When the boys woke up the next morning, they were more in love than when they fell asleep. They absolutely adored being able to see snippets of each other's childhood and witness some great times and happy memories. Over breakfast, Blaine brought up a question that had constantly been in the back of his mind, and when he thought to bring it up, the timing wasn't right for one reason or another.
"Hey, baby?" Blaine asked.
"What's up?" Kurt responded.
"Have you thought much about our dreams?" he asked. "It's something I've thought about at random times, but haven't really allowed myself to delve into. And whenever I do think about talking to you about it, we're usually in the middle of something else."
"What about them?" Kurt asked, intrigued to see where this conversation was going.
"Well..." Blaine began, trying to get his thoughts in order. "Granted, Wes hasn't discussed what it means for him to be a soulmate...I know I have never heard him mention anything about dreams that he and Claudia share, much less like the ones we have. Maybe he has them, and he just thought it was too intimate of a topic to talk to me about." Blaine shook his head. He was rambling. "Regardless, what if these dreams are unique to our bond? What do you think it means? All we get are flashes of certain things at times, and they're of places and events I have never seen before."
"Seb never mentioned anything about dreams when he talked to me about him and Danny either," Kurt replied. "He's only ever just talked about the connection piece. Do you think we should call them and ask? Or, do you think we should just see where this all leads us? I'm good with either scenario," he said and grinned at Blaine over his cup of coffee.
"Hmmm," Blaine pondered. "It would be nice to talk to Wes, and I'm sure he would be thrilled to learn more about you and our bond. I didn't really tell him much when I talked to him that first day Santana interrupted us in the pool. Do you think Seb would be okay talking to you about this stuff? I know you've said you ended on friendly terms and that you were his best man at his wedding, so I'm guessing you two are still pretty close, right?"
"Yeah," Kurt said with a fond smile on his face. "We are close. I usually call him every Christmas. And I was so insanely happy for him when he met Danny. They are such an amazing couple and exude love out their pores. They're no match for us, obviously, but I'm sure he'd like to hear about you and offer anything that might help us navigate our bond if he can."
"Okay," Blaine said. "After we finish up eating, do you wanna go call them?"
"That sounds like a perfect plan," Kurt replied.
It didn't take either man much more time to finish their breakfast and then they adjourned to different parts of the villa. Kurt went to the downstairs bedroom and curled up in the book nook while Blaine opted to go out on the terrace.
"Hey, Seb," Kurt greeted. "Merry late Christmas."
"I was wondering if you were going to call," Seb said fondly. "You always call me right after you wake up, no matter what ungodly hour it is. What happened yesterday? Is your dad okay? Did his cancer come back?"
"Seb," Kurt interrupted before the other man could get going. "Jeez, is that what I sound like when I do that?" "Calm down. Dad's fine. He and Carole are on a cruise, so I decided to get away for a couple of weeks. Santana all but forced me."
"I knew there was a reason I always liked her," Seb replied. Kurt could practically hear his grin over the phone. "You work too much and deserved a vacation. Anyway, where are you then?"
"I'm in Italy," Kurt answered. "But, before I go too much into how I ended up here, can I ask you a question about you and Danny? More specifically, about your soulmate bond?"
"You can ask me anything," Seb said. "I may not have an answer for you, but you can ask. Danny says, 'Merry Christmas,' by the way."
"Tell him 'Merry Christmas' back for me," Kurt replied. "Well, my question might seem kinda weird…" He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Did you ever have dreams about each other before you met? Or dreams after you met where you guys, like, watched a mutual dream together?"
"Ummm," Seb muttered and then was silent for a few moments, trying to remember anything like what Kurt was talking about. "Not that I can remember. Babe, do you remember ever having dreams about me before we met?" Seb called over his shoulder.
"No. Why?" Kurt could hear Danny's muffled response.
"I'm not sure yet," Seb replied. "Kurt, Danny doesn't remember anything like that either. Can I put you on speaker so he can hear you too?"
"Go ahead," Kurt said. "Maybe he has some insight that we might not." He paused, waiting to hear the crackly sound of being on speakerphone.
"We're here," Seb said, letting Kurt know that he could continue with whatever he wanted to say.
"So, I met him," Kurt said. "My soulmate, that is. And guys, he's absolutely perfect. Seb, everything you tried to explain to me when you told me about Danny...it all makes so much sense now! But, the dream thing…umm…the thing is, when I met him, it wasn't the first time I had ever seen him. He's been showing up in my dreams since my mom died. And now that we've met, we can kind of do this joint dream thing where we can basically watch a memory play out in front of us and have conscious conversations about it. But we never interact with the actual memory that we're watching. God, am I making any sense at all?" Kurt felt out of breath and like his brain was spinning. When he said it out loud, it sounded just a little bit crazy.
"Kurt," Danny said, "take a breath. You're making perfect sense. I understand exactly what you're saying, but I'm not sure I have much to offer you by way of an answer. I haven't experienced anything like this, and Seb's and my bond is the only one I've ever heard about. Well, now yours, too, but still. It seems like you two have an intense connection to each other from what you're describing."
"I agree," Seb said. "Don't try to figure it out so much. Which, I know, is super hard for you. Just enjoy it. What's his name, by the way?"
"Blaine," Kurt said with a smile on his face, glad that he and Seb had the kind of relationship that allowed them to be supportive of each other no matter what. "Blaine Anderson. He's originally from Connecticut and is almost done with law school at Columbia. I can't wait for you guys to meet him. Will you be in the city anytime soon?"
"We don't have anything planned right now," Seb replied. "We'll definitely let you know, though."
They talked about how Kurt ended up in Italy and caught up on each other's lives before getting off the phone. Kurt had one more thing he wanted to do. It was sort of a treat for himself and a surprise for Blaine. He took care of that and then went to see if his soulmate was off the phone yet.
"Hey you," Kurt said when he saw that Blaine was, indeed, off the phone and just sitting on the sofa, looking out over the valley. "Learn anything new? Seb and Danny didn't have any information regarding the dreams but did say that it sounds since we have the dream connection, it might just mean that our bond is deeper than theirs. They want to meet you, by the way," he smiled.
Blaine kissed Kurt gently after he sat down beside him on the sofa. "Wes didn't have any new information either. But I was thinking, and this is a result of my very overactive imagination running away with me. It does that sometimes," Blaine said, looking at Kurt with an apologetic face because it had annoyed people sometimes when his imagination did this.
"Love," Kurt said, sensing that this might have been an issue for some people in Blaine's life. "I love all of you. Even if sometimes something you might do will drive me crazy, I will still love you, no matter what. So, what's this possibly crazy idea you have?"
"Well, I was thinking about all the things that we've seen that don't look...normal, I guess is the best word," Blaine began thinking about the crown they had seen on Kurt's head and the matching tattoos they had on their hands. "Also, the things that look like they're a part of our potential future, like the wedding, maybe like deja vu? And I wonder if it's Fate. Like, Fate could send us anywhere, maybe. Possibly even to other realities or planes of existence." He got a faraway look in his eye as he explained further. "It seems to me that the dreams have been showing us, even though we've only seen mere flashes, that the possibilities for our love are endless. And we could go anywhere. I'm not sure exactly how it will work when we die and leave this world. I don't know if we'll get to pick where we go next or something like that. But it seems like we will get to go somewhere else, find each other, and fall in love all over again. For as long as we want to, even. The possibilities that we've seen seem endless and this, for some reason, makes sense to me. Or…I could be completely wrong and have no idea what I'm talking about."
"I guess," Kurt pondered, "since this isn't anything either one of us have any real knowledge about and it's something we can only speculate on, we'll just have to wait and find out. Though it does seem like a kind of cool idea to be able to go to other realities. I could totally rock a circlet like in that one flash we saw. And I would love nothing more to be able to continue to love you for all of eternity!"
"I love the sound of that," Blaine sighed. "Loving you for all of eternity and getting to fall in love with you over and over."
"Me too," Kurt said. "I have another surprise for you that I hope you'll love just as much. But, if you don't, please tell me. I may have overstepped or miscalcu—"
Blaine cut Kurt off with a kiss, not wanting to curse at him. He was pleased to find out that kissing him was just as effective, if not more, as telling him to 'fucking breathe.' "What is it, my love?" he whispered against Kurt's lips.
"Well, if you want, I could fly back with you and meet your mom when you go," Kurt said. "I already switched my flight and everything. But if you'd rather have some time alo—"
"Kurt," Blaine said a little forcefully but not aggressively. "Stop worrying so much. You already knew I wanted you to meet my mom. And this way, I don't have to spend a moment without you. But, how did you know what flight I was on?"
Kurt grinned, "I remembered you talking about your trip here the other night. You had mentioned really liking the hospitality on AirItaly, and I just took a guess that you were flying back with them, too. Plus, I knew you were leaving here on New Year's Day, and there was only one flight leaving from Rome to New York that day, too. I guess I'm just hoping I got it all right."
"I'll text mom and let her know you're coming with me," Blaine said with a huge smile on his face. "She's going to love you!"