"You know," Kurt said in the car as they drove back towards his childhood home, "when I asked you yesterday if marriage was in the future for us, I wasn't insinuating you had to propose now."

Blaine smiled at his boyfriend's – fiancé's he corrects himself with a grin – teasing. "I know, sweetie. I proposed because I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you and couldn't wait a second longer. That a good enough reason for you?" Blaine teased back looking over to give him an exaggerated longing gaze.

Kurt pretended to think on it for a moment and as Blaine snuck his hand over towards him.

"NO!" Kurt shrieked as Blaine began tickling him.

Blaine grinned and his dramatics.

"Blaine! Stop it! I'm driving here!"

"Hmm," Blaine hummed, "I don't see that happening. This traffic is endless. You're just using it as an excuse."

"Okay! Okay!" he laughed. "You win."

"I win? This is a moment for the history books ladies and gentlemen. Kurt Hummel has admitted defeat!"

"Must you rub it in?"

Blaine leaned over and kissed him on the nose. "I'll never mention it again if it upsets you, my love."

"Really, though. How long have you been planning to propose?"

"Since the moment I met you," Blaine cooed.

Kurt only rolled his eyes. "Okay fine, cheeseball. I guess I wasn't specific enough for you. Hmm…" he stopped to think. "When did you buy the ring?"

Blaine's eyes went wide. "Uh… it was a really long time ago. I can't really be sure exactly when..."

"We haven't been back together that long. I'm sure you can come up with an estimate."

Blaine buried his face in his hands.

"Oh my god! You bought it before we got back together? Is that why you're being so weird about this? You don't have to be embarrassed about that! I think it's really sweet that you always knew we end up together. Wait, it was always intended for me, right? I suppose you could have just seen a nice ring and thought my future husband would – "

"Kurt. Stop rambling. Of course it was always meant for you. Anytime I've thought about marriage for years it has always been you."

Kurt beamed. "So, when did you buy it?"

Blaine laid his head against the headrest in defeat. There was clearly no getting out of this. Suppose I can always stall longer. Blaine captured Kurt's lips in a kiss. Kurt quickly reciprocated, but, when Blaine pushed to go further, Kurt got suspicious.

He pulled away from a pouting Blaine. "Blaine just because the red light is taking forever does not mean that we have time for a quickie. You are trying to hide something! Tell me when you bought the ring."

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

"Blaine!"

Blaine gave a dramatic high before admitting, "High school."

"What?" Kurt asked incredulous.

"I bought it in high school."

Kurt stared at him dumbfounded. "I - Wha – when?"

"Uh, remember when you came to visit right before regionals?"

Kurt nodded silently.

"I was going to ask you to get back together then I was going to ask you to marry me, but you made it pretty clear that you weren't interested. I was serious when I said I always wanted to spend the rest of my life with you, Kurt. Granted it may have seemed a little naïve at the time, but I knew it back then too. I've always known with you," Blaine went on feeling slightly more confident now that he knew Kurt wasn't going to completely freak out.

"I would have said yes," Kurt whispered.

"What?" Blaine asked looking at his fiancé.

"I would have said yes if you asked me to get back together. I remember you saying you wanted to talk to me and I thought you were going to ask… and I was planning on saying yes. I'm not so sure about the marriage proposal because I was only nineteen at the time but…that doesn't mean I didn't want to marry you," Kurt smiled sheepishly and bashfully glanced over at Blaine. "Blaine, baby, are you crying?"

"I'm fine," Blaine mumbled as he whipped away his tears.

Kurt squeezed his hand tightly. "You don't have to be strong all the time, sweetie. It's just me."

"I'm okay. Really. It's just…we could have been together all this time."

"Don't think like that. I know it's sad that we had years apart, but…we've proven to the world that we will always come back to each other no matter what. And who knows, if things were different, maybe we wouldn't be having a daughter yet. I don't know about you, but I am ready to start a family with you right this very second."

Blaine laughed through his tears.

"You're crying again!"

"They're happy tears this time, beautiful. I promise."

….

When they pulled up in front of the Hudmel house, Kurt bolted inside before Blaine even had a chance to cut the engine.

"Where are you going?" Blaine called as he ran after him. He stepped inside just in time to see Kurt scream loud enough for the entire house, and probably entire neighborhood, to hear, "I'M ENGAGED!"

Burt and Carole came barging through the house in seconds flat. "That's wonderful!"

"I'm so happy for you, son!"

"This is such a lovely surprise!"

"You can cut the act," Kurt said shaking his head but his huge grin never leaving his face.

"Being happy for you?" Burt asked confused.

"Pretending you didn't know."

Burt turned to Blaine and shook his head. "I can't believe you told him. I'm surprised he didn't rip your head off head off when you denied him the pleasure of being the one to tell us. I suppose he still has the entire state of Ohio to tell, not to mention New York…"

"Blaine didn't tell me anything. I just knew that, being the perfect gentleman he is, Blaine would ask for your permission before he asked me," Kurt beamed walking over to place a chaste, loving kiss on Blaine's lips.

"Big enough gentleman to ask twice…" Burt muttered.

"TWICE?"

Burt looked guilty. "I didn't think you'd pick up on that."

"You asked my dad permission to marry me when you were still in HIGH SCHOOL? Are you OUT OF YOUR MIND?"

Burt grinned. " You two must have had quite the discussion on the way back here, huh?"

"And apparently it is still not over," Blaine sighed.

"Honestly, how did this conversation even go down? Wait did you say yes then too? Tell me you didn't say yes. Dad, seriously that's completely– "

"Kurt. Let's go upstairs," Blaine said calmly.

Kurt went to protest, but Blaine turned to the couple first. "If you'll excuse us, my fiancé and I are going to get settled in for the night."

Kurt visibly melted at the title. "Goodnight, dad. Goodnight, Carole," he said dreamily as he allowed Blaine to lead him up the stairs. "Can I call everyone that know?"

"Of course, my love. Whatever you want."