AN: See author's note at bottom for notes about sequel and whatnot.

Chapter 112

Kurt drank the last of the soup and sat back against the pillows, gazing up at Blaine. Blaine chuckled a bit, putting the empty bowl down. He scooted onto the bed next to Kurt and pulled Kurt into his lap. Kurt sighed and curled sideways into a ball on Blaine's lap, head resting on Blaine's shoulder.

Blaine just held him for a minute before he started speaking quietly. "Earlier, in the kitchen, I tried to take advantage of our relationship and I apologize for that. I'm sorry. But sometimes, after I punish you, I need time to recover. Because it hurts me so much to cause you pain. Even more so when you are already sick. But I shouldn't have pushed you away. And I want you to know that I am so grateful that you are so strong and that you don't always listen to me. Because you clearly know better than I do what I need. I love you."

Kurt listened silently as Blaine spoke, hearing the pain in his voice at how hard he tried to do right by Kurt. He smiled a bit when Blaine thanked him for not always listening. At Blaine's final words, Kurt leaned forward, giving him a gentle kiss on the cheek before placing his hand over Blaine's heart. Kurt may not have been able to say the words but Blaine got the message.

The two cuddled together for a bit longer, soaking in each other's presence. Kurt yawned and nuzzled in closer to Blaine, closing his eyes. Blaine smiled and started humming quietly, singing softly under his breath until Kurt drifted back to sleep.

As Kurt's breath turned deeper and steadier, Blaine closed his own eyes. He wasn't tired in the least, having spent the last two days having quiet days with Kurt. But at the same time, he wanted to capture this moment, knowing that eventually, something would come and break the protective bubble of silence around them.

Kurt mumbled quietly in his sleep, dreaming of New York and Blaine and singing. He was at peace.

Eventually, Kurt would wake up and Blaine would take his temperature again, sighing in relief when he saw Kurt's fever was gone entirely. The rest of the family would return home and they would all eat together, Kurt and Blaine sitting a bit closer together than normal.

Blaine would manage to avoid getting sick, a fact that Kurt would pout about until Blaine came and tickled him out of it. The final weekend of their winter break would fly by, filled with working and seeing friends and lots and lots of sex. After all, they were teenagers.

Sunday afternoon, Blaine would pack up his stuff and head home, the break over and his weeks spent with Kurt done. However, with how their relationship had progressed over the break, Burt would be more comfortable with them spending the night together so they would have weekends. Still, it was hard for him to leave and have to go back to his empty house.

The hardest part came when both of them got into bed. They had done their nightly skin routine together over the phone, Kurt moisturizing while Blaine fiddled with the bottles Kurt had given him, still not sure it was necessary to use so many products on his face. They got into their beds and both curled on their sides, phones on the pillow in front of them.

"I didn't think it would be so hard to be apart from you." Kurt said quietly, grabbing a pillow and hugging it to himself.

Blaine sighed. "We got too used to it. But there's only a little longer before we can cuddle together every night. In our own apartment. In New York."

Kurt smiled. "Where we will have two cats."

Blaine chuckled. "Yep. And a decent sized kitchen for all the cooking."

"And a huge bed for all the fucking." Kurt quipped.

Blaine laughed loudly at that. "Kurt, it's not fair to curse when I can't ravish you afterwards."

Yawning, Kurt grinned. "Now I know we have talked about the word ravish before."

Blaine closed his eyes as he replied. "I'll use whatever word I want."

Kurt didn't reply to that. He listened for a few moments before saying quietly. "I love you."

"I love you too." Blaine said just as quietly. They fell asleep still on the phone, just listening to each other breathing.

AN: So here it is. 112 chapters later. I honestly didn't have any plans when I started this. I didn't think I'd write something so long ever in my life. Thank you to all of you who have reviewed. Unless you write fics as well, you have no idea how much it means to me. To all the readers who don't review, thank you for reading. I will start the sequel sometime this week. But it's going to be more time-consuming so I need to stockpile a bit. And I have a trip tomorrow and the next day (wedding season) so I don't know how much writing I'll do. But keep an eye out. It will be based on the episodes though some stuff is different. Blaine is graduating with Kurt in my verse and they have seen each other with no hair gel. But it'll be loosely based on canon. Nothing else to say here except thank you for reading. And consider reviewing for old time's sake? And feel free to message me anytime. I really liked chatting with some of you through the messages, whether it was about the story or other things. You all are amazing.