A/N: Longer chapter but there's a huge time jump~~ I hope this is okay, if anyone wants more written about anything I've skipped over, I'll be happy to write it.
Saturday comes faster than Kurt expects and before he knows it, he's backstage Westerville theatre waiting to go on.
The tickets sold rather well and it was almost a full house. The room was filled with nervous anticipation and Kurt thrived on it.
to Blaine:
Has anyone ever literally died on stage?
from Blaine:
Are you nervous? Don't be, you're going to kill this thing.
And he did. It wasn't perfect; some people missed their cues and others messed up a line or a move - but... standing up on stage, Kurt knew it was where he belonged. His heart ached for it and he was determined to make his dreams come true.
Time passes. NYADA applications, Christmas, NYADA finalist letters... NYADA auditions.
After a suggestion from Blaine, Kurt decides to sing a song that means something to him. He's still practical about it - a song that shows off his range and singing abilities, but also one that he can get lost in.
Standing on the stage of McKinley's auditorium while singing I Wanna Hold Your Hand in front of Carmen Tibideaux is the most nerve-racking thing Kurt has ever had to do.
With every day that passes, Kurt's feelings for Blaine grew. They end every night with a phone call and Blaine would still send himCourage every morning before school. Kurt told all of his friends about Blaine and some were happier than others; Mercedes was overjoyed for Kurt, but Rachel was a little more dubious.
The person he looked forward to telling the least was his dad. It wasn't that he didn't want to; he just knew how protective his dad could be. Although Kurt knew his dad was completely supportive of his sexuality, he thought that adding a boyfriend to the mix may be pushing things a little too far.
It happened a week after his NYADA auditions. The bullying had continued to cease for Kurt, but this was still high school and the hockey players still needed a way to remind the glee kids that they were at the bottom of the food chain.
It had been a bad day in particular for Kurt, he was worried about NYADA, and he hadn't been able to talk to Blaine because of an upcoming exam that his boyfriend had. So, Kurt had arrived home in a horrible mood and covered in grape flavored slushie which Rick the Stick had thought would be hilarious to dump over his head.
Unfortunately his dad was also home.
"Hey, Kurt," Burt had said, catching Kurt trying to sneak up the stairs.
Kurt closed his eyes and slowly turned around, bracing himself for the inevitable. "Hi dad," he said, a fake smile tugging at his lips.
"Want to tell me why you're covered in purple, Kurt?"
"It was just an accident -"
"Kurt," Burt said more sternly.
"Seriously, dad. It's nothing," Kurt tried again.
Burt sighed and rubbed his hands over his face. Kurt knew his dad was tired and he hated that it was because of him.
"Are you getting bullied again?" his dad asked.
"No, dad. Honestly, it's nothing like that. It's been fine lately. Just a dumb hockey player, but I promise, the bullying is practically nonexistent," Kurt promised.
"I don't know, kiddo. You never talk to me anymore. I never see you; when you come home from school you always run right up to your room and when I do see you you're always on your phone."
Kurt immediately felt guilty. "I'm sorry," he said quietly. "But I promise I'm okay."
His dad sighed again and Kurt's heart felt heavy. "You know you can talk to me anytime, right, bud?"
"Right," Kurt agreed, accepting the hug his dad offered.
"What are you doing in your room all the time, anyway?"
Kurt's face turned red at the hidden meaning those words could imply and he was glad his face was still buried in his dad's shoulder. "Nothing, just talking to friends."
"Uh-huh," Burt said, releasing Kurt from the hug. "Friends you can't talk to at school?"
His dad didn't know about Tumblr; no one did, not really. He liked having a place of his own where he could hide. Or that's how it started; it just didn't feel right to tell anyone now.
Finally gathering the nerve, Kurt spoke, "Maybe I'm talking to a boy."
"A boy?" Burt prompted.
And so Kurt told his dad everything about Blaine. About how they had they met (maybe he altered that part a little) and talked and how Blaine had helped Kurt with everything from the bulling to NYADA.
"I wish you would have just told me," Burt said after he was done.
"I - I'm sorry dad."
The next words out of his dad's mouth made Kurt freeze. "I wanna talk to this kid."
After that, Kurt had arranged a Skype date for himself, Blaine, and his dad. At first, his dad was playing the stereotypical protective father role; 'hurt my son and I'll kill you,' but after a while even Burt couldn't resist Blaine's charm. Ever since, it was like his boyfriend and his dad were best friends.
"I'm so proud of you," Blaine says through the webcam. He's sitting cross legged on his bed, hair ungelled, wearing sweats and a white vest top. He obviously just woke up and he looks gorgeous.
Kurt gives a sleepy smile back, he's jet lagged and exhausted. "Thank you. Not that I did much. -"
"Hey, don't do that," Blaine interrupts. "There's no way they would have won without you."
"I just wish it was in New York again this year." He'd just gotten back from Chicago a few hours ago from winning Nationals with New Directions.
"Yeah, well, next week you get your NYADA acceptance letter and you'll be coming to New York then."
"If I get an acceptance letter."
"You will," Blaine says confidently.
So confidently that Kurt almost believes it, but he doesn't want to give himself false hope. "Regardless, that's still months away."
"So, come sooner," Blaine says, catching Kurt off guard.
He snaps his head up from where he was checking his own reflection to look at Blaine. "What do you mean 'come sooner'?"
"Why the hell not?" Blaine says, his flippant comment suddenly sounding a lot more appealing. "Come to New York, come and see me. Come see NYADA."
"What - Blaine, I couldn't just... I mean, there's no way I could afford it, I just spent the last of my allowance on an amazing new D&G satchel. I can't just - up and leave and come to New York."
Blaine's face falls before he schools it in what Kurt can tell is a fake smile. "You're cute when you ramble." Kurt blushes, suddenly ashamed of his reaction. "But, no. It's fine, I'm sorry - I don't know where that came from."
"No, no," Kurt backtracks. "It's not that I don't want to it's just..."
But Kurt doesn't get to finish, he's interrupted by his dad.
"Hey, I'm leaving for work now, see ya later, Kurt," Burt says, popping his head in to the room. "Oh. Hey, Blaine."
"Burt," Blaine acknowledges.
"How are you, kid?" Burt asks, walking into Kurt's room and situating himself next to Kurt on his bed.
Kurt rolls his eyes. "Dad, I thought you had work?"
Burt just laughs and Blaine answers, "I'm great thanks. You?"
"Blaine just asked me to come to New York," Kurt suddenly announces, not sure where that came from.
Blaine looks as shocked as he does and his dad is quiet for a few minutes until, "Yeah?"
"Yeah," Blaine mumbles in confirmation, less confident.
"And you're going?" Burt asks, looking at his son.
"I - I, well," Kurt stutters, confused with how blasé his dad is being about this.
"I was just thinking I could show him New York and around NYADA campus before he moves here," Blaine says, having recovered before Kurt.
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea, Kurt," Burt says seriously. "Well, anyway, I'm off to the shop, you two sort yourselves out. Bye, kids."
"Bye, dad."
"Bye, Burt."
"So," Blaine says after Burt has left the room. "What do you think?"
Kurt breaks out in a huge smile, eyes wide. "Are you serious?"
"Of course. As soon as you graduate, come spend summer with me."
"Yeah. Yes, yes," Kurt says laughing, ecstatic.
A week later, Kurt finds himself standing in an empty classroom with his dad, holding the letter that could change everything.
"Come on, bud. Open it," Burt says, clearly excited.
"No, no. I can't," Kurt shakes his head. He takes a deep breath and tries to prepare himself. "No, okay, okay."
He gently turns the envelope in his hands a few times before he slips his finger under where it's sealed. He runs it across, ripping the paper as he goes and takes the letter out, letting the envelope fall to the floor. Squeezing his eyes tightly shut, Kurt unfolds the paper. He can hear his dad's breathing in the background and he tries to focus on it, letting it center him and calm him.
When he opens his eyes, he does it slowly. The first thing Kurt sees are the words Congratulations, Mr. Hummel; after that, nothing else matters. He stares for a while, trying to take it in. He can hear his dad asking if he's okay in the background, but it just sounds like white noise. Actually afraid that he might pass out, Kurt tries to shake himself out of it. He looks up at his dad and whispers in a shaking voice, "I - I got in, dad."
"I got in," he repeats louder, the words suddenly making sense to him and it hits him - he's going to New York, he got into NYADA. "I got in!"
He passes the letter to his dad who quickly skims it before laughing and scooping Kurt into his arms.
"I'm so proud of you, kiddo," Burt says into his hair and Kurt blinks back tears. "You gotta let me tell Blaine."
Kurt gives a watery laugh. "I got in," he whispers again.
He texts Blaine during the car ride home, unable to keep from telling his boyfriend.
to Blaine:
BLAINE I GOT IN! Can I meet you for a Skype date in 30 mins? My dad wants to tell you - so you have to act surprised. He also wants to finalize everything about next week, I can't wait! xxx
from Blaine:
Beautiful, I'm so proud of you! I'll see you then xxxxxxxx
The rest of the drive is filled with Kurt and his dad singing whatever comes on the radio loudly together.
"Go set it up, I'll be up in a second," Burt says as they enter the house.
Kurt rolls his eyes. "Anyone would think it was you who's in love with Blaine." He stops dead on the stairs as soon as he said it. "I - I mean," he gives up trying to save himself and looks at his dad who is wearing a knowing smile.
"It's alright, bud. Go set it up," he dad repeats and Kurt rushes up to his room. It isn't that he's afraid to admit it; he loves Blaine, he knows he does... he just hasn't told his boyfriend. They haven't said it to each other yet, even though he's sure Blaine loves him too. A part of him wants to confess every time they talk, and a few times the words have nearly slipped out as they say good bye; but another part of him wants to wait until they meet, so he can be sure, and as cheesy as it sounds, being with Blaine when he first says the words would be so much better.
He's pleased to see his boyfriend is also online when he opens up Skype. He quickly requests a video call and he smiles when he see Blaine's face on his screen.
"I'm so happy for you, I knew you could do it," is the first thing Blaine rushes out.
"Shush," Kurt warns, although still smiling. "My dad will be up soon."
On cue, Burt walks into Kurt's room. "Hey you two. I hope you haven't told him anything yet, Kurt."
"Told me what?" Blaine asks, his face the picture of innocence.
"Well," Burt starts, "Today Kurt here got a letter."
"And?" Blaine prompts, playing along perfectly, and Kurt has to hold in a laugh.
"My boy here got into NYADA," Burt says with such pride that it nearly brings tears back to Kurt's eyes.
A huge smile takes over Blaine's face. "Well done, Kurt," he says sincerely.
"Now," Burt says, breaking the meaningful silence that seemed to have fallen. "Kurt hasn't really filled me in on much; he's coming to New York next week for the summer?"
"You're welcome to come here too, Burt," Blaine replies, and Burt laughs. Kurt wouldn't put it past his dad to take him up on that, though. "But yeah, that's the plan."
"And where will he be staying?"
"I'll sort out his accommodations, you don't have to worry about that," Blaine answers vaguely, but it seems to satisfy Burt.
"Alright then, I'll leave you both to it."
"Oh my god, I actually get to see you next week," Kurt says once he's alone in the room.
"I know, after so many months… I can't wait, Kurt," Blaine says, his eyes shining.
Kurt bites his lip and smiles. "I just - give me a minute? I'm going to post this on Tumblr?"
"That we're meeting?" Blaine asks incredulously. "Do you want to give people a heart attack?"
"I was talking about NYADA, but now that you mention it…"
Even though what Blaine said was probably true, that people would have a heart attack, Kurt can't resist doing just that. Not waiting for his boyfriend to reply he minimizes Skype and opens up Tumblr. The number shippers they had gained since the first time they had started interacting had only grew and grew as time went on. Some were very passionate at how much they felt towards Kurt and Blaine and their relationship, some to a scary extent; but it was always entertaining.
He opens up a new text post and starts typing. I got my acceptance letter for NYADA today! I got in! And next week I'm going to stay with my boyfriend who will show me around New York and NYADA! So excited.
As soon as he posts it, he clicks back onto Skype, chuckling to himself.
"You evil, evil man, Kurt Hummel," Blaine says, the effect of the words lost because he's laughing, too.
"And what are you going to do about it, Mr. Anderson?" Kurt flirts.
Blaine groans. "Don't tease me, Kurt."
"Sorry," Kurt says, not sorry at all.
"You've teased enough people tonight, which reminds me, are you going to check it?"
"You check it, too," Kurt says.
They share a smile before checking Tumblr.
"Oh my god, I have five messages," Kurt hears Blaine say through the speakers.
He finally refreshes his dash and Kurt sees that he also has a message. "Wait, I have one," he says as he opens his inbox. "It's from an anon, 'Congrats on NYADA, you're staying with Blaine' it says with like ten question marks after it," he reads, laughing. "What do yours say?"
"Pretty much variations of that. God, this is crazy, have you read through the notes?"
"No, I will now."
Kurt goes back to his dashboard and the majority of it is made up out of notifications. He opens up the main post and reads through.
I'm so proud of you Kurt well done!
you're meeting Blaine? finally!
omg? ? omg? also?
Congratulations on NYADA and yay for meeting your boyfriend!
eonefivjnefvnuefvnowfnvjofnv ijvje. kurt omg sorry for my lack of eloquence but omg I'm so happy for you!
well done baby! and for blaine too ;)
"Hey, this is actually pretty tame considering," he comments after he's done skimming through the replies.
"Are you looking at the same thing I am?" the older boy questions.
"The notes on my post?"
"Okay, so go on pretty much any site dedicated to us," Blaine says.
Kurt clicks on the first one he sees on his dash (maybe he follows a few of his and Blaine's 'fan' blogs, but he knows Blaine does, too).
PSA: Our favorite Tumblr couple is meeting. We've watched their relationship grow over the last six months, and the few months before that we had to deal with them flirting and not admitting their feelings (!), and now they're finally meeting!
THEY'RE MEETING!
I think I've waited so long for this and I just. I can't.
i have so many feels
it is weird that I'm so excited? because OMG i can't breathe
hELP mE becaUse KLAine plz ?
SO happy for them, also can we talk about the fact that Kurt got into NYADA?
proud of Kurt and so happy for Klaine!
akhebfkhbeauvaeuvbkuseukbse klaine aousekughukaubsgbarkubaukgbu kb
I WISH I COULD BE THERE!
"Okay, maybe not so tame," Kurt says, laughing breathlessly.
"Come back to me," Blaine says and Kurt clicks back on Skype.
"Hi."
"You know, the next time I see you face it'll be because you're standing in front of me. I don't think I'll be on here much over the next week, I have so many assignments due in and exams and stuff," Blaine says looking disappointed.
"It's not going to be weird, right?" Kurt asks suddenly, shifting uncomfortably on his bed.
"What do you mean?"
"It's just, we've never seen each other before, I don't want it to be awkward."
"It's not going to be awkward, beautiful. I'll just be so happy to see you," Blaine says and Kurt feels his face get hotter.
"Yeah, well," Kurt stammers, "Tumblr people seem to be happy."
"I almost feel bad that they won't be there to see it."
"What if -," Kurt stops, dismissing the idea as soon as it comes.
"What if, what?" Blaine asks, intrigued.
"Nothing, it was silly." Blaine raises his eyebrows and Kurt knows he won't let it go. "Fine, I was just going to say, what if they could see it?"
"What do you mean?"
"If someone recorded it… But forget it, it was stupid."
"No, no. Actually my friend, Samantha asked if she could, I met her on Tumblr before I realized she went to NYADA, too. But I told her no because I didn't think you'd be okay with that."
"Oh my god," Kurt says. "Can you imagine? Just for people's reactions, it'd be totally worth it!"
"I'll tell her okay, then," Blaine says, smiling. "We'll sort it out. Anyway, I better go study, I'll text you later. Bye, Kurt."
"Bye, Blaine. See you next week."