The bus pulled up and let them off at the All-Star Movies hotel. They checked in and wandered through Cinema Hall and out the back to their rooms in the Toy Story section.
"I cannot believe how cute this is," Marley said.
"It's so cheerful and fun," Kurt agreed.
Sebastian stopped in front of their rooms. "Here we are," he said. "Ladies' choice."
They opened both rooms and looked inside.
"They're the same," Jillian said. She went in the room on the left and took the two keycards for the room.
Sebastian held the door on the right open and Kurt walked through. They put their suitcases against the end of the dresser. Kurt turned in a circle taking in the artwork and the room. "It's mostly like a regular hotel room without the ugly artwork and bedspread." He wrapped his arms around Sebastian torso and hugged him. "This is going to be so much fun."
"It will be." He rested his hands on Kurt's lower back. "I get to spend time with you, so how can it not be fun?"
"What's with you being so sappy?"
"It's sappy to be happy with you?"
"No, actually it's really nice."
"Good surprises, right?"
"Yes." Kurt kissed him.
They got caught up in kissing and they both jumped when Marley knocked on the door adjoining their rooms. Kurt pecked Sebastian on the lips and stepped over to the door to unlock it.
"Are you guys ready?"
"We are," Kurt said.
They spent the rest of the afternoon in Downtown Disney. They went to Beaches and Cream for dinner and split two meals and one giant ice cream sundae for dessert.
Thursday they did the character breakfast and spent the whole day in the Magic Kingdom, making their way through the entire park. They chose to buy the PhotoPass for the day. They rode Dumbo, It's a Small World, the Buzz Lightyear laser ride, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, went on the paddleboat cruise, visited the Haunted Mansion, Cinderella's Castle, and a lot of other rides and attractions, as well as touring through the stores on Main Street. They stayed for the fireworks at closing.
Their second day, they had bought park hopper passes and were in line at Animal Kingdom for the early entry. They spent the morning going on a safari. They took the monorail to Epcot and spent the rest of the day until closing there. They enjoyed visiting all of the pavilions and snacked their way through the afternoon, splitting things from every country they visited.
They took the bus back to the hotel and ate a late dinner. They picked up their luggage from storage, took Disney shuttle back to the airport, and found the car from the service they were using to get to St. Augustine. They put their luggage in the back and got in for the nearly two and a half hour ride. Since it was already so late, they did their best to nap on the drive.
Jillian gave Marley a quick tour of the house while Kurt and Sebastian moved the non-perishable food back to the kitchen and put the swimming and beach items in their rooms. Kurt gave Jillian her shoes when he walked past them. They went to their rooms and unpacked since it was already late.
Kurt pulled out a pair of boxer briefs and headed into the bathroom. Sebastian was right on his heels and slipped in as Kurt turned to shut the door. "Bas?"
"I'm not welcome?"
"Yes, of course, but the girls?"
"Are showering too, once they finish unpacking. I know when we were at home we went separately, but they're not going to know one way or the other whether we're in here together."
Kurt nodded. "Okay. I'll just turn red if they call us out on it."
"Your blushing is very attractive."
Kurt rolled his eyes and started to undress. When he pulled his shirt off, he looked up and saw Sebastian staring at him, with his lower lip pulled in. "Is something wrong, Bas?" He stepped closer and kissed him gently.
"Wrong? No, not at all." He wrapped his arms around Kurt's lower back. "You're just so beautiful. I just got caught up in watching you."
Kurt refrained from rolling his eyes, which was hard to do, but he was learning. "Do you need help getting undressed?"
"I think I might." He let go of Kurt long enough to let Kurt pull his shirt off. "It's been nearly two months since we were here."
"We've been crazy busy." Kurt kissed along Sebastian's shoulder as he reached down and button and unzipped Sebastian's shorts, letting them fall to the floor. He ran his index finger along some of Sebastian's freckles and traced "I", then drew a heart in the center of his chest, and then a "U".
Sebastian squirmed a bit, but didn't pull away even though it tickled. He stood there and let Kurt run his fingers all over his torso and arms with just enough pressure to both tickle, while being simultaneously relaxing. He closed his eyes and took in all of the sensations. "This feels amazing, but it's hard to stay standing while you do it. How about we shower and you keep doing this in the bed?"
Kurt nodded. He turned, finished undressing, and got in the shower. Sebastian followed him.
"We barely fit in here," Kurt said.
"All the better to be close to you." He took Kurt's shampoo and lathered up his hair. "After Jillian and Marley leave, I want us to pamper ourselves in the hot tub. I brought the stuff with us that we got that day a while back, but have never actually used."
"Sounds nice. I'm so spoiled. I love it when you do this."
"Me too." Feeling Kurt relax at his touch was nearly addictive with how high it made Sebastian feel. His heart soared with each moan or hum that Kurt made. Times like these made a little of his snark rise to the surface with the desire to mail Blaine a thank you card for being such a mindless, self-centered idiot for finally doing something awful enough that Kurt wouldn't just forgive him yet again. Now that Sebastian knew what it felt like to be the focus of Kurt's affection and love and he never wanted to be without it. He enjoyed Kurt's teasing and loved flirting with him.
"Bas?"
"Yeah, babe?"
"You were zoning out again. I was waiting for you to turn around so I can do yours."
He turned. "Not exactly zoning out. I was thinking about how much I love you." He reached back and put his hands on Kurt's upper thighs.
"I see." He massed Sebastian's scalp just the way he liked it. "And just what were you thinking about?"
Sebastian didn't want to bring up Blaine for sure, but he didn't want to lie either. "I was thinking about how much I enjoy being the focus of your affection and love and how much I enjoy flirting with you and you teasing me. And how much I just love to spend time with you and be close to you. You're so interesting to talk to and–" He shrugged. "I'm just really happy that we're together."
Kurt rinsed the shampoo out. He grabbed a washcloth, wet it, put Sebastian's body wash on it, and began to wash him. He washed his backside and then rather than turn him, he reached around from behind and continued.
"I can feel your love in every touch. I just feel so damn blessed is the only word because luck had nothing to do with it. You let you me in. Sometimes, I just feel like I'm imagining things, but then you do something that isn't anything I wouldn't have ever thought of and it just proves that it's real."
Kurt rinsed his shoulders and then kissed along the back of his neck. "I feel like that too sometimes. I wake up during the night from a bad dream and I feel you holding me or feel you with your head laying on my chest – and my breathing calms immediately. I feel so secure and cherished."
Sebastian turned and started to wash Kurt while he continued to talk.
"I think, though, the thing that has been most amazing is what it feels like to be loved all the time, not just when I do 'good' things. Like the night you came in from that lab you had to stay late for and you came in and found me asleep on the sofa instead of making dinner when it was my night to cook. You were exhausted because everything had gone wrong. And instead of getting mad, you ordered a pizza and curled up next to me on the sofa and we held each other until it was delivered."
Sebastian wrapped his arms around Kurt. "That was a nice snuggle. I enjoyed every second of it. Holding you just made all of the frustration drain away."
"And you helped me learn not to just walk away and keep everything to myself. You helped me see that you wanted to know what I was thinking and how I felt, but you wouldn't pressure me if I wasn't ready to talk. You were there for me and you'd wait for me to be able to share." He finished rinsing and turned to face Sebastian and kissed him. "I love you. And it means the world to me that you trust me." Kurt kissed him breathless and leaned into him just enough that he took a step back and was pinned to the wall. "There's just one last thing I'd like to do before we get out." He winked at Sebastian, and this raised his eyebrow, asking.
"Yes, definitely yes."
Sebastian snuggled up tight behind Kurt and kissed his shoulder. "I thought you were tired."
"I am, but obviously my nearly 2-hour nap in the car convinced my body that I've already been to sleep for the night, but I don't want to keep you up. Do you want me to go toss and turn somewhere else?"
Sebastian tightened his hold on Kurt. "Nope. You're my teddy bear, even if you're squirmy."
Kurt chuckled. "I'm a pretty sad excuse for a teddy bear."
"I believe you said I was like a ferret. Long and lanky and utterly adorable."
"Mmm hmm. So, we're a pair of ferrets?" Kurt started humming "Muskrat Love".
Sebastian nearly chortled. "God, I love you. You're so funny, but we are way too thin to be muskrats."
"Could you pet me? That's really relaxing." He reached out for his phone. "I'm going to play some classical music and try to sleep." He scooted back into Sebastian's chest, but before Sebastian got started on his request, Kurt said, "I think I've figured it out. My parents are coming in a week. By then it will have been eight weeks since I've seen my dad and it's been since my birthday at the end of May, three months, since I've seen Carole. I've been looking forward to this and dreading it both. I think the dreading part hit me when we got here to the house. The trip to Disney World pushed it out of my mind because I was so excited to go there. What if–"
Sebastian ran his hand up Kurt's chest and placed it over his heart, gently interrupting his downward spiral of doubts. "Kurt, my parents will be here too. I think that will help. My dad can talk politics, or not, with your dad. My mom is a good conversationalist. She can keep Carole busy talking about home renovations and interior design for hours. And if she runs out of things to say about that, she can take Carole out shopping or out to see some of the amazing places around here. My parents are renting a car when they get here."
Kurt chuckled. "You're right. I'm fretting for no reason. Your parents will be a buffer. I just want Carole and my dad to have a good time. I need to relax and stop worrying."
"Now, that's an excellent idea," he teased. "So, is me petting you. How about we get on with that?"
The next morning, they got up and ate some breakfast bars and drank some coffee before they headed out to do some shopping. Jillian French braided Marley's hair while Kurt and Sebastian made the shopping list and got out the baskets from the closet to put on the bikes. Sebastian went out first and looked around the side of the house and motioned for the others to follow him. They got the bikes out and headed to the surf supply shop. They locked their bikes up and went inside.
When Marley walked up to the display of water shoes, she said, "There's like 20 options." She scanned the wall looking at all of her choices.
"Just pick a couple you think you'll like and try one on each foot. I love mine. I got these," she pointed to a turquoise, green, and gray pair. "They matched my swim stuff the best."
"These." Marley put them on and looked at her feet in the mirror. "The swim shorts I got were navy and black. And these are both along with pale blue in a pretty fern and leaf pattern." She put her Vans back on and took the water shoes to the register and paid with the gift card.
The cashier pointed out that she had about $5.00 left on the card and offered her a hair tie with wire in it to get her hair up off her back. Marley shrugged and chose a brown one to match her hair and ended up owing $.10. She handed over a dime and they left.
"Do you know how to put this in?" Marley asked Jillian.
"Sure. Turn around." Jillian slipped it in and wrapped Marley's hair and fastened it. "There."
"Thanks."
From the surf shop, they headed to the grocery store. They took the baskets inside, bought everything on the list, and took it back to the house. They put everything that needed to go in the refrigerator away, changed to go to the beach and left again.
Kurt and Sebastian were holding hands and walked behind Jillian and Marley as they reached the point where all they could see was pretty much sand and water.
"It's huge and fabulous." Marley took Jillian's hand and ran towards the water. She stopped and let go when they got to the edge.
Kurt and Sebastian caught up as the girls just stood still looking out over the water.
Jillian said, "I want to get some more shells and make more jewelry. Can you show us where you found the good shells the last time?"
"Sure. It's up that way a bit. Did you bring something to put them in?"
She pulled a ziptop bag with some napkins inside it out of her pocket.
"Perfect."
After they collected the shells they wanted, they went out into the water and splashed around. They built sand castles for a while before they went back out into the water again. They walked around and let the sun dry them before they went for a bike ride around the area and went in some of the shops to look around before they went back to the house for lunch.
They spent the hottest part of the afternoon inside working on the shell jewelry. Once the sun wasn't shining directly on the pool, they went out to the lanai and talked and horsed around in the pool until dinnertime.
Later that evening, they went down to the beach to watch a movie like Kurt and Sebastian had before.
Sunday morning, they were all up and dressed for the beach at 6:15. Jillian fixed Marley's hair again while Kurt and Sebastian made breakfast for everyone. They ate and headed down to the beach to watch the sunrise. They took a walk along the beach and collected more shells because Marley decided that she wanted to make a frame of shells around the mirror she had in her room.
On their way back to the house, they stopped at the smoothie place. Once they were back at the house, they showered quickly and changed. Kurt and Sebastian had enjoyed sailing on the Black Raven so much that they had gotten tickets for the four of them, which is where they headed as soon as everyone was ready. They kept their destination a secret until they couldn't anymore.
"NO way!" Marley exclaimed. "An old-fashioned pirate ship?"
"We get to go on board, right?" Jillian asked excitedly.
"Not just on board," Sebastian said. "We're going out sailing on it."
"This is a dream," Marley said. "I'm in my bed and I'm dreaming because there is no way that I'm getting to go sailing on a pirate ship like this. I didn't even know there were still ships like this besides ones for movies."
"It's real," Kurt assured her. "Come on. Let's go get on board."
They spent the rest of the day Sunday exploring Castillo de San Marcos, Fort Matanzas, and the Lightner Museum.
Monday they visited the old city area of St. Augustine. They took one last trip to the beach after dinnertime on Monday. They stayed as long as they could before they had to get back to the house for Jillian and Marley to take a cab to the airport.
"You're going to miss them," Sebastian said as they headed back inside after the cab pulled away. "Marley's your new best gal pal or whatever, since girl friend sounds too weird."
"You're right. I will miss them. And she is my new best friend that's a girl. I like Dani. And Santana is being remarkably human these days, but Marley and I just hit it off back in the spring. We're alike in a lot of ways. She struggles with a lot of the same issues that I did. Growing up with a single, hardworking parent. Being teased. She was bullied at the school she went to before McKinley. And being viciously cheated on was an instant bond of pain. But since then, we've just gotten to be better friends over time. She writes music too." He kissed Sebastian. "You're my best friend though. You know things about me that no one else knows."
Sebastian wrapped his arms around Kurt. "You're mine too. And you definitely know more about me than anyone else. How about you go do whatever food prep needs done for the next couple of days and I'll go get the hot tub ready?"
"Mmm. Sounds cozy. I'll just keep working on stuff until you come get me."
Sebastian squeezed a bit before he let Kurt go. While he was setting everything up, Jillian called to let him know that they made it to the airport.
Sebastian came out to get Kurt wearing just a towel around his waist, which caught Kurt's attention right away.
He winked at Sebastian. "Just a minute. Let me put this stuff back in the fridge."
"I've already showered. I'm going to go get in the hot tub and wait for you." He swished his butt as he walked away slowly.
Kurt put everything away quickly. He grabbed his shampoo and body wash from their bathroom and headed back to the master suite. He left his clothes on the floor outside the bathroom. He showered quickly. When he turned to step out, Sebastian was opening the shower door and got in with him.
"I figured we wouldn't last five minutes in the hot tub with how incredibly worked up I am already. I thought we could take the edge off in here first." He kissed Kurt and pinned him to the wall. He kissed down his neck and ran his hands down Kurt's arms. "Getting everything ready just made me think about you the whole time."
"Mmm. That feels so good."
'You feel so good."
Before long they were rinsing off. They didn't bother to dry off and moved straight to the hot tub. Kurt saw that Sebastian had put flameless candles along the area. He stepped back quickly and turned the light off before he got in the hot tub.
"It's very romantic with the candles. It's a sweet touch. I appreciate the effort you put into making things romantic. It took me a while to realize that you're a romantic at heart too, but once I got to know you better I could see it. I don't think you knew though."
"I didn't. I bought into the nonsense that guys like to fuck and girls like to connect and make love. Fucking is its own reward and maybe we'll do that some of the time, but that's not what I want tonight."
"Tonight?"
"If you're at that point, yes. I packed the padded envelope of stuff you ordered."
"Oh?"
"Oh? Is that a good 'oh' or an 'oh' that means 'no'."
"It was just an unexpected 'oh'. Not good or bad." He scooted closer. "I'm ready if you are. I ordered that stuff because I wanted us to talk about it and be prepared. And we did talk about it."
"I didn't want to rush because I wanted to experience everything with you. It's all been so amazing. And I've loved getting to know every last inch of you. Like how it drives you crazy when I lick behind your knee. And how you let me play with your hair and don't let anyone else get within six inches of it."
Kurt sighed. "It feels good when you do it. So good." Kurt reached over and turned the jets on in the tub and leaned back in the seat near Sebastian. He extended his legs out and put one over the top of Sebastian's and began to play footsie with him. He also reached out and took Sebastian's hand and interlaced their fingers. He closed his eyes and relaxed back. He began to hum the most recent song he had written for Sebastian. He pulled Sebastian's hand towards him and massaged it with both of his hand while he hummed.
"That one's new."
"Mmm hmm. It's in the process of being ready for me to sing it for you. You know what I've realized since I wrote that first song for you?"
"What's that?"
"That I don't have to see what you see. I just have to trust and believe you. And I do."
Even though Kurt had said yes, that statement was Sebastian's real answer. He felt no need to ask again.
They dried off, turned off the candles, and headed back to their own room, taking their clothes with them. Kurt folded the covers back neatly. Sebastian tilted the blinds on the window upwards letting in the moonlight, just enough that they could see each other. He lay down in the center of the bed on his back, putting the supplies they needed under the edge of the pillow to his right.
Kurt crawled across the bed and sat down, straddling Sebastian's thighs. He leaned forward and held his weight on his hands and knees. He kissed Sebastian and returned to his seated position.
"You're gorgeous." He ran his hands along Sebastian's chest.
Sebastian put his hands on Kurt's thighs since that was the only part of him he could reach. "And you're beautiful. Would you sing me the song?"
"Right now?"
"Mmm hmm."
"If you want me to."
"I do."
You tell me I'm complicated.
And that might be an understatement.
Anything else?
You tell me that I'm stuck in my ways.
OCD, but I try to hide it.
Anything else?
You tell me that I overthink.
'Til I ruin a good thing.
Anything else?
You tell me that you'd rather not fight,
That we'll spend the night making it right.
You won't turn to someone else.
You really, really know me.
The future and the old me.
All of the mazes and the madness in my mind.
You really, really love me.
You know me, and you love me.
And it's the kind of thing I always hoped I'd find.
Always thought I was hard to love,
'Til you made it seem so easy, seem so easy.
Always thought I was hard to love,
'Til you made it seem so easy, seem so easy.
I never liked my laugh.
You tell me it's your favorite thing.
Anything else?
The freckles I cover up all the time,
You kiss 'em 'til I change my mind
About everything else.
All I know is you heal me when I'm broken,
Heal me when I'm broken.
All I know is you saved me and you know it,
Saved me and you know it.
Always thought I was hard to love,
'Til you made it seem so easy, seem so easy.
Always thought I was hard to love,
'Til you made it seem so easy, seem so easy.
Touch me 'til I find myself in a feeling.
Tell me with your hands that you're never leaving.
Always thought I was hard to love,
'Til you made it seem so easy, so easy.
When he finished, he said, "It will sound better with the girls singing back up and with the band."
"It was perfect just like that. Really. You aren't hard to love. Not at all." He pushed up onto his elbows and sat up so he could kiss Kurt. "I do love your laugh. I love all of you." He wrapped his arms around Kurt and lay back, pulling Kurt on top of him and they kissed until they had to stop to breathe.
Sebastian slipped his arm under the pillow and pushed the supplies out where Kurt could see them. He nodded slightly and turned back. He kissed along Sebastian's jaw towards his ear and down his neck. "I love you."
"I love you too." Sebastian ran his fingers through Kurt's hair.
When Kurt came back from the bathroom after cleaning them up, he lay down behind Sebastian, who he thought had fallen asleep, but as soon as he scooted towards him, Sebastian scooted back into his chest. Kurt slipped his arm under the pillow and his other arm under Sebastian's and slipped his fingers into Sebastian's joining their hands over his heart. "Everything okay?" He softly kissed along the back of Sebastian's neck and shoulders.
"Everything's great. So amazing." He scooted back again, even thought there wasn't any space between them. "How about you?"
"I agree with you on the amazingness. I love you so much, sweetie. So much."
"Me too, babe. I love you so much. Will you sing?"
"Something in particular?"
"Mmm mmm. I just want to fall asleep with you holding me and singing to me."
Wherever you go,
Wherever you may wander in your life.
Surely you know,
I always want to be there.
Holding your hand,
And standing by to catch you if you fall.
Seeing you through,
In everything you do.
Let me be there in your morning.
Let me be there in your night.
Let me change whatever's wrong,
And make it right.
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share.
All I ask you is let me be there.
Watching you grow,
And going through the changes in your life,
That's how I know,
I always want to be there.
Whenever you feel you need a friend to lean on,
Here I am.
Whenever you call, you know I'll be there.
Kurt paused long enough to hear Sebastian breathing rhythmically. He smiled and sang the last chorus very quietly.
Let me be there in your morning.
Let me be there in your night.
Let me change whatever's wrong,
And make it right.
Let me take you through that wonderland
That only two can share.
All I ask you is let me be there.
He lay still listening to Sebastian breathe. I'm never letting you go. He felt sure that Sebastian felt the same way. He smiled and let the warmth and closeness pull him under, falling asleep contentedly holding the man he loved in his arms.
A/N: Kurt's "original song" is "Easy" by Camila Cabello. I changed the lyrics to fit Kurt better.
The second song is "Let Me Be There" by Olivia Newton John.
