Just to let you know, I imagine Blaine to be around 24, so don't you worry :D

"Okay, Kurt. You do have a few problems and I need to check some things on the X-ray, but it looks good, considering how long you have been avoiding this.", Blaine said, before he moved his stool next to the one of the assistant. Kurt saw that his X-ray was pulled up next to a chart, which had quite a few marks on it.

Blaine studied the picture, changing the notes on the chart up a little. He was a sad after his eyes had caught the biggest worry. Kurt would not like to hear it. The rest was okay, nothing that couldn't be saved and even the third molars fit in neatly, but the reason for Kurt's pain was more complicated.

Blaine turned around and looked at Kurt, trying to avoid showing his unhappiness about the situation.

"Well, Kurt. You do have a few problems that require some care. But the area of pain really concerns me. The problem is, that you cracked it. I can't really tell how, but that wouldn't change anything, anyway." Blaine typed some thing and the X-ray appeared on a monitor over Kurt's head. "Look at this...", Blaine pointed to the tooth. "this line shows that the root is cracked, that is the reason for your pain. And the tooth is hard to restore." Blaine couldn't stop himself from taking Kurt's hand, he liked the boy, he felt for him. "But don't worry, the good thing is that you have a wisdom tooth, that is about to come out, so it is going to close the space smoothly. You won't need to worry about replacement or anything. We could try a root canal, but I would not recommend it. It is very unlikely to work out and in the end you will not be able to keep the tooth for more than e few years. And taking the tooth out is gonna be quick, okay? You will be really numb and before you know it, we'll be done, okay?"

At first Kurt was shocked. He was way too young to lose a tooth, but he was happy about the wisdom tooth. "Why did that happen?"

Blaine smiled. He was happy about Kurt not being too sad about it. "Well, that tooth does show a lot of decay, it has probably been dead for a while. It makes it unstable and that is why you broke parts of it off. You have an abscess, which is the reason for your pain..."

Kurt felt sick. His tooth had been dead, full of decay and puss? He felt disgusting.

"Kurt, don't worry that happens to tons of people, I see that at least once a week and people are often pretty young, just like you are."

Kurt loved how Blaine could tell what he thought and he was happy that Blaine found words to calm him down all the time.

"But other than that we don't really need to do anything serious. You have four more cavities, three are fairly small. One has hit the nerve, though and it is pretty unlikely to hold up with just a filling and because we want to avoid you breaking that one, too, I would like to do a crown on top of cleaning it all out... But we will deal with that later. At the moment the important thing is that we get you out of pain, right?"

"I guess...", Kurt said. A wave of fear was taking over. He was about to have a tooth taken out. How did this even happen. Why had he been that stupid, he shouldn't have fought his father when he had tried getting Kurt to cleanings... He felt nauseous and faint, how would he be able to handle this?

He didn't even notice that he started breathing faster, before Blaine spoke up.

"Kurt, Kurt, breath slowly... Everything's fine, nothing is going to start until you agree to it. Try synchronizing your breath with mine... In... and out...", Kurt did as he was told and it did help. He was still feeling nauseous, but he didn't expect to black out any moment.

"I'm so sorry... I... I...", Kurt tried to explain himself, but he couldn't get his words out through the sobbing.

Blaine took his hand again. "It's fine, Kurt, listen. It is normal to be scared, you have to handle a lot right now. But, really, it is easy. You will not feel a thing, you can put on music and we are done in a few minutes. You're gonna be good."

Kurt trusted Blaine, he was understanding and calmed him down. But he was still going to have to face pilers and an injection... He knew why he didn't like that stuff and the last time he had anything done had a special place in his memory. He could remember every second of it, every bit of pain. But he nodded. Blaine would stop if it hurt, Blaine was a person to trust.

"Okay, Kurt, that is great. Seriously, just put on music and relax. Again, I'll stop the second you want me to, you are not going to feel uncomfortable. You will feel the movements, but it's not going to be bad, promise. Do you think we can try the numbing? It will stop the pain." Blaine said smiling.

"I... I think so...", Kurt answered hesitantly.

Blaine smiled. "I will numb the area first, so don't worry." Blaine said, putting some numbing gel on a q-tip.

"Wait... How much does this whole thing cost? Our budget is kind of tight and I know that this is expensive and..." Kurt hadn't even though about it. Why hadn't he? This was going to cost tons of money...

Blaine smiled. "Don't worry, you know, I like you and I though I might trade this for a coffee?"

Blaine wasn't sure if it came out wrong, he had never considered dating a patient before, but with Kurt it was different, it felt like he had know that guy forever.

Kurt looked up in surprise. Sure, he felt safe and kind of confident with the man, but he hadn't gotten any signals from him, he defiantly didn't expect that, though he really liked this.

"Well, that sounds like a good deal for me, though I am not sure if you are really getting what you deserve for it. May be we can find a compromise, for example paying in rates? But for the coffee, I really like that idea."

Blaine hadn't even noticed that he held his breath until he felt the heavy flow of air coming out of his nose in relief. That gorgeous guy had just said yes to going out with him...

"Well, now that we have talked about this, I think we should start", the content dentist said.

Kurt was still a little confused, so he ended up just nodding. This was not what he had expected, not at all.

"Kurt, can you open for me?" Blaine asked, still grinning.

Kurt smiled. "Sure", he said, opening his mouth. This was definitely a twist and it had helped erasing the fear from his mind of a moment. The fear didn't come back for the numbing gel and before he could even think about what was happening he felt a slight prick and after about forty seconds he heard the heavy metal clinging on the tray.

"Okay, Kurt, we are done with the injection. We will just wait for a few minutes and we can start the treatment."

Kurt felt like his head was spinning. Just a few minutes ago he had been about to pass out and now all he could think about was dating that magnificent young man...

He even forgot about the whole situation for a brief moment, until Blaine hawked. "Kurt?"

"Yeah?", Kurt asked, still caught in his thoughts.

Blaine chuckled "Are you okay?"

"I think so..." Kurt wasn't sure. He had been okay up until now, the treatment had been forgotten a few minutes, but the thoughts of it came back, and with it the fear. Kurt knew that he started to shake again.

"It's okay, Kurt, you're okay... We are going to get this done and over with and after that you are going to be out of pain and feeling great.", Blaine cooed.

Kurt knew that a tear was falling down his cheek, but he was still willing to do this, he knew that avoiding this was only going to make it worse. He had come so far. "I am ready." Kurt said with a week, but steady voice.

"I know, Kurt. I know you can do this. You trust me, don't you?" Blaine was very careful with his words. He wanted to make sure that Kurt got to know about him trusting in Kurt's ability to overcome his fear, too.

Kurt nodded. He was leaning back in the chair, trying to get as comfortable as possible.

"Great. This is going to be way easier than you think. I want you to open now, I am checking if you are completely numb and if you are good to go, you can put on your music and we will start, if that's alright with you..." He made sure Kurt knew that he was the one in control.

Kurt took another deep, calming breath, before he opened wide. He hear Blaine touching some of his teeth and he felt some pressure on his gum, but it didn't hurt at all.

Blaine smiled and gave Kurt the opportunity to put his music on, so he could not hear any of the sounds.

When Kurt had put on some loud classic rock he put his thumb up and leaned back again, opening on his own. He knew that he was supposed to be scared, but somehow Blaine had help him getting over his fear for now. He wasn't scared of pain, he knew that it wouldn't happen.

A few minutes and some heavy pressure on his jaw later, Kurt could feel Blaine retracting everything. He opened his eyes and saw a smiling Blaine just above his head. Then, out the blue, he felt Blaine's soft cherry lips on his forehead. When taking in some air, he could smell the scent of that dentist dude.

Blaine took the phone from Kurt and pressed pause on the music and Kurt took out the ear phones.

"Soo ee arhh dongggh?", Kurt asked. He was probably looking like a chipmunk, he felt like one at least.

Blaine laughed at the sound of Kurt trying to speak. "Yes, Kurt, we are done with it for now. Are you feeling okay?"

"Yeaaath, okaahhy...", Kurt tried to say convincingly.

"That is good. I am going to write a prescription for some advil so you don't have to worry about any pain."

Kurt nodded, having given up the talking.

"I'm looking forward to seeing you again, Kurt."

Blaine said it, handing Kurt the prescription and a business card with a hand written number on it.

Kurt got up and hugged Blaine. He could have said so much, but this gesture was expressing it all and when Kurt left the room, both men smiled.

I can't keep it short, I know. But I hope you enjoyed this length short story :D

I am open for prompts and happy about any type of review :)