Finn watched his clumsy feet as he walked. He stepped over an entire rectangle of sidewalk with each step. Then he noticed the sidewalk curving and looked up. He was standing on a sidewalk going along the edge of a river. He kicked a white powdery rock into the water. It made a sound like someone clicking their tongue on the roof of their mouth, and then it sunk.

Then Finn thought he heard another disturbance in the water. It was just a light splashing sound, but it seemed out of place. He craned his neck to see down and around the curve of the river. He was bent almost into an L shape, and he squinted at what looked like a bundle of fabric stuck to the side of the sidewalk wall. He walked slowly closer to the bundle, still bent over, a bit more cautious than normal due to the dark ominous sky above him.

Finn breathed out and stumbled backwards when he saw that the bundle was shaped like a human. Murder scenarios flashed through his mind. He pictured scenes from cheap horror movies Puck made him watch. He almost turned and sprinted home. Then he heard the bundle cough. That cough made the bundle a person, not just a floating body. The cough was so small, it sounded like it could be a child. Finn's testosterone kicked in, like it had when he was a little kid on the playground pretending to be a superhero and saving the princess.

Finn ran towards the little person and knelt above him on the sidewalk. The cold wind blew from the opposite direction, and the person turned his head, coughing and swallowing more water with his eyes shut. Finn's heart stopped beating. He felt all his insides become stone.

It was the most beautiful face Finn had ever seen. It was always so perfect. It always had a sarcastic expression full of contempt. Now the normally flawlessly sculpted hair was a wet mess over the squinted eyes, and some of the skin in front and above the ear was scraped off. It was Kurt's angel face, and Finn couldn't bear to see it broken.

"K-Kurt."

Finn shook his head furiously.

"No. No no no!"

Kurt's eyes opened so slightly that they still looked closed. He saw only blended colors. He thought he was beginning to hallucinate Finn's voice. He wondered if he was going to see a bright light, and whether or not he should follow it. Then he felt arms come from up and behind him, and wrap around the front of his chest. His eyes opened wider in surprise, but he still only saw blended colors. Then the arms started lifting him up, and his leg stung intensely. He yelped in pain.

"Ah! S-Stop! W-wait! My... my leg!"

The grip of the arms softened but did not release him.

"I have to get you up here! What's wrong with your leg?"

"S-stuck on... stuck on... something. Wire. Hurts..."

"Listen to me Kurt. You have to pull it out. You have to, or you'll stay there forever."

"Can't."

"Yes you can, Kurt. Please, Kurt. Please!"

...

"Kurt! Please!" The voice broke and let out a terrified sob.

"I will... try."

Kurt brought his pale white fingers down to his leg and felt where the wire was. There was an inch long rip in his jeans and the wire must have stuck in almost an inch of Kurt's flesh. The skin around the wire felt like raw meat and stung when it met Kurt's fingers. He winced. The painful expression on Kurt's face caused the boy above him to shut his eyes and suppress a cry. Kurt wrapped his fingers tightly around the wire.

"I can't do it."

"Kurt..."

Kurt consciousness started slowly returning, and so did his will to live. He took 3 deep breaths, held the third, and pulled with all his might. He screamed with his mouth shut as the metal passed back through the hole it had made. Kurt cried softly.

"Good job Kurt. Now can I pull you up?" A shaken, yet relieved voice said.

Kurt nodded feebly.

The arms pulled him up so that slowly less and less of Kurt was in the water. Now he was conscious enough to be worried about his Marc Jacobs jacket being scratched on the sidewalk, but he was too weak to say anything about it. After a bit of a struggle, Kurt was lying on the sidewalk, face up and breathing heavily. A large, warm hand wiped the wet hair out of Kurt's face.

Finally, Kurt's eyes opened all the way. The corners of his vision were still a bit blurred, but the centre was clear, and he saw a very concerned Finn Hudson looking down at him, kneeling by his side.

"Finn?"

"Kurt! Kurt, oh Kurt, please be ok!"

Finn pulled Kurt to him so that in one swift movement Kurt was cradled in Finn's arms. Kurt closed his eyes and smiled.

"Finn..."

Kurt tried to reach his arms around Finn's neck, but became too tired and dropped them.

Finn hugged Kurt closer.

Then it started to rain. First just a few drops, but soon it was pouring. Finn hunched over Kurt, trying to shield him from the rain, but failing.

Kurt looked so drained. There was no pink left in his cheeks. His chest rose and fell slowly. Finn kissed Kurt's forehead. It was cold. Then Finn had an unintentional flashback of Kurt looking up at him and saying, "I honestly love you." He couldn't contain his emotion anymore. The sadness shook him. He blinked and tears that had been welling up ran down his face.

Suddenly, a melody came to Finn's mind. He started humming before he knew what he was doing. It was a melody Kurt knew very well. It was the into music to "A Little Fall of Rain" from "Les Miserables." Kurt's hand clutched Finn's shirt. He somehow found a last drop of energy to start to sing.

Don't you fret, Finn Hudson. I don't feel any pain. A little fall of rain could hardly hurt me now. You're here. That's all I need to know.

Kurt's eyes were still closed, but Finn never shifted his gaze from Kurt's eyelids, just in case they opened.

And you will keep me safe. And you will keep me close. And rain will make the flowers grow.

Kurt's grip on Finn's shirt softened. It was too much work to sing, and keep a fist. Finn put his hand over Kurt's hand. He was right, it did cover it completely. Then, though Finn had only heard the song twice in his life, he found the words.

But you will live, Kurt Hummel, dear God above! If I could close your wounds with words of love!

Kurt shivered.

Just hold me now and let it be. Shelter me. Comfort me.

Finn was so angry with the world for letting this happen.

You would live a hundred years if I could show you how. I won't desert you now.

Kurt almost smiled.

The rain can't hurt me now. This rain will wash away what's past. And you will keep me safe. And you will keep me close. I'll sleep in your embrace at last.

Kurt opened his eyes just a little. The rain became less harsh.

The rain that brings you here is heaven blessed. The sky begins to clear, and I'm a rest. A breath away from where you are, I've come home, from so far.

Kurt coughed.

So don't you fret, Finn Hudson. I don't feel any pain. A little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now.

"I'm here." Finn spoke.

That's all I need to know. And you will keep me safe. And you will keep me close. And rain will make the flowers...

That was all the energy Kurt had left. He became silent.

Finn managed to sing the last word through his tears.

Grow.

Don't worry, that's not the end! There's more to come. =]