Another beautiful spring day in New York saw Kurt once again sitting at the local park. Moving to New York had been one of the best decisions of his life. Sure, leaving his Dad and Carole behind had been heartbreaking but this; New York was the best thing ever.
"Daddy!"
Kurt turned around to see a blonde haired, blue eyed girl running towards him.
"Hello princess Olivia." Bending down he picked up his little girl. "Are you having fun with your cousin?"
"Yep" Olivia's fist grabbed onto the lapel of his jacket. "Can we get bubbles?"
"Hmm I don't know?" Kurt pretended to consider his options "have you been good?"
Olivia placed one hand of each side of Kurt's face "Daddy I been so good and so has Chrissy?"
"Uncle Kurt?"
Kurt looked down to see his five year old nephew staring up at him with his brother's eyes "Did Libby ask you about the bubbles yet?"
"She sure did."
"And?" Chris looked up at his Uncle.
"I think I have some in my bag."
"Yay!" Olivia wrapped her arms around her Dad's neck.
"I can grab them." Before Kurt had a chance to answer Chris was rummaging through his Uncle's bag. "Uncle Kurt, why do you have so much stuff in your bag?"
"Because I have a four year old."
"Four and a half Daddy."
"A four and a half year old." Kurt corrected.
"I'm almost six" Chris stated proudly.
"I know" Kurt placed his daughter on the ground "when are you going to get a job?"
"That's what Granddad Burt says. Found them." Chris held up the bottle and bubble gun triumphantly.
Kurt held out his hand for the new found treasures and his nephew politely handed them over. It was hard to believe that any offspring of Rachel's could be so polite and docile. "Clearly he takes after Finn" Kurt mumbled to himself. "Alright" Kurt started to shake up the bubble mix "are you ready?"
Chris grabbed Olivia's hand and ran a few steps away from Kurt.
"Ready!" They both shouted.
"Are you sure?" Kurt placed a hand on his hip.
"Yes" they both laughed.
"Okay." Unscrewing the lid Kurt attached the bottle to the gun and tapped the trigger causing bubbles to float into the air.
"Let's catch them." Chris suggested to his cousin.
Kurt laughed as his daughter and nephew jumped around trying to catch the bubbles. Chris was laughing and Olivia was screaming in delight. All of a sudden Kurt felt a tug on his trousers. Looking down he saw a little girl with brown hair and green eyes looking up at him. "Hi there." Kurt said in a quiet voice. "Are you lost?"
The little girl shook her head and pointed to the bubbles.
"Do you want to play too?"
The little girl nodded her head.
"You can play."
Smiling the little girl ran over and stood next the Olivia who smiled at her and continued to play.
"Chris can you come here and be bubble master please?"
Chris rushed over and took the machine from his uncle. "Stay right here and look after those two."
Taking a few steps back Kurt jumped onto the bench and scanned the park looking for someone who might be looking for their child. After a few minutes of searching in vain he jumped off the bench and headed back to the kids.
The sound of a man calling out caught Kurt's attention.
"Ruby!"
Kurt turned to see a gorgeous man rushing towards him. Dark curly hair and beautiful eyes.
"Dada."
The little girl (Ruby, Kurt guessed ran towards the man.)
"Oh my god Ruby" the man swept the little girl up in his arms and held her close. "Don't run away from me like that sweetheart."
"Bubble Dada."
Turning around Ruby's Dad's eyes followed the bubble until they locked onto a young boy holding the machine.
"See"
He nodded his head "yes bug, I see but you can't run off like that. Daddy was so scared."
"Sowwy."
"S'okay Ruby." Kissing his daughters cheek he gently placed her on the ground.
"I'm sorry I think my daughter's bubbles distracted her."
"Oh no it's fine Ruby is obsessed with bubbles."
"I'm Kurt" he extended his hand.
"Blaine" he returned the gesture "and this little creature is Ruby."
"We've already met, haven't we Ruby?"
The little girl nodded her head before sticking her thumb in her mouth.
"This is my nephew Chris and my daughter Olivia. Kids this is Blaine and his daughter Ruby."
Olivia waved at Blaine before holding her hand out to Ruby "come and play Ruby."
Ruby looked up at her Dad with uncertain eyes "go ahead bug, I'll be right here."
Tentatively Ruby took Olivia's hand and followed her to the playground.
"I'm so sorry if Ruby was any trouble."
Kurt shook his head "not at all. Honestly she was no trouble. I bought coffee if you'd like some."
Blaine smiled at the man "I'd love some."
Both men picked up their oversized bags and moved to the bench seat that Kurt was previously standing on.
"Is that the first time she's ever runaway?" Kurt asked as he handed Blaine his coffee.
Blaine nodded "yeah. She usually sticks pretty close to me."
"I remember the first time I lost Olivia, we were at the Mall and I turned to pay for something, turned back and she was gone."
"Where did she end up?"
"The toyshop a couple of shops down. I swear it was the worst ten minutes of my life."
Blaine laughed understanding Kurt's plight.
Kurt couldn't help but notice how Blaine's eyes lit up when he laughed.
"So Blaine do you live around here?"
"Ah yeah. Ruby and I live a few blocks down. You?"
Ruby and I. Does that mean he's single stop it Kurt he might not even be gay.
"We live not too far from here."
"We?" Blaine took a sip of his coffee.
"Olivia and me."
"Ah the joys of being a single parent I know them well." Blaine chuckled.
Kurt nodded his understanding. "It's hard. Really hard" Kurt amended "but when I look at my little girl it's totally worth it."
Blaine nodded "You don't get lonely?"
"Oh I do. I haven't been on a date in a while and as soon as I mention that I have a daughter most guys run for the hills."
Blaine bit his lip most guys? He said most guys. "Oh I know what you mean, the last guy I dated seemed nice but I told him about Ruby and all of a sudden he had somewhere else to be."
A comfortable silence fell over them as they watched as Chris pushed Ruby on the swing and Olivia stood in front of her pulling faces to make her laugh.
"Looks like Ruby has made her first friends."
Kurt turned and smiled at Blaine.
"I worry about her." Blaine confessed "She's so shy. Was Olivia ever like that?"
Kurt laughed and shook his head "no, no she takes after me."
Blaine looked straight into Kurt's eyes "that's definitely a good thing."
Kurt turned his face away in an attempt to hide the blush on his face.
"So what are your plans for the rest of this glorious Saturday?"
"Well I am meeting my brother and sister in law to drop off Chris and then Olivia wants to play dress up."
"Sounds fun."
"How about you, what are your plans?"
Blaine's face scrunched up "I hadn't really thought past the park."
"Well why don't you and Ruby join us for lunch?"
"Oh, Um I don't know if ..."
"Come on Blaine it's lunch not a proposal."
It was Blaine's turn to blush.
"We'd love to join you Kurt."
Kurt smiled, that was the first time Blaine had said his name. "Great let's go round up the kids."
I am so bad starting another fic when I have so many that I am still writing but this little puppy wouldn't leave me alone. Let me know what you think. A huge thanks goes out to Markslove who is my wonderful beta for this story.