Chapter 25:

Kurt waited until the beginning of the following week to go back to school. It was really hard to get used again to living with his family and not being free of doing whatever he wanted. And Lima was a very small town there was nothing exciting to do. He could spend time with Mercedes, but even the one he had considered as his best friend seemed less close to him than the people he had been living with for two months.

So, on Monday, he took his SUV and drove to school. No one knew he was staying, not that he wanted to surprise them, he didn't give a damn about how happy they were going to be. He just hadn't bothered telling them. On Saturday morning he had gone to the Puckerman's house to find a devastated woman. He had explained her that Puck had left again, that it was the best for him and that he would come back for the trial. When she had asked Kurt why he was still here, the boy explained everything and told her how bad he felt for leaving him alone even though he knew that he was going to be okay.

Everyone shot him weird glances during the whole day, as if he were a ghost or something like that. He ignored them with his chin high as he had always done. It was something he had stopped doing in San Francisco, he did not need to show how confident he was since no one judged him. When it was glee club time, everyone hugged him as he entered the room, they looked all happy to have him back and they all sang together. Kurt felt a pinch in his heart when no one asked him about Puck for the first half of the hour. Yet they all looked sad when he told them the mohawk boy's decision. They tried several times to extort him the place where they had been staying but he never gave them anything not even a hint.

Surprisingly, he was not bullied the whole day, he took that on the fact that none of the jocks had noticed him, even though Karofsky had given a weird look when he had walked by him. Mercedes had stuck around him all day long and Kurt had tried not to show her how distant he felt from everything.

When he was walking back to his SUV after last class he found Karofsky waiting leaning against the dumpsters. Kurt tried to ignore him, walking past him.

"So you didn't leave with your little friend Puckerman ?" The jock asked following him. Kurt turned on his heels to face him.

"It looks pretty obvious but not that you could conclude it by yourself since your brains work too slowly for that." Kurt answered sharply before resuming his walk.

"Why didn't you leave with him ?" Karofsky asked.

"Why don't you just mind you own damn business Karofsky ?"

"So this is true ! He broke your little gay heart ! That's what everyone said but I didn't believe you had such poor tastes for men !" Karofsky said. Kurt understood now why was everyone giving him weird looks.

"Noah never broke my heart if you want to know and I didn't leave for personal reasons. Now leave me alone." Kurt answered before entering his car.

As he left, Kurt saw Karofsky smirking at him in a very creepy way. What the hell was that about ? Since when was Karofsky interested in Kurt's personal life ? It's not as if had intended to hurt him, it was to grab news and that was even creepier.

After one week of school, the back to normal life was killing Kurt. He called Puck every night and they talked a lot but Kurt felt something different in Puck's voice and he knew that Puck was still feeling betrayed even if he didn't want to let Kurt know about it.

On Wednesday Puck had told him that he had sent a letter to Kurt since there were things he wanted to tell him but since he was a stud, he could not tell them out loud. Kurt smiled at that statement and looked forward for the letter. It was true that they never talked about feeling on the phone, the only time they had talked about it was at the hospital.

So on Saturday Kurt jumped on the mailbox to see if Puck's letter had arrived. He found it there and ran to his basement to read it. He hadn't felt that excited since Puck had kissed him for the first time.

Kurt,

I'm back where we used to live. The others are not back from holidays so I'm on my own.

Nothing's changed here, there's even some flour on the kitchen floor from when we made pancakes. I'm getting bored here but nothing's worse than Lima. In fact, things have changed, you're not here and I have to sleep on my own. You'd hate to see the bags under my eyes since I can't manage to sleep more than four hours a night.

Keith-the-jerk tried to come back on Tuesday to "apologize", I punched in the face and told him that you were with me now and that he could go fuck himself. He didn't look so happy but left.

Who's got the best boyfriend ever ?

I hope you're dad's doing better so you can join me here.

miss you.

Noah.

Kurt had a big smile on his face when he finished reading Puck's letter. It was so Puck-like to punch Keith. And Puck said they were still boyfriends so he wasn't that upset. This letter was a little light to enlighten Kurt's dark days. He quickly took a pencil and a paper to answer Puck.

Noah,

I'm really glad to see that you're back safe and sound. I miss you so much it seems as though I hadn't seen you for one year. I'm back to school and things have never been so flat. I'm not having fun anymore in glee club and in other classes. The only good thing is that everyone's stopped bullying me for some reason. Karofsky asked me a lot of questions but never hurt me which is kind of creepy. I'm really glad you punched Keith, even if I hate when you're violent, he's been a real jerk. I'm forcing my dad to eat healthy food and take his medication, I think he'll go better in a week or two hopefully.

I miss you a lot, I'm becoming crazy alone in my room.

Kurt.

And that was true. Kurt didn't give a damn anymore about school, or glee club or anything.

As day passed, the only thing he was worried about was his father's health and it wasn't just for his father's really felt selfish about it. All he wanted was his father to be healthy again so that he could go back in San Francisco and resume his life where he had left it. He spent his entire days daydreaming about how his life would be if he was there with Puck as his boyfriend. The last few days they had spent in San Francisco were already perfect, and being able to kiss Puck and doing stuff with him would be heaven. When he was with Keith, Kurt already thought he had everything he needed, but thinking back then, there had always been something off, something missing in their relationship. And even if Kurt had barely been with Puck as boyfriends, he could now pinpoint what it was that was missing. Trust. Of course, Kurt had always thought he trusted Keith, but now he knew what real trust was. He'd tell anything to Puck and Puck had already proven he'd tell him anything, even before being boyfriends.

Kurt's phone buzzed, interrupting his trail of thoughts. He grabbed his mobile from his nightstand and saw it was a text from an unknown number.

Meet me at the bleachers tomorrow at ten.

Kurt read the text again, trying to figure out who would want to meet him, but there was no hint to help him.