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Chapter 13

Blaine sat at his desk staring out into the sea of blank faces, most of his students were recovering from what appeared to have been an extremely good weekend, some were staring dully at the texts he had told them to read, and the odd few were actually asleep. Blaine couldn't believe how disconnected his English class was this morning, but he couldn't find it in himself to change it. He knew he should, and at some point he would, but right now his mind was focusing on other things. Like Kurt. Like the fact that he hadn't heard from him last night, and he had yet to see him in school. Blaine thought maybe it was a good thing that Kurt hadn't called him, hadn't he told him to call if he needed him? Maybe Kurt was okay and he didn't need him last night. Maybe Kurt didn't want to talk to him anymore. Blaine shook his head, his thoughts going crazy and trying to get the better of him. Was that what Kurt went through on a daily basis? Only louder and more real? Blaine shook his head slightly, thinking about what Kurt goes through just made his heart hurt.

The bell finally rang and Blaine promised himself that the next class would be more productive. He knew it would be, Kurt would be there. Blaine smirked as the two boys who had fallen asleep were startled awake, he wrote out two pink detention slips and handed them to them on their way out, he didn't care if it was a bitchy move, he was a teacher and he could do that. Their groans were oddly satisfying.

Blaine stood up when everyone was gone, he jumped up and down and did a few star jumps, trying to shake the mood off and hope a productive one slipped into place. "What are you doing?" The familiar purr soothed him instantly, he turned his head, still jumping on the spot to see Kurt inside the class room, pulling the door closed behind him.

"I'm jumping." Blaine stated as if it was the simplest thing in the world. "What are you doing?" Blaine grinned and stopped his frantic movement.

"Watching you jump apparently." Kurt smiled, his lips curling upwards ever so slightly.

"Well I've stopped now." Blaine hummed, he felt like he just needed to say something, even if it probably made no sense.

"You have." Kurt smiled, fiddling with his fingers.

"Are you okay?" Blaine asked, tilting his head and watching the younger boy. From what he could see, Kurt didn't look hurt or upset, he looked okay, which was good.

"Yeah, are you?" Kurt's voice was softer now, all delicacy back in place.

"Uhuh." Blaine smiled. "I hope you did your homework."

"I did." Kurt rolled his eyes and went to walk to his seat at the back, only stopping when Blaine told him to sit near the front. "I don't like sitting there." Kurt mumbled standing frozen in place.

"Why?" Blaine frowned.

"Because everyone can see me there." Kurt stated. "I like to sit in the back."

"To hide away?" Blaine whispered.

"So I don't get bothered." Kurt replied. "And...And to hide away." Kurt sighed, there was no point lying about it. He had every right to want to hide away from the world.

"Okay." Blaine said softly, he would never force Kurt to do anything that he didn't want to, even if it was something as simple as sitting in the front of the class – not that it was just a simple thing for Kurt, Blaine could tell it ran much deeper than it being just another chair in the room. "At least sit there for now? We have twenty minutes before class starts, I don't want to shout." Blaine pouted and gestured to the chair again. Kurt stared at the chair as if trying to figure out if it was going to open up and swallow him whole, deeming that it wouldn't, he moved forward slowly and sat down. Even with it just being him and Blaine in the room he still felt as though he was on show. "So, what did you do last night?" Blaine asked, sitting on the chair, he thought maybe sitting higher then Kurt would make him relax, to their invisible audience, it was Blaine who was now on show, not Kurt. That seemed to make the porcelain skinned boy relax more.

"I did some homework, and then I slept." Kurt smiled. "I'm exciting, no?"

"Oh so exciting." Blaine joked back, enjoying the smile that spread across Kurt's face. "Did you sleep okay?"

"I did." Kurt nodded. "I take sleeping pills sometimes, not all the time, I don't want to get addicted to them. But most Sunday nights I take one, it makes me believe that my week will be okay if I have a good nights sleep before."

"And how has your week been so far?" Blaine asked, kicking his legs a little.

"It's getting better." Kurt replied back quietly, looking up at Blaine shyly. Blaine felt himself blushing and jumped down from his desk.

"I took the liberty of doing something." Blaine said as he fumbled through some folders on his desk, Kurt noted how disorganised he was and made a silent plan to sort it out for him. How could anyone work in such a mess?

"Oh?" Kurt pressed when Blaine started to mumble to himself as he rooted around for whatever it was he was searching desperately for.

"Aha!" Blaine grinned, pulling out a small blue folder. "I've made you a study journal."

"You did?" Kurt smiled, how had Blaine had time to do this for him?

"Last night, I was thinking and I know I said I would help you with your studies, and I thought this would make it seem more official." Blaine clarified. Kurt nodded, it was a good idea. "It has your time table in, and then your free classes, and free classes we both have at the same time. I've also put for some lunchtimes too."

"I don't want to deprive you of your breaks." Kurt said softly. Blaine was seriously just too nice.

"You won't be, you'll be saving me! Have you seen these teachers here? They're all old and boring." Blaine stage whispered, causing Kurt to laugh again with a disapproving shake of his head.

"Are you sure?" Kurt asked, taking the folder and looking through it. It had lists of assignments that were due, and how Blaine could help. Blaine had even asked teachers and looked online for resources for him.

"I'm more than sure." Blaine told him, suddenly nervous that Kurt would tell him he didn't want his help.

"Thank you." Kurt smiled, Blaine took that as him accepting his offer. "When did you do this?"

"Last night, I was wired, I had done my marking and I thought I could do this."

"It's amazing, thank you." Kurt grinned, his fingers idly stroking down the spine of the folder. Blaine sucked his lip, watching Kurt's finger move up and down.

"Welcome." Blaine smiled, he hadn't thought Kurt would think so much of it. It was just a planner wasn't it? Blaine could see it in Kurt's eyes that it was something more, this was the first actual step that a teacher had made to help him. Blaine was so proud that he was the teacher to do so.