Jan. 3, 2012, 12:19 a.m.
A Romance Like No Other : In Sickness and in Health
E - Words: 3,656 - Last Updated: Jan 03, 2012 Story: Complete - Chapters: 154/154 - Created: Dec 02, 2011 - Updated: Jan 03, 2012 387 0 0 0 1
As soon as Kurt was in the bathroom Blaine shot up out if bed, pacing the room. He got Kurt sick. He. Got. Kurt. Sick. Blaine kept pacing around the room before remembering Kurt was in the bathroom throwing up. He ran inside where Kurt was and stopped at the door before running over to his side and kneeling down to his height. “Are…..are you okay?”
Kurt looked up from the toilet to see Blaine kneeling next to him; he really didn’t want him in there while he was like that. “Yeah i’m fine, sorry about that” he got some tissue and wiped his mouth, just as he did he was sick again.
Blaine sat down next to Kurt and wrapped an arm around him, feeling extremely guilty. He patted Kurt’s back and ran his hands up and down Kurt’s arms, repeatedly saying soothing things to try and help in any way. “How do you feel? Are you okay?” Blaine asked once he was sure Kurt was done.
Kurt felt Blaine’s arm go around him and his hands begin to rub up and down his arms. When he was done he sat up and nodded in response to Blaine’s question. “Yeah i’m okay, sorry about that. I’ll just clean myself up” he got up and washed his face off before taking the mouthwash and rinsed his mouth out. “Yeah i’m really sorry about that, i didn’t want to, not in front of you, its just so gross and very very very very unattractive”
“Why are you sorry? You couldn’t help it. And I don’t care if you think that was unattractive, because it wasn’t. Now, it wasn’t the hottest thing I’ve ever seen, but it wasn’t unattractive. You couldn’t be if you tried. What do those vows say? In sickness and in health. And frankly, it looks like we’re both in sickness.”
“Yes but i need to look after you, you’re worse than i am. I’m supposed to be taking care of you” Kurt finished washing his face and rinsing his mouth out, he was deeply embarrassed that Blaine saw that. He wasn’t even there when Blaine was sick himself. “And how can you say that wasn’t unattractive, it was the grossest thing ever, i was sick Blaine and you say it wasn’t unattractive” Kurt washed his hands and left the bathroom, annoyed with himself.
Blaine watched as Kurt left the bathroom. He looked annoyed. Oh god I shouldn’t have said anything…. Blaine thought to himself as he stood up and followed Kurt back to the room. “Sorry….” Blaine said, looking down at his feet as he walked and climbing back into bed, thinking Kurt would want to sleep in the chair now.
Kurt sighed as he went to pick up some of the stuff from the floor. He changed his mind when his head thumped so he stopped. He watched Blaine get back into bed, he probably wouldn’t want Kurt near him right now, he was getting better and he didn’t want to get sick again. He decided to sit at the end of the bed, if Blaine wanted him to come closer he would. He’d been like that all night and when Blaine didn’t know it was fine but now he knew it seemed like he was disgusted to touch him.
Blaine lay in the bed looking at Kurt and thinking. Kurt sat on the bed at least, which was a good sign. He lifted up and turned himself around so his head now rested in Kurt’s lap. Blaine took the hand of Kurt’s that had the engagement ring and began to twist it around his finger. “How are you? Feeling okay?” Blaine asked, looking up at Kurt.
Kurt was looking down and didn’t see Blaine turn himself round and rest his head on his lap. He felt his hand being taken and the ring on his finger begin to twist. Kurt nodded at Blaine’s questions. “Yeah i’m okay, it shouldn’t be you asking me it should be me asking you”
“But it’s not all about me. You’re sick too.” Blaine said, scooting up to lean against Kurt. He wrapped an arm around his fiancee, giving him a squeeze. He hated that Kurt was sick, and he hated how he had caused it.
“It should be, its my fault you’re in here and i’m not even that sick, who said i even got sick from you? It could have been anything” Kurt finally looked at Blaine, as he leaned against him and wrapped his arm around him. “Right if we want to get you back to the house we need that temperature down, so come on into bed with you” he said patting Blaine’s shoulder.
Blaine listened to Kurt tell him to get back into bed and his face fell a bit. He only said to do that once Blaine had wrapped an arm around him. Kurt probably didn’t want to get any more sick. Blaine unwrapped his arm and moved back over to the right side of the bed, getting under the covers and curling up a bit.
Kurt watched as Blaine got back into bed pulling the covers over himself before curling up. Kurt made sure he was tucked in before going round to the other side of the bed, climbing on and hugging Blaine from behind, his head resting on Blaine’s arm.
Blaine was about to close his eyes and try to forget he got Kurt sick and try and sleep when he felt Kurt wrap his arms around him from behind and rest his head on his arm. Blaine smiled and scooted over closer into Kurt, resting his head back against Kurt’s chest. Since he couldn’t wrap his arms back around Kurt, he just snuggled his back as close as he could into Kurt.
Kurt smiled as Blaine rested his head against his chest and snuggled back into him. Kurt held onto him, hugging him tight, one of his hands found one of Blaine’s and took it. He moved his head from Blaine’s arm and leaned into Blaine’s face. “I love you” he said quietly in Blaine’s ear, he kissed his cheek before resting his head against Blaine’s.
Blaine intertwined their fingers when Kurt took his hand and smiled when Kurt held him close. He grinned when Kurt rested his face against his after kissing his cheek. “I love you too. So so so much.” He put his free hand on the arm wrapped around him and gave it a squeeze.
“So so so much” Kurt smiled, he could see Blaine smiling and grinning in the corner of his eye, making his smile completely genuine. He felt his arm being squeezed and saw Blaine’s hand on it. Now it was light Kurt could see the clock clearly. It was now six in the morning.
“So so so so sooooooooo much.” Blaine said with a grin, keeping close to Kurt. He turned his own face to give Kurt’s cheek a kiss, smiling as he did. “In sickness and in health…” Blaine said quietly to himself, not sure if Kurt could hear as he put their cheeks back next to each other.
“So so so so so so so sooooooooooooo much” Kurt giggled as Blaine kissed his cheek, he say Blaine smiling making him smile more. He heard Blaine say something quietly to himself. “In sickness and in health” Kurt repeated giving the hand he was holding a squeeze before stroking it with his thumb.
Blaine grinned even more. “So so so so so so so so so so so so so sooooooooooooooooo much.” He snuggled even more against Kurt and his smile got even larger when Kurt repeated what he said. He brought their intertwined hands up to his lips and kissed the top of Kurt’s hand, not pulling his lips away at first.
Kurt smiled as Blaine snuggled even more into him. “So so so so so so so so so so so so so so sooooooooooooo much” he giggled again. He watched as Blaine brought their intertwined hands to his lips and kissed his hand. Kurt smiled and kissed his cheek. “so so soooo much”
“So so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.” Blaine said against Kurt’s hand, kissing it again before putting it under the cheek he had against the pillow. Blaine’s other cheek was still pressed against Kurt’s, making him smile. He poked his tongue against the side of his cheek so Kurt could feel it, laughing as he did.
“So so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much” Kurt watched and smiled as Blaine kissed his hand again and then rested it under his cheek against the pillow. Kurt felt something poke against him, he looked at Blaine who was laughing. “What was that?”
“My tongue silly.” Blaine poked his tongue against his cheek again so Kurt would be poked again. He started laughing and squeezed Kurt’s hand under his cheek and grinned. “So so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sooooooooooo so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sooooooooooooooo so so so so so so sooooooooooooooooooo much.”
“Oh it worried me, i didn’t know what it was” Kurt laughed with Blaine as he was poked again, he squeezed Blaine as his own hand was squeezed. “Soooooooooooo so so so so so so so so so so so soso so so so so so so so so so so soso so so so so so so so so so so soso so so so so so so so so so so soso so so so so so so so so so so so sooooooooooooooooooooooooo so so so so soooooooooooo much, i love you sooooooooo much” Kurt giggled as he said all the so’s.
“Hummel, you’re trying to beat me. And it won’t work.” Blaine teased before taking a big breath. “I love you so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sooooooooooo so so soooooooooooooooooo so much.”
As much as Kurt loved Blaine and he enjoyed saying how much he didn’t want to keep saying the “so’s”. “I love you more every second, everything you do makes me love you more. I think our love for each other is equal and as much as i love saying ‘i love you more’ i know its not true, because we’re equal” he nuzzled his nose in to the side of Blaine’s face and smiled.
“As much as I like to beat you, you’re right. We are equal in how much we love each other. But I can say love you more than I love anything on the planet. Or the universe. Or anything in existence. I just love you that much.” Blaine grinned when Kurt nuzzled his nose into the side of Blaine’s face. He grinned and his free hand went up to cup Kurt’s cheek.
“Aren’t i always right?” Kurt laughed. “I can say that too because its true, i love you that much too” He didn’t move his nose away from Blaine’s face, he kept it there, kissed his cheek and smiled. He felt Blaine’s hand cup his cheek making his smile wider. “Just think in a few hours time we’ll be back at the house, snuggling in bed watching something, most likely Harry Potter since we haven’t managed to finish that yet”
“We don’t have to watch Harry Potter if you don’t want to. I know you’ll get tired of it some day.” Blaine said, stroking his cheek. “I know. I just can’t wait to get home and snuggle in out own bed where Lily won’t interrupt us every three seconds. I still need to take a shower when I get home too.” Blaine said with a laugh, winking even if Kurt couldn’t see it.
“Harry Potter is a part of you and i’ll never get tired of you therefore i’ll never get tired of Harry Potter” Kurt grinned, even more when Blaine called the bed “our” bed. It made him really happy. “Oh yes you do and you don’t like showers without me and having showers together saves water… so i guess i’ll be joining you” Kurt laughed, he saw on the side Blaine’s medicine that he hadn’t taken and the three untouched cartons of apple juice. Kurt thought Blaine was psychic as, as soon as he mentioned Lily she walked in the door right after.
“Right Mr Anderson, you taken that medicine?”
Blaine was about to respond to Kurt about the shower thing when Lily walked in. “This sounds weird, but could you not call me Mr. Anderson? That’s my dad, not me.” He looked over to the untouched medicine and looked back at Lily and shrugged. “Sorry. Fell asleep.” He lied, not wanting to say Kurt had gotten sick. Blaine sat up a little and took the medicine while Kurt still was snuggled up against him with his arms wrapped around him.
Lily looked at Kurt and then Blaine. “I hope he’s not distracting you” she said watching Blaine take the medicine, Kurt didn’t unwrap his arms from him or move away at all, Lily noticed. “What would you like to be called then if you don’t want to be called Mr Anderson”
Kurt couldn’t resist. “He likes to be called Mr Blaine; he makes everyone call him that”
Blaine shot Kurt a joking glare. “No no, just call me Blaine.” He said as he snuggled back into Kurt’s arms after taking the medicine. He got himself comfortable and took Kurt’s hand again, intertwining their fingers and giving the top of his hand a kiss. “He doesn’t distract me.” Blaine said simply as Lily took his temperature again.
“100.6. It’s still going down. Very good sign.”
Kurt smiled as Blaine snuggled back into his arms and took his hand, intertwining their fingers once again and kiss it. He looked at Lily then to Blaine when she took his temperature and was relieved to hear that it was still going down. “Does this mean he can come out today?”
“It does but only if we can get it down just a little more, i would like to see it at 100.3 maybe less, if we can get it that low then you can go”
Kurt squeezed on Blaine’s hand. “We can do that can’t we?”
“We sure can.” Blaine turned his head to look at Kurt before mouthing “I love you.”, not caring if Lily saw. He snuggled more into Kurt and closed his eyes with a happy sigh. The medicine was making him sleepy again. He felt extremely safe laying in Kurt’s arms and allowed himself to drift into a peaceful sleep.
Kurt mouthed “i love you too” back to Blaine just before Blaine snuggled more into him. He saw his eyes close and his breathing become steady; he knew Blaine was now asleep. Lily went to leave and then she stopped.
“Did any of the other nurses bring Blaine a menu last night or this morning?” Kurt shook his head, Lily nodded slowly. “Right, i’ll go and get one for him… Have you left this room at all?”
He shook his head again.”I did for a couple of minutes when he was in the shower to get some juice for him but i was gone for two minutes”
Lily had a smile on her face. “Its not good to stay stuck in here when you don’t have to be”
“I know but i want to”
Blaine hadn’t started to dream yet, so in his unconsciousness he snuggled closer to Kurt and grinned. His head settled more against Kurt as he was asleep, not dreaming yet.
Kurt looked at Blaine and smiled as he felt him snuggle closer to him and his head settle more against him. Kurt hugged him tight, his hand still holding the sleeping boy in his arms. Lily was still watching them. “You really love him don’t you?”
Kurt nodded. “Yeah i really do, more than anything”
“That feeling doesn’t last forever, trust me”
“maybe you haven’t found that person you is your forever. Blaine is mine, we’re engaged and in little over a year we’re going to be married”
Blaine began to dream that he was talking to Carole about Elizabeth. She was helping him with stuff about Elizabeth… because Blaine had no idea what to do, being as he had never been a girl. Carole was being sweet and helping him with everything, which made Blaine grin outside of his dream. Outside of the dream he snuggled closer to Kurt, extremely comfortable.
Kurt grinned as Blaine snuggled closer to him, he kissed his head and stroked his hand with his thumb. Lily started talking about something but Kurt was too busy watching Blaine sleep. He leaned his head back against Blaine’s not noticing when Lily left.
The scene shifted and he and Kurt were at an amusement park. Blaine was trying to convince Kurt to go on a ride he didn’t want to go on. “Come onnnn, pleaassee?”
“No way. I could fall off and die!”
“No you won’t, I’ll be there the whole time.”
“Well I’m still not getting on that thing. I’ll get my hair wet.”
“And so will I. Pleeaassee?” Blaine pulled his puppy dog face and Kurt finally gave in. “
Fine. But your all mine when we get back to the hotel.”
“Deal.”
Kurt was still holding Blaine in his arms when his phone vibrated, he used the hand that wasn’t holding Blaine’s to pick it up. It was Rachel, “Oh my god Kurt, Finn just told me that Blaine’s seriously sick, what’s going on? Are you okay? Is he okay? You’re not sick are you?”
“Yeah he’s getting better now, he was really sick but he might be coming out of hospital today”
“He’s in hospital? Where are you? I’ll come see you”
“That might be hard Rachel, i’m in Vermont”
“Why are you in Vermont?”
“Its a break for me and Blaine, some time alone without anyone else”
“Awwwwww you two are so cute!”
“Yeah well we’re no longer boyfriends anymore”
“Wait what? But i thought you two… but what happened?”
“No Rachel, we’re engaged!”
Blaine drifted off into not dreaming while he slept again, faintly hearing Kurt talking to someone. His arms wrapped more around Kurt in a snuggle, smiling as he continued to sleep.
Kurt saw Blaine smiling and it made him smile, he wasn’t expecting Rachel to squeal down the other end of the phone, he almost dropped it. “Oh my god Kurt, that’s just… wow… you and Blaine…. oh my god… i’m so happy for you guys”
Kurt chuckled “Thank you Rachel, we’re pretty happy right now”
“When did it happen?”
“Er Saturday night”
“Tell me everything”
“Not over the phone, i’ll get all excited and never finish”
“Pleeeaaasseee Kurt”
“No not right now but when i get back i’ll tell you i promise”
“So what’s wrong with Blaine? Is it serious?”
“He had a viral infection and a serious temperature, he was sick and had a screaming headache”
“How’s he doing now?”
“He’s better his temperature is going down, he hasn’t been sick, still not that well but when i get him back to the house i can look after him properly”
Blaine was still sleeping, curled up against Kurt, but he could hear snippets of what he was saying. Blaine figured he was on the phone and snuggled his head into Kurt more, getting as comfortable as possible.
“Hey Rachel i got to go… yes Rachel… yes…. okay… ye-by-thanky-OKAY Rachel… bye” Kurt hung up, god Rachel liked to talk. He felt Blaine snuggle his head into him more, he wrapped his arms around Blaine more and continued to stroke Blaine’s and with the one that was already holding it.
For some reason, Blaine wasn’t dreaming as he slept. Probably because he was sleeping pretty lightly. He felt something rub the top of his hand and he gave whatever it was a squeeze. He was partially awake, but closer to asleep.
Kurt felt his hand being squeezed and he squeezed back, he kissed Blaine’s head and kept his head there. The door opened and Kurt turned his head towards it, it was Blaine’s parents. “Baby your parents are here” he whispered in Blaine’s ear if he could hear him. “Hi Mr and Mrs Anderson, how are you this morning? We weren’t expecting you so early”
“Morning Kurt, we’re not too bad thank you. Are you okay? You look a little pale”
“I’m always pale Mrs Anderson”
“How is he this morning?” Mr Anderson asked.
“He’s a lot better than he was yesterday, had some bad turns in the night but some good ones too, his temperature is 100.6 and the nurse said that if he can get it down to 100.3 or lower he can go home today” Mrs Anderson smiled at her husband and sat in the chair beside Blaine she took his other hand.
Blaine heard something about his parents before hearing his mom and Kurt talking. He sat up a little bit in Kurt’s arms and stretched, opening his eyes to see his parents. “Hi mom. Hi dad.” Blaine said a little sleepily, rubbing his eyes and settling back into Kurt’s arms.