Blaine could tell Kurt was nervous for the competition; after all, it was his first time competing on the Warblers. He had tried to calm his nerves, but he kept saying he felt like he was going to throw up. They were doing a duet, but he wasn't sure if Kurt was able to do it because of how worked up he was. He saw him sitting alone twenty minutes before they were supposed to go on and went over to him to try to calm him down.
"Kurt, you don't need to be nervous. We're gonna do great," he assured him. Kurt tried to smile and looked down at his feet. "Do you want to practice one more time?" he shook his head. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," he said, his voice rasping. Blaine's jaw nearly dropped. He sounded completely different than when he talked to him earlier. Kurt coughed and wheezed out a breath.
"Oh, gosh. Are you sick? You don't sound good at all," he said. Kurt pointed to his chest. "What is it?"
"Asthma," he breathed. "I have asthma." Blaine suddenly panicked. People died from asthma attacks. Why didn't he tell me he had asthma?
"Do you have an inhaler?" he asked. He turned to the rest of the group. "Wes, go get Kurt some water. He can't breathe."
"What's wrong?" Wes asked.
"Just go!" he turned back to Kurt and was still trying to figure out what to do. "Okay, where's your inhaler? You brought it, didn't you?" Kurt nodded and pointed to his bag.
"Blaine, I can't-" he struggled to speak.
"Don't talk, I'm gonna get it." He dug through his bag until he found a little red and white tube. "Is this it?" Kurt nodded and took it from him just as Wes got back with his drink. Blaine helped him take a drink and let him do his inhaler on his own. He was still wheezing, so he did it again after a minute. Blaine turned around and realized they were all staring at Kurt. "Guys, quit staring," he snapped. He helped him take another drink and let him rest for a minute. "Are you feeling better?" Kurt nodded.
"Yeah. Sorry I scared you," he apologized.
"Don't be sorry, you couldn't breathe. Why didn't you tell me you had asthma?" he asked. Kurt just shrugged his shoulders, and Wes came over to them.
"Kurt, I don't think you're in any shape to sing," he said.
"No, I'm fine, I promise. I'm doing it."
And he did do it. Kurt sounded just fine in the duet. Blaine looked over at him and smiled as he listened to him singing. Kurt had given him a scare, but he knew how to help him in case it ever happened again.
Author's Notes:
I love that moment when Kurt is singing Blackbird and the look on Blaine's face it just makes me like squeal every time and then the duet they do it's like my most listened to song on my iPod.
Also, I'm sorry if I've been updating really late. I'm like, the worst procrastinator ever. I tell myself I'm gonna write and then I watch Netflix for three hours. That's just my life on the weekends.