Life at McKinley may have been different to life at Dalton, but the bullying didn't hurt Blaine.
It literally didn't hurt.
It wasn't something that Blaine could control, or treat-because he had had it since birth. It was just a fact of life.
Usually, the shoves from the jocks weren't too bad-Blaine was able to go the whole day and not even feel the pain from them. He would just wait until he got home and inspect the damage in front of a mirror.
But today, one of the jocks had pushed him into a locker particularly hard and Blaine had just brushed it off as another minor bruise. He didn't think that it would be much more.
He was wrong.
It happened in Glee Practice. They were in the middle of practising for Sectionals and were taking a break. Blaine sat at the back of the room next to Sam and Tina, discussing the latest movies-and deciding which one was the best.
Tina was arguing her cause for some chick flick, Sam for the Avengers and Blaine-obviously-the latest Disney movie. Blaine was winning the debate, obviously when his eyes began to roll into the back of his head.
Tina's eyes widened as she witnessed it and Sam jumped to his feet, rushing to catch is best friend as he collapsed, falling out of his seat.
"Mr Schue! Help!" Will turned around to face Tina and immediately pulled out his phone. He dialled for an ambulance and waited impatiently for the 7 minutes that it took for the ambulance to arrive.
When it got there, the Paramedics got to work, making sure Blaine was secure and checking him over for any obvious signs. Sam was allowed in the back of the ambulance with him and spent the ride clutching his hand as he prayed that Blaine would be alright.
Blaine was rushed into theatre immediately when they got there. The New Directions were already gathered in one corner of the waiting room and when he was pushed back by the nurses, Sam resigned to joining them too.
It felt like forever before one of the doctors came back to see them, and when he did, they all stood up.
"Blaine has suffered from some internal bleeding. That is the reason he collapsed earlier on. Now, we managed to fix it right up, but we are going to have to insist that he refrains from anything to physical right now."
"Can we see him?"
The doctor checked the watch on his right wrist before pushing his glasses further up his nose, "Well he should be waking up around now so you're okay to go and visit him, but it's very important that you don't stress him out too much. He's probably going to be a bit out of it as well, so just keep that in mind."
They nodded and followed the doctor down a long corridor. He stopped when they reached Blaine's room and allowed the New Directions to enter. Blaine was sat up talking to one of the nurses, lying back against three pillows.
Will led the group over to Blaine, but nobody knew what to say. Unsurprisingly, it was Kitty who broke the silence, "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Tell you what?"
"That you were in pain."
"I-I-"
"You did it for attention, didn't you?"
"Kitty-"
She turned to him, and held up her finger, "No, Mr Schue. Don't. Blaine must have got pushed by one of the jocks and put off the pain because he wanted to a)punish himself for the break up and b)have attention so he didn't feel like such an ass. We're all thinking it-I'm just the only one who is bitchy enough to say it out loud."
Blaine sat up straighter in his bed and looked at Kitty with wide eyes, "No. Kitty-that's not what happened at all. Do you all seriously believe this?"
When he was met with nothing but silence he shook his head and sat back, resigned, "I think you guys should leave now."
"Blaine, man-"
"No, Sam. I think you should go."
He nodded and followed Tina out the door. Blaine was about to shut his eyes, when he noticed that there was still someone sat at the end of his bed, "Brittany? Why are you still here?" There was a hint of anger in his words, but that was mainly covered up by the confusion.
Brittany looked up at him and smiled, sympathetically, "Because I don't believe Kitty."
"What?"
"I read your file when everyone else was listening to Kitty. I know I'm not supposed to, but Lord Tubbington has been teaching me how to read better ever since me and San broke up and I wanted to test it out. It says you have CIPA.""But how do you know about it?"
"I used to go to Summer Camp and one of my friends had it. I know, Blaine-and I'm going to tell the New Directions all about it."
She climbed onto the bed and sat directly opposite Blaine, "It's gonna be okay, Blaine Warbler," Brittany took his hand in hers as she stared directly into his hazel eyes, "It's gonna be okay."
Authors Note: So, for some reason I'm totally into the whole Britt/Blaine friendship thing. I can continue this prompt if you want and have an early Klaine reunion? Just leave a review and let me know? Reviews are greatly appreciated guys, and if there is anything that you want me to do-whether it be Klaine, Britt/Blaine friendship or anything else, just let me know in a review and I'll get to it as soon as I can.