Love in the Air
AN: Hello! Thank you so much for the lovely reviews last chapter, I'm glad you all liked the proposal. I also want to say thank you for all of the new favorites and alerts, I'm not sure what happened (was my story mentioned or something?) but a few days ago I got a lot of new favorites and alerts so thank you!
I sincerely appreciate all of the comments and love that people have for this story. Enjoy! :)
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Chapter 23:
July 3rd 2019:
Blaine had woken up early that morning, but rather than wake Kurt up, he gave his new fiancé a kiss on the forehead and quietly got out of bed. Despite the early hour, outside of the guest house the sun was partway in the sky, birds were chirping and the sounds of summer filtered in through the open kitchen window.
After making himself a cup of coffee, Blaine sat down on the leather sofa and reached out to pick up a magazine. But before he could grab it, he saw his and Kurt's phones which had been left on the coffee table the previous night before they moved to the bedroom to continue their celebration.
The screen on Kurt's phone showed that he had 23 new messages, with eighteen of them being from Santana, and one from each his dad, Carole, Finn and Rachel. There was also one from Eric, probably apologizing for the excessive amount of text messages Santana had sent. Blaine's phone, on the other hand, had a normal amount of text messages. There were two from Nick and Jeff, along with one from Burt, Carole, Finn and three from Rachel.
Blaine read through the messages on his phone, smiling at his friends and soon-to-be-in-laws enthusiasm and excitement over his planned proposal. Most of them were either wishing him good luck or asking how it went. The strangest message was from Rachel wanting to know when the date of the wedding was going to be. Blaine sent out a quick message to all of them, letting them know that they would be home later that afternoon and would answer their questions then. He made no indication about Kurt's answer though.
Sure enough by the time Blaine had finished sending the last message, both Jeff and Finn had replied demanding to know what happened, Jeff threatening to release Perry into the city if Blaine didn't tell him and Finn just sounded really annoyed. Blaine just laughed to himself, knowing their threats were empty, the worst Jeff would do was steal the fat orange cat, and turned off his phone before he went to make some coffee that would hopefully convince Kurt to wake up.
Ten minutes later and armed with a non-fat mocha Blaine walked back into the master bedroom and smiled at the sight in front of him.
Kurt was lying on his stomach, sprawled out across the bed with the sheets pooled around his waist. He had grabbed Blaine's pillow and was clinging to it in his sleep. The shades to the large window were open so streams of sunlight fell across his pale pack. Blaine's breath caught in the throat when he realized that this beautiful man really was his fiancé.
He quietly walked across the plush carpet and eased himself down on the bed next to Kurt.
"It's time to wake up sweetie." Blaine said softly as he gently brushed away a few strands of hair that were hanging over Kurt's eyes.
Kurt's face scrunched slightly and he mumbled something that Blaine couldn't understand before he snuggled back into the pillows.
An amused expression crossed Blaine's face as he tried again, "Kurt, you need to wake up now honey." This time he leaned down and pressed his lips to Kurt's warm cheek.
A small sigh left Kurt's lips before his eyelashes fluttered, revealing his blue eyes. "Good morning." Kurt said with a yawn, smiling up at Blaine.
"Good morning. I brought you coffee."
Immediately Kurt's eyes widened and he sat up holding out his hands, silently asking for the beverage that would quickly dissolve his sleepiness.
Blaine swiftly handed it over and sat next to Kurt who had shifted back so he was leaning against the headboard, his cup of coffee held securely in his hands. "Thank you Blaine," Kurt murmured, shuffling so he could lay his head on Blaine's shoulder.
"You're welcome." Blaine responded, wrapping his arm around Kurt's waist.
They were both silent for a few minutes while Kurt continued to drink his coffee and Blaine watched him and pressed kisses to his hair or forehead.
"Do we have to leave?" Kurt asked, turning in Blaine's arms and looking over at him.
Blaine chuckled quietly, "Sadly yes. You have an audition in two days and I have to go back to work."
Kurt let out a sound that was a mix between a sigh and a grumble. As much as he just wanted to stay there Blaine forever they both had lives to get back to. Tomorrow was the forth of July, so he and Blaine along with Nick, Jeff, Santana and Eric were going to a local park to watch the fireworks and have a BBQ. The day after, Blaine and Jeff went back to work for three days while Nick and Kurt had their auditions of 'One of the Few.'
So, as much as Kurt wanted to stay in this peaceful little world that was just him and Blaine, they couldn't and would have to leave eventually.
"Besides, we have a lot of people to tell." Blaine reached down and took Kurt's hand kissing the gold ring that rested on his hand.
"Speaking of our engagement," Kurt smiled at the word, "we need to get you a ring too." Kurt snuggled back into Blaine's side and took another sip of his coffee so he didn't see Blaine bite his lip and take a deep breath.
After a few moments of silence, Kurt turned and looked at Blaine who for some reason looked nervous.
"Blaine?"
"Would you be mad if I already got a ring for myself?" He asked hesitantly, playing with Kurt's hands, which were held between his own. "I thought that we could have matching rings, and if you didn't want this ring to be your wedding band then we could just wear them as engagement rings."
When Blaine first said that he bought himself the same ring, a huge smile spread across Kurt's face but Blaine was too distracted fidgeting to notice. So when he finally trailed off Kurt cradled Blaine's face in his hands, forcing his new fiancé to look at him.
"Of course I'm not mad. I like the idea that we both have the same rings. And no I don't want a different ring this one is perfect." Kurt leaned forward and pressed a kiss to Blaine's lips. He lingered for a few seconds, running his thumb over Blaine's jawline before he pulled back. "Do you have your ring here, with you?"
"Um…yeah, should I-?" Blaine took his arms from around Kurt's waist and jumped off the bed walking over to his suitcase when Kurt eagerly nodded his head. While was digging through his suitcase Kurt got out of bed and pulled on a pair of sweatpants and set his coffee cup on the bedside table.
Blaine came back with the ring in his hand and crawled across the bed. Kurt patted the space next to him and while Blaine moved to sit with his back against the headboard Kurt sat down in front of him. The whole thing was oddly similar to last night when Blaine proposed and Kurt's heart beat faster at the memory.
Kurt held out his hand and Blaine pressed the gold ring into his palm.
"Blaine," Kurt began, not able to keep from smiling. For some reason he was slightly nervous, though he had no reason to be. He knew what Blaine's answer would be and Kurt could only imagine how nervous Blaine had been last night.
"Yes-" Blaine started to say before Kurt cut him off.
"Shh, no talking this is my speech." Blaine made a motion of locking the corner of his mouth and throwing the key over his shoulder. Kurt laughed, shaking his head and playfully swatted Blaine's hand.
"Blaine Anderson, I never expected to ever meet someone as perfect as you. Every day I get to wake up, knowing that I have you to love. Sometimes we aren't always together, but even with the distance I still know you are there for me. I love you, more than I've ever loved anyone else and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. So, Blaine… will you marry me?"
"Yes." Blaine said, simply, his face showing the emotion and love that he couldn't put into words.
Kurt reached out and took Blaine's left hand and slid the ring on to his finger. Like Blaine had done, he brought Blaine's hand to his face and kissed the ring before he moved forward to straddle Blaine's hips and pulled him in for the first of many kisses.
"It's so nice to be home" Kurt remarked as he and Blaine stepped off the elevator and walked down the hall to their apartment, "it was weird not waking up in the middle of night to Perry walking across my stomach so he could sleep between us."
Blaine dropped his suitcase to the floor when he got outside the door to their apartment, a smirk on his face, "I knew you loved that cat!"
Kurt sputtered and quickly tried to deny it without much use, "Wha-what? No I do not, I was just worried that he might…. chew on an electrical cord and die or something. Cats can be very stupid."
"What? Cats are not stupid. What are you even talking about?" Blaine said with a laugh, shaking his head at Kurt's strange reasoning, which he obviously made up on the spot, "you need to work on your acting."
"Excuse me Mr. Anderson I do not need to work on my acting." Kurt huffed, narrowing his eyes at Blaine who was still chuckling.
"Soon to be Mr. Hummel-Anderson." Blaine said winking and kissing Kurt quickly.
"That's to be determined-" Kurt began to argue before a shout sounded from inside the apartment.
"Stop making out in the hall and get your pretty little asses in here before I come out there and mess you both up!"
Kurt and Blaine looked at each other, before they burst out laughing. Blaine held his hand out for Kurt who quickly took it and followed him into the apartment where they were quickly ambushed by Jeff and Santana while Nick and Eric watched on. Perry jumped off the couch and ran over to Blaine and Kurt, winding through their legs and dodging the multiple pairs of feet so he didn't get stepped on.
Santana went straight for their hands and let out a shriek -which she would later deny making- when she saw the gold bands on their fingers. She grabbed Kurt's hand and dragged him back into the apartment and into the bedroom. Kurt was barely able to look over his shoulder and catch Blaine's gaze before he was out of sight.
There was a pause when Jeff looked away from Blaine and over to his brother, shaking his head before turning back to Blaine, "So….?"
"So?" Blaine said, feigning confusion as he walked into the apartment and threw his key onto the counter. He knew that he was driving his friends insane right now by not answering the question but he decided to bug them for as long as possible.
"Blaine!" Jeff drew out the word and glared at his best friend, "you are both wearing rings so I'm guessing it went well."
Blaine shrugged and took a glass from the cupboard, pouring a glass of water before he leaned back against the counter took a slow sip, "You could say that." He flashed Jeff a huge smile before taking another drink.
Jeff let out a huff and looked over at Nick who was smiling and just shook his head, Eric laughed, which earned him another glare from Jeff.
"Yes Jeff it went more than well," Blaine finally conceded, pausing when he heard Santana's squeal from the bedroom, "I proposed, he said yes. What else do you want to know?"
"Uh, how did you ask?" Jeff stated as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
With a sigh, Blaine set down his half empty glass, "We had a picnic under the old oak tree in the back yard." All three men nodded, having been to the vineyard enough times to know exactly what tree he was talking about. "We had finished eating and were just talking and looking out over the valley…" Blaine then proceeded to tell them exactly what happened and by the time he was done, Jeff had pulled him into the quite possibly the biggest hug.
After a few seconds without air, the blonde finally released him and Blaine rolled his eyes, and took a deep breath. Just then, Kurt walked down the hall with Santana trailing behind him. He widened his eyes and shook his head as he walked towards Blaine.
"I see you survived." Blaine whispered into Kurt's ear as he leaned into his side.
Kurt chuckled quietly, "Yeah, she means well but that was intense. I wasn't sure if she was going to start crying to smother me in a hug at any second." He trailed off when Santana stood in front of Eric with her hands on her hips.
"You have quite a proposal to live up to, I hope you know that. I have high expectations." Eric stared at Santana looking a little shell shock before he recovered.
"Don't you worry." He gave her a smile before pulling her into a hug.
Once Jeff, Nick, Santana and Eric had asked every question to Kurt and Blaine that they could think of, they finally left, agreeing to meet at the park for the BBQ and fireworks at 2 in the afternoon the next day.
It was a few hours later that Kurt and Blaine finally had a chance to sit down and relax. They were sprawled out on the couch with Perry lying between them when Kurt's phone went off.
Blaine was the closest and reached over to grab it from the coffee table, "it's your dad." He said handing the phone to Kurt.
"Hello?" Kurt said, leaning back against Blaine.
"Kurt?" Burt's voice sounded over the telephone line.
"Hey dad! What's going on?"
"Not much, just calling to see how your vacat- hang on a second bud." Kurt could hear a muddle of voices on the other end before Carole's voice came over the phone.
"Hi sweetie, we were trying to figure out how to put it on speaker phone."
"But we figured it out, so how was your vacation?" Burt asked causing Kurt to smile.
Thankfully the volume on Kurt's phone was loud enough that Blaine could hear what Burt and Carole were saying as well.
"It was amazing! Blaine took me to this vineyard owned by the parent's of one of our friends in Napa valley. It was so beautiful and peaceful there, it was nice to get away from the city for a bit." Kurt turned his head and gave Blaine a small smile.
"That's great, did anything –you know- anything special happen?" Burt asked before he was cut off by Carole.
"Burt, you don't just ask that!"
Kurt laughed at the bickering of his parent's, "It's fine Carole, and yes dad something very special happened. Blaine proposed! We're engaged!"
Neither Kurt nor Blaine could identify whose voice was who's on the other end as both Carole and Burt started shouting their congratulations. Blaine leaned down and kissed Kurt's cheek as they waited for the shouting to die down.
Finally Kurt was able to make out his dad's voice, "I'm really happy for you son, Blaine's a great guy and I'm so glad you found each other."
Kurt could feel the tears starting to gather in his eyes at his dad's words, "Thanks dad, and you too Carole, that really means a lot to us."
Kurt continued talking to them for the next half hour, telling them all about the proposal, the vacation and how Blaine had asked. He eventually said goodbye, promising to keep them both updated as the started to plan for the wedding.
For some reason, after telling his parents it really sunk in that they were actually going to get married. This wasn't just some dream, it was really happening and all Kurt felt was excitement and anticipation. He set his phone down and turned in Blaine's arms so his cheek was resting at the junction of Blaine's neck and shoulder.
"Blaine?"
Blaine hummed in reply, hugging Kurt a little closer.
"We are going to get married."
Blaine laughed and looked down at Kurt, "Yes, yes we are."
From the outline I have, it looks like there will be 3-4 more chapters and an epilogue. Next chapter is the 4th of July celebration and Kurt's audition.
I'm starting to plan for my next story; I have three different ideas that I'm debating between. If you'd like to help me choose send me a PM or review and I'll let you know the ideas :) I'd love some feedback on what people would like to read.
I was also wondering if you preferred shorter chapters with more frequent updates or longer chapters with more time between updates. I'd love to hear what you think! Thanks!
Thoughts :)