AN: And this is the last part of my Puck/Kurt arc. I hope you've all enjoyed it. This last part was inspired by lyrics from "The Reason" by Hoobastank.
I had lost all track of time, but I was pretty sure it was getting late as I had stopped noticing the stench of the port-a-potty. Who would have thought anyone could get use to that stench?
And then I thought about Tony and the way he had talked about those who bullied him. The kid had just accepted the bullying, accepted having to break the law to stay safe, as his lot in life. I'm sure that acceptance came along a lot like the stench in my tiny prison becoming unnoticeable - there wasn't much I could do about it so my mind just pushed it aside.
I couldn't imagine ever accepting being bullied like that. Already I had thought of several ways to get back at Karofsky, Azimio and the other guys who had locked me here. Coming up with ways to get even wasn't the problem - coming up with ways that didn't land me back in Juvie was proving a bit more difficult.
And then I thought about Kurt, who I had been trying to find someone to take his place in Glee. I had referred to him as 'my boy' when yelling at Karofsky and somehow it felt right. Not that I was turning gay, but on a friendship level Kurt was one of 'my boys' the way Finn used to be and Mike and most of the other football players were. Like Tony had been. I'm not sure when it had happened but it had.
We might find someone to take Kurt's place in the group so we had the required number of members but we could never replace him. Kurt was one of kind - both in his talents and in the courage he had shown standing up to me and other bullies. I was starting to understand better why Kurt had left - he was simply tired of defending himself because of who he was. Tony had chosen to give in when he reached that point where Kurt had chosen to hold onto his principles and remove himself from the situation.
Though Karofsky was the main factor in Kurt's decision, I was apart of what led up to him reaching the point where he no longer felt safe here at McKinley. It wasn't something I was proud of. Putting people through something similar to this experience right now was nothing to be proud of and if I ever got out of this port-a-potty I needed to change things because I didn't want to be on either end of that situation ever again. It was time I made some changes - for Tony and for Kurt.