A/N: I'm really sorry guys I know this one took a lot longer than I wanted it to. School's kinda been taking over my life, and we went away for Christmas for the first time. But from now on I'm gonna go back to updating almost every week. I SWEAR. And if I don't, you have every right to send me hate reviews! I love you all! And I really am sorry. I've been in my school play and I'm kind of exhausted because we've had to stay every night this that week till 9. It really sucked.

The Date

"So where are we going again?" Kurt asked for what seemed to be the twentieth time. Blaine rolled his eyes fondly and smiled at the boy holding his hand.

"It's come to my attention that you've never completely explored these woods. Which, by the way, is completely stupid since it's literally your backyard," Blaine told Kurt as he ducked under a branch.

Kurt's eyebrows rose as he noticed apprehension shining in Blaine's eyes. Kurt knew Blaine hated these woods even more than he hated his home. Where was he taking Kurt that was so important?

They continued to walk until Blaine found a place with enough grass to sit around without getting Kurt's pants dirty. He remembered how precious Kurt's clothes were to him. He pulled Kurt down to sit beside him. Kurt paused, his hesitance making Blaine frown. "Are you sure you're okay with this?" Blaine asked, his tentative tone resembling a small puppy. "We could go somewhere else, you know."

"Shouldn't I be asking you that question?" Kurt moved to sit down beside his boyfriend. "I mean, isn't this the lake where he…you know."

Blaine's eyes nearly bugged out of his head, "Oh! Well yes, but that isn't why I brought you here. This place is special to me. When my parents yelled at me, or hit me, Cooper used to take me out here to calm me down before he moved to college. These woods remind me of him, sure, but in a good way. I wanted to share it with you."

For a moment, Kurt looked like he was going to cry, immediately causing Blaine to panic.

"O-Or we could go somewhere else! Or my house, or-"

Kurt pushed his finger against Blaine's mouth. "I love it. I'm so happy you're sharing something so personal with me."

"I want to share everything with you, Kurt. You're so special to me." Tears shined in the younger boy's eyes from Blaine's unexpected confession, and he couldn't hold himself back any longer. He leaned over and kissed Blaine hard on the lips, taking advantage of his surprised gasp to push his tongue into Blaine's delicious mouth. They kissed for a long time after that, just breathing each other in, both unwilling to go any farther so soon.

"Kurt," Blaine tried to say against Kurt's lips, but could barely get their lips an inch apart before Kurt captured his mouth again. Finally, Blaine pushed back Kurt's shoulders, separating their mouths. "The food…the food is getting hot. I mean cold, I – we should eat."

Kurt smiled at Blaine's incoherency, feeling accomplished because he was the one who did that to him.

"You know, this was the opposite of where I expected our first date to be," Kurt stated as Blaine began taking the food out of the picnic basket.

"Well, did you really expect someplace public? I'm not exactly well-liked in this town, Kurt." Blaine handed Kurt his sandwich and took a bite of his own.

Kurt rolled his eyes. "I hate how you feel like you have to hide. Nothing that happened was your fault."

"I know you know that, but-"

"Do you know that?"

Blaine sighed heavily, "Sometimes I do. It's just hard sometimes, okay? And this whole town doesn't agree with you. They think I helped kill my family, and purposely broke an innocent man's arm."

Kurt angrily shoved his sandwich into his mouth. "He wasn't exactly 'innocent.'"

Blaine laughed at Kurt's odd chewing. "And you call me a puppy," he chuckled, making Kurt blush.

"You're changing the subject!"

Blaine huffed harshly, a pained look taking over his face. "That's because I'm tired of this subject, Kurt! I'm tired of talking about the same thing over and over again for the last few weeks. I'm okay. I promise."

"Please excuse me for not believing you." Kurt shoved the rest of the sandwich into his mouth and lied down to face the trees. Blaine remained where he sat, staring at Kurt with a pained expression.

"What?" Kurt asked after a long moment of silence.

"Are you mad at me now? Because I can take you home if you want."

Kurt sat up and pushed himself beside Blaine so quickly Blaine barely had time to register the movement. "No, I don't want to go home. I'm sorry for bringing it up again; I just wish you would trust yourself a little more. You're so good, Blaine. And I really like you." Kurt grabbed Blaine's neck to bring his face closer to his own. "So what makes you think I would want to go home?"

Kurt never noticed how much Blaine's cheeks crinkled when he smiled. "Well, you got all pouty."

"I did not." Kurt's bottom lip stuck out, contradicting his words.

Blaine leaned his face impossibly closer, breathing in Kurt's wonderful, natural scent. "Yes," he whispered, and bit down gently on Kurt's bottom lip. "You did."

They moved to lie down on the moss-covered ground as their kissing progressed, leaving them hot yet content to simply kiss each other for hours.

From then on, Blaine loved going through the woods with Kurt, bad memories pushed to the back of his mind.

Again, I'm so sorry this took me forever. But I at least love my new classes! YAY!

Next chapter, we get to see just how bad the town hates Blaine.

Reviews are always appreciated :)