Blaine got home late on Sunday evening, and as a result he didn't see Sam until first thing Monday. He was sitting at the table, eating a bowl of cereal while trying not to fall asleep, when Blaine entered the room.

'How can you be so cheerful at this hour of the morning?' he asked, mouth full.

Blaine just laughed. 'Good morning to you, too.'

'No, seriously dude. What's – Wait. Does this have something to do with Kurt?'

'It might,' Blaine told him, playing coy.

'You two are together, aren't you?' Blaine nodded his assent, Sam squealing in excitement. 'Ok, ok, you have to tell me everything.'

'Has it ever occurred to you that you might be a teenage girl?' Blaine asked, amused at Sam's reaction. Sam poked his tongue out in response. 'Alright, I will tell you, but on the way to class. Otherwise we're gonna be late.'

Ten minutes later, as he was locking the apartment door, Sam was already badgering Blaine for information. Blaine relented, telling Sam every detail from the Regionals competition.

'Oh this is so exciting,' Sam told him, jostling Blaine as they exited the apartment building. 'Told you so, didn't I? So what about the rest of the weekend? Please tell me your family didn't hog all your time.'

'No they didn't. Fortunately I managed to avoid helping Rachel prepare for this week's audition. So we got to spend tonnes of time together. Kurt organised the cutest picnic for us, it was so sweet. And I had to go have dinner with his family, which surprisingly wasn't too awkward. Yesterday, we just spent the day watching movies.'

'That's so awesome dude,' Sam told him. 'Seriously, I'm so happy for you. Although I still can't believe that it took you so long.'

'Yea, well, who'd have known that you'd actually be right about something?'

Xxx

The final couple of months of Blaine's degree went by quite fast. Over the weeks, he and Kurt learnt how to make their relationship work long distance – calling and texting and Skyping whenever they got the chance.

Blaine was excited to find out that he got the job he'd applied for, thanking his lucky stars that he was fortunate enough to get the first job he went for. Kurt was accepted into Parsons, and Rachel was accepted into NYADA, so the three of them were going to be in New York together the following year.

He was just thinking about that one Thursday evening when he got off the phone with Kurt. Reentering the lounge, he found Sam sprawled across the couch, watching a movie. Blaine sat down across from him, the urgency of the topic in mind causing him to pause the movie. Sam looked up, mildly annoyed.

'Hey, so I was thinking,' Blaine told him, cutting straight to the chase. 'Would it be ok with you if Kurt moved in next year?'

'You can do what you want,' Sam replied. 'I've been meaning to tell you, but I'm gonna move out. Tina wants to go to LA, try and make it in Hollywood.'

'And you're going too? Isn't that a bit drastic? You haven't been together long.'

'Like you can talk,' Sam retorted. 'You've barely been dating Kurt for a month and you're planning to have him move in with you.'

Blaine huffed a sigh, defensive. 'That's different. We're both gonna be in the same town anyway.'

'I guess we're gonna have to trust our own decisions then,' Sam told him. 'Regardless, the point is, you can ask Kurt to move in if you so wish. Hell, if you wanted, you could have Rachel move in too now.'

'Yea. You know, I can't even decide whether it's a good idea or not.'

'I was joking actually, but that's only because I could never live with her. You, however, have years of experience.'

Blaine nodded in response, suddenly distracted by the thought that he'd have to say goodbye to Sam. They'd been friends for so long, and they'd become so close. It would be weird not seeing him every day.

He looked up as Sam cleared his throat, noticing the awkward look on his face. 'Blaine, I'm really gonna miss you dude.'

'Me too, buddy. Me too.'

Xxx

Blaine was back in Lima, come to see Kurt and Rachel graduate. It was interesting to see them with their peers, he thought. To see the way that the New Directions were almost accepted, having come second at Nationals.

Blaine cheered as Rachel marched across the stage, one of the first students to receive their diploma. When Kurt walked across, Blaine could see him searching him out, and when his eyes landed on him, he blew him a kiss. Kurt smiled widely at him, waving back.

When the ceremony was over, Blaine rushed to find Kurt, ignoring his parents who were searching out Rachel. As he got near, Kurt spotted him, hurrying over and throwing his arms around Blaine.

'Oh, babe, I'm so glad you made it. It's so good to see you.'

'I wouldn't miss it for the world,' Blaine told him, fingers gripping his back. 'I hope this means you'll be at my graduation though.'

'Of course I will,' Kurt replied, chancing a quick peck on the lips before he pulled away.

'Anyway, I had something I wanted to ask you,' Blaine continued.

Kurt looked worried for a moment. 'Please tell me you're not going to propose. I only just finished high school Blaine.'

'No, no, heck no. I think that might be a little too soon. No, what I wanted to ask was, will you move in with me?'

Kurt thought about it for a moment. 'Yea, I'd like that. Not sure that my dad will though. Would we be sharing a room? I'm not really sure what he'd think about that.' He was beginning to ramble.

'I was thinking we would be, yea, if that's alright with you,' Blaine explained, suddenly nervous. 'I've already asked Rachel if she wants Sam's old room.'

'Great,' Kurt replied, 'we'll just have to convince Dad it's ok. Because I can't wait to move in.'

Xxx

A month later, Kurt and Rachel moved in on the same day, the small apartment in absolute chaos with so many people about. After hours of unpacking and organising, and rearranging the furniture to Kurt's exact specifications, the place was finally quiet. Kurt's family, and Blaine and Rachel's dads were staying a few blocks away, leaving the new roommates to spend their first night together.

Kurt and Blaine were curled up together on the couch, Rachel having just gone to bed. Blaine rolled over in Kurt's embrace, stretching up to place a lazy, languid kiss on his lips. Kurt smiled into the kiss, tilting his head to deepen it. Blaine whimpered as Kurt nipped gently at his lip, before pulling away and reattaching at his jaw. Blaine tilted his head up further, exposing more skin to Kurt, his breath becoming ragged.

Hand coming down to hold Kurt's hip, Blaine leaned forward to whisper in his ear. 'How about we move to the bed?'

Kurt pulled back, regarding Blaine with a look of uncertainty. Blaine began to panic. 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I just assumed. But if you're not ready, that's fine, we can wait.'

Kurt cupped Blaine's cheek. 'I think we should wait,' he told him. 'But not for me. For you. I want you to realise how much I care about you, I want you to really know that I'm not just using you.'

Blaine leaned forward to kiss him again, hot and insistent. 'I wouldn't mind if you used me.'

'Blaine, I'm serious,' Kurt replied, panting slightly as he pulled away.

'Fine,' Blaine agreed, 'but can we at least go and spoon?'

Xxx

Summer was drawing to a close. It wouldn't be long now before Blaine began his new job. Kurt was about to begin his degree as well, and he was starting to get apprehensive. Blaine couldn't get over how utterly adorable it was.

Blaine wasn't looking forward to the end of summer. It meant that he and Kurt wouldn't be able to spend their mornings like this anymore. They wouldn't be able to spend all these lazy hours curled up in bed together.

Kurt had stayed true to his word, and during these mornings they would do nothing more than snuggle, sharing the occasional kiss. Blaine had begun to wonder if anything more would ever happen. But even still, he loved these quiet mornings. He loved this alone time he spent with Kurt.

He loved Kurt.

He hadn't actually said as much to Kurt before. But then again, Kurt hadn't said it either. That thought made Blaine a little apprehensive. What if Kurt didn't actually feel the same way about him?

He looked down at the boy in his arms, curled up against him, face buried in his chest. He really was beautiful. Chest swelling with feelings, he bent down, placing a kiss in Kurt's hair.

Kurt looked up, a smile tugging at his lips. 'What?'

'I love you,' Blaine replied, not caring that he was taking a huge risk.

Kurt's smile broadened. 'I love you too.'

They snuggled back into each other, not saying anything for a few minutes. Eventually, Blaine spoke up. 'What do you want to do today? I was thinking we could go check out that new coffee shop down the road.'

Kurt leant up on his elbow. 'I have a better idea,' he replied. Running his fingers through the curls at the back of Blaine's neck, he bent down, placing a kiss on his lips. As Blaine wrapped an arm around his waist, Kurt rolled over on top of him. Both hands now tangled in Blaine's hair, Kurt deepened the kiss.

Yup, Blaine thought as Kurt's body began to rock against his, this was the best possible way for them to spend their day.

The End

Thank you so much for reading this story. I hope you enjoyed it. Big thanks to everyone who favourited, followed and reviewed. And to those who reviewed most/all chapters, you are absolutely amazing.

I really enjoyed writing this story. At the start I was a bit worried because I didn't have it planned out, but it worked out really well. I never found myself wishing that I hadn't written X,Y,Z three chapters ago. And it all seemed to hang together pretty well.

If there's any loose ends that you think I didn't tie up, let me know. If need be, I'll try to add some notes or one shots to clarify things.

I have another story in mind, but I can't make any promises about when I'll write it because my life has just gotten a whole lot busier. In fact, I prob shouldn't have even told you about it, because that just puts a whole lot of pressure on me. Anyway, it's a diff ship, but I won't tell you anything more other than it's slash, but it doesn't involve Kurt or Blaine. So that might turn up at some stage in the future.