Kurt was swinging on the swings at recess with Blaine when, "Blaine come play with us, we're cooler than that baby you're with."

Kurt has always disliked Zack, ever since kindergarten when he pulled Kurt's hair and said he was stupid. Now he's in second grade and he still doesn't like him because he makes fun of him all the time and he tries to take Blaine away from him. But Blaine is his, and no one else can have him.

"I'm not a baby!"

"Yeah you are! You cry all the time and play with dolls, you're such a baby."

Kurt was close to tears, which is only going to prove his point, so he looks to Blaine, who's biting his lip between his teeth, "Don't talk to Kurt like that."

"Whatever fags."

"B what does that mean?" Kurt feels like it's a bad word but he doesn't know, maybe Momma will know.

"I don't know Kurtie but let's go play on the climbing frame, come on!" Blaine grabs his hand and pulls him towards where some kids are hanging upside down on the metal bars, Zack's words forgotten.


"Should we ask?" Kurt whispers not so quietly at the dinner table that night.

"You ask." Blaine says back shyly.

"Boys have you got something to say?" Lizzie knows something is up, because ever since they've been home from school they've been oddly quiet. She hopes it's not something too serious, and just playground nonsense.

Both boys look at her and Burt fearfully before Kurt pipes up, "Zack said a word today and I don't know what it means or whether it's bad or not…" Kurt keeps his eyes downcast towards his plate, not daring to look at his mother at this moment.

"Well honey you can tell us what it is and we'll tell what it means, okay? You won't get in trouble if it's bad." She keeps her tone light, fearing the worst.

"He called me and Blaine fags."

Silence.

"Momma is it bad?"

Oh god. Lizzie looks to Burt who looks just as lost and heart broken, not really sure how to continue, "Baby…i-it's…"

Burt sighs, "Kurt it's not a good word. In fact it's a really bad word, and I don't want you to ever use it okay? And when someone says it to you I want you to tell an adult, your teacher or us or Blaine's Mom and Dad. Understand?"

"Yes Daddy." Kurt says quietly, his eyes a little misty with unshed tears. Blaine looks quite heartbroken too but he doesn't let that effect his ability to comfort Kurt, so he wraps an arm around his waist and kisses his round cheek. It doesn't make Kurt smile like it usually does but he leans a little bit closer to him anyway.

And that was just the beginning.

Kurt and Blaine hear that word being thrown around a few times, and they even told their teacher but she didn't seem to care too much. Something about bringing upon themselves, so they decide to just keep it between them and deal with together. It hurt the first few times but after a while it gets old and soon they learn to ignore it. It wasn't easy but with the other to rely on it made their heart ache a little less.

It became slightly more complicated when all the girls and boys were starting to pair up together. With Valentines looming in a few days all the kids seem to have girlfriends or boyfriends, all of them holding hands around the playground.

"K-Kurt will you be…my boyfriend?" His hands are clasped behind his back, his sneaker digging slightly into the ground, as he looks up from lashes. He's nervous Kurt will say no.

"Of course Blaine!" Kurt's arms are around his neck in seconds, his smile brightly shining. He kisses his cheek, with more feeling this time of course, and giggles as Blaine's face blushes pink, but his smile is just as big.

After school that day the boys go back to their respective homes, separately for once, but that doesn't dampen their moods. Soon Blaine is jumping into his mother's lap as they sit in the living room and starts babbling on about his day, "And, and, and Mommy I asked Kurt to be my boyfriend today and he said yes! Can you believe that Mommy? Can you?"

"Oh honey, that's great. I'm so happy for you." She cuddles him to her chest, sad that she can't be fully excited for him because she knows this will lead to more nasty words and bullying. They're aware that sometimes the boys keep what happens at school to themselves sometimes, but she's hopeful that with their spirits not being so dampened that it's not so bad.

Over at the Hummel's household Kurt is nervously hovering around his father, while his mother is in the kitchen making dinner. He's biting his lip and fiddling with his hands, a trait he picked up from his father, and keeps opening his mouth then closing it as if he had something to say.

Burt sits patiently, pretending to watch the TV from his armchair, but is really looking out the corner of his eye at his son, who obviously had something important to tell him. Soon enough Kurt plucks up the courage, "Daddy I have a boyfriend."

Well that was unexpected.

He picks up Kurt and brings him to sit on his knee, "Hey Lizzie, kurt says he has a boyfriend." He hollers across the house.

"Daddy!"

"Who'd your boyfriend sweetie?" She pinches his round pink cheek when she enters the room. Holding back a chuckle at how quickly he can get embarrassed.

"You'll never guess who it is…"

"Oh? Is it someone we know?" She puts on a fake look of confusion, as if she doesn't really know who her son's boyfriend is.

"Uh huh. He's really sweet, and funny, and kind, and handsome…" His red cheeks back in full swing.

"Well come on Kurt you have to tell us now." Burt chimes in, hiding his secret smile.

"Ehmmm…its Blaine."

"Really? I had no idea." Now they do laugh, but quietly so as not to hurt his feelings, and she just kisses his forehead sweetly before going back to the kitchen to finish dinner.

"I'm happy for you Kurt."

"Thank you Daddy." Kurt kisses his cheek before he wiggles his body back down to the floor, where he proceeds to play on the carpet with his power rangers. The theme of tonight's play is weddings.


"Alright class, now that you've made your Valentines Days cards, I want you to deliver them to your sweetheart." Mrs Bailey watches her class run around excitedly, their cheeks blushing as they hand out the small pink cards. Most of the boys are dropping their cards off at Molly's station, who's preening at the attention. But she watches as Blaine goes over to Kurt and gives him his big pink card with a red heart on the front, and he kisses his blushing cheek.

"This is for you Kurtie."

"Mine's is for you too B, Happy Valentine's Day." He hugs him around his neck before letting go.

"You can't give your card to another boy! You can only have a girl valentine if you're a boy." Zack looks on, almost horrified, and now the whole class is staring at them. Kurt cowers behind Blaine a little, not keen to have all those eyes looking at him, but his hand is tightly gripping Blaine's.

"My Daddy said they're fags." Unsure of who said that Kurt's eyes well up with tears and he runs away, as far as his little legs will carry him, out the classroom and outside. He hears Blaine following him, his footsteps echo his own, until he makes it to the swings.

There are fresh tears tracking down his face, his eyes screwed shut. Soon he feels Blaine's hands tangle with his, "Kurt look at me please," He opens his eyes to find Blaine kneeling on the ground before him, his shorts getting dirty from the ground, but his eyes are glassy too and his shy smile is faltering, "Just ignore them, we always do that."

"It just really hurts my heart B."

"I know," Tears make their way down Blaine's face now and Kurt clumsily wipes them away with his sleeve, "Maybe…maybe we can be like…secret boyfriends. No one knows but us and then they can't make fun of us."

Kurt smiles, if only slightly, and agrees. He doesn't want to hide it but he knows this is better than having to face the mean words and nasty looks.

They return to the classroom, their teacher lets it slip just this one time, their hands for once are not clasped together. The clock strikes 3pm and it's time for their parents to pick them up and they make their way slowly to them, their heads down.

"Kurt are you okay?" Lizzie asks, worried about what got her son so down.

"Yes Momma."

"Are you sure, baby?" She cradles his cheek in her hand, she can feel how damp it is, like he'd been crying.

He simply just nods and buries his face into her neck. She looks over to Blaine who's doing the same to his mother, his face just as sad. Pam looks over to her, feeling helpless, but they know that they'll get to the bottom of it.

Later on, when Lizzie is giving Kurt his night time bath, she washes his soft hair. She knows soon enough Kurt will be too big for this, and he'll need to wash himself, but it's one of her favourite times of day. It's also a great time for Kurt to open up to her with what is ever weighing on his mind.

"So baby, how was school today?"

She watches as he tenses slightly before continuing to play with his bath toys, "It was fine."

"Really? Are you sure? You seemed sad when I picked you up?"

"Today was fine Momma."

Hmmm.

"Well today is Valentine's Day did you give Blaine you're card?"

"Blaine's not my boyfriend."

What? "What?"

Kurt stay silent for the rest of the night, only saying goodnight at bed time.

And nothing else was said about it.


A/N: Next chapter will be looking at the boys a little older. Please review and let me know what you think.