The first time Kurt had told Blaine about his relationship with his father, Blaine didn't believe Kurt. How could a father like that really exist? The first time that Blaine actually met Kurt's father, Blaine couldn't help but be envious. Yes, Blaine was happy that Kurt had such a fantastic father, especially seeing as Kurt didn't have the greatest life at school. But still, Blaine couldn't help but be a little jealous that his own relationship with his father, and mother for that matter, weren't that great.

It was after Blaine finally came out to his parents that the relationship with both of his parents started deteriorating, and quickly. By the time Blaine had actually transferred to Dalton, their relationship had pretty much been nonexistent.

Blaine remembered when he was younger, that even though his parents were always busy with work and whatnot, they would always try and be home so they had some time to spend with Blaine. The days when his parents didn't have to work or would take off to spend a day with him were some of the best days of Blaine's life.

When Blaine came out, all of that changed. His parents stopped taking off days from work and started working a lot more. Eventually, work could no longer be done at home, so his parents were constantly at the office. Soon after, they were travelling, gone for days, and eventually weeks at a time. So, Blaine would sit alone in the huge house.

Holidays were especially bad for Blaine. It was already difficult to spend so much time alone in an empty house, but at times like Christmas, things got even worse. Blaine supposed that it had to have been because Christmastime for most people was family time. Everyone seemed to be spending more time with their families, except for him.

Blaine would love to spend time with his family, just so he could see that things hadn't changed. Every year he held out hope that this year would be different and his parents would be home. This would be the reason he had lied to Kurt about his plans over the Christmas break. Blaine didn't know for sure about whether or not his parents would be home, so it couldn't be a complete lie. Although, somewhere in Blaine's head, he knew he was lying to himself. His parents hadn't been home for a Christmas, or any other holiday for that matter, in five years. Why should this year be any different?

Now, Blaine is sitting at home in the living room, just waiting and hoping for his parents to come home. But, it slowly got later and later and Blaine knew that his parents weren't coming. That was always the hardest thing to accept. His parents still hadn't started to care. They hadn't come home, or even called to say they weren't coming.

Sighing, Blaine turned off the lights and headed upstairs to his room. He didn't even bother changing before he crawled under the blankets in his bed and fell asleep.

The next morning Blaine woke up to an obnoxious doorbell. Groaning, he crawled out of his blanket cocoon and went downstairs to answer the door.

Blaine opened the door to see Kurt's expression change to one of happiness to one of complete confusion in less than a second. Blaine was about to ask what was wrong, but then he remembered that he hadn't changed last night so his clothes were all wrinkled, and he had slept with his hair gelled, leading to a very interesting hair style this morning.

"Blaine," Kurt said, trying to find the right words. "What's wrong?"

Blaine immediately tried to think up explanations as to what he could say to Kurt. He didn't want to lie to Kurt, but he really didn't want Kurt to know the truth. In fact, Blaine didn't want anyone to know the truth. "Nothing's wrong, Kurt."

"You're lying, Blaine. Will you please just tell me what's going on?"

"Kurt, it's really –"

"If you say nothing, Blaine… I really care about you, and I can tell that something is clearly wrong. I just want to help."

"There's nothing you can do," Blaine mumbled.

"Are you sure about that?"

"Positive. Unless you can suddenly make my parents care again." Blaine said that last sentence so quiet that he was sure that Kurt would not be able to hear, but one thing Blaine should have learned by now is to never underestimate Kurt.

"What was that last sentence?"

"Nothing."

"Blaine, I just want to help. I know that you hate accepting help, but I can tell that something has to be done. Something is really bothering you and I can't help if –"

"You can't help. Unless you can suddenly make my parents care again."

Kurt was taken aback. "What?" Kurt asked quietly.

"Come in. I'll explain everything," Blaine said. He really hadn't wanted to tell Kurt anything, but Kurt could always get Blaine to talk, no matter how bad things got.

Blaine led Kurt inside and sat down on the couch, trying to figure out the best way to explain the situation. Eventually, Blaine just decided that telling Kurt the whole truth right there was the right way. Don't try and make things sound better than they were. Just the straight up truth. By the time Blaine finished explaining everything to Kurt, Kurt was in tears. Once it was obvious Blaine was done, Kurt moved over and wrapped Blaine up in his arms.

"Oh honey," Kurt said. "You really should have told me earlier."

"I know. It's just that I keep hoping that maybe it will change. Maybe one time they will actually be home. Maybe one time they will actually care," Blaine choked out. It was hard to think about everything that had happened without crying, but talking about it, especially with Kurt, without crying was impossible.

Hearing that crushed Kurt, and he pulled Blaine into a tighter embrace. "You know you are always welcome by us, right?"

"It's Christmas and you should be celebrating with your family."

"Yeah, but my dad already considers you part of our family. Why don't you get changed and you can over to my house?"

"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely. Go get ready. I'll wait."

Author's Note:

This has probably been my favorite one to write so far, so please let me know what you think.

Thank you so much for reading.