AN: Ummm, nothing to see here again. Just go read. Honestly, these boys.

Chapter 108

When he woke the next morning, the first thing he noticed was the empty bed next to him. "Kurt?" he called, sitting up.

He heard the sink run for a moment and then Kurt called back, voice raspy. "Yeah?"

"What are you doing?" Blaine asked, looking in the bathroom to see Kurt was dressed for the day.

"I'm going shopping with Mercedes, Rachel, and Tina today." Kurt said, styling his hair.

Blaine took in his flushed cheeks and walked up to him, putting a hand on his forehead. Kurt tried to move away, protesting. "I feel much better." He said, trying not to let out the cough in his throat.

"You feel warm babe. You sure you feel better?" Kurt opened his mouth to reply and Blaine added. "Remember how I feel about lying."

Kurt sighed. "I feel better enough." Blaine gave him a look and Kurt pouted. "Please?"

Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand pulled him into the bedroom, pushing him to sit on the bed. He picked up the thermometer and turned to Kurt. "If you don't have a fever, you can go okay?"

Kurt nodded. He took the thermometer from Blaine and was about to put it under his tongue. "Can you grab me my cell phone? I left it downstairs I think." Kurt asked suddenly.

Blaine gave him a weird look and Kurt pleaded with his eyes. "All right. Take your temperature. I'll be right back."

Blaine left the room and Kurt turned the thermometer on, letting it record the temperature of his room. He put his fingers on the sensors to raise it until it was at 99 degrees. It beeped and Kurt smiled, glad he had remembered the trick from when he was younger.

Blaine came back in the room. "I couldn't find it babe."

Kurt looked at him, puzzled for a moment as his stuffy head clouded over before he remembered what he had asked Blaine for. "Oh yeah. Maybe it's-"

Blaine cut him off. "It's right here." He picked it up from beside the laptop where it had sat in plain view of Kurt.

"Oh. I must have missed it. Silly me." Kurt said, laughing a bit.

Blaine gave him a look. "You sure you're feeling all right babe?"

Kurt smiled weakly at Blaine. "Yeah. See no fever." He handed Blaine the thermometer. "So I'm going to go now." He stood up to leave and stood still for a moment at the head rush.

Blaine watched as Kurt turned pale. "Kurt, I don't think you should go out." He said, moving across the room and holding him up.

Kurt shook his head. "I'm fine Blaine. I haven't hung out with them all in ages."

Blaine sighed. "We go back to school in a few days. You'll see them there."

Kurt whined. "It's not the same."

Blaine looked at the thermometer and back at Kurt's flushed face. "Can I take your temperature again? You feel a lot warmer than 99."

Kurt glared. "I already did it. I'm fine. I'll see you later."

"Hey come on. I'm just worried. Humor me?" Blaine said, pouting at Kurt.

Kurt felt his resolve weaken as the knot in his stomach grew. He couldn't help but want to give into Blaine but he knew if he did, Blaine would know he lied. Still, Kurt couldn't say no to Blaine's puppy dog eyes.

"Fine." He sighed, sitting back down on the bed. He closed his eyes and tried to will the temperature down as he waited for it to beep.

When it did, he watched as Blaine pulled it out and frowned at it. "That's strange. Maybe it's broken." Blaine said.

"What's wrong?" Kurt asked, swallowing down a cough.

"Well, it says you have a fever of 101.3. But you were just at 99. That doesn't make sense." He continued looking puzzled as he went in the bathroom. "Do you have another thermometer?" He called, searching the cabinets.

"No." Kurt called back, sneezing as quietly as he could. As he heard Blaine come back in, he sat up and tried to look healthy.

"I'm going to go see if Burt or Carole has a thermometer. I'll be right back." Blaine said, heading to the door. Kurt bit his lip, thinking fast. Burt had figured out Kurt's trick with the thermometer after catching him in the act one day. If Blaine told him what was happening, Burt would tell him the truth.

"Wait." Kurt said sighing. Blaine looked back at Kurt. "I-I faked the first temperature. I just really want to go out." He said quietly, looking down at the floor.

Blaine smiled internally, having realized as soon as he saw the temperature the first time that Kurt was faking. Still, Kurt had lied to him and he needed to be clear that was not acceptable. Especially when it put his health at risk. "You did what?" He asked, crossing the room to stand in front of Kurt. He grabbed his chin and lifted his head so he was looking him in the eyes.

"I faked the temperature and lied to you. I'm sorry." Kurt said, eyes filling with tears as he met Blaine's hard stare.

Blaine sighed and pulled Kurt into a hug. He couldn't not give in when Kurt was sick and looking so sad. "Shh, it's okay. Don't cry babe."

Kurt sniffed. "I don't feel good Blaine."

"I know." Blaine said, rubbing his back until he was feeling better. He then grabbed the medicine from the night stand and poured out Kurt's dose. "Open." He ordered.

"Blaine, I-" Kurt began.

"Open Kurt." Blaine said, raising an eyebrow. Kurt sighed and did as he was told, swallowing the cough syrup down quickly. Blaine nodded, satisfied. He shook the bottle and furrowed his brow at how empty it felt. He would have to ask someone to get more for them.

Putting it down, he looked at Kurt. "You need to send the girls a text. Tell them you won't be joining them."

"Yes, Blaine." Kurt said, grabbing his phone and typing it out quickly.

After he sent it, Blaine took it out of his hands. "I'll keep a hold of this for today. Now let's get you changed into pajamas. I think another day in bed and you will feel much better." He began unbuttoning Kurt' shirt, pushing his hand away gently when he tried to help. "I've got this. You just stand there."

Kurt sighed and stood still. He stepped out of his pants when Blaine told him to, sighing in relief when Blaine put pajama pants on him. Blaine didn't miss that and took a guess at why he was relieved. "I'm not going to spank you for this. Not while you are sick anyways. No, I think a nice, quiet day in bed is all you need today."

AN: Foreboding words if I ever heard them. Anyways, review. I'm a few chapters out already but reviews mean you all will have chapters later this week too.