20th February

Underneath The Stars - Kate Rusby


Amy was listening to this and recommended it. I loved it, so wrote this. Amy, darling, this is for you :)


Blaine stood, playing with his hands and biting his lips. His heart was hammering out of his chest. He screwed his eyes shut. What if he didn't even turn up? He folded his hands together more, squeezing any doubt from his mind. He said he'd come, Blaine just needed to have confidence in him. He said he'd come...

The city looked beautiful from up here, the lights from buildings and life like stars. And up above, real stars shone, exploding their light out for all to see. And light meant hope, right? He tried to calm himself by mapping out stellar patterns. He knew very little about constellations apart from the fact that you could make up your own. He managed to write 'courage' in the sky. Then a new light shone, this time from behind him.

He turned, and saw a car pull up. He was blinded for a couple of seconds until the headlights were extinguished. Blaine had dark spots in his vision as the body inside the car readied himself and then opened the driver's door. He got out.

"You came?" Blaine asked. It was more of a question than a statement; he was surprised that Kurt had kept to his word.

"I told you I would," Kurt shrugged.

Blaine nodded slowly as Kurt walked over to him, hugging his elbows. "Are you cold?"

Kurt looked at his exboyfriend and mulled the implications over. "I'm fine," he finally decided on.

Blaine frowned. He considered how to start. "I- I miss you, Kurt. I know what I did was... It was..."

"Stupid? Hurtful? Unforgivable?"

Blaine grimaced at Kurt's tone. "I'm sorry."

Kurt nodded, turning his gaze to the skyline rather than his ex. "So you've said."

Blaine sighed. This wasn't going right. "I regret what I did every second of every day. There is nothing I wouldn't give to be back in your arms."

"We're still best friends, Blaine."

Blaine paused. "That's not what I meant, and you know that." Kurt didn't respond. He chanced taking a step closer. Kurt glanced sideways at him but said nothing. "What we had; it was good. It was better than good. It was great. We were great. We could have taken on anything. We were there for each other. You can't deny that. Our love could have over overshadowed any in the world."

Kurt chewed his lip, still not looking at his hobbit. "That was then."

Blaine was persistent. "And if we had that once, who's to say we can't again?"

Kurt turned and looked properly at Blaine for the first time since he'd arrived. "And who's to say that we can?"

"Kurt, please?"

Kurt shook his head sadly. "I'm sorry, Blaine. I can't." He dropped his eyes to the earth beneath their feet and then sighed sadly. He turned around and started walking back to his car. He raised his hand to the door-handle and was just about to open it when a hand was placed on top of his. He turned around to tell Blaine, once again, that he couldn't, but before a word could leave his lips, they were captured in a sweet and loving kiss.

"I love you," the lips whispered against his.

A single tear slipped down Kurt's cheek before he raised his hands to Blaine's hair, running his fingers through it. He kissed Blaine back. "I love you, too."

Blaine pulled back slowly. "You do?"

Kurt paused and then nodded carefully. "I do. I... I love you," he said, his words being overtaken with a sob.

Blaine threw himself at Kurt, wrapping him up in his arms and trapping his shoulder under his chin. He too sobbed, relief and happiness flooding from his body. He hugged Kurt as if it was the last time. But it wasn't. It was a new beginning.

And anyone passing on their evening stroll would have seen two figures, tears rolling down their cheeks, hugging each other like the other was their only life source.