A Blind World

Chapter 9

Zisteau awoke to a beam of sunlight hitting his face, a headache, and a peacefully sleeping person beside him. A small smile crept onto his face as he saw Kurt. He looked so young and innocent like this, and oh so beautiful. He never wanted this moment to end, it was peaceful, happy. A moment to treasure forever.

But, all that was cut short by a thought. 'Its morning and Kurt can't be seen with me'. Zisteau started panicking, which woke Kurt, who wrapped his arms around Zisteau, pulling him close.

"Shhh." Kurt started sleepily. "Whatever it is can wait."

"But we can't be seen together." Zisteau protests, even though he really just wanted to stay in Kurt's arms forever.

"Shit." Kurt muttered, some sleepiness dissolving.

"What are we going to do?"

"I dunno.... but we could stay here, at least for a little while longer." Kurt suggest, brushing blonde hair out of Zisteau's face.

Zisteau kisses Kurt, though it was very brief. "Kurt, seriously."

"Your right.... I'm sorry."

"Come on, lets get up, hopefully my parents aren't up yet."

Zisteau leaves Kurt's arms, even though he'd rather not, and finds his discarded shirt. He pulls it back on and grabs Kurt's shirt and tosses it to him. Once they both looked at least a little composed, they headed out of the room.

"Kurt, Zisteau." Guude says with a nod, walking past them.

"What?" Kurt says, sounding very confused.

"I.... I don't know." Zisteau responds.

"Hey, were about to eat breakfast hon, why don't you join us Kurt?" Aurey says, stopping briefly to talk to the two confused boys.

"Right...." Zisteau says. "What's going on?"

"Your father and I would like to talk to you two."

"Ok...? We'll be down shortly."

Aurey walks away with a smile, quickly disappearing down the stairs.

"Lets go I guess." Zisteau says, leading the way down the stairs.

They reach the dinning hall and Zisteau takes his usual seat and Kurt sits beside him. It was silent for a little bit, while the food was passed out and drinks were poured.

"Kurt, it's greet to meet you." Aurey says warmly, offering him a smile.

"It's uh.... nice to meet you too." Kurt replies nervously.

"Guude, would you like to tell them something?" Aurey says, addressing the king.

"I would." Guude starts. "Zisteau, I'm ok with you being with Kurt."

Zisteau blinks a few times, staring at his father in disbelief. "Wait.... your serious?"

"Yes Zisteau. It is wrong of me to keep you two apart. If you really want to be with Kurt, then I'm not going to stop you."

Zisteau looked from Guude to Kurt, then back to Guude. "Thank you so much father!"

A small smile tugs at Guude's lips as he watches Zisteau and Kurt share an excited kiss.

"We uh.... don't have to keep it secret in public, do we?" Zisteau asks.

"No, I don't see why you would have to."

"Why the change of heart, if I may ask?"

"That's something we can discuss later, Zisteau." Aurey cuts in, sending Guude a knowing look.

Zisteau was honestly speechless, this was something he never expected to happen, it made him so happy, the thought that he and Kurt could be together without hiding it. He looked to Kurt, seeing the happiness in his eyes made his heart feel all the more light.

"I'm gonna walk Kurt home, if that's ok." Zisteau says.

"Of course." Aurey replies with a smile.

Zisteau stands up, grabbing Kurt's hand and leading him from the room. Once they were just outside the dinning hall, Zisteau stopped and pulled Kurt close to him, hugging him tightly, unable to the smile off of his face.

"I just can't believe it!" Zisteau says.

"I-I can't either." Kurt replies, hugging back.

"Uh Zisteau.... how did your parents know?" Kurt asks curiously.

"My mother knew about us.... she's the one that arranged yesterday."

"Why do you think your father changed his mind?"

"I have no idea, but I'm glad he did. Now I can actually call you mine." Zisteau says, kissing Kurt's nose.

A light brush colors Kurt's cheeks as he smiles sheepishly. Zisteau leaned in, kissing Kurt slowly. He felt arms hesitantly wrap around his shoulders as he put his hands on Kurt's hips, gently tugging him closer. They both pulled away, but stayed close, unwilling to be away from the other quite yet. Though eventually, they did move away from the other.

Zisteau intertwined their fingers and lead Kurt out the front gates and into the town. It was really nice out, the sun shining brightly and not a cloud in the sky. As they walked, they got quite a few questioning looks, but they also got a few smiles and some 'awes' were whispered. But, Zisteau didn't care. For as long as Kurt was his, then it didn't matter what others thought.

"Zisteau...?" Kurt questions, glancing sidelong at him.

"Hmm?"

"About last night...."

"I meant what I said."

"I know... but uh.... thank you."

"Thank you?" Zisteau questions, his eyebrows furrowing together.

"For not actually.... you know.... last night when we were both drunk."

"I really did mean it Kurt, I'd wait forever if it meant being with you."

A blush colors Kurt's cheeks and a smile graces his face, which Zisteau found adorable. They reach the small house in which Kurt lives and Zisteau stops, taking both of Kurt's hands in his own. He leaned in and kissed him deeply, never, ever, wanting to pull away. Once they did though, they got a very questioning look from a person who just happened to be on the deserted street.

"Hey, there's gonna be a ball this Saturday, I was hoping you'd come." Zisteau says, rather hesitantly, knowing how Kurt could be around people.

"I'd like that, actually."

"You sure your comfortable with it?"

"Yeah, I'm sure." Kurt replies with a smile, almost as if to reassure him.

"Alright, I'll have an invitation delivered to you soon."

Kurt smiles in return. Zisteau gives him a tight hug and a kiss before stepping back. He starts to walk down the road, leaving Kurt standing by his door.

"Kurt.... I love you." Zisteau says from a little ways away.

"I-I love you too."