A single lifetime lies behind her

As she draws her final breath

Just beyond the door he'll find her

Taking her hand he softly says

For the first time you can open your eyes

And see the world without your sorrow

And no one knows the pain you've left behind

Kurt had been killed in a car accident on his way to the hospital where he had been called to as it seemed like Blaine was losing his final battle. Some drunken idiot had crashed into the driver's side of Kurt's navigator and Kurt's brain and spinal cord had been damaged beyond repair. The other guy had died on the spot, but it was no comfort to any of Kurt's friends or family.

Burt had made the hardest decision of his life when he had decided to let the doctors take Kurt's heart and give it to Blaine, as Kurt had asked him to do so long ago as they had discovered that somehow it would be compatible. Burt didn't even know how Kurt had known that it would work, but he had just said something about his heart belonging to Blaine as they had tested it without the knowledge of the older Warbler.

Finn still remembered the pallor of Burt's face as he had left the room after that particular conversation and a crying Kurt following him soon after. At first he had been afraid that Blaine had died, but they told him Blaine was alright and they never spoke of it again. Not until the fateful day when he had lost his brother.

Mercedes had refused to believe what the crying Rachel told her after she had heard it from Finn, but she had somehow known it, deep down she had known that Kurt would not let Blaine die, although it had not been Kurt's fault that he had died.

Puck had almost ended up back in jail after he had heard what had happened, starting to completely destroy his workplace, as if the pain of punching a wall with bare hands would somehow change what had happened.

The rest of New Di, including Mr. Schuester had taken it equally badly, as they had been very close to Kurt for the past 5 years, even after high school had ended.

Even Sue was broken down by the news, and everyone seeing her after she had gotten the news would have sworn that she would have killed the drunk idiot who had caused all this mess with her own hands had he not been dead already.

Wes and David grieved in their own way, having not been all that close to Kurt. But they were worried about Blaine. Of course they had known that he wouldn't be ok, not now in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, but the empty look in his eyes which had always been so happy and alive when Kurt had been around, no matter how much pain he had gone through, made them worry whether their friend had been damaged beyond repair.

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Blaine thought of all of his friends…their friends…thought of Kurt's family who had become his family more and more as they had realized that his own family cared very little about him, providing the money, but none of the love and genuine affection the Hudmel household and New Di showed him.

He could not understand how they could possibly still love him, tell him that he wasn't the one to blame for what had happened. He couldn't stand their love and compassion, because he was not the one who deserved it.

He fell to his knees, forehead touching the cool marble of Kurt's tombstone as he continued sobbing.

"Kurt…I could never hate you…How could I? I gave you my heart…my weak…sick heart…and you gave me so much more…you gave me happiness, love, you gave me a family who loved me, but most importantly you gave me you, the most precious thing I could never have asked for, even dreamed about. You tell me to move on? But how could I? There will never be anyone else in my heart…because it belongs to you…as it always did since we met, it always will be yours…I love you…I…love you…"

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And as the years went by, Blaine held half of the promise Kurt had begged him to make. He lived, he laughed, he had a family (The Hudmel's) he became Finn's surrogate brother and the uncle of 3 adorable little children, despite the fact that they were part Rachel's DNA.

He became a great friend for all in New Di and while everyone knew no one could ever replace Kurt, he made it his mission to take care of the people Kurt had cared most about.

But through all his life, everyone knew that some part of him was missing, a part that had died all those years ago when Kurt had given his life to save his.

True to his word, he never loved again. There were many offers, but Blaine stayed alone for the rest of his life, knowing that no one could fill the hole that Kurt had left.

And when the day came that even Kurt's heart could no longer keep him going, when his final day came after an unexpectedly long life that his time was come, he embraced it. He died without regrets, only feeling sorry for the ones he left behind. Because if he was honest, he knew that his life had ended over 70 years ago.

As he shut his eyes for the last time he could feel him. Kurt was there, waiting to embrace him and to take him home. And for the first time in a lifetime he felt alive again. Because now he was where he belonged and the hole that had been burning in his heart and soul all those years, the pain he had always been hiding from everyone, disappeared and left a sense of love and rightness he couldn't begin to describe.

But he didn't want to. Didn't need to. Because he was ok now.

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"I haven't seen him looking this at ease since…" Rachel whispered lowly as she looked at Blaine through tear-filled eyes.

"Yeah." Finn nodded, holding his wife close to him.

"Do you think…Do you think they are together now?" Rachel asked, her voice breaking.

"I'm sure they are. Finally, after all this time, they are where they belong." Mercedes answered softly from behind them, holding a crying David close to her.

Finn and Rachel turned around to see all that was left of New Di and the Warblers standing around them, and every single one of them felt the truth behind Mercedes' words, and it brought ease to their hearts.

"Goodbye…my brothers…" Finn said softly, turning around once more as everyone else walked away, looking at the two graves in front of him. "I know that you are together, wherever you are now, and although I will miss you…" his voice broke "I'm happy to know that you finally found home."

He stood there for another moment, and as the others turned around to see what was keeping him, the light of the setting sun fell on the tombstones and they swore they saw Kurt and Blaine, hand in hand as they had been all those years ago in high school smiling at them through the ray of light.

End Notes: The lyrics in the beginning of this chapter are from Daughtry's 'Open Up Your Eyes'.

So…I hope you liked it…It's kind of…sad…but *awkwardhandmotion* yeah whatever…let me know what you think…thanks for reading 33