Chapter 2- Helping Kurt
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He, with Wes and David, met with Kurt later that day for coffee. It was quite obvious that Kurt didn't actually go to Dalton, but Blaine wanted to hear what he had to say. That was why he planned this. Kurt had changed out of this Dalton disguise and was wearing something that suited him a bit better.
"Latte?" Blaine offered as they were getting settled, then introduced them, "This is Wes and David."
"It's very civilized for you to invite me for coffee, before you beat me up for spying." It panged Blaine that Kurt thought they would beat him up, he tried not to let it show on his face though. His life had been too sheltered. First Heaven, then Dalton with there no tolerance policy.
"We are not going to beat you up." Wes said before Blaine could speak.
David chimed in, "You were such a terrible spy we thought it was sort of… enduring."
"Which made me think that spying on us wasn't the only reason you came." Blaine said.
Kurt seemed hesitant, but then spoke, "Can I ask you guys a question?" After nods from Blaine, Wes and David, he continued, "Are you guys all gay?" Somehow, Blaine instinctively knew how to answer that. It wasn't a question he'd been asked before, nor had he thought about, but he still knew how he should answer.
"No. I mean I am. But these two have girlfriends."
"This is not a gay school," David added, "We just have a zero-tolerance harassment policy."
"Everyone gets treated the same. No matter what they are. It's pretty simple. "Wes said.
There was a moment of silence. No one spoke. Blaine watched as Kurt took in all they had said.
"Will you guys excuse us?" Blaine asked his friends.
"Take it easy Kurt," Wes said as he got up to leave.
Once they were gone, Blaine said, "I take it you're having trouble at school."
Barely above a whisper, Kurt said, "I'm the only out of the closet at my school." Blaine could see the pain in Kurt's eyes. He wanted to do everything he could to make it go away. To make things better for Kurt. "A-and I try to stay strong about it, but there's this Neanderthal who's made it his mission to make my life a living hell…and nobody seems to notice."
In the second after Kurt stopped speaking, a whole history flashed through Blaine's head. He saw himself at another school. He saw himself being bullied. Himself beat up. He could feel his pain. In that second he understood. This is what he was supposed to say happened to him before Dalton.
"I know how you feel." Taking a deep breath, Blaine continued, "I got taunted at my old school. And it really…pissed me off. I even complained about it to the facility. They were sympathetic and all, but you could just know nobody really cared. It was like, 'hey if you're gay your life's just going to be miserable. Sorry, nothing we can do about it.' So I left. I came here. Simple as that." Telling this lie hurt him. It didn't completely feel like a lie, but it still was one. He was an angel. Angels didn't like lying. Yet, to help Kurt he knew he had to. That was the only reason he was doing it. For Kurt. At least, that was what Blaine had been telling himself since he'd been on earth. "So you have two options. I mean, I'd love to tell you to just come and enroll here. But tuition at Dalton sort of steep and I know that's not an option for everybody... Or you can refuse to be the victim…Prejudice is just ignorance. Kurt, you have a chance to teach him."
"How?" That one word from Kurt let Blaine know that his lie, his speech, it was helping. It was worth it.
"Confront him. Call him out. I ran. Kurt, I didn't stand up. I let bullies chase me away. And it's something that I really, really regret."
Kurt sat there, saying nothing, but taking in everything Blaine had said that day. After a few minute, Kurt's phone rang. It was his dad, wondering what was taking him so long. Before Kurt left, Blaine made sure to get his phone number.
The next few days, Blaine could think of nothing but Kurt. Sure, before he could pretend there wasn't a reason he was here and do whatever he wanted. But now? He knew Kurt was here. He knew that Kurt needed his help.
Another thing was, Blaine couldn't get Kurt's eyes out of his head. Not only the fact of how much pain was visible in them. But also how beautiful they were. He'd never seen anything like them.
Randomly, Blaine would send Kurt a text message. Saying simple things like, "courage". He hoped they would help Kurt.
Help! Flashed on the screen of Blaine's phone. It had been less than a week since they met.
Quickly, Blaine texted Kurt back, What's wrong?
Can you come to Lima. I need to see you.
Blaine was already walking, no running. What if something really bad had happened to Kurt? I'm on my way.
Blaine didn't care that he would be missing Warbler practice. They could get by without them for a day. Wes would get over it. Blaine drove as fast as he would let himself. There was no time to waste.
Once Blaine got to Lima, he realized he didn't know where Kurt was. Where do you want me to meet you? He texted.
I'm at WMHS right now.
Another text appeared a second later, Specifically the choir room.
The high school wasn't far from where he was, so Blaine made it there in minutes. A couple more minutes, and he found the choir room. "Kurt?" He called. Praying that he was OK.
"Blaine? Is that you?" Kurt's head poked out from behind the piano. It had been pushed up against a wall, with only a small space between it and the adjacent wall. A perfect hiding place for anyone who could squeeze in there.
"Kurt, what happened?" Blaine came over and sat in front of Kurt. "Kurt. You can tell me. It's OK." He had no idea what had happened. All Blaine wanted was for Kurt to feel better.
"The Neanderthal. H-h-he- I did what you said and confronted him. I called him out. But, He-he kissed me." The last words were barely audibly. But Blaine understood. Kurt did what he had said. And it didn't turn out well.
"Kurt. I'm so sorry. I never wanted anything like this to happen." He had to know that.
"Blaine. Stop. It's not your fault."
"I still want to make it up to you. How about I come back tomorrow, during school, and we can talk to him. Together."
Kurt nodded. He was still in shock from what had happened. "Yeah, that seems good."
"Do you want me to drive you home?" Blaine had no idea how long Kurt had been sitting there like that, but it really didn't look comfortable.
"No." He said, shaking his head. "I'm fine here."
"Kurt. Really?" Blaine asked.
He nodded again.
"Fine, then I'm saying here until you're ready." There was no way Blaine was just going to leave Kurt here alone. Especially not after what had just happened.
"You don't have to do that."
"I know. But I'm going to." Blaine found himself just staring at Kurt. Struck by his beauty. Kurt had his head against the wall, his eyes closed. His hair was slightly messed up, and hung in his face, just the tiniest bit. Time seemed to stop existing. It was just them and for the time being nothing mattered but this boy in front of him.
Author's note: I was originally going to have the part with them confronting Karofsky, but it turned out longer than I had thought. I actually teared up a bit writing that last scene. It's just a tiny head cannon of what I sort of wanted to happen. I mean something had to happen between the kiss and Blaine showing up at WMHS. So, I hoped this wasn't horrible.
