When Kurt and Blaine stepped back out of the room Caphriel had created for them after their return from their last lifetime into the wide, gray space, the other man was waiting for them. He smiled at his favorite infinites but didn't say anything about what they'd just done. Instead, he nudged the book toward them. "Any idea where you'd like to go next?" he asked.
Blaine looked at Kurt questioningly, holding out a hand for the other man to come closer. "Any ideas?" he mumbled when Kurt was right next to him once more.
"Not exactly," Kurt told him. "What about you?"
"Music," Blaine replied dreamily.
"Come again?" Kurt giggled at the blissful look on his soulmate's face. He'd heard exactly what he'd said, but hearing that one word come out of Blaine's mouth so lovingly made him want to hear it again.
"Music," Blaine repeated. "I think I'd like to go on an adventure with lots of music."
Caphriel lit up. "Well, there are plenty of those to choose from," he told the infinites. He flipped to that section in the book, turning it toward them. "There are secret soulmate songs, songs to restore hearing, songs to be written, songs to be sung, bands to be lead, musicals to be done." He chuckled to himself over the little rhyme but looked at the two men before him expectantly. This was almost his favorite part.
Blaine's eyes lit up, and he turned to Caphriel with a look of excitement. "Did you say there are bands to be led?"
"I did," the other man confirmed. "There are a few stories in which one of you is in a band."
"Oh, Kurt!" Blaine hopped up and down for just a moment. "Can we do one of those? Please? I've always wanted to be the lead singer in a band, and… It just sounds like a ton of fun!"
Kurt grinned. He was going to say yes. Of course, he was going to say yes. How could he say no to the adorable face that was his soulmates? But he wanted to play a little bit hard to get. He couldn't just give in immediately to what Blaine wanted without a little bit of fun. "Why?" he asked. "What's so special about being the lead singer in a band?"
"Kurt! Imagine the lives we could lead! We could go on tour, hit up a new city every night, drink at the best bars, have the best sex, find the most fabulous new kinks, and write songs to sing to each other all the time. Hell, we could be in the band together! Wouldn't that be awesome? We could sing to each other every night on stage, and every show would be the best night of our lives!"
"Being famous also means no privacy, a ton of paparazzi and cameras in our faces, scandals on the news, and who knows what other types of unpleasantries."
"Worth it. All worth it if I'm with you," Blaine told him, smiling wide.
"Are you sure about that?"
"Positive. One hundred percent positive. Can we please try one? Please?"
Kurt gave in, smiling at his soulmate. He leaned in, pressing a tender kiss to his lips. "Of course, we can. I was always going to let you. I just had to play hard to get for a few minutes."
"No fair!" Blaine complained, mock pouting for a moment. "You're my soulmate, Kurt. You're supposed to love me!"
"I do. That's why I want to see that absolutely adorable pout," Kurt replied, leaning in to peck his nose.
Caphriel watched them for a few moments, smiling. He loved when the two of them showed up. They were by far the best couple that ever passed through The Unknown, and he delighted in watching them pick a new adventure. He also, sometimes, felt like he was intruding on their privacy, invading the little bit of time they had to love on one another before they took off on a new adventure, but he did his best to be respectful, looking away whenever they chose to share a more passionate moment together.
After a few minutes of them sharing light kisses back and forth, he asked, "Are you ready to start your next adventure?"
Kurt cast a glance at him, pressing his lips together into a tight line. "Could we have a moment?" he asked. "I just want to say a few things to Blaine before we part ways again."
"Take as much time as you need," Caphriel reassured them. "There's no rush."
"Thank you," Kurt told him, taking a few steps away from the podium and taking both of Blaine's hands in his, drawing him just a bit closer. There were tears in the corners of his eyes.
"What's wrong, aking Hari?" Blaine asked, the old nickname slipping out.
"I just feel like our time here is so fleeting," Kurt told him. "I mean, this is our ending and our beginning, the place we come to say goodbye before our next hello. Sometimes, aking prinsipe, I'm just not quite ready to let you go again."
Blaine had tears in his eyes as well as he stood on his tiptoes to press a kiss to Kurt's lips. "We can always stay here long if you need to. You heard Caphriel. There's no rush."
"But staying only delays being apart, and that's not what I'm looking for," Kurt told him, sniffling.
"Someday," Blaine vowed, "someday, I'll be sure to find you first thing. Even if I have to crawl out of the hospital nursery, I will find you from the first moment and love you every second the way you deserve to be loved. Even in a different lifetime, you'll always be mine, just like you are in every other. I don't want to be apart any more than you do, but the finding one another again is always so sweet."
"You're the sweetest man alive," Kurt told him. "I'm so glad you're my eternal love, my infinite soulmate."
"You, too," Blaine answered him, leaning in to peck him again. "You ready to go?"
Kurt nodded. He looked to Caphriel, stepping back closer once more. "We're ready."
Caphriel smiled at them once again, sad to see them go. "Your story awaits, my friends," he told them, watching as they disappeared for their next adventure together.
