An hour after Todd told him that he had been abused by his stepfather Kurt still sat trying to figure out how anybody could have done that to a child, to Todd. And how his mother could have just turned the other cheek and let it continue. Maybe if she had put a stop to it Todd would believe that he wasn't worthless. But she hadn't, if she had known she let it go on and now Todd thought he was worthless. Yes, Todd had mentioned that his mother had been addicted to drugs and had an alochol problem but that wasn't an excuse. Todd didn't deserve that no matter what anybody thought, no child deserves that. Kurt looked down at Todd who had his head resting on his folded legs and playing with one of his hands while the other ran through his hair. He had learned so much about Todd the last few days, stuff he never knew. It surprised him that he hadn't known Todd as well as he had thought.
"I ran away," Todd said suddenly tracing his hand with one of his his fingers.
"Vhat?" Kurt asked looking back down at him to find Todd looking up at him.
"I ran away from home twice when I was little just to escape him. The first time was when I was seven. He punched me and knocked me down, then he went to bed, when he was gone I ran out the door, didn't even grab anything just left. I kept running until I couldn't run anymore and collasped in an alley. I was so happy to be away from him, but it didn't last long. He found me two days later and forced me into his car and took me back. When we got back in my mom hugged me and said they had been worried sick. She told me never to do it again and then she left, when she was gone he beat me worse then he ever had before" Todd told him.
"Is zhat vhy you ran avay again?" Kurt asked.
"No, he told me if I ran away again he'd kill me because he wasn't going to go looking all over the city to find a little brat like me. I was scared so I stayed for five more years. Tried to avoid him so he wouldn't hit me, when that didn't work I tried to hide, that didn't work either so I just took the beatings. I tried to ignore that my mom cared more about getting high then me, but that wasn't easy to do. She never had a drug problem before she married him and I remembered what she had been like before. The way she held me until I fell asleep at night, the Johns were always gone at night. None were allowed in the house once it got dark, that was my time with my mom without interruption. She had cared for me then, she said I was her little prince, guess I lost my crown" Todd tried to laugh but it sounded forced, bitter and sad.
"No, you didn't" Kurt replied kissing Todd's cheek softly. "You're still a prince to me" Kurt whispered in his ear and Todd snorted. "You are, you're the Toad Prince" Kurt told him before tilting his chin up and kissing him.
"Toad prince?" Todd asked once he pulled away.
"Ja, you know like zhe prince who vas turned into a frog and only a kiss from a beautiful princess vill turn him back to zhe handsome prince he is" Kurt explained. Todd's lips began to quiver as he tried to stop himself from laughing. Two seconds later he failed horribly and he fell onto the bed on his side in laughter.
"Vhat? Vhat's so funny?" Kurt asked confused, which caused Todd to laugh harder.
"Beautiful princess," he managed to gasp out between laughs and Kurt's head tilted to the left his tail swishing on the bed in confusion. "You…" Todd said before beginning to laugh again. "Just implied that you're a beautiful princess" he added tears falling down his cheeks.
"I did?" Kurt asked and Todd clutched his stomach as he began to laugh harder the force of it shaking his entire body. "I did" Kurt stated a few seconds later after realizing what he had said and Todd began coughing in between laughs.
"Shut up" Kurt said smacking Todd's shoulder when he didn't stop laughing.
"I'm sorry, but you just said you were a beautiful princess" Todd replied trying to calm his laughing fit. After a few seconds he finally stopped laughing and wiped at his eyes and cheeks to remove all the tears there.
"I vas trying to make you feel better, I didn't mean to make it sound like zhat" Kurt said glad that his fur hid his blush of embarrassment.
"It did make me laugh so I guess you succeeded" Todd told him and Kurt hit his shoulder again playfully.
"Yes, well glad I'm so amusing" Kurt said.
"Oh don't be like that" Todd retorted moving closer to Kurt on the bed and laying his head on Kurt's shoulder.
"I love you" Kurt told him.
"I love you too" Todd replied kissing Kurt's fuzzy cheek.