. And I can be angry at you. But I’m right that you were caught in this messy situation as well and that you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself.”

“I- uh. Huh,” Kurt stammers over his words. This actually feels like a great middle ground. This way, Kurt’s made it pretty clear that he does not want Blaine to be taken advantage of and in this way, Blaine’s made it clear that he also cannot fully blame Kurt so they can both move on. “Oh. Yeah.”

Blaine smiles. He lets go of Kurt’s hand and he holds out a pinky.

Kurt snorts. “I was about to say ‘when did you become so smart?’, but your dorkiness ruins the sentiment.”

Yet, he hooks his pinky into Blaine’s.

“I was always a dork- ”

“True.”

“- but I now had a lot of time to become smart. Not seeing a certain person for a long period of time has its perks.”

Kurt pouts and then jokingly says: “Aw, didn’t you miss me?”

Blaine laughs. “I did, since the city is lonely without you, but I now had the time to sift through the madness in my head. It was nice.”

“I missed you too,” Kurt says fondly.

Blaine has an intense look on his face. Kurt has a strange feeling of déjà vu. Blaine looked at him like that during the engagement party of Rachel and Jesse: as if he wants to kiss him but he’s not sure if he’s allowed.

Back then, it made Kurt’s mind go static and it made him almost cheat on Adam. Now, they’re in a different position.

“I’m not ready,” Kurt says before Blaine can kiss him.

Blaine purses his lips. Then he nods. Of course, Blaine knows what Kurt’s talking about. Their love has been apparent for a long time.

“Okay,” Blaine says.

“I just had a terrible break-up,” Kurt reminds him.

“But you, uh, you…” Blaine trails off, but Kurt also understands what Blaine is talking about. Kurt nods to confirm that, yes, he loves Blaine too. Blaine gives him a small shrug. “Alright.”

“Alright?” Kurt asks.

Blaine smiles warmly. “Kurt, I’ve waited for two years. I can wait a bit longer. I’m just glad that now we’re out of this mess.”

Kurt feels relief wash over him. He never expected Blaine to force the relationship or anything, but they just reached a feeling of understanding and he didn’t want to ruin that.

“Let’s see if Wes has ‘changed his socks’, alright?” Blaine gets up from the couch. He takes his cup of tea and he nods towards Wes’s room. “I am certain that he’s dying to know what is going on, so let’s have tea. Wes really loves his tea.”

Blaine knocks on Wes’s door and when the door opens, Kurt can see him and Wes talk. Wes looks over Blaine’s shoulder at Kurt. Kurt gives him a thumbs up, and Wes smiles.

Sometimes, Kurt wonders how Adam is doing. Adam has blocked Kurt’s number, so it’s the end of it.

No one’s heard of Adam since Kurt broke up with him. Wes is saddened by it, but according to him, everyone processes events like this differently and if Adam doesn’t want to talk, then that’s his problem. Kurt wishes he could talk it out, like what he did with Blaine, but if Adam cannot even be reached, then it is a dead end.

It’s weird to be single after such an intense relationship. Kurt’s currently living in an insanely cheap long-stay Airbnb in New York. It’s at the outskirts of the city center, but he didn’t want to stay at Kitty and Roderick’s place, although they stored some of his stuff in their apartment. Kurt’s grateful for that, since their apartment is tiny.

He also doesn’t want to barge in on Rachel and Jesse’s lives, since they’re in full wedding planning mode. Rachel is already a Bridezilla. Jesse can also be quite demanding. The last time Kurt was at their apartment, he overheard Jesse yelling at their florist. Kurt felt bad for the poor florist, but the insanity of Rachel and Jesse together is not ideal.

Kurt definitely couldn’t move in with Blaine and Wes, even though Blaine had offered it. He and Blaine have bounced back to being best friends who talk every day, but it still felt too soon. Especially since there has been a change: Blaine’s flirty.

Kurt tries to convince himself that he’s just seeing things, and besides, Blaine’s never hidden his love for Kurt. Kurt just tried to deny it for months. There were always lingering looks, but now they last longer and Blaine doesn’t immediately look away when Kurt notices.

And Blaine’s more tactile. He’s always been a touchy guy. He’s told him it’s due to his friendship with Wes: they snuggle a lot. So, is Kurt seeing things? Or does he want to see things? This is why he put a distance between the two of them when Kurt first realised that Blaine’s in love with him.

But now he also knows that he’s in love with Blaine. And now they’re both single.

When he tells Kitty about it, she laughs loudly.

“No, you’re right,” she says, “He’s always been flirty, but it does look different this time.”

“What do I do?”

Kitty gives him a look. “Are you bothered by it? I mean, he knows you’re not jumping to start a new relationship.”

But Kurt isn’t bothered by it. In fact, it feels nice to receive Blaine’s affections without feeling guilty about it. Now, he has no boyfriend to hide this from.

“I quite like it,” he admits.

“Ooooooh,” Kitty waggles her eyebrows.

Kurt turns red. “Shut up.”

“No, Kurt, this is good!” Kitty says happily, “You two love each other. It was a messy road, but we’ve reached this point.

“I still feel like it’s going too fast,” Kurt tells her, “I don’t feel like I’m ready to date him.”

“Then don’t,” Kitty deadpans, “But you’ve been hanging out with him again. You’ve talked it out, and you two are chilling all the time. We’re back to you having to turn off your phone to prevent a texting spam from happening. And what do you think when you’re hanging out together?”

“That he is absolutely amazing.”

“And you love him dearly,” Kitty says, “You can now love him without anything holding you back. The same goes for him. Did you almost kiss him again yesterday during the potluck?”

Kurt thinks back to yesterday. They held the potluck at Blaine and Wes’s apartment and as usual, Kurt and Blaine paired off to talk about something else. They’d gone to Blaine’s room to go through Blaine’s growing Broadway vinyl collection and Kurt was absolutely smitten.

“… Almost, yeah.”

It was a small moment and Kurt thinks that Blaine noticed it, but they both turned red and looked away.

“Yeah, we all expected you guys to start macking,” Kitty sighs disapprovingly, “When you guys came back from his room fully-clothed, we understood that nothing could’ve happened in such a small time.”

“You guys are all strangely invested in my possible relationship with Blaine,” Kurt points out. Kitty snorts. Kurt gives her a look. “I- I am still thinking things through.”

Kitty pats him on the shoulder. “Kurt, just turn off that big brain of yours and let the magic happen.”

Rachel practically says the same thing while talking to Kurt about the wedding reception.

“Oh, and of course, I put you and Blaine at the same table,” Rachel says and she points towards a spot on the seating chart, “After all, if you’re not together by the end of the year, I’ll explode or something.”

Kurt laughs, but that laughter dies out quickly when he sees that Rachel isn’t laughing along.

“This isn’t a joke, Kurt,” Rachel says, “You two gotta do what you two wanna do. I totally understand not dating now, since it’s almost been a month or so since your break-up with Adam, so it is super fresh, but we can all see that this is an inevitability.”

“And the seating chart is going to accelerate the process?”

Rachel lets out a long, annoyed sigh. “No, Kurt, keep up. I just told you that I fully expect the two of you to be a couple during my wedding. The way the two of you act makes it clear that I’m right.”

“The two of us?”

Rachel rolls her eyes. “Jesus, Kurt, you’re dense. Yeah, Blaine’s super flirty, but so are you.”

“I’m just being friendly,” Kurt protests, but Rachel grins widely.

“Sure, believe that.”

“This city is enormous,” Wes says as he hands Kurt a cup of coffee from the vending stand, “And yet, I keep running into someone I know when I don’t plan to.”

“Yeah, that seems to happen quite often,” Kurt says.

Wes leads the two of them to a park bench to sit down on. “Even Central Park is huge, so what are the odds of the two of us running into each other?”

“Small, I suppose.”

“Ah well, we haven’t seen each other since the potluck, but Blaine said that your audition went well. The role is yours?”

“Yup, and Blaine also said that you’re buried with work.”

Wes smiles. “Yeah, not everyone can afford to do two years of nothing. I envy Blaine sometimes, but he needed it, and luckily he’s in the position to do so.”

“It sounds amazing to be rich,” Kurt sighs. He lives in a shitty Airbnb in the outskirts and Blaine lives in an apartment with a view on the Manhattan skyline.

“Yeah, it puts you in an insanely privileged position. If it hadn’t been for his dad’s money, then Blaine would’ve been way worse. Papa Anderson paid for therapy and for the apartment. This way, his dad at least does something good.”

“I can’t imagine not talking to my dad for seven years,” Kurt says. His dad has always been his rock. Of course, his dad is aware of the break-up, since Kurt shares everything with him. Sometimes, he’s a bit late, but Kurt will always tell his dad what is going on.

“Honestly, it’s better this way,” Wes says bitterly, which pulls Kurt from his thoughts about his dad. Wes clenches his fist. “I hope for his sake that I’ll never see John Anderson again.”

Wes drinks his coffee and Kurt is incredibly grateful that he’s on Wes’s good side. Their conversation in the kitchen was brief, but Wes has made it pretty clear during the shovel talk part that Kurt cannot fuck with Blaine’s heart any longer. Wes likes him, but all that will go away the moment Kurt does something to Blaine that Wes does not like.

Wes is the person who gives everyone a direct answer.

“Wes?”

“Hmmm.”

“Can I ask you something?”

“Yeah.”

“Am I now messing with Blaine’s heart?”

As expected, Wes immediately looks like he’s ready to fight him. “Are you?”

“No!” Kurt quickly says, “Or, I don’t think so. That’s why I am asking you. You’re the one who would tell me if I were.”

Kurt explains the situation. He tells Wes that he’s noticed that Blaine’s flirty and that according to others, so is Kurt.

“You’re not leading him on, if that’s what you’re wondering,” Wes says.

“I’m not?” Kurt sounds relieved.

Wes shakes his head. “Kurt, this is nothing damn new. This is why it was so obvious to all of us that you loved him too. As you said so yourself, you just ignored all the signs, but now you’re in a position to notice them, so you do. But now the situation is way different: you’ve set boundaries. You both are flirty as fuck, but you also both understand that you’re not there yet and you both respect that decision. It seems to work.”

“… but what if I am ready? I don’t know if I am.”

Wes lets out a long sigh. It reminds Kurt of Rachel. Wes gives him a tired look.

“God, don’t you two ever get tired of this back-and-forth thing?” Wes grumbles.

“What?”

“There isn’t, like, a schedule you have to follow! The matters of the heart are not rational, and that is me saying. I’m all rationality and logic and procedures,” Wes says and he sounds seriously fed up about the situation, “If you weren’t ready a week ago, then that’s true, but if you’re ready now, earlier than expected, then that’s true too. Don’t give me the ‘oh, it wasn’t supposed to go this way’ crap. We’re young, Kurt. Life is ahead of us and there will probably be many unforeseeable turns and twists.”

“I feel like after these past weeks, I can handle everything that life will throw at me.”

“You never know what life has in store for you, so live it,” Wes says, “Are you ready to date Blaine?”

“No,” Kurt answers honestly.

“Then, don’t date him. He knows that you’re not ready. It’s fine. But if you are ready tomorrow, then go for it,” Wes says, “You were super committed to Adam, so it’s okay to take your time, but you’ve also been in love with Blaine for two years, so don’t be surprised if you want him. Your feelings on whether or not you want to date him might change on a whim, and that is fine. When it’s right, it’s right. Instead of overthinking it, act on it. Don’t stop to think about why, but just do something.”

Kurt laughs when he sees that Wes seems truly annoyed by this situation. “Alright, Wes, I’ll keep your advice in mind.”

“And please, let me live my life in peace,” Wes sighs, but then he smiles too.

“I’ll try.”

“Great,” Wes says, “I like you, Kurt. I really do. You’re not Sebastian, or Jude, or whoever. I told Blaine that you’re a keeper. You refuse to be treated as crap and therefore, you also refuse to treat others as crap. Sure, you can mess up, and you have-” Wes gives Kurt a pointed look. Wes never forgets, that’s why he holds grudges. “-but you have principles and one of those is to treat people with kindness. I’ve said it in the kitchen and I’ll say it again. But that also means that you can give yourself some slack.”

“How so?”

“The fact that the idea of you hurting Blaine again already troubles you so much shows that you will not hurt him again,” Wes answers, “People who inflict pain on others often don’t question their actions. People who inflict pain will probably not even realise that they’re doing it, like Sebastian, and because of that, those people become detached from the possible consequences of their actions. You are not like that, man. Your heart is in the right place and once it’s ready to belong to Blaine, it’ll all be fine.”

“I- wow,” Kurt says, looking at Wes in awe, “Oh, wow, Wes.”

Wes grins knowingly.

“And now I need to go back to the office before my boss screams at me for going all the way to Central Park for my break.”

They say their goodbyes and Kurt feels lighter than before. He understands why it helps Blaine to talk to Wes.

Kurt opens the door of his temporary home and he sees Blaine standing in front of him. This was expected, since they agreed to hang out together. He did not expect Blaine to look slightly stressed out.

“So, I did something stupid,” Blaine says as a greeting.

“Uhm, come in,” Kurt steps aside so that Blaine can enter the Airbnb.

Luckily, Kurt’s almost moving out. He’s gotten the role in the new Off-Broadway musical Butter Cookies, and he’s moving somewhere with some of his co-stars who’ve just moved to the city.

Now, Blaine no longer has to take a long train to Kurt’s current place.

“Remember how I wanted to see the new show Hadestown?”

“How could I forget?” Kurt asks. It’s kind of endearing how much Blaine talks about that show.

“Tickets are sparse, since the show apparently is that good, so I hopped on the internet to secure a ticket as soon as possible, but I accidentally bought two.”

“Okay?” Kurt says, “Just sell the other one on eBay.”

Blaine stops in his tracks.

“Oh, I was actually wondering if you wanted to come with me,” Blaine says nervously.

Kurt’s eyes widen. They’ve gone to shows before, but that was all before. Not only that, but Kurt knows that Hadestown is a love story.

Blaine is clearly bothered by the silence, since he starts to ramble.

“I mean, I could sell it on eBay, obviously. Or maybe even give it away for free! But I thought- I mean, you don’t have to. I can imagine that you’re busy with Butter and with moving and planning the wedding for Rachel and Jesse. It was just a silly idea, uh, forget I even suggested it-”

“Blaine.”

Blaine takes a deep breath.

“I’d love to,” Kurt answers, “When’s the show?”

“This Saturday at 2pm, which I know is super close-”

“Blaine,” Kurt cuts him off again. He puts his hand on Blaine’s arm and Kurt notices how it makes Blaine’s breath hitch. Kurt tries to ignore it by focusing on their plans. He smiles enthusiastically and says: “Let’s go to Hadestown together.”

If Kurt were to move his hand down Blaine’s arm, then he could hold Blaine’s hand.

God, they’re so in love, aren’t they?

“Uh, cool. It doesn’t have to be, like, a date or anything,” Blaine says with a high-pitched voice. So, Kurt is not the only one noticing the tension.

Kurt quickly lets go of Blaine’s arm.

“Cool. Okay,” Kurt says. No date. That’s fine. “Now, did you bring the newest Vogue magazine?”

Kurt sprays some more hairspray in his quiff so that it looks great. He checks himself out in the mirror. Once he’s added a bird-shaped brooch, he’s satisfied with his look and he makes the commute to the city center

Kurt and Blaine decided to meet in front of the Walter Kerr Theatre. They’re going to see the show together and then they’re going out for dinner.

It’s not a date. They’ve done this before.

But that was before their fight and before the ‘Kadam’ break-up, as Rachel calls him. Rachel has now also come up with a new portmanteau: Klaine.

Things are different now. They’re single and clearly in love.

“Blaine!” Kurt yells out and he waves.

Blaine smiles when he sees Kurt. “Hey.”

“Hi.”

“You look amazing,” Blaine says, “As always.”

“So do you,” Kurt says, “Is that a new bowtie?”

“My collection keeps growing, Kurt,” Blaine says and he straightens his bowtie, “Thad sent it to me, all the way from Los Angeles. The shade of red matches the Hadestown logo.”

That makes Kurt smile. “You really are excited about this, huh?”

Blaine nods rapidly. “Uh, yeah, do you know how hard it was to resist watching the London boot? I wanted this to be as real and new as possible.”

“Well, thank you for sharing this with me.”

“Of course,” Blaine says, “Thank you for saying yes.”

Then Blaine winks. Blaine turns around to walk towards the entrance and Kurt watches him.

It’s not a date, but that doesn’t mean that Kurt and Blaine aren’t obnoxiously in love with each other. Why isn’t this a date?

“Oh,” Kurt says when he thinks about that. Why isn’t this a date? After all, isn’t he tired of this back-and-forth thing, like Wes put it?

Blaine looks over his shoulder. “Is there something?”

Kurt shakes his head. He can figure this out later.

“No, let’s go. Let’s watch this show.”

Inside the theatre, some people recognise Kurt from The Street, but apart from that, Kurt and Blaine are left alone. They both buy a drink and when the signal indicates that it’s time to be seated, Blaine’s so excited and he drags Kurt to their seats.

“It’s time!”

The show is beautiful. They are transported into the narrative of the show. During intermission, they gush about their favourite Act 1 parts. Act 2 starts strong and they are once again invested in the show, and when Orpheus turns around, the entire theatre gasps.

Even though the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is well-known, Kurt still grabs Blaine’s hand in shock and they watch Eurydice get pulled back to hell.

Something about the loss of love makes Kurt cry uncontrollably and he isn’t the only one. The audience is sobbing and Kurt hears the sobs and sniffs everywhere around him. Blaine also wipes the tears away. The message of the show is clear: love is real and cherish it before it’s too late.

By the end of the show, Kurt and Blaine still holding hands. They only break apart to applaud during the bows.

When the stage clears out, people start to leave as well. Blaine tries to move too, but Kurt puts his hand on Blaine’s shoulder to push him back.

“Kurt, stage door!” Blaine says.

But Kurt shakes his head. Watching these two love stories unravel made Kurt think about his last conversation with Wes: when it’s right, it’s right. Instead of overthinking it, act on it. He’s spent the past month overthinking about everything, but watching Hades and Persephone love each other despite their difference, and watching Orpheus and Eurydice try to do everything they can to stay together makes Kurt realise that he has to act. He’s done enough thinking.

Kurt can’t really explain why now is the moment, but it’s here.

“Kurt?” Blaine asks, confused, when Kurt keeps staring at him in silence.

Don’t stop to think about why, but just do something

Kurt takes a deep breath. He can do this. He wants this, and so does Blaine.

“I know you said that this wasn’t a date and I know you said it because I made it clear that I wasn’t ready to date.”

“Yeah?” Blaine furrows his brow.

“I’ve changed my mind.”

Blaine’s eyes widen and he looks hopeful. He starts to smile.

Kurt smiles too.

“I want this to be a date.”

Now, Blaine’s fully smiling and Kurt’s probably looking as happy as well.

“Really?” Blaine asks, to be sure.

“Really,” Kurt confirms.

“Then, can I do this?” Blaine puts his hand on the back of Kurt’s neck and he pulls him closer to kiss him.

After years of mutual attraction and flirting, Kurt’s almost kissed Blaine twice. Now it is actually happening and it’s everything he’s dreamed of. He wraps his arms around Blaine to pull him closer.

They pull apart and they realise that they’re in an almost empty theatre, so they laugh and they walk to the wardrobe hand-in-hand.

“Finally,” Blaine says absently, which makes Kurt grin.

Kurt is happy. He’s oh so happy.

They hold hands during stage door. They hold hands on the train. They hold hands during dinner. They hold hands when they go back to Blaine’s apartment.

They can do that now. Kurt can take Blaine’s hand without wondering if it’s awkward, because now, they’re ready.

Wes takes one look at them and he nods.

“Finally!” he says as well. Kurt’s pretty sure that everyone’s feeling the same. “I can finally update the groupschat. Yes, there’s a Klaine watch groupschat. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go ‘change my socks’. Outside. Text me when it’s safe for me to come back or if I need to invest in earplugs.”

He gives Blaine a quick hug before grabbing his phone and his coat. He gives Kurt a nod and a smile. Then, he walks out of the apartment.

“By the end of the day, everyone will know,” Kurt says.

Blaine nods. “Especially since there is a groupschat about us.”

“Apparently. Why does this not surprise me? Our friends are amazing.”

“You know what was also amazing? Today,” Blaine says and he once again takes Kurt’s hand. He looks at their joined hands as if he still can’t believe it’s real.

Honestly, Kurt understands the feeling.

“Two years of pining have paid off,” Blaine says, “Best day ever!”

Blaine looks so happy. Kurt’s also happy. They’re gonna be happy forever. It might sound naïve, but that’s how it feels. Kurt smiles when he leans in for another kiss. He’s been waiting to kiss Blaine again, even though their first kiss was only a few hours ago.

“I love you,” Blaine says.

They’ve only been on one date, but it’s true. They’ve loved each other for two years, so it’s not weird to say it.

“I love you too,” Kurt says.

“Thank you for today,” Blaine says, “Again, it was amazing.”

Kurt has to agree. The trip to the theatre didn’t start as a date, but it turned into a perfect first date. Kurt leads Blaine to the couch and there they snuggle whilst talking about the amazing show and how their first date was ideal. They’re very happy.

Today was a day that Kurt will never forget. He’s sure of that.