Rachel walked in to the café with Santana, immediately being attacked with hugs from Kurt and Blaine. She smiled and greeted them both before turning towards Finn, her breath hitching as she took him in. He was cleaned up now, wearing more decent clothing and had obviously taken a shower and restyled his hair. It took a moment for Rachel to compose herself, but once she did, she blushed profusely until she noticed that Finn had been staring at her, as well.
He was still staring at her, actually. This alone made Rachel blush even more. Kurt cleared his voice, realizing that Finn hadn't moved from staring at Rachel and the noise made Finn jerk a little before gaining some control.
"Uh, hi Rachel. You look really nice." Finn said, standing up to greet her, that ever-familiar crooked smile taking over his face again. Rachel blushed once more and smiled at him shyly.
"Thank you. You clean up nicely, too." Rachel said, gaining some of her confidence again. Santana snickered from behind Rachel, drawing all of their attention.
"Will you two stop eyefucking so I can say hello to Finnocence?" Santana asked, rolling her eyes at them. Kurt looked like he was holding in laughter and Blaine snorted loudly, causing Kurt to let go of some of his own giggles. Finn ignored them and gave Santana a hug.
"Nice to see you again, Satan." Finn said, earning more laughter from Blaine and Kurt. Rachel also let out a soft giggle, which made Finn's heart jump a little and he realized that he wanted to be the reason for that laugh all the time. Santana hugged Finn back and smiled at him when he released her.
"You've lost some weight, Lumps. Lookin' good."
"Thank you. I think it was caused by my 3rd growth spurt that I got last year." Finn recalled. Santana snorted.
"Jesus, you really are Frankenteen. How's everyone in Lima? How is Brittany doing?" Santana's voice shook at her last question and she bit her lip. Blaine, who was standing between Santana and Kurt, clasped her hand reassuringly. Santana nodded slightly and smiled sadly at him before turning back to Finn.
"She's still in community college, studying to become a veterinarian. She'll be working mainly with cats. I think she's still a little shaken up, but she's doing better. A little lonely, but other than that, she's doing pretty well." Finn replied, sending her a look that said they would chat later on about the entire situation. Rachel watched as they all interacted and sent Santana an encouraging smile while Finn was reassuring Santana that she was doing fine, which was returned with a grateful nod.
They all sat down now, realizing that they had been standing around the table for a good 5 minutes. Blaine was at the end, followed by Kurt in the middle and then Santana next to the window. That left Finn and Rachel to their own side of the booth. Rachel slid in before Finn, taking the spot closest to the window and smiled at Finn as he sat down next to her.
They kept light small talk through most of the meal, but Rachel had noticed that Kurt and Blaine weren't really talking at all, having their own conversation with their eyes. She watched them as they communicated with each other through glances and eyebrow raising, amazed by their strong connection. Suddenly, Kurt nodded sharply, kissed Blaine on the cheek and gestured towards the rest of the table, who were all watching them at this point, each of them completely amazed at the couple's interactions with each other. Blaine smiled at Kurt with love-eyes before facing the group.
"Kurt and I were going to tell you all this when we all are going to Lima this weekend, but neither of us can really hold it in any longer, and it isn't like Burt and Carole don't already know, so what's the harm in telling our closest friends? Okay, so, I'm not sure how none of you have noticed it, but I guess you don't really look at either of our hands very much. Kurt and I are engaged. I proposed to him a few weeks ago while we were using my family's summer home in the middle of the city. We're getting married!" Blaine exclaimed, grasping Kurt's hand and smiling at him with adoration. Kurt smiled back at him before resting his head on Blaine's shoulder as he looked up at his fiancé.
Rachel squealed loudly, Santana smiled and congratulated both of them and Finn just gave them both a happy, proud look.
"That's awesome, guys. Hey! Now I have another brother! Sick!" Finn said excitedly. Blaine grinned widely at him and they both shouted, "Brothers!" at the top of their lungs, drawing lots of attention to them and eliciting an eyeroll from Kurt.
"I'm super excited for you, Kurt and Blaine. You two will make the cutest husbands ever. Oh! Have you already got it planned? Can I see?!" Rachel asked, clapping her hands happily. Kurt smiled widely back at her.
"Actually, I need your help for the floral arrangements. You may suck at fashion when it comes to clothing, but your floral designs and color pallets are really nice. I'm also going to need you and Santana to help me pick out the bridesmaid's dresses, if you guys don't mind." Kurt said, looking back and forth between Santana and Rachel. Santana smiled at him and pulled him into hug.
"Of course we'll help you, Kurt. I'm actually honored that King Gay himself wants my help with anything fashion-related." Santana said, grinning at him. Kurt smiled back before turning to Rachel, who looked like she was close to tears.
"My Gaylinda is getting married and he wants my help. I'm so happy for you, Kurt." Rachel said, sniffling lightly. Finn watched Rachel with awe, relishing in how wonderfully passionate she was. It was a great quality to have, in Finn's eyes, and he smiled at her when she caught his gaze. Rachel smiled back warmly, and just as Finn was about to ask her out, Blaine interrupted again.
"Finn, Kurt and I want you to be one of our best men. Cooper is going to be one, also. We're also going to ask Mike, Puck, my best friend Wes and my other best friend David to be our groomsmen." Blaine said, grinning at Finn, who nodded back eagerly.
"Rachel and Santana, we want you to be our maids of honor. Tina, Mercedes, Quinn and one of the other girls will be our bridesmaids, but we haven't figured out the last one just yet." Kurt added, eliciting a squeal from Rachel and a touched smile from Santana.
"Thank you guys so much. Oh, and, try to keep it to yourselves. We want to tell the rest of them next weekend." Blaine spoke up as the check arrived. All three of them nodded loyally before they all broke off into random conversation. Finn decided to take this time to ask Rachel out on a date.
"Uh, Rachel?" Finn asked, grabbing her attention. She looked up at him, smiling brightly.
"I was just wondering if maybe you wanted to go with me to get sushi tomorrow night? Like, on a date?" Finn asked, scratching his neck like he normally did when he was nervous. Rachel's face lit up even more, if that was possible.
"I would love to!" Rachel replied, smiling as her brown eyes melted into Finn's. Finn grinned back at her, inwardly fist pumping himself.
"Oh, look, Rachel's got herself a date! Frankenteen and Hobbit #2. Hmm. It might just become my new OTP." Santana stated smugly, grinning at Rachel's blush.
"I ship it," Kurt snickered, snuggling closer to Blaine's side.
"Finchel forever!" Blaine exclaimed, raising his fists in the air proudly, taking Kurt's intertwined hand with him.
"Very funny, guys, really, you're a riot." Finn deadpanned, earning a giggle from Rachel. He smiled triumphantly at the musical laughter before turning his attention back to the conversation, feeling a rush of relief and happiness wash over him.
The next morning, Santana was going to visit her friend who lived a few hours away, so she had left early that morning, leaving the entire apartment to Rachel, who woke up with a pounding headache and a queasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. She groaned before rolling out of bed to grab her phone, seeing that she had a new text message.
Finn: Hey, I can't wait for our date tonight:) What time do you want me to pick you up?
Rachel sighed in frustration with her body. She rarely ever got sick, and based on her symptoms, it was only the 24 hour bug, but she still wouldn't be able to make her date without throwing up on Finn, which would not be ideal.
Rachel: I woke up with the stomach bug:( Can we reschedule for tomorrow night instead? It should be out of my system by that time.
Finn: What's your address? I have a better idea..
Rachel frowned at his response out of confusion, but gave him the address anyway.
Finn: Thanks, see you in a few...(;
Rachel: But I'm sick!
Finn: I'm coming to take care of you. Santana mentioned yesterday that she was leaving in the morning, Kurt and Blaine are going to the mall all day, and you need someone to help you get better. Plus, I really want to spend time with you, so I don't mind.
Rachel swooned, but realized how awful she looked and how nauseas she felt, so she replied quickly.
Rachel: Thank you... That's really sweet:) but, really, I look like crap and might end up puking. We can always reschedule..
Finn: I don't care. Come answer your door in a few seconds.
Rachel's eyes widened as she heard a knock on the front door immediately after receiving the text message, and she raced to the front door, despite her upset stomach and migrane.
"Finn! I'm sick! What are you doing here?"
"I already explained that to you when we were texting. Stop worrying, you look amazing for being sick. I brought you medicine and food. When you texted me back, I was at the store grabbing some milk, but I can just pick it up on my way home." Finn said, smiling at the sick girl. Rachel huffed slightly but let him inside, internally sighing with happiness.
"I can't believe I got sick. I never get sick. I have been sick 2 times since my senior year of high school. This is insane." Rachel grumbled, tossing herself on the couch and wrapping up in a blanket. Finn gave her his goofy half-grin again, making her blush.
"You're pretty cute when you're sick, actually." Finn commented from the kitchen where he was making Rachel some tea. She blushed even harder at this.
"You're pretty cute when you're taking care of me. And I think it's really sweet of you to go out of your way for someone you barely know." Rachel replied. Finn shrugged and smiled his signature smile again.
"I want to get to know you, and my mom always said that people let out the real them whenever their sick or drunk, so this is actually pretty convenient." Finn responded.
"That's true. But I'm a clingy drunk, which is not attractive. I guess the sickness really is convenient." Rachel said.
"Alright, Rachel Berry," Finn said a few minutes later, entering the living room with a cup of tea for Rachel. "Let's get you better."
Author's Note:
OHHH YAYYYY SICKNESS!
I'm a sucker for fanfics where there are sick people and then their partners come over to take care of them, so I'll probably be using this in my other fanfiction, as well. I normally don't write Finchel fanfiction, so I'm not sure if I'm doing this justice, but my bestest friend in the whole wide world, Stephen, wanted me to write one for Finchel, so here you go... LOVE YOU, BOO:)
I hope you liked this chapter, I debated it a lot because I wasn't sure where I was going to take this story, but now I'm pretty confident that I have the plot completely formed in my mind. Every conflict, summer adventure, romantic dinner date and even the details of the Klaine wedding...
Speaking of Klaine's wedding, if anyone has any suggestions on any of the details or songs that I should use, please write them in a review:)
OH YEAH AND REVIEW PLEASE:) thank you to all of you that have reviewed, I deeply appreciate it.
Thank you all for reading:) I love you all very, very much:)