Mrs. Anderson and Carole had been extremely successful on their trip to New York; the two women had managed to find a three bedroom, two and a half bath single family house in a reasonable distance from both Blaine's school and Kurt's work, at the most it would add about 10 minutes to Kurt's daily commute. It had a decent sized back yard, plenty space for children to run around and even a small garden should they wish it, it also had a good sized kitchen with fairly new appliances, and wood floors threw out the entire house, truth be told? It was honestly beautiful. On the outside the house was painted in pale yellow and white, with a few small trees' out front with beautiful pink and white flowers, simply looking at the house from the outside made you feel happier, it was bright and sunny. There was a porch in the front that Carole immediately loved and proclaimed that they HAD to get the boy's a porch swing. They'd been fortunate to find a place not only so perfect, but so unbelievably cheap. The previous owner of the house was moving overseas and needed to sell quickly, apparently they had money already so they didn't particularly care how much they got for the house as long as they sold it by the weekend. So after Mrs. Anderson and Carole had decided together that the house was perfect, they bought it. Mrs. Anderson would be hiring someone to come and inspect every nook and cranny of the house to make sure everything was up to standard, and someone entirely different to clean the place from top to bottom, they wanted the house in perfect condition when the boys found out and could move in.

Now that Burt was in communication with Kurt's grandmother, he and Grace had spent a surprising amount of time talking, about everything. About the past and when Liz was alive, about him re-marrying Carole and the kind of woman she was, about Kurt's childhood and the things she missed. She wanted to give Kurt and Blaine a good wedding gift but wasn't sure what she could do for them, had she known the boys better it wouldn't be as difficult. So she spoke to Burt, who discussed it with Carole, who talked to Mrs. Anderson who brought it up to her husband and before you know it the five of them where working on idea's as to what 'Grandma Hamilton" could give her first and ONLY grandchild as a gift for his wedding after being essentially out of his life the last 19, almost 20 years. It was Finn surprisingly who told them to wait till their wedding registry came out to see what they wanted and needed, or the idea of simply asking the two what they thought. With that in mind, Carole had nonchalantly called Kurt one afternoon to ask him about said wedding registry and Kurt had simply sighed, and told her as much as he wanted to have this great registry so they could get gifts for a house, they just didn't have the room in their apartment. While Blaine had been in New York over spring break, the two had gone to more than one store to start a registry and pick out items they 'wanted/needed' for their home...but to be honest, no matter how much stuff they found they wish they could get, there just wasn't room in their apartment for new everything and they'd left discouraged. With that in mind Carole decided to talk to Mrs. Anderson about what the boy's had said about not having enough room and contemplate telling them about the house before the wedding so they could get the things they wanted and not assume they won't have the space for it in their small apartment. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were saddened by the news and agreed to tell the boy's during summer and encourage them to start their registry anyways. Carole called Kurt and told him to go ahead and start their registry with the assurance that anything they didn't have room for they'd hold for them until they had the space for it.

With graduation rapidly approaching, Blaine was alight with excitement. Half of his stuff was already packed away in boxes ready to take with him to New York. Kurt would be flying down to Lima for his graduation and a big family dinner to celebrate and the next day they'd be driving to New York with Finn who volunteered himself and his truck to move the boxes and help them carry everything back up to the apartment. He and Rachel had been talking lately and he'd decided it might be best to head up to New York to spend some time together and work on their problems. Kurt packed his bags to head down to Lima for Blaine's graduation and his head was spinning, they had done it, they'd made the entire school year living in different states and despite that minor blip pre-engagement, they had, managed to come out of this as an even stronger couple, with a wedding on the way.

Once Kurt landed in Lima, Finn picked him up from the airport to drive him back to their parent's house. It was family dinner night and the Anderson's would be coming over, the next day was graduation and Blaine would be officially done with high school and on his way to New York with Kurt for good. Kurt was grateful for the small break in Lima, he'd been working excessively the last month, about 8-10 hours of overtime a week so that he COULD take off time like this to go to Lima, to take a few days to move Blaine in and unpack his stuff in their apartment. Since they had gotten engaged, Kurt had been working more than usual so that he was able to take off the time he did to spend with Blaine, and all these months later it was finally getting to him, the long hours, lack of sleep all while planning a wedding and trying to keep a long distance relationship with daily communication, fitting in time with Rachel and Santana, and going to the gym with Puck and Alex. Kurt was quite frankly...beat. Half way through dinner, with Blaine at his side Kurt had started to dose off while sitting up only for Blaine to shake him awake when he almost felt face first into his dinner and found the rest of the table looking at him concerned, he waved off their looks and admitted he'd been working extra hours lately and he might have over done it because he was exhausted, breaking into a yawn not even a minute later. Blaine had pulled Kurt from his chair after sharing a look with Burt who nodded for him to take Kurt up to bed so he could get some sleep. He helped a half asleep Kurt change into his pajamas and tucked him into bed, chuckling slightly when Kurt pulled him onto the bed with him to cuddle, he settled against the pillows running a hand through Kurt's hair while he slept peacefully on his chest. When Kurt's father knocked lightly on the door and opened it, he grinned at Blaine amusedly when he saw that the boy was being used as a teddy bear by his tired son.

"Hey kid, your parents said it was alright if you wanted to stay over with Kurt tonight and since it looks like my son has no plans to let you go anytime soon do you want me to tell them you're staying?" Burt asked with a smile.

Blaine grinned and nodded "Yes please Mr. Hummel...just let them know my adorably sleepy fiancé' has taken me hostage"

Burt rolled his eyes "Kid how many times do I have to tell you to call me Burt? You're practically family already and you'll officially be a Hummel in a few months either way, you don't have to keep calling me Mr. Hummel, I'm not going to shoot you, my son would kill me"

Blaine smiled sheepishly "Right...sorry Burt, I forget sometimes. Thank you for letting me stay over tonight...and for saying I'm family...that...that really means a lot to me" He admitted softly, carding his fingers threw Kurt's hair once more.

"Don't mention it kid, good luck getting him to let you go to change, goodnight" with that Burt stepped back out of the room and shut the door behind him.

It took Blaine a good 10 minutes to maneuver his way out of Kurt's grasp long enough to strip off his jeans and T-shirt changing into a pair of sweat pants and leaving himself shirtless slipping back into bed with Kurt who clung to him once more to Blaine's amusement. They slept wrapped in one another's arms for the rest of the night.

The next morning Kurt helped Blaine get ready for his graduation, fixing his hair for him in soft curls as opposed to Blaine's usual gelled down do and fixing his hat so that it wouldn't ruin it. Kurt got himself ready and once they were at McKinnley, Kurt, his family and the Anderson's all made their way to their seats. Watching Blaine walk onto that stage and accept his diploma, the Anderson-Hummel clan looked on with Pride cheering loudly causing Blaine to blush and blow a kiss to Kurt who mimed catching it and blowing one back, mouthing out 'I love you' to him, gaining a sappy smile from Blaine in return who mouthed 'I love you too' back at him. They'd done it. Blaine was officially a high school graduate, and he'd be heading to New York tomorrow to move in with his fiancé for good. No more back and forth visiting and sad lonely late night phone calls state's away from one another. No more sleeping and waking up alone, clutching a pillow wishing it could be the one they love. When Blaine met up with his family (both Anderson and Hummel) he was ambushed by hugs and congratulatory handshakes, Kurt himself practically tackled Blaine and lifted him into his arms swinging him in a circle causing Blaine to laugh loudly and wrap his legs around Kurt's waist allowing Kurt to pull him into a big kiss much to the amusement of their family especially since this was the first time they realized Kurt's more muscular build, he'd always been thin and lean with muscle but the ease at which he lifted his fiancé and held him up caught everyone by surprise especially Burt who hadn't noticed how much his son had been working out. The Anderson-Hummel clan went to dinner and ate together happily; this would be the last big family dinner for a while with both boys.

The following day after a long drive and hours spent unloading Finn's truck, they sent Finn on his way to Rachel's with a thank you for driving up with them. Their apartment was filled with boxes, so much so the two had trouble getting through the living room into their bedroom; they collapsed on the bed grinning widely at each other.

"Hi" Kurt said happily pulling Blaine into his arms.

"Hi back" Blaine said snuggling into them.

"We did it...you're here...you live here now...I never have to say goodbye to you again" Kurt said planting small kisses all over Blaine's face who giggled in return.

"Yes we did, I'm all yours now, no more leaving ever ever again" Blaine said.

They fell asleep curled up in one another's arms, and when they woke up they groaned simultaneously at the amount of boxes and unpacking they needed to do. After hours of trying to find places to put everything and getting increasingly frustrated at the lack of space. Halfway through unpacking they were simply too overwhelmed and decided to take a break moving into the kitchen for a cup of tea.

"I have no idea how we are going to fit everything in here" Kurt said with a sigh sitting down next to Blaine and putting his head in his hands. "Maybe I should go through my stuff again and see what I can get rid of to make more space" he murmured taking a sip of his tea.

Blaine shook his head and took a sip of his own tea with sigh "Baby I don't want you to have to throw out your stuff, I can look through my things again"

"B, this is OUR apartment, not just mine. We'll make room I promise, I just need...to think of a way to do it"

"Exactly, it's OUR apartment so why should YOU have to throw away more of your stuff? You are the one paying the rent here Kurt"

"Blaine...please...don't start on that ok?" Kurt said with a heavy sigh draining his cup and moving to put it in the sink.

"What if we got a bigger place?" Blaine asked carefully.

Kurt turned and faced him with a thoughtful look "A bigger place? Well sure that would solve the space problem but... I just don't think that's really affordable for us right now B, the majority of the money we had put away went towards all the trips we've been taking back and forth to Lima, it will take months for me to make that back"

"It would be doable much faster if I got a job" Blaine said.

Kurt furrowed his brow "I thought we already talked about this and decided you were going to focus on school for the first year" he said slowly.

"We talked about it...and YOU decided, but I really think it would just make our lives so much easier if I was working part time at least to help out"

"Look...if we need more money I'll figure it out, you don't need to get a job your first year of college and our first year of marriage, that's enough on your plate Blaine, the added stress isn't going to help either of us" Kurt argued.

"Kurt, you are already working yourself to the bone, you are exhausted, it's not like you can take on any more hours than you already are, I can handle a part time job on top of school, it's not a big deal"

"Blaine...we are getting married in a few months, you will be in school from the time I leave in the morning till the time I get home from work, you are going to be working just as hard as I am, if you take a part time job on top of it...when exactly do you plan on finding the time to do it?" He asked exasperated.

"After school, after school I can work for a couple hours, come home and do my homework then go to bed, sure it'll be difficult but isn't that part of growing up? Making sacrifices?" Blaine answered.

"So...you want to go to school for the majority of the day, work for the rest of it and by the time you come home you'll be lucky to have enough energy to finish your school work before you fall asleep...when exactly are you planning on eating? On oh...I don't know...spending time with your husband?" Kurt said softly looking down at his hands toying with the ring on his finger.

"Kurt...you just need to look at the big picture here, Sacrifices need to be made so that we can work towards our future together, it's not fair that you are the only one of us contributing to this relationship financially when I am more than able and willing to pitch in my fair share"

"The only picture I'm seeing right now is that you moved here to New York so you could go to school and we could get married and be together, but instead you want to spend as much time as humanely possible away from home, I thought with you moving to New York we'd spend MORE time together not less, you're talking about sacrifices and what I can't understand is why what you want to sacrifice is you and me spending time together!"

"It's not that I don't want to spend time with you! I just want to be more equal in this relationship! I don't know why you keep fighting me on this; don't you think I'm capable of working? Of providing just as well as you can?" Blaine said frustrated

"It's not that I think you aren't capable! I KNOW you are more than capable of working that's not what this is about, God Blaine will you please just LISTEN to me? If this were reversed you wouldn't want me to be in school full time and working! So I don't think there is anything wrong with me wanting you to focus on school, with me wanting you to not over work yourself, with wanting to SPEND TIME WITH MY HUSBAND!"

"I AM listening to you! Look I get it will be hard for a while but we already handled living in separate states for months and we made it just fine!"

"Do you not want to spend time with me? Is that what this is about? You seem to be going out of your way to make sure you are too busy to spend any real time with me now that you are here, is that what this marriage is going to be? I'll be lucky to get the chance to kiss you before bed each night? The only time I'll get to have you in my arms is when you're asleep? Blaine that isn't a marriage." Kurt's eyes were watering and Blaine ran a hand over his face.

"Kurt you are taking this completely the wrong way and making it about something it's not"

"Can't you see were I'm coming from though? I understand you wanting to work and helping us financially, but I'm trying to tell you I can handle it, I can figure this out, you've always done SO much for me, why can't you just let me take care of you while you are in school? Why are you so insistent on piling on your work load so much that we won't ever get to see each other? Blaine...you are going to be exhausted, and so stressed...you are talking about how tired I am all the time and that's just with me working, you will be working and going to school...we will both be tired and stressed out, we'll fight and get short with each other and I don't want to spend the only time we spend together either sleeping or fighting...I don't want to lose you." He said a tear slipping down his face.

Blaine sighed and pulled Kurt into a hug. "Let's just take a break and talk about this when we're calmer ok? You're upset and I want us to be able to talk about this rationally" He said quietly running his hands up and down Kurt's back but Kurt pulled away shaking his head.

"Why is it I'm being irrational just because I'm worried about us? About what it will do to our relationship if you do this? You just don't get it" He said walking away from Blaine and into the bedroom and grabbing a pillow from the bed walking back into the living room and putting it on the couch.

"Kurt...what are you doing?" he asked softly.
"Giving you the space you obviously want, I'll sleeping on the couch tonight, I'd hate for you to feel forced to spend time with your fiancé" He said laying down and pulling a blanket over his shoulder's facing the back of the couch and hiding his face from Blaine.

Blaine sighed and kneeled down in front of the couch putting a hand on Kurt's shoulder taking note of the sniffles he was trying to hide. "Baby...no...I didn't mean it like that, you never have to force me to spend time with you... I love you and I'm sorry please come to bed sweetheart"

"No, you obviously are rethinking this, sacrifices must be made after all, everyone knows the secret to a successful marriage is spending the least amount of time possible with your spouse" Kurt said with a hitch in his voice burying his face deeper into the couch.

"Kurt...please come to bed? I'm sorry baby, this isn't about me 'not wanting to spend time with you' I love you Kurt. I ALWAYS want to be with you, I would spend every moment of every day in your arms if I could. I was just trying to make this easier on you baby, I hate how hard you've been working and how tired you are, I just...I thought if I was working too you wouldn't be so over worked, I swear baby this had nothing to do with me trying to get away from you, I just want to help, I feel so guilty sometimes that you are doing all this...and working so hard, I want to be able to take care of you too"

Kurt turned to face him with puffy red eyes allowing Blaine to stroke his cheek with the back of his hand. "You DO take care of me Blaine...I wouldn't even BE here if it wasn't for you, it's your love and support that makes all of this even possible, I work as hard as I do because you give me the strength to do so, we've come so far to get to this point, and we're FINALLY together, I feel like I can finally breath because when I get home from now on, I get to come home to the man I love...and just...hearing you say that you want to take that away just kills me. Baby we are FINALLY together, please...just...give me a year...just let us have our first year of marriage together without the added stress and lack of quality time together...please? I'll figure this out ok? We'll make space...make everything fit, I'll start putting away money again for a bigger place, I just need some time ok? " Kurt begged turning his head to kiss Blaine's palm. Blaine leaned forward and kissed him softly. "Alright baby, don't worry, we'll stick to the plan ok? Just no more tears sweetheart...I hate seeing that beautiful face of yours so sad". Kurt nodded and sighed quietly kisses Blaine back and sitting up. "I think we just had our first official fight living together" With that Kurt allowed Blaine to pull him off the couch and into the bedroom where they cuddled up together whispering tender apologies to one another and Blaine swore that no matter what sacrifices had to be made, their relationship would never be one of them.

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The following day the two set to unpacking the rest of Blaine's things spending hours trying to find places to put everything, it was a tight fit...cramped and cluttered but for now it would have to do. Once they were finished Blaine asked Kurt if they could get out of the apartment for a little while and maybe go get some coffee and have lunch together, Kurt agreed and they both got ready and set out to lunch at a local Bistro, Blaine ordered a coffee and Kurt an Ice tea to go alongside their food, Kurt stayed on the healthy side ordering a chicken Caesar salad with fresh grated parmesan cheese and Blaine chose a Croque Madame (classic French ham and cheese sandwich covered in cheesy béchamel, with a fried egg placed on top of it. Ps- my all-time FAVORITE sandwich). They enjoyed their lunch and once they were finished the two headed back towards the apartment, Kurt asking to stop at the store on the way to pick up a couple things he needed for dinner. Once inside the store, Kurt headed straight for the groceries while asking Blaine to pick up some more Advil-pm because they were out asking him to meet him back at the register. Blaine was perfectly fine until he walked up to the register to see Kurt already there talking to the cashier...who was obviously gay and attractive and if Blaine didn't know any better he'd say the idiot was FLIRTING with his fiancé'! Did the boy not SEE the ring on Kurt's finger obviously stating that he was taken? Did he not notice them walk in together holding hands? It wasn't until Blaine saw the boy reach forward and touch Kurt's hand that Blaine stomped up to the register with a slight scowl on his face and set the Advil-pm down with the rest of Kurt groceries slipping an arm around Kurt's waist possessively and pulling him into Blaine's side.

"Hey baby, did you find everything we need for dinner tonight? I can't wait for us to get home" He said with a challenging tone staring defiantly into the cashier's eyes.

Kurt looked at him with a raised brow as if to say 'what the hell is wrong with you?' but Blaine steadfastly ignore the look and continued to glare at the slightly frightened cashier. Kurt hurriedly took out his wallet to pay so they could leave since obviously Blaine was not a fan of the poor boy behind the register for some reason, but Blaine pulled out his own wallet and motioned Kurt to put his away. "I've got this love" he insisted. Once they paid Kurt grabbed the bags and ushered Blaine out of the store with an apologetic glance at the cashier. He tried asking Blaine what was wrong when he let go of Kurt and shoved his hands in his pockets walking quickly back to their apartment avoiding eye contact with Kurt. When they entered the apartment Blaine walked straight into the bedroom and Kurt cautiously set down the bags on the kitchen counter before following him in, finding Blaine sitting on the bed staring at the floor.

"So...do you want to tell me what that was all about?" Kurt said slowly sitting down next to Blaine.

Blaine looked up at him with an irritated expression "He was FLIRTING with you! Right in front of me! Like you don't have a ring on your finger, like we didn't walk in together" He ranted.

Kurt pressed his lips together in an effort not to grin. "Blaine...are you jealous?"

"Of course not...I'm...irritated...just...very irritated that some stupid cashier thought it was ok to flirt and TOUCH my fiancé"

Kurt laughed softly grabbing Blaine's hands in his and ran a finger over the ring on Blaine's left hand. "Baby...what does this ring mean?" He asked smiling. Blaine stared at him confusedly "that we're getting married?" he said slowly.

Kurt shook his head "This ring, means that you are mine forever, that we love each other and want to spend the rest of our lives with one another, the same way my ring means I'm YOURS forever. No one on this planet could ever, would ever, take me away from you Blaine, my heart is yours, always has been always will be. There's no need to be jealous or insecure sweetheart, you are my one and only" he said bringing Blaine's hand to his lips to press a kiss to his ring before leaning in to kiss Blaine's forehead.

Blaine sighed and let his head fall onto Kurt's shoulder "I'm sorry...your right, I just...it just made me a little crazy seeing him touch your hand like that and all I could think of was someone else trying to take you away from me...we fought yesterday...and I know we're ok now...I just...I don't know. I guess I let it get to my head a bit" he admitted. Kurt hugged him tightly.

"It's alright baby, no harm no foul...honestly it was kinda hot watching you get all territorial and possessive over me...I think I liked it" He said with a grin nipping at Blaine's ear and winking at him when he leaned up to smile at Kurt.

"Oh Reaaaaally?" he said with a chuckled and Kurt nodded Kissing him swiftly.

"Yes really and just so you know? That boy was actually congratulating me on our engagement and you finally moving here. He lives in our building with his mother I think, and I've spoken to him a few times, he's in high school and he has a boyfriend who is interested in fashion so when they realized I worked at vogue they asked me out to coffee once to give him advice on how to make your way into the industry. He's harmless and they are really happy for us, he said that us getting married gives them hope for the future." With that knowledge Blaine groaned miserably as guilt settled in his stomach.

"I feel like such an asshole now" he moaned flopping down onto the bed.

Kurt laid down next to him and curled up to his side "Just a little bit...but a sexy asshole none the less" he said with a slight smirk. Blaine laughed and looked over at him.

"You are impossible, and irresistible and I love you more than anything in this world, I'm sorry I went all caveman and territorial on you, I guess I'm just used to being the only guy in your life who doesn't have to compete for your affections, but it's different here in New York, you definitely have more options"

Kurt rolled his eyes and climbed on top of Blaine straddling his waist and slightly grinding his ass against Blaine's groin, causing Blaine's hand to grip his thigh's tightly in response "Blaine...it doesn't matter where we are or who I meet, there is no competition, and I don't need options, I already found my soul mate and the man I want to spend the rest of my life with, so don't worry so much ok?"

"Alright" Blaine choked out as Kurt continued to swivel his hips tantalizingly against him.

"Good...now that THAT is settled, why don't you stake your claim on your fiancé by making love to him hmm?" Kurt asked with a smile and Blaine grinned up at him "Gladly" He said flipping them over causing Kurt to squeal out a giggle.