Author Note: This is a story that I've had in my head since, spoilers about "On my Way" came out and also Im really excited for the episode "Big Brother" so this me combing both of takes place the morning after Valentines day. I do not own Glee or any of its any spelling errors or grammer mistakes near the end, it was late and I was tired. :)
Enjoy.
The next morning Kurt was very distant. Blaine had text him saying he would meet him at his locker at 8.30am like he always did and Kurt just replied with k:)xxx . Blaine knew his boyfriend very well and knew that this was not Kurt's usual sign off to a text, he could just tell something was up. When Blaine got to Kurts locker, his suspisions were confirmed Kurt wasn't himself. He looked like he had got no sleep at all last night, which was surprisng because, he told blaine he was going home at 10.30 because he was tired.
Blaine decided he would surprise him. He slowely walked up and wrapped his hands over Kurts eyes from behind and whispered "Guess who?"
Kurt paniked and pushed the arms that where either side of his head away and turned around to find Blaine who was taken aback from his actions. "Oh, its you, morning" Kurt breath out with relief. Blaine who was still confussed by what had just happened, leaned his back against the lockers, not taken his eyes off of his boyfriend. "Of course its me, who else were you expecting?" Blaine questioned in a half joking, half serious tone. Kurt didn't seem to want to respond. This worried Blaine.
"Oh, no one, you just startled me. Im still half asleep."
"Did you get much sleep last night?"
"No." Kurt replied bluntly
"Well we can just flake out at yours later on, instead of study night tonight!"
"Oh, ye I was going to talk to you about that, you can't come round tonight, my dad has some sort of important meeting thing and needs me to help Carol with dinner"
"Oh, ok nevermind then" Blaine said chirply.
"I need to go , need to get some extra spanish assignment from ."
"Oh, alright, talk to later" Blaine replied but Kurt was already nearly out of sight.
Blaine sighed and decided he'd leave it and talk to Kurt at break.
As soon as Kurt was out of Blaine's sight, he ran for the nearest bathroom. He vioantly pushed open the door to the boys bathroom and luckly it was empty. He threw himself into the closet stall, shut the door and fell on his knees on front of the tiolet. Kurt hadn't been like this since before he transfarred to Dalton and when Karofsky was threating him.
Karofsky, he seemed to be the root of all his problems, but this time Kurt wasn't afraid of him, he felt bad for the guy, who he now, would like to be able to call his friend.
Its not like Kurt blamed himself for anything that happened or that will happen to him but, he did feel bad for him, for anyone who was trying to come to terms with who they were, in this horrible homophobic town.
Everything that had happened last night before the dance, replayed on Kurts mind all night. What Dave had said to him and what he had said back and that offal run in, with that Nick guy from Dave's school. All night questions like, Would Dave be alright? Was Nick going to comfront and spread rumors about their meeting? Was Dave in danger? All theese questions and more kept Kurt awake all night. He felt sick at the thought of Dave being in danger and him knowing about it and not doing anything to stop it, but what was he supposed to do, he couldn't help Dave without telling anybody about him and he didn't want to do that incase that prevokked him to start threating him again and it wasn't his place to tell anyone either.
After he had thrown up a couple of times, he cleaned himself up, ate a couple of mints and headed to class. He was late, but so was the teacher, he arrived just a couple of seconds before her, avoiding getting into trouble but it didn't go unnoticed by his friends. Santanna, Mercedes, Rachel and Sugar, they all just looked at each other, none of them with answers.
When the bell for lunch rang, Kurt made his way swiftly to the choir room to be alone at had made a good job at avoiding everyone all even skipped break with Blaine and went to the library alone. He didn't feel like facing questions from his friends about him being late for class this morning and he knew Blaine could tell there was something up with him and he knew he'd be on the war path for answers, answers that Kurt didn't have or didn't want to tell.
In the cafeteria, all the glee members were talking about Kurt, they were all worried about him, last time he had been this distant was when Karofsky was harrasing him. This made their stomachs churn but Blaine assured them that it couldn't be that, he was fine yesterday but really Baline had just said this to make himself feel at ease, Kurt just couldn't be getting harrased again, Kurt can't take anymore, he can't take anymore. Anymore of people pushing Kurt around because of who he was , it made him boil up with anger and fustration at the same time. Where was Kurt and what was wrong with him and why hadn't he told him this morning?
While everyone was talking away and woundering what was going on with Kurt, no one saw Sugar get up and leave the table and start making her way out of the cafiteria.
She decided that she would go and look for Kurt, even though Kurt had text them all saying that he was in the library studying. She checked the library and surprise, surprise, he wasn't there. So she went to the auditorium and there was no sign of him there either, so she made her way to the choir room. As she approached the choir room, the hallway was empty and she could hear quiet sobs coming from the choir room. When she came around the door, she saw Kurt standing in the middle of the room, two feet together and both hands in the air, she presumed he had just finished singing a song. Suddenly, she saw him drop to the ground, pull his knees up to his face, drop his head and wrap his arms around his knees. The sobs became violently louder and she took this as her que to enter the room. She walked slowley over to him and sat down on her knees behind him and put her arms around him.
Kurt was startled by this and jumped up from his position, spinning around to find Sugar, now also back on her feet. He sat down on one of the chairs in the choir room and wipped his eyes.
"Hey, you ok? whats wrong?" Sugar asked tentively. She was not particularly close with Kurt but she admired him.
"Ye, ye I'm fine, just and emotional song, thats all" Kurt lied unconvincingly.
"C'mon Kurt, you've been acting strange all day, everyones worried"
"Im fine, people don't need to worrry about me" Kurt snapped back
"Well, you should know that everyone thinks your being bullied again, are you bee.." She was cut off by Kurt who was back up on his feet again.
"No, no I'm not being bullied, I just have a lot on my mind lately."
"Ok, but will you at least go and talk to Blaine, I think he's suffering from boyfriend withdrawl symptoms."
Kurt couldn't help but laugh and Sugar couldn't help but smile, as she felt she had, done what she had come here to do. Just as Kurt was about to apologise Teenage Dream started blaring from his phone and sugar started to sing along. She had gotten so much better, than the first time Kurt had heard her sing. It made him smile.
It was a message from Blaine asking him to meet him in the auditorium ASAP. Kurt hugged Sugar and left telling her, he was going to meet Blaine, so that she didn't fallow him. Kurt almost ran from the room to the auditorium.
Blaine had been aware of what day it was since he had woke up at 6am that morning with excitment. How could he not remember what day it was. This time last year Kurt bacame his, his boyfriend, his world. When he had ran into Kurt this morning and seen how distant he was, he decided to call off his plans but, half way through the day decided Kurt needed to be cheered up and put his plans back into action again, just changing it slightly.
When Kurt rushed into the auditorm from the the top side door, he was not expecting what happened.
A familar tune started to play and then he heard Blaine.
Life's too short to even care at all oh
I'm losing my mind losing my mind losing control
These fishes in the sea they're staring at me oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
A wet world aches for a beat of a drum
Oh
And then, a bright spotlight shone down on Blaine and he could see him. As cute and amazing as ever. As he sang the next verse , he came down of the stage and made his way towards Kurt.
If I could find a way to see this straight
I'd run away
To some fortune that I should have found by now
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down, come down
As Blaine was nose to nose with Kurt and exchanging loving glances with one another, Blaine snapped out of the trance and pulled Kurt gentally up onto the stage and sat him down on a high stool. Kurt obliged and smiled. Just for now in this moment all his worries and cares were gone.
Blaine stood back on front of the mic stand.
Life's too short to even care at all oh
I'm coming up now coming up now out of the blue
These zombies in the park they're looking for my heart
Oh oh oh oh
A dark world aches for a splash of the sun oh oh
If I could find a way to see this straight
I'd run away
To some fortune that I should have found by now
And so I run now to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down
Life's too short to even care at all oh
I'm losing my mind losing my mind losing control
Kurt got up off his stool and went over to his boyfriend and wrapped his hands around his neck and embraced him in a long pasionate kiss. Kurt pulled back near the end of the instremental and just looked into his boyfriends eyes and stood there and let the world move around them. He could've stayed there forever, but just then Blaine started to sing again, cupping Kurt's face in his hands and rubbing his cheek with his thumb. Kurt leaned into Blaine and closed his eyes for a moment.
If I could find a way to see this straight
I'd run away
To some fortune that I should have found by now
Blaine moved his hands to Kurts shoulders and they were standing looking at each other again.
So I run now to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down
One more spoon of cough syrup now
One more spoon of cough syrup now.
Blaine amlost whispered the last line and Kurt felt a tear fall from his eye. He loved Blaine so much.
Blaine wipped his tear away and whispered "Happy Anniversary Kurt"
Kurt gasped and pulled away, it couldn't be, not already, Kurt turned away and brought his hands to his eyes. How could he forget his first annivesary, with his first real boyfriend and and he forgot!
Just as he was about to turn and try to explain himself to his amazing boyfriend, who remembered, who just serenaded him with a song, who would be so disappointed...
"Kurt, its ok I know you've been a little preoccupied all day, I just wanted to cheer you up"
Blaine came up behind Kurt resting his head on Kurts shoulder and wrapped his arms around his waist.
"No, no its not ok I forgot, Im so sorry , Im sorry Blaine and i don't deserve this and.. and you" Kurt said as he spun around, tears pouing from his eyes.
"Hey, hey don't do that, I love you, and weather you think so or not, you deserve so much more and nothing you do or don't do can make me love you any less ok?"
Kurt nodded.
"I love you too. Im so sorry i forgot. What can I do to make it up to you?"
"Well you dont have to do anything to make it up to me, but i'd really like if you would tell me what was going on with you" Blaine pleaded
Kurt sighed and took Blaine by the hand and the sat him in the middle of the front row seats and sat down beside him.
Both boys had relised that the end of lunch time bell had gone a while ago now but niether cared and just wanted to be with each other. They'd just do the detention next week. Just as Blaine was about open his mouth to start talking, Kurt took his hands and started to tell him everything. From the valentines cards he was getting last week, that he thought had been from him, to who they were really from and to what had happened at the dance before everyone had arrived. Blaine was taken aback by this. He didn't know what he was expecting Kurt to say, but it wasn't that!
Blaine pulled him from his seat and sat him on his lap and just held him tightly.
"Kurt, you don't have to be afraid of Karofsky anymore."
"I'm not afraid OF him I'm afraid FOR him, I feel bad for the guy, he's come so far and now he's just going to retreat back into the closet"
"Kurt its not your responsibility"
"I know .. its just... welll... I want to go and make sure he's ok, thats what I'm doing after school today, that's why you can't come over"
"Kurt, you can't, you could make things worse and he, or some else could hurt you."
"Blaine, I'm going to see him after school and thats final you can come with me if you want, but your not going to change my mind and you're not to make me feel guilty about it!" Kurt said in a stern voice as he stood up and looked his boyfriend.
"Fine, don't listen to me and walk yourself into trouble!" Blaine shook his head and walked out of the auditorim. This is not how he had thought his first anniversary would end up.
After school Blaine waited and fallowed Kurts car to Daves school, Blaine new Kurt was a good caring, loyal boyfriend but he also knew he was headstrong and wasn't thinking straight, so he fallowed him. To his dismay, the route he was driving seemed very familar to him but he just couldn't place it. Not until they arrived anyway. Blaine found himself pulling into the car park of his old school, not Dalton, in which he'd rather be right now, but Saddie Howkins High School.
Suddenly, memories Blaine didn't kow he had started flooding back to him, memories he blocked out. He didn't like it at all he didn't like where this was going.