Kurt approached Dave on Monday. They'd been texting all weekend, but Kurt wanted to see him. So at the first opportunity, Kurt waltzed up to Dave, who was sorting through his locker. He saw as Kurt was a few steps from him. He smiled at first, happy to see him. Then he had to hold back the urge he had to swoop down and steal a kiss.

"Hey, Dave," Kurt mumbled as he shot a nervous smile at him.

"Hey. What's up?" Dave asked, returning the smile.

"I was just wondering if you'd like to come back to mine after school. Dad and Carole are still away and Rachel's said she's invited Finn over to hers, so we'd be alone," Kurt said.

"Yeah, sure. That sounds great! Meet you there after school?"

"Yeah, see you then!"

Kurt flounced off again, heading for his locker and leaving room for Azimio to take his place.

"Dude. Why were you talking to Hummel?" he questioned. Dave looked up at his best friend and thought through the excuses he had stored in his mind like a library.

"He was asking something about Hudson," Dave quickly improvised, but Azimio gave him a suspicous glare.

"You don't want to be hanging out with him. People will think you're a fag too," Azimio joked, but Dave let his fists ball up.

"Do not call him that!" he snapped. Azimio narrowed his eyes at his best friend.

"What the fuck, man? You defending him now?"

"No. Look, I just … just lay off him okay? He is sort of Finn's brother so we're cool with him right?"

"Has he turned you, dude?" Dave felt sudden panic at Azimio's suspicion.

"No! I'm not a fucking fag, okay?" Dave all but screamed at Azimio, leaving a lot of people stealing curious glances towards the footballers.

"Woah, dude," Azimio muttered, holding his hands up defensively. "I wasn't being serious. I know you're not a fag."

Dave wasn't listening. Over Azimio's shoulder he had sighted Kurt, who was watching him with what could only be described as a look of horror and shock mixed into one. His eyebrows were scrunched high on his brow and his mouth hung slightly open. Before Dave could change his expression, Kurt had ran off in a different direction. Dave wanted to follow him, but with Azimio already asking questions, it wasn't going to be easy to explain.

He whipped out his phone and quickly typed a text to Kurt.

To Fancy: Are you okay?

His phone was soon vibrating, as if Kurt had been waiting with his phone to reply.

From Fancy: I'll talk to you after school.

The reply had been so short and snappy that it worried Dave. Was Kurt pissed at him?

The school day went slowly. Dave found himself staring at the clock, wondering whether it was faulty and kept getting stuck or whether time was actually that slow. Finally, the last bell rang out and Dave escaped the classroom. He ignored his friends' attempts to stop him as he blundered towards the car park. He climbed in and started hjs car, eager to get to Kurt's and find out what had been wrong with him earlier.

Kurt arrived at his house earlier than Dave and had already entered. When Dave got there not long after he took a deep breath and went to get the door for him. Dave looked worried to say the least. His eyebrows were knitted together and his eyes were wide as he looked at Kurt.

"Come in," Kurt muttered, stepping aside to allow room for Dave to enter. He did so and as Kurt shut the door he turned to face him.

"Are you okay? Is it about what I said to Azimio? 'Cause you know I didn't mean it like that!" Dave quickly blurted. Kurt looked up with a sorry expression.

"I just... I don't know if I can do this. I forgot how ashamed you are. Ashamed to be who you are. Ashamed to be with me. I just can't do it. I'm sorry. I thought I could deal with it but I can't. I'll help you in every way I can with all this but I can't be with you until you've learnt to accept yourself. I don't want to force you out of the closet, but I don't want you to stay in there forever. I know one day you'll come out, and I don't know how long it'll be but for now I'll be here to help you build up to that moment."

Dave looked at Kurt, his words sinking in slowly. Kurt was breaking up with him. He didn't realise this moment would come so soon.

"Kurt, look, I'm sorry. You know I'm not exactly comfortable with everyone knowing about us and I know you deserve better, but I can't stand the thought of losing you," Dave admitted.

"You won't lose me. I'll still be here, waiting for you when you're ready. But until then, we can be just friends, yeah?" Kurt explained. He watched as Dave bit his lip and took in a deep breath. Kurt opened his arms and Dave stepped into them, wrapping his arms around Kurt and resting his head in Kurt's hair.

"I'm so sorry," Dave whispered, his voice cracked slightly.

"I should be the one apologising. I really like you Dave. I'll wait as long as I have to," Kurt mumbled back. The embrace lasted a few more moments, both boys not wanting to break it, but they eventually broke apart and Kurt looked up at Dave, his lips clamped together.

"I'd better go then," Dave murmured. "I'll see you soon."

Before Kurt could speak, Dave was walking out and jumping into his car. He drove away quickly trying not to think about it too much.

Kurt just broke up with him.

It still hadn't sunk in. He couldn't hug him or touch him or kiss him any more. They were back to being 'just friends'. As much as Dave was happy that they still had some relationship, he wanted Kurt as more than that. He wanted to be his boyfriend.

He could come out.

He thought over it. Could he do it? No he couldn't. That would be suicide. What meant more to him, Kurt or his high school life? He was embarrassed to admit that he couldn't answer that.

Dave got home to an empty house and found himself running upstairs and slamming his bedroom door shut. He sat on the edge of his bed, his head in his hands and let everything wash over him. The upset that came from losing Kurt, the confusion about what he should do, the worry about what people would think of him. That's when the tears started.

When he heard the front door open he was forced to wipe his eyes. He rushed downstairs to show his presence and was met by his sister and his father. He approached his sister and engulfed her in a bear hug, which he had to admit made him feel a lot better. Then he looked over to his dad. His dad was sat in his casual clothes, jeans and a t shirt. He was smiling at Dave, a friendly expression which Dave saw when his father was as relaxed as he was now.

Before he could change his mind, Dave told his sister to go and start setting a game up upstairs and he'd be there in a bit. Holly eagerly rushed off upstairs and after a deep breath, Dave turned to his dad.

"Dad. I need to talk to you about something..."

Oooooh! So I'm going to finish this off soon and finish off some of the others too. I hope you've enjoyed :)