Blaine swung his legs over the side of the bed, making his way slowly towards the living room, everywhere was pitch black, giving no indication of where Kurt and Sophia had gotten to. It wasn't until he heard soft sobs that he was able to locate them. Switching the side lamp on he let his eyes adjust slowly to the light, almost sobbing himself when he saw what was waiting for him.

Sophia was lay on the floor on her back, she had quite clearly been crying, but her cries were now dulled from sobbing so much. He immediately ran to pick her up, cradling her against his shoulder, her sobs picking up volume again from being in her Papa's arms.

"Shh, baby girl, I'm here, shh, now let's find your Daddy, yeah?" Sophia looked up at him with massive eyes, her curls getting in her eyes slightly, she really was beautiful, which made his heart break the sight of her crying as much as she had been.

"Kurt? honey?" He searched the rest of their apartment for Kurt, struggling to find him anywhere. He felt the panic start to rise in his chest, he knew Kurt was fragile at the moment, but he wasn't expecting not to find him in the middle of the night. He knew he would have no choice but to check the rest of the house.

Taking Sophia with him, he slowly opened the connecting door to the rest of the house, creeping as quietly as he could through the house, he thanked his lucky stars that Sophia wasn't fussing, she seemed, in fact to have fallen asleep again in his arms. Making his way down the stairs, ensuring that he stepped over the creaking step, he could hear his heart pounding in his ears, this was so unlike Kurt, that he was near tears himself.

"Kurt? Sweetheart? Are you down here?" He was terrified of waking his parents up, but the fear of not finding Kurt was more prominent in his mind. Having checked the whole of the downstairs, he knew he had no choice but to get his parents involved. Making his way back upstairs, he knocked on his parents bedroom door, waiting for them to answer. Eventually, the door creaked open and his mothers tired face appeared in the gap.

"Blaine? Honey? What's wrong? Is Sophia okay?"

"Mom! Can you take Sophia for a bit? She's fine, but I can't find Kurt anywhere, I have no idea where he has gone, and I'm worried sick"

"Blaine, you need to take some deep breaths, and calm down, he won't have gone far, give me Sophia, and go get some clothes on, take your car and drive for a bit, I'll give Burt a call and see if he has contacted them at all, okay?"

Blaine simply nodded at his Mom, it was times like this that he realised how much he still needed her, she just took control of the situation, making him feel a million times better. He handed Sophia to her, who stirred slightly, but soon snuggled up into her Grandma's chest. He ran back to their apartment, throwing some sweatpants and a hoodie on and pulling his trainers on. Grabbing his car keys and phone he ran back down the stairs again, and out to his car.

It was now nearly 3am, and still pitch black outside, starting the car up he looked every way he could, searching all the sidewalks for any sign of Kurt, just as he reached the end of their driveway, his phone buzzed from the passenger seat.

"Hello?"

"Blaine, it's Burt"

"Burt! Have you heard from Kurt at all?"

"No, not yet, he's never done this before, I don't know what he's playing at"

"I know, I found Sophia on the living room floor, crying her eyes out, he would never normally leave her like that"

"Okay, well you carry on having a look around where you are, and I'll check all the normal places here, keep in touch, yeah?"

Blaine hung up the phone and put his head on his steering wheel, he loved Kurt so much and the thought of anything happening to him, literally made him feel sick.

"Where are you?"

He heard his own voice echoing around the empty car, only making him more aware of the situation at hand. Continuing to drive around the neighbourhood, to anyone on the outside he would look suspicious, driving around at 3am at a snails pace looking anywhere and everywhere.

He got to the end of the street, where there was a small playground, and looking briefly around the playground, it was, of course deserted, not even the teenagers that sometimes hung around there were out at this time on a weeknight. Blaine was starting to get more and more upset, feeling his chest tighten further and further.

Just as he was giving up hope, his cell phone started ringing again, snapping him out of his meloncholy.

"Hello? Burt?"

"Blaine, buddy, I've got him" They were the best words he had ever heard in his life, relief washed through him like a tidal wave.

"Where are you? I'm on my way"

"At the shop, listen, Blaine, he's not in a good way, just to warn you"

"Okay, I'll be there soon."

Blaine turned the car around, quickly phoning his Mom to update her, who promised him she would keep Sophia for the rest of the night and the next day so he could focus on Kurt. Once he had hung up on his Mom he spent the rest of the journey to the shop preparing himself for what he was about to face. He knew he would never leave Kurt, and wanted nothing more than to be with him forever, but something at the back of his mind told him, this dream sounded a lot easier than it was going to be.

Before he knew what was happening, he pulled up at the shop, killing the engine and jumping out, he was in such a rush, he got caught up in his safety belt, practically ripping it from his body in a haste to get to Kurt. The light was on in the small office and as Blaine stepped inside he almost collapsed at the sight.

Kurt was sat in the corner, knees pulled up to his chest, bare feet practically black with dirt and his normally perfectly styled hair standing up at all angles. It was clear he had been sick down the front of his top, and his face was stained with tears. Blaine had never seen Kurt look so downtrodden and small.

"Kurt..."

Kurt's eyes shot up at the sound of Blaine's voice, Blaine honestly wasn't sure what to expect in the next moment, Kurt looked like he would break at any second. What actually happened surprised Blaine even more, Kurt jumped up and ran towards him, jumping clean into his arms, legs wrapping around the small of his back.

"Blaine! Oh my god! Blaine! I'm so sorry! I should never have walked out, it all got too much, I got up to Sophia and she just wouldn't stop crying, no matter what I did, she kept going and going, I felt like nothing I did was good enough, so I walked, I couldn't handle it. I'm so so sorry."

Blaine wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist, pulling him close, he knew it wasn't going to be quite as simple as a quick apology, Kurt was very obviously sick, and needed some help. Kissing Kurt's hair he pulled back, placing Kurt back on his feet.

"You scared the crap out of all of us Kurt, you can't just wander off like that, I was literally a room away, if it gets too much, you need to come and get me, you left Sophia completely alone in the Living Room, anything could have happened to her Kurt!"

He knew his anger wasn't helping right now, but he couldn't help it, he had been so worried.

"I'm so sorry, I think, I need some help, I thought I was handling us having a baby, but I'm really not, it's ten times harder than I ever thought it would be."

"We'll get you the help you need Kurt, and thank you for admitting you have a problem, that is the first step." He held Kurt close, looking over his shoulder at Burt, who, until now had been sat at the desk in the room, just watching the situation unfold in front of him. Blaine mouthed a thank you at Burt, who nodded in return.

Blaine guided Kurt back to the car, buckling him in, and kissing his forehead, Kurt absolutely stunk of sick and dirt, but that wasn't the big issue right now. The drive home was silent, neither of them wanting to break the silence of the road underneath the wheels. When they got home, Blaine led Kurt to their apartment, leaving Kurt in the living room, whilst going to let his Mom know they were home. He told her he would fill her in in the morning, she luckily just nodded and went back to bed, Sophia in her Bassinet at the end of it.