Kurt POV:

Kurt's ears twitched as he heard the door open. He quickly scrambled to the door listening and smelling to figure out who walked in. He hoped Blaine was finally home. Blaine was nice and calm and he liked Blaine. Blaine was the one who found him dying on the cold streets in winter, he was the one who gave Kurt a home and took care of him to make sure he was okay. Not a lot of people accepted Kurt, he was an experiment gone wrong but Blaine was nice to Kurt and treated him like a friend, like a human, rather than a pet. Kurt didn't want to be a pet; pets like him were normally treated very badly.

Kurt heard someone else with Blaine. He was timid and shy but he liked most of Blaine's friends, even if he didn't let most of them get too close to him. Most of the time they were too loud and excited for Kurt and he would run and hide. He remembered the first time he met them. Blaine had brought them over all at once, which Kurt was not happy about, so he ran and hid under the bed when they all cornered him trying to get him to come to them. Britney was the one who finally had gotten Kurt to come out. He liked Britney she was sweet, calm, and she scratched him in all the right places, even if she did talk too much and ask too many questions. Kurt felt like he could warm up to Sam but he was quite uncertain about him. Finn and Rachel scared him the most, Finn towered over Kurt and Rachel was just too loud and jumpy for Kurt. Overall they were all very nice to Kurt and didn't push him past his comfort zone, but Blaine was still his favorite, Blaine would always be Kurt's favorite.

This time it was late at night, which was an odd time for a friend to coming over. Blaine never had someone over this late. As Kurt approached closer to the steps something smelled weird, the smell left his mind as he heard Blaine's voice. He immediately slunk down the steps wanting to see Blaine. He felt a little territorial when he saw the guy and Blaine hanging off each other. Kurt began to feel the fur on his neck and tail began to raise and puff up. "Blaine, you didn't tell me you had a pet!" the guy loudly explained when he saw Kurt. Kurt didn't like him. Kurt wasn't a 'pet'. His ears pushed down as his tail went down and curled tightly. They laughed as Blaine shushed him telling him to keep quiet and the guy kissed his cheek, which made Kurt mad, and told Blaine he was being just as loud.

"Yes, this is Kurt. Kurt say hi to Sebastian!" Blaine giggled. Kurt didn't want to say hi. The guy, Sebastian, approached Kurt a little took quickly laughing and saying hi to Kurt, reaching to pet him. Sometimes when Kurt didn't like people or was feeling extremely happy, nervous, scared, or even mad his animal instincts came out, it usually made Kurt upset and embarrassed but normally Blaine would bribe him with food or petting until he was happy again. This however, was one of those not good animal instincts as this Sebastian guy's hand came close Kurt let out a his and swiped his claws at Sebastian's hand leaving some scratches. He let out a yelp as Kurt began to slink further into the steps, staying guarded as he let out a hiss that was not as menacing as Kurt's. "Oh! Seb! I'm sorry I don't know what has gotten into him, he normally isn't like this towards people," Blaine said as he inspected the injured hand, "come on let's go get you cleaned up."

"And then we can do some not so clean stuff" Sebastian whispered to Blaine, who again giggled and hazily smiled at him. Sebastian then leaned down placing his lips firmly on Blaine's. Kurt felt a low growl come from the back of his throat. Blaine groaned as Sebastian moved his lips over to Blaine's ear and neck. Kurt stared daggers at them letting them know he was not happy. Blaine was his. Sebastian stopped for a second looking over at Kurt who was still staring at him. "Blaine" "hmmmm?" "Your pet is staring at me" Blaine finally looked over at Kurt, who again let out a small hiss showing off his teeth. Kurt was not a 'pet'.

"Lets go up into my room, it will be more comfortable there." Blaine stumbled up the stairs leading this guy, into Blaine's room. Kurt was not okay with this. He tried to follow Blaine into his room, Kurt normally slept there with Blaine, but Blaine nudged him to the outside of the door with a quick "No Kurt," before shutting the door on him.

As Kurt stared at the closed door the word echoed in his head. 'Pet', was he wrong? Did Blaine really think he was a pet? Why didn't he correct that guy? Would Blaine get rid of him for being bad? Kurt was not a pet he didn't belong to anyone! He sighed and walked into the bathroom looking at himself in the mirror studying his ears, his tail, his cat features and began to wonder if maybe that was all Kurt was ever going to be to anyone, just a pet. It was hard, Kurt didn't like his animal instincts or qualities; he just wanted to be normal. He was too much like a cat to be a human, and too much like a human to be a cat. Tears began to form as his human emotions took over.

Kurt didn't sleep well that night, which was odd because he could usually sleep every couple hours. He was restless and tried many different sleeping spots before finding a spot on the floor the rising sun was beginning to hit. Half of his uneasiness was because he was cold and didn't have Blaine to cuddle with; the other half was because his mind was racing with thoughts. He woke up when he heard the coffee pot start in the kitchen. He blinked a few times before stretching out. He felt the warmth and decided to try to sleep more. He didn't hear anyone approaching or else he wouldn't have let his guard down. He felt the pain shoot through tail and he let out a loud wail which startled a hung-over half asleep Blaine causing him to drop a mug in the kitchen. As Kurt rushed up the steps to find a bed to hide under he heard Sebastian mutter "stupid pussy." As Kurt scrambled under the bed he decided he might never come out again. Tears pricked his eyes as he rubbed the sore spot on his tail.

The Next Morning - Blaine POV:

Blaine sighed as Kurt ran up the stairs, he thought Kurt was making progress with new people, but maybe he was wrong. He bent down and began to clean up the shattered mug as Sebastian walked in, "What happened?"

"I dunno your little pussy pet is weird, maybe you should return him," he answered with no concern.

"He's just not used to people yet, and I would never return him. I've heard what they do to those poor -" Blaine cut off scaring himself with the word he was about to say. Kurt wasn't an animal or a pet, why was he saying things like that.

"Well I am sure you have also heard how horrible those failed experiments can be as well. You saw it attacked me last night Blaine." Sebastian added waving his wrapped hand in front of his face.

"He normally isn't like that. You probably just scared him." Blaine answered unsurely; he was having trouble remembering details at the moment. Blaine had seen what happened but he had seen it through drunken eyes and Kurt never normally acted like that. He remembered Kurt hissing and scratching but he couldn't remember if Sebastian had approached a little too quickly and too loudly.

"Whatever, I need to get home before my mom gets up. Next time don't drink so much that you pass out before the clothes come off," he said giving Blaine's butt a quick pinch before heading out the door.

Blaine gave into his hangover deciding he should just go back to bed. He took a quick aspirin with two cups of water and headed up to his room. He knew Kurt was hiding under his bed because one of the boxes was slightly pushed out. He also knew Kurt would never hide in his parents room. "Kurt, baby, you gonna come out and cuddle with me?" he asked quiet and cautiously while getting down on his hands and knees to look under his bed for Kurt. He saw an ear twitch and shift down as the body curled in on himself. It broke his heart a little bit, once Kurt had been with Blaine for a while and he knew Blaine had not meant harm he always wanted to cuddle, he especially loved when Blaine would gently stroke the soft fur behind his ear, even tough he was still embarrassed by his purring. Maybe Kurt was still scared and just needed space.

As the day moved on Blaine's heart continued to break. Kurt refused to answer him or come out from under the bed. Blaine begged Kurt to come eat, to come cuddle, to just come out but nothing. Blaine ignored all the messages from Sebastian; he just didn't feel like dealing with him when he was worried about Kurt. After cleaning the dishes from dinner and having a conversation with his parents and Cooper on the phone asking how their California visit was going, he went to his room to go get some sleep wondering if he could finally persuade Kurt out from his hiding spot. He was surprised when he opened the door and found Kurt huddled in the blankets on his bed, holding his tail close to him. He heard a little sniffle and cautiously approached the bed making sure Kurt was aware he was there, "Kurt? You okay sweetie?" Kurt opened his wet eyes looking up at Blaine.

"I'm sorry for being bad, please don't take me back," Kurt cried shaking a bit at the thought. Blaine felt himself break and sat down next Kurt.

"No, never, I would never take you somewhere like that" Blaine honestly and firmly stated before adding, "and you weren't bad, you were just scared, weren't you?" Kurt nodded starting to cry more unable to explain that he didn't like Sebastian. "Oh, sweetheart, come here" Blaine shushed pulling Kurt into his lap to pet and comfort.

"Please don't" Kurt whispered when he felt Blaine begin to pet behind his ear. Kurt heard what being a pet means; he didn't want to be a pet. He wanted to be loved, but he wanted to be loved like a person, like a normal human person.

"Kurt? I thought you liked it when I pet you?" Blaine asked confused but doing what Kurt had requested. Kurt squirmed around a little but kept his head on Blaine's lap.

"I want to leave," he finally stated refusing to look Blaine in the eye. Blaine couldn't say anything for a minute, he was shocked and began to feel his eyes water.

"I thought you like it here? I thought you liked me?" Blaine finally answered trying not to cry. Kurt turned his head into Blaine's thigh beginning to sob again. Blaine desperately wanted to comfort him more, but Kurt didn't want to be touched at the moment.

"I don't want to be a pet!" Kurt finally cried out.

"A pet? Kurt, you are not my pet," Blaine stated firmly "You're my best friend." He finally placed a soft hand on Kurt's shoulder. Kurt sniffled a few times before turning and looking at Blaine with big eyes.

"I-I am?" He asked quietly with a wet voice.

"Of course you are. I thought you knew I didn't think of you that way, I don' think of you or see you the way those other people do Kurt." Kurt turned back over and nudged his way back over to Blaine's lap, still picking at his tail, Blaine reached to pet behind Kurt's ear but stopped himself. "Kurt? Is it okay that I pet you again or do you not like that anymore?"

"You can" Kurt said in a tiny voice. Blaine smiled and began to softly stroke Kurt's fur. He knew Kurt was still hurt though when he didn't start purring or pushing back against Blaine's hand.

"You look so tired, did you even sleep last night?" Blaine asked, normally Kurt could sleep all day if he wanted to.

Kurt shook his head before asking, "Why did you lock me out? I thought I was allowed to sleep in here." Blaine had told Kurt he was allowed to sleep in here if he wanted. Kurt was originally given his own place to sleep but he started having nightmares and would come find Blaine and spend the rest of the night in his bed, after that Kurt never went back to his own bed, not that Blaine minded.

"You are allowed to sleep in here if you want, but remember how we talked about privacy?" Kurt nodded not liking how this was going; "Sebastian and I just wanted privacy last night. I didn't mean to lock you out and I know you like to hide in here, but we wanted some alone time." Blaine felt bad; he should have asked Kurt to nicely leave them alone and explain things better rather than just locking him out with no explanation. He was never drinking that much again. He looked back down at Kurt who was still not letting go of his tail.

"Is your tail okay?" Kurt paused from massaging his still sore tail and looked at Blaine with wet eyes.

"He stepped on it," he mumbled while more tears formed. Blaine didn't realize that Sebastian had actually hurt Kurt, even if it was probably an accident; he just thought he might have startled Kurt from his sleep.

"I'm sorry. I'm sure he didn't mean it Kurt. He just didn't see you sleeping there." He knew that probably wouldn't make Kurt feel better. He watched Kurt nod and look away again. "You don't like him do you?"

"Blaine? You know how you told me how you were different because you like boys instead of girls, but it was still okay for two boys to love each other?" Kurt asked rather than answering as he sat up and looked at Blaine.

"Sure," Blaine said now giving Kurt his full attention not sure what this had to do with Sebastian.

"Do you think someone could love me?" He meant for it come out with confidence but instead in came out rather quiet and unsure.

"I love you Kurt" Blaine stated with certainty. It was true. Kurt however shook his head.

"No, like the way you love boys, the way you love Sebastian," Kurt said finally looking back up at Blaine. It finally clicked, Blaine finally understood. Kurt felt like he was loved as a pet or maybe as a friend but he wanted to be more to someone. No one had ever really loved Kurt and he just wanted someone to love him. Blaine had begun to wonder if Kurt was ever even kissed before. "It's silly" Kurt forced a small laugh with it.

"Kurt, no it's not silly. Your feelings are not silly." Blaine licked his lips thinking of what the best thing to say was. "I don't love Sebastian. I thought I liked him. I thought I could have some fun and give him a try, but he isn't someone I could love. You are more loveable than he is." Kurt smiled trying to hide his head in Blaine's shoulder, "hey, no it's true and I know one day someone is going to love you a whole lot." Kurt smiled more and butted his head against Blaine's chin his tail moving around before curling around them slightly twitching every now and then. Starting tomorrow Blaine was going to prove to Kurt someone; someone like him could love Kurt a whole lot. "Now, let's get a long night sleep that we both need." Kurt nodded and let Blaine get comfortable before curling himself up in a comfy ball behind Blaine rubbing his face on Blaine's back every now and then letting out a small purring sound. "Night Kurt."

"Night" Kurt yawned before looked back up at, "Blaine…?" Blaine sighed and turned onto his back pulling Kurt close to him.

"Talk tomorrow, sleep now." Blaine mumbled tiredly. Kurt nodded before nuzzling close again and closing his eyes.