AN: So, while looking through ones I posted, I noticed that this one wasn't with the rest of the ones that went to the arc it was a part of. If it did get posted and I'm just missing it, sorry for reposting. Otherwise, enjoy!
Note: This would fit in with the arc created by drabble 364-367 and fit in before Finn apologizes to Burt and Kurt.
Prompt: Haley James Scott - "Love means giving chances when there are no more chances left to give." - 'One Tree Hill'
"Kurt I don't know why you're trying to protect any of them," my father said, hovering at the foot of my bed. Though there was a chair available I hadn't seen him sit down in it yet. All I could hope was that he hadn't spent the night pacing my hospital room. "They're clearly not your friends. Just tell me who put you in the dumpster and I'll make sure that the school takes care of it."
"It won't solve anything," I replied, knowing that my dad would want an explanation for my refusal. I wasn't about to give him the real reason though. "Yesterday it was one group and tomorrow it'll be someone else. It's not like it's an isolated incident."
"This has happened before?" my father asked, clearly getting angrier at the situation. It was why I hadn't told him about the bullying before this.
"Yes," I admitted, hoping that I could get away without having to admit to him just how frequently occurred. "I'm usually better at climbing out of it though," I added lightly.
"Don't even try to claim responsibility for you getting hurt, Kurt. This isn't your fault."
"Maybe not but can we just let it go?" I pleaded, not wanting to make a big deal out it because I didn't want to get Finn in trouble.
If Finn wasn't involved in the incident this time around perhaps I wouldn't be so reluctant to give names, not that I believed it would solve things any more than it would this time but it might give me a bit of a break from the harassment. However, Finn was involved and the fact remained that he was still the only jock to ever stand up for me. There was also the issue of my crush on him. Oh I knew the feelings would never be returned but I hadn't moved past it quite yet. It was a nice little fantasy that brightened my otherwise dismal life. Did it hurt that he had been apart of throwing me in the dumpster? Yes but I wanted to believe that if he had been there when I fell that he would have helped me. In fact, I needed to believe that because if he wouldn't have then there was no chance that no one else would have.
My dad let out a long sigh. "I don't like it, but I can't make you talk," my father said and I let out a sigh of relief.
Perhaps Finn didn't deserve the free pass I was giving him but the funny thing about loving someone was that you would forgive them of anything.