"I know you're a big deal at Dalton or whatever… but we don't wear blazers here. So have a seat, I'm trying to give a pep talk." Blaine visibly tensed, Kurt tried not to flinch.

"Didn't you just say something about us not turning on each other?" Blaine asked, sounding more hurt than angry. He took his seat anyway and continued to let Finn talk. Kurt couldn't help but notice that Blaine went the rest of the class in silence, looking dejectedly down at the floor.

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"Blaine?" Kurt asked quietly, setting down his book and looking at the boy sitting across from him on the bed. "Blaine?" he tried again, still, nothing.

"Finn was just upset…that's all." Blaine sniffed

"I know that, Kurt…it's just…you said something a while ago…Blaine and the pips?" he asked, Kurt winced "yeah…I know you didn't mean it, but that's how it was and I don't want it to be like that at McKinley, too!" he sighed harshly "even Santana said that it'd be the Rachel and Blaine show." He messed with the fabric of his pants. "I just…I wish it hadn't been just me, Kurt, but it wasn't my choice to make. They chose me to sing those songs, so I sang them, I would have loved to showcase all the other Warbler's talents, I don't think it's all about me!" he was getting worked up, breathing heavily, eyes darting around the room "and I don't want any of the New Directions to think badly of me because of it, I don't care if I never get a solo again…I just want to be a part of something."

"You are-" Kurt tried

"No, I'm not." Blaine said "nobody there likes me aside from you. I just…this is harder than I thought it would be, Kurt."

"They'll come around, Blaine, I'll talk to them, don't worry, please don't feel like that." He scooted over and gathered Blaine up in his arms. The smaller boy nodded into Kurt's shoulder and gripped him back.

"I don't want it to be like my old school Kurt, it can't be like that." Kurt's heart broke for the boy in his arms.

"It won't, I promise, we'll make it."

(AUTHORS NOTE: Wow. Finn was an asshole. And that's not just because Blaine is like my favorite character ever. That was seriously uncalled for. I mean, he came to your school for KURT, YOUR stepbrother, and you have the balls to be a jerk to him, knowing what he must have gone through? Okay, Finn, okay.)

(ps. Sorry for the rant.)

(pps. Please review!)