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Kurt let the attic's hatch fall wing open with a thud and stood back slightly as all of the dust that had been collecting on the other side fell down too, then he grabbed the ladder and set it up, pushing back slightly to make sure it wouldn't slip out from under him.

"Okay, hold the ladder." He directed at Blaine who dutifully stepped in and held it firmly to the ground, "Much better." Kurt noted, bouncing up and down a bit just to check it wasn't going anywhere. Once up in the attic he had to find the battered old flicker torch they always left by the hatch, it took him a while to find since it had rolled away onto one of the floorboards in the distance but once he'd switched it on he could see more clearly.

There were several boxes piled up around him, some with labels and some not, his first job was to determine which ones were actually Christmas decorations and which were just full up of random bits and pieces they'd collected over the years. He'd started working his way through but got distracted every time he found something he hadn't seen in years whether it was things from his bedroom as a teenager or bits of clothing from his younger years that wouldn't fit him anymore. Upon opening one of the boxes he'd stumbled over everything both he and Blaine had saved from their highschool years, from books to graduation gowns and show choir competition certificates to photos with the club.

"How's it going up there?" Blaine called as Kurt had been silent for a few minutes, Kurt jerked awake from where he'd let himself drift off into a daydream of memories of their school years, letting the sentimental feeling linger on for a second.

"Fine, I just found our stuff from highschool." He called back, gently packing the contents back into the box again.

"Oh." Blaine replied, he was unaware they still had that stuff, he thought they'd left it all back in Lima. "Are you gonna be finished anytime soon?" He called, wondering how long he'd have to wait until an actual box of decorations was passed down.

"Hang on." Kurt chuckled, once he'd shoved that box to the back corner and out of his way, the next box was full of decorations but the old ones. Since moving to New York they'd gathered two different types, the old decorations they'd brought along with them from Lima and the new ones they'd bought whilst being out there. "Blaine, are we having both sets down this year or just the new ones?" He shouted, Blaine rolled his eyes, like it was something up for discussion.

"Come on Kurt, we always get both sets down." He replied, Kurt grinned and started shoving the box over to the hatch.

"You ready?" He called and edged the box slightly over until it tipped. When he saw Blaine at the bottom ready to catch it, he lined it up on the ladder and gently lowered it into his arms. Disappearing back up the ladder, he went back in search of more boxes, it was lucky for him that they'd all been put in the same area last year so it only took one brief look in all of them to confirm that they were in fact what he was looking for.

By the time all of the boxes were down there was quite a selection of things to choose from, there were things for the bedroom and some bits for other allocated areas but other than that it was all for wherever they felt like putting it. Some of the things from the old collection were starting to fall apart, they'd both mentioned it in the past but decided to keep them for sentimental value, not being able to bear the thought of throwing them out after all these years.

"Right." Blaine said decisively, I'm going to take this lot over to the lounge and start with it, feel like coming?" He asked, nudging the heavy box along the floor with his foot.

"Of course, we need to leave room for the tree though." He reminded him, Blaine nodded.

"Like I would forget." And with that he pulled out a long string of tinsel and looked around thoughtfully for a place to put it, Kurt meanwhile picked out some of their more elaborate Christmas candles and started placing them strategically around the room. "It's way too quiet in here." Blaine commented and Kurt knew exactly what he was getting at, Blaine had moved over and was sitting at the piano stool on the other side of the room, it was the same piano he'd bought for the old apartment when he and Sam had stayed with them once. They'd brought it over here after buying the place, much to Rachel's complaint, she'd even tried bargaining for them to stay so that she could keep the piano.

"Blaine if we sit here singing songs all day we'll never get done." He teased lightly, but he knew as soon as Blaine started playing he wouldn't be able to resist.

"We can't just forget our first Christmas tradition, I plan to sing a duet with you every year of our lives." He finished with a grin and Kurt sighed affectionately.

"We've already had two duets today alone, I think you can last until the place is decorated." He commented, looking around at how un-festive the place still looked. Blaine didn't reply but gave Kurt his saddest puppy eyes he'd ever seen as he gently played the intro to 'it's the most wonderful time of the year'. Kurt smiled as he recognised the song choice it was a personal favourite of his and Blaine sure knew it, he no longer felt the need to resist.

Blaine started off with the first verse, smiling sweetly the whole way through it as he knew he'd won Kurt over, Kurt humoured him, now fully intent on singing the second verse because he wasn't letting Blaine hog this one.

By the end of the song Kurt had ended up situated on the end of the stool with his arm draped over Blaine's back and the both of them softly harmonising with each other, they were both gently swaying as Blaine played with Kurt occasionally taking over and playing parts whilst Blaine sang. It was the perfect way to get them both in the mood for decorating and Kurt was glad he hadn't refused it altogether.

As soon as the song finished, Blaine jumped up and dived straight back into the box, not even giving Kurt a chance to spin round on the stool. He'd picked up the garland at the top of the box and was neatly arranging it on the mantelpiece over the fireplace.

"Feel free to come and help you know." Blaine winked at him and Kurt jumped up to assist, grabbing some tinsel and draping it over his shoulders to tug Blaine closer to him with it, it wasn't quite what Blaine had been talking about but he wasn't complaining either, letting Kurt pull him into a warm embrace with it.

A/N: Whoops I wrote another story :O Ok so basically I plan to update this every day until the 25th, the chapters will vary in size and if I don't post on one day I shall post two the next. These are just sort of my Christmas present to the fandom, some little snapshots of December life for Klaine...

Please follow and review, I'll take prompts so if you have an idea you want written I'll do it!

Lastly, for my ACH readers I am soo sorry, I shall be updating soon, I'm halfway through the next chapter as we speak but I shall be going full steam ahead with that!