AN: This post ends on a cliffhanger and I hope you enjoy it, my mind was pretty clouded throughout it but I still enjoyed writing this chapter and hope you enjoy it too.

Chapter Eight

Nightbird of the Future

Kurt was very glad that after the day at the bird sanctuary, Blaine was once again opening up to him, it felt so refreshing that they could spend time together again and after a couple of Skype sessions, Blaine wasn't stuttering as badly. Kurt had managed to put together a fashionable 'mature' outfit with a black waistcoat, orange and brown shirt, and brown pants with a classic type of belt. He remembered wearing similar things when he was finishing up senior year. He was hoping that Blaine would like these clothes.

The two had decided to meet somewhere public and Kurt was a little afraid of spooking Blaine like this, he just hoped that it was all okay. They were meeting at the public library in Westerville and Kurt wasn't sure if Blaine actually expected him to show up, maybe that was the reason Blaine would be doing work for his AP class. Well, Kurt and his bag of mini cupcakes would hopefully be a good surprise.

He had hidden the cakes in his bag as he came into the library and looked around to find out where Blaine was. He needed to find that huge stack of AP books, maybe a few notebooks, probably a stressed out teenager, he wasn't expecting to find a smiling teenager reading comic books in secret in the corner where you could barely see him.

Kurt smiled as he placed his fingers to his hairline, it had taken him a while making his hair look this absolutely amazing and he didn't want to ruin the effect, but he needed a good thing to say to Blaine. He walked over to the table and smiled, "Find something good in there?" he asked as Blaine flinched, gripping tight to the book and slamming it shut. He held it against his chest as if it could protect him.

Kurt sighed softly and sadly, "I thought it would be nice to read together," Kurt said awkwardly.

The smile that took over Blaine's face made Kurt feel as if he himself was getting filled with light, Blaine looked so excited to see him and Kurt wasn't sure if he had ever seen that slightly guarded but still excited look. The Warbler Blaine was always so…refined, this was just pure and youthful Blaine.

"K-Kurt" he chirped before opening the AP Science book to show his comic book and a couple drawings that looked really good. "Umm…I-I-I like com-mic books," he tried to explain shyly as Kurt came over to him and ran his fingers over the book, he saw how much Blaine liked these and he smiled as he thought about how many things made his Blaine happy. He really liked making Blaine happy and he was starting to realize that more recently, or at least in his recent future, he had lost track of that priority and he had had Blaine fend for himself.

He felt so guilty about it now.

"I see," Kurt smiled as he looked at a copy of Batman, he then stared at the pages, "What is this?" he asked as he held the pages in his hands and smiled as he saw some clever dialogue as well as some amazing sketches of…"Nightbird," Kurt breathed out with a smile. "Did you create Nightbird, he's wonderful. I love your art skills, I'm actually a bit jealous, I'm better at fashion design than comic strips."

"Fa-Fashion De-Design?" Blaine asked as Kurt nodded with a hum, Blaine looked so happy again, "That's a-a-amazing, do you think you could umm…"

"That I could?" Kurt asked as Blaine bowed his head and started to trace circles on the table, "Wait," Kurt smiled, "Do you want to design an outfit for Nightbird together?"

Blaine's eyes lit up as Kurt smiled and he nodded, nervously gripping to his wrist, he wasn't sure where to begin or where he wanted things to lead, but he was enjoying being with Kurt, he was enjoying having someone care for him. It was so different from his father, so different from everything he knew. Someone finally cared about him.

Kurt could see this by Blaine's face and his body language and he loved it. Thing was that Kurt knew exactly what Nightbird looked like, he knew exactly what details were on the cape and how he would have changed Nightbird and even though Blaine had seemed to create the outfit when they were broken up, Kurt had criticized little details and wanted to make improvements.

Why was Kurt always criticizing his Blaine's work?

"Do you have some pencils?" Kurt asked as Blaine nodded and showed him a huge tray of them he had put behind some bricks in the wall. This was weird, did the librarians know that Blaine had kept his work here? Was there really such a problem with Blaine following this kind of passion at his home? Kurt felt sick as he imagined how Blaine's father would react to this very harmless secret life that Blaine had. It actually made him want to physically hurt someone, but that wasn't Kurt Hummel and that wasn't the Kurt he wanted, no needed, for Blaine to see.

"Here, I keep them here because I don't want them destroyed," Blaine said softly as he stared down in a depressed type of manner.

Kurt sighed, "If you wanted, I could hold onto them for you, we could meet when you wanted to and I could bring them, then we'd get to spend more time together." Blaine nodded quickly and Kurt sat down, looking at a blank sheet of paper Blaine had. Kurt took a deep breath in, "Blaine, do you want to be an artist when you're older?" he asked.

There was silence.

Blaine stood and walked over to the window, peering out at the world around him, he reminded Kurt of a caged bird wanting to fly away and escape the more torturous world. "I want to be a performer, an actor or a si-singer, I want to be in dif-dif-ferent roles. T-To do the impossible, to b-be a superhero o-or a do-doc-tor, I want to be an actor," he smiled as Kurt grinned. He was so proud of this younger Blaine.

Maybe this would be stupid, maybe it would cause for some kind of time warp to happen, but if i worked then it might make Blaine happier.

"Blaine," Kurt said in a very serious manner as Blaine flinched again, "Can I tell you a secret?" he asked as Blaine stared at him. The younger teenager quickly grasped to his wrist.

"I'm sorry," Blaine replied, tears building as Kurt shook his head and walked over to him.

"Blaine, do you believe in other universes, like other timelines?" he asked as Blaine nodded, Kurt took a deep breath in, "Please understand that I'm telling you the truth right now, please understand I'm not telling you to scare you, but I'm from the future. That's why I came to find you because I know your own future is amazing."

Blaine smiled quietly, he tilted his head and peered at Kurt from several angles, he thought Kurt was telling the truth but it seemed so strange, "I want you to prove it to me," he whispered, "but…why are you here? Is there something wrong with me?"

"Oh god, no Blaine. There's nothing wrong with you, I got in a fight with my fiancee whilst we were living together in New York and there was some weird boat ride and…no…you haven't done anything wrong," Kurt replied as Blaine looked down with a sad smile.

"You have a fiancee?"