Chapter 9

"Supper is ready!" Kurt moved his head to see Maya at the door with a smile and he returned the smile.

"We'll be down in a second," Kurt told her as he forced out a weak smile.

Maya was about to turn around and go back downstairs, until she caught sight of Blaine sitting on his head, with his head in his hands. She slowly walked over next to Blaine and put her hand on his shoulder. He flinched at the touch and then relaxed when he saw it was Maya.

"Blaine, what's wrong? Are you sore?" Maya asked with a surprised look on her face. Kurt watched as Blaine looked at Maya in the eyes.
"Get Rhyan out of the house, or I'll leave," Blaine told her firmly. Maya removed her hand from Blaine and frowned at him.

"Can someone please tell me what's going on?" she asked as she moved her gaze towards Kurt. He nervously adjusted his standing position and looked at Blaine; if he wasn't going to say anything, than neither was Kurt.

"Maya, Kurt recognizes Rhyan from the night of the attack," Blaine started slowly, moving his gaze towards Kurt, "and he was the one yelling the taunts." Blaine closed his eyes and took in a deep breath as he moved his focus up to Maya. She slowly stood up and put her hand up to her mouth, trying to take in the accusation Kurt made. She looked at Kurt and then back at her brother.
"Blaine, do you recognize Rhyan from the night of the attack?" Maya asked. Blaine shook his head.

"I don't remember anything Maya," he admitted. Maya moved her gaze back to Kurt's and she could feel her eyes tearing up.
"So you're going to trust a stranger that you barely know, over what you already know about Rhyan?" Maya said, raising her voice. It was Blaine's turn to stand up and all Kurt could do was watch from the side.

"Yes actually, I am Maya!" Blaine started, "because Rhyan is a homophobe and he has never appreciated my existence! You see how uncomfortable he is around me and especially when you mentioned that Kurt was staying around for company. Hell, even Kurt noticed the awkward tension as he entered our house!" Blaine took in a deep breath and looked at Maya in the eyes, who was now crying and you could tell was hurt.

"I love Rhyan and you know I do! You're going to take a strangers opinion over someone you've known for over a year now?" Maya rebutted. She looked at Kurt and rolled her eyes, focusing back on Blaine. "Oh right, trust the fag because you're hoping that since you're the hero, you will be able to get some." If the situation wasn't awkward yet, it was definitely awkward now. Kurt froze on the side with a hand covering his mouth as he looked at Maya. She was looking at the floor and Blaine was glaring at Maya.

"Get out," Blaine said calmly.

"Oh my goodness, Blaine, I didn't mean to use those words-" she started but Blaine shook his head.

"You don't even see what Rhyan is doing to you; he's got you much more violent than you have ever been!" Blaine snapped. "Now get out of my room, now!" Blaine yelled, pointing towards the door.

Maya was hesitant but ended up obeying her brother. Kurt slowly walked over to Blaine and put his hand on his back. He could tell Blaine was teary eyed when he finally gathered the courage to look up at Kurt. He pulled Kurt in for a big embrace and started to let the tears fall out.

"Hey there," Kurt said making Blaine look at him, "it's ok, everything will work out," Kurt said in an attempt to reassure him. Blaine shook his head.

"Kurt, my family has been a mess for so long. With my parents never home, it's only Maya and me," he started to explain. "Since then, Maya met this Rhyan guy, I assume for an attempt to be normal and feel wanted in the world, because I could only do so much. God, I'm such a screw up! I don't see why anybody could ever love me!" Blaine said, trying to pull away from Kurt, but he wouldn't let him. Kurt just put his hand up to Blaine's face and wiped away a tear.

"You might not be able to, but I do," Kurt told him. Blaine relaxed at those words as he looked up at Kurt.

"You mean that?" he asked. Kurt simply replied with a nod and a smile.
Blaine slowly moved his hand towards Kurt face, before moving it across his cheek. Kurt smiled at Blaine as he closed the gap between them.
"You are my hero Blaine Anderson," Kurt said softly and with that, Blaine slightly brushed his lips against Kurt. He pulled away to see if that was fine and then pressed his lips with more force in to Kurt's. Kurt kissed back as he put his hands behind Blaine's neck.
They pulled away after a few moments and just stared at each other. Blaine noticed the shade of pink that Kurt's cheeks turn and let out a soft laugh. Kurt joined in with a soft smile and took his hands away from Blaine.

"Well I suppose I should be going," Kurt said with a sigh. Blaine grabbed Kurt's wrist.

"No, please stay!" he told him with puppy dog eyes. Kurt frowned as he thought about Maya and Rhyan, but Blaine seemed to catch on to that fact. "Maya sleeps at Rhyan's most of the time anyways, it will just be us in the house," Blaine reassured him. Kurt bit his bottom lip and then looked at Blaine who was giving him the puppy dog eyes. Kurt knew he'd cave in so he tried to look away, but he could resist. He rolled his eyes and nodded and with that, Blaine knew that he'd feel safe tonight.