Blaine awoke to a bright light, burning his eyes. Was he dying? No, he couldnt be. If he were going to die from what happened, surely it wouldve already happened. He brought his hands up to rub his blurry eyes, whining a little as he realised it hurt to move any part of his body, and it hurt to touch his face - especially his eye.

Putting his arms back by his sides, Blaine blinked a few more times as the room came into focus. He turned his head to the side to find Kurt sitting by his bed, looking at him worriedly.

"Hey," he said softly, reaching out to gently touch Blaines hand, being careful to avoid touching his bruised and bloody knuckles. "How do you feel?"

"Dead," Blaine croaked. "Everything hurts so badly."

"Yeah, youve got a nice set of broken ribs," Kurt said. "Your face doesnt look too pretty right now either."

"How did you find me?" Blaine asked.

"We were going...somewhere," Kurt said, glancing up nervously at Sebastian, who was seated on the opposite side of the bed. "And I recognised the smell of your blood."

"Wheres my mom?"

"She was here earlier this morning," Kurt replied. "We were still in the waiting room. We only came in because she left to go to work."

"Have you been here since last night?" Blaine asked.

"I wasnt going to just leave you," Kurt said. "I was terrified when I first saw you last night...I thought..." Kurt stopped, swallowing down his tears.

"Thank you," Blaine said. "Both of you." He added, turning to Sebastian.

"How do you know I did anything?" Sebastian challenged.

"I may have been pretty out of it but Im not stupid," Blaine responded. "Thank you."

"Yeah, well..." Sebastian mumbled, avoiding eye contact with the teen.

Blaine turned his head to face Kurt again when he noticed Kurts bags by his chair.

"Blaine..." Kurt said, biting his lip.

"Its fine," Blaine lied, blinking back the tears that threatened to fall.

"You know its not you, right?" Kurt asked. "Youre the one good thing in this town."

"Kurt, its fine. I get it."

"Im gonna go get some fresh air," Sebastian said. "Ill be back soon."

Sebastian got up and left the room, leaving Kurt and Blaine by themselves.

"Can we please talk about this?" Kurt asked.

"Theres nothing to talk about,"

"There is," Kurt argued. "Theres everything to talk about."

"I cant talk to you about it because I know how much its gonna hurt to hear you say that you chose Sebastian."

"Blaine, it wasnt like that," Kurt said honestly. "I know that you dont want to hear this but I like him, Blaine. I didnt choose him over you, I just knew that I had to figure out what these feelings meant before I could decide anything. Youre the only person Ive ever been in a serious relationship with and I fell head over heels in love with you in a matter of days. If I just came back to you and I still had feelings for Sebastian it wouldve screwed everything up."

"So, what? This is just your little experiment to see who's the better boyfriend?" Blaine asked accusingly.

"No!" Kurt exclaimed. "Blaine...if I dont figure out what these feelings mean how am I ever supposed to know if youre really the one for me, like I thought you were?"

"If you dont want anything to do with me then why did you come back here?" Blaine asked, a tear falling down his battered face. "Why did you have to rub it in my face?"

"I didnt mean to. I had no idea I was going to bump into you - I only came back to get some stuff because I had literally nothing with me. But that doesnt mean I want nothing to do with you," Kurt argued. "Youre my best friend, Blaine...I didnt think anything could change that."

"Can you go, please?" Blaine asked sadly. "I really just need to be by myself right now."

Kurt sighed but nodded, standing up and pressing a gentle kiss to Blaines forehead. "I hope you feel better soon."

He grabbed his bags and made his way out of the hospital to find Sebastian waiting outside.

"Hey," Sebastian said. "Where are we going?"

Kurt looked back at the hospital behind them and took a deep breath before turning back to Sebastian. "New York."

"You sure?"

Kurt nodded. "Too much has happened here. Blaine needs a clean slate and so do I."

"Okay," Sebastian said, holding his hand out for Kurt. "Shall we?"