A/N Greetings readers, I'm not gonna bore you with excuses of why it's taken me so long to update, so let's just say I've been extremely busy. Anyway, about this chapter, I don't know why but I found it REALLY hard to write, at least, the start of it was, once I got over that part, everything was fine, but in particular, the first section was really hard to write(I find Blaine's POV much easier to write than Kurt's, so I guess that didn't help). I've had the first couple of lines written for the past six months and I just found it really hard to write the rest of that particular section. Anyway, as always, thank you so much to the two guests who reviewed, reading kind reviews like yours never fails to bring a smile to my face :)

Disclaimer: I'm flattered that you even thought I own glee and it's characters, but I don't :(

Putting off the inevitable

"Kurt? Are you okay?" Blaine questioned as he got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen.

Kurt vaguely registered Blaine's voice, but couldn't quite focus on what he was saying.

"Are you okay?!" Blaine said, louder this time.

Kurt found his mouth and vocal chords seemed to be working of their own accord. "I just dropped…glass, I just dropped a glass…, don't worry about it," Kurt said in a dazed sort of manner, avoiding eye contact with Blaine. Blaine frowned, but then nodded, and headed back to the couch. No, it's not true, it can't be true, I just jumped to conclusions which are obviously wrong, he would've…he would've told me, I know we were broken up, but even so, he would've told me, it must be something else, yeah, it must be something else, yeah, yeah…oh god.

Kurt felt himself slowly slide down to the floor, not paying attention as to whether he sat on bits of glass or not. He just sat there for a few moments, staring straight ahead. …well, probably best to be absolutely certain. Kurt slowly lifted himself off the floor and went to sit beside Blaine on the couch.

As Blaine nodded and headed back to the couch, he frowned. What's happened with Kurt? He hasn't found out has he?! Oh god, what if he has? Oh god, oh no- calm down. Take a deep breath and calm down. In, out, in out. As Blaine steadied his breathing, he noticed that it was quiet, too quiet; what if something's wrong with Kurt? Should I go and check on him? No, I should stop bothering him, he's probably fine. Blaine started examining the couch which he was sitting on, softish, although not as soft as the one in the library. And red, very red, like blood. Speaking of blood, maybe I should-? I know it's not a good thing to do, but it'll help; if it helps prevent me from doing something much worse, then it's okay, right? Just then, Kurt came over and sat next to him on the couch, pulling Blaine from his somewhat disturbing thoughts.. For a few moments, the two of them just sat there, both oblivious to what was going on the other's head.

What if he does know? And he's just trying to find the right moment to break it to me that he doesn't want me anymore? Wait, why isn't he saying anything?

Just say it, come on, just say it. But how am I supposed to ask? "So Blaine, I've guessed that you've been raped but I'm not sure, so were you?" Yeah…maybe not. Grr, why can't I just say it?

"Er, Blaine?"

"Yeah? Is everything okay?" Blaine asked when he glanced at Kurt's troubled face, and then mentally smacked himself. Kurt's not an idiot, he's most definitely noticed that things are anything but okay.

"erm, well, um…, how, how do you know what happened ?" Kurt asked. Not quite what I was meaning to say, but okay. I guess it can't do any harm to check.

Blaine took a deep breath. "I heard…a conversation," he said. I didn't even lie.

"Are you sure, though?" Kurt asked, clinging to the thin thread of hope that Blaine just jumped to conclusions which were wrong. Who would just jump to those sorts of conclusions? Kurt suddenly asked himself, but it was too late to take the words back anyway.

"Yes Kurt, I'm sure," Blaine said sadly through gritted teeth. He didn't really want to mention the fact that he, and Kurt as a matter of fact, had also watched a news report stating that Elli had been arrested and charged with various accounts of the 'r word'.

Kurt sighed. …Alright…now what?

After several minutes of nothing but silence and watching Kurt fidgeting, Blaine took a deep breath. "Kurt, just spit it out," he finally said.

"Alright, well, were you, um, I mean, you were(oh my god, why can't I just talk properly?). Were you raped, Blaine?" Kurt finally managed to stutter out.

Everything in Blaine's world just seemed to stop. Not slow down, not even pause momentarily, just plain stop. He could almost imagine the cars outside just stopping in their tracks. Even his thoughts seemed to have slowed down, he knows…he knows…what, he…how does he know? Did, did I say something wrong? Gave it away?

"Blaine?" Kurt said gently. I'm sorry I asked you that, but I had to know, for sure.

I'm sorry; Kurt, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Just hold it together, it's okay, just hold it together, hold it together. By this time, Blaine had started rocking backwards and forwards. Oh dear, Kurt thought, knowing that Blaine tended to start rocking back and forth when he was trying really hard to hold back tears. Thankfully, this was only the third time he had seen Blaine like this. What am I supposed to say? How am I supposed to make it okay? "It's, it's okay, Blaine" Kurt said, trying to come up with something that would actually be comforting. "Well, it's not, but it's going to be. You'll see." Kurt knew that what he was saying sounded a bit like a parent trying to make their child feel better when they scraped their knees, but at this point he was desperate.

Blaine tried to listen to what Kurt was saying, but he just couldn't seem to focus, as if his thoughts were just too loud for him to be able to hear anything else. He caught something about something going somewhere. Is Kurt going somewhere, oh great, I knew it. Just take a deep breath, in, out. Perhaps it's a good thing, this way I won't have to tell Kurt right? Wait, Kurt's saying something.

"-always here for you. I-I know that we were broken up, but you could've come to me, I would've listened and I would've tried to help," Kurt said, pushing down his own feeling of doubt at that statement. Blaine was confused for a moment before he realised what must've happened. Or not, he thought, finishing his earlier train of thought. Oh great, Kurt's assumed that 'it' happened AFTER we broke up. Today is really not my day. Oh dear, I should correct him…right? Though then again, maybe not. Just let him think that, and I can tell him when he's ready (when you're ready, a voice in the back of his head corrected). Blaine found himself nodding. I'll tell him later, I'll tell him later.

A/N So, that's that. I've been planning that for a while, and FINALLY I wrote it :) Anyway, I don't see the point in making promises about when I'm going to update next as we all know I'm terrible at keeping those promises, so I'll stick with I'll update ASAP. If you liked this chapter and want to leave a review, please do! (they always make me smile) Until next time, happy reading :)