Blaine entered the kitchen to see his family eating breakfast, Kurt sipping coffee and reading through the new issue of Vogue while the kids ate cereal. "Morning gorgeous." Blaine murmured, kissing Kurt's temple, grabbing the cup of coffee that was left for him. "Morning." Kurt smiled up at him, his eyes shining like they used to. "Good morning daddy!" Payton said cheerfully, getting her happy morning mood from Kurt. Blaine walked over and kissed the top of her head. "Morning princess." She giggled, Blaine moving behind Everett, placing his hands on his small shoulders. The four year old looked up and laughed, making a kiss face to his daddy, Blaine leaning down to peck his lips. Before taking a seat Blaine signed "I love you" and noticed Kurt staring on with a dreamy smile.
"I'll see you after work okay? There's something I want to talk to you about later." Blaine said to Kurt, pecking his lips before walking out the door. That didn't settle right inside him but he didn't even have to time answer, or ask when he was going to be home. With a sigh Kurt rounded up the kids so he can drop Payton off at school and start his daily routine.
Kurt was settled on the couch with Everett, working on some signing, a wide smile on both their faces when the door shut. "Dad we're home!" Payton yelled, her little footsteps becoming much louder. Kurt chuckled and set her on his lap, kissing her cheek. "How was your day sweetie?" He asked, resting his chin on her shoulder. "It was good. I'm friends with Ella again." Blaine snorted and entered the living room, loosening his tie. "They weren't friends yesterday apparently" He mentioned, filling Kurt in on the first grade gossip, the two of them laughing. Everett looked between all of them, confused as to why they were laughing, his eyes all glassy. Blaine noticed and bit his lip, his whole mood changing in an instant. He walked over and knelt down next to his son, waving hello. Everett waved back and pointed his index finger into the cleft of his chin, telling Blaine that he missed him. Blaine signed it back and then I love you, leaning forward to kiss his son's forehead. Everett smiled widely and latched onto his daddy, resting his head on his shoulder. "This is what we need to talk about." Blaine said to Kurt, motioning his head to their son.
After leaving dinner to cook Kurt let the kids play in their rooms and went into his own, seeing Blaine sitting on the bed with pamphlets in his hands, he's been doing a lot of research these past couple months and feels like Kurt is ready to hear the idea. "Oh gosh... You aren't going to pull a Burt are you?" Kurt joked with a laugh, taking a seat next to his husband. Blaine shook his head with a smile and looked over to Kurt, handing them to him. "These are pamphlets on cochlear implants." Blaine explained, looking at the floor as Kurt stared at the papers in his hands, not knowing what to say. He's never really thought about it before. "This is going to be really expensive Blaine.. I don't think we can do this." Kurt mumbled quietly, not knowing what to do. He would honestly give anything for Everett to hear, but he knew they couldn't afford this. "Kurt if we can get help from our families they would do it in a heart beat! Burt and Carole would do it, my parents would most certainly do it, they all love him so much and would be elated if they could talk to him again." Blaine explained, sounding pained that Kurt had said no, that he doubted it. "I would kill to have him hear again but we have to think logically about this." Blaine frowned, his eyebrows pulling together. "I am thinking logically here Kurt, I'm thinking that I can't stand seeing our son left out of things because he can't hear us! He looked like he was about to breakdown and cry today from frustration when we were laughing."
Kurt sighed heavily, rubbing his face and standing up, taking a few steps away from the bed. "That's thinking with your heart and I love that you do that but thinking logically is thinking about money. We don't have that kind of money to use on this Blaine!" He said loudly, stressing the fact that they can't just throw the money factor out the window. "That's why I said we ask for fucking help Kurt. This is for Everett. Its not like we're asking for a down payment on a new car that we don't need. This is so our son can have an easier life." Blaine stressed, getting all worked up when he didn't want to. He didn't want this to be a fight. "I don't want to ask for help Blaine. We're adults now, we can't keep running to mommy and daddy for things!" Kurt yelled, throwing his hands up in the air, frustrated. "God I just don't know what else to tell you but you need to get it through your head that it just might not be possible right now." He added, talking loudly, his eyes brimming with tears. "I want him to hear just as much as you do but I don't want to just take all your hard work and put it toward that because that isn't fair, that's not what its originally for!"
Blaine stared at Kurt as tears streamed down his cheeks. "I want to do that. I worked hard to make you guys comfortable, so the kids can have a good life, I'm pretty sure our son can fall under that category. Giving Everett the option to hear is something I want to put my hard work toward. Please Kurt. Can we just.. please look into this for him." Blaine begged, hoping and practically praying that he gets a yes. "Fine. We can look into it." Kurt rubbed his forehead, taking a few deep breaths, trying to control his emotions. Blaine stood and engulfed his husband in a tight hug, pressing a kiss into his neck and rubbing his back soothingly. "Don't worry. I'll talk to my parents and yours, we'll sit down with a doctor. It'll happen." Blaine murmured, holding Kurt's face in his hands, his thumbs running over his cheek bones. Kurt leaned forward and pressed their lips together briefly. "I love you." He whispered, more tears falling. "I love you too, Kurt Anderson. So, so much." Blaine whispered back, leaning his forehead against Kurt's.
"Why were you and daddy yelling at each other?" Payton asked as Kurt entered the kitchen, checking on dinner. He froze and attempted to say something but closed his mouth, thinking. Her blue eyes were focused on him and he knelt down to her level, giving her a smirk. "Daddy and I were trying to see who can yell louder.. I won." He explained with a chuckle as she smiled widely. "Good job dad! I hope daddy isn't upset that he lost, he is such a baby about losing sometimes." Kurt laughed loudly and opened the fridge, grabbing a diet coke. "I am not!" Blaine yelled from the hallway as he made his way to Everett's room, which only made Kurt and Payton laugh more.
Everett looked behind him when he saw the shadow on the floor and smiled when he noticed it was his daddy. He liked that he got a lot of attention from him, he also loved that he looked like him. Blaine waved and took a seat on the floor in front of him. Everett sighed and fumbled with his hands, wishing he could speak, he was afraid to because he couldn't hear himself. Without second thought he pointed to himself and moved his hand to grab at the air and pointed to Blaine, then proceeded to point his index and middle finger at his chest and motion them in an arch outward, signing that he missed his daddy's voice. Blaine leaned forward and hugged Everett tightly, kissing his cheek, hoping that he can give his son the gift of hearing again.
Dinner was more talkative than yesterday, Payton going on about her day at school. Kurt listen and picked at his food, still thinking about what they are going to do with Everett. He wanted to, he did, but he was so scared to see his son go through the surgery and recovery. If Everett got the surgery though, he was excited to see his reaction when hearing his and Blaine's voice. They used to speak to him all the time. "Kurt.. Are you okay?" His eyes looked to his husband and he nodded, taking a bite of salad. "Sorry. Just thinking." He said quietly, not wanting to alarm Payton. She was always very nosy and curious. She was a child so Kurt certainly didn't blame her. "Do you want to talk about it?" Blaine asked, wanting to do his part in being a better husband.
After putting the kids to bed Kurt and Blaine entered their bedroom quietly, shutting the door. "I want to get the implants for him Blaine, but I'm scared." He admitted, not holding back anymore. Honesty is a huge part in marriage, that and communication goes hand in hand so he decided to kill two birds with one stone. "We'll be with him every step of the way, Kurt. You just have to keep thinking about the result. About him hearing us and how he will be able to talk to us. He's young, very young so it will be easier to do it now than when he's older." Kurt nodded and pulled the blankets back on the bed, lying down.
"Do you want to be there when I call them?" Blaine asked, referring to his parents and Kurt's. "Yeah I would like to be there for that." He mumbled, watching as Blaine lied down next to him, reaching his arms out, an invitation for Kurt to roll into them. With a smile Kurt did just that and pressed his back close to his husbands chest. "So does that mean you will meet me for lunch tomorrow in my office?" Blaine asked, snuggling his nose in Kurt's hair. Kurt giggled and placed his hands over Blaine's. "What about Everett?" Blaine shrugged and pressed a kiss to the back of Kurt's neck. "Bring him with you. It will be nice to spend the afternoon with my boys." Kurt chuckled at Blaine's cheese, missing this kind of interaction with him. Maybe they will be okay. They just have to work at it and take it one day at a time.
"Hi Mr. Anderson!" Blaine's secretary greeted cheerfully as Kurt entered the building with Everett on his hip. He smiled and waved, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Hi Julie, how are you?" She giggled and gave a shrug, reaching out to ruffle Everett's hair gently, making him laugh. "I'm pretty good. Are you and Blaine alright? I probably shouldn't tell you this but he was pretty mopey the last few weeks." Kurt frowned, but tried to focus on the present because they were working on it and doing rather well. "Um.. Its a one day at a time thing, that's all. Thanks for letting me know though." Julie nodded and reached out, squeezing Kurt's arm gently. "Go back and see him, he has lunch ready, he's really excited to have you here today."
Kurt knocked on the door, making a silly face at his son while he waited for Blaine to answer, loving the sound of his giggle. "Hey baby." Blaine pecked Kurt's lips and took Everett into his arms, letting them inside, shutting the door behind him. "Wow, this looks really nice." Kurt looked around and smiled at all the pictures of their family, taking a seat in front of Blaine's desk, watching as Everett and Blaine were having a conversation. "You can start eating if you want." Kurt shrugged and leaned back, feeling a little overwhelmed with thoughts of the cochlear. They really needed to do this and soon, especially if he wants his son to be involved with everything and doesn't feel different. "Can we call everyone now?" Blaine looked up, his eyes shining, a wide smile on his face.
"Hey dad. Its Kurt." Blaine placed a firm hand on Kurt's shoulder, giving it a squeeze. "Kurt, son, how are you? This isn't the bad news call is it? No divorce right?" Burt asked in a panic, worried about his kid. Burt knew a lot about what was going on with his son's marriage, but he wasn't playing sides. He's known Blaine since he was sixteen, he loved the kid, he couldn't turn his back on him if him and Kurt were to get a divorce. "No, no we aren't getting a divorce. We're taking this one day at a time. Don't worry about us." Blaine frowned and rested his chin on Kurt's shoulder, trying to listen in. "What I called for was.. We were talking, Blaine and I, and we are considering getting Everett cochlear implants so he can hear again." Kurt explained, staring at his son while he played with his superhero action figure. "That's great son! Isn't that expensive?" Blaine felt bad for eavesdropping on such a serious matter so he took a seat on the floor with Everett, leaving Kurt to handle the rest.
"Blaine, hi darling, how are you?" Jaclyn, Blaine's mother greeted, making him cringe. He loved his mother but hated her pet names sometimes, especially darling, it made their family sound so snobby. "Hi mom, is dad there? I need to talk to you both about something," Joseph came on the line, greeting his son, asking about life like every phone call. "Okay Blaine, what's the reason you called? Nothing wrong, is there?" Kurt watched as Blaine's expression changed, suddenly looking apprehensive. "Well Kurt and I are planning to get Everett cochlear implants, so he can be able to hear again." Blaine bit his lip and closed his eyes, waiting for their reaction. "Son that's wonderful! That's an expensive thing to be thinking about though.. If you two need any help at all, let us know. We would do anything for both Everett or Payton, you know that." The couple smile to one another, the plan was slowly going into motion.
Kurt pressed a sound kiss to Blaine's lips, hugging him tightly. "All we need now is to make an appointment and we are on our way." Blaine murmured against his husbands mouth, smiling widely. Kurt giggled and took Blaine's lips in his once more. "I'll see you when you get home okay?" Blaine nodded and picked up Everett, pressing a kiss to his temple. "Okay. I love you." Kurt smirked and took his son into his arms, taking out his car keys. "I love you too. Get Payton from school please!" Blaine nodded and closed the office door behind him, elated that his son will someday be able to hear again.
"Honey I'm home!" Blaine yelled, entering to see no one in the kitchen or living room. He sent Payton to her room with a promise of homework help soon and entered his bedroom to see Kurt and Everett asleep. He smiled widely and pressed a kiss to both their foreheads, leaving the room to tend to his daughter. "Daddy.. what's a divorce?" Blaine looked up from the worksheet on the table to Payton's wide blue eyes. "Sweetheart why are you asking that?" He wondered, hoping to get her off the subject. She frowned as her eyes searched his, breaking his heart. "Ella said her mommy and daddy told her that they're getting a divorce. She didn't tell me what it means though because the teacher said not to talk about it. So is it bad?" Payton asked, full of innocence and wonder. Blaine blinked a few times and released a sigh, placing the pencil down. "Yes its bad. A divorce is when two people decide they don't love each other anymore and don't want to be married." She nodded slowly, processing this new information. Without a second thought she picked up her pencil and stared at her worksheet, deep in thought about the question. "Daddy?" Blaine looked over to her again and raised his eyebrows. "Are you and dad ever going to get a divorce?" Payton looked at him for a second, waiting for an answer. Blaine almost wish she didn't understand much, but she was a smart six year old. "No, we never will princess. You don't have to worry about that, okay?" She smiled and kissed his cheek. "Promise?" Payton stuck her pinky in his face, giggling. He nodded and leaned forward, kissing her forehead as he grabbed her pinky with his own. "Promise."
Here it is Chapter 2, please let me know what you all think! I was so elated when I read the reviews from Chapter 1! Thank you so much they were lovely! I am so so happy that people like the story and that I'm getting readers, its so nice to see! Thank you all so much for favoring and subscribing, it means a lot!