AN: I actually wrote a few chapters today. Pretty proud of myself.

Chapter 36

Kurt woke up to his alarm the following morning, groaning at having to get up with how tired he was. He got up quickly though, not wanting to disrupt Blaine's rest. Going into the bathroom, he got ready for the day.

He quietly got dressed and headed downstairs, leaving Blaine lying on his bed, still snoring away. He went downstairs to find the rest of the family down there in various states of wakefulness.

"Hey kid. You ready for school?" Burt asked, handing Kurt a cup of coffee.

Kurt looked disappointed. "Can't I go with Blaine to the hospital?"

Burt shook his head. "No missing school. Carole will take him and they will be just fine."

Kurt sighed. "Okay. But tell him to call me at lunch okay?"

"Of course dear. I'll let him know." Carole said, patting him on the shoulder before heading upstairs.

Kurt sighed and grabbed a banana, eating it quickly before heading upstairs to grab his bag. He gently pressed a kiss to Blaine's head, not wanting to wake him.

He went out to his car and slid into the driver's seat, sadly turning on the car. He missed Blaine and their normal morning routine. He drove to school and got out of the car alone, trudging up to the school in the cold.

He went to his locker and saw that Mercedes and Tina were standing by it. "Hey boo. How's Blaine?" Mercedes asked as Kurt walked up.

"We don't know yet. Something was in the slushie and it did some kind of damage to his eye. He has an appointment this morning." Kurt explained, opening his locker and rummaging through it.

"I'm sure it'll be fine. And Schue has already been told what happened and he said he was going to contact Dalton. Sebastian won't get away with this." Tina said reassuringly.

Kurt smiled sadly and shut his locker. "I'm more disappointed that the Warblers were involved than Sebastian. I wouldn't expect this kind of thing from them."

He turned and walked to his first class, the morning passing by slowly. During a passing period, he sent Blaine a text reminding him to call at lunch and that he loved him. He waited eagerly for lunch to come so that he could talk to Blaine.

When the bell rang, he went quickly to the secluded classroom that he and Blaine had used in the past and pulled out his phone. After a few minutes of waiting, the phone finally rang.

"Blaine, are you okay?" Kurt asked.

Blaine chuckled down the line. "Calm down. I will be. I've missed you."

"I've missed you too. So…what did the doctor say?" Kurt asked, biting at his nail.

Blaine sighed. "My right cornea is deeply scratched and I'm going to need eye surgery next week. And while I recover, I can't go to school."

"Surgery? That's pretty intense honey. And you can't go to school? Why not?" Kurt asked, worried by the minimum details.

"Yeah. Surgery. I'm trying not to think about it right now. And with the damage done to my eye, it has to be kept covered until I get surgery and the doctor doesn't want me to strain my other eye while I'm recovering." Blaine explained.

"I guess that makes sense. I'll miss seeing you at school though." Kurt said.

"I'll miss it too. This won't exactly be a vacation for me. I'm not allowed to read and only a half an hour of television every two hours. I guess eye strain could be really bad for my left eye since it got hit by the slushie too." Blaine said, sounding like he was already dreading the next couple weeks.

"Honey, that sounds terrible. Guess you'll be getting lots of sleep." Kurt said, trying to find a bright side.

"That's true. And I'll get to work on my guitar for a while. As long as I'm not trying to read music, I can play the guitar." Blaine said, sounding a little excited.

Kurt smiled for the first time since Blaine had explained the diagnosis. "That's great. You haven't had much time for that lately."

"It has been a busy few weeks. I'd still prefer to be in school but I'll take the wins where I can." Blaine said.

"Yeah, definitely." Kurt said, trying to project cheerfulness into his voice.

"Anyways, my mom came back today and I'm back at home. She can stay with me for a couple days but she's been scheduled to speak at a conference for the last two months so I told her she could go." Blaine said.

Kurt frowned. "Oh. So you're going to be at home? Well, it's nice that your mom will be there to take care of you for a while."

"Yeah. And you can come over. I expect you to come over and entertain me." Blaine said, teasing Kurt.

"Of course." He wanted to say more but the bell rang. "Shoot. I have to get to glee. I…I'll come by after glee club if that's okay?"

"Sure. Just, I got prescribed a pain killer so ignore me if I'm a bit out of it okay?" Blaine said.

Kurt laughed. "No worries. I saw you last night. I can't wait to see what you'll be like when you aren't tired on pain killers."

"Well, I suppose we will both find out tonight. I'll let you go. I didn't mean to take up your whole lunch period. Did you eat?" Blaine asked.

"Well…no. I didn't want to miss your call." Kurt said, rubbing his neck.

"Eat something soon babe. No missing meals, remember?" Blaine said, tone scolding.

"Yes, sir. I really have to go. I'll see you tonight." Kurt said, turning pink.

"Love you." Blaine said.

"Love you too." Kurt said before clicking off the phone. He headed to the glee room and encountered Mike and Tina on his way. "Oh hey."

"Hey, we missed you at lunch." Tina said.

"Were you talking to Blaine?" Mike asked.

Kurt nodded. "Yeah. He gave me an update after his doctor appointment earlier."

"You'll have to tell us in glee. But first…" Tina trailed off, opening her purse. She pulled out a power bar and holding it out to Kurt.

Kurt laughed and took it. "How did you know?" He asked, opening it.

"Blaine texted me in the middle of lunch and asked me to grab something for you." Mike explained.

Kurt shook his head. "How did he know I hadn't eaten?"

"Guess he knows you pretty well. Now eat up and let's head to glee." Tina said, hooking arms with Kurt. Kurt smiled and began eating as the couple walked down the hall to glee with him. He'd have to remember to text a thank you to Blaine.

AN: Lots of talking for the next few chapters. Sadly, sex is hard for the two at the moment.