On my Kiss story, I got a prompt about Blaine's parents having a boat. I started writing it and quickly realized it was going to spin right out of control if I wrote it the way I wanted. So I thought to myself 'Hey Sarah, why not turn it into a chapter story and put the relevant chapter on Kiss?' So here we are. Not that I needed any more chapter stories, my mind is plagued with ideas for them at the moment.

Established relationships: Kurt/Blaine, Nick/Jeff, Wes/OC.

Now, I read a wonderful cruise-based story called Together, We Are The Oceans by Aelora, which I absolutely do NOT want to steal anything from. But, of course, because I'm writing a story in almost the same setting, it's difficult to make sure my ideas are mine. I promise I didn't steal things from that story intentionally. I also encourage everybody to go check it out - it deals with Klaine issues as well as having some gorgeous Klaine moments :)

In regards to Kiss, Chapter Three of this story will be published as Chapter 87/88 (depending on how you look at it) of Kiss. So I thought I'd better start getting this up :)

This is sort of a prologue chapter/first day of cruise. As such, it's not very detailed, and I do apologize for that but I wanted to get this out of the way so I could get into the proper cruise stuff... and the proper Klaine stuff of course!

"I now call this emergency Warbler meeting to order. Junior Member Blaine Anderson has the floor."

Wes tapped his gavel before sitting back as Blaine stood and surveyed the room. "Thank you Council Members. And I can assure you, I'm not asking for permission to perform off campus after the disaster of last time."

The Warblers began to reminisce, Kurt catching his eye and winking before Wes called them to attention again. "Anyway, this is a much more pleasant task. Who doesn't have plans for summer yet, or at least not for the first few weeks?"

The group looked around and then a few hands went up. Blaine surveyed them, counting. Wes, David, Thad, Cameron, Kurt, Nick, Jeff... and me. Perfect. "Okay, so eight of us. Those who do, well you probably don't need to stick around if you don't want. We're not doing a performance or anything so it won't affect you."

Kurt couldn't keep the smirk off his face as the other boys vacated the room and Blaine mock-glared at his boyfriend. Of course Blaine had told Kurt what was going on the second his parents had let him know, and they had decided together that inviting the rest of the Warblers would make the trip a lot more fun.

"So, what's the deal?" Now that the room was nearly empty, the rest of the guys crowded around Blaine. The council members left their seats and sat down next to the others who were all waiting, looking confused.

"You all know my parents have a boat, right?"

Nods all around with a few envious looks thrown in. His parent's boat was, after all, essentially the size of a small cruise ship and any time Blaine went away for summer, the rest of the Warblers were usually green with jealousy when they saw his photos.

"Well they're not using it until later this summer so they said I could take a group of my friends out for a week."

Silence echoed for a few seconds, then Thad let out a whoop and punched the air. "That's awesome!"

The rest of the boys began to talk excitedly amongst one another, a few beginning to pull out phones. Blaine rolled his eyes and gestured to Wes who jumped up and banged the gavel.

"Before you all go crazy, you should probably know details. We're leaving port on Saturday at 10am sharp, so make sure you're there earlier. Food's provided of course, but bring your own junk food because all the stuff on board is going to be mine." There was a cough. "Sorry, mine and Kurt's."

Blaine rolled his eyes affectionately at his boyfriend who stuck out his tongue in return. "Anyway, there's another few spots left if anybody wants to invite their girlfriend."

"What about boyfriends?"

Blaine raised an eyebrow. "I wasn't aware that you were gay now David." The others sniggered as the boy tried to backtrack. He let David suffer for a few seconds before continuing. "Anyway, as far as I knew the only Warblers with boyfriends are the four of us sitting in the room."

He nodded in Nick and Jeff's direction and the two boys blushed. Their relationship was only a new development and Blaine was thrilled for the two of them.

Kurt spoke up. "Alright, I think that's all you need to know. Let one of us know if you're bringing your girlfriend and we'll see you on Saturday."

The rest of the boys made their way out of the room and Blaine sat down next to Kurt, taking his hand and smiling at the light blush that crossed his face. While they may have been a couple for longer than Nick and Jeff, they were still reveling in the 'new couple' stage - hand holding, light touches and a lot of texting.

"It's going to be great, isn't it?"

Blaine nodded, already planning the weeks ahead. "I sure hope so."

"You do realize if we all call their phones, it's not going to work?"

Kurt stared at the group of boys who sheepishly lowered their phones. "Very good. Now, Blaine, you call Wes. Nick, you call David. If anybody has Jessica's number, call her. Jeff, get onto the accidents page and make sure nothing's happened between here and Dalton that might've slowed them down. Everybody else can start loading up our luggage, I'm not missing this just because those two couldn't learn what time ten is."

The boys immediately followed his orders, Blaine shooting him a sheepish but grateful glance. Kurt turned back to the road, keeping an eye out for David's car. The two boys had left Dalton at the same time as Blaine's carload, promising they'd be there within ten minutes after picking up Wes's girlfriend. But now there was only a few minutes until they were meant to leave with no sign of them.

"Wes! Where are you?"

Kurt's head snapped around to see his boyfriend shaking his head. "I don't care how many suitcases she's got. Kurt has five and we got here on time." Another pause. "Well you'd better be, you've got five minutes!"

Blaine hung up and Kurt immediately stepped over, placing a hand on his arm. "It's alright, they're coming now and that's what matters."

Blaine blew out a breath but calmed down noticeably. "Thanks Kurt."

David's car pulled up and the three jumped out. Kurt, having heard Blaine's comment about the number of bags, quickly made his way over to assist the group. Once they were unloaded, Blaine called the group together.

"Alright, time to board guys!" The group cheered and Blaine chuckled, all the tension gone. "The staff have taken our bags to the main deck, so once you've picked a room and gotten lost a couple of times, go back there and pick up your stuff."

With that, Blaine took Kurt's hand - and Kurt cursed the blush that wouldn't stop appearing - and led the group up the gangway and on board. The rest of the boys immediately raced off to explore, Wes and Jessica hanging back.

"Blaine, a word?"

Wes and Blaine walked a couple of steps away, leaving Kurt to stand awkwardly with Jessica. It wasn't that he had anything against the girl, it was that she didn't quite know how to treat him. Not homophobia, per se, just ... ignorance?

"So... um, Kurt. How - how's Blaine?"

Kurt mentally rolled his eyes. "He's great. How's Wes?"

Luckily Blaine and Wes returned at that, the latter looking happier than Kurt had seen him in a long time. He took Jessica's hand and the two quickly headed off.

"What was that about?"

Blaine chuckled. "He wanted my permission to share a room with her. And after assuring me that there would be no unexpected pregnancies, I figured it would be hypocritical of me to say no."

Kurt raised an eyebrow. "Hypocritical?"

"I - oh, I shouldn't have assumed." And now Blaine was looking down at the deck and Kurt nearly kicked himself.

"No, of course I want to share a room." He reached out and took Blaine's hand, cheering inwardly when he didn't blush. "Come on, let's go find one."

By evening, the cruise was well underway. Rooms had been sorted, with a sheepish looking Nick being informed that yes, he could room with Jeff too, and the ship had been explored sufficiently with only two calls to Blaine asking how to get back to the main deck.

The boys were all lounging around in the setting sun, making the most of the service - Blaine's parents had left the entire staff on board for the week. Blaine watched Kurt who was still slightly disbelieving of their current situation. "I never realized you were actually rich, Blaine."

Blaine winced, thankful that Kurt wasn't looking in his direction. It wasn't that he was ashamed of his family being well off, but he was afraid that having money would make him a different person in Kurt's eyes. "Not that it matters!" Kurt added hastily, apparently having noticed the silence. "It really doesn't, I promise. It's just a little overwhelming." He turned in his seat to look at Blaine who was biting his lip.

"I know. I just don't want you to treat me any different because of this." He gestured around the boat. "Others have, and I don't want that for us."

"I know that." Kurt reached out and put a hand on his arm. "It doesn't make you any different to me, okay? You're still the same goofball Blaine Anderson I unfortunately find myself dating."

He heaved a theatrical sigh and Blaine raised an eyebrow, looking at him seriously. "Oh, well I can make arrangements if you want that to end." There was a pause before Blaine smirked. "After all, we are quite a way out to sea now, babe, nobody would find your body for quite some time."

The second he finished talking, Blaine froze, realizing what he had just said. He and Kurt hadn't gotten into pet names, Blaine got the feeling it wasn't something Kurt would like as they were usually considered tacky rather than romantic. Luckily Kurt didn't seem to notice.

"Prat." Kurt hit him lightly before smiling. "This is going to be a great week."

"I hope so." Blaine surveyed the Warblers who were finally winding down. The group had been fairly crazy for most of the day, their main activity seeing who could hang the furtherest over the railing without falling over before Kurt had put a stop to it, claiming he wasn't going to ruin his hair by jumping in after the idiot who fell. Since his boyfriend was the only one with any kind of first aid training - excluding the staff who they knew would tell them to stop so they were avoiding them - they reluctantly followed his orders.

They were paying for it now. Blaine saw Thad had already fallen asleep and even Wes and David had finally sat down, Wes sharing a chair with his girlfriend. Nick and Jeff had already headed to bed - Jeff wasn't a great night person.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Kurt yawn. "Want to turn in?"

Inexplicably, Kurt started biting his lip and avoiding Blaine's eyes. "I - yeah, sure."

Blaine frowned but they stood anyway. "Guys, we're going to bed. No destroying the boat, okay?"

"Can't make you any promises, dude," David called before yawning. "Okay, maybe you're safe tonight. How do we get to our room again?"

Shaking his head, Blaine gestured for the boy to follow them. Most of the guys decided to follow suit, leaving only Wes and Jessica who were apparently waiting for more stars to come out.

His and Kurt's room was closest to the deck and Kurt headed in while Blaine took the rest of the guys down the various corridors to their rooms. As they walked past Jeff and Nick's room, Cameron knocked on the wall. "Keep it PG in there!"

There was a muffled sound of annoyance - by the sounds of it, Cameron had just woken Jeff. Blaine rolled his eyes and ushered Cameron into his room before Jeff decided it was worth the effort to come out and yell at Cameron.

Finally everyone was behind their doors - with the exception of the two on the deck - and Blaine quickly made his way back to his room, wanting to find out what was wrong with Kurt. Slipping through the door, he shut it and turned to see Kurt sitting on the edge of his bed, looking worried. "Hey, what's going on?" Blaine sat down next to him, taking his hand and Kurt sighed.

"How's this going to work, Blaine?" Blaine felt a spike of fear - is he breaking up with me? - before Kurt gestured to the two beds. "I mean, what are we doing?"

Blaine suddenly realized the issue - in sharing a room, Kurt had expected Blaine to want something out of it. "We're doing exactly what you are comfortable with, okay? Certainly nothing sexual at all," and Kurt still blushed when that word came up, Blaine realized fondly, "because I'm nowhere near ready for that and neither are you."

Kurt still looked concerned and Blaine turned to face him fully, taking his other hand. "I don't want there to be any awkwardness between us, I want us to be open about everything, this especially. Why don't you tell me what you're comfortable with and I'll do the same?"

"Okay." Kurt nodded, then took a deep breath. "I - I think I want to just stay separate tonight. Just, you know, to get used to having you in the same room. Then maybe - you know, if you're okay with it, we can ... can possibly share?"

Blaine squeezed his hands reassuringly. "That sounds perfect to me. As for what I'm comfortable with, I'd be happy to share with you tonight, but I'm just as happy not to, okay?"

Kurt nodded again. "Thank you," he murmured quietly, releasing Blaine's hands and reaching out for a hug. Blaine wrapped his arms around him, smiling into his shoulder. Kurt usually never instigated physical affection - not that he was against it, he just struggled being the one to give it. This was certainly a step forward.

"Oh, and earlier when you called me 'babe' and thought I didn't notice?" Blaine tensed. "I liked it. So you can keep doing that."

All the tension left the room at that sentence. Blaine laughed, pulling away. "Yes, sir!" He saluted, earning himself another slap from Kurt.

"Alright, I'm taking the bathroom first. I know what your moisturizing routine is like." Grabbing his toothbrush and a pair of sweatpants, Blaine ducked into their en suite bathroom as Kurt muttered something behind him about 'not that long.' Grinning, Blaine brushed his teeth and got changed before stepping back out.

"Bathroom's -"

His mouth ran dry. Because there was Kurt, also only wearing sweatpants. Of course he had seen Kurt shirtless before, but he still couldn't help but stare. There were a couple of faded bruises and scars from his bullying - Blaine was the same - but the rest of his skin was smooth and almost alabaster.

Tearing his eyes away, he realized Kurt had been doing the same thing. Instead of the awkwardness he expected to see, he got a simple smile before Kurt moved into the bathroom, brushing his arm against Blaine's lightly as he did. Blaine shivered at the contact of skin-on-skin before catching himself.

When Kurt left the bathroom ten minutes later, Blaine was flipping through a magazine idly. He looked up to see his boyfriend yawning and immediately shut the magazine, putting it in his bag. "Alright, let's sleep, shall we?"

He met Kurt in the middle of the room, wrapping his arms around his boyfriend without thinking about the fact that they were both shirtless. Blaine gasped as their skin made contact, hearing Kurt do the same. And now all he wanted to do was keep Kurt in his arms forever, to lie next to him tonight, tracing patterns on his skin...

But Kurt wasn't ready and so Blaine reluctantly pulled away. "Goodnight, Kurt."

Kurt blinked a couple of times, wrapping his arms loosely around himself without seeming to realize. "Goodnight, Blaine."

Blaine hit the lights and the two boys made their way to their respective beds in the moonlight shining through the porthole. Lying down, Blaine couldn't help but look over to see Kurt had already buried his head in the pillows, facing in the other direction. The moonlight glinted off the skin on the back of his neck and shoulders and Blaine just watched him for a few moments before realizing he'd have to get used to having Kurt there if he wanted to get any sleep at all.

Rolling over, Blaine closed his eyes and listened. He could hear the sound of waves crashing against the boat, the slight humming of the engine ... and the sound of Kurt breathing softly across the room.

He smiled. I can definitely get used to that noise.

Hope you enjoyed! :)