Blaine addresses the new problem and Mike receives a black eye.
Chapter 6 {A Disagreement}
"What? You saw him Blaine? You actually saw him?" Kurt's eyes were wide with fear and he was practically shaking. "What am I going to do? What am I going to do?"
Blaine didn't know what to tell him. He stood up and pulled a crying Kurt into his arms and pressed his lips on his forehead.
"It'll be fine Kurt, he's not going to hurt you."
"How do you know that Blaine?" Kurt pushed away from him and began walking away.
"You didn't see him Kurt, Michael and I can tell he changed. Anyone with eyes could see that he is not the same."
"Michael? You're calling him Michael now." Kurt spun around glaring.
"You are changing the subject Kurt, for no good reason. Mich- Mike is just a friend. "
"I'm sorry," Kurt sat down on the couch and bit at his fingers nervously. "You're right."
"Don't worry too much about it Kurt, you have the entire Glee club behind you."
"This isn't right, I shouldn't go to school terrified for my life."
"Then don't Kurt," Blaine sat down next to him. "If anything he is more afraid of you."
"You don't know what he is capable of."
"To be fair Kurt, neither do you."
"Don't give me that kind of attitude." Kurt scowled.
"You are only snapping because you know it's true."
"You don't know him."
"Neither do you."
"Yes, I do. I know what he really is."
"No, you don't know who he really is. Nobody does, he doesn't even know." Blaine took Kurt's hands into his and looked him in the eyes. "I'll be by your side all day tomorrow okay? And when I we don't have classes together I'll have Michael be there."
"Does Mike know?" Kurt dropped Blaine's hands and stood up. "You told him didn't you?"
"No…yes. I told him. He is a really good friend and I trust him Kurt." Blaine leaned back on the couch and stared up at Kurt, pleading with his eyes. "He wasn't really surprised Kurt. He guessed that something like that happened. He knew what was up with Dave long before you did."
"You trust him Blaine?" Kurt's pulled a face. "Then I trust him." He smiled a little but there was a trace of sadness in his eyes. Blaine tugged at his hand and pulled him down onto the couch, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Thank you for understanding."
"I didn't know that Mike came with the Blaine package," Kurt said, teasingly.
Blaine smiled, thankful for Kurt's joking in such a serious moment.
"Well," he shrugged and put an arm around his boyfriend. "It's more like a bonus feature just that just recently got added. Get one Blaine get a free Asian friend. You really should get to know him. He quiet hilarious and good for conversation," and so very attractive
"You could have fooled me."
"It's not his fault nobody really listens to him. He's just…doesn't grab attention as easily. He kind of like's being the token Asian in the background. It spares him from drama."
"Like the drama with Karofsky that you just pulled him into?"
Blaine groaned and leaned back why did I have to do this to him, what if he can't handle the pressure? What if he avoids me now because I attract too much attention? Stupid rambling fool.
"I'm sure he'll just smile and let it slide." He spoke the words knowing they weren't entirely true.
"That fucker Karofsky is back," Puck announced angrily when he entered the choir room the next day. "I saw him this morning."
Everyone looked up in shock except Blaine who continued to softly strum at his guitar. He didn't want the entire Glee club to know that he knew who this Karofsky was. It didn't stop him from being nervous though. He felt his insides churning with fear and anticipation. Mike was going to pick Kurt up from his last class and walk him to Glee club. They were late.
"Where the hell is Kurt? We have to find Kurt and tell him." Finn stood up, his face was red with rage and worry.
"Calm down Finn, I'm sure Kurt is fine. Karofsky wouldn't do anything to him in front of the entire school." Rachel said as sweetly as she could muster. "Come and sit by me," she patted the chair next to her and fluttered her eyelashes suggestively.
Finn ignored her and looked back to the door.
Blaine began tapping his toes impatiently when Mr. Shue walked in to start the class.
"Where is Mike?" Blaine heard Tina whisper to Quinn.
"I have no idea."
Finn stood up before Mr. Shue could finish his speech.
"Mr. Shuester, I'm sorry but I think we should look for Kurt right now. Karofsky is back."
Mr. Shuester nearly dropped his clipboard.
"What?"
"Don't worry guys, Kurt is with Mike, I saw them walking together after class. They weren't heading towards the choir room though."
"What good is Mike going to do?" Puck scoffed, but Finn seemed relieved enough to take a breath.
"Yeah what if it's Mike and Kurt against Karofsky and all of his friends?" Tina sat up eagerly. "I don't think Mike could take on all of them."
Blaine's mind was going wild with thoughts. What if I was wrong, what if Karofsky really is dangerous. What if he does get a bunch of his friends to beat the two of them up? Oh god, what have I done? Blaine stood up and everyone's eyes darted to him.
"We have to-"
"Will?" A lady with red hair popped her head through the door. He face was terrified. "We need you in the principal's office."
"What's going on?" Finn practically shouted.
This is my fault. This is all my fault. Why do I keep telling everyone to stand up for themselves? What the fuck is wrong with me? Am I just living all my regrets through them? God dammit! I am such a fucking idiot.
"Stay here," Will put up his hand and followed the lady out of the choir room.
"We have to do something." Finn growled and spun around to face the rest of the club. "I'm not sitting around here to see what happened." With that he stormed out of the choir room, Puck and Sam following quickly behind him. Blaine hesitated for a moment before standing up and running after them. Leaving all of the girls, and Artie, behind.
The halls were still full of chattering students saying their goodbyes but Blaine could hear the mutterings of the words "Fight" and "Karofksy" and "That Asian kid." But he was still surprised to see Mike and Karofsky sitting next to each other in the principal's office. Mike was holding an ice pack to his eye and Karofsky had a bandage around his fist. Kurt was standing and muttering something to Mr. Hummel who looked pale with anger. Kurt on the other hand looked incredibly calm and didn't have a scratch on him.
Burt Hummel was glaring, not at David but at a third party that Blaine didn't recognize. There were three rough looking boys in lettermen jackets. The one in the middle had a disgusted scowl on his face and was easily the biggest of the three.
"You!" Finn shouted as he barged through the door. "You bastard!" He shouted at Dave and lunged forward to attack.
Several things happened at once. Dave winced, Mike and Mr. Shuester stood in front of Finn holding him back, Kurt screamed at Finn to stop, the three boys started laughing, and Puck threw up his fists ready to take on anyone that came at him.
"Not in my office Hudson." Mr. Figgins shouted.
"Listen Finn, it's not what it looks like. Dave is on our side. It's Asimo you should be worried about." Mike spat at the other three. The big one in the middle chuckled.
"Go dance to your Asian pop music Chang."
"I'll have none of that in my office" The principal shouted again. He didn't really have much of effect though. Blaine slid past the drama and walked up to Kurt.
"Are you alright?" He tugged at Kurt's sleeve. Kurt jumped out of his reverie and stared over at him.
"Oh, hi," He hugged Blaine. "I'll be fine, just a bit shaken up is all." Blaine looked over Kurt's shoulder at Mike. Mike was sitting back down next to David who looked relieved but still terrified. Mike looked up at Blaine and smiled to show that he was okay. Blaine felt relief shoot through his body and returned the smile. Mike looked pointedly at the jock next to him and then quietly pointed to Kurt's back then put a thumb up, clearly saying that things between the two were cleared.
Blaine grinned, even more relieved.
"What were you doing?"Blaine asked as he pulled away from his boyfriend.
Kurt smiled and wiped his eyes.
"I took your advice and trusted that Asian friend of yours." Kurt winked. "We had a little talk with David before those three Neanderthals showed up."
"Asimo, Henderson, and Erickson stay here. The rest are free to go." Figgin's announced.
David was the first out the door, avoiding everyone's eyes.
"I'll explain more later," Kurt whispered, taking Blaine's hand. "Let's go and sing."
"Come on Mike," Finn growled and glared at his shoes.
"Yes sir," Mike said sarcastically and stood up, still holding an icepack over his eye.
"Tina isn't going to be happy when she sees that Chang," Puck laughed and threw an arm over Mike.
"Warrior wounds are sexy," Sam said matter-of-factly.
-You wanna tell me what happened? I don't like being in the background and Kurt is being evasive-
Blaine was practically dying with anticipation as he waited for Mike to respond that night. But the response was well worth the length.
-Well I talked to David this morning (Asian therapist style) and he agreed to meet with Kurt to clear things up. He has been away because he was visiting his grandma who died last week. He said that while he was there he had a lot of time to think since she didn't have any video games at her house. There is a lot more too it but I won't go into too much detail. So I urged Kurt to talk to David and he agreed. I said it would be best for both of them if they talked it out. It would make it a lot easier for them to go to school together. They were just shaking hands when Asimo and his buddies decided to pay us a visit.-
-Wow, you are really good at this Asian therapist thing. So, Kurt just forgave him. Just like that?-
-No, he said it was going to take a while but he was willing to see that David was changing and that he was going to give it a try. I think Kurt is too good a soul to flat out refuse to see the good in David.-
-I'm glad things sorted out the way they did, though you did end up with a black eye and a nagging girlfriend-
-Bah, she is just worried about me. But I think the sexy warrior wound will benefit me in the future with her. ;D-
Blaine scowled and nearly put down his phone when it buzzed again.
-I'm sorry, that was kind of crude.-
-No, not at all. Its normal bro talk.- Blaine groaned as he sent the message. "Bro talk"? Really Blaine? You sound like an idiot.
-Still, let's change the subject.-
-Okay, who loved Lily more? James or Snape?-
-…Snape-
-Well I guess we can't agree on everything.-
It was then that Blaine's phone started ringing.
"Blaine Anderson speaking."
"How can you not agree with me on this? Snape clearly loved Lily more and I'll tell you why…"
They playfully argued about the subject for the rest of the night. Mike was so avidly in love with the Snape/Lily relationship that he even took to immaturely insulting Blaine's face a couple of times. Blaine took it all in stride and found it extremely amusing how Michael took the subject so passionately. When they reached the end of their argument Blaine looked to his clocked on his bedside table. It was blurry but he could see that it was four in the morning.
"Let's say this Michael Chang," Blaine said yawning. "The epitome of love for you is Snape's love for Lily. The epitome of love for me is James' love for Lily."
The Asian scoffed and chuckled.
"If anyone told me they love me like James loved Lily I would ninja kick them in the throat."
"I'll make sure Tina get's a hold of this information." Blaine turned over and snuggled up against his pillow smiling.
"She thinks the epitome of love is Edward's love for Bella."
Blaine made fake throwing up sounds.
"Oh god, it's late."
"Technically it's early Michael."
"Shut up and go to sleep. Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
Blaine fell asleep with his phone cuddled up against his chest and a smile on his face.