AUTHOR'S NOTE: Muahahaha. Um used a bit of the plot from Original Songs and other episodes and mashed them all together here.
Glee!
Kurt didn't go to school for the rest of the week, even though he had been dismissed from the hospital on Wednesday. Blaine had gone to school, but not Glee club. He went to Kurt's house every day after school instead.
Sue had been angry at Kurt for getting himself into that situation, but he didn't have a way of knowing how insane Azimio was. So he didn't get kicked off Cheerios, but Santana was temporary captain. Kurt felt more than satisfied with that because by Saturday he was still exhausted.
Azimio was sent to a reform school. Apparently this wasn't the first fight he had started. Blaine had been expecting punishment, but he had surprisingly barely hurt Azimio. Azimio was expelled though, because Kurt was the third person he had sent to the hospital since Karofsky left. He was taking a lethal amount of steroids every morning, and was dealing with a serious drug addiction. The reform school would do him well.
Saturday night Blaine was spending the night "with Finn" and Rachel was spending the night "with Kurt." Burt and Carole knew that's not what would actually happen, but they pretended to be ignorant. Blaine was cooking everyone soup because it seemed to be all Kurt could eat.
Although Kurt suffered no permanent damage from the beating, the concrete had cracked open his head. He had needed stitches and was on a bunch of painkillers that made him nauseous and tired all the time.
"Blaine stop treating me like a baby, I can walk," Kurt said when Blaine tried to help him up the stairs for dinner.
"I-I know I just…I hate seeing you like this," Blaine said.
Kurt was recovering faster than the doctors expected, but it still hurt him to move quickly. The worst part of that for Kurt was not being able to do anything more than kiss Blaine. Although this did make his parents more willing to let Blaine sleepover, it was torture.
"I hate feeling like this. Blainers I don't want dinner. I want you," Kurt was whimpering, but not from the pain.
"K-Kurt, s-stop. You're…you…let's go eat please. I made soup," Blaine tried not to look at Kurt's eyes.
"Fine. But I'm not happy about it," Kurt said. He knew he was too weak and in pain to do anything anyways, but he wouldn't have cared if Blaine had said yes.
Glee!
It took less than a month for Kurt to return to his normal self. The doctors were surprised, but Kurt was sure it was because of Blaine. Sexual frustration can do wonders for recovering.
Kurt let Santana keep the head cheerleader position, he was considering quitting. Practices were more tiring for him than they used to be and he didn't love it as much as he used to. When he was suppose to be doing back flips he was thinking of Blaine, and everyone was so careful to make sure he never fell. He knew hitting his head again would be extremely bad but he hated being babied.
He made his final decision on the first day of May. Artie had decided to move to Florida, where some doctors were making advances in the research of helping paraplegics walk. New Directions was in desperate need of another male singer, so with Santana's blessing he left the Cheerios.
At first he expected this to lead to more bullying, but after the fight with Azimio, Blaine and Kurt had been treated like heroes. And with Santana, and her new girlfriend Brittany, ruling the school bullying was not tolerated. The Cheerios and Glee Club remained close friends, much to Sue's disappointment.
After her "Sweet Porcelain" quit the squad she made it her mission to destroy New Directions. Schuester was prepared though, so she hadn't accomplished anything yet. He was late for Glee club one Friday because he was in the office with Sue and Figgins. Blaine and Kurt took that opportunity to talk privately.
"So, there's less than two months of school left," Kurt said. They were going graduating on June 3rd, and hadn't talked about what to do from there. Blaine had always wanted to go to New York with Rachel. Kurt hadn't made plans.
"Have you heard back from any of your late application colleges yet?" Blaine asked. He had helped Kurt fill out applications back in January and Kurt had applied late to a bunch of schools in New York. His final grades had been remarkable junior year, and thanks to Blaine senior year as well. He had gotten a great score on his ACT, and being the Cheerios captain made his application's look great.
"Well, NYADA said no, but we both expected that. I got a letter from AMDA last night, but I haven't opened it yet. I brought it with me; I wanted you to open it for me."
Blaine's dream school was the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts, which had accepted both him and Rachel. The American Musical and Dramatic Academy was a very close school that was always in NYADAs shadows. Kurt had decided he wanted to go into musical theatre and AMDA was a lot easier to get into. Blaine opened the letter quickly.
Kurt watched anxiously as his boyfriend read the letter. He had applied to a few other schools in New York along with a few in Ohio but AMDA was the only one close to NYADA, and he wouldn't want Blaine to change his college plans for him. Kurt felt like it was taking Blaine forever to read the letter, but a few minutes later he looked up with a huge grin on his face.
"Sorry Kurt, you're going to have to stick with me a little longer," Blaine joked.
Kurt grabbed the letter from Blaine's hand. They had accepted him. Schuester had written a letter of recommendation for him since Kurt had no actual extra curriculums having to do with musical theatre but he didn't think it would work. Upon reading further down the letter he learned why it had.
A close friend of yours, who asked not to be named, sent us some videos of your Cheerios performances. We've had dancers come to our school from the McKinley Cheerio's and do incredible, but we've never seen anything like you and your friend Santana. We were blown away by the Madonna performance and would be more than grateful to accept you to our school.
Kurt finished reading the last paragraph of the letter and looked up at Blaine, who was bashfully looking at his own hands.
"You sent them videos?" Kurt asked. Blaine looked up at him nervously.
"Is-is that o-okay?" Blaine looked guilty. Kurt kissed him.
"Of course that's okay! It's more than okay! Blaine, I love you so much. I really don't deserve you," Kurt said. Blaine did everything for him; he was the definition of a perfect boyfriend.
"You're wrong Kurt. Watching you cheer or watching you sing in Glee, it leaves me speechless. You're incredible and AMDA would have been stupid not to accept you."
They had been taking refuge in the library to get away from Rachel, who in Schuster's absence had decided to take over. However she found them, and dragged them back to the choir room. They did have to prepare something for Nationals after all.
Glee!
Two weeks later the New Directions crew was flying out to New York for Nationals. Santana, Brittany, and Mercedes were accompanying them simply because they could. The day Schuester had missed rehearsal because of Sue, something big had happened. The kids still didn't know what, but it had made Sue lighten up quite a bit.
Or at least that's what they had thought, until Schuester got a phone call from Figgins when he got off the plane in New York. Sue had somehow gotten their set list for Nationals and leaked it to the other teams. They had two nights to figure out a new set list.
"Well we could write a song," Rachel suggested. Everyone looked at her like she was crazy; everyone except Kurt.
"Rach, you used to write songs with Blainers all the time when we were little. Do you think you guys could write one in a single night? We'd have to start practicing tomorrow," Kurt said.
"I don't write anymore, but Rachel still does. Could someone else help her? I was hoping," Blaine paused. Why was he saying this? He had an idea but he hadn't wanted to share it. Kurt looked at him expectantly and he continued anyways. "I was kind of hoping Kurt and I could do a duet."
Everyone instantly agreed. Kurt and Blaine poured over song books Schuester had bought in the lobby of the hotel while everyone else helped Rachel write.
"Blaine, I've got something. Remember the announcement that day we got together? How it ended with a song?" Kurt asked. He waited until Blaine nodded, then he passed the sheet music for Candles to Blaine.
Blaine smiled. Kurt had claimed he wasn't the romantic sort, but he had just suggested they do a duet of the song that had basically played right after they kissed. If that wasn't cheesy and romantic, Blaine didn't know what was. He enthusiastically agreed and made Kurt follow him to the piano, where he started playing the song flawlessly.
"B-Blaine, I didn't know you could play like that," Kurt said in astonishment. "I mean, I knew you played when we were kids but I figured you dropped it when you went to Dalton."
"Quite the opposite actually, I started playing more at Dalton. I wonder if Mr. Schue will let me play while we sing."
"Of course I will! And your sister wrote an amazing song. Here are the lyrics, you guys are both on part C," Schuester said handing the boys lyrics to a song called Loser Like Me.
The following day was spent practicing. By the time they all went to sleep they were exhausted, but ready. Much to the rest of the guy's annoyance, Kurt and Blaine fell asleep in each other's arms, taking the only bed in the boy's hotel room. The guys didn't want to sleep on the floor, but it was preferred to sharing the King sized bed with Kurt and Blaine.
Glee!
When they woke up the next morning they were all a bundle of nerves. They had ended yesterday confident, but when they walked into the grand ballroom where the actual competition would be held and saw all the other groups, their anxieties returned.
"Have you ever seen anyone dance like that? I mean look at them, they're incredible," Rachel said while gawking at a group who was rehearsing a few of their dance moves before the competition started.
"Rach, have you seen yourself on stage? And Mike? You are both amazing dancers, and that group probably doesn't have vocals that even come close to us," Kurt reassured her. Rachel smiled and hugged Kurt; she was used to having him as her best friend again but she was still overly grateful for it.
"Yeah Rachel, and have you heard Kurt and Blaine's duet? It's breathtaking," Mercedes said. She wasn't supposed to be with them before the competition, but the Cheerios rarely listened to authority that wasn't Sue.
Blaine sighed. It was one of those days where everything just seems too perfect, like it could crumble at any moment. He had absolutely no reason to worry, which is what made him anxious. What if Kurt suddenly realized how much better than Blaine he was? It was that thought that often kept Blaine up at night.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Kurt asked, pulling Blaine aside from the group.
"N-nothing. J-just show nerves I guess," Blaine stuttered. Would he ever be able to talk to Kurt without stuttering? Probably not.
"Don't lie to me. You don't get nervous for shows. Tell me what's really wrong," Kurt said. He was growing more concerned, Blaine wouldn't make eye contact with him.
"It's dumb. I just," Blaine paused. Kurt would certainly make fun of him for this. "Everything's so perfect; something has to go wrong soon. That's how life always goes. I'm just scared you're going to wake up one day and realized you're so much better than me."
He was right, Kurt laughed. But not for the reasons Blaine thought.
"Seriously? Blaine, are you crazy? I am nothing compared to you, if anyone is going to wake up and realize that it's going to be you. Blainers, I love you and I'm not going to lose you again, ever."
Kurt kissed him. Blaine blushed when they pulled away; Kurt took his hand and pulled him towards the rest of the group so they could change into their outfits for Nationals.
Glee!
New Directions had won Nationals on a technicality. A team called Vocal Adrenalin had won, but they were using New Directions original set list, which resulted in their disqualification. The McKinley crew was proud of their win nonetheless.
They had a day left in New York before flying back to Ohio. Kurt, Blaine, and Rachel were touring apartments for the following year. Over breakfast Rachel was looking through the newspaper ads.
"What about this one? It's totally in the middle of NYADA and AMDA and it's got two bedrooms, so we can live together! Plus it has a huge kitchen," Rachel said excitedly. Kurt and Blaine rolled their eyes.
"Um add it to the list," Kurt said hesitantly. Kurt and Blaine had decided they didn't want to live with Rachel, but they didn't have the heart to tell her yet. They were hoping for an apartment complex with two vacancies, so when they told her it'd be easier. A few apartments down was close enough.
However, when they got to the apartment Rachel had discovered, they couldn't say no. It was everything they had been looking for in an apartment and it was literally in the middle of Kurt and Blaine's schools. Plus, if the three of them lived together then it was completely in their price range.
"Rach, we have to talk to papa and dada, and Kurt has to talk to his parents," Blaine told his sister before she could beg to sign the lease on the spot. She pouted, but took the owner's business card and left.
"Can you really live with that for two years?" Blaine asked. He was used to living with Rachel's antics, but Kurt wasn't.
"I can if you're there too," Kurt said, kissing Blaine passionately on the lips. Kurt could easily say his favorite thing was kissing Blaine. Well, second favorite at least.
Glee!
As the year progressed many of the seniors started to lose focus. Prom was coming up and they spent class periods planning groups or after parties instead of paying attention.
"So, I hear that somehow Sue got Madonna to perform, which is totally awesome. Do you guys want to get a limo?" Rachel asked their table at lunch.
Kurt and Blaine smiled at each other, then at the rest of the Cheerios crew. They weren't supposed to tell anyone that they were the reason Madonna was coming.
Kurt missed cheerleading more than he ever expected. He didn't regret quitting to join Glee; in fact Glee was easily the best part of his day, but he missed his girls. Sue had appointed him assistant coach, but only because she didn't want to fill out the paperwork to transfer him out of the first hour practice. However, he wasn't allowed to go to after school practices. He missed the sleepovers and team dinners, but Blaine always made sure to do something special for him on those nights.
"Rach, why don't we do an after party in our basement? We can set up Karaoke and I'll cook and stuff," Blaine suggested.
Kurt hadn't asked Blaine yet, but he was planning it. Rachel had told Blaine not to ask Kurt, but every time prom came up Kurt could see Blaine squirming. Blaine wasn't the type to procrastinate, and he didn't like surprises. Kurt knew it was killing Blaine not to ask him, but he was still trying to plan something intense. For that, he needed Rachel. He cornered her after lunch.
"I know how I'm going to ask Blaine to prom," Kurt said after dragging Rachel into the unisex bathroom with him. It was the only place he was sure no one would over hear them.
"Oh! Yay! But what does this have to do with me?" Rachel asked.
"Well, I want to recreate some of those home videos. Remember that one where I asked him to be my boyfriend? I want to recreate that, sort of, but ask him to go to prom. And then play them, alternating clips, in the cafeteria during lunch," Kurt said. He was giddy.
"That's so cute!" Rachel squealed. "But you know Blaine doesn't like being the center of attention."
"Are you kidding? He loves it, but you spend so much time stealing that attention that you wouldn't know," Kurt teased. But there was a lot of truth behind that, and they both knew it. Rachel agreed to help Kurt after school that day.
The following day during lunch, Kurt made sure all of their friends were staying on campus for lunch. Rachel asked her friend from the AV club to play the video during lunch.
"Blaine, I have a surprise for you," Kurt said. He grabbed Blaine's hand and pointed to the wall the projection was starting on.
"Blainers, I want you to be my boyfriend."
"Kurt, you have to ask me!"
"Fine. Blainers, will you please be my boyfriend?"
Blaine turned bright read and tears formed in his eyes as he watched his 8 year old self and 8 year old Kurt on the screen. Then his Kurt, the 17 year old one, came on. He was sitting next to a stuffed bear that was wearing a pair of suspenders and Blaine's favorite bow tie.
"Blainers, I want you to be my prom date," video Kurt said to the bear.
"Kurt, you have to ask me!" A voice over from the clip before was used.
"Fine," video Kurt said, turning to face the camera instead of the bear.
Then, the video stopped. Kurt stood up on the table they were eating at.
"Blaine Anderson-Berry, will you please go to prom with me?" Kurt asked. The entire cafeteria erupted in "oooh"s and "awww"s. Blaine blushed furiously.
"Of-of c-course I w-will K-Kurt," Blaine managed to squeak out. Kurt giggled and sat back down next to his boyfriend, kissing him once before the rest of the lunch room went back to what they were doing.
"How in the hell am I suppose to top that? Thanks Hummel," Santana joked. Everyone knew she was going to ask Brittany but she hadn't come up with an idea yet.
Glee!
The night of prom had gone perfectly. No after party had been formed, so Kurt and Blaine had their own after party in Kurt's bed. Blaine decided he was a lot happier with that then with people coming over to his basement.
After prom, plans began to form for the following year. Graduation was only two weeks away, and Rachel, Blaine, and Kurt wanted to spend their summer in New York before starting school there. They had signed a two year lease for the apartment Rachel had suggested.
The last two weeks of school went by quickly, and graduation had been a blast. The hard part was saying goodbye. Rachel had a hard time saying good bye to Finn, even though he was moving to New York in the fall. He had found a close school that had given him a full ride to play football, but he couldn't afford to live there over the summer.
Kurt found it hard to say goodbye to Santana, Mercedes, Brittany, and even Quinn. They all promised to visit but it wasn't the same. If Blaine hadn't been there with him, he didn't know how he would have gotten through his goodbyes.
"Alright boys, ready for the first day of the rest of our lives?" Rachel asked the day they left. Kurt smiled at Blaine, knowing he'd be by his side for the first day, the last day, and every day in between.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay so I was going to type out the National's performance, but I didn't really want to. I envisioned them being the same as they actually were, aside from the fact that Blaine played piano during Candles and back-up singers were New Directions not the Warblers, but if you want you can look those up. Also, I will be putting up an Epilogue tomorrow(ish).