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Glass chapter 6: Return
Darkness, darkness and pain. My world is constructed solely with searing, burning pain.
Kurt ran. He couldn't see through the tears, he just had to get away and hide. His muscle memory took him to second floor girls bathroom where he collapsed and slid down to the floor. "They can't miss me that much! Mercedes… oh my girl was a wreck! And the sadness in Dad's eyes when he sang… I didn't realize I was that important to them. But what if I do come back? How long do I have before Karofsky or some other ape hurts me? Finn told me what he and Noah did, could that be enough?"
Kurt didn't hear the door opening. Finn silently slid in to the bathroom and startled the small boy out of his reverie. "Please don't cry Kurt. Didn't you know how much everyone really misses you?"
Kurt tried hard to stifle his sobbing. "I know now for sure. But Finn Hudson, what are you doing in girl's bathroom?"
Finn just shrugged. "I kinda knew this is your favorite place when you're upset so I thought of checking. People are searching you all over the school."
"Well, I'm glad that it was you who found me then. This was your idea wasn't it? The Invitational."
"Um yeah, it was. I thought that when you were not listening to me only, maybe we as a group could get the message through. "
Finn saw the broken image from his visit to Dalton again. Kurt just seemed so small and glass-like, like he wouldn't need anything else but a gentle push to brake him completely. "Kurt please come back. Nobody is going to hurt you here, and we have Mr. Schu and Miss P backing us up. And you remember what Coach Sylvester said. She is scary, and that is working for you this time. I bet she would be happy to get her best Cheerio back."
Kurt's sobs quietly died down. He chuckled at the imaginery of "Happy Sue Sylvester" Moving like a lightning, he hugged Finn. "Thank you Finn Hudson, you are the best!"
Finn hugged the other boy close, happy that he could do it without making the initiative himself. He still didn't want to scare Kurt away. Feeling the small frame of Kurt against him felt so very good Finn didn't want to release at all. He buried his face into Kurt's hair, smelling the countertenor's surely expensive hair care products and an underlying hint of something that was distinctively Kurt's personal scent. Finn didn't want to let Kurt go. "Please Kurt, stay. Burt already promised that you can return today if you want to, we can get your stuff from Dalton later. Your room is still like you left it, I haven't touched anything. Your home and family is waiting for you."
Kurt was enjoying this embrace far too much for it to be brotherly. "Do you really mean it? You don't freak out again if we share the basement?"
Finn could have whooped for joy. Kurt was giving in! He was already thinking of living in the basement again! But Finn kept his joy inside and just said "No, that doesn't freak me out. It shouldn't have in the first place but I was a mess then. Forgive me? I promise I will not hurt you like that ever again."
"I forgave you at the moment you showed up in that Gaga outfit. It must have been so difficult to you, wearing that in public." Kurt was whispering now, remembering the amazing sight that had been Finn Hudson, tall quarterback, dressed in red vinyl dress and confronting the bullies. "All is forgiven."
Finn finally released Kurt. "So are you coming back?"
Kurt sighed. "Yes Finn Hudson, I come back home. I can't wait to get out of this dull uniform for sure!"
Finn started to laugh. "Ok, your wardrobe is waiting for you too." Getting Kurt out of the uniform sent some very dirty images straight through Finn's brain and to his groin. "So, um could we join the others and give them the news? If you haven't noticed we are still in the girl's bathroom and frankly it is giving me freaks"
Now that Kurt had made his decision he couldn't wait to tell everyone. "Yes, lets do that right now!" He grabbed the hand of the taller teen and dragged Finn out.
AN: There you go, chapter 6! There is lots of angst still coming, but maybe they get to the romance part too... *chuckles*