Send me a ✿ and I’ll generate a number: 9 (forehead kiss)
Rehearsals for the musical that he was taking part in that NYADA was putting on kept running later and later and later to the point that it really was ridiculous, but he couldn’t really complain. Just being able to take part in it was amazing and he was happy, in spite of the fact that he never got to see his fiancé or his friends on a regular basis anymore, unless they were asleep, but it would only be for another month and a half. One thing that was definitely a bother when it came to late rehearsals was getting into the loft though, considering that the door really was loud unless he was careful. And he was known for accidentally waking his roommates up—once Santana had actually thrown something at him.
So he tried to open the door carefully this time, poking his head in briefly before stepping into the loft completely, closing the door behind him and locking it tight. With a breath of relief at the thought of being able to collapse into bed with his fiancé he let his messenger bag fall from his shoulder as he set it down gently and strode further into the loft, pausing next to the couch to turn off the lamp. It was only then that he realized that someone was sleeping on the couch, and while that wasn’t unusual since Santana usually took up that spot, this time it was definitely Rachel which was less standard as far as he knew.
Glancing around he imagined that Santana had likely taken up the vacated bed without complaint and imagined that Rachel had probably fallen asleep while watching television or reading, perhaps before the other two had gone to bed. Nonetheless he glanced at the woman’s sleeping form and couldn’t help the fond smile that he let appear on his face and he leaned over the back of the couch, grabbing the blanket that had slipped down to the brunette’s hips and pulled it back up the girl’s body, tucking it securely around her shoulders.
Automatically he craned his neck to press a gentle, fleeting kiss against her forehead—nothing unusual on his part. While he and Rachel were not as close as Kurt and Rachel, he definitely loved her in spite of her rather erratic behavior when it came to certain things, and sometimes he wondered if in some other life they had been siblings. Surely they had to have been, since from the moment that they met he felt some sort of a connection with her, not counting the drunken kiss they had shared, but those were other thoughts for another time. And anyways, he was exhausted.
So he reached over and turned off the lamp, letting his eyes readjust to the lack of light before looking at Rachel one more time.
With that he turned on his heel and started off for the section of the loft where Kurt was doubtlessly sleeping, yawning as he went.