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The others had arrived only hours later. Mercedes couldn't stop crying as Quinn held her. The others stood there in shock, unsure of what to say or do. The nurse at first wanted to tell the to leave but Will and Burt convinced her otherwise.
Enve later Blaine rushed into the room where Kurt was staying, his face panic strickened.
"I came as soon as I heard," he said, his voice shaking.
"Wait, who are you again?" Finn asked.
"He's Blaine," Mercedes said quickly. "A new friend of Kurt's at Warbler's. I figured he had the right to know."
Finn slowly nodded and watched as Blaine couldn't keep his eyes off of Kurt's face. Tears fell down his cheeks.
"Why...would...I mean HOW could anyone do something like this?"
No one answered him because no one knew the answer.
Blaine couldn't quit shaking as he headed towards Kurt's bed. Kurt looked so fragil there. Burt watched carefully as Blaine sat on a chair next to Kurt and picked up Kurt's hand.
Finn started to say something when Kurt started to whimper but Blaine interrupted him.
"It's all right Kurt," he whispered. "It's all right. It's me."
He squeezed Kurt's hand harder and Burt watched in fascination, as all of them did, as Kurt began to relax.
"Amazing," said Puck quietly as they watched Kurt calm down due to Blaine murmuring to him softly,
"What is?" Blaine asked as he looked up.
"He wouldn't let any other male touch him," Artie explained.
Blaine's eyes widened.
"Really?"
Burt nodded.
"He won't even let me touch him." His voice shook at the sentence and Blaine shifted in his seat. He wanted to be there for Kurt but he didn't want to cause any kind of drama, everyone was going through enough as it was.
He stood up.
"This...really is time for family and close friends, I should probably go..."
"No!" Burt stood up quickly. "Please don't," he added with sincerity in his voice. "You're the first person that managed to calm Kurt down. You're obviously very important to him. That's good enough for me."
Blaine frowned and looked at Kurt.
"But you said he wouldn't even let you touch him...I...don't know..."
Burt sighed.
"I'm not taking this personally...Blaine, right?"
Blaine nodded.
"Neither is Finn or anyone in the Glee club-"
Quickly Finn nodded in agreement.
"Right now Kurt's not thinking clearly...he's reacting on instinct...and for some reason he managed to realize that you're safe. It might take a while longer for him to realize that for us but right now...it's important for him for you to be here...for you to be his safety net so to speak."
Blaine sighed and glanced at the broken young man laying on the hospital bed and bit his lip.
He wanted to stay, desperatly. A part of him was furious with what happened and wanted to hunt the person responsible down. Another part wanted to be there for when Kurt woke up, to guide him through this impossible time.
But he didn't want to push Kurt's close circle of friends and family away by doing so.
Quietly he reached down and squeezed Kurt's hand. They watched as Kurt squeezed back. Burt gave a sad smile at that little miracle and looked at Blaine hopefully.
He knew that a part of him was hurt that Kurt wouldn't respond like that to his own father but he burried those secret private thoughts deep into his mind.
Blaine finally nodded, still feeling awkward for being a stranger to these people, besides Mercedes.
Mercedes quietly squeezed his shoulder as if hearing his thoughts.
"All right," said Burt after watching them for a few minutes. "Thank you all for coming, it really means a lot." He shook Will's hand as he spoke and patted Finn's shoulder. "But we all should leave before the nurse kicks us out."
"Aren't you staying, sweetie?" Carol asked suddenly.
"What? Oh yes I'll stay with Blaine." Burt smiled and kissed her cheek. "You should go home with Finn. You two need your rest."
"Call us," Finn said quickly. "If anything happens." Burt hugged him and nodded.
"Don't worry, I will."
Finn watched Burt pull a chair up next to Blaine as they all walked outside.
He motioned for Puck, Mike, and Sam to come forward.
"I'd ask Artie, but it's too dangerous for him," he said quietly.
"You're wanting to go after Karfosky, aren't you?" Puck asked.
"The cops can't find him we will," Finn growled, a different side of him creeping out. "We can't let him get away with this!"
The others murmured in agreement and agreed to keep silent as they headed out of the hospital with only one thought on their minds.
revenge.
Next chapter will have lots of Blaine helping Kurt heal! Lots more angst!