Chapter 22- Epilogue

Sebastian watched from the bed as Kurt paced back and forth, retelling the drama and heartbreak from nationals. "Come here," he said as he held his hand out. Kurt took it, letting Sebastian pull him down until they were lying in bed, Kurt's head resting on Sebastian chest. "I'm sorry, that you lost."

"Well, if you think about, Kurt Hummel has had a pretty good year."

"Have you now?"

Kurt's played with the key resting against Sebastian's chest. Since he gave it to him, Sebastian never took it off. He'd broken the chain twice in Lacrosse practice and replaced it both times. "You know, when I gave you this, I had no idea I'd be giving Dalton's resident bad boy the key to my heart."

Sebastian laughed, "Well, I'm glad you did. Before you..." Sebastian's voice cracked and Kurt looked up to see the other boy's eyes watering slightly. He'd never seen Sebastian this emotional before. "I didn't think love existed, not like this. And even if it did, no one was going to want me for it. You see something in me that I don't even see myself. You make me better Kurt. And you love me."

"I do," Kurt said. He turned so that he could kiss Sebastian's lips softly. "You are a better person than you think you are, with or without me."

"i was wondering...what do you think about me transferring to McKinley next year?"

"Really?" Kurt squealed, wrapping his arms around Sebastian's neck.

"It took a lot of convincing to talk my dad into letting me rent an apartment and transfer to public school, but even he had to admit that you've been a pretty damn good influence on my behavior lately. I even talked to your dad about it, to kind of have some back up if my dad was being stubborn. As long as I promised to make sure you were home at reasonable hours on school nights, he said he'd support us in any way." Sebastian smiled sheepishly, "He welcomed me to the family."

Kurt smiled. "I told you he wouldn't kill you." He leaned down to kiss Sebastian with every ounce of passion and love he felt. "I think my summer and senior year just got even more perfect."

Sebastian smirked, "I've got one last surprise for you, mon amour."

"Oh?"

"We are also going to Paris for a month, for your birthday." Sebastian could only laugh as Kurt attempted to hug him, kiss him, and dance all while being excited. Everything about his boyfriend made him happy, made everything he was doing and would do worth it just for the smile on his face. Sebastian agreed, their summer and senior year was going to be perfect.

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So this is finally done. This story has been a work in progress for more than a year. It started as a collab between myself and for-another-world and when she became too busy, I took over. It took this big bang to kick my ass into gear and finish this thing, of which I am grateful. I want to thank my partial co-writer/beta/love of my life for-another-world for being both a kick in my ass and a support.

Much props to Bononoh for being a second pair of eyes in this fic and catching the mistakes we missed and to my Bigbang artist thebigpurplebook for picking my story and working her magic!