Two days later Kurt was standing next to an extremely excited and hyper Blaine, an obnoxiously humming Rachel and Santana...who was currently standing next to Kurt wearing the same bored expression on her face, all four were waiting in line at the Central Park Zoo.

"You know Porcelain...when you asked If I was busy today so we could hang out...this wasn't exactly what I had in mind, and if Berry doesn't stop her humming I'm going to fling her into the first dangerous animal exhibit I find, and your hobbit looks like he is going to wet himself with excitement...why in the hell is that boy so excited for the zoo?" Santana snarked at Kurt winding her arm through his as they followed behind the other two towards the ticket booth, Kurt paid for the four of them, simply because he WAS the one who invited everyone and they entered the Zoo.

"No feeding Rachel to the animals Tana, and as far as my utterly adorable fiancé? What can I say...he's essentially a hyper active five year old trapped inside a man's body. On the plus side at least one of us will have no problem keeping up with our future children" He mused and Santana grinned at him.

"Can you imagine the kind of children you two would have? With you and the happy puppy over there as dad's, myself and Berry as their nearest aunts and Puckerman as the closest uncle? Those poor children."

"I'll have you know our future children will be just fine! We aren't all THAT bad Tana" Kurt said with a chuckle and Santana simply raised an eyebrow at him and pointed to Rachel who was apparently singing to the birds trying to convince Blaine she could reenact snow white with her inspiring voice. "And that is just Berry and her special brand of crazy"

Kurt grimaced and shrugged "Okay...so maybe we are that bad, but they won't lack for love and will probably be able to handle ANYTHING when they get older after having people like the New Directions for Aunts and Uncles." Santana snorted with a nod and continued walking along following after Blaine and Rachel.

Blaine suddenly stopped with his Zoo-Map in hand and sprinted back to Kurt excitedly waving the map in his hands and shoving it under Kurt's nose pointing to something. "KURT! They have penguin feeding! We can feed the penguins! Can we do it? Please? I love penguins!"

Kurt laughed and nodded leaning forward to wrap his arms around Blaine's waist and kissing him softly, they heard a scoff and looked over to see an old woman glaring at them disgustingly muttering under her breath and both Rachel and Santana exchanged furious looks when both Kurt and Blaine parted with sad frowns on their faces and the two girls nodded at each other and linked their own hands standing close to one another and Rachel leaned up to kiss Santana's cheek before shooting a defiant look towards the woman, Santana glared at her fiercely and wrapped an arm around Rachel's waist pulling her closer and lifting her chin towards the woman challengingly. Once Kurt realized what the girls were doing he grinned and pulled Blaine back to him and pressed a soft kiss on his forehead. The woman stomped away like a toddler throwing a tantrum and the four friends looked at each other and started laughing. Kurt flung himself at Santana and Rachel and told them quite simply they were the best friends ever.

Blaine still looked slightly discouraged but Kurt took his hand reassuringly and tapped the map in his other hand. "Let's go feed the Penguins sweetheart" getting a small smile from him.

At the Penguin exhibit Blaine was back to smiling happily and bouncing excitedly on the balls of his feet as he and Kurt waited in line for their chance to feed the Penguin's, both Santana and Rachel had declined with the idea of holding dead fish and the minute Blaine turned his pout on Kurt he accepted his fate and bemoaned the reality of smelly fish hands, but he was physically incapable of turning Blaine down when he turned the pout of doom on him. Once they collected their fish and set to feeding the penguins Kurt grinned as he watched them waddle around and looked over at Blaine who was smiling next to him.

"Penguins are pretty neat...they look like they are wearing little tuxes...by far the most fashionable of all the birds I've seen" he mused.

Blaine glanced over at Kurt with a slight chuckle and head shake "Do you know why I like penguins so much?" He asked, Kurt shook head and cast a curious look at him.

"I like penguins so much because they are so well... romantic...the Adelie Penguins are my favorite because they mate for life, once they find their penguin that's it for them. Kinda like you and me...if we were Penguins...you'd be my mate...you're my penguin Kurt"

Kurt smiled softly at Blaine and once they finished washing their hands he pulled him into a hug. "You're my penguin too B" he whispered into his ear.

They heard a dramatic groan and turned to see Santana miming throwing up and a giggling Rachel who was trying to shush Santana.

"You're my penguin!" Santana mocked "Seriously...can you guys be...any gayer? Like...really?"

"Shut it Tana you just miss Brit" Kurt replied sticking his tongue out at her. Santana rolled her eyes and shrugged noncommittally.

"Whatever Porc...so what's the next stop on this crazy day of fun?" She asked sarcastically.

"Monkeys!" Rachel piped up with a grin and Blaine nodded linking arms with her and setting off for the monkey exhibit. "You know Rachel...Gibbons mate for life, they are actually apes though not monkey's...there is a difference" Blaine started as he explained the different sorts of primates that mated for life.

"Berry would want to see the monkeys...and apparently your hobbit fiancé is some sort of animal expert...whatever... I want to see the fierce cats, after this we're heading to the snow leopards got it?" Santana said grabbing Kurt by the arm and dragging him after the other two.

Once they finished with the primates, Santana declared it was time to go see the jungle cats and snagged Blaine away from Rachel "Alright Hobbit, since apparently you are an animal encyclopedia why don't you tell me about some of these fierce cats, snow leopards, jaguars, tigers and lions...go"

"Well...Snow Leopards are considered endangered species and they only pair up during breading season...Jaguars are the largest of South America's big cats and Unlike many other cats, jaguars do not avoid water; in fact, they are quite good swimmers...As far as tiger's go, Bengal tigers are the most common and they live alone for the most part..."

Kurt was giggling behind the two and shaking his head, who knew Blaine had a secret fascination with animals? Later on when asked Blaine would admit as a kid he was obsessed with the zoo and used to watch national geographic on TV. Kurt thought it was adorable, he couldn't help but think at some point Blaine would make a wonderful father, and taking their kids to the zoo would end up being a favorite past time in the future. After their day exploring the zoo the four friends headed out to dinner together, Santana had talked them into trying this restaurant she found called Havana Alma De Cuba and it served incredible food, even Rachel enjoyed her salad and the atmosphere alone was wonderful. They spent the next two hours talking and laughing over Margaritas before calling it a night and each catching a cab to head home.

Kurt and Blaine were cuddled up together in bed that night when Blaine brought up the subject of children "Kurt...I know it probably won't be for a few years but...have you thought about kids at all?" he asked curiously tracing the palm of Kurt's hand with his fingertips.

"Of course I have, I've always wanted a family... it was just my dad and I growing up...and I guess when you grow up lacking in the family department...especially after losing a parent... it sort of gives you this... fierce want to start a family, I want to be a dad as much as I want to be your husband...what about you?" He asked turning to face Blaine on the pillow.

"I want kids, I mean...I think I'd make a pretty decent father and I can't think of anyone else in the world I'd want to start a family with than you. We'd make good parents Kurt...I'm sure of it"

"Do you want a boy or a girl? Or both?" Kurt asked with a small smile.

"Both...preferably boy first so he can beat up anyone who is mean to his baby sister" Blaine said.

"You HAVE given this some thought"

"Of course...granted at the end of the day I think as long as they were healthy I wouldn't care either way"

They fell asleep that night holding hands between them dreaming of bright eyed and curly haired children.

The day before Carole and Mrs. Anderson were set to arrive Kurt and Blaine packed a picnic and headed out to discover the parts of central park they hadn't seen yet with their cameras in tow. There was so much to see in Central park, The Alice and Wonderland sculpture, Bethesda fountain, Belvedere Castle, the Shakespeare Garden...So why not make a day of it? Kurt honestly thought it would take forever to actually see all that Central Park had to offer, the place was huge.

After a few hours of taking pictures of each other posing all threw out the park, they finally found a spot to settle down and have their picnic. Blaine laid down the blanket they brought and both he and Kurt sat down and started pulling food out of the cooler they'd brought. Various fruits like grapes, strawberries, oranges, and watermelon, a loaf of French bread and different meats and cheeses to make sandwiches.

Once they finished eating Blaine patted the spot between his legs motioning for Kurt to settle between them and against his chest. Once Kurt was settled, Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist and set his chin on Kurt's shoulder.

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. "

He whispered into Kurt's ear and Kurt closed his eyes with a small smile and hummed in response "You are reciting Shakespeare to me after we went to the Shakespeare Garden today...I don't know who ever told you that you were terrible at romance, because you my dear are one of the single most romantic individuals I've ever met" Kurt said opening his eyes and tilting his head back to capture Blaine's lips in a kiss. Blaine smiled into the kiss and when they broke apart he nuzzled his nose against Kurt's and said "What can I say? You bring out my inner romantic Kurt, you are my inspiration, it'd be impossible not to learn a bit about romance with a fiancé like you"

They packed up their stuff and made their way back to their apartment hand in hand. Some day's Kurt
honestly couldn't even believe the amount of love he felt for his fiancé, he and Blaine had the type of relationship that other people dreamt of all their lives, people spent years wondering, searching, for that other piece of their soul, the person who would change everything. For a love worth doing anything for. How did he get so lucky? Not even 20 years old yet and he'd found it already, he found his other half.
While they lie together in bed that night watching the Notebook, Kurt was struck by one of the lines.

'The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever'

Never before had Kurt heard a truer statement. That was exactly what loving Blaine had done for him, it woke him up, made him feel alive and brought a certain level of peace and balance to him, he changed him for the better in way's Kurt couldn't even begin to understand. Color's seemed brighter now, smiles and laughter had become a part of his day to day life, and the simplest of things had been given value just because he could link them to a moment or a memory he had with Blaine, The amount of love he had for Blaine...there weren't even words to describe it. He'd opened his heart to this incredible human being and in return he'd found a love to last a lifetime. Of course they still fought on occasion, what couple didn't? But nothing was perfect, including them, but if anything it made them that much stronger together. He'd never truly understood until Blaine, what true love meant. He'd thought he'd been in love before, but none of those previous crushes held a candle to the type of all-consuming love he felt for his fiancé. Blaine made him a better man, everything he'd accomplished since they'd met could be traced back to him; he gave him strength, hope, courage. He'd been bitter when he met Blaine, bitter about his life, the bullying, and the loss of his mother, bitter about that feeling of complete loneliness that seemed to make a home for itself deep in his heart. But he'd changed; Blaine had seemingly taken all his bitterness, all his pain and replaced it with love and hope, with this new excitement for his life and future. Just by being the incredible man that he is.

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Sebastian and Blake had fallen back into their relationship with ease after their fight; it had inspired a change in Sebastian and the way he expressed his emotions towards his boyfriend. Never again did he want Blake to doubt his feelings, or their future as a couple together simply because he disliked feeling vulnerable. He took some notes from the Kurt and Blaine book of romance and brought Blake flowers for no real reason other than because he loved him, he cooked him dinner, held his hand in public and refrained from making jokingly suggestive comments about other men. While part of him felt absolutely ridiculous doing all of this, the smile that lit Blake's face each time he surprised him with something romantic...was more than worth it. Watching his eyes light up in wonder and awe when Sebastian did something particularly romantic made him push down any snide comments about romance he had in his head.

Blake himself was on cloud nine. He loved Sebastian the way he was, don't get him wrong. But this newfound romantic and sensitive side Sebastian had apparently found just made him feel so utterly...adored and appreciated, he couldn't help but fall that much more in love with him each day. Had there been any doubt in his mind about Sebastian's speech in New York, they were gone now, and he eternally amused by Sebastian's proud smirk every time he called Kurt to gush excitedly about something he'd done, singing Sebastian's praises and calling him the most incredible and romantic boyfriend ever. Even the way they had sex was different now, as opposed to 'having sex' or 'fucking' they'd made the full transition to making love. The tenderness in the way Sebastian held him now...as if he was precious...made his heart fill with warm fuzzy feelings. He'd tried telling Sebastian it was alright, that he didn't have to try so hard but his gorgeous boyfriend had shaken his head and pulled him into a hug explaining that after feeling like he'd lost Blake forever? He never wanted to devalue their relationship again; he never wanted Blake to forget how much he loved him or doubt their future together.

At the moment Sebastian was laying on his back in his bed with Blake curled up against his chest sleeping soundly as he stared up at the ceiling slowly running a hand up and down Blake's naked back. How had he ever thought sleeping around was better than this? How had he ever mocked the perks of having a real loving relationship with someone? NOTHING compared to the feeling of sleeping with someone you loved, the years of sex with whatever piece of ass he found were nothing in comparison to making love to Blake. He'd never been more grateful to Kurt Hummel either, who'd lectured him for days until he'd agreed to give Blake a chance just to shut him up, Kurt who honestly believed he was deserving of love and deserving of Blake, who Kurt seemed to adore, the fact that Kurt thought so highly of Blake, and approved of the idea of them dating spoke volumes to how much their relationship had changed from enemies to friends. Back when they first met Kurt would have sooner run him over with a car...and then backed up and done it again, before he ever set Sebastian up with anyone he cared about. Yet he'd been the driving force behind Blake and himself getting together in the first place. He understood now, why the hobbit was so...almost desperately in love with Hummel, why Blaine hadn't given into his attempts at seduction. Kurt was...special, different. He was one of a kind, a true friend who would do anything for those he cared about, and whatever miracle happened to make it so he was considered one of those people now? He was incredibly grateful. Glancing down at Blake's peaceful face he couldn't stop the soft smile that graced his lips, who knew that Sebastian Smythe would have become a taken man in a committed loving relationship? Blake truly was the 'Smythe conqueror' he said he was. He'd conquered Sebastian's heart despite the walls he'd built around it, despite the disbelief he held about love. He'd won, Sebastian Smythe was deeply in love and he'd never been happier. Pressing a kiss against Blake's head, Sebastian closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep with a serene smile on his face.