AN: Another Drabble expanding on the episode "On My Own". Inspired by lines from "Never Mind the Strangers" by The Saw Doctors
"You said last week you wanted to be friends. I'd like that."*
Kurt reached out and took Karofsky's hand in friendship. Such a simple gesture but one that had seemed so improbable just over a year ago back when the broad-shouldered teen had been occupied with shoving Kurt into lockers.
"Me too," Kurt told him. *
Some might call him crazy for reaching out in friendship to Karofsky after the time he had spent making Kurt's life a living hell. After threatening to kill him if Kurt had revealed his secret. However, like many other things in his life, Kurt didn't care about what others might say about him. He was reaching out in friendship because he understood Karofsky in a way that many others couldn't.
As Kurt had said only minutes earlier, there were going to be days that life was just going to suck. Both of them had seen that. Both of them knew what it was like to hide who you were out of fear of rejection. Knew the fear of people's reaction if you made the simple admission of - "I'm gay." They had tasted the hate of people to close minded to think beyond their own little spheres but facing that hate was a consequence of refusing to live a lie. Though they had taken their own path they had both quit trying to pretend they were someone they weren't.
"How did Regionals go?" Karofsky asked to break the silence. It seemed like a question a friend would ask.
*Dialogue from the episode "On My Way"