26: Will You Be My Valentine?

"So boys, what are you doing for Valentine's Day?" Burt found himself asking his four sons one cold February day. The Hummel-Hudson family was all gathered around the dining table eating dinner. During a rather long silence with no one saying anything, Burt realized that he had no idea what was going on in his boy's lives at the moment.

Kurt was the first to speak. "Well, Blaine can't go to Sugar's party because of his eye, so I was going to go straight to his house after school and stay their until the party."

Carol cooed from her spot across the table. "How romantic!" Kurt blushed deeply.

"I on the other hand, being single and all, am having a slumber party at Mercedes' place. We are going to pig out on chocolate and other junk we probably shouldn't be eating." Chris added from his spot between Kurt and Carson.

"Sounds just as fun." Burt stated, earning himself a smile from his oldest child. He turned to Carson expectantly, waiting for an answer. Carson rolled his eyes at his father's eagerness.

"I don't know." He said bluntly.

Burt couldn't help but be surprised. "Really? You don't have anything planned?"

Carson shrugged. "Puck asked if we could hang out at his place, but I don't know. I'm definitely not going to Sugar's party. She hates me because I dumped her last month."

Burt was about to say something more when Carol interrupted him. "Sounds good to me. Honestly, I feel like Valentine's Day is too played out anyways."

Carson smiled at her before shoveling another spoon of soup into his mouth. Beside him, Finn was squirming in his seat.

"I don't want to spend Valentine's day with Rachel." When everyone's eyes widened in shock, Finn tried to explain himself. "She's so bossy! Our conversations are always one-sided, and quite frankly, I cant stand to be around her lately because all she can think and talk about is her plans for college."

Kurt nodded in agreement. "It's true. She hasn't stopped nagging me about how we HAVE to be roommates when we move to New York."

Finn nodded, happy someone else had noticed the same thing. "I think we should break-up."

Instantly, all the people sitting around the table began to protest. "Absolutely not!" Kurt shouted the loudest over everyone. "I will not have you ruin my Valentine's Day just because your tired of the girl who you've been on and off with for years. We all know you guys will get back together in a month or two, so spare us all the trouble. Don't turn your problems into our problems!"

"Amen." Carson said quietly as he sipped his soda. Finn sat quietly, with a rather dumb look plastered across his face.

"All right boys. That's enough tormenting Finn for one day." Burt decided to say before the other two got too far into their argument as well.

"God, it's no fair! It's three against one!" Finn exclaimed, resulting in a chorus of laughter to follow.

"Sucks to suck." Carson tried to say through his laughter. Finn continued to pout around the house the rest of the night.

Chris found himself waiting by Mercedes' locker the next day. It was Valentine's Day, and Chris found that it seemed everyone at school was in love. He didn't mind being single, but sometimes all he wanted was someone to cuddle with and be cute with.

"Hey boy." Mercedes said when she got to her locker. She had saw the dazed and dreamy look that had been upon Chris's face as he looked down the hall at all the couples. Mercedes knew that look well. It was a look that she had made many times over the years.

"hmm?" He said as he was brought back to reality. "Oh, hey. Happy Valentine's Day."

Mercedes smiled in return. "You mean happy Single's Awareness Day?" Chris couldn't help but smile too.

"Yeah." Chris swung his backpack off his shoulder and started to open it. "That reminds me." He began to pull out a heart shaped box of chocolates. "Mercedes, you are my best friend. I love being single with you, but just for today, will you be my valentine?"

Mercedes laughed happily. "Of course! Awe Boo, I love being single with you too!" She moved forward to except the box of chocolates, and to kiss Chris on the cheek. "Are we still having a marathon at my house tonight?"

"You bet! I couldn't imagine myself doing anything else tonight." He said smugly.

"Yeah, I bet." She said as she laughed. She went to close her locker, and then the two proceeded to walk down the hall together amongst all of the couples, their hands locked together.

"I can't believe you surprised me like that." Kurt whispered to Blaine in the back alleyway behind Breadsticks. It had been too loud in the restaurant to talk, so he had dragged his boyfriend outside to be alone.

Blaine shrugged as if it was no big deal. "I love surprising you. You're worth it."

Kurt felt his eyes getting watery. Slowly, he moved forward and gave the other boy a sweet kiss. Blaine hummed into it, and went to kiss him again. Kurt got surprised by how much he had missed looking into his boyfriends beautiful hazel eyes. Just one was not enough.

"You know, I never got to officially ask you to be my Valentine." Blaine said with a grin.

"Oh yeah?" Kurt teased back, unable to stop smiling.

"Kurt Hummel, will you be my Valentine?"

Kurt pretended to think about it for a second. "Yes." He said before pecking Blaine's lips again. The lovers were silent for a few moments, slowly swaying in each other's arms. "I love you." He whispered into the darkness.

"I love you too." Blaine whispered back before kissing him again.

The two lovebirds found themselves lost in one another. They couldn't be happier.

Carson laid in bed alone that night dreaming about his future. He didn't like being alone. Over the years, he'd had numerous girlfriends and the occasional boyfriend, but none of those relationships had ever lasted very long. He chalked it up to him being able to find the worst in everybody.

But he was starting to think he was just waiting. Like, he knew not to make something go on longer that it should. When he found he wasn't happy, he ended it. Life was short, and if he'd learned anything, he wasn't going to waste it by living an unhappy life with someone he hated.

Carson was waiting for his soulmate, but he was getting impatient. Where were they? He found he really didn't care about gender, or even sex that much. He just wanted someone to love. Someone who would cuddle with him at night, listen to how his day had gone, laugh at all his jokes and witty banter, and most importantly, love him back.

Carson decided he would wait. He knew in the end, it would be worth it. One day, he would have someone he would be proud to call his Valentine.