"Just don't hurt him again, dude. Please. He's been hurt enough."

"Sam-I'm not going to hurt him. I love him."

"Yeah, I know you love him, man-but I'm his best friend, and he's mine. I just don't know how much more pain he can take. I don't want to see him go through any more-because it kills me every time I see him cry."

Well that was new, Kurt thought. He had been with Blaine for long enough to know that Blaine hated showing any signs of weakness to anyone-so he must really trust Sam.

"Listen to me, Sam. I realise that I made a mistake breaking up with Blaine-but I am never going to make that same mistake again. I love Blaine, and I know that he loves me too. Trust me, Sam. Blaine needs me more than ever right now-and I am going to be there for him. He's going to need you too though, so you're either with me, or against me. But if you're with me, then you're going to need to trust that I won't hurt him again. Okay?"

"Okay. I believe you Kurt. After all, Blaine doesn't love you for nothing, does he?"

They both laughed, although neither one of them were sure why. Then, Sam surprised Kurt by pulling him in for a hug.

After a short minute he pulled away from Kurt, wiping his eyes and putting his hands in his pockets.

"Well, I better head back in. Are you coming?"

Sam shook his head, and Kurt had a hunch as to why. Sam rarely cried in front of people, so he would probably want to smarten up before spoke to everybody, "I think I'm go grab a coffee or something. You want anything?"

"No thanks. I'm good."

"Tell Blaine I'll be back soon, yeah?"

"Of course."

So the two went their separate ways-Sam heading to the hospitals canteen, and Kurt into Blaine's room.

Blaine was laughing at something that Tina had said. His eyes lit up when he saw Kurt. Tina moved from sitting on the bed so that Kurt could take her place. Kurt smiled at her in appreciation and slid onto the bed, linking hands with Blaine.

Blaine looked around in confusion and turned to Kurt, "Where's Sam?"

"He went to get a coffee. He said he'd be back soon though."

"Okay." Kurt couldn't tell whether the okay was a good okay or an okay of disappointment, so he decided to ask, "Is okay-good?"

Blaine broke into a wide grin and winked at Kurt, "Okay is wonderful."

Kurt rubbed his thumb over Blaine's knuckles, "So when are you getting discharged? Has the doctor been back?"

"No, not yet-but he said I'll be able to be discharged tomorrow. I don't know what I'm going to do though."

Kurt's brow furrowed, "What do you mean? You Don't know what you're going to do about what?"

"Where I'm going to stay. My parents are on holiday, and I don't think the doctor's going to let me go home on my own."

"Well you can stay with me silly. My dad's your emergency contact any way, so we can get him to sign the forms and you can stay with us for as long as you need."

A tear was forming in Blaine's eye and Kurt was quick to wipe it away, "Don't cry, Blaine. I would do anything for you. You know that."

"Yeah, but-"

"But nothing. you're staying with us, and that's that."

"Okay."

"Now. Get some rest."

"But that's all I've been doing."

"Because that's all you need."

"Come on Blaine-the more you rest now the less you'll have to rest tomorrow at Kurt's, so he more time you can spend with him."

Blaine seemed to consider this for a moment, "Okay. I guess you're right."

"Duh."

The occupants of the room laughed, and Blaine slid his eyes closed, allowing him to fall asleep to the sound of his friends.

"Are you guys alright to stay here? Blaine will probably be asleep for a long time."

"We're fine. We can just chat, right guys?"

"Yeah, totally."

Just then, Sam came back into the room. He looked much better than he had when Kurt had last spoke to him.

"Blaine asleep?"

"Out like a light. Blaine's staying at your house right?"

"Yeah, why?"

"No reason, I guess. I just want to make sure he has someone looking after him. That's all."

Kurt tilted his head to the side and smiled at Sam, "You really care about him, don't you?"

"Of course. Blaine was there for me after that whole, Men of McKinley thing, and I just want someone to be there for him. Blaine, he-he always puts other people before himself, no matter how important the issue is, and he needs to know that we all care about him."

There were murmurs of agreement from the rest of the New Directions.

"Thank you, Kurt."

"For what?"

"For loving Blaine." Sam's facial features were so sincere, that Kurt knew that what Sam was speaking could only be truth.

He nodded and returned the smile Sam was giving him, "You too Sam. You too."