A/N: Sorry about the delay in updates, hope you forgive me. I really enjoyed writing this chapter, so I hope you enjoy reading it. :D More up soon.

Thank you to my pervy beta Shelly hehe :D

Chapter 8

Blaine wakes up when he feels something cold pressed against his leg, at first he gets scared. Who was in his house? And why were they so damn cold? Blinking his eyes open quickly he sees a head of light brown hair nuzzled against his neck. He frowns, running a hand through his own messy hair, pulling his fingers roughly through a curl; he really needed to condition his hair more. The body against him moved a little and Blaine realised the source of the cold against him; Kurt's foot was pressed against his calf. Kurt was freezing. Blaine grabbed the blanket and wrapped it more around Kurt, taking effort to make sure his feet were nice and tucked in. For a few moments Blaine took note of the fact that he had seen Kurt asleep just as much as he had seen him awake in the few days that he had known him. Blaine really wasn't sure how he felt about that. Blaine went to pull away slowly, he was in desperate need of a coffee. He didn't do well in the mornings. But as he moved away, Kurt moved with him, skinny arms that were wrapped around his waist held on tighter, making it impossible for Blaine to move away from him. Blaine chewed his lip, he didn't know what to do. Should he wake him? Or should he stay and let Kurt sleep a little longer?

As Blaine stared up at the ceiling, trying to figure out what to do he hadn't noticed the young boy shifting next to him until he started to speak. "Mr. Anderson?" His voice was soft, he sounded so young, so lost, so tired.

"Hey," Blaine whispered, fearing that if he spoke any louder it would scare Kurt.

"I was asleep on you." Kurt thought out loud, as if realising what he just said he pulled away from him, forgetting how sore his body was he winced as it fought against his actions.

"Woah, take it easy." Blaine said gently, he sat up a little, encouraging Kurt to do the same. "It's okay, you were tired. You fell asleep during the movie."

"I'm sorry!" Kurt said skittishly, his voice taking on a high, panicked pitch. "I'm so sorry. I...I didn't mean to..."

"I said it's okay." Blaine placed a hand either side of Kurt's face, pulling him out of the panic attack he was rapidly falling into. "Just breathe, Kurt. It's okay."

"It's okay?" Kurt asked, his eyes blinking up at him. He barely looked ten, let alone sixteen. Blaine chewed the inside of his lip as he thought about the answer. Was a student falling asleep and cuddling up to his teacher okay? Probably not. But Blaine didn't see it like that. Kurt wasn't just any student. Kurt was Kurt and he needed help, and if that meant falling asleep and cuddling then Blaine would give him that.

"It's okay." Blaine nodded, rubbing his cheek softly before pulling away. Kurt's eyes stayed focused on Blaine's, he trusted him so much already. "I was going to get up and make some coffee, would you like some?"

"Yes please." Kurt answered, fiddling with the sleeves of his top. "Can I come with you?"

"Course." Blaine smiled, he stood up and held a hand out for Kurt. Kurt took it, his smaller hand fitting perfectly within Blaine's larger one. Blaine stared at their hands for a quick moment, they looked so right together. He shook his head mentally, thoughts like that would get them in serious trouble, and he wouldn't be able to help Kurt if he let his mind go down that road.

"You have a nice house." Kurt said as Blaine led him through to the kitchen.

"Thanks," Blaine smiled sheepishly, he could feel his cheeks glow pink at Kurt's compliment. God, what was wrong with him this morning? "You're the first person to see it, apart from my parents."

"Really?" Kurt asked, he was shocked, he would have thought that Blaine had people over all the time. He was a nice man, surely he had lots of friends to do adult things with like dinner parties or something equally as dull as that. Not to mention he was handsome, wasn't there a lover out there for him? Someone he could bring home on a cold night, someone to cuddle and kiss.

"Kurt..." Blaine said a little louder. Kurt had been in a vivid daydream, his eyes glazed over and he was staring at a sign that said 'You can take the man out of Italy, but you can't take Italy out of the man' and as much as the sign was fascinating, it wasn't the most entertaining of features in Blaine's house.

"Huh?" Kurt shook his head. Did Blaine say something?

"I asked if you wanted any sugar," Blaine smiled, he wanted to know what Kurt was thinking about. He didn't look scared so Blaine didn't think that he had lost himself in any dark thoughts.

"Oh, two please." Kurt said shyly. Blaine nodded and put two sugars in both mugs and made the coffee.

"I'll find some spare clothes for you in a minute, and I'll put a little more of that cream on for you, it works wonders but it wears off quite quickly." Blaine rambled a little, he wasn't used to someone standing so close to him in his kitchen. It felt so domestic.

"Thank you." Kurt smiled back, he couldn't help but think that Blaine was cute. "I'll go soon, I don't want to be a burden or anything."

"Hey," Blaine said, thoughts of domestic bliss out of his head as soon as Kurt started to doubt himself. "You are welcome to stay as long as you want."

"Really?" Kurt asked, why would Blaine want to put up with him?

"Really." Blaine nodded. "I was hoping we could talk, get to know each other a little."

"O-Okay." Kurt whispered, his mind so confused. Why would Blaine want to get to know him? No one had ever cared to in the past.

"Great," Blaine smiled. "How about I run you a bath? That will help your bruises, then once you're out I can put the cream on, you'll be comfortable that way."

"Sure." Kurt nodded. Blaine wanted him to have a bath? Would Blaine stay with him while he had a bath?

"He's going to take advantage of you, Kurt. You need to go now, he'll only hurt you. Poor, desperate Kurt. He's going to use you..."

"Kurt?" Blaine frowned, Kurt was lost in his thoughts again, only this time he looked so sad, so confused.

"Huh?"

"I said I'll be in my office while you're in the bath, I can get some marking done before we talk."

Kurt felt like putting the middle finger up at the voice in his head. Blaine wasn't going to hurt him. He wasn't like that, "kay. Thanks." Kurt smiled. Blaine nodded, unaware of what Kurt was thanking him for. They drank their coffee in a comfortable silence, and then Blaine went and ran Kurt's bath, mentally trying to prepare himself for their upcoming conversation. He didn't have any marking to do, he was going to to look online and try to find ways to help him. He just hoped they worked.