He missed two days of school, waiting for the swelling to go down. Finn had stayed home as well, helping him with things and keeping him company.
Almost all of the glee club had visited him or called him at some point.
Puck had come the very next day, skipping out on first period, and brought him flowers.
Finn laughed, and Puck had said something like "Well, girls like flowers, right? So I figured Kurt would..." and he was right, they smelled wonderful and Kurt loved them.
He also said if he ever saw any of those guys again he'd be willing to take another trip to juvie for the satisfaction of beating them to a pulp, but both Finn and Kurt told him it was okay and things were being taken care of.
The boy who had been with the group that attacked had called him, and asked him how he was doing, apologizing for what happened.
Kurt thanked him for getting help, and found out that his name was Jack, and that he had a gay uncle. He told Kurt he'd watch out for them in the halls from now on, and wished him well.
The police had visited with them, explaining the process and that the school was partially liable for anything that happened on their grounds. Figgins and the school board had gotten a break, though, by agreeing on a strict no tolerance policy they were told no one would push the issue.
So on Friday, the first day back, over the loud speaker, the new policy was explained. Finn and Kurt couldn't help but smile.
They had been bombarded with support when they had walked in that morning, and at lunch they decided to go thank coach Sylvester.
"Thank yous are worthless, what I want is you back on the Cheerios as soon as possible. You were pretty handy, porcelain. Now get out of my office, your boyfriend's blank face is giving me horrible flashbacks to a bad Botox experience involving Joan Rivers." she said, waving them off as she worked on her eliptical.
As they were leaving, he took a sneak back and swore he saw a flash of a smile on her face.
Soon it was time for glee, both boys deciding that although they had only got to practice their song a couple times, they were going to perform it anyway.
They walked into the room, feeling a sense of home as they saw the familiar faces of their friends.
Mr. Schue came up and said he was glad they were okay and that he was proud of them, leaving them both smiling with a faint tint of pink on their cheeks.
The performances went quick, the highlight being Puck, Santana, and Brittany's rendition of 'For Your Entertainment'.
Soon it was time for Kurt and Finn, and as they made their way up to the front of the room they pulled out some stools out to the center, sitting close to each other. They took their seats, as the music started up, soft and gentle in the room.
Broken pieces, break into me
So imperfectly what you should be
I don't want you to go
Don't wanna see you back out in the cold
Air you're breathing out fades you to gray
Don't run away, find me
I know the battles of chasing the shadows of who you wanna be
It doesn't matter, go on and shatter
I'm all you need
Broken pieces, break into me
So imperfectly what you should be
Lay here, it's safe here, I'll let you be broken open
Hide here, confide here so we can be broken open
Let's enlighten the night
We can fall away, slip out of sight
When you drop your guard
Melt into time, so intertwined, quiet
I know the battles of chasing the shadows of who you wanna be
It doesn't matter, go on and shatter
I'm all you need
Broken pieces, break into me
So imperfectly what you should be
Lay here, it's safe here, I'll let you be broken open
Hide here, confide here so we can be broken open
Broken pieces, break into me
So imperfectly what you should be
Lay here, it's safe here, I'll let you be broken open
Hide here, confide here so we can be broken open
Lay here, it's safe here, I'll let you be broken open
Hide here, confide here so we can be broken open
As the music died down and their hands found each other, the room was silent for a moment before erupting in applause.