For any of you who read yesterday's chapter: April Fool! Also to any of you who read it, I am so sorry! For any who didn't and want to see what the fuss is about, head over to my blog. However, I'd recommend we just just forget about it. Remind me never to try an April Fool again, yeah? Sorry!

This is the real chapter 34. How did we leave it last time? Oh, yeah... :/

Story so far...

Kurt spends days and nights alone, waiting for Blaine to return. He meets up with Lily, who takes care of him, but all he wants is Blaine back. He calls Sam and explains why he turned down Blaine's proposal. And when he starts to have a panic attack, missing Blaine, he returns... only to say that he's leaving Kurt...

-*T&C*-

Blaine turned his back on Kurt and went to the cupboard, yanking a suitcase out. He threw it on the bed and started gathering clothes from his wardrobe to fill it.

"You can't leave me, Blaine." Kurt's whispered voice broke under the strain of the emotions in the room. This wasn't right. He couldn't be seeing this properly. Yes, he had thought that Blaine wouldn't be too happy, but they could talk this out? Right? "Blaine, please just let's talk."

"What about?" Blaine muttered. He turned his eyes to Kurt, flashing with anger and hurt. "You said no, Kurt."

Kurt's heart broke in two. He'd never heard anyone sound so lost or utterly wretched before. "I love you," he whispered. Blaine continued packing. Tears of anguish rolled down Kurt's cheeks, his throat going dry. His words rasped out, his eyes already stinging at the weight of the tears emerging from them. "Please don't do this. Please listen…"

This time, Blaine's eyes didn't leave his clothes and his case. "You said no."

Kurt collapsed against the doorframe, his legs no longer strong enough to hold his weight. Sobs rolled from his throat and he didn't even care how horrible his cries sounded. They bounced around the empty room that was growing emptier by the second. And still Blaine continued to pack.

Kurt's sobs gradually quietened as he watched his boyfriend pack. No, his exboyfriend. That was a word he thought he'd never associate with Blaine. But now here he was, standing in front of him, packing his bags and not even looking back. Kurt closed his eyes and bit his lip with as much force as he could muster.

"Would you wait for me, Blaine?" Kurt's voice was a lot stronger than he'd been expecting.

Blaine stopped packing. "What?"

"Would you wait for me?" Kurt repeated.

Blaine's eyes turned soft. He looked over his shoulder to gaze at Kurt. "I'd wait my whole life for you."

Kurt nodded. "Then hear me out."

Blaine bit his lip. He looked at Kurt, then at the bag he was packing, then at the floor. Slowly, he nodded.

Internally, Kurt breathed a sigh of relief. He held out his hand. Blaine walked over and took it. Kurt squeezed it before leading them out of the bedroom and into the lounge. He sat Blaine down on the sofa and then settled next to him, sitting on his feet. He grabbed Blaine's other hand and then knotted them together on Blaine's thigh.

Kurt breathed. "First things first; I love you. I always have and I always will." Blaine nodded, not looking Kurt in the eye. "Next; when I said that it was because I loved you too much, I really wasn't lying. If we get married - no, when, because it will happen some day - we're going to have to move. I can't see Ohio changing its stance on gay marriage any time soon. So we'll have to move somewhere else. I'm guessing you picked out New York, judging by what you said when we were there." Blaine was still staring at the coffee table. Kurt needed to try again. "You love the Warblers, yeah?"

That got Blaine's attention. His eyes sprang up to meet Kurt's. "Of course I do. They're my boys."

Kurt nodded. He looked directly into Blaine's eyes, trying to get his message across. "They live in Ohio, Blaine. They're not going to move to New York just to be with you."

Blaine faltered. His eyes drifted back down. Kurt could tell he had him thinking. "You've just taken them to Nationals to receive second place. That's an extraordinary achievement. But you can do better. You have done better. Do you really think that I'm getting to let you even consider leaving them before you've helped them win again?"

Blaine chewed at his lip. His grip on Kurt's hands tightened. Kurt exhaled.

"You love your job and I love mine. Yes, I'd give mine up in an instant if it made you happy, but it's not going to do that, is it? I refuse to be the reason that you leave that school for a second time. And then there are other things to think about. We have this apartment which we've spent years turning from a house into a home. We've lived here, Blaine. We've made a life here. We have Bocelli here," Kurt added, throwing a glance in the direction of the bird who was remaining respectfully quiet. Upon hearing his name he left out a single whistle, making Blaine smile. Kurt's eyes snapped to his face to watch him. He imprinted the image to his mind to keep forever.

He needed to keep that smile there forever.

"And besides, you know how impatient I am. If you asked me to marry you I'd want to do it on the spot."

Finally, Blaine laughed. He looked at Kurt, his eyes sparkling. "I love you."

Kurt didn't miss a beat. "I love you too." He squeezed Blaine's hands. "And I'm sorry for, you know, saying no."

Blaine shook his head. "No, I'm glad you did. I was such an idiot running off like that. I… I'm sorry."

Kurt dropped one of Blaine's hands to gently cup his cheek. He gave him time to back away. He didn't. Instead, Blaine brought his lips forwards to kiss Kurt softly. It only lasted for a second, but forever passed between them in that kiss; a promise that, although now wasn't the right time to put a ring on it, they certainly would one day.

Besides, promises meant more than paper and rings anyway.

Yay! Happiness and rainbows and fun times! *has a party*

So, you like this? It's better than the fake chapter, yeah? Good. I thought so :)

I will be back next week, and the week after, and the week after that. I may be really far behind on school work, and haven't written any further chapters yet, but I shall certainly be returning next week. I love this story. Yes, sure, sometimes it annoys me that I have so little time, but to be honest any spare time that I do find I want to spend it writing. I am not abandonning this fic. Not ever. When this is done (maybe ten or twenty or so chapters down the line) I shall start working on the sequel, which will probably appear some time in 2014. This is the verse I rekindled my love for writing with; I'm never saying goodbye to it.

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Caramel coffee.

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