Here I go again, making head-canons for myself. Obviously, my previous Klaine head-canon was that they'd go off to college in New York together, but then the writers decided to make our Blainers a whole year younger ("The fans won't notice! It's not like they paid attention to all those times that Blaine was referred to as a junior during Season Two! It'll be fine!"), so that went out the window.

So now this is my head-canon. They're still going to be a college together in New York. They're just going to have a year apart. I'd love it if something like this actually happened on the show, although now that I've said that it probably won't. If it did happen though, I'd be an inconsolable mess, sobbing against my computer screen and puking Klainebows forever. Because that's how big of an over-emotional Klainer I am, people. I'm not even sorry.

Anyway, reviews would be just peachy.

And I don't own Glee. If I did everyone would be gay, Finn would get slapped at the end of every episode, and it would basically be the Klaine Show. Also, there probably wouldn't be much music, since I suck at actually thinking of appropriate songs. It's my only failing.

Goodbye For Now

They sat side by side on Blaine's bed, quietly holding hands. Kurt looked around Blaine's room, taking everything in, remembering it all. He didn't know exactly when he'd next get a chance to be in here, and he was already on the verge of tears. He'd been holding his tears back since graduation, keeping it inside all summer. Blaine had been the same. Neither wanted to be the first to cry.

"This is all so strange," Kurt finally said quietly. "For as long as I can remember I've wanted to get out of this town. I've dreamed of going to New York and becoming a star and never looking back. But now... my New York dream is only two days away and I'm not even looking forward to it."

"I don't want that," Blaine said. "It's amazing that you're going to college in New York, and I don't want to be the reason that you're upset about it."

Kurt squeezed his boyfriend's hand. "It's not that I'm not excited to be going. Of course I am. It's just kind of bittersweet. I wish I didn't have to leave you at the same time. I wish I didn't have to say goodbye."

"But who says this is goodbye forever?" Blaine insisted. "It doesn't have to be."

Kurt could feel the tears he'd been holding back for months stinging his eyes.

"But maybe this is goodbye forever," he whispered. "Maybe we're just kidding ourselves that we can still be together when we're going to be so far away from each other. I mean, what if one of us meets someone else? A year is a long time to be apart..."

Blaine covered Kurt's hand with both of his, looking right into his eyes. He could see that his boyfriend was struggling not to cry, and he knew exactly how he felt.

"What makes you think that I'm ever going to meet someone as perfect for me as you?" he said with a smile.

Kurt smiled back, but it was with a heavy heart.

"I'm trying to be realistic here, Blaine. You know I'm the biggest romantic of them all, but I'm just trying to be practical."

"We'll still talk to each other. We'll still call each other and Skype and stuff..."

"Maybe it would be better if we just broke up," Kurt said quickly.

There was a seconds worth of silence, where they just looked at each other. Then Blaine quietly said "Do you... do you want to break up?"

Kurt shook his head. "Of course not. I just thought... I thought it might make things easier. Easier for you. It would give us both a chance to live our own lives for a while. And if one of us meets someone else... well then it won't matter."

Blaine frowned. "I don't want us to break up, Kurt. And I don't want to meet anybody else. I know you're just trying to be practical and everything, and I appreciate that you don't want this to be difficult for me, but I don't want this to be goodbye forever."

He moved back to lean against the headboard, taking Kurt with him, and held his boyfriend in his arms.

"I love you, Kurt."

Kurt smiled, snuggling against his boyfriend. He'd never get tired of hearing that. "I love you too, Blaine."

"I'm not going to meet some other guy while you're away," said Blaine. "I know you think I will, but no one is ever going to compare to you. You're like... the other half of me. Nothing's ever going to replace that. Nobody is ever going to replace you. I know I'm always going to love you, Kurt. Even if you meet some guy at college and fall for him instead..."

"That's not going to happen," Kurt said, shaking his head.

Blaine smiled sadly. "Sweetheart, I'm going to be totally honest with you. You're really, really hot."

Kurt laughed before he could stop himself, and Blaine joined in.

"My point," Blaine pressed on. "Is that any guy would be lucky to have you, and there are going to be guys while you're at college that are going to want you. I don't want us to break up, but I also don't want to hold you back either. I don't want to stop you from living."

Kurt chuckled a little. "Hooking up with whatever random guy that come on to me in New York isn't the same as living, Blaine. I'm not going to throw myself around just because I can. I could never do that to you, no matter how far apart we are."

Blaine smiled, kissing Kurt on his forehead before getting off the bed and going to his bag.

"I got you something," he said, sitting back on the bed with a small box in his hand. "Like a goodbye present, a keepsake. It's kind of for both us actually."

Kurt took the box and opened it, letting out a little gasp as he looked down at the contents. Side by side were two matching silver rings that looked just like wedding bands.

"They're promise rings," Blaine said with a little blush, watching Kurt cautiously. "I thought that we could each wear one. That way we'd always know, no matter what happens while we're apart, that we're always... each other's. I got them engraved and everything. Look."

Kurt took one of the rings out of the box and saw that a word had been engraved on the inside – courage.

"You think its lame, don't you?" Blaine asked anxiously.

Kurt shook his head, speechless. He was smiling widely, his chest swelling with happiness, and a single tear finally escaped and rolled down his cheek. Blaine reached over to wipe it away, and Kurt leaned into his touch.

"You know," Kurt finally said with a smirk. "For a moment there I thought you were proposing."

They chuckled, both of them blushing slightly. Blaine took the ring from Kurt, looking at it for a second, before he held Kurt's left hand and slipped the ring on his third finger.

"No," he said softly. "But I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought about it. I know we're still young and it may sound kind of crazy..."

"It doesn't sound crazy," Kurt interrupted. "My Dad met my Mom when they were in high school, so it's not like it's impossible. I just didn't want to say anything out loud in case I jinxed it or something."

"Yeah, same here. I didn't want to freak you out or scare you away by talking about the future."

Kurt smiled and kissed Blaine on the cheek, taking the second ring and slipping it onto the third finger of his boyfriend's left hand. There was a moment where they just looked at each other, eyes locked together as they smiled, before Blaine blushed again ad looked down at their entwined fingers.

"Have you really been thinking about the future?" Kurt asked quietly. "Like... marriage and everything?"

Blaine nodded, feeling slightly embarrassed. "I know it sounds kind of childish and idealistic to think that we'll be together forever and ever. But I just know that I love you, and I can't imagine loving anybody else. I can't even begin to imagine my life without you in it"

"I don't think I really want to imagine my life without you in it, Blaine," said Kurt. "Before I met you I didn't really like to think about the future outside of getting the hell out of Lima. I was so lonely and so used to never having my feelings reciprocated that I couldn't even picture it, I couldn't picture anybody actually loving me back. So I just focused on all the other stuff, you know. I'd go to college in New York, and then I'd audition for a bunch of shows, and work my way up until I got to Broadway and won a bunch of Tony Awards, or at least got my own fashion line. But now I don't even think about just me anymore. I think about us. I think about where we'd live, and how we'd spend the holidays, and who we'd invite to the wedding..."

"You're already planning our wedding?" Blaine laughed.

"Of course I am," said Kurt with smirk. "The wedding of Mr. and Mr. Anderson-Hummel has to be nothing short of spectacular. It's going to take several years of careful planning."

They both laughed, Blaine planted a kiss on the back of Kurt's hand.

"See, we don't have to worry," Blaine said with a smile, his eyes sparkling with tears. "This isn't goodbye forever, it's just... goodbye for now. This year apart is going to be difficult, but we'll make it, I know we will. We'll talk every day, and I'll see you in the holidays, and next year I'll be in New York too. And then we can get to work on this future of ours, because I don't really care what happens to me, just as long as you're by my side. I was really miserable before I met you and, even though you're leaving for college, I'm never going to let you go. You're always going to be a part of me, no matter what happens. And it will an honour to one day call myself Mr. Anderson-Hummel."

They both grinned at each other, before leaning in at the same time so their lips met in the softest of kisses. They lost themselves in each other as they tried to remember it all, remember the feeling of kissing each other. Their kisses were always so electric and thrilling and exhilarating, but also so warm and comforting and right. Every kiss felt like the first, like there was nothing as perfect as this, like there was nobody in the world that either of them should be kissing other than each other. Their kiss spoke volumes. It said that they didn't have anything to worry about, that this was forever.

They looked into each other's eyes once they separated, smiling sadly. The tears that they had both been trying to hold back had finally escaped, but neither bothered to wipe them away.

"I love you so much, Kurt," Blaine whispered as tears rolled down his cheeks. "I love you more than anything."

"I know," said Kurt with a quiet sob. "I love you too. I always have and I always will."

Blaine held tightly onto Kurt's hand, twisting the promise ring around his boyfriend's slender finger. He couldn't wait to replace it with a proper ring, to make their promise to each other official and legal. They both knew it would happen. They both knew that they would always be each other's.

I'm okay, I'm okay. I'm not crying, I just... I have something in my eye. I'm fine.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed, Humble Readers.

xxx