525600 Minutes (Graduation)

"Kurt Hummel."

Blaine watched, proud tears in his eyes, as his boyfriend made his way up to the stage to get his High School diploma. Somehow, even wearing the bright red gown and cap, Kurt still managed to be the most dazzling person around.

Not that Blaine would have noticed if there had been a male supermodel posing naked right next to him, for Kurt was the only thing he saw, as he sat, right next to Burt, as they watched their boy graduate. Blaine wasn't ashamed of the tears running down his face as he watched Kurt, and many of his other friends, throw their caps in the air, before the senior members of Glee club took the stage to perform a mashup of their best songs, finishing as they performed *Don't Stop Believing* together for one last time.

After they were done and the applause had receded, the senior Glee club members rushed to their families. Kurt hugged his father tightly, before Burt let him go because he *had something in his eye* and Kurt fell into Blaine's arms, both sobbing, torn between happiness and sadness as they held onto each other tightly.

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Much, much later that night, after the celebrations had blown over, Kurt was lying in Blaine's arms, hand trailing invisible patters on Blaine's bare chest, when suddenly he felt something hot and wet drop onto his neck and shoulder, looking up to find that Blaine was crying, silently, obviously hoping that Kurt wouldn't notice.

"Oh baby no." Kurt said, shocked, as he propped himself up on his side to look at Blaine's face "What's wrong?" he asked worriedly.

It took Blaine a while to calm down enough to speak, but Kurt didn't mind, as he brought his hand up to gently wipe the tears off Blaine's face, hand remaining on Blaine's cheek.

"It's silly…" Blaine began lowly.

"If it upsets you this much it's not silly baby. Please tell me."

Blaine looked up into worried glasz eyes, chest constricting almost painfully with how much he loved this boy.

"It's just…it suddenly became so real to me today you know? You…You've graduated, and now you're off to college while I am stuck here for another damn year. And…I know you love me…and I definitely know that I love you but…who's to say that we are going to make it? I mean…so many things can happen in one year. It is such a long time." He broke off, unable to go on.

He didn't need to, Kurt understood.

Kurt looked at him for a moment, trying to figure out what he could say to make this better. He knew that there was nothing. Nothing he could say to make this pain go away, to dismiss this fear. He knew because he felt it too, had lain awake, brooding over it many nights. Because the truth was, as much as they loved each other, they just couldn't know. He took a deep breath, eyes fixed on Blaine's.

"525600 minutes."

"What?" Blaine asked, perplexed.

"One year Blaine. 525600 minutes. And you're right, that's a long, long time. And as much as I wish I could say that we will make it, the truth is that we can't know. But I know that I love you Blaine, more than anything, and that if we make it through these 525600 minutes apart, then we can have forever together."

"525600 minutes." Blaine repeated, now smiling softly as he remembered the song he had heard that in before.

"Yes." Kurt answered leaning down to capture Blaine's lips in a soft kiss. "And for now I am still here. Let's just enjoy the time we have before I have to leave ok?"

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"Blaine Anderson."

Blaine smiled softly. He knew that somewhere down in the watching crowd, his parents were sitting, eyes resting on him, who he had proven to not be a complete failure together with his brother who was probably cheering loudest. He also knew that Burt and Carole were there too, cheering him on like they had Finn, Kurt and Rachel just one year ago.

He was happy as he performed with what had been left of New Directions for one more time, before he left the stage to the congratulations of his family and friends.

There was only one thing missing to make him completely happy. Kurt.

Against all expectations, they had actually made it through the year of separation, phonecalls, late night skype sessions and the occasional visit getting them over the long time apart.

It hadn't always been easy for them, what with Kurt meeting many more out and proud gay men, and Blaine starting to spend more and more time with the Warblers again. While Sebastian had actually done a 180° after the Karosfky incident, he was not the only good looking gay male in said choir.

It wasn't as if either of them had been looking for anyone new, or even wanted to, but jealousy was a bad advisor, especially in times like these when insecurity was ruling their thoughts anyways.

But they had made it, the fact that they weren't only boyfriends, but also best friends, helping them to be open and honest with each other, especially because the fear of losing the other completely was just too great.

Kurt had wanted to come over, but an important assignment that would make up one third of his grade, had stopped him form coming. Blaine knew that Kurt was just as disappointed as he was, and he consoled himself with the knowledge that he would join Kurt in New York soon, but he still wished his boyfriend could be there, and see him right now, silly as he was sure he looked in the graduation gown.

He was standing at the side a little watching everyone converse excitedly, when suddenly strong arms wrapped themselves around him from behind, and pulled him against a lean, firm chest as warm lips pressed against his neck.

Blaine tensed, jerking away from whoever it was, ready to tell the person that he had a boyfriend as he darted around, just to look into amused glasz eyes.

"K-Kurt…" Blaine stuttered, as the brunet boy laughed. "B-But…your assignment."

"Mhh." Kurt hummed, attaching himself to Blaine in a tight hug, burying his face in the crook of Blaine's neck. "I begged Rachel to go first, so I got an extra week of preparation time to come and watch my boyfriend graduate."

"B-but…" Blaine was still too stunned to form a coherent sentence.

Kurt chuckled.

"525600 minutes baby. You didn't really think I would miss this moment in your life? I want to be here for every important moment in your life Blaine."

"And I want you to be." Blaine replied breathlessly, before he brought their lips together in a passionate kiss, uncaring of who could see them.

They had made it through the year of separation. Now it was time to start their future together.