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It had been a day since the New Year, and eight days since Kurt had run away from Blaine. He knew this was one of the possible outcomes; however the fact that Kurt refused to accept it wasn't his fault had him crying into his pillow every night. His parents had asked him about a thousand times why Kurt left without saying a proper goodbye or without staying the whole vacation as he was supposed to. Blaine just slammed the door in their faces. He had asked his Mum to send up food to his bedroom, but that was one thing she refused to do. So he stayed up in his room all day and came out only during eating times, where he quietly and quickly ate his food and went back to his bedroom. If one good thing had come out of this, it was that he finished his holiday homework before New Years' Eve dawned upon them, rather than the usual sitting up till the early hours of New Year to finish all of it before he went back to school.

He kept thinking if there was any way he could have said it and not have Kurt run out on him. He tried to put himself in Kurt's shoes, and realized he would also have freaked if he knew that some person, however close, was able to see what was going on in his life. He decided to sit with some first years from his House and teach them some principles. He knew it was cowardly, but he didn't want to face Santana and have her tell him, "I told you so," with her usual smirk. About an hour later, he had finished revising most of the charms and made them laugh by levitating all of their bags and shoes that they had removed at the same time. They jumped up again and again, trying to reach it, but he just raised them higher with his wand every time. Just then, there was a knock on the window as an owl tried to fly along with the speeding train. Blaine immediately crossed over and opened the window.

The owl flew in and seemed to give him a haughty look as it reached out its leg, a letter attached to it. He let the owl perch on his trousers, and untied the letter, only for the owl to fly away immediately. The envelope was tiny, as if containing just a slip of paper. It said,

Don't talk to me for the next few days. I need to have a clear mind and you talking to me won't help it. We'll be professional in class and I will send you another letter when I finally come to terms with what you told me back at your house. Till then, I want you to think what you would have done if I dropped such a bomb on you and give me the space I need.

Kurt Hummel

Blaine was even sadder because Kurt always ended his messages with a 'Love, Kurt' and even kisses sometimes. But this was as if Kurt were planning to say goodbye and coming to terms with it. He determinedly decided that he would not go back to that spiral of silence like he had when his three girls had first found out. He decided to tell Santana to explain it to Brittany, as she would get confused and ask something like how Professor Hummel was at Hogwarts and in his brain at the same time. He decided to tell Sally himself.

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"Ow!"

An icepack generated in front of him, as if the Room of Requirement knew that when Sally smacked someone, it hurt for weeks, much less days, and an ice-pack would alleviate the pain for a bit. He tried saying, "Maybe I should find new girls as my friends who wouldn't smack me or shout at me every time I say something important..aaaaah! Please Sally, it hurts! I already got reprimanded from the Hufflepuff prefects because Brittany has been crying all the time saying that her dolphin doesn't trust her." Even Sally got a sad look at the thought of Brittany crying, especially because everyone at Hogwarts adored her, even the Slytherins.

Sally took a look at Blaine's downtrodden face and said, "I told you about my family within minutes of us meeting. And you couldn't tell me about this in all these years? I'm really disappointed in you, Blainey." Blaine pleaded, "I knew you would think someone cursed me, or worse, that I was delusional and was making up someone in my head. Plus, I liked having this just to myself. In hindsight, I know it was a mistake, but what can be done now?" She just turned around and said, "Okay, now that you will listen to me, listen carefully. Take all your 80s movies ideas, and throw them in the bin. You cannot go and take a metaphorical boom box outside his window and sing, or worse, serenade him during his class. What he has heard right now, is something really big, and he has to think carefully about what he has to do because you are such close friends."

Blaine nodded, though the wheels in his mind were turning really fast. Sally kneeled in front of him and held his head between her two hands. She said, "Blaine, you are going to screw it up if you go with your usual shenanigans. I know you are in love with him. Love is patient. Don't rush it. If it is meant to be, Kurt will understand that you didn't ask for it seeing how you didn't even know who he was when you were thirteen. Okay, now hug me, because I missed us spending time together in the travelling back and forth. And home was a bitch."

Blaine immediately stood up and asked, "Why didn't you just floo over if it was so bad? My relatives love you, and Mum and Dad would exchange us if they had the chance. What happened?" She said, "My parents blew up at me because I exclaimed Fuck this potion! while writing my Potions essay on Felix Felicis. Mum has given me an ultimatum that once the school year is done, I have to pack my bags and leave. Since that was always what I was going to do, I slammed the door in her face and had biscuits for food the rest of the time. Ow!" This time it was Blaine who had hit her on the back of her head. He shouted, "I would have sent Brownie with food for you. You know having only biscuits for food is not good for health. Why, Sally, why?" She just shrugged as she said, "No matter. After this, I'm never going back. And if I don't get a job, I can always shack up with you." He smiled and nodded as they hugged each other once more.