Blaine’s arm slid away from Kurt’s shoulders and went to rest in his lap. Blaine looked down and started to play with his hands, not wanting to start the conversation. The silence between them lingered for a moment.

“Why?” Kurt said his voice barely a whisper.

“Why what? Did I leave you or why didn’t I come after you?”

Kurt kept his eyes firmly on the floor, not wanting to look at Blaine, a tear was threatening to spill onto his cheek and he was trying his best to not let it. His eyebrows furrowed a bit at Blaine’s words. ‘Why would he come after me if he meant to leave me?’ he thought to himself.

“Both” Kurt said, frowning slightly.

“I didn’t leave. You ran away. I didn’t come after you because I thought maybe what I said was right. Maybe you were better off without me”

“How could you ever think that?” Kurt said his voice raising. “How could you possibly think I would be better off without you?”

“I said maybe” Blaine said, finally glancing sideways to look at Kurt.

“What?” Kurt’s head shot up to look at Blaine. Their eyes met for a second.

“You never let me finish what I was going to say that night. You ran off before I finished. I wasn’t trying to break up with you!”

“You weren’t? What?” Kurt shrieked his face a picture of confusion.

“I was trying to tell you; maybe you are better off without me. But I’m not better off without you. You make me a better person Kurt. You were in New York, I was in Ohio. I was trying to say will you wait for me. But you ran off, crying and I couldn’t come after you. I just couldn’t” Blaine said, giving up, tears falling from his eyes silently.

“Why couldn’t you?”

“Because as I watched you walk away, I tried to come after you, I did. But then I realised you didn’t need me holding you back, you were destined for great things, still are, I didn’t want to be the reason stopping you”

“You weren’t stopping me from anything. You kept me going” Kurt said, shaking his head in bewilderment.

“How? We talked to each other once a day over the phone, once a week over Skype, we were drifting apart Kurt, and I couldn’t stand it. Which is why I wanted to ask you to wait for me. Because I couldn’t handle life without you but you needed to not be distracted by me while you sorted yourself out. You see why I did it?”

“Kinda” Kurt said, turning back round so he wasn’t facing Blaine anymore. “Don’t ever tell me that you didn’t keep me going. Some days, hearing your voice just made everything better. When I was stressed or upset or tired, you either sang to me, or just played guitar down the phone or just listened to me, it made the world brighter. You make my world brighter. You still do”

“You never stopped” Blaine said, with a wistful smile.

“I’m sorry I walked away from you” Kurt said, tentatively patting Blaine’s knee once before withdrawing his hand quickly.

“It wasn’t your fault. I didn’t get my point across very well” Blaine answered, rubbing his thumb over the palm of his other hand.

“I should have let you finish. None of this would have happened. Blaine, I would wait for you forever. I’m so sorry”

“I’m sorry too. I should have run after you”

“Hey, we haven’t shouted at each other” Kurt suddenly said, a smile pulling at the corners of his mouth.

“Huh, no we haven’t. Then again, we never really did” Blaine reasoned.

“True”

“Kurt, why didn’t we just talk like this at any point over the last five years?”

“I don’t know. Because we’re idiots?” Kurt chuckled a little.

“I am. It’s been torture these past years without you”

“Same here”

Blaine took a deep breath and said the words he had needed to all this time. “I love you”

“I love you too” the reply was instant.

“You move me Kurt” Blaine’s voice became quieter and Kurt looked towards him, a huge smile on his face, the tears glistening on his eyelashes. Blaine’s face was a lot nearer that it was before, his eyes asking the question before he moved forward anymore. Kurt’s eyes replied just do it.

Their lips met mutually and they both sighed with ache of what had been missing from their lives. Each other.

Pulling back, Blaine rested his forehead on Kurt’s and closed his eyes.

“Don’t ever walk away from me again”

“Don’t make me wait for you”

Sometimes, all you need to do is talk.