A/N: So sorry i took so long to update! But here's a new chapter! I really loved and appreciated the reviews i got! You guys all see eager to know what happened to Kurt. Weeeeelll this chapter gives you a big chunk of information.

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Nick and Jeff were the ones to pick up the pieces of Blaine once he found out Kurt was gone. They both had a special place in their heart for Kurt and it hurt them both when Kurt left as well. Especially without saying goodbye.

So it was a little difficult seeing Kurt again. But seeing him so different from the Kurt they once knew was even harder.

When they saw the boy, too skinny to be healthy, not dressed to perfection, hair messy and almost covering his eyes, and dirty, they had a hard time linking this Kurt to the one they knew and loved.

They couldn't keep from gaping at Kurt after Blaine re-introduced them. They stammered out greetings before Blaine just decided to give Kurt some of his clothes and a towel so he could go shower. Blaine couldn't get Kurt's grateful face out of his head. He stepped back in the living area ready to be grilled by his friends.

"Kurt is homeless?" Was the first thing out of Jeff's mouth.

"Yeah, he is." Blaine answered sadly.

"What happened to his family?" Nick asked. Blaine shrugged.

"Well I remember his mom died when he was 8 and since then it was just him and his dad." Blaine recalled. The boys nodded, aware that something bad must have happened for Kurt to be homeless.

"Where did you find him?" Jeff asked.

"He was- uh he was in a bush, trying to keep warm." Blaine said shakily, still not over the fact that if he hadn't walked through the park Kurt would have still been in the bush freezing to death.

"Oh my god." Nick gasped, sounding close to tears. "Why wasn't he in a shelter?"

"I didn't really have time to ask him any questions yet. But afters he showers and eats something we can ask him some questions, if he feels like answering them." They nodded at his suggestion. They helped Blaine put all the food away and make a simple but filling breakfast for all of them. Soon after that, Kurt was out of the shower and looked like he was basically drowning in Blaine's T-shirt and sweatpants. It was terrifying how skinny he was now. Blaine sat Kurt down and put a plate in front of him.

"Eat up." Blaine urged him. Kurt looked like he was torn between protesting and digging in but with an encouraging look from Blaine, he settled on the latter.

"Thank you." Kurt murmured before eating the delicious food in front of him.

Nick and Jeff were trying to be subtle when they stared at Kurt but Blaine could tell by the way Kurt's shoulders tensed up that he had noticed.

"What happened to you?" Jeff blurted out before covering his mouth. Blaine glared at his friend. He should have known he couldn't stay quiet for too long.

"Jeff!" Blaine frowned. "You can't just ask things like that." Jeff had the decency to look apologetic. Kurt was looking down at his plate. "Kurt you don't have to answer that."

"I.." Kurt started, not looking up at them. "I'm really sorry for leaving you guys with no explanation. I-I ..I didn't know what I was doing." He whispered and they watched as tears dripped from his face onto the table.

"What do you mean?" Nick asked, desperately wanting to know what the hell happened. They all wanted to know.

"You don't have to answer anything right now." Blaine added on when Kurt didn't answer right away.

"I think I owe you guys an answer...especially you Blaine." Kurt murmured. "I will never forgive myself for leaving like that but I didn't know what else to do."

"Do about what?" Jeff prompted trying to get answers. It was obvious to all of them that it was hard for Kurt to talk about it.

"Whe-when I left Dalton, I didn't transfer. I-I dropped out of school-" Kurt stopped at the sound of Jeff's gasp. Nick and Blaine glared at him.

"Let him finish!" Nick snapped at him. Jeff mouthed a sorry to Kurt and then proceeded to cover his mouth with his hands.

"Why did you drop out?" Blaine asked him in a soft, caring voice.

"I wasn't lying when I said we couldn't pay for Dalton anymore. We barely had money for food anymore, so I had to drop out and take over my dad's shop—"

"Why? Couldn't your dad run his shop himself?" Nick was the one to interrupt this time. He was terrified of what Kurt's answer would be.

"My d-dad..he uh..he got really sick." Kurt's voice choked out and everyone's heart broke at that point. "He was barely able to get out of bed. And the..the hospital bills were so much and I wasn't making enough and I was just so scared." Kurt's voice trembled the way it did when he was trying really hard not to cry. "And soon the shop went out of business and my dad was getting sicker and sicker and-" Kurt broke off with a painful sounding sob. Blaine had been doing his best not to hug Kurt the whole time but this time he enveloped him in a comforting hug. Kurt lost it, and began sobbing into Blaine's chest.

"Shhh. I've got you Kurt. It'll be okay." Blaine whispered into his hair. He looked towards his friends who were silently crying and looking like they wanted to hug Kurt too.

"Kurt.." Jeff begins in a shaky quiet voice. Kurt looks up at him with puffy red eyes. He's not sobbing anymore but the tears are still gathering in his eyes. "D-did your dad die?" And Kurt nodded, sniffling and wiping his nose on his sleeve, which would have grossed him out years ago but now it seemed like he didn't care.

"Kurt...you could have came to us. We could have helped you." Nick said, sniffling sadly.

"I wasn't thinking straight. And...when he died I just needed to get away from everything and I thought you guys would be mad at me for leaving so I just..ran." Kurt ended softly. "And look where that got me." He laughed bitterly. "I spend a good part of my life being told I was garbage and that's exactly what I've become." At this statement Blaine tightened his hold on Kurt, because he couldn't believe Kurt, of all people, had given up.

"Kurt." Blaine said brokenly. "You aren't garbage." Kurt laughed humorlessly again.

"Maybe the person I was before wasn't, but I certainly am." None of them could believe how broken Kurt was. Even more so than he was when came to Dalton. It was frightening.

"No. You're still the amazing person you were the last time I saw you." Blaine said truthfully. Kurt looked at him and it was clear that he didn't believe him. Blaine really missed the spark that used to be in Kurt's eyes. Now he just seemed...defeated.

"And we're going to help you realize that." Blaine continued.

"Why?" Kurt asked and it seemed like he genuinely didn't understand why.

"Because you're our friend Kurt." Nick said as if it were obvious, which it was to everyone but Kurt who was looking at them all with wide confused eyes.

"But I-I..I left and didn't tell you guys and I-" Kurt stammered. He didn't understand how they could be so kind when he had been so inconsiderate.

"We forgive you Kurt." Jeff said with a smile.

"And we want to help." Blaine added on. Kurt felt like he had dived into an insane fairytale where things were finally going right in his life. He looked at all of them and a second longer at Blaine because Blaine. He was always there to save Kurt. He just wished there would be a day where Blaine wouldn't have to save him.

"I...I don't want to impose on your lives." He mumbled. "I can just find a shelter or something."

"Kurt, do you really think that we'd make you go back on the streets?" Blaine asked him with a raised eyebrow. "You're going to stay here with us."

Normally, Kurt would have protested. He would have waved off the offer and left. But for once in a few years there was hope that everything would be alright. And there was no way he was going to let go of that.

"Thank you." Kurt whispered, tears making their way to his eyes again. "I don't think I'll ever be able to repay you for this." The all huddled around Kurt and hugged him. And for once in a long time, Kurt didn't feel like the world was trying to tear him down.

Poor Kurt :( But don't worry. Blaine, Jeff, and Nick are there for him! :)

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