The funeral went on in silence. Kurt held Sebastian's hand, cringing when he felt his boyfriend squeeze his hand, not from the physical pain. Kurt can play that game all day, but he knew why Sebastian squeezed. He knew the storm that was going on inside Sebastian.

"Before we commit this body to the Earth, we are allowing for family members to say one more farewell," the priest said.

Sebastian got up and walked over. Kurt held one hand as the other was in his pocket.

When they reached the casket, Sebastian did the sign of the cross before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a cloth like material. He kissed it and put it over his grandmother's hand. He wordlessly escorted himself and Kurt back to their seats and prayed.

The reception room was filled with the Smythe clan plus one Hummel.

"Bastian, est grand-mère morte?" a small boy asked as he scampered over to Sebastian. It broke Kurt's heart. He was like a tiny version of Sebastian, only with dewy innocent eyes.

"Grand-mère est dans un meilleur endroit, Mihel," Sebastian said petting the boy's hair.

"Bien," the boy said turning. He was facing Kurt now. He smiled brightly, "Qui es-tu?"

"Mihel, c'est Kurt. Kurt c'est mon cousin, Mihel," Sebastian said.

"Bonjour," Kurt said waving.

Mihel smiled.

"Il est joli," Mihel said.

"Merci," Kurt giggled, "Tu es tres mignon."

"Mihel," a woman called.

"Oui, Mama," Mihel said dashing off to his mother.

"He's adorable. He kind of reminds me of you, but his eyes are more innocently unaware of things," Kurt said.

"Thank you so much for coming all this way, Kurt," Sebastian said turning to Kurt and trying so bad to smile.

"I'm glad you let me come along," Kurt countered with a soft smile.

Sebastian hugged him and held on tight. Kurt hugged back, rubbing his back when he felt him flinch and quiver. He was crying.

"Sebastian, honey," a sore and shrill voice said as the sound of heels approaching took over.

Sebastian looked and saw his parents.

"Mom, Dad," Sebastian said hugging his parents and going back to Kurt's side.

"Who is this?" Sebastian's mother asked when she finally noticed Kurt standing there.

"I'm Kurt Hummel, ma'am. Nice to meet you. You too, sir," Kurt said shaking Sebastian's parent's hands.

"Mom, Dad, this is my boyfriend. I'm sorry I haven't mentioned him before hand, but grandma, and the funeral, it slipped my mind," Sebastian said taking hold of Kurt's hand.

"It's okay, baby. It's a pleasure, Kurt," Mrs. Smythe said.

"Boyfriend?" Sebastian's father asked.

"Yes, Dad," Sebastian said.

"I'm so sorry for your loss. Sebastian told me all about her. She was an amazing woman," Kurt said.

"Honey, I'd like to speak to Sebastian in private. Why don't you and Kurt speak, okay?" Mr. Smythe said.

His wife gave him a look and he countered.

"Okay, but don't take too long," Mrs. Smythe said.

Mr. Smythe nodded before taking Sebastian out in the hall.

"What's wrong?" Sebastian asked.

"Break up with him," Mr. Smythe said.

"What?" Sebastian said.

"Sebastian, don't you see what's going on here? You're just with him for comfort, ad when this dies down, you'll see that you don't want him. He might even take advantage of you in your time of weakness," Mr. Smythe said.

"Kurt isn't like that," Sebastian defended, "And we were together since before grandma died."

"I still stand by what I said. You need to break up with him. You're just using this as an emotional crutch, so save both you and him the trouble," Mr. Smythe said.

"Oh, my God," Sebastian chuckled.

"What is so funny young man?" Mr. Smythe said.

"The fact that you try to give me advice and council me, but you don't even know the first thing about me. I've been gay all my life, but it took you the first sixteen years of my life for you to figure that out. Now, here you are trying to tell me that I can't be with someone who was there for me this entire time. From the second you guys told me Grandma was dead to now, he's never left me, for anything, but you know what? I'm not having this conversation at Gran's funeral. She doesn't like conflict," Sebastian told then said quietly as he walked back into the reception hall.

"Bas?" Kurt questioned when he saw his boyfriend walk up to him.

"Ma, is it okay if I steal Kurt away for a few?" Sebastian asked.

"By all means," Mrs. Smythe said kissing her son's cheek and pinching Kurt's.

"Are you okay?" Kurt asked softly. Sebastian gently took his hand and pulled him along.

"Wait, Bas, what about your famil…" Kurt said then trailed off when he looked back. He made eye contact with Sebastian's father, who was giving him the iciest glare that rivaled his own bitch glare.

Sebastian led them to a set of stairs that they ended up climbing.

"Bas, where are you taking me?" Kurt asked.

"I want to show you something," Sebastian said as he pushed a big set of wooden double doors open.

They stepped through the threshold, and Sebastian immediately encircled his arms around Kurt.

The sunlight from the sunset hit Kurt head on, giving his eyes some difficulty adjusting. When his eyes finally did adjust, he gasped.

"I came up here after church while all the old people chattered," Sebastian said.

It over looked Paris' skyline with a pretty orange shine over the snow. The wind blew while they were up there, sending chills.

"Be careful. There's still ice up here," Sebastian said.

"I feel pretty safe with you holding onto me," Kurt said softly.

"Kurt," Sebastian said softly as he rested his head on Kurt's shoulder with his lips lightly pressing into the side of his neck.

"Bas," Kurt responded as he ran a hand through Sebastian's hair. The evening breeze blew lightly as they stayed that way.

"Dad wants me to break up with you. He thinks I'm only using you as an emotional crutch, but it's not like that. I actually like you," Sebastian said.

"So you're not breaking up with me, right?" Kurt said with hope twinkling in his eyes.

"Of course not. You're not going anywhere. Forget what he says," Sebastian said holding onto Kurt tightly.

"Good, because I think I would be very sad if you did break up with me," Kurt said, "But I would still be your friend."

"Why?" Sebastian chuckled.

"Because if that's the reason why you're breaking up with me, then I can honestly say at least you didn't cheat on me. I'd still be your friend because I know how you are," Kurt said.

"Kurt, you're too much," Sebastian chuckled as he pecked Kurt's lips.

"Would you like for me to show you around the city?" Sebastian asked.

"That would be great," Kurt yawned, "Sorry, I didn't have coffee today."

"It's okay. Let's go," Sebastian said.

X_x

Sebastian and Kurt spent the day exploring Paris. Sebastian showed him all his favorite places to hang out when he was attending his freshmen and sophomore years of high school.

Every time Kurt saw something he knew of, he'd spout random facts about it. Sebastian found the excited glint in Kurt's eyes adorable. He held back chuckles as he watched his boyfriend gasp and go wide eyed at everything that fascinated him, which was a majority of things that they passed.

They were sitting on a bench, watching the Eiffel Tower as the lights slowly came on level by level as the sky went from orange to purple to dark.

"This was by far the most fun I've had in one day," Kurt giggled as he rested his head on Sebastian's shoulder.

"Even the times you were shopping?" Sebastian said.

"This is still better, especially since I got to spend the day with you," Kurt said hugging Sebastian, his hands resting on the opposing shoulder. When he relaxed his arms from constricting Sebastian, he kept his arm loosely wrapped and hands still on the other shoulder that his head wasn't on.

Sebastian didn't know what to say. Instead he held Kurt close and kissed his forehead.

"Thanks, Kurt," Sebastian said.

"Why are you thanking me? I didn't do you a favor. I was being a good friend and your boyfriend, remember? I'm gonna be here for you no matter what. A few months ago, if someone would have told me that Blaine was going to chest on me and that I would end up dating you, I would have asked them who their crack dealer was," Kurt said.

He smile when Sebastian laughed.

"But now that it's happening, I'm starting to wonder why we hated each other. I guess it was because we didn't know each other. Now, I feel stupid for not making this happen earlier," Kurt said.

Sebastian bit his bottom lip, willing himself not to cry. He held Kurt tight and kissed the side of Kurt's temple.

"I love you," he said softly, not realizing what he said until Kurt shifted and looked up at him.

Sebastian made eye contact and felt his heart rate quicken.

"Do you mean it?" Kurt said.

(a:n)

Hey there. I finally got time to write, so here you go. I apologize for the hiatus. Military life is very demanding and time consuming. I'll update as so as I can, but til then, thank youse guys for reading.

~love always