Kurt was glad to be out of the hospital. While he felt safe with the guard at his door, he also felt shut out from the rest of the world. He missed Gio, and even Rick and Barbi. He missed being able to walk around in his own home, sleep in his own bed, and eat something that didn't come on a plastic trey.
Gio helped him out of the car.
"I can walk." Kurt laughed as Gio placed his arm around his waist, supporting him.
"I know, I just missed holding you." Gio kissed him on the forehead. A day's worth of stubble tickling Kurt's skin.
"I want you to stay here tonight." Kurt stepped through the front door, Gio still holding him, and was greeted by the smell of lavender. He glanced down the long hall that lead to the living room, and could see the faint flicker of candlight on the wall. "I see you've had the same idea."
"Well, I do live here now." Gio smiled, waiting for Kurt's reaction.
The thing was, Kurt really didn't know how to react. Barbi had moved Gio in? That was going to be a little awkward to say the least. Sure he had told Barbi the truth, and she had reacted better than expected, but moving in his boyfriend was not something he had seen coming.
Gio didn't even wait for Kurt to respond, instead leading him into the living room.
The large room was dimly lit, with candles lining the mantel over the fire place. The ground around the coffee table was lined with big, plush pillows, and on the table itself was a picnic basket.
"I thought I would throw you a little welcome home party." Gio kissed Kurt. "Just you and me."
Kurt couldn't speak. He just wrapped his arms around Gio. No one had ever done anything like that for him. Romantic gestures really didn't work when the best you could hope for was a quicky in the broom closet, or a night hidden away in some rathole motel room in the suburbs.
They sat next to each other, but didn't touch the food. Kurt couldn't bring himself to pull away from Gio. It felt to perfect. That moment was something he had always hoped for, but never saw happening in his life. Now it was, and all it took was him getting viciously attacked in a parking garage.
Well, he could have done without that last part, but at that very moment he could almost forget that there was someone out there who had tried to kill him. He could forget about all the problems in his life, and instead just listen to the sound of Gio's heart beat through his chest.
They stayed that way for almost an hour, just wrapped up in each other's arms before Kurt started to drift off to sleep. The last things he rememberd before his eyes closed was the smell of jasmine mixed with Gio's cologne. He was in heaven.
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