Prompt: Erika Hernandez -"There's an old code among climbers, anything that happens on the mountain stays there." - 'Enterprise'
"Hey, Kurt can I borrow . . ."
Finn let his question trail off as he saw that his stepbrother was already in bed and apparently asleep. Walking quietly into the room, Finn intended to turn off the lamp that had been left on. As he reached out to switch off the lamp though, a noise behind him caught his attention. Turning, Finn spotted Kurt climbing through his bedroom window from the tree outside.
Finn looked back at the lumpy bed and then back at the window. "You were grounded," Finn said, because he wasn't sure what else to say.
"Yeah. That would be the reason I'm climbing through my bedroom window instead of using the front door," Kurt replied, now safely in the room. He turned around and pulled the screen into place. "And if you remember, I was grounded because I was late getting home because I chose to sit with your girlfriend until her dads got home because she fortgot her house key because someone wouldn't answer his phone."
"I told you both, the battery was low on my phone so I turned it off until I could get home to charge it," Finn replied. He felt bad that not only had he not been there for his girlfriend but that Kurt had gotten in trouble for being there when he couldn't.
"Well, Dalton made the finals for State in rowing and the competition was this evening. Both Wes and David were on the team and I had promised to be there, hence why I'm sneaking back into the house. I still don't know what you're doing in my room though," Kurt replied, walking toward his bed and throwing back his blankets. He started dismantling the pile of pillows and linen that he had created his stand in out of.
"Um, I needed to borrow your history book," Finn replied.
"On the desk," Kurt said, folding a blanket.
Finn retrieved the textbook from the desk. He started leaving the room but paused at the door. "Hey, Kurt," he said, turning back to his stepbrother.
"Yeah," Kurt replied.
"Your secret if safe with me, but can you not keep sneaking out that way. If you fell, you'd get hurt or worse. If you need to sneak out again before the grounding is up, let me know. I'll help you out."
"Are you actually offering to help me break rules?" Kurt asked, amused.
Finn shrugged. "We're brothers. Brothers look out for one another."
"Thanks, Finn," Kurt replied, before Finn left the room to do his homework leaving Kurt to put things back in order.