First Klaine Kit day 8: Forever & Always
The first time Kurt goes, he's a complete mess. Sobbing, unable to speak, just…devastated. He can't even remember why he thought it was a good idea in the first place.
The second, third, fourth, and fifth times, he tries to keep his composure, but winds up just sitting there crying after a little bit. But each time, he manages to hold the tears back for a little longer, so Kurt keeps going, determined to last the whole time he's there without shedding a single tear.
He accomplishes that goal after half a year.
After a few more months, Kurt settles into a routine, leaning his back against the hard, cold stone, talking about whatever comes to his mind while he's there, sometimes reading or typing on his laptop.
It's comfortable.
(But it's not what Kurt really wants.)
He goes every other day, never wanting to be away for too long. When he gets too sick to go anymore, he insists that Liz goes in his place.
(Kurt doesn't want him to be alone.)
One day, seven years after that first visit, Kurt's hospital room is filled with all of his friends and family.
Liz is holding one of his hands, obviously trying not to cry. Rachel won the fight with Mercedes over his other hand, so she's grasping it, already crying.
(She's still so melodramatic.)
The other former New Directions members are all crowded around his bed, in varying degrees of crying and not crying.
Kurt smiles at all of them.
It's time for him to go, he just knows it.
And he's not scared, not when he's surrounded by everyone he loves.
(Well, almost everyone.)
So, Kurt closes his eyes.
He opens them again when he feels a hand on his cheek, the thumb stroking along his jaw.
Blaine's leaning over him, smiling fondly down at him, looking just like he did during his senior year of high school.
(Well, there was way less gel in his hair than it did, but it was close enough.)
Kurt's speechless, wanting to say I missed you, I love you, Never leave me again, something meaningful, but he can't get his mouth to move.
Blaine moves the hand he has on Kurt's jaw and grabs his hand, his other moving to Kurt's lower back, helping him sit up.
"Hi." Blaine says, sounding a little breathless, once they're eye-level with one another. And that's all it takes for Kurt to practically fling himself at Blaine, burying his face in Blaine's neck and just breathing him in as he holds back tears. Blaine wraps his own arms around Kurt, and Kurt can feel the dampness spreading on his shirt as Blaine cries.
"I've missed you so much." Kurt murmurs, pushing them apart so that he can cup Blaine's face in his hands, studying his all-too familiar face.
"I've missed you too. God, how long has it been?" Blaine asks.
"Seven years, give or take." Kurt answers.
"Feels like it's been forever." Blaine breathes.
(Kurt agrees.)