Popular!Blaine AU

Kurt was not having a good day. He stormed into the auditorium-his comfort place other than the choir room-fully prepared to break into a song about his feelings when he realized he wasn't the only one skipping class to be there. He paused, heart dropping when he saw it was Blaine Anderson sitting there.

The only reason he didn't turn and run immediately was the way Blaine looked. The curly-haired boy was sitting on the edge of the stage, looking distressed with his head in his hands. Suddenly he let out a yell, jumping up and startling Kurt. He pulled at his hair and looked on the verge of either bursting into tears or screaming at the top of his lungs.

Kurt cautiously made his way over to the stage, saying, "Hey."

Blaine jumped, slowly turning to Kurt and, surprisingly, relaxing when he saw him. He sighed, sitting back down on the edge. Kurt slowly walked up, hoisting himself up onto the stage next to Blaine.

"Um, what are you doing here?"

Blaine let out a deep sigh, running his hand through his hair. "I...um...let's just say I'm going through some hard stuff right now."

"I can tell," Kurt joked with a smirk. He was really just surprised the normally really rude jerk Blaine was actually speaking to him. Maybe there was more to him than that. When Blaine didn't say anything back, Kurt asked, "What is it?"

"I..." Blaine looked at him with a guarded expression. "You won't tell anyone?"

Kurt didn't know why, but he shook his head. Maybe it was the fear and the lost look in Blaine's eyes. He knew he couldn't betray Blaine with whatever it was. "Never."

"I-I..." Blaine took a breath before whispering, "I think I'm gay."

He couldn't have heard that right. "Excuse me?"

"Please don't make me say it again."

Kurt could see Blaine closing back up and rushed to reassure him. "That's okay! It's okay. It's nothing to be ashamed of, Blaine."

"No Kurt...you don't understand. My parents . . . " He didn't finish the sentence.

Kurt looked at Blaine contemplatively. "You're coming to glee today."

"What?" Blaine looked at him in confusion.

"You heard me. You need support, and I doubt many of your 'friends' will still be there."

"I-okay," Blaine agreed.

"Now come on, let's go before the teachers notice." He had no idea what led him to be so bold, holding out his hand like that as he stood up.

It was okay because Blaine took it without a thought.