Kurt and Blaine switched seats and Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand as soon as they sat down.
"Okay, Kurt. I will lower the seat now. I will just take a look at it, don't be afraid. I will not hurt you , but I need to get a picture of your tooth, before I am able to help you."
Kurt was holding Blaine's hand tighter with every second. "C... can you not u... use the pok...king thing?"
Dr. Epstein laughed a little, which made Kurt feel safer. "Of cause. And I will not do anything. Just get a good look at it. We will see what is happening after that. You can always stop me. Just put up your left hand and I will instantly stop."
Kurt nodded. He did feel a lot more comfortable with the knowledge of only having a mirror in his mouth. The chair was reclined and the light was placed over his head.
"Okay, Kurt, ." Kurt knew that it had to be done, and he, reluctantly, opened. The dentist took his tool and had a look at the area that troubled Kurt. "That does not look to bad."
Kurt breathed out in relief. "May I just look at the rest of your teeth as well?" Kurt nodded. "And do you think you could handle it, if I used the poker?", Dr. Epstein said with a smile.
Kurt was happy. The dentist did not seem disgusted or annoyed in any way and if it actually was bad, he would say something else. Kurt was so happy he even tried to answer. "Yeathhh"
All four people in the room started laughing.
After a while Dr. Epstein started. Then he said: "Great. It will not hurt, and everything seems in pretty good condition. And you are doing way better at flossing than 98 per cent of my other patients.", He looked at Blaine, then he grinned. "Way better than Blaine."
They laughed again. The dentist gave the codes to his assistant. "You are done with the first part. You can close now." He said and Kurt closed his mouth. He got handed a cup of water to rinse, after he sat up.
"That was not to bad, was it?", Kurt got asked.
"It wasn't... But go on, tell me what is going on in my mouth?", he asked.
The dentist looked at him, apologising. Kurt started breathing faster. "No, no... I just need to get an X-ray. The tooth can definitely be saved! I don't know if the cavity has reached your nerve yet. If yes, that would be another procedure, cleaning it out. But I am not sure. And I am afraid you do have one more cavity in between two of your teeth. But don't worry, it is minor and fast in treatment."
Kurt knew what cleaning it out mend. A FREAKING root canal... But he also knew, that it hard to have anything that hurt you at the dentist today. And he knew as well, that he would need to get it all over with, so the pain would stop. He decided that he was going to get the X-ray. If it was only a filling, he would probably be fine.