I know I am updating like crazy, but my mind is all the way ahead in like chapter 10 or somthing (probably later at the rate I've been going) and I have to write all this stuff so I can make it to the other parts later that I really want to happen. Anyway, the song just jumped out at me as I was flipping through my iPod and I thought "Ohmigod! Perfect!" and then went with it.
Kurt wasn't sure what to do.
He knew this had been going on for a long time but Luce hadn't mentioned it to anyone, so he probably didn't want anyone to know. At the same time, however, he was badly beaten and nonresponsive. He needed medical attention.
Kurt began flipping through the address book on his phone, searching frantically for the right person to tell. Blaine? No, he didn't know Luce that well, and Luce definitely didn't want this spread to anyone around school. If he had, he would have told them already. Luce's family? They had DONE this to him, at least his dad had. There was no way Kurt was going to ask them for help.
He had finally settled on calling his own father to ask for advice when a hand reached up from beside him and took the phone.
"Please don't…" Luce said in a harsh voice so different from his normal melodic one, "I'm fine... really… I don't… want anyone to know," Luce groaned as the little bit of movement caused his whole body to ache.
Kurt was stricken with worry over his friend's condition. He couldn't ignore Luce's wishes, but still… He decided that at the very least he needed to stay there with Luce to make sure he didn't have any problems. Luce had begun sobbing again, face pressed into his pillow, and the sobbing made his body ache more with each sucked-in breath causing him to moan in pain. Kurt couldn't bear to see him that way, knowing he could do nothing to help.
He suddenly recalled what his mom had done, back when she was alive, when he had growing pains or stubbed his toe as a child. He knew the severity of the physical and emotional pain was by no means even comparable. But he had to feel like he was doing something at least a little bit comforting or productive.
He removed his shoes and lay down in the bed next to Luce and wrapped his arms as carefully as possible around the boy's slight frame, "Shhhh… It'll be ok… Shhhhhhhh… It's ok, don't cry…" He whispered the meaningless comfort words that had helped him as a child. He could feel Luce's warm, tensed up body relax ever so slightly in his arms as he recalled what else his mom used to do with him. He opened his mouth and began singing quietly into Luce's ear:
Come stop your crying
It will be all right
Just take my hand
Hold it tight
I will protect you from
All around you
I will be here
Don't you cry
For one so small,
You seem so strong
My arms will hold you,
Keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
Can't be broken
I will be here
Don't you cry
'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart
Always
Why can't they understand
The way we feel
They just don't trust
What they can't explain
I know we're different but,
Deep inside us
We're not that different at all
And you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
Don't listen to them
'Cause what do they know
We need each other,
To have, to hold
They'll see in time
I know
When destiny calls you
You must be strong
I may not be with you
But you've got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together
'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on,
Now and forever more
Oh, you'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be in my heart, always
Always
Throughout the song, Kurt had felt Luce's body relaxing against him. He looked now to find the other boy sound asleep. The song had made his own eyes droopy as well and he let them fall, drifting off slowly with his lips pressed against Luce's soft, honey- shaded hair.
Kurt was not at dinner, nor was Lucian. The latter was quite normal to Blaine. Lucian had always seemed unsociable to him, though that opinion had changed a bit judging by how well he got along with Kurt. The former, however, was very unusual and Blaine was rather… put out by both the fact that he was absent and the fact that it was possibly together with Lucian, who seemed to be monopolizing all of Kurt's free time.
He sat through dinner silently without even bothering to try and pay attention to whatever nonsense Wes and David were spouting. He resolved to go check on Kurt after dinner, who he had last seen bouncing off to go visit a certain aforementioned time-monopolizer.
He stood in front of Kurt's room and knocked, tapping his foot impatiently. When he received no reply, he knocked more loudly, thinking, He couldn't possibly be asleep, could he? It's only eight and it's a Saturday.
He slowly opened the door to the room to find the light on but Kurt not inside. Judging by the Marc Jacobs scarf and other gifts from his friends earlier strewn across the bed in the exact same way they were when Blaine had picked Kurt up for the meeting, Kurt had not returned after he went bouncing off to visit Lucian.
Which left him one option for the next room to search.
He was much too impatient to find Kurt to bother knocking on this door. He simply opened it slightly and peered inside. Once his eyes adjusted to the darkness and he could see what was in front of him, he quickly shut it again.
He slumped to the floor with his head in his hands, feeling pain and disbelief from what he just saw.
Kurt was in Lucian's bed with Lucian curled up in his arms without a shirt on. The lights were off and both of them were sound asleep. And that confident voice in his head that had been telling him Kurt and Lucian were just friends was nowhere to be found, though he desperately needed to hear it right now.