Blaine checked his watch again. 7:56am. 'Too early. I'm too early. Thirty-four minutes early. He's probably not even ready to go yet. Don't bother him. Go elsewhere and come back. I look desperate. Back out of the driv-'
Blaine was startled from his thoughts by a knock on his driver's side window. He turned to see Burt peering in at him questioningly.
"Hey kid, you going to come in or sit out here awkwardly for a while longer?" Blaine heard Burt question through the glass window.
Blaine took a deep breath and opened his car door. "Sorry Burt, I'm just early and was deciding what to do to pass the time. I guess I should have moved first."
Burt placed his hand on Blaine's shoulder, "It's fine kid, come on in. Kurt's been ready for an hour."
Blaine met Burt's gaze and saw the man shrug before walking up the steps to the front porch. Blaine followed silently behind. 'He's been ready for an hour? He's looking forward to spending time together? But…I'm leaving. Tomorrow.'
"Hey, B!" Kurt's voice startled Blaine from his thoughts and Blaine looked up to see the boy smiling widely at him.
Blaine returned the smile and without words, walked forward and captured Kurt in a tight embrace. He felt Kurt's arms wrap tightly around his neck and sighed. 'Can't we just stay like this all day?' After a few minutes, Kurt leaned back and Blaine smiled as their eyes met, Blaine leaned forward to capture Kurt's lips in a kiss. It was simple and quick, but made Blaine's heart soar nonetheless.
"So…what's the plan for today?"
Blaine's smile widened. "Lima Bean first, then you have to come with me on an errand to pick up my glasses, then the park, followed by lunch."
Kurt nodded, "Then…?"
"You'll see."
Kurt pouted thoughtfully and Blaine had to resist kissing him again, "I should be the one planning this, B. It's your last day; it should be me making it fun for you."
Blaine intertwined his fingers with Kurt's, "You are. Now come on, let's go get some coffee."
Kurt nodded, "Okay, let me grab my bag."
'Your bag?' Blaine eyed Kurt in wonder.
"You didn't think I'd seriously come home tonight? I'm not waking up any earlier than necessary tomorrow when your flight leaves at the ungodly hour of 6 am and I-"
"6:09, thank you very much." Blaine chuckled as Kurt shot him a look.
"Okay, 6:09, still. Yeah, I'm staying at your place tonight. My dad and Finn will drop my car at your house while we're out today." Kurt finished and Blaine saw the hesitance in his eyes, "Is that okay?"
A wide smile spread across Blaine's face, 'No more time apart. We'll be together until we have to separate. Perfect.' "Sounds…perfect, Kurt."
Kurt smiled at Blaine before reluctantly removing his hand from Blaine's grasp to get his back from the kitchen. He heard Finn come bounding down the stairs, so he allowed himself an extra minute to check his bag one last time. He smiled as he saw the package neatly wrapped and nestled next to his shirt for the following day. 'Okay. We can do this. One more day. Just enjoy it.'
Kurt was startled by a hand on his shoulder. He turned and fell into Burt's embrace.
"You know, kiddo, everything will be okay. Just make the most of today, okay? Don't think about tomorrow."
Kurt nodded, stepped out of his father's embrace and smiled. "Thanks dad."
Burt simply smiled and walked to where Kurt had left Blaine. Kurt took another minute and took a deep breath with his eyes closed before walking out to the hallway. He couldn't suppress a giggle at the state of chaos in the entryway. Finn was talking loudly to be heard over Carole, who was hugging Blaine and attempting to talk through her tears while Burt was trying to peel her off of the boy. Blaine's expression made Kurt giggle the most, his honey-hazel eyes were wide and his mouth had dropped open and he looked like he wanted to run away; Kurt knew he was far too polite to ever actually do so. As Kurt giggled, he caught Blaine's eye and saw the boy mouth silently what appeared to be 'help me'. This only made Kurt giggle harder.
"Alright guys." Kurt said before realizing it was time to pull out the Cheerio hidden deep inside somewhere, he took a deep inhale, "GUYS! LET HIM GO!"
Everyone jumped and Kurt smiled. 'I still got it!'
"Th-thanks for your kind words, but, um, I'll be back at Ch-Christmas. I'll see you then." Blaine said with a forced smile, clearly still uncomfortable with the situation that had just happened around him.
"We're just going to miss you around here, Blaine. You'll be great. New York is lucky to have you." Carole said in a watery voice before placing a soft kiss on his cheek.
"Yeah, kid. You need anything, don't be afraid to call me. Good luck with school and…everything." Burt said with a nod.
"Dude. Just don't avoid Rachel too much, okay? See you later." Finn said with an awkward wave.
"Thanks guys." Blaine said with a smile. "Kurt?"
Kurt smiled, walked forward and intertwined his fingers with Blaine's; after giving his family one last smile, they walked out of the house and into Blaine's car.
As the duo sat in the Lima Bean, Blaine noticed Kurt's eyes flicker to the door when the bell went off notifying the staff of an entering or exiting customer. His mouth set into a frown immediately. Blaine heard a bunch of giggles and turned to see who had entered. He sighed as he saw Quinn, Santana and Brittany walking to the counter to order their coffee.
"Kurt? Don't let them bother you. They hit their peak in high school; you're going to be a star. My star. Don't let them bring you down." Blaine said quietly, but saw the sadness cloud Kurt's blue-green eyes. Blaine squeezed his fingers gently and brought the boy's attention back to himself, "Do you want to go?" Kurt nodded and Blaine smiled and stood.
As they walked toward the door, a loud squeal rang through the shop as Brittany recognized them.
"DOLPHINS! HI!" Brittany shouted as she skipped over to them.
Blaine saw Kurt take a deep breath before plastering a smile on his face. Blaine turned and smiled at Brittany.
"Hey Brittany, how are you?"
She gathered them both into a tight hug, "Good. I thought you both died, though. I haven't seen you in a long time. I thought Lord Tubbington had his mafia kill you." She shrugged.
"Ah, no. We're still alive, Britt." Kurt said with a more genuine smile on his face.
"Yeah. I keep wishing on the star outside of my window that the gel fairy would stop sneezing on your head, but I guess I should pick a different star." Brittany said with a sad look at Blaine's hair.
Blaine chuckled, "Well, last night I didn't have any gel on when I went to sleep, so it worked for a while."
Brittany's eyes lit up and her jaw dropped open, "Woah."
Blaine felt Kurt squeeze his fingers and he turned to see him nod his head slightly to the door and he nodded. "Hey, Britt, we were actually just leav-"
"Hey nerd, other freak." Quinn said behind Brittany as her and Santana approached.
"Brittany, let's get a table." Santana said and eyed the boys with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, okay! BYE DOLPHINS!" She said before hugging them both one more time.
Blaine smiled to the girl as she skipped behind Santana.
"I would have thought you'd be gone by now. All you and granny pants would talk about for the last month of school was New York. You change your mind?" Quinn said snarkily to Blaine.
"No. I'm leaving tomorrow. Thanks for your concern. We're just head-"
"What about you?" Quinn turned to Kurt.
"I'm going to Lima CC for a year before joining Blaine in New York."
Quinn hummed her indifference. "I'm going to Yale. I leave next week."
"Okay." Kurt said; Blaine felt Kurt getting tenser with every second.
"Congrats. Bye Quinn." Blaine said and turned to walk out, bringing Kurt with him.
'That was rude...she deserved it though. She was always rude to me.'
When they had settled into the car, Blaine watched Kurt take a shaky, deep breath.
"You okay?" Blaine asked quietly.
Kurt's eyes turned to meet Blaine's and he placed a light kiss on Blaine's lips. "I'm fine. Glasses?"
Blaine smiled as Kurt began returning to normal with every passing second, his anxiety passing as quickly as it had come.
"Glasses."
Kurt watched as Blaine put the glasses on his face, he smiled at seeing the Blaine he had known for so long. Blaine studied himself in the mirror with a slight frown. 'What's wrong? They're very similar to your old ones. What's wrong, Blaine? Let me help you!'
"Sir? Is everything satisfactory?" The optometrist's assistant asked as she studied the way the glasses sat on his face, looking to make sure they weren't crooked.
"Yeah. I'm just used to seeing myself without my glasses now; it's weird seeing my reflection with glasses." Blaine shrugged and looked to Kurt, "What do you think?" He asked as he adjusted them higher on his nose. The simple action nearly brought tears to Kurt's eyes.
"Perfect." He smiled as Blaine smiled back.
"Perfect." He said back and turned back to the mirror; with a final smile, he removed them from his face and folded them to be placed in their case.
Kurt's heartbeat sped up, 'What the fuck are you doing?' He met Blaine's gaze in the mirror as Blaine began replacing his contact lenses.
"I'm planning to use them for lazy days and evenings. I'm used to these now," Blaine said with a shrug, signaling to the contact lens he was cleaning in his palm.
Kurt nodded slowly, "Sounds good, B."
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When they reached the car after Blaine finished paying and making an eye exam appointment December, Blaine stopped without letting go of Kurt's hand. Kurt turned to meet his gaze.
"Kurt, what's wrong? You seemed upset when I put my contact lenses back on."
Kurt looked to the ground and sighed, "It was just…You always loved your glasses and now it's strange to see you…drifting from them. I know it's silly, but you have this habit of adjusting those damn things, as I'm sure you know, and…well, you did it in there and it reminded me of the old days…the ones where you weren't leaving tomorrow. I don't want to be sad. That's not what today is. Today is fun. I just…seeing that was just a happy memory."
Blaine nodded and pulled Kurt into a tight hug. 'Please don't drift from me, B. Please.'
As if reading Kurt's mind, "I'll never drift away from you, Kurt. They're just glasses. You mean way, way more to me than those silly things. They caused trouble for me, you bring me happiness."
"They brought you trouble?"
Kurt felt Blaine sigh into his neck, "Yeah, they completed the nerd look that first brought me to your attention. It's okay though, I'm used to my contacts now, and I still have my nerdy clothing. That's not changing anytime soon." He chuckled softly and Kurt couldn't help but giggle, too.
"I'm sorry, Blaine."
"Don't be."
They shared a quick kiss before loading into the car.
"Park?" Blaine said with enthusiasm in his eyes.
Kurt smiled widely, "Park."
They had walked through the park multiple times before Blaine decided to settle down and watch the ducks swim. He smiled as he spread the blanket on the ground. There were two families of ducks swimming peacefully on the pond before them. He took a deep breath before looking over to Kurt. He saw him smiling peacefully at the ducks and squeezed his fingers. Kurt looked over with the smile still lighting up his face. 'Do it. It's your last chance.'
"Uh, Kurt? Would you l-like to sit with me?" Blaine asked, mirroring the words he had used the first time he had asked Kurt to snuggle on the blanket in the park on one of their many days spent there.
Kurt nodded and crawled over so he could sit between Blaine's legs, leaning back into Blaine's embrace. Blaine sighed in content and turned his gaze back to the ducks as he and Kurt talked quietly.
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After lunch at their favorite Thai restaurant, the duo headed back to Blaine's house. Blaine smiled when he saw Kurt's navigator parked in the driveway. 'I guess he meant it. He's really staying tonight. I get to wake up next to him.'
"What's next, B? You only told me what we're doing until lunch." Kurt piped up from the passenger seat as Blaine cut the engine to his car.
He smiled widely and met Kurt's gaze, "That's because it's a surprise. Come on."
Blaine intertwined his fingers with Kurt's once again and led him through the house, straight to the backyard. He heard Kurt gasp next to him and smiled widely.
"You set up the beach again?!" Kurt squealed and Blaine nodded, meeting Kurt's gaze, "Blaine! YAY!" Kurt jumped up and down twice in excitement.
"Ah, but first we must do our other station. I only have two today because…well, b-because we're on limited time." Blaine shrugged.
Kurt's smile widened, "Is it another ugly painting?"
Blaine laughed, "No. But, you'd be happy to know that our ugly painting is currently in my apartment in New York just waiting to be placed."
Kurt's mouth dropped open, "You still have that thing?"
Blaine nodded proudly, "And it's still your lock screen photo. Okay, our first station is one of our go-to, favorite things to do ever. While we were dating, we never missed the opportunity when it presented itself. What do you think it is?"
Kurt blushed a deep red, "Uh, Blaine? It's like two in the afternoon…"
A/N: I don't own Glee nor its characters. Part two of Thursday and Friday for our boys will be up on Tuesday! :) I hope y'all enjoyed the update. Thanks so much to everyone who followed/favorited/reviewed last chapter. Yay! We're over 200 followers again! Thank you so much! Next chapter's a long one, around 3,500 words before final edits. MUAH!