They were standing outside of Burt and Carole’s house. Kurt couldn’t deny it, he was nervous. Blaine looked into his eyes and took his hand.

“Hey, it’s going to be fine, I know it is.” Blaine squeezed his hand. Kurt sighed.

“Yeah, I guess so. Let’s get this done.” He swallowed once. Blaine smiled at him and they walked up to the door together. Kurt rang the doorbell. Carole opened after a few seconds.

“Kurt! Blaine!” She wrapped her arms around them both in a big hug. “It’s so great to see you both!”

“Great to see you, too,” said Blaine politely.

“Come inside, boys,” she said and closed the door behind them. “Burt, come downstairs, Kurt and Blaine are here!” she shouted. Burt hugged Kurt and shook Blaine’s hand.

“Do you want any food or anything?”

“Actually, we came here to talk to you about something. So maybe we can just sit down?” Carole nodded and they all sat down in the living room, Burt and Carole in one chair each and Kurt and Blaine on the couch.

“So, how are things? And welcome back, Blaine!” said Carole happily.

“Thank you, Carole. And things are great. In fact,” he grabbed Kurt’s hand again. “We came here to tell you something.” Blaine gave Kurt’s hand an encouraging squeeze. Kurt let out a long breath.

“Blaine and I are getting married.” Carole squealed at once and walked up to hug both of them.

“See! I told you, Burt! I told you when they changed the law that it would happen soon!” Burt smiled at Kurt.

“I’m really happy for you, son.” Kurt stood up and hugged his father. “Blaine, can I talk to you for a moment?” asked Burt when he pulled back from Kurt. Kurt threw Blaine a worried look, but Blaine ignored it and followed Burt to the kitchen.

“Look, kid, I just wanted to let you know that I’m really sorry if I ever doubted you and Kurt’s relationship. You’ve taken good care of him and I expect you to keep doing that your whole life.”

“I swear, sir, I will,” said Blaine and smiled.

“You’re the best thing that ever happened to him. I still remember him coming back from Dalton that day he went to spy on you and smiling like an idiot the whole evening. Then he couldn’t stop texting for weeks. You make him happy and that’s all I want for him.”

“He’s the best thing that happened to me, too. I remember smiling a lot that day as well. Kurt is so special. And I will never let any harm come to him, I promise.”

“I know you won’t.” Burt smiled and put a hand on his shoulder. “I’m happy for you both, I really am.”

“Thank you, sir.”

“You’re marrying my son, Blaine. Please call me Burt.” Blaine smiled.

“Thank you, Burt.”

They came back to the living room and Kurt stood up. He immediately took Blaine hand and intertwined their fingers.

“I think we have to go, we’re going to tell Blaine’s parents as well.” Burt raised an eyebrow. He knew what Blaine’s parents thought about him being gay. Kurt noticed Burt’s hesitation.

“Dad, we have to. It’s not like we can keep it a secret anyway.” Burt thought about it and then nodded. They all said goodbye and then Kurt was alone with Blaine in the car again.

“That went well,” said Kurt happily. Blaine smiled.

“Had you expected anything different? They will always support you.”

“I know.” Kurt smiled. “So, what did dad say to you?” Blaine told Kurt what had been said during his chat with Burt.

“I’m so glad he’s happy for us. I am, too.”

“Me too,” said Blaine and leaned over to kiss him softly. Blaine pulled back and sighed.

“And now we have the hardest part left…”

“Hey, look at me,” said Kurt and took Blaine’s hands in his. “I’ll be right by your side all the time. And you’re not asking for their permission, you’re just telling them.” Blaine smiled at his perfect fiancé.

“You’re right. It doesn’t matter what they think. I’m marrying you.”

“Yeah, you are.”

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Blaine knocked on the door with a shaking hand. He heard someone moving inside and gripped Kurt’s hand tighter in his. Kurt gave him an encouraging smile. The door opened suddenly and Blaine was faced with his mother.

“Oh, Blaine honey! It’s wonderful to see you-“ She paused when she saw Kurt. This was the weird thing about Blaine’s family. They loved their son whenever he didn’t show that he was gay. But like now, when he arrived with his boyfriend, they got weird and quite mean. Blaine took her pause as an opportunity to talk.

“It’s nice to see you too, mom.” He stepped aside slightly to make Kurt more visible. “You have met Kurt before.”

“Hello, Mrs. Anderson,” he said and stretched out his hand. She ignored it.

“He is not welcome here, Blaine,” she spat in Blaine’s face. “You know that!” Mr. Anderson walked up behind his wife and froze in the doorway.

“If you kick him out, you kick me out as well,” said Blaine with a steady voice. Blaine’s father started talking.

“Look, Blaine. We’re just saying that you have to stop with these games now. You’ve been with him for so many years now. We understand if you wanted to… experiment or something, but this has gone too far. It’s time for you to start dating a girl, like real men does and-“

“Enough!” Blaine screamed. He finally found the courage to say what he’d wanted to say since he first came out. “Do you know what real mean does? They don’t give a crap about what anyone says. They go their own way. They love whoever they want.  And I love Kurt. This man right here!” Blaine pulled Kurt closer by the waist and kissed him hard on the mouth. Kurt kissed him back quickly and then pulled back to look at two shocked parents.

“I hope you saw that, mom. I can kiss him whenever I want because we are in love. I love him and no one else. I’m really sorry if I didn’t live up to your expectations or something, but this is who I am. I’m gay and I will always be gay. You might as well get yourself a new son if you don’t want me because Kurt and I will be together until death do us part.” He slid his hand into Kurt’s again. His parents were staring at him with wide eyes.

“No, Blaine. You- you can’t do that,” his mom said slowly.

“Do what? Spend the rest of my life being happy? If you’re asking, then yes, we came here today to tell you that we are getting married. It doesn’t matter if you like it or not, I’m old enough to make my own decisions. If you would change your opinion when it comes to this, give me a call and you’re invited to the wedding. But as long as you’re acting like this, there is no way you’re invited.”

“Getting married… To him…” Mrs. Anderson whispered.

“But why?” asked his father.

“Weren’t you fucking listening!? I love him!” Blaine sighed and calmed down slightly. He looked into his father’s eyes. “It’s about time that you start accepting me for who I am. If you don’t, I’m not sure I want to be your son anymore.” Blaine and Kurt left without another word, leaving two stunned parents in the doorway.

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The drive back to their apartment was completely silent.

“I’ll start with the dinner,” said Kurt as they arrived and walked by him and into the kitchen. Blaine nodded and walked towards their room to change clothes. He didn’t make it to the closet before he fell down on the bed and started sobbing. He screamed into the pillow and cried like he’d never cried before.

“Blaine?” said Kurt and poked his head inside. He immediately wrapped his arms around the crying man. “Oh, Blaine!” Kurt held him for what seemed like hours. Blaine just couldn’t stop crying. He had just lost his parents. They hated him for being himself and he had finally stood up against them. It felt really good, but it was all too much. Kurt didn’t ask him anything, he just held the other boy tight and whispered soothing words in his ear and kissing his forehead. Blaine clung himself to Kurt’s t-shirt like he was the only thing he had left.

“I love you, Kurt. I love you so much. Why can’t they just understand that?” Kurt kissed his hair and held him close.

“I don’t know, baby. I don’t know…”

“It’s just so fucking unfair. They ruin my life!” Kurt didn’t have anything to say, so he didn’t. He just held Blaine until his eyes were dry again. He tilted Blaine’s head up so that their eyes could meet.

“I’m so proud of you, Blaine. Saying all of that to your parents… I know it’s hard, but it was necessary. You were so brave. I love you so much.” Kurt leaned down and placed a simple kiss to the other boy’s lips. They held each other for about an hour after that, dinner completely forgotten.

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“Kurt?” asked Blaine when they were snuggled up in the couch together later that evening. Blaine was resting his head in Kurt’s lap as Kurt played with his curls.

“Yeah?”

“I don’t want us to get my last name.” Kurt looked down at him, surprised.

“Really? Why?” Blaine reached up to his own hair and caught Kurt’s hand. Their fingers immediately laced together.

“I want to leave it behind. I want to start a new life with you. If I’m still an Anderson, I’ll be remembered of my past and parents every day of my life and I don’t want that.” Kurt smiled with adoration.

“But are you sure you want Hummel? We could get a double name. Anderson-Hummel? Hummel-Anderson?” Blaine thought about it for a moment, biting his lip adorably as he did so.

“I think I want just Hummel, if that’s okay with you?”

“If that’s what you want, then yes, Mr. Blaine Hummel,” he said and smiled widely.

“Blaine Hummel… I like it.” He pulled himself up to press their lips together in a kiss that they both smiled into. “Hey! There’s something I need to do!” said Blaine and pulled out his phone from his pocket. Kurt watched him and chuckled when he realized what Blaine was doing. When he was finished, Kurt pulled him up for another kiss.

Blaine Anderson has changed his relationship status from ‘in a relationship’ to ‘engaged’.