Chapter 24 :

After that, the two boys were not able to see each other for a few days. Puck had to go to the police station to complete his statement everyday and when he was not there, Burt found something to occupy Kurt. Kurt knew that it was some plot for the two not to see each other so that they could not leave together again. On the third day of not seeing Puck, Kurt couldn't even call him since he had forgotten his charger in San Francisco. He hadn't slept a complete night for days and knew that it was probably the same for Puck if not worse. Kurt was lying on his bed, with the bad thoughts turning in his head and the lack of sleep he thought he was becoming crazy. So it was no surprise when he started to hear strange noises coming from his closet.

He raised his head to listen but knew perfectly well there was nothing in his closet that could produce any noise. He laid again and closed his eyes to forget about it. Yet the noise didn't stop and it was annoying Kurt more and more. He went to his closet, opened the door but as expected there was nothing in here that could explain the noise.

He heard it once again and realized that it came from the little window that lead to his closet. He opened it and received something in his head that fell on the floor. Looking down he noticed that it was a backpack, looking up again two legs were coming inside his bedroom followed by Puck's body and head.

"Hey you !" Puck said taking Kurt in his arms as though nothing weird just happened.

"What the hell are you doing here ?" Kurt asked. It's not that he wasn't happy to see his boyfriend, god he was so happy ! But he was scared of being caught.

"I had no more battery on my phone and I needed to see you so ..." Puck explained. Kurt took Puck in his arms and kissed him. "I went to the police station today and the officer told me that they have everything they need." Puck said grinning.

"I'm really happy for you." Kurt answered with a smile.

"Thanks ! It means that we can go back to San Francisco, my bag is already packed !" The mohawk boy looked happier than Kurt had ever seen him. Kurt felt suddenly bad.

"I don't know Noah." Kurt told him vaguely. Puck's wide smile faded.

"How come you don't know ? We've already talked about it tons of times and you always agreed !" Puck looked on the edge of anger and Kurt could easily understand why.

"It's just... My dad is not well and I can't let him down now." Kurt explained.

"He was worse when you left the first time and he's still alive and better ! You can't fuckin' let me down now !" Puck was obviously upset.

"Its not just that, just because they've all they needed doesn't mean that you can leave miles away."

"Don't try to find stupid pretexts not to leave ! I asked the officer and he told me that as long as he can contact us we can be away until the trial. But you don't wanna leave ? Fine ! But don't think I'm gonna stay there for you coz' I'm not, I can't fuckin' stand this place anymore and you perfectly know that, you can't ask that from me !" Puck was clearly really angry and the events of the last few days didn't make it better.

"I'm sorry Noah but it's just-"

"I don't want you to be sorry, I want you to come with me and leave just as we did before ! You promised me Kurt ! You fuckin' promised me we'd leave as soon as possible and now it is and you don't want anymore !" Kurt felt tears filling his eyes as he realized that he was letting Puck down. But he just couldn't play with his father's health.

"Noah, I … I know I'm being unfair but I just can't leave right now without warning him."

"You already told him you were not staying ! He understood why you did that once, he can understand that again ! Fuck Kurt d'you really want to spend your life in a place where everyone's laughing and picking on you when it's not beating you up ? You're too good for this town Kurt you can't stay here." Puck said the last words tenderly and desperately and Kurt's heart broke when he realized that he had already taken his decision. He took his boyfriend in his arms and hugged him tightly for the last time before a long time.

"I'm gonna miss you Noah." Kurt said with tears rolling down his cheeks. " I'm gonna miss you so much."

"Then come with me, we'll live like before we received my mother's letter." Puck was almost imploring.

"I can't but I promise you that as soon as my father's better-"

"Stop promising things Princess they can be too hard to fulfill." Puck cut him off.

"I'll send you letters and I'll call you as soon as you get there." Kurt promised. Puck didn't answer but kissed him passionately. Kurt answered the kiss, holding Puck's shirt tightly as though he'd never let him leave. But he knew perfectly well that it would be unfair and selfish to ask him to stay.

" I gotta go if I don't want to miss my bus." Kurt knew that Puck was grieving a lot. "Take care of yourself while you're here, I won't be there to hold your back." Kurt nodded sniffling and brushing the tears off his cheeks and eyes. He didn't want Puck to remember him like a crying boy.

"Take care of you too." Kurt told him, his voice breaking. Puck kissed him one last time and that was final. He turned on his heels and went back in the closet. Kurt watched him as he climbed the window and disappeared in the night.

After Puck left, Kurt felt worse than when he had left for the first time. He was back to the starting point. He was in Lima, the place he hated the most on earth, stuck at his place with his dad, Carole and Finn. He was going to go back to school, knowing perfectly well that the bullying would be worse than before, what happened a few days before was just a taste of what he would have to go through. And what's worse was that Puck would not be there to protect like he had done since he had joined him. They had gotten closer the last few months, it was like heaven after Kurt broke up with Keith, well it was the other way round but the result was the same.

At first they were really good friends, then they started to sleep together and Kurt had been impressed how Puck enjoyed it. Finally they had become boyfriends and Kurt just couldn't believe his luck, but it had lasted for only four days during which they couldn't see each other.

And now Kurt didn't even know if they were still together or not. Puck had been really upset by Kurt's decision and the smaller boy couldn't blame at all. He had promised him, had given his word and just broke it, leaving Puck very much alone in one of the darkest period of his life.

In fact, Kurt's situation was even worse than when he left in the first place since he knew he could not leave that easily without endangering his father's health.

A/N: I felt like ruining everyone's mood so i decided to update this chapter earlier...

I'm joking, i just had to rewrite a part of this chapter since i hadn't written the previous one when i wrote this one.

i hope you're not upset by Kurt's decision...

Love you all very much !

Ant.

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