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Kurt fell asleep on their way to get lunch, so Dave offered to stay with Kurt in the car while Mercedes and Azimio went in to get food. Dave climbed into the back seat beside Kurt who was fast asleep. Kurt was startled awake as Mercedes slammed her door shut and he stayed still as he stared over at Dave, "I have to go back to the hospital in two weeks." He sighed.
"You still have a while." Dave was painfully reminded of the fact that Kurt might die.
"That doesn't keep me from dreading it." Kurt frowned, "I promised myself that I wouldn't start worrying until the chemo starts again."
"It's gonna be okay," Dave was vaguely aware of how cliche that sounded, "It's only a week and then you get three more weeks of being all better."
Kurt smiled a little, "Oh, you make it sound so simple." He reached out and took Dave's hand, "I don't know what it's going to be like, but from what I've read, after a while you never feel better. You feel like I did that week, or maybe even worse, all of the time."
Dave looked somberly at Kurt's pale hand, "I'll be here, Kurt." He promised, "I'll always be with you no matter what happens."
"Thank you." Kurt wrapped his arms around his boyfriend and burried his head in the horrid letterman jacket.
Dave held Kurt in his arms until Mercedes and Azimio returned with the food. Kurt insisted that he wasn't hungry when they offered him food that they deemed safe.
"You should be eating." Mercedes pouted. "You need your strength."
"I'll be fine." Kurt rolled his eyes. "I'm just not hungry right now. Let's get home so I can take a nap."
"No one likes a tired Kurt." Mercedes informed Azimio, "He once shaved Finn's eyebrows when he kept him up all night with noisy video games."
Azimio was almost impressed, "How'd you keep him still?"
"The trick is to shoot him with a dart laced with sedatives." Kurt told him.
"Where'd you get a sedative laced dart?" Dave wondered.
Kurt shrugged, "You have a lot of free time when you don't spend the necessary eight hours sleeping."
"Ah." Azimio nodded, "Remind me not to get on your bad side."
"Oh, I think you'll remember." Kurt smirked as he leaned his head against the window and started to fall back to sleep.
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When Kurt woke up, he was in his room. Dave must have carried him inside when they had gotten there. Kurt assumed that Dave, Azimio, and Mercedes had left already as he wandered down the stairs. Kurt was horrified to see Finn and Dave playing video games in the living room while Burt was talking with Azimio and Mercedes. Poor, poor, Azimio.
Kurt couldn't believe that Finn and Dave were actually... bonding. It was terrifying to think of what those two might get up to together. Their intentions were always good, but it would undoubtedly end in a nuclear war with Russia or something catastrophic like that.
"Hello..." Kurt shot his father a questioning look and recieved a shrug in return.
"Hey, Kurt." Dave didn't take his eyes off of the TV screen where virtual monsters were being blown up.
Kurt settled down next to Dave and recieved a quick kiss on the forehead before Dave whipped his gaze back towards the television. Right behind them, Kurt could hear Burt and Azimio discussing cars. Kurt didn't miss the hidden threats that Burt casually threw into the conversation every once in a while. Burt had always seen Mercedes as the daughter he never had, although, he once implied that Kurt was more of a daughter and ended up getting the silent treatment for a week which was nice at first, but it made certain things very difficult.
"Kurt," Kurt looked behind him to see Carole crooking her finger at him.
Kurt followed his step-mother into the kitchen and tried to appear in a pleasant mood.
"Blaine called." Carole chewed on her bottom lip, "He wanted to know if you would like to hang out with him sometime... um, like a date."
Kurt was almost outraged, why didn't Blaine realize that he and Dave were actually dating? That boy really needed to be set straight. "Did you tell him that I have a boyfriend?"
Carole sighed and sat down as she motioned for Kurt to do the same. Kurt complied with a curious stare.
"Sweetie," Something told Kurt that he wasn't going to like what came next, "I think that you should give Blaine another chance."
Kurt raised an eyebrow, "What? He cheated on me, I don't think he deserves one."
"But..." Carole looked nervously at the doorway to the living room then lowered her voice, "I need you to tell me," She whispered, "does Dave hurt you?"
Kurt blinked, shocked, "What?"
"I mean," Carole rephrased, "is he abusive?"
"No!" Kurt was getting irritated with everyone thinking that Dave was a bad person, "He doesn't hit me and he never will again."
Carole looked into Kurt's eyes and knew that he wasn't lying, "And, he doesn't call you mean things to hurt your feelings?"
"No," Kurt shook his head, "quite the opposite."
Carole looked down at her hands, "I'm trusting you right now, Kurt. I believe you, but please, if he ever lays a hand on you, I need you to tell me."
Kurt knew that that would never happen, but he nodded and agreed, "I will, Carole, I promise."
"Good." Carole seemed satisfied with that, "And, he's still taking those anger management classes?"
"Yes," Kurt said, "in fact, he has a class today."
"If Blaine calls again, I'll tell him that you are serious about Dave." Carole vowed.
"Just, let me talk to him if he does." Kurt said, "He just has to get the message."
"And I'm sure you'll give it to him." Carole chuckled, "No one cheats on Kurt Elizabeth Hummel and makes it out with a full head of natural colored hair."
"I'm thinking green." Kurt joked.
"That's a pretty scary thought." Carole winced.
Kurt nodded, "And plotting is what I do best, so I will find a way to make that boy's hair green!"
Carole prayed that Blaine wouldn't get on Kurt's bad side again anytime soon or else he would spend the next few months with green hair. Sometimes Kurt could be a scary, scary boy.
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"You are coming with me, young man." Dave had cornered Kurt after glee club on Monday and was intent on kidnapping Kurt.
"Where are we going to go?" Kurt asked as he finally agreed to follow Dave to the parking lot where the motorcycle was parked.
"It's a surprise." Dave grabbed a helmet and pushed it over Kurt's head then tossed him the jacket.
"Uh, my dad forbode me from ever riding this motorcycle again." Kurt pointed out.
"Rebellion is good for you." Dave insisted as he climbed onto the motorcycle.
Kurt had to admit, he liked the motorcycle. It was fun to ride and it gave him an excuse to wrap his arms around Dave. Oh, and a man with a motorcycle was super sexy. So he rebelled and got onto the motorcylcle.
Dave ended up taking them to a lake in one of the Lima parks. Kurt never went to the park, under the illusion that not only were they dirty breeding grounds for disease, but they were also the most popular place to deal drugs and he didn't like to be around that kind of stuff.
Dave plopped down in the grass beside the lake then patted the space beside him for Kurt to sit.
"Ew," Kurt made a face, "who knows what's touched that grass."
Dave volunteered his letterman to act as a divider between Kurt and the grass, "Is that better your highness?" He teased.
"Well, I'm sorry," Kurt said sarcastically as he finally sat down beside Dave, "I'm not a big fan of sitting on questionable patches of grass."
"Ah," Dave smiled thoughtfully as he wrapped an arm around Kurt's shoulders, pulling him in to snuggle. He looked out across the water and sighed, "This is nice."
"Which part?" Kurt asked, "The questionable grass or the questionable water?"
Dave chuckled, "More like my wonderful boyfriend." He gave Kurt a peck on the lips then rested his head on top of Kurt's.
"You think I'm wonderful?" Kurt smiled.
"Of course I do." Dave said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "And do you think that I'm wonderful?"
"No," Kurt's smile widened, "I think that you are the most fantastic boyfriend in the whole wide world."
"Aw," Dave turned his head and smelt Kurt's hair, which smelt amazing by the way. "Then you wouldn't mind coming over to my house for dinner on Saturday, right?"
Kurt blinked, "I would love to, I'm guessing that your parents took your outing well then?"
"Well," Dave sighed sadly, "my father did, we're still trying with my mother. I'm not sure about my brothers and sisters yet. They're either not living with us and don't know yet or too young to realize what it means."
"Oh," Kurt gazed at the murky water in front of him, "sorry. You deserve to have a mother who would accept you no matter what."
"Thank you." Dave said quietly, "I just hope that we can change her views eventually. I'm just worried about how my older siblings will react on Saturday."
"They're coming home?" Kurt felt his stomach clench with worry. If the rest of the Karofsky family was as large and muscular as Dave, then they could get in some serious trouble.
"Yeah," Dave nodded, "we have family dinners every once in a while and everyone brings their boyfriends or girlfriends so I want to bring you. But I can't tell if I'm scared or excited. I can't wait to see them again, but what if they hate me?"
Kurt pulled back and gave Dave's shoulder a comforting pat, "If they hate you, then they don't deserve to have you as their brother."
Dave looked over at Kurt, clearly holding back tears that he was too manly to shed. "Thank you, Kurt." He paused for a second before adding, "I love you so much."
Kurt grinned at the confession, "I love you, too."
xXx
It was almost dark when Dave took Kurt back to the school to get his Navigator. When Kurt got home, his father was freaking out.
"Kurt!" Burt met him at the door with an angry look, "Where have you been? I called every hospital within a one hundred mile radius looking for you!" Burt could go a little over the top sometimes. "And Finn threw one of your sais through a window, he said you let him mess with them."
"What?" Kurt hadn't let Finn use his sais, that boy had better say good-bye to his eyebrows. Maybe Blaine could lend him some of his eyebrows, he has enough for at least four people. "Who's window?"
"That's all you got out of this?" Burt gaped, "I almost sent out an amber alert! The secretary at the Westerville hospital thinks that I'm crazy, now!"
"You'll never meet her." Kurt rolled his eyes, "I'm sorry I freaked you out and you need to calm down, you'll hurt your heart."
"My heart is fine." Burt growled, "Where the heck were you at?"
"I was with Dave." Kurt said, "We hung out at the park."
"But you hate parks." Burt pointed out, "You said that they were, and I quote, 'horrible, horrible, places, that you would never set foot in again.'"
"That was the day that some drunk guy thought I was a prostitute and asked to buy my time." Kurt shivered at the memory.
"And you gave the poor man a broken nose and seven stitches." Burt reminisced.
"He had it coming." Kurt shrugged.
"Well," Burt crossed his arms, "I really should punish you, but the fact that you'll be sleeping in the living room due to the hole in your window will be punishment enough."
"Aw, man." Kurt moaned. Say good-bye to your eyebrows Mr. Finn Hudson.
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A/N: Short, yes, but next chapter will be longer and will involve Kurt meeting Dave's family :D Can't wait to see what goes down at the Karofsky family dinner!