Sebastian could barely keep up with Kurt, the way he was dashing through each and every row on the lot.
It was his fault, really, for giving in to his boyfriends pouty lip and wide eyes. But, even then, he couldn't really regret letting him drag Sebastian to find the "perfect Christmas tree". Not when he saw how excited Kurt was.
"Babe, slow down," Sebastian had completely lost track of where his boyfriendhad disappeared to. "Seriously, wasn't the whole point of this for us to pick out trees together?"
"Well," Kurt piped up from behind a fairly decent sized tree, where Sebastian found him examining each branch carefully. "You're not being much help, are you?"
"I think they all look fine, as long as there's somewhere for you to put your presents for me under." Sebastian smirked.
"Sebastian, honestly," Kurt huffed. "The celebration of Christmas is not supposed to be about trivial things like presents."
"What is it supposed to be about then?" Sebastian asked as Kurt shook his head and continued on to the next tree. "Having better decorations than Berry and your brother?"
"Exactly," Kurt muttered as he slowly circled the tree.
Sebastian burst out in laughter, a wide grin spreading across his face.
And then Kurt's stomach flipped and tied itself into knots, as it always did whenever Sebastian laughed like that, so honest and genuine and Sebastian.
"Look, babe, what about that tree over there." Sebastian nodded to an evergreen that was slightly taller than himself, but not too much that he couldn't get it through a door.
Kurt's eyes lit up, his breath catching. "Bas it's… it's perfect. It's the tree."
He rounded the tree, checking over the branches, the stability, and making sure there were no imperfections. Kurt Hummel would not settle for imperfection. This was their first Christmas, after all.
He felt relieved that Kurt had finally found a tree, so he could finally go home, but he couldn't help but be extremely pleased that he had put that look of excitement on his boyfriends face.
He looped his arms around Kurt's waist, and rested his head atop of Kurt's, admiring the tree with him.
"Great. So I'll just call the guy over, and -"
Kurt spun around, eyes full of alarm.
"What? What did I say?" Sebastian pouted at the loss of contact.
"Sebastian," Kurt scolded. "We still have to find a second tree."
Sebastian almost laughed at the serious look on Kurt's face, but decided against it in favour not wanting to be banished from having his way with Kurt for god knows how long - Kurt was able to hold one hell of a grudge.
"Babe, come on," Sebastian whined. "Can't we just get a tree for whichever house we'll be staying at for Christmas eve, and leave it at that? Which will obviously be yours because your decorations will obviously be far superior."
Kurt rolled his eyes at his boyfriends attempt at sucking up, but relaxed back into his arms, admiring the tree once more.
"No, not happening, Smythe. There is no way I'm letting you go through the entirety of December without a tree in your home. It's Christmas, god dammit."
Sebastian rolled his eyes, but pulled Kurt closer to his body. It was cold, after all. And Kurt had all this body heat all to himself. It just wasn't fair.
"Plus," Kurt continued. "What if we got snowed in and we were forced to stay at your place on Christmas Eve? What if we had no tree to wake up to Christmas morning?"
"Well, then," Sebastian whispered as he kissed Kurt's cheek, making his way over to those lips. "We'd just have to find other ways to entertain ourselves, wouldn't we?"
Kurt blushed as he kissed Sebastian back, the kiss becoming maybe a bit too private for somewhere so public.
Kurt pulled away after an extremely rude sneer at the two of them, and linked his arm through Sebastian's.
"C'mon, Bas. Let's go find your tree."
They walked in silence until Sebastian blurted out something so sudden, so hushed, it was as if Kurt wasn't supposed to hear it.
"Unless we only needed one tree."
Kurt froze, pulling Sebastian to a full stop in the middle of the path.
"What was that?" Confusion washed over Kurt. One tree. The only way we would need one tree is if we only had one -
"One tree," Sebastian repeated. "For one home."
Kurt knew that voice, and it was probably one of Kurt's favourite voices in the world. It was the tone Sebastian used when he lost all traces of cockiness and confidence. It was the tone Sebastian had when he'd first asked Kurt out on a date - a real date. The tone he used when he first referred to Kurt as his boyfriend, both privately and in public. It was the tone he used when he first told Kurt he loved him, and for many times after that. It was Sebastian truly being Sebastian. Leaving himself completely open and vulnerable. It was Sebastian being scared, because he wanted so badly for Kurt to be with him in every way that the idea of rejection almost frightened him into not saying anything. But he always did, because Kurt was his everything. And Kurt never got tired of being reminded of that.
Kurt turned to face Sebastian, tugging on him so that they made eye contact.
"Then it looks like we're done, because we found our perfect tree."
And then Sebastian pulled Kurt into a kiss that would've shamed any parent or child around them, but neither of them cared. Because they'd just taken one step closer to fully becoming whole.
Because this was their first Christmas together, and it was going to be perfect.