AN: I know I did one earlier with Kurt leaving the choir room so now I've got one before he made his announcement. I hope you enjoy!
Prompt: First Doctor: "One day I shall come back. Yes I shall come back. Until then there can be no fears, no regrets, no anxieties. Just move forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine." - 'Doctor Who'
Walking toward the choir room, Kurt felt as though his feet got heavier with every step he took. A few weeks ago he wouldn't have had any second thoughts about leaving. Other than Mercedes, and maybe Rachel, he hadn't felt any real connection to anyone here. He had felt like an outsider. Someone that the others put up with more than actually wanted him around.
That was before the guys on the football team had stood up to Karofsky for him. Before Sam had gotten a black eye because he was trying t get the bully to leave Kurt alone. Before Finn had stood up in front of their parent's guests at the wedding an given his speech. Befre Finn had publically not only danced with him but had engulfed him in a hug.
Before he had felt as though maybe he did belong in New Directions.
But in the scheme of things, none of that mattered. Karofsky was coming back, his expulsion overturned by the school board, and that put him in danger again. More than that though, Kurt new it put the others who had stood up for him in danger too. Karofsky wasn't going to be happy about everything that had gone down. It put Finn in danger, if the quarterback planned on fulfilling the promise he had made at the wedding.
And if he didn't, then Kurt's reason for wanting to stay was shattered anyway. The teen wasn't quite ready to test that promise so soon. If all that speech had been was a PR trick for Finn, then Kurt didn't want to come to that realization right now. Rather, he wanted to cling to the hope that Finn had giving him that things could change.
So for now, he would take the safe haven that Dalton provided to keep him and his friends safe. He had faith that this good-bye wouldn't be forever. For just like Finn had changed from the jock who threw pee balloons at him and helped toss him into dumpsters to the brother who had promised to have his back, others could change too - be it his peers or the administration. When those changes came, he could return and things would be better for the other students who had to deal with the bullying as well. Perhaps his leaving would be the spark needed to start bringing about that change.
With a heavy heart, but knowing he was doing the right thing, Kurt walked into the choir room prepared to make the hardest speech he had ever made.