Katie clapped her hands together

"If you guys date, I will be the happiest person alive" she said

"Why would you be happy?" Finn asked, Katie sighed dramatically

"Because, then I know my brother will be in good hands!"

"that's what she said…" Finn mumbled

"What?" Katie looked over at him "that's not even an appropriate 'that's what she said' sentence!"

"Well, with the hands, it seemed suggestive!" Kurt rubbed his temples

"Shut. Up." He didn't even have to raise his voice, they both quieted instantly. "Now," Kurt said "I'm going to finish my sandwich and go back upstairs, there will be no more talk of my hands, or his hands, or anything mildly suggestive." They both mumbled "okay's" and finished their meals in silence. Kurt stood up and threw his trash away.

"We'll meet you up there." Katie said, as she talked to Finn about some sports related topic Kurt couldn't be less interested in. He took one of the many elevators back up to Blaine's floor and found his room with only a little bit of trouble. He was glad Blaine hadn't woken up, he went and took his seat right next to the sleeping boy, and grabbed his hand. Blaine groaned in his sleep

"Kurt…" Kurt's eyes widened did he just...was he dreaming about Kurt? But what Blaine did next shattered all hopes that it was a dream, and gave all indications that it was a nightmare. Blaine gripped at Kurt's forearm and woke up gasping

"Blaine!" Kurt called, and Blaine seemed to calm as he looked over at Kurt.

"It was just a nightmare," Kurt soothed, "it's alright,"

"NO!" Blaine cried suddenly "no, it's not alright if the nightmare actually happened, Kurt, it's never going to be alright."

"Courage, Blaine" was all Kurt was able to say

"you know what, fuck courage!" Kurt wasn't sure what shocked him more, the statement or the fact that Blaine had actually just said 'fuck'

"You don't mean that." Kurt said, hating how unsteady his voice sounded

"What's the point, please, tell me," he spat sarcastically "people are always going to be there to just go ahead and fuck everything up for us because we're different!" he sounded breathless, he groaned and held a hand to his ribcage.

"Blaine…" Kurt said "you've always told me that everything was going to be okay. That it'll work out if we want it to, and to ignore ignorance…" he shook his head "don't give up on that." Blaine looked at him for a long time, before sighing, completely deflating, his body losing all the rigidness it had when he was staring at Kurt.

"It's hard…" he said

"It'll always be hard, Blaine. But…you don't have to go it alone." He smiled a bit "I'll never let you go it alone."

(AUTHORS NOTE: sorry for the short chapter, I wouldn't normally post something this short, but I just couldn't think of a better way to end this chapter. I don't mean to sound unappreciative, I've been getting a lot of favorites and watches and I couldn't be more thankful about that, but I'd really love some feedback, I'd love to hear your views on my story, what you liked and didn't like. And that offer about collaborating still totally stands, if anyone is still interested)