Memories 4: boo boo
"Daddy can I have a band-aide?" Ben asked Kurt who was sketching in his workroom. Kurt turned to his youngest son and saw the scrape on the boy's knee.
"Ooh Ben what happened?" He asked with a concerned voice.
"I fell in the back yard and scraped my knee against the rock by the garden." Ben answered.
"Lets go get that cleaned up." And with that Kurt led Ben into the bathroom. The 12-year-old boy sat on the toilet. Kurt grabbed a cotton ball rubbing alcohol and a washcloth with warm water. He wiped the wound gently making sure not to irritate it and when it was safe Kurt dabbed some of the alcohol on the cotton ball.
"Daddy do you need to put that stuff on?" Ben asked with an uncomfortable tone.
"I know how it stings Ben but it will only hurt for a second." This made Kurt's mind wander for he had remembered other times the kids had "boo boo's"
Blaine was washing some dishes from lunch when he heard 4-year-old Freddy crying in the back yard. He immediately looked out the window to see that the middle child had fallen in the wooden sand box. He went outside immediately and scooped the tiny boy up in his arms.
"Its ok bud shh daddies got you." He cooed.
"Ow" the child cried out. Blaine examined the toddler and found a small splinter wedged in his leg.
"Ooh looks like you got a little boo boo lets go get that taken car of ok?" He gave Freddy a kiss on the forehead, which commend the boy down. They went to the bathroom and Blaine sat Freddy on the toilet. He rummaged through the medicine cabinet and found the tweezers. As he bent down to get the splinter Freddy immediately cried out
"No daddy no!"
" Freddy it's only going to hurt for a few seconds sweetheart." Blaine gave his son his signature-assuring smile. This calmed the little boy down. Blaine took the tweezers and gingerly pulled the tip of the splinter. It was slow but when Blaine took a slightly stronger pull, Freddy cried out.
"Freddy sorr-" But before Blaine could let out the rest of his apology his son ran out of the room. Blaine went after him. Kurt had just come home and Freddy threw himself into his arms crying.
"Oh my God Freddy honey what's wrong?" He gently bounced the toddle up and down.
"He got a splinter and I tugged it to hard trying to get it out." Blaine explained feeling bad that he had hurt his little boy.
Kurt scratched Freddy's head softly.
"Freddy look at me for a sec" His son complied.
"You know daddy Blaine would never hurt you rite?" Freddy sniffled and replied
"Yes" The boy turned to look at Blaine who jutted out his lower lip and said in a cartoonish voice
"I'm sowwy". The toddler laughed at this. Kurt gave Freddy to Blaine.
"I love my big boy so much" he replied as he gave his son a second kiss on the forehead. Suddenly Freddy yelped out
"Owe"
"Yes, got it." Blaine had successfully pulled out the splinter.
"See it only took a second. Freddy was relieved.
"Can I go back and play?" he asked.
"I don't see why not" Blaine put the boy down and he ran outside.
"Owe" Kurt broke away from the daydream when he realized he had applied the alcohol on Bens injured knee. Kurt then put the band-ade on the scrape.
"Looks like your good to go." Kurt ruffled Ben's hair
"Thanks daddy." And with that Ben ran off. Kurt went back to sketch some more but not before he saw Ursula in the Kitchen examining her finger.
"Everything ok Ursie?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah dad just pricked my finger with a knife by accident." As she said this another triggered memory took over her fathers mind.
Kurt had warned seven-year-old Ursula to not go near the pins on his worktable several times but one day she succeeded.
"Owe " Kurt heard from the other room.
"Ursie honey you ok?" Kurt's called. Ursula came in the living room holding her left pointer finger. Kurt knew just what happened as he examined the wound.
"Ursula didn't I tell you repeatedly not to touch those pins on my desk?" Kurt asked sternly.
Ursula shook her head up and down with tears in her eyes. It hurt her more that her daddy was mad at her more then her finger. Kurt couldn't stay mad. Some kids had to learn the hard way unfortunately. He kissed the wound, which was barely bleeding. Kurt then took his thumb and wiped the tears from his daughter's eyes. He then sat her on his lap and said
"Ursie when I tell you not to do something its because I don't want something like this to happen. Playing with pins is not ok. Do you understand?"
"Yes, sorry daddy" she apologized meekly.
"Ok good. But the next time I tell you no and you do it anyway no TV for a couple of days." Even though Kurt knew Ursula was smart enough to listen he still needed to let the boundary be none.
"Ok" She kissed Kurt on the cheek and walked off.
Kurt broke away from his second daydream when Blaine came into the room holding his finger.
"What's wrong Blaine?" Kurt asked.
"Paper cut" his husband answered.
"Ill go get the rubbing alcohol" Kurt went to the Bathroom.
"I hate that stuff," Blaine complained. Kurt chuckled wondering if another memory would pop up.