Chapter Four
A/N: Sorry my dears for the delay! Things are going to be batshit insane for the next three weeks. This has been a lot longer than I would have liked to update but I'm doing my best.
"Ok, we have a very important decision to make before we can build the fort," Blaine said seriously. Nathaniel froze in his place and looked at him earnestly.
"Do we want to build it around the TV so we can watch movies in it later?" Nathaniel's eyes lit up and he agreed excitedly.
Blaine grinned widely and helped unfold another blanket.
"Uncle Kurt, can we move the couch over there so we have more room?" Alexis asked as her knee nudged the side of the couch.
"Of course, sweetie. That's a great idea! I think we need Uncle Blaine to help us," Kurt smiled brightly.
"Uncle Blaine," Alexis called across the room where a blanket was draped over Blaine's head as he pretended to be a ghost and blindly stumbled around a giggling Nathaniel.
Blaine stopped and spun around at the sound of his name. The blanket was thrown back to uncover his face as gave his niece his full attention.
"Can you help us move the couch, please?" Alexis asked sweetly.
Blaine's warm eyes crinkled as Kurt saw his heart melt a little. Alexis knew how to get Blaine wrapped around her finger. That sweet smile and the soft bounce of dark curls would get Blaine to do anything.
Kurt sighed softly but there was a smile on his face. He hoped their future children would have the Anderson curls but he also knew that it would leave both of them defenseless against puppy eyes.
Together they moved the couch and unfolded blankets. Kurt grabbed a few thick books to use as weights and cleared off the breakable and expensive vases from the mantel. In preparation for the sleepover, Kurt had put away the more expensive and not five and seven year old proof items.
Nathaniel made a pile of pillows and continuously jumped on them until Blaine was convinced to join in as Alexis helped Kurt drape more and more blankets.
"Uncle Kurt, it keeps slipping!" Alexis whined anxiously.
"There's not need to whine about it, Alexis," Kurt comforted gently. "Here, we can just put another book on top. This blanket is a little heavier than the other so it needs two."
"Thank you, Uncle Kurt," Alexis replied politely.
"No problem, sweetie," Kurt smiled and thought about how Alison and Cooper had raised such wonderful and polite children. God, he hoped that Blaine and his kids would be perfect like these ones.
"Blaine, honey," Kurt called and stopped the pillow fight that had begun between Blaine and Nathaniel. "They're going to get hungry soon so if we're ordering we should decide on what to get and order soon."
"Yeah, good idea," Blaine nodded. "What do you guys want for dinner?" He asked enthusiastically.
"Pizza!" Nathaniel called.
"Chinese!" Alexis called at the same time.
"No, let's get pizza," Nathaniel whined to his sister.
"We always get pizza. I want egg rolls," Alexis pouted.
"You always get to choose. It's not fair!"
"That's not true! You always get to choose!" Alexis' voice matched her brother's in volume.
"Alright, that's enough you two," Kurt's authoritative voice stopped them in their tracks. "Now, we have a few options. One of you can compromise and the other can pick the movie we watch or we can all sit here and starve to death.
Even though Blaine knew it was a joke, their niece and nephew looked at Kurt in shock.
"So does anyone want to budge?" Kurt challenged.
"We can get pizza because I want to watch Tangled," Alexis piped up.
"But I want to watch Batman," Nathaniel frowned.
"Tangled is kind of like Batman in a way," Blaine tried while Nathaniel looked at him in confusion.
"There are a lot of really cool fight scenes," Blaine continued.
"Yeah remember when Rapunzel hit him with the frying pan?" Nathaniel asked excitedly.
Nathaniel had been won over and Kurt smiled at their resolution.
…
Half an hour later the fort was finished and Kurt was paying for the pizza while Blaine and the kids set the table.
"I'm starving, let's eat!" Blaine exclaimed.
"Did everyone wash their hands?" Kurt asked.
Alexis and Nathaniel hopped off their chairs and raced to the bathroom while Blaine washed his at the kitchen sink.
"This is really nice," Blaine commented as he let the warm water cascade over his hands.
"What is?" Kurt asked as he tossed the salad.
"Having kids around," Blaine tried to seem nonchalant but Kurt saw a fond smile cross his face as he turned his head.
"Yeah, it is," Kurt concurred. "We should talk about it more tomorrow," he added.
Blaine's head snapped in Kurt's direction. "Really?" He asked immediately.
Kurt could tell that Blaine was trying not to get his hopes up that they might have their own kids soon and he smiled at how adorable his husband could be.
"Yes, I think we should really sit down and talk about this realistically," Kurt replied.
"Oh, right," Blaine's enthusiasm dropped but he tried to hide his disappointment by offering a small smile.
"Honey, you know I want kids too but it's not going to be an easy process. There are a lot of factors that we have to take into consideration before we can do this but I want to. I want to have a family with you, Blaine," Kurt assured him.
"I love you so much," Blaine rushed before he crashed their lips together.
"Eww," Nathaniel called as he entered the room and sat back down. "Kissing is gross."
"Yeah we're just kids," Alexis added.
At that Kurt and Blaine both dissolved into laughter.
…
Once the kids were tucked into bed in the guest room, Kurt and Blaine took turns reading the from a book of fairytales and doing all the voices. It wasn't long before Nathaniel and Alexis seemed to have drifted off. Kurt and Blaine exchanged a look and carefully extracted themselves from the web of limbs without waking them up.
"Will you sing to us?" Alexis asked as she covered a yawn and her eyelids drooped.
"Oh course," Blaine smiled.
"Any requests?" Kurt asked softly as he brushed a curl away from her face.
"The lullaby," Alexis mumbled.
Kurt smiled and began singing the lullaby his mother used to sing to him when he couldn't sleep that he sometimes sang to them. Blaine smiled, he knew the story behind it and joined in with a soft harmony.
After singing it through only once, Alexis' chest rose and fell in a steady and deep sleep. Kurt picked up the book of fairytales and walked over to the doorway. Both men paused to watch their niece and nephew sleep a little before Blaine turned off the light and quietly shut the door behind them.
"I can't wait to have this every night," Blaine whispered into Kurt's hair as his arm wrapped around his husband.
"You know it won't be like this every night, right?" Kurt turned toward him.
"Not every night but these are the nights that make it worth it."
Something about what Blaine had just said stuck in Kurt's mind as he tried to fall asleep. Blaine fell asleep almost immediately we they decided to turn in, tired out by chasing after Nathaniel.
They were ready. Kurt was sure of this now. They were ready and with any luck they would have a baby by this time next year. Kurt fell asleep with a smile on his face.
