Kurt Hummel had a problem. He wasn't sure what to do, or even if he should tell anyone. His dad probably wouldn't know what to do, and his teacher wasn't any help. She was oblivious. Mercedes had helped him some, but she couldn't be there on the bus or in class.
Kurt didn't know David's last name. Well, he did, but it was weird and he couldn't pronounce it. He was a lot bigger than Kurt, and was mean to him. He made rude comments about Kurt's clothes, but those didn't bother him. Kurt knew he was just jealous that his daddy didn't buy him designer outfits. The part that got to Kurt was when he would stick his leg out to try to trip him, or push him down the slide at recess. Mercedes had defended him when he got pushed off of the monkey bars, but no one else seemed to notice, and that was the worst.
"Lay off my boy Kurt," Mercedes said to him, getting in his face even though he was taller than her, too. "He didn't do nothing to you." David pushed Kurt on the shoulder, and he stepped back but didn't fall. David made a face at him and ran off. "It's okay," Mercedes told him. "He's stupid. Let's go swing."
Kurt followed her over to the swing set and they took turns pushing each other. Kurt was glad Mercedes had done something about David, but he knew it wouldn't stop anytime soon.
When he got off the bus at his dad's garage after school, Kurt found him in his office.
"Hey, kiddo," he greeted. "Have a good day at school?"
"Mm hmm," he hummed. His dad wouldn't understand if he tried to tell him what had happened on the playground. His mom would know what to do. She would hug him and tell him how to get David to leave him alone. But she wasn't there. Kurt told himself he could handle it. It wasn't easy without his mom around, but he had no other option.
Author's Notes:
Another short chapter, but I didn't think it needed any more than that. I figured this would be the age where Kurt started to hide his problems from his dad. He became distant and they would pretty much only have small talk, and he had no clue Kurt was being bullied until his junior year. At first Kurt had no clue how to stand up for himself, but then he learned he could fight back with the comments he made, and that would throw the bullies off because they didn't understand the big words he was using.