Thursday morning was a rush of giggles between them. Kurt and Blaine shared a shower, washing each other thoroughly among small touches and kisses. They had breakfast together in comfortable silence, and Kurt took the sweater that he had given Blaine before, to wear to work that morning.
Camille was excited when Kurt had told her that the party was still on for Saturday, and then gave her the address. She had hugged Blaine when she saw him, and he threw a confused look over her shoulder at Kurt in the lunch room, who just shrugged at him with a smile.
Friday was different, Kurt and Blaine spent their lunch together, their work had started on next months magazine spread now, so there wasn't very much to do at the start. They had a lot more time to do other things.
Kurt and Blaine had decided they wouldn't spend Friday night together, because Blaine had Nate and Dylan coming down Saturday morning, about 11am, and Kurt had to go to Brooke and Finn's place and make sure everything was ready for later on Saturday night.
Saturday morning and Blaine was still waiting for Nate and Dylan to arrive, when he got a text from Kurt.
-Morning baby, i can't wait to see you later. I'm heading over to Brooke's now to start decorating. I miss you and i love you x-
It made him smile. Well, texts from Kurt always made him smile.
At 11:25, Nate and Dylan turned up and they spent a good few hours catching up and having lunch together. Nate and Dylan had both turned up with presents this time for Blaine's birthday, per Kurt's orders they said.
Blaine had just chuckled lightly and gave them both a hug before taking his gifts.
Nate's gift was a game console, the latest version of the one they used to have in college. He told Blaine that Kurt had grunted when he told him, but that he was sure Blaine would appreciate it. Dylan gave him a huge cookbook to keep practicing, and as a joint gift, a photo album that at that moment only had two pictures, one with the four of them that they took the last time Nate and Dylan were in New York, and one of Kurt and Blaine when they went to see the stars on their second date and that Kurt had emailed them.
Blaine went from laughing to crying with excitement in a matter of minutes, and he launched himself on top of his friends again, giving them non-stop hugs and kisses.
At 6:30 pm, they left Blaine's apartment and got in the car heading to the party, and at 6:58pm, a couple of minutes before the appointed time, they got there.
When Blaine was about to ring the bell, Dylan stopped him.
"Kurt asked us to put this on you when we got here." He said, pulling out a scarf to blindfold him.
Blaine rolled his eyes with a fond smile on his lips, and turned, closing his eyes so that Dylan could tie the blindfold on his head.
"You'll have to stop me from smashing my face on the wall."
"Kurt would kill us if you got hurt. He actually threatened us." Dylan laughed.
When he made sure Blaine didn't see anything, he turned to Nate.
"Knock on the door, sweetheart, I'm in charge of guiding the birthday guy."
Nate laughed lightly as he knocked on the door. Turning to pat Blaine's back a little before the door opened.
Kurt's smiling face appeared followed by Finn, who was looking at the other guys at the door with a little confusion.
"Welcome, gentlemen." Kurt said in his best deep voice, making Blaine smile. "Please led Mr. Anderson to the living room, my brother Finn will show you where it is."
Kurt leaned towards Nate as Dylan gently pushed Blaine into the house.
"I'll introduce you properly in a few minutes, but for now play along." He asked, and Nate winked in response.
"Of course." Nate responded and followed after Finn as Dylan guided Blaine inside by his shoulders.
When they got to the living room, Kurt gestured for Nate, Dylan, and Finn to join Brooke, Camille and the kids in the front part as he moved behind Blaine.
"Well, sir, are you ready for the best party ever?" He whispered to Blaine with a giggle.
"I'm so ready baby." Blaine whispered back with a grin.
Kurt unknotted the scarf, and as Blaine opened his eyes in surprise, he kissed him on the cheek and smiled.
"Happy birthday, honey."
"Thanks." Blaine smiled back at him, but before he could return the kiss, he was tackled by two little gremlins.
"Happy Birthday Uncle Blaine!" they both shouted together as they wrapped around his legs.
He laughed as he bent down to take them in his arms and gave them kisses too.
"Thank you little rugrats!"
Just a few seconds later, Brooke was there, looking at him with the same sweetness with which she looked at her kids.
"You can't imagine how glad I am that Kurt convinced you to do this. Happy birthday, baby bro."
Brooke gave him a hug, wrapping her arms around Anna and Jack too. The girl then turned to look at Blaine.
"Uncle Kurt put all the streamers and balloons, and we helped him. Do you like it?" She asked, placing her little hands on her uncle's face.
"I love it," Blaine told her, "you both did a very good job."
Nate stepped towards him when his sister pulled away, and eyed the two kids in his friend's arms a little nervously.
Blaine put them both back down on the floor as he wrapped his arms around his best friend.
"Thanks for being here."
"We wouldn't be anywhere else." Dylan said as he appeared and hugged Blaine too.
When Blaine let them go, it was Camille's turn and she grabbed him with a big smile.
"Happy birthday, handsome. And thanks for inviting me, your sister and the kids are adorable." She lowered her voice a little before continuing. "Although a certain boyfriend of yours can be a dictator when he wants. He loves giving orders."
"Don't I know it." he said back, also in a low voice and she laughed loudly.
As soon as Camille pulled away, Finn walked over to Blaine and put him in one of his bear hugs. Blaine laughed as he pressed his face to Finn's shoulder.
"Finn, you're going to break him." Kurt protested beside him, but he was really eager to have his turn with Blaine.
"Sorry, happy birthday man." Finn said with a sheepish grin as he pulled back.
"Thanks Finn."
Blaine found himself staring at Kurt after that, and waiting with open arms and a smile.
Kurt almost ran up to him and put his arms around his neck, pressing his chest against Blaine's.
"I finally have a moment with the star of the day, I feel honored."
Before Blaine could reply, they both felt someone tug at the leg of their pants.
"Uncle Blaine, Uncle Kurt, are you boyfriends already?" Anna exclaimed, looking up at them with a big smile.
Blaine looked at Kurt with a smile and gave him a small shrug. It was up to Kurt if he wanted to tell them.
Kurt crouched down until he was face to face with Anna.
"Yes, princess, Uncle Blaine and I are boyfriends and we love each other so much. Is that okay with you?" He asked with a nervous smile.
"Yes, yes. yes!" Anna yelled, jumping on top of Kurt, who picked up her niece and threw her into the air a couple of times, making her laugh.
Blaine pulled Kurt back to him while he still had Anna in his arms, and planted a kiss on Kurt's lips gently.
"This is the best birthday ever." he said to both of them with a smile.
Nate and Dylan were talking to Camille over by the couch and Kurt gave Blaine a nudge in their direction as he pulled away.
Blaine went over to grab his sister's hand and pulled her with him towards Nate and Dylan.
"Sis, I want to introduce you properly to Nate and Dylan. My best friends from Virginia. Guys, this is my sister Brooke." He said to all of them, smiling at Camille politely too.
Nate held out a hand fro Brooke to shake, which she did with a smile.
"Nice to meet you finally Brooke."
"Nice to meet you too." Brooke answered, shaking Dylan's hand as well, who seemed to think it wasn't time for one of his hugs. "I'm pleasantly surprised you guys came, Blaine has kept you in hiding for years." She was still smiling, but there was something in her voice that Blaine detected.
"I wasn't hiding them, they just never came up in conversation." Blaine laughed trying to relieve some of the tension in his sister, as Kurt came up next to him with Finn.
"Yeah, the truth is that much of your life in Virginia seems to never come up in conversation." Brooke said pointedly, and Kurt knew it was his time to intervene.
"Guys, this big man is my brother Finn. Finn, this is Nate and Dylan, Blaine's friends and, luckily for me, mine too."
Kurt looked at Finn, aware that he knew Brooke better than anyone and could spot some tightness there.
Finn stepped forward with a friendly smile and shook Nate's hand and then Dylan's too.
"Good of you guys to stop by, when Kurt said there were some more people coming I assumed it was from work, but you're quite welcome here." He said as he could tell that his wife was beginning to judge them, like she does with everyone, "hey, why don't you two follow me, i'll grab you some drinks?"
Nate grinned.
"Ok, thanks man."
Nate and Dylan gave Brooke, Blaine and Kurt a smile before following after Finn, who was still talking to them and asking questions in a friendly non-invasive way.
Blaine was staring at his sister though, and Camille seemed to sense something because she politely excused herself and followed Finn too, so that she could grab a drink.
"What was that?" Blaine eventually asked Brooke as he crossed his arms.
"I don't know what you mean." Brooke replied, although the look on her face made it clear that she knew it very well.
"Yes you do." Blaine said as he glared at her, and Kurt placed a hand on his shoulder keeping him calm, "I know what you're thinking...and I know how much you disapproved of my life style in Virginia, but you have no right to be passive aggressive with my friends."
"Passive aggressive?" Brooke repeated, raising the tone of her voice slightly. "Have you ever stopped to think that I found out that they were coming today for Kurt? That a girl who's been your co-worker for just a few weeks has met your best friends at the same time as me? I'm your sister, Blaine, and I've tried to be nice, but it hurts to feel like you keep shutting me out of your life. You should admit who's disapproving whom." She looked at him for a second, shook her head and went upstairs.
Kurt checked that his nephew and niece were still playing quietly and then focused on Blaine.
"Are you okay?" Hee asked, raising a hand up to Blaine's face and stroking his cheekbone with his thumb.
"Not really." Blaine said as honestly as he could, "it's like whatever I do, or don't do, she's never going to be on my side for anything."
"Maybe she didn't choose the best time to tell you this, but she has a point." Blaine looked at him in shock, but Kurt moved his hand to Blaine's mouth for him to let him explain. "The only thing Brooke knows about your past in Virginia is the amount of guys you used to sleep with. Did you really talk to her about Nate and Dylan? You need to share with your sister how important they are to you. And maybe... you should tell her what happened and how much they helped you."
Blaine looked down for a minute and flicked his eyes over Kurt's shoulder to see Nate watching him with sympathy. Nate gave him an encouraging wink and Blaine sighed.
"yeah maybe I do need to. Is it strange that i'm scared she would blame my lifestyle for what happened?" Blaine asked nervously as he looked back at Kurt.
"Hey, don't say that." Kurt leaned in to kiss Blaine's temple before looking at him again. "Brooke may have a tendency to judge others, but she would never blame you for something like that. The only culprit is in jail."
"Mm." Blaine looked towards the stairs where his sister disappeared, and then back to Kurt. "I should probably do this on my own."
"Okay. I'll go with the others. I love you." Kurt said, giving Blaine a smile to try to reassure him.
"I love you."
Blaine watched Kurt walk over to Camille and the others, before turning to head up stairs to find his sister.
As he came to a stop outside her room, he could hear slight sniffles through the open doorway, and then peaked inside. She was sitting on the bed with a tissue in her hand, staring at the opposite wall.
"Hey," he started softly, "can I come in?"
"Sure. But if you come here to keep fighting, I don't feel like it. It's your birthday after all, you should be having fun." Brooke replied, still not looking at him.
"No I don't want to fight. I promise." He stepped into the room and closed the door down, "I think we need to really talk about things. I know there are things you want to say or ask. And I can't keep pushing you away so..."
He sat down on the bed beside her and sighed lightly.
She turned to stare at him, wiping one last tear from her face with the tissue.
"I have nothing against your friends, and I'll apologize to them later for my manners. But... it's so frustrating, Blaine. I just want to feel like I'm a part of your life, not just the older sister who tells you off when you do something that she considers inappropriate."
"I know. But telling you every little detail about my life has only gotten me in trouble with you before, so I tend not to tell you anything. But I know that it's the wrong thing to do." He said honestly, giving her a smile, "truth is, Nate was my roommate in college for 3 years and now he's my best friend, Dylan became my friend in my third year and we've been friends ever since."
"So you and them never..." Brooke said, hinting at the same thing Kurt did back in the day, which made Blaine smile.
"No, I never slept with either of them. Not even close." Blaine chuckled as he nudged his sister, "Kurt asked the same thing before. But they are each other's soulmates."
"Wow. Okay, now I feel like an idiot." Brooke said, brushing some invisible lint off the bed. "When Kurt told me that two friends from Virginia were coming to the party, I pictured two lazy-bones you used to get drunk with."
"Well we did get drunk together a lot, but they are far from lazy. Dyl's a chef and Nate's a history teacher."
"I see. And were they the ones you lived with before you came to New York?"
"Well i lived on my own after college, they both got a place together. But...after stuff happened, i moved in with them before i came here."
"What kind of stuff?" Brooke asked, taking Blaine's hand and looking at him worriedly.
Blaine took in a deep breath.
"Nate and Kurt so far are the only people who know absolutely everything." He turned to look at his sister, her worried eyes gazing into his nervous ones.
"You know how i was back then, sleeping with a lot of guys."
"Yeah." Brooke snorted, but then gave him a small smile. "But I've judged enough for today, so I won't say anything. Go ahead."
Blaine gave her a small smile and held her hand.
"Nate and Dylan were like my wingmen, we went to clubs and bars together all the time. Nate was just like me, taking home guys like i did."
Blaine began shaking a little as he became nervous.
"Erm...i had this idea...to go to a different place..and i met someone there."
Brooke noticed the tremor in Blaine's voice and squeezed his hand tighter.
"Blainey, it's okay. You can tell me."
"His name was Marcus, he was a nice guy at first...i brought him back to mine..we started fooling around and having sex," Blaine paused to swallow the lump in his throat as he retold this story again, "..he started to be a little rougher than i wanted...i tried to get him to stop but he wouldn't. He grabbed my hair and was pulling me around by it..."
"What?" Brooke's mind was racing, trying to process what Blaine was telling her. Instinctively, she put her free hand on her stomach.
He then told her everything, from the break in, restraining order and depression all the way up to what happened with Kurt when Nate told him that Marcus was arrested in New York.
After he was done, he was silent, breathing a little shakily.
Brooke quickly wiped away her tears before wrapping her arms around Blaine and holding him tightly to her.
"Why didn't you tell me? I would have gone to Virginia with you. You didn't have to go through something like that alone."
"I'm sorry, i just wasn't in the right head space to bring more people into it, and i didn't want to worry anybody else." Blaine hugged her back, resting his cheek on her shoulder, "me staying with Nate and Dylan nearly destroyed their relationship, i didn't want to make any more drama."
Brooke rested her head on Blaine's, trying to give him as much comfort as possible.
"Your drama is my drama, honey. Look, I know we didn't have the best parents in the world, but we pulled through, you and me. You can always count on me, do you listen to me? I'm your sister, I'm your family and I would give my life for you. I need you to know that." She stifled a sob and kissed his hair.
"I'm sorry. I love you too." Blaine snuggled into her a little more, even though she was a little smaller than him now, it felt like when he was younger, "i told Kurt about them. Mom and dad."
"You did?" Brooke asked in surprise. "He told me that you found out that he invited them to the party and that things didn't go well, but I wasn't sure if you would let him know everything..."
"Yeah, i told him everything."
"I'm so proud of you." Brooke smiled against his head. "What you and Kurt have is special, and I'm glad you're not hiding anything from him. I don't want to scare you, but that kind of story is forever, I'm telling you from experience."
"I know. I dreamed about us with kids," Blaine told her with a laugh, "i am going to marry him some day."
They shared a grin and then Blaine stood up, holding out a hand for her.
"Now come on, let's get back downstairs. I don't want my sister and my soon to be niece or nephew, missing the first birthday party i've had in years."
Brooke took his hand, but before Blaine could lead her to the door, she pulled him to into a hug again, kissing his cheeks several times.
"Okay, now we can go back to your party." She stated, stroking his face.
He smiled as he led her back to everyone else, holding onto her hand. He saw Kurt watching and waiting for him to appear and when he spotted him, he looked at their hands and smiled.
Blaine smiled back and headed straight for everyone that were standing and chatting.
"Babe, Finn was telling us a story about..." Dylan started, but broke off when Brooke grabbed him and Nate and hugged them tightly.
"Sorry about before... and thank you." She whispered, her head between theirs.
Nate looked up at Blaine who was smiling at them softly and then Nate knew exactly what Blaine had told her. So he hugged her back.
"You don't have to thank us."
"Oh, yes, I do. Thank you for taking care of my little brother when I couldn't."
Dylan didn't say anything, just held her tight with a big smile.
Brooke pulled away and took a deep breath before looking at everyone else.
"I promise my hormones and I won't interrupt the party again. Finn, can you make me one of your non-alcoholic cocktails, please?"
"Of course i can, my love." He gave her a kiss on the cheek before he walked into the kitchen.
Camille walked up to Kurt and Blaine with a smile.
"Please tell me why all of the cute guys in the world are gay." She whispered at them and they both laughed.
"Tell me you didn't try to flirt with one of them before you knew it." Kurt bit his lips to contain more laughter.
"When Nate came in, I thought I had found the one. I walked over to introduce myself, and a second later Dylan was clinging to him, shamelessly palming his ass." Camille covered her face in shame. "Good thing they're lovely and don't hold a grudge against me for it."
"They're not the type of guys to hold it against you, you're fine." Blaine told her, "they both always try to steal Kurt from me so."
"And one of these days they might succeed. You haven't seen Nate dance..." Kurt raised his eyebrows playfully before wrapping his arm around Blaine's waist.
"It's my birthday party, the only one that is allowed to be flirted with is me-ah!" Blaine yelled at the end of his sentence because Dylan walked behind him and slapped his ass.
"You missed me?" Dylan hugged him from behind before leaning in to kiss Kurt's cheek.
"Blaine wants you to flirt with him." Kurt said in explanation, and Dylan's face lit up.
"Oh, Blainey, have I told you how hot you are lately?" He asked in a low voice, spreading his hands over his stomach.
"Actually you tell me that every time you see me." Blaine replied with a laugh.
"Ugh, you're a killjoy." Dylan released him and walked over to Camille. "How do you put up with him? I mean Blaine, Kurt is a baby."
They suddenly heard the laughter of the kids behind them, and when they turned, they saw Nate, who in his attempt to get close to them had been interrupted by Anna and Jack, each clinging to one of his legs.
Blaine laughed at Nate's uncomfortable face, while Anna and Jack were both giggling.
"Hey Anna guess what?" Blaine called to her, "that's Uncle Blaine's best friend in the whole world."
"Really?" She looked at him excitedly before turning her attention back to Nate. "I'm Uncle Blaine's favorite girl, we should be friends." She decided then, raising her arms for Nate, and Jack imitated his sister.
"Erm..." Nate hesitated turning nervous eyes up at Blaine, who didn't help him at all. Only shrugged.
"Sweetheart, they're just kids. Come on, you're a teacher." Dylan told him, enjoying the situation.
"I teach teenagers," Nate growled as he glared at his boyfriend, "these are tiny."
"You are bad people for not helping him." Kurt approached Nate, trying to stay serious. "Anna, Jack, come here."
Kurt lifted the two kids without hesitation.
"Nate, honey, they are not dangerous. Start with this lady."
Anna, knowing her uncle was talking about her, stretched her arms towards Nate again, making a grabbing gesture with her little hands.
"What if i hurt her?" Nate asked a little warily, as he eyed the little girl stretching for him with a smile.
"She is no longer a baby, I assure you that if you hurt her, she will tell you. Princess, you very strong, aren't you?" Kurt asked, looking at his niece.
"Yeah, the other day at school Dave Turner took a book from me, I kicked him and he left crying." Anna told him proudly, and Kurt looked at her with wide eyes.
"You better not tell Mommy and Daddy that story, okay? Nate, she's all yours."
Nate grabbed her as Kurt plonked her in his arms, and she put her arms around his neck and cuddled him with a giggle.
"Hey Anna." He said lightly down to her.
Blaine was trying to hold in giggles with Dylan.
"Hey. You're Nate, right?"She asked, looking at him with her full attention. "You're taller than Uncle Blaine."
"Everyone is taller than Uncle Blaine, you will be too in like a year." Nate told her with a smirk and Blaine glared at him.
"Hey, it's my birthday, you're not allowed to pick on me."
"That excuse is going to be invalid in a few hours." Kurt whispered, but loud enough for Blaine to hear it.
"Nate, can you tell us a story?" Anna asked, tugging at his polo lapels.
"Story!" Jack screamed, bouncing in Kurt's arms.
"What kind of story?" Nate asked curiously, "stories about Uncle Blaine?"
"This is not embarrass Blaine day." Blaine grumbled out and everyone laughed at him as Finn came back in with Brooke's drink.
"What's going on?"
"Nate was about to tell your kids a "rated R" story, but I'll take care of it." Kurt said with a chuckle. "Dylan, come here and take Jack. I'll go to their bedroom and bring you one of their favorite stories as you sit on the couch with them."
As soon as Dylan had Jack in his arms, who immediately began to touch his face in welcome, Kurt turned to wink at Blaine before disappearing upstairs.
When he came back to the living room 5 minutes later, the image of Nate and Dylan talking with the kids on the couch was completely adorable. He walked over to give Nate the book and went looking for Blaine, but he only found Camille, Brooke and Finn.
"Where is the birthday guy?" He asked, stepping between his brother and Camille.
Finn grinned at something Camille said and pointed Kurt in the direction of the kitchen without interrupting the conversation between the three of them.
Before going to the kitchen, Kurt remembered something and went to get a couple of drinks. With them in hand, he walked into the kitchen and as if it were fate, he found Blaine sitting in the same chair he was on that night.
"Are you already bored of being the center of attention?" Kurt smirked, handing him one of the drinks and sitting next to him.
"Sorry baby, just not used to it." Blaine gave him a small apologetic smile before sipping his drink, "it seems like such a long time ago that we were drinking here in this very same kitchen."
"I was thinking the same, and when Finn told me you were here, I couldn't resist." Kurt said pointing to the drinks. "It's been a great déjà vu."
"Thank you by the way, for doing all of this." Blaine said as he scooted his chair closer to Kurt's.
"You don't have to thank me, it's been a pleasure." Kurt reached for Blaine's hand and brought it to his lips to kiss the back of it. "And I'm so glad it helped you and Brooke talk."
"Yeah, she made some good points about how much I've pushed her out of my life. I won't do it anymore." Blaine said with a smile, "do you remember the never have I ever we played? So much fun."
"I don't think I'll ever forget it. If we hadn't played that, we might not be like this now." Kurt leaned over and kissed the corner of Blaine's lips. "We had our first kiss here."
"We did. We also found out a lot about each other." Blaine said as he leaned his cheek against Kurt's, "maybe bad decisions turn out to be the right ones."
"I remember being completely honest with you and thinking 'why am I opening my heart to someone I don't even know?' And it turns out that someone was going to end up owning it." Kurt smiled and turned his face to look at Blaine. "Kissing you was the best bad decision I've ever made."
Blaine grinned and leaned in to kiss him, cupping his face in both hands.
Kurt hummed against Blaine's lips, before tilting his head slightly so that their mouths fit perfectly.
"Aww you two are so precious, it's making my stomach hurt." Camille said from the doorway and they both sprang apart in surprise.
"You have to call before entering other people's kitchens, didn't you know?" Kurt laughed, sitting up straight but lacing his fingers through Blaine's.
"Sorry but I needed to get some ice," Camille chuckled as she walked past them both to the freezer, "pretend i'm not here."
Blaine chuckled darkly at that.
"If I pretended nobody was here, we'd be doing a lot more than kissing."
"Blaine!" Kurt exclaimed, blushing a little, but he giggled before looking at Camille. "We have a thing with kitchens. God, that didn't sound so bad in my head."
"Thanks for the information, I'll never go to have dinner at any of your apartments." Camille said with a grimace as she poured a couple of ice cubes into her glass.
"Don't sit on the couches either." Blaine said nonchalantly as he took another sip of his drink.
She giggled again.
"Well, this is the perfect time to change the subject." Kurt said, tapping his fingers on the table. "Cami, have you ever played Never have I ever?"
"Of course, it was always a favourite college game." she replied with a smile, and Blaine grinned at Kurt.
"Maybe we should get everyone to play?"
"Oh, that would be interesting." Kurt replied excitedly. "It must be almost bedtime for the kids, why don't we go to the living room and tell the others?"
And they did. Anna and Jack had fallen asleep on the couch while Nate and Dylan were telling them a story, and Finn was already taking care of them.
Kurt walked over to Brooke, who was sitting on an armchair next to the guys.
"How about we all go crazy and play Never have I ever?" He asked, looking at everyone. "Your drink would be a pregnant lady version, Brooke, don't worry."
"Yeah, only non-alcoholic drinkies for you." Blaine teased with his tongue out, and Brooke flipped him off as he laughed.
"Sounds like fun, i'm in." Nate said with a grin.
"Me too. Any game that help me shame Blaine sounds great." Dylan added, and laughed when Blaine threw him a cushion.
"It's the first time I've felt lucky that I can't drink, it's going to be a lot more fun like this." Brooke got up from the armchair. "I'll get the drinks ready while Finn comes back."
Blaine flopped down onto the couch, next to Dylan, and pulled Kurt down onto his lap.
"Please don't go on about sex things with my sister around." Blaine looked at his friends with pleading eyes.
"What? You should have told us about that rule earlier, it's not funny this way." Dylan pouted at him.
"Come on Blaine, your sister is a woman and she is about to have her third child. How do you think she got pregnant?" Camille snapped, and Blaine hid his face on Kurt's shoulder.
"Don't traumatize him on his birthday, it's cruel." Kurt said in a small voice as if talking about a child.
"I don't want to know about Finn and Brooke, and I don't want to tell her about my sex life either." Blaine whined against Kurt's shoulder.
"Shhh, it's okay, baby."Kurt snuggled against him and shot everyone a warning look, but he received three mischievous gazes in response that didn't reassure him too much.
Brooke returned then with a smile.
"We have rum, vodka, tequila and non-alcoholic apple liquor, plus seven shot glasses ready." She announced. "Just one kind of booze per person, no mixing. No one vomits in my bathroom."
"Sounds like a plan." Nate said as Dylan grabbed the bottle of tequila and grinned at him.
Blaine shot them both a glare before he took the vodka for him and Kurt, leaving Camille to take the rum.
Finn reappeared and saw everyone sitting on the couch with drinks, and he raised a curious eyebrow.
"We're going to play Never have I ever and we may have to prepare the guest rooms, because I see everyone very eager to drink." Brooke explained to her husband so casually that Blaine smirked in her direction.
"Erm... okay, I'll go with rum." Was Finn's reply, and Camille raised the bottle to him in a toast.
They all sat around the coffee table, Kurt on Blaine's lap, Nate and Dylan together on the couch alongside Brooke, and Finn and Camille on a couple of stools. They filled their shot glasses with their chosen booze, and looked at each other expectantly.
"Alright, Blaine start." Kurt decided.
Blaine smirked and looked around at everyone.
"Never have I ever kissed more than one person in 24 hours." He said as his eyes flicked over to his friends.
Everyone watched as they both took a shot and then poured more into their glasses.
"Low blow." Dylan said with a wink.
Nate looked at Dylan and mouthed something to him that only he saw.
"Fine, my turn." Dylan said with a chuckle. "Never have I ever said the wrong name in bed."
Camille was the first to pick up her shot glass and drink, though Nate and Dylan's eyes were on Blaine.
Blaine groaned under his breath, and avoided Kurt's and Brooke's eyes as he leaned to take a drink from his glass.
"Damn you."
"You, I don't want to know." Kurt said, sticking a finger in Blaine's side. "But you... who would have guessed." He looked at Camille and laughed.
"It was one time..." Camille said unashamed and laughing.
Nate grinned as he leaned against Dylan's side and smirked.
"My turn," he announced as he thought about how to say it, "Never have I ever performed a strip tease to a crowd of people while drunk."
Kurt looked at Blaine with wide eyes as his boyfriend took another shot, while Nate and Dylan were laughing.
"Shut up." Blaine grumbled at them.
"Now I'm jealous, you've never done a striptease to me." Kurt complained.
"Don't worry, honey, if you want to see it, Nate has it recorded." Dylan told him with a laugh.
Finn laughed across from them.
"Let me see it."
Blaine placed his head in his hands.
"Okay, I want to see it too." Brooke said, making Dylan clap.
"Yes, ma'am, you have all my respects." He glanced at Nate as he searched for it in his phone.
Nate grinned as he pressed play and passed the phone to Finn, who stretched over until his wife could watch it too. Everyone else could hear lots of cheering and clapping from the video and a lot of whistles above thumping music.
Nate and Dylan both laughing came through the speakers of the phone as well.
Kurt looked at Blaine. His face was completely red and he looked like he was about to run away.
"I hope you appreciate the fact that I'm resisting the urge to watch it." He whispered to him.
Blaine smiled a little tightly at him.
"If you really want to see me making a fool of myself, now's your chance."
Nate was grinning proudly from the couch as Finn passed the phone to Camille afterwards.
"Nice boxers, Blaine." Camille complimented him.
"I have to say, I didn't know you had that hips movement in you, little brother." Brooke leaned toward Finn with an amused grin.
"Okay, enough. You guys are all going after him for some stupid video." Kurt growled, but he gestured Nate to send the video to him, and Blaine caught him.
Blaine rolled his eyes and smiled a little.
"Thanks for sticking up for me baby." he said sarcastically.
"Hey, I just want to have it like... well, something to watch every now and then to..." Kurt started to stumble, and Brooke came to his rescue.
"Don't worry, Kurt, just let it be. It's my turn. Never have I ever sent hot pictures over the phone."
Nate and Dylan both took a drink, as did Blaine and Finn.
"I'm surrounded by perverts." Kurt said, moving closer to Blaine. "Best of all, Finn drank, so Brooke..."
"I knew exactly what I was asking." She confirmed with pride.
Blaine made a face as Finn coughed a little, his cheeks a bit red.
"Someone should make Kurt and Brooke drink, they didn't touch their glasses yet." Dylan said. "Finn, we trust you."
Finn smiled over at Dylan, saluting him and then turning to look at his wife and then his brother.
"Never have I ever returned something after I wore it."
"How dare you?" Kurt almost screamed, picking up his glass totally offended, while Brooke drank hers while muttering 'it was only once'.
Finn only shrugged and smacked Dylan's hand as he held it up for a high five.
Kurt drank and slammed the shot glass down on the table. Blaine leaned over to fill it in, looking amused at him, and Kurt turned very serious towards him.
"Don't even think about it, the future of your sex life depends on you not opening your mouth right now."
"Speaking of which..." Camille began. "Never have I ever had a thing with kitchens."
Kurt mouthed 'bitch' to her as Brooke gave a cry of surprise.
Blaine smirked as he picked up the glass along with Kurt, and was shocked to see Brooke and Finn do the same.
"No!" he yelled out as he put the glass down, "I've been in there."
"Doing what?" Brooke challenged him.
"Oh, I love this game." Dylan muttered, and when Blaine and Kurt looked at him, he raised his hands in innocence. "I'm traditional, I prefer beds."
Blaine looked at his sister pointedly.
"Just kissing. I don't even want to know what you did."
Brooke smirked and Finn leaned back on the couch with a cocky expression.
"Ugh, Finn, don't brag, I'm your brother." Kurt protested, but then he grinned. "Never have I ever had a nipple piercing."
Nate laughed out loud as he took his glass in hand.
"How did I know that was coming. You're never going to forget that are you." he grinned at Kurt.
"No, honey. I think about it every night." Kurt teased, until Blaine started tickling him. "No, no, okay, I'll shut up!"
"So you're that friend... so unfair." Camille grunted.
"You told her about me?" Nate asked Kurt with a grin, "I must have made quite the impression on you then."
Finn looked between all of them for a second before a curious expression took over his face.
"When did you see this guy naked?" He asked Kurt, while pointing to Nate.
"I didn't see him naked." Kurt explained. "Blaine and I were having a video call with Dyl and Nate came out of the shower with only a towel around his waist."
"Nate gets better without clothes." Dylan clarified, although no one had asked him.
Finn nodded slowly, while Blaine laughed.
"Ok, my turn again." He said as he clapped his hands, "Never have I ever lied to get someone into bed."
"Hey, that question is mine, I asked you that when we played on Finn's birthday." Kurt exclaimed.
"Did you ask each other those kinds of questions? On your own, in our house?" Brooke asked with interest.
Nate and Dylan, who had taken their respective glasses, stopped halfway, listening to the conversation.
"We may have played a little game to get to know each other a bit better." Blaine explained, "it was only to try to find some common ground."
"Common ground? Ha!" Dylan set his empty glass on the table and as Nate refilled both, he attacked. "Never have I ever been so cheap as to make my best friend pay for some sheets."
Kurt laughed heartily.
"You two fucked in my bed, I was not touching that sheet!" Blaine yelled at him as he took a drink.
Kurt put his arm around Blaine's shoulders and looked at Brooke, Finn and Camille.
"It was Egyptian cotton, it's a sensitive subject for Blaine."
"Egyptian cotton is the only one I can sleep on, it doesn't ruffle and it doesn't hold the heat in summer." Blaine explained as he refilled his glass, and everyone else snickered around him.
"Mine are not Egyptian cotton and you've never complained." Kurt whispered in his ear.
"Neither is my kitchen table." Blaine replied with a small smirk.
"Never have I ever been the subject of a rumour that wasn't true." Nate said interrupting the laughter.
"Oh my god, I haven't seen that one coming, but I love you." Dylan kissed Nate's cheek and stamped into the ground in excitement, waiting for Blaine's reaction.
"You said we would never bring that up again, I can't believe you!" Blaine stood up and pointing at his best friend, who just sat back with a feral grin on his face.
"Hey I can't help that you didn't tell anyone else about it." Nate said with a shrug.
"You two fuckers deserve each other." Blaine glared at both of them as Dylan was still laughing at him too.
He slumped down into his seat and took the glass in his hand but before he could take a drink Finn asked, "what rumour?"
"Yeah, baby, what rumour? Now I'm really interested." Kurt looked between Blaine and Nate with a raised eyebrow.
Blaine just stared at Nate and Dylan.
"Don't you dare.."
"I'll tell you." Dylan said, using Nate as a human shield against Blaine. "Blaine had sex with a guy and he kind of fell in love with him, but after Blaine rejected him he decided to spread the rumor that Blaine had a really small... well, cock. It was like 'if you're not with me, I'll make sure you're not with anyone else'.
"That's it!"
Blaine dove for them with a cushion in his hand, beating them both with it as they used their arms to shield themselves.
"Blaine, let them alone, poor guys!" Brooke exclaimed before starting to cry with laughter.
Kurt sprawled out on the couch he was sharing with Blaine to laugh his heart out, clutching his stomach.
"Kurt, stop laughing and help us!" Dylan asked, although most of the beats were being taken by Nate.
"Come on, it was just a rumour...it's not true!" Nate said with a laugh as he held his arms over his head while Blaine continued to beat him with the cushion.
"I spent too many months buried under that rumour, and you don't have the right to tell everyone about it." Blaine said as he swung the cushion on every word.
Kurt wiped away his giddy tears and finally got up from the armchair. He grabbed Blaine around the waist with his left arm and forced him away from the guys.
"For the record, I solemnly swear that is not true." Kurt said, raising his right hand like he was in court.
"How do we know that you're not just bias because he's your boyfriend?" Finn asked with a chuckle and Blaine shot him an offended look.
"It's not true." Blaine said as he put his fingers on the zipper of his jeans, "want me to prove it?"
Nate, Dylan and Camille all screamed "Yes!" as Kurt, Brooke and Finn yelled "No!"
"Blaine, what the hell?" Brooke groaned, covering her eyes with one hand and reaching to cover Finn's with another.
"You're not gonna prove anything, be quiet." Kurt stepped in front of him.
"Kurt, I think for everyone's sake he should show it. I mean, his good name and your sexual satisfaction are at stake." Camille added, tilting her head to try to see if he had really unzipped his jeans.
Blaine stared at Kurt with a grin and wink. He wasn't really going to get his dick out with his sister in the room.
He turned to look at Camille over Kurt's shoulder.
"Nate was my roommate in college, we've seen each other naked, Dylan I had to prove it to when the rumour started years ago." He told her as both Nate and Dylan nodded, "but i'm afraid my private area is only for Kurt to see from now on."
"Thank you." Kurt pecked his lips and pointed to the couch for Blaine to sit down so that he could sit back on his lap. "And you..." He added, looking at Camille, "you're sick."
Camille showed him her middle finger with a smile, and Brooke cleared her throat for everyone to listen to her.
"After this nasty moment... Never have I ever gone days without changing my underwear."
Blaine shook his head as he sat back, pulling Kurt onto his lap a little more. Nate and Dylan were grinning at each other, snuggled together on the other end of the couch.
"Spending days without any underwear doesn't count, does it?" Dylan asked.
Finn grumbled slightly as he took up his glass, causing everyone to give him a disgusted look.
He only shrugged as an answer to everyone's stares and then put his empty glass back down. He glared at his smug looking wife.
"Ew." Blaine mumbled against Kurt's back with a laugh.
"If you had drunk this time, you and I would have been over for good." Kurt told Blaine, before grabbing Blaine's arms and wrapping them around his waist.
Blaine chuckled against his shoulder.
Finn was still glaring at his wife.
"Never have I ever kicked my partner in bed and pretended to be asleep."
Brooke snorted and downed her shot.
"You snore a lot." She explained without a bit of remorse.
"I love that you all know each other so good to throw your dirty laundry to your faces." Camille laughed and made a face of concentration. "Never have I ever get horny at work."
Kurt leaned over to pick up his glass casually until he saw Finn staring at him with wide eyes.
"It's his fault." He accused, pointing at Blaine.
Blaine snorted and brought his glass to his lips with a wink to Kurt.
"Works both ways."
"Have you done dirty stuff at work? I'm so proud of you." Dylan picked up his glass as well and clinked it on Nate's before they drank.
"No, we... no." Kurt replied, looking at the ground.
"Not yet." Blaine laughed out, and Kurt smacked one of his arms that was around his waist.
"Never have I ever stolen a bra at Victoria's Secret." Kurt said, lightly kicking Camille's leg.
"Oh please, that was so specific that it was bordering on pathetic. You are spiteful." She drank her shot and laughed.
Blaine laughed and looked at Nate.
"Better than stealing a pair of jeans," he said out loud and Nate glared at him, "what a thing to have in your past, and now you teach teenagers."
"What? No, Nate, not you. You're the only decent man with a nipple piercing that I know." Kurt joked.
"The worst thing is that he still has them." Dylan muttered. "He's reluctant to throw them away, but they're so tight that they're almost indecent, and I'm saying so."
"You were the one that dared me too." Nate glared at his boyfriend.
"Maybe, but you should have looked at the size first." Dylan said. "You should give them to Kurt, they would look good on him."
"They would look good on Kurt." Nate agreed, both him and Dylan now looking at him.
Blaine tightened his arms around his boyfriend and glared at them playfully.
"Stop fantasizing about my boyfriend." he growled out.
"And I love you guys, but I know you and I would never wear Nate's jeans. God knows what you've done with them on." Kurt pressed himself closer to Blaine's chest.
"Don't you think we suddenly have too much information that we shouldn't have?" Brooke asked her husband.
"I think we've surpassed that my love, there are 4 gay men in the room talking about sex." Finn laughed as he sat back and crossed his arms.
"And a very jealous single straight girl." Camille pointed.
They kept throwing questions at each other for a couple more rounds, until little by little the game turned to a conversation in which everyone talked about their intimacies without shame.
At a time when Nate, Dylan and Camille seemed very into a story about Brooke, Finn and a store fitting room, Kurt turned to Blaine.
"Baby, everything okay?" He asked, stroking Blaine's face.
"Everything's perfect." Blaine replied with a glowing smile, "i could never have imagined a better way to spend my birthday."
"Have you always wanted to spend your birthday getting to know your sister's sexual secrets and sharing yours? You're so strange." Kurt giggled, nuzzling Blaine's cheek.
"No," Blaine chuckled a little and then his facw turned serious, "but i always wanted to be surrounded by my whole family. After everything i went through in my childhood, i never thought i would have anybody that loved me like my sister."
"Well, look around. We are all here for you." Kurt whispered to him. "Ah, I almost forgot. My dad and Carole asked me to say 'happy birthday' to you on their part. They really wanted to come but they couldn't make it. There seems to be a lot of people who love you."
Blaine sighed a little and smiled down at his lap. A little bit of blush crawled over his face before he looked back up at Kurt.
"I had never imagined having such a huge amount of people to call family. You're a big part of that." He told Kurt, leaning in to place his forehead against his gently.
Kurt smiled and closed his eyes, enjoying the closeness.
"You know, you always tell me that I am your everything, but you are my everything too. This is our little family and I love each and every one of them, but you... you are the love of my life."
"Are we being too cheesy?" Blaine asked with a big grin, also closing his eyes and enjoying the intimacy and love radiating from his boyfriend's words.
Kurt sighed and responded to the kiss, enjoying once again that kisses with Blaine were always something more, something special that made him melt inside.
Just as Kurt settled himself a little better on Blaine, he noticed two arms around his waist that weren't his boyfriend's.
"Hey, the private parties will have to wait til later. Camille said we should dance, but of course you guys were too busy to listen to her." Dylan said, practically ripping Kurt out of Blaine's lap, and Kurt could only pout at him.
Blaine was dazed for a second as Kurt was pulled off of him, and he stood to take his boyfriend back into his arms, pushing Dylan gently away from them both.
"Fine, we'll dance. But my first dance is with my boyfriend." He said and Dylan put his hands up in surrender and walked back to Nate, to drag him up to dance as Brooke made Finn turn on some music.
Finn chose a playlist and turned it on at a moderate volume so as not to wake up the kids, and Camille stood up with her phone and began to move among the couples.
"Well, since it's the first song I'm going to be the camerawoman, but the next one I'll dance it with Nate." She winked at Nate, and he and Dylan broke into laughter as they moved to the beat of the music.
Kurt wrapped his arms around Blaine's neck and looked into his eyes.
"Thank you for saving me from Dylan. I wouldn't have wanted to miss your first birthday dance." Kurt smiled.
"Me either, I want to have all the rest of my firsts with you for the rest of my life." Blaine said softly as he moved them around the living room a little in a slow dance.
Kurt gently kissed Blaine's cheek, and lingered there a bit while Camille took a picture of them. Then he pulled away to look into Blaine's eyes again, that pair of honey-colored gems he wanted to lose himself in forever.
"I can't wait." Kurt leaned in until his lips touched Blaine's, and they kissed while their feet somehow kept moving.
After spending a long few minutes dancing to a slow beat and kissing gently with their arms wrapped around each other, they were interrupted by Brooke who wanted the next dance with her brother.
Kurt had conceded and taken Camille's hand to dance with her for the next song, even though she complained that she wanted to dance with Nate.
Kurt watched Blaine for most of the night, the big smile on his face was beautiful and he looked so happy as he was pulled from person to person for a dance. Eventually Kurt did let Camille go, to dance with Nate, laughing at her blushing face as Nate kissed her hand first and twirled her around.
They all spent the rest of the night switching partners and having fun, pausing every now and again to drink and chat. Kurt found himself back in Blaine's arms a few times throughout the night, but he didn't mind when somebody separated them every time. He would spend the rest of his life with Blaine, this he knew.
So he didn't mind sharing him amongst their loving extended family.
As Brooke promised, they all spent the night there, having had too much drinks to drive, even though none of them were drunk.
Kurt and Blaine settled into one of the guest rooms, and they got into bed only in their underwear and immediately snuggled together. They wouldn't go further at Brooke and Finn's house, but they wanted to sleep holding each other.
There was only a minute to midnight, and Kurt whispered 'happy birthday' once more against Blaine's curls, to which his boyfriend replied with barely a hum, as he was almost asleep by then.
Kurt smiled and pulled Blaine closer to his body, thinking about how curious life was. It all started in that same house, when two people who were lost found each other, and their lives took on a new meaning.
He had dared to question the existence of soulmates, and now, with Blaine in his arms, he knew that they were simply meant to be together forever, and the word 'forever' had never sounded so good.