That night, Kurt fell asleep with a smile on his face for the first time in months. The last words he heard before he fell asleep had been "Goodnight Kurt, just remember...I love you, always and forever until the day I die". He could only hope and pray that Blaine meant it when he said he'd work on this, because if things went right back to the way they were...Kurt didn't know if he could bare the heartache. Back at their apartment Blaine fell asleep on Kurt's side of the bed with his face nestled into Kurt's pillow taking comfort in the lingering scent of his husband, it had taken him a long time to finally fall asleep, it just wasn't the same in the bed without Kurt...but Blaine had to remember, he'd forced Kurt to sleep alone in this bed for months. He vowed that once Kurt was back in his arms he would never sleep anywhere but their bed again.

The following morning Blaine got up and got dressed, and set off to his soon to be ex-workplace determined to tell everyone the truth and quit. At one he was heading over to another company to meet with them about his new job, to his surprise they were so excided to hear from him that they offered him a position that was technically the position he'd been trying to get at his current company. Looks like he'd be getting that promotion after all, better hours, more money and with a company that had no problem with his sexuality.

He walked into the office with his ring planted firmly on his finger and walked directly up to his bosses office and quit. After a few minutes of arguing he walked into his office and began packing his things, as people walked by they stopped to ask him what was going on and he just simply said "I quit, I love my husband too much and this job isn't worth my marriage and dealing with the homophobic assholes I've had to put up with here". Needless to say his coworkers had been shocked, and on his way out he stopped by the man who he had called his husband a 'little princess' and 'fairy', and punched him right across the face before continuing through the door yelling over his shoulder "That's for calling my husband a princess and fairy, you should be more careful, some of us 'fairies' fight back." His heart was pounding in his chest and was having trouble believing that he'd really just quit his job and punched his coworker who two days ago he'd had beer's with.

Blaine was about to head to a coffee shop before he stopped and decided this would be a good opportunity to spend some quality time with his husband and tell him about what had happened this morning, he took out his cell phone to call Kurt, it rang twice before Kurt answered.

"Hello?" Kurt answered sounding far too 'sad' for Blaine's liking.

"Good morning my wonderful beautiful love!" Blaine chirped happily.

"Good morning B" Kurt giggled and Blaine could tell just by his voice that he was blushing.

"I was calling to ask if it would be alright if I picked you up to take you out for coffee and I supposed right now it would technically be Brunch? I want to take my amazing husband on a date."

"Really?" Kurt asked hopefully and it struck Blaine that this was probably the first time in 8 months he'd asked his husband out on a date.

"Really, so what do you say? Can I head on over?"

"Yes! I mean, sure that sounds great...I'll just change really quick, how far away are you?"

"About 10-15 minutes"

"Did you not go to work today?" Kurt asked curiously

"I'll tell you about it at lunch babe, you go ahead and get ready I'm on my way"

"Alright, see you soon"

"I'll see you soon, I love you Kurt"

"I love you too Blaine" Kurt answered softly and Blaine could practically see the shy smile he knew was on Kurt's face.

They hung up and Blaine turned his car around to head towards the hotel Kurt was staying at, he stopped to buy his husband one single long stemmed rose and once he got to the hotel he parked and moved his stuff to the back of the car so Kurt could sit in the passenger side. He got out and made his way to Kurt's room to knock on the door and when Kurt opened it he gave Blaine and the rose a wide smile . Blaine stepped closer and handed the rose to Kurt, he was about to reach for Kurt when he hesitated slightly and cautiously asked "Am I allowed to kiss you?", Kurt nodded with a soft smile and stepped into Blaine's open arms. Blaine pulled Kurt in close and slanted their lips over one another, the kiss deepened and Blaine both heard Kurt whimper slightly and seemingly go weak in the knees forcing Blaine to wrap his arms around Kurt's waist to hold him steady. Kurt pulled back and buried his face in his husbands neck breathing deeply, Blaine pressed a gentle kiss against his temple.

"Are you ready to go?" Blaine asked softly and Kurt nodded separating from Blaine long enough to link their hands together. They walked hand in hand to Blaine's car and he opened up the door for Kurt. They sat in relative silence while Blaine headed towards a little cafe he knew Kurt would like, glancing over at his husband he saw him staring down at the rose in his hands seemingly lost in thought. He thought back to the flowers he had sent to Kurt after the night that Kurt had tried to talk to him about how miserable he was.

"Is everything OK?" He asked and Kurt looked up and nodded with a small smile.

"Yea, I'm fine just... lost in thought I guess."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Blaine asked cautiously and Kurt let out a long sigh.

"It's just...part of me thinks it'd be so easy to just fall right back into your arms and pretend the last eight months didn't happen...but they did happen and I'm still upset, I'm still hurt, it still bothers me that it took this long for you to realize what was happening. I feel torn. I love you so much, I always have. I just hate how hard this is. I don'twant to make this harder for you because I hate seeing you in pain but it's just..." Kurt sniffled and ran a hand over his face miserably.

Blaine had stayed quiet while Kurt spoke, and while he hated to admit it, he understood where his husband was coming from. Keeping in mind his plan to woo his husband back into his arms he reached over and grabbed Kurt's hand pressing a kiss to his knuckles before saying "Kurt, I love you...more than anything in this world. Let me worry about how hard this is going to be on me, let me worry about fixing what I broke...none of this was your fault Kurt, it was mine. Now it's time for you to focus on yourself and what makes you happy and let me worry about everything else okay?"

Kurt nodded slightly and gave Blaine's hand a squeeze. Last night when they'd gotten off the phone he'd cradled it to his chest and let the tears flow from his eyes. It had felt wonderful, having his husbands full and undivided attention, he felt like they were back in high school and could spend hours talking about anything and everything under the sun. But at the same time, he couldn't help but think back to the last few months. While Blaine may be aware now that Kurt had been miserable for months...it shouldn't have taken eight months for it to occur to him that he needed to be a proper husband and not treat Kurt the way he had. It shouldn't have taken eight months and a complete emotional break down from Kurt, and completely destroying Kurt's self esteem for the light bulb to go off in his head that things weren't okay.

As wonderful as Blaine suddenly trying was, Kurt couldn't help but wonder...why? Why didn't he notice? Why didn't he care? And every time he wondered why he couldn't help but feel angry and hurt. That morning he'd laid in bed, alone as always...just...thinking. About everything, about how he felt, about Blaine and the things he'd said and promised, about where he wanted to go from here. He knew he needed some type of therapy because when he thought back to the individual moments of the last few months he hadn't realized just how awful he really felt about himself. So he couldn't allow himself to get caught up in the excitement of having his husbands attention again, in feeling loved for the first time in months. Because if he didn't deal with the bad feelings and the hurt, and just kept pushing them away they would eventually grow into a deep resentment.

When they got to the cafe' Blaine stepped out of the car and moved around to the other side to open the door for Kurt. Hand in hand they walked inside both lost in thought. Once seated at the table they each ordered coffee and some food, Kurt finally looked up into his husbands eyes and gave him a slight smile attempting to push away his depressing thoughts.

"So...you said you needed to tell me something?" he asked lightly and Blaine nodded.

"Yes I do, umm...well this morning I...I went to the office and quit my job. I told off my boss, told everyone I was gay and married to you and then I punched Derrick across the face... he was the one who called you those names when you came over that day"

Kurt's face held a look of complete shock and he stuttered out "W-what?! Y-You actually quit your job? Are you serious? B-but why?"

Blaine nodded slightly and took Kurt's hand in his from across the table and turned it over to trace the lines of Kurt's palm. "Very serious and why? Because you mean so much more to me than any stupid job at a homophobic company. I have a meeting with one of the companies that offered me a job a few weeks ago, not only are they known to be gay-friendly, it turns out they were so excited to hear from me they offered me the position I had been working so hard for at my old company...only with better hours and better pay, the meeting later is just to sign some paper work and hash out the details."

"That...wow...that is amazing Blaine, congratulations" Kurt said softly with a small smile. While part of him wanted to snap 'why didn't you take the job weeks ago when it was first offered!' he was both happy and proud of his husband for leaving the job that had essentially destroyed their marriage. With the promise of not only better pay but better hours, a spark of hope filled Kurt's heart that this might seriously solve one of their major problems, the lack of time together. While it didn't fix their problems...it was a massive step in the right direction.

"I know it doesn't make things right between us or change the fact that I haven't been a very good husband to you...but I hope that this at least shows you how serious I am about making things work. There is nothing I wouldn't do for you Kurt, I love you with everything I have in me. Better hours means a lot more time at home and most importantly, with you."

A blush lit Kurt's face and he looked into his husbands eyes seeing only love and affection whirling in their depths. "I love you too Blaine. So much. I'm really glad you decided to switch companies. I think this will be really good for us. Yes it doesn't fix things but it is definitely a step in the right direction."

Their waiter showed up interrupting their conversation and set down their plates. The two started eating their meals in a comfortable silence, Kurt was currently attempting to fight off a smile due to his husbands apparent desire to play footsie under the table the way they did back in high school.

"Blaine! Will you cut that out! That tickles!" he whispered out trying to move his leg away from his husbands wandering foot that was currently trying to slide up the back of his calf. Blaine winked at Kurt and shot him a mischievous grin which caused Kurt to let out a huff of barely concealed laughter "You are impossible Blaine Anderson"

"That's Anderson-Hummel babe, forever and always." He replied with a softer smile leaning over the table to press a soft kiss to Kurt's mouth.

Once they parted and Blaine sat back down in his seat Kurt let out a happy sigh. Once they finished their meals Blaine paid the bill and took Kurt's hand in his lacing their fingers together and walked out of the cafe. Since Blaine still had a while before he needed to head to his meeting he pulled Kurt to walk down the street as opposed to heading straight towards the car, at Kurt's confused look he shrugged and said "I'm not ready to be away from you yet...so I thought maybe we could check out some of these fun little shops here, is that okay? If you aren't up to it I can take you back to the hotel if you want, we could spend some time together there...or if you don't want me there that's okay too I guess, I mean I would understand if you just-" he was cut off by Kurt pressing their lips together in a sweet and gentle kiss.

"You can stop babbling Blaine, the shops sound like a fun idea. I'm not ready to be away from you yet either" Kurt said giving the hand in his a reassuring squeeze.

Blaine let out a relieved sigh and nodded before pecking Kurt once more on the lips and turning back towards the street swinging their hands together. The first store they entered was was looked like a quirky antique shop, the second seemed to be some sort of natural and organic body care store with various soaps, lotions and other products which Kurt seemed to find interesting as he dragged Blaine along throughout the store to test and examine each item that caught his eye babbling excitedly until Blaine finally motioned to the sales girl who offered them a basket to hand one over so he could get Kurt the things he wanted.

Kurt let out a slight squeal and turned to his husbands asking a quick "Blaine do you remember a few years ago when they stopped making my favorite Mango Butter- Goat Milk lotion and face cream?"

It took Blaine a second to understand the question but he nodded and responded "Of course I remember, not only did I love the way that stuff smelled but you spent two months trying to hunt down any bottles of it you could find on amazon and ebay. I don't think you ever found a lotion that you said could compare right?"

Kurt gave Blaine a surprised smile and nodded "I cant believe you remembered all that but yes, exactly. The lotion I use now still isn't anything like my old one but I think I just found what could be my old lotions twin! and it has a matching face cream! It smells almost identical and looking at the ingredient list they have all the important ingredients in common, in fact this one might even be better...it has some of the things I wish had been in the old one! Plus all the ingredients are organic!" He bounced excitedly.

Blaine chuckled and held out the basket so Kurt could place the lotion inside before reaching for the shelf himself and adding a jar of the face cream to it giving Kurt a wink. They spent almost an hour in the store, and honestly Blaine would have willing spent hours more if only to keep that excited sparkle in Kurt's eyes. More than once Kurt had flushed embarrassingly and asked Blaine if he wanted to go but Blaine just shook his head and told him to go ahead and shop to his hearts content because it was on him. He offered his opinion occasionally and each time he noticed Kurt check the price of something and put it back on the shelves he'd grab it back and add it to the cart anyways. Eventually he brought up the basket filled to the brim of brand new all organic products for everything you could possibly think of. Once he paid he handed the bag to Kurt with a smile and stumbled back slightly when his husbands launched himself into his arms for a tight hug and a quiet "Thank you".

He pulled back slightly and smiled "You are very welcome, it's been way too long since I spoiled you properly and with everything you do for me and everything I've put you through the last couple months you definitely deserve it. I know buying you things wont make it better, but it's beyond worth it to see that smile on your face"

With the decision to come back and search through the rest of the stores another day they went back to the car and headed towards the hotel Kurt was staying at. Blaine followed Kurt up to his room and when they came inside Kurt took his bag into the bathroom to switch out all the products with his new ones humming under his breath while Blaine sat down on the bed watching him in amusement. When Kurt finished he turned and walked back towards Blaine till he was standing in front of him on the bed, Blaine reached up and settled his hands on his husbands hips and tugging him closer to hug him around the middle. Kurt ran a comforting hand through the hair at the nape of his neck.

He'd missed this. Feeling like he could touch his husband without a negative reaction, feeling wanted and adored. He missed the way it felt to have Blaine pull him close and hold him like he didn't want to let him go. Missed the way it felt to have Blaine look at him the way he had all day, as if Kurt was his entire universe. Kurt nudged Blaine's face up to meet his before asking "Do you need to leave soon or do we still have some time to spend together?"

Blaine checked his watch and saw he had about 30 minutes before he had to leave, fortunately the hotel wasn't very far from where he needed to be. "I've got about a half hour before I need to leave, why whats up did you want to do something?" He asked curiously and Kurt flushed slightly twisting his hands together self consciously making Blaine curious "Well...I just...ummm...I thought maybe...I-I mean" he stuttered out and Blaine took Kurt hands in his trying to soothe him and motioned for his husband to continue so Kurt squeezed his eyes shut taking a deep breath and said "I was just wondering if we could..well...god this is going to sound so pathetic..."

"Kurt? Baby just tell me what you want, this is me; Blaine. You can ask me anything" he tried to reassure and finally heard Kurt mumble out something softly. "I didn't really catch that sweetheart I need you to say it a little louder"

"What I was trying to say was...Do you think we can just..well...could we cuddle until you have to leave? I just, I really miss the way you used to hold me" Kurt admitted casting his eyes at the floor while his face burned with embarrassment, he felt pathetic. What kind of person has to ask their significant other for a cuddle?

Blaine heart clenched a bit at the realization his husband actually thought he needed to ask if they could cuddle together, and seemed embarrassed to ask, what was the word he used again? 'Pathetic' Kurt had said he was going to sound 'pathetic' just because he wanted to ask his husband to cuddle with him? Then again...when was the last time he'd laid in bed with his husband and pulled him into his arms to hold him? Months? Blaine quickly kicked off his shoes and moved back on the bed so that he was laying down and tugged on Kurt's hand, Kurt seemed to quickly snap out of his embarrassment and silently move to join him. Blaine arranged them so that Kurt's face was parallel to his and they could look into one another's eyes and tangled their legs together pulling Kurt tight up against his body and holding him with both arms.

"Baby you don't ever need to be embarrassed to want to cuddle with your husband, my arms were made to hold you in them. It's were you belong, I'm so sorry if I ever made you doubt that" Blaine whispered sadly before he leaned up to kiss Kurt on the forehead and then on the lips. A tear slipped from Kurt's eye and he squeezed them shut leaning forward to rest his forehead against Blaine's with a sigh. He wondered just how long it would take for that voice in the back of his head to stop making him second guess everything between him and his husband.

A half hour later Blaine was regretfully untangling himself and Kurt, who walked him to the door with an adorable pout on his face wishing he could have some more cuddle time because a half hour was no were near enough. Blaine pulled Kurt into a deep kiss and once the two pulled away he told Kurt he'd call him after the meeting and let him know how things went. After Blaine left Kurt laid back on the bed thinking, mostly he was wondering if he should go back home or not, his only concern was that if he did they would be jumping back into things too fast...but at the same time this whole thing had started because they weren't spending enough time together...so wasn't living apart sort of counter productive to fixing that? Especially now that Blaine's new job meant he'd be home more often and they could be using the time he now had on working on their marriage.

All of it was just way too complicated and confusing. With a sigh Kurt took out his phone and text Blaine quickly telling him to make sure he'd be free Thursday after work and made a call to the marriage counselor he'd been debating on calling for a while now. He was sure he needed some form of therapy himself just to deal with his fairly severe insecurities and self doubt, not to mention that the extra help would be beneficial to getting him and Blaine back to were they were before all this started, or maybe even better. He made an appointment with her himself after discussing the reasoning behind the therapy, his appointment would be during the day on Wednesday and then on Thursday he and Blaine would have joint therapy. Once he hung up he ran a hand over his face and looked around the room before he decided to pack his stuff and head back home.

He checked out of the hotel and took a cab back to their apartment, he was in the middle of unpacking when his phone rang. He picked it up and saw that Blaine was calling which must have meant the meeting was over and he answered "Hello?" he answered. "Hey beautiful, I just got out of my meeting. Everything went great and I start on Monday so I still have the rest of this week off to spend with you...did you want me to come back to the hotel?" Blaine asked in a hopeful voice.

"No that's OK" Kurt said "Actually I umm...well I decided to come back home, I'm in our bedroom unpacking right now"

"Really?!" Blaine said happily and Kurt smiled "Really B, I'm home. I'll see you when you get here"

They shared goodbyes and I love you's before they hung up and Kurt moved to the kitchen to look through their drawer of take out menu's, honestly cooking was just the last thing on his mind at the moment and he had a serious craving for Chinese food. He was just trying to decide what he definitely wanted when he heard Blaine open the front door and yell "Kurt? Kurt are you here?!"excitedly and he giggled before shouting out "In the kitchen B". Blaine walked into the kitchen and found Kurt leaning over a Chinese food menu over the counter so he slid behind him and wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist from behind before leaning forward to press a kiss to the back of his neck.

"You have no idea how happy I am that you're here, when you told me I couldn't wait to come home" he said softly resting his chin over Kurt's shoulder to see what he was looking at.

"I'm glad. I just decided that the best thing for us to work on our relationship is for us to be together to actually work on it. I'm taking a leap of good faith here for you quitting your job. That proved to me how serious you are about working on our marriage. Not to mention I had a really good time with you today" Kurt admitted.

Blaine squeezed Kurt a little tighter in response and turned his head to press a kiss to his neck, this just reaffirmed to him that quitting his job right off the back was the right thing to do. He looked back over Kurt's shoulder at the menu and said "I had a great time with you today too sweetheart. Whether I deserve it or not, I'm so thankful you are putting your faith in me. Being without you is never an option for me Kurt. You're my husband, I'm yours forever and always...that's just how it's supposed to be. You're my soul mate and I'm never letting you go"

Kurt smiled tearfully at that and turned in Blaine arms to face him so that his back was up against the counter, he took Blaine's face in his hands and caressed his face with his thumbs and whispered simply "I love you so much" before slanting their lips together for a deep kiss. Blaine groaned into Kurt's mouth and kissed him back passionately pressing him against the counter and running one hand up his back while the other moved under his shirt to rest on the skin of his lower back, dipping the tips of his fingers into the waistband of Kurt's jeans.

"I love you too...and..wow...just wow" Blaine whispered and dropped his forehead to Kurt's shoulder and Kurt turned his face to nuzzle into Blaine's hair with a small grin. He turned back around to look at the menu and leaned back against Blaine's chest comfortably lifting the menu for him to see.

"Does Chinese food sound okay for tonight? I'm having a craving and honestly I have no desire to cook right now" Kurt said and Blaine nodded and told him that Chinese sounded great and to go ahead and order what ever he wanted while he went ahead and took a quick shower and changed out of his suit and tie into something more comfortable.

Kurt nodded and accepted the quick peck on the lips Blaine gave him with a smile before picking up the phone and calling their favorite Chinese take out place. He ended up ordering the same thing they always ordered, Shrimp and Scallops with Vegetables in Lobster sauce, Cashew Chicken, Vegetable Chow Mein and Cream Cheese Wantons, Kurt always steamed some white rice at home figuring it was pointless to order it when they had it in the pantry. Once he hung up he walked into the living room and looked through the DVD's they had in their movie case and picked out Moulin Rouge, Leap Year, How to lose a guy in 10 days, The Holiday, and Beauty and the Beast, then walked into the bedroom to find Blaine in pajama bottoms with no top rubbing a towel over his hair the way Kurt had told him a million times in the past not to do.

"You know that rubbing curly hair with a towel just makes it poofy and frizzy Blaine, I've told you a million times yet you keep doing it then you always complain about how frizzy your curls get" Kurt said amused shaking his head at his husband who looked up and him sheepishly taking the towel off his head and touching his hair finding it a frizzy mess causing him to pout at Kurt who snorted and grabbed his arm dragging him to the bathroom and when Blaine went to reach for his tube of gel but Kurt snatched it out of his hands and placed it out of his reach.

"No gel, I wish you'd stop using it, you know I love your natural curls and when you put that junk in it I cant run my hands through it...plus it's so bad for your hair. Now let me put the good stuff in it and show you how much better your hair can look" Kurt said and moved Blaine to stand in front of him and grabbing some of the stuff they had bought earlier that day and working a small amount into his hair gently twirling the curls with his fingers lightly so they formed together properly.

"There, now let it air dry and you'll just have soft touchable curls that I can put my hands through and will still look wonderful" Kurt said turning Blaine to the mirror to show him and watched as his eyebrows raised in surprise at the tame touchable looking frizz free curls that now topped his head. He turned back to Kurt with a smile and kissed him softly whispering "thank you" against his lips before he grabbed his gel and threw his gel in the trash.

"Okay I give, tomorrow will you teach me how to do whatever you just did?" He asked and Kurt grinned and nodded before letting his eyes trail down Blaine's bare chest as if he just realized that his husband wasn't wearing a shirt.

Blaine smirked slightly at Kurt and placed his hands on his hips "Like what you see baby?" he murmured and Kurt's eyes shot up and he blushed nodding slightly before quickly moving out of the bathroom and into the living room, mentally cursing himself for running away from his husband like a coward. Kurt was frustrated with himself, but seeing Blaine shirtless in front of him so casually had immediately reminded Kurt of just how self conscious he felt about his own body. He didn't use to be, but sometime around the 10th time Blaine had rejected him, he'd spent almost two hours naked in front of a mirror scrutinizing every inch of his body wondering what was wrong with him and why Blaine didn't want him anymore, what made him so undesirable? Surely his body hadn't changed that much since they got married had it? But the longer he spent in front of the mirror the worst he felt about himself and eventually he'd broken down in tears and curled up in a ball naked on the bathroom floor with a broken heart.

Blaine started after him confused and grabbed a plain white cotton Tshirt and followed Kurt out into the living room. Upon entering the room Kurt's eyes shot up to him and he gave Blaine a shy slightly distracted smile before motioning to the DVD's on the coffee table.

"How does a movie marathon to go with our Chinese food sound?" Kurt asked and Blaine smiled sitting down next to him and looked at their movie options "So which one do you want to watch first?" He asked curiously and Kurt made what Blaine liked to call his 'hard thinking face' "How about...The Holiday first then Leap year, then How to lose a guy in 10 days then Beauty and the beast and THEN last but not least Moulin Rouge? Sound okay?" Kurt asked holding up The Holiday and Blaine plucked it out of his hands to put it in and was about to go sit back down when he heard a knock at the door and motioned for Kurt to stay seated and snagged his wallet out of his coat pocket to pay for the Chinese food and brought it all into the living room and set it on the table, Kurt went into the kitchen quickly and scooped some white rice into two bowls and carried them over to the table handing one to Blaine and they started dividing up the food. Cuddled up against one another with bowls filled to the brim and chopstix in their hands Kurt and Blaine pressed play to begin their movie marathon.

It would be much later that night when Blaine would look over and find his husband fast asleep leaning against his shoulder, he slowly moved out from under him and shut off the TV before quickly picking up their left overs and putting them in the kitchen. He came back and scooped Kurt into his arms lifting him carefully and carried him back to their bedroom putting him into bed and pulling the blankets up over him. He was about to move back to the living room when Kurt grabbed his hand and whispered "Stay" and moved the blanket's back to let Blaine climb in next to him. With a smile and tears in his eyes he slid in next to his husband and wrapped his arms around him. They shared a sweet kiss and fell asleep curled up together, and for the first time in eight months they both slept peacefully with a warm glow of love and contentment filling their hearts.