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Tearstained

Part 1


Kurt has been weird all week. Or that's how it feels to Blaine.

At lunch time he has been absent more often than present. And if physically present still not really there. Starring off into the distance or down into the frankly all equally unappetizing lunch option one two or three of the day.

So to say the least ... Blaine is worried, worried out of his mind once day four, Thursday, rolls around and his Kurt is still nowhere to be found not matter how hard he looks at the boy sitting opposite him at lunch again today.

So walking out of the cafeteria door Blaine just grabs him, brief hug so fierce, so tight Kurt cannot help respond to it even in his current state. And then Blaine is already grasping his hand tightly, walking the two of them out of the school's front door, out onto the parking lot, straight to Blaine's car, Blaine unlocking it, scooting into the backseat and waiting, hoping for Kurt to join him.

Once Kurt does, closes the car door behind himself, Blaine is just holding him again. Holding on and on, silently begging 'Let me in.'

It takes several shuddering breaths before Kurt does ... try. "Everything is ... I can't get to ... I can't think str...," Kurt breaks of there and then, tears spilling forcefully from his eyes.

Blaine pecks Kurt on his tearstained lips in reassurance.

Kurt wipes violently at his eyes, blubbers quietly to himself for a while before he even tries to make out Blaine's eyes again through the mist.

Blaine places another peck to Kurt's cheek this time. Silent reassurance 'I'm still here.'

"The news," Kurt brings out finally, "did you see what ...," Kurt breaks off again, unable to go on.

"The assaults?" Blaine asks carefully, reluctantly.

"Yes." Kurt's voice is trembling.

And gosh, Blaine could have known, 'I could have known. Should have ... .'

"I don't want to feel this shit, so helpless, scared ..., but I can't help it," Kurt brings out blubbering wildly with tears now.