Blaine picks her up and swings her around. "Hey baby girl!" He walks into the kitchen. "Hey, babe. What are you making?"

"Just some spaghetti." He said smiling and leaning over to kiss Blaine.

Blaine smiles. "You been home long?"

"Just about two hours, Rhonda let me off early." Kurt said looking over at Blaine."Why are you wearing a jacket Babe? Its the end of june."

Blaine freezes. "Oh...It gets...cold at work."

"Oh..okay.." Kurt says, turning back to the food to finish cooking.

"I'm gonna take a shower really quick," Blaine says, turning to their room.

"Alright hunn." Kurt says as his husband quickly walks out of the room.

After Blaine's shower, he looks at himself in the mirror. Lately he just hasn't been happy with how he looks. He shakes his head and puts on his sweat pants and a baggy shirt before walking back to his family.

Kurt looks over at Blaine as he walks back into the living room. "Hey, dinner's ready." He said, fixing Gabrielle a plate.

"Oh, thanks but I ate earlier. One of the kid's had a birthday today and brought food.."

"You sure?" Kurt asked, bring their daughter her food.

"Yeah. Thanks for cooking though!" he says, kissing kurts cheek.

"It' s no problem.." Kurt said smiling weakly. Lately Blaine always had some excuse to not eat. But Kurt knew better than to call him out on it and call him a liar about not eating earlier. And he probably was telling the truth, he was always the one preaching about 100% honesty..Right?

Blaine sits down on the couch and watches television as Kurt feeds their daughter.

"Sketti!" She says happily.
"Yes, Sketti.." Kurt says smiling. She had been talking quite a bit more recently.

Blaine looks up and smiles at their daughter. They had gotten so lucky with her.

Kurt looks over at his husband. "Blaine...are you okay? You look kind of...pale." He said standing and walking over to his husband.

"I...I'm,fine..." he says quickly

Kurt sits next to Blaine and puts a hand on his forehead. He didn't have a temperature. "Are you sure?" Kurt asks concernedly.

Blaine looks up and gives Kurt a small smile. "I just haven't been sleeping well."

"You should go lie down.." Kurt says, placing a hand on his pale cheek.

"I will...I just want to spend time with you and Gabby," Blaine says, looking at their daughter

"Baby, you look worn out...go lie down.." Kurt said finally, kissing Blaine softly and standing to go sit with Gabby again.

Blaine gave a soft sigh and went to go lie down.

After dinner Kurt gave Gabby a bath before putting her to bed. He went to get a shower himself before slipping on some boxer briefs and lying down with Blaine.

"Hey.." Blaine says, softly. He scoots back to lie against his husband

Kurt smiles. "Hey baby..how are you feeling?" Kurt asks softly.

"I don't know. I've just been exhausted lately..."

"I'm so sorry.." Kurt says, starting to wrap his arms around Blaine's waist before Blaine quickly pushed his hand away.
"Blaine, I wasn't trying to..." Kurt said softly.

"It's not you..." Blaine whispered, holding back his tears. "I just don't want to be touched..."

"Alright..." Kurt said softly. "I..I understand."

Blaine slowly moves to the edge of the bed. "Kurt...I'm sorry..."

Kurt lies back. "It's okay..I love you.." He says, calmly. Trying not to let Blaine hear that he was crying.

"I love you too..."

The next morning they were both off from work and Kurt woke up to an empty bed. He saw that the bathroom light was on under the door and walked in to see Blaine standing in front of the mirror. Before he could see much of his husband Blaine quickly slipped his shirt back on. "Blaine..are you okay?" Kurt asks concernedly.

Blaine quickly tries to compose himself. "I'm good..." He says, turning to walk out of the bathroom

Kurt watches Blaine quickly walk out of the bathroom. He walked after him. "Blaine..I was wondering if I could take you to dinner tonight." Kurt said hopefully.

Blaine abruptly stopped. "Umm...yeah...that would be nice..."

Kurt smiled. "Okay..I was thinking we could go to La Lune again.." He said, carefully placing a hand on Blaine's shoulder.

Blaine turns around and hugs Kurt. He feels terrible that he's doing this to his husband. But he can't tell him. "I'd like that," he whispered.

Kurt smiled and he hugged Blaine back. "I'm sorry about last night.."

"Kurt...Please don't be...It wasn't you," Blaine says, leaving a small kiss on Kurt’s shoulder.

"I just...I don't want to push you.. I can't lose you Blaine.." Kurt said softly.

"You won’t. I promise." Blaine reassures him.

Kurt gives Blaine a small kiss and walks into the kitchen. "Do you want something to eat?" He called. Gabby was still asleep and they still had about an hour until she woke up.

"I'm not hungry. I'll eat when we go out." Blaine says.

"But...that's not until tonight...and you didn't eat dinner last night Blaine.." Kurt said, turning to look at his husband.

"I've been running in the mornings. It just makes me less hungry." Blaine says quickly

Kurt just turned around and started on making breakfast for Gabrielle. "Is that why you weren't in bed this morning? Were you just getting back?" He asked.

Blaine sits down and watches his husband cook. "Yeah. I was changing when you came in."

"Oh.." was all Kurt said as he made Gabrielle's breakfast. Kurt heard a faint. "Daddy!" being called from the room. "Will you go get her for me?.." Kurt asked, not turning around.

Blaine winces. He hates not telling Kurt the whole truth. But he just can't. "Yeah," He says, going to get their daughter.

Kurt places his hands on the counter and closed his eyes. Something was wrong with Blaine, something he wasn't telling him. Kurt didn't want to ask because Blaine might get defensive, or hurt. He just didn't want to push his luck when he thought things were getting better.

Blaine walks back into the kitchen holding Gabby and smiling. He was so glad to have her and with Kurt. "Hey, Kurt?"

Kurt quickly composed himself and turned around smiling. "Yes?"

Blaine's willing to pretend a little to make Kurt feel better. "I'll have a little...if there's enough.."

A small smile graced Kurt’s lips. "Yeah...o-of course!" He said smiling wider.

He gives Kurt a small smile. "Thanks.."

Kurt smiles and turns around to make him and Gabby their plates. "Sorry, we've been having eggs so much. I need to go shopping.." He said as Blaine set Gabby in her highchair and sat down. He handed Blaine his plate and placed Gabby's in front of her and went back into the kitchen to clean up.

Blaine takes a bite. "It's fine with me. You want to go later?" he asks, giving Gabby some of his eggs.

Gabby looked on as her father scraped the eggs on her plate. "Yeah, I got paid yesterday.." Kurt called from the kitchen.

"Mkay, sounds good." Blaine says, continuing to feed Gabby.

Kurt finishes up cleaning and walks back into the dining room to see Blaine was done but Gabrielle had only eaten a bit. "Gabby are you done?" Kurt asked walking over to her.

She nods her head and smiles up at Kurt. "So, are we going to dinner as a family? Or just us?" Blaine asked.

Kurt takes Blaine and Gabby's plates to the kitchen. "Well I was hoping to see if we could hire a baby sitter tonight. I feel so bad always asking Wes and Mia to watch her. Mia actually gave me this girl's number, she says she's great and she watches Kelsey all the time."

"Okay. What time did you want to go?" Blaine says, picking up Gabby.

"About six or seven." Kurt said as he walked out of the kitchen to clean off Gabby's highchair. "I know you have work tomorrow."

"Yeah. You do too, right?"

"Yeah." He said smiling at his husband. "How many kids are you teaching tomorrow?"

"Six," Blaine says, looking up at Kurt.

"Are you doing a group class?" Kurt asks, walking over to sit on the couch with his family.

"No. They're back to back.."

"I'll probably make it home before you then.." Kurt says softly as Gabby climbs over Blaine to sit in between them.

"Do you mind getting Gabrielle again?" Blaine asks.

"Not at all." Kurt says. Gabrielle pulled on Blaine's sleeve, revealing a much thinner than usual shoulder.

Blaine hurriedly pulls his shirt back down, hoping Kurt didn't notice.

Kurt looked away at Elphie before Gabby pulled down Blaine's sleeve and looked back right after he pulled it back up. He bent down, pulling the dog into his lap. "Heyy.." He said scratching behind her ears.

Elphaba snuggles up to Kurt and licks his neck, wagging her tail.

Kurt giggles and kisses the side of her face before she curls up in his lap as he pet her softly. "Did you want to come with me to go shopping or did you wanna stay here? You still look pretty tired." Kurt asked, looking over at Blaine.

"I want to go," Blaine says, smiling up at Kurt.

"Alright baby." Kurt says smiling and leaning over to kiss Blaine softly.

They go shopping and spend the day together. Blaine has just gotten out of the shower and is getting dressed. Once he's fully dressed, he starts on his hair. Blaine spends almost half an hour on it before Kurt walks in to check on him.

"Blaine are you ready?" Kurt asks. "You've been in here for like thirty minutes." He says chuckling a bit.

"I can't get my hair perfect. It's being ridiculous!" Blaine says, trying to get every stray hair in place.

"Blaine." Kurt giggles grabbing his hands and holding them down by his sides softly. "You always look perfect.." he says smiling.

Blaine's eyes dart back to the mirror. 'Nowhere near perfect..' he thinks to himself.

There's a knock on the door. "That's probably Stacy.." he says looking back. "I'll let her in and tell her everything." He said walking out of the bathroom to go let the babysitter in.

Blaine steps back to the mirror, obsessing with his hair. He finally gives up and sighs. He walks into the living room and meets Stacy.

"Hello Mr. Anderson!" She says happily shaking Blaine's hand and introducing herself. She had blonde hair and blue eyes and she looked so sweet.

"God, you seem perfect already." Kurt laughed before explaining where everything was and emergency numbers were located.

They make sure she knows everything she needs to know before leaving. They walk to the car hand and hand before climbing into the car, letting Kurt drive them.

"Are you okay Blaine? You seemed really pissed off earlier in the bathroom." Kurt says, looking between Blaine and the road.

"What do you mean?" Blaine asks.

"When you were fixing your hair...you just seemed…mad."

"My hair. We're going to the place where I proposed to propose. But my stupid hair didn't want to cooperate." Blaine says simply.

"You look good to me no matter what you do to your hair baby.." Kurt says grabbing Blaine's hand.

Blaine gives a small smile. "Thanks.."

They pull up to the restaurant and walk inside arm in arm. They sit down and order their food. They sit and talk quietly, smiling at each other until the waitress brings out their food.

Blaine uses his fork to poke around his salad, occasionally taking a bite.

Kurt eats his food as he and Blaine talk, too preoccupied with the conversation to notice how little his husband had eaten.
"Baby, you have to try this, it's so good." Kurt said smiling as he held out a piece of his steak on the end of his fork.

"Just a little piece.." Blaine says, not wanting to hurt his husband. 'I'll just run longer tomorrow,' he thinks.

"This is a little piece, here." He said smiling and moving the fork closer to Blaine.

"A little smaller?" Blaine asks.

"Blaine, it's just steak.." Kurt says softly, "Take a bite baby." He insists.

"Kurt...please?" Blaine pleads.

"Blaine...what's wrong?" Kurt says, pulling back, seeing how upset Blaine looked.

"I just wanted a smaller bite..."

Kurt sighs, sitting back and cutting half off of the already small piece and holding it out to Blaine. "There.." he says softly.

Blaine takes the steak in his mouth. God! It was delicious. He wanted more but he couldn't. He had been working too hard to break now.

Kurt watched his husband eat the steak. "Good right?" He said smiling.

Blaine smiled. "Very," he says.

They finish the rest of their meal, well Kurt does anyway, and Kurt pays the bill before they walk out hand in hand. "Thank you for letting me take you out.." Kurt says smiling.

Blaine squeezes Kurt's hand. "Thanks for asking me. I enjoyed it."

They make it home and Kurt pays Stacy before thanking her as she leaves. Kurt checked on Gabby and she was fast asleep. He walked back into the bedroom to see Blaine already dressed for bed in a baggy t shirt and sweatpants.

Blaine looks up at Kurt. "I'm sorry for my mood lately. Thanks for tonight. I really needed it."

"It's okay baby.." Kurt says unbuttoning his vest and then his shirt. "I'm just glad you enjoyed yourself."

Blaine watches Kurt. He immediately gets jealous and insecure. His husband was so beautiful...so...angelic...

Kurt slips off his pants and looks over at Blaine, noticing the look on his face. "Are you okay?" Kurt asks softly.

Blaine shakes the thoughts away. "Yeah. You're just...beautiful."

Kurt smiles endearingly and walks over to give him a soft kiss. "You're so amazing Blaine.."

He gives a short laugh under his breath. "Thanks..."

Kurt turns off the lights and lies down in the bed. "You coming baby?" He asked softly.

"Yeah.." Blaine says, crawling into bed.

Blaine sleeps on the edge of the bed again that night. Kurt falls asleep hugging his pillow, trying not to cry.

The next morning, Blaine wakes up around four. He pulls on his comfortable shoes and heads downstairs to go run. When he gets back, the clock reads 6:00. He couldn’t believe he had been gone for two hours but he still felt like he needed more.

Kurt hears his husband come inside as he finishes getting ready and walks into the living room to find a sweat soaked Blaine. "Hey..how was your run?" Kurt asks.

"I want to run some more...But I have to get ready..." Blaine pants.

"Blaine, you were gone for two hours...I think you're done." Kurt said, recalling hearing Blaine leave earlier. "You need to eat and drink some water before you leave." He said, pouring himself a cup of coffee.

Blaine turns to the fridge, grabbing a bottled water. He chugs it quickly. "I'll eat after I shower..."

"Okay…I have to go, Rhonda needs me early. You don't mind taking Gabby to Mia do you? I have her bag ready; I just really have to be there." He said quickly, grabbing his bag and keys before kissing Blaine.

"That's fine. I'll be home later than usual. You still picking her up?" Blaine asked before Kurt got to the door.

"Yeah baby, love you! Bye!" He calls before rushing out of the door.

Blaine goes to take a shower before Gabby wakes up. As he gets out, he looks at himself in the mirror, inspecting every little detail he didn't like. He'll just work it off later. He gets dressed and gets Gabby up to feed her before taking her to Mia. Blaine thanks her for watching their daughter then heads for work. He gets through the first three lessons alright. He's been dizzy all morning, but it’s a feeling he has learned to ignore. Blaine walks in to his fourth appointment and has to stop for a minute to gain his balance. He goes to sit next to the little girl he was teaching and tells her to play a song they had been practicing before. About halfway through the song, everything gets blurry then suddenly turns black.

Kurt was up to his elbows in paper work, which he didn't usually do might he add, when his work phone started ringing.
"Hello, Kurt Anderson for Rhonda Adams." He said in a pleasant voice.

"Mr. Anderson? Are you Blaine Anderson's husband?" A woman asked.

"Yes, is...is something wrong?" Kurt asks, his voice immediately worried as he stops what he was doing.

"I'm sorry. I can't give any details over the phone. Can you come down here?"

"Come down where?" Kurt asks, his voice getting frantic.

"He's been admitted to the emergency room at the Bellevue Hospital Center."

Kurt's hand flew over his mouth and "Oh God, yes, I'm leaving now..." He said, standing and grabbing his things before hanging up and running to Rhonda's office. "Rhonda, I know you need me today but Blaine's in the hospital, I...I have to go." He says, starting to panic.

"I'll take care of it here. Don't worry about it. Go! Go make sure he's alright!" Rhonda urges him.

Kurt runs out of the building, taking the stairs and jumping in his car. He speeds to the hospital and hastily parks before running into the ER, breathless and frantic as he reaches the nurse at the front desk. "Where is Blaine Anderson? Please...please, where's my husband?" Kurt pants, on the verge of tears.

"Mr. Anderson, you husband hasn't woken up yet. You're going to have to wait until he is ready for visitors," the nurse replies.

"Please, no I need to see him…please.."

The nurse looks at him apologetically. "I'm sorry, but it's policy. I'll get his doctor to come talk to you."

"Th-thank you.." Kurt says before turning around and sitting in one of the chairs. He buried his face in his hands, was Blaine okay? What happened? Kurt felt just like he did when he was in the exact same situation with his father, he was so scared. He just wanted to see Blaine.

A tall man, in his early 30's, walks over to Kurt. "Mr. Anderson?"

Kurt stands immediately. "Where is he? Is he alright? What happened?" Kurt asked quickly, tears in his eyes.

"He passed out from exhaustion. Come with me. I want to talk with you.." the doctor said, leading Kurt to his office. They take a seat and the doctor beings. "Lately, have you noticed anything, even slightly, different about your husband?"

"Yes...he...he's been very...distant...he won’t let me touch him..." Kurt said, his voice shaking. "I've been having to make him eat for the past month, but he's...he's been telling me he had a big lunch. He's been going out to run every morning...and...and…obsessing over little things like his hair…" Kurt stopped, unable to continue.

The doctor takes all of this in. "Has he been through something traumatic? Something that would make him feel like maybe...he isn't enough?"

Kurt looked down. Oh God..."Um...yes, we have recently...been through a...a rough spot in our marriage.." Kurt said softly.

"Whatever it is that's going on in his head, we need to fix it. His whole body is weak. He has almost every symptom of male anorexia. Mr. Anderson has lost an unreasonable amount of weight. These things can spiral downwards quickly. We need to watch him closely until we know for sure that he is okay."

Kurt's hand covers his mouth. Male anorexia? Kurt couldn't believe what he was hearing. He had done nothing but try to show Blaine how much he loved him ever since what happened in Italy. How could he have not noticed the weight loss? Kurt would never forgive himself.

There was a slight knock at the door before a nurse popped her head in. "I'm sorry to interrupt. But Mr. Anderson just woke up..."

Kurt stood quickly.

The doctor stood next to Kurt. "I'll take you to him. Just...be gentle...we don't want this to get worse..."

Kurt nodded softly as the doctor led him to Blaine's room. Kurt saw his husband and he had to look away. He was so pale. He had black circles under his eyes and he could see his collar bones jutting out of his chest. His cheeks were hollow and he just looked like death, how could he have not noticed sooner?

Blaine stirs as he hears someone walk in. He looks up and sees his husband. "Kurt?" he whispers hoarsely.

"Blaine.." Kurt breathes out, rushing to sit in the chair by his bed.

Blaine reaches a fragile hand out to find Kurt's. Tears fill Blaine's eyes. "I'm so sorry..."

Kurt holds his hand delicately. God, why was he just noticing how thin his husband was? Tears fill his eyes as well. "Blaine...I...This is all my fault.."

"No..." Blaine whispers. "I kept to myself. You knew something was wrong but I wouldn't tell you. I couldn't..."

"Blaine...how long have you been doing this to yourself?" Kurt asked, his voice breaking.

"Since you called from Italy..." Blaine whispers, shuddering at the memory. "I...I just...I had to do something. I wanted to be...enough for you..."

Kurt looked away and bit his lip.

"I...I couldn't lose you. I love you so much, Kurt. I just...I wanted to be perfect. Every time I saw myself, I couldn't stand it. I wanted to look different. To be different. I just wanted to be all you would ever need..." Blaine says, sobbing.

"Blaine...you are everything I need...I need you...I thought I was going to lose you today..." Kurt said through his tears. "You are killing yourself Blaine.."

"I wasn't trying to. I don't want to die...I just...I want you. I want us. Just us. No one else. I love you and Gabrielle so much, Kurt. I just...I felt almost as if I was nothing. Like I would never compare to him. So I had to change..." Blaine chokes out, unable to slow his tears.

"Blaine, I don't love him...I love you…and everything you are. You never had to change for me. Blaine...If this went on any longer, you would have died. I would have lost you; Gabrielle would have lost her father." Kurt said, starting to get angry. "Look at yourself, Blaine. You really think that doing this to yourself…starving yourself..." He broke off, unable to continue.

"I...I just...Kurt, I hate myself...Obviously I was doing something wrong. I hate that I did this to you. To our daughter. I just...I can't handle it...Every little thing was perfect. Our whole life was perfect. I just...I don't know what I did for this to happen. But I am so...so sorry..."

"Blaine, you didn't do anything!" Kurt almost yelled, but he quickly brought his voice down and closed his eyes, not wanting to upset Blaine any more than he already was.

Blaine cringed at Kurt's tone. He brought his hands to his face, wiping away the flowing tears. He couldn't speak anymore. All Blaine wanted to do was sink into the uncomfortable bed and hide.

Kurt grabbed Blaine's thin pale hand and brought it to his lips, kissing it softly. "Blaine…This is…my fault. I fucked up...I’ve fucked up our lives…Because of one night...one night that meant nothing. One night that I regret more than anything in my life. And I wish with every fiber of my being that I could take it back...That I could go back so it never happened, Blaine." Kurt whispered against Blaine's hand. "I made you feel this way...like you had to change for me...I never wanted you to change. I love you.."

"I...I just don't want to lose you to someone else. I can't. You're my whole world. Without you, I’d be nothing, Kurt. I love you so much..." Blaine says quietly. He moves to the far edge of the bed and motions for Kurt to lay with him. "Please.." he whispered.

Kurt stands and slides into the bed with him, carefully avoiding the IV in his right arm as he pulled him close. "I'm so sorry I did this to you Blaine.." Kurt whispered.

Blaine cuddles into Kurt as close as he can get. He shakes his head. "You didn't do this...I did it to myself..."

Kurt holds Blaine's thin frame. He felt like he would break at any second. "But it's because of what I did Blaine.." Kurt said, his voice breaking at the end.

"It doesn't matter what is said, though. I blame myself for what happened in Italy..." Blaine whispered.

Kurt lost it, crying into Blaine's shoulder and his body shaking with the sheer force of his sobs. "Blaine...no...no...Please don't say that...please.." Kurt gasped through his tears.

Blaine isn't able to talk anymore. He tries but nothing comes out. He just wraps himself into his husband's arms and cries.

Kurt just kept whispering." It wasn't your fault.." into Blaine's ear as they cried, Kurt holding him close and running his fingers down his back. He could feel the knobs of his spine jutting out beneath his skin. It killed him inside.

Blaine laid there, listening to Kurt's voice. Even with the given circumstances, it just felt good to finally be in his husband’s arms again.

"I love you...I love you so much...I love you…" Kurt said softly as his sobs slowed.

Blaine sniffles. He looks up at Kurt. "I love you too, Kurt. More than I could ever explain..."

"You have to swear to me Blaine...swear on our marriage, that you won't keep doing this to yourself.." Kurt said, pulling back and looking Blaine in the eyes.

Blaine nods quickly. "I swear, Kurt. On everything...Just...please...don't ever leave..."

Kurt pulls Blaine in for a soft slow kiss.

Blaine kisses Kurt back. He missed this. He hated lying to Kurt. All Blaine wanted was to start over.

"I know this is going to be hard.." Kurt said softly. "Gaining the weight back and getting your body used to the things you've been rejecting…But I'll be here to help you…There are even going to be times when you won't want my help...but I'll still be here for you.."

"Thank you..." Blaine whispered, laying his head against his pillow. "And, I'll always want you there..."

Kurt kissed Blaine once more before looking at his husband. "I'm gonna go talk to the doctor okay?" He said softly.

Blaine just nodded and watched as Kurt left the room. He was so exhausted. It didn't take him long to allow the sleep to come over him.

Kurt stepped into the hallway to see Blaine's doctor down the hall. "Doctor Wheaton?" Kurt called as he walked towards him.

He turned around to face Kurt. "Yes?"

"I was wondering how long you were planning on keeping Blaine.." Kurt asked.

"At least overnight. If he shows progress, I'll release him tomorrow."

"Well, he said...he was going to stop doing...what he was doing… but I know he's not going to just go home and eat a big mac or anything.. He's still in this... mindset...I was wondering if you would recommend him seeing a therapist?"

"I can see that whatever the problem is, its big. I think he should start by seeing someone. Here's a card with a specialist in this. Then maybe you can attend a couple sessions to help move past it."

"Thank you so much.." Kurt said, taking the card.

"If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call..."

Kurt turns around to go back to Blaine's room, examining the card.
'Doctor Regina Welsh
Licensed Therapist
Specializing in Anorexia Nervosa'
He held the card close as he slipped back into the room. He saw Blaine was asleep and he sat down on the chair next to the bed. He knew this would take a while. But it would be worth it in the end. He fell asleep in the chair, holding the card to his chest.

In a couple hours, Blaine wakes up and sees Kurt sleeping in the chair. He wonders how they were still together. But he wouldn’t have it any other way.

Kurt wakes up around the time he was supposed to be picking up Gabby and he grabs his phone quickly calling Mia and asking her to keep Gabby for the night, explaining that Blaine was in the hospital. She obliged and they exchanged goodbyes before Kurt hung up. Kurt looked over at Blaine who was still asleep. A nurse poked her head in the door
"Dinner is in about ten minutes, if you could please wake him up Mr. Anderson.." She said kindly. Kurt smiled back.
"I will," He responded before she thanked him. "Blaine.." Kurt said softly, brushing Blaine's curls off of his pale forehead.

Blaine stirs as he wakes up. He looks up at Kurt and smiles weakly. "Hey..."

Kurt smiles down at his husband and kisses his forehead. He looked so weak and fragile. "They're about to bring dinner out.." He said softly.

Blaine lets out a small groan as he tries to sit up. "Okay..." He whispers. "Hey, Kurt?"

"Yeah baby?" Kurt says softly, looking at his husband.

"Thank you...For being here..."

"I wouldn't be anywhere else.." he said smiling.

Blaine grins back at his husband. "I love you, Kurt."

"I love you too Blaine.." Kurt said grabbing his hand softly. He wanted to talk to Blaine about the therapist. But he decided it would be best if he waited until after Blaine ate something.

The nurse came in and gave Blaine a tray of hospital food. He thanked her and waited for her to leave before looking down at the food that just seemed inedible.

Kurt watched Blaine hopefully. It killed him to see his husband like this, he just wanted him to be happy. But he couldn't be if he did this to himself.

Blaine tried to focus on something else to not think about Kurt watching him. He slowly starts to eat his green beans before poking at his Salisbury steak.

"Blaine...do you need me to leave?" Kurt asked softly.

Blaine shakes his head. "No...I...need to get used to eating again.."

"I know baby, but if it's making you uncomfortable to eat in front of me.." Kurt said calmly. "I'll go baby...I just want you to eat.." Kurt said, trying to sound strong and supportive, but unable to hide the small break in his voice.

"Thank you, but please don't...If you leave...I'll find some way to make it look like I ate...I need...you here..." Blaine says, looking down at the food.

Kurt looks at his husband and gives a small forced smile. "Alright baby...you don't have to eat it all…just...enough.."

Blaine just nods his head as he picks up his dinner roll and starts nibbling on it.

Kurt sits with his husband as he eats his dinner. Slowly but surely he gets about half of it finished before he pushes it away.

Blaine looks up at Kurt. "Do you know how long...I have to be in here?"

"The doctor said if you show signs of improvement you can leave tomorrow.." Kurt said, taking Blaine's tray and setting it on the side table.

"Okay.." Blaine says, leaning back against the pillow.

Kurt sits down next to Blaine and takes his thin hand in his own. “But I'll be right next to you all night.." Kurt said smiling at his husband.

"But..What about Gabby?" Blaine asked.

"I called Mia and asked her to keep her for the night."

Blaine groans. "Wes is going to kill me..."

"Blaine...what? Why do you say that? Wes is your friend, he understands." Kurt said soothingly.

"Because what I did was stupid. And I'm the last one anyone would expect this from..."

"Blaine, I didn't tell them why you were here..I didn't know if you wanted me to tell them or not, I just said you passed out from exhaustion."

Blaine looks up and squeezes Kurt's hand. "Thank you.."

"You’re welcome baby.." Kurt said softly. "Now come on…you need to rest.." He said, getting up to turn off the main light but keeping the small lamp on.

"Will...Will you lay with me?" Blaine asks. "I've missed you."

Kurt smiles and slides into the uncomfortable bed with Blaine, holding him close.

Blaine leans his head against Kurt's chest. He listens to his husband's heartbeat as he falls asleep.

The next morning, Kurt isn't in the bed with Blaine when he wakes up, in fact, he isn't in the room at all.

Blaine frantically looks around the room for Kurt. But he doesn't see him. He must've went to work. But why wouldn't he say something to Blaine?

Kurt walked into Blaine's room to see a frantic looking Blaine. "Blaine?"

Blaine lets out a loud sigh of relief. "I...I thought you...left...."

"No..no I just went to get you something.." Kurt said quickly walking over to his husband. He hands Blaine a small cup. "I got you a smoothie, something easy on your stomach. And I had them put protein in it so drink up." He said sweetly, sitting next to Blaine's bed.

Blaine smiles. "Thank you, baby," he whispers as he take a sip.

"How are you feeling?" Kurt asked.

"A little better. Still tired," he admits.

"I'm sorry I scared you...I tried to get back before you woke up." He said softly, looking up at Blaine.

"It's okay. Thank you. This is really good!"

Kurt smiled as he watched his husband drink. "Listen...I wanted to talk to you about something.."

"Yeah?" Blaine asked , looking up.

"I talked to the doctor yesterday and…He recommended seeing a therapist.." Kurt said softly.

Blaine gives a deep sigh. "If it's what I have to do, I'll do it.."

Kurt looked up surprised. He expected Blaine to be a little more reluctant, but this just showed how dedicated he was to getting better. Kurt grabbed his hand and kissed his knuckles. "Thank you baby...Thank you so much.."

"I just...I want us to get passed all of this. I'll do anything, Kurt.."

Kurt looked up at Blaine. “Thank you so much.." he said again, tears in his eyes.

Blaine looks up and smiles at Kurt. "Thank you for sticking through this..."

"Blaine...I could never leave you.." Kurt said, kissing Blaine's knuckles again.

Tears gather in Blaine's eyes. "I love you so much, Kurt..."

"I love you too...we're going to get through this...together."

Blaine can't hold back the tears. No matter what had happened, he felt so lucky to have Kurt.

Kurt stood and pulled his husband into a light hug.

When they pull back from this hug, Blaine looks at Kurt. "Do you think they'll really let me go today?"

"I hope so..I really think they will.." Kurt said sitting down next to Blaine's bed.

"Me too..." He sighs. "I'm ready to be back in our home.."

"Me too baby.." Kurt said softly. The doctor walked in as if on cue and Kurt and Blaine both perked up.

"How're you feeling?" He asked Blaine.

"Still pretty exhausted. But Kurt's been helping me eat and all." Blaine replies, smiling at his husband.

"Good, good…Well, we'll be able to release him about noon today." Doctor Wheaton said smiling.

Blaine's got wide. "Really?!" He asks happily.

"Yes, I don't want to see you again anytime soon Mr. Anderson…Take care of yourself alright?" The doctor said looking at Blaine seriously.

"I promise," Blaine said, keeping his eyes on his husband.

Kurt smiled, grabbing Blaine's hand. "I'll bring some paperwork I need you to sign so we can get him out of here." Doctor Wheaton said, looking at Kurt. "Alright.." Kurt said, looking up at the doctor before he walked out.

Blaine smiles at Kurt. "I promise to not let this get worse, baby.."

"I believe you.." Kurt said softly.

Blaine really doesn't want to ask this, but he does. "Hey Kurt? Don't you have work?"

"I called Rhonda this morning, and she said I could stay with you as long as I needed to." He said smiling.

"Thanks.." he says smiling.

"You really think I would be able to go to work right now?" Kurt chuckled, gesturing to his clothes, which were the same from yesterday. "I couldn't leave you here by yourself either.."

"Well I mean, I know you wouldn't want to. But you have responsibilities..."

"Blaine, you are my number one priority…always.." Kurt said.

"Come here.." Blaine says. Kurt leans over and his husband kisses him. "I love you," Blaine says softly.

"I love you too.." Kurt says softly. When Kurt leans back the doctor walks back in with a clipboard and hands it to Kurt. Kurt grabs a pen and takes a few minutes to fill out the forms before handing them back to the doctor. A nurse brings Blaine his clothes so he can change out of the hospital gown and accompanies the doctor out of the room.

Blaine gets dressed quickly, having to hold his jeans to keep them from falling. He walks out and meets Kurt in the waiting room.

Kurt smiles weakly at his husband as he sees him walking toward him. He looked so skinny. Kurt still can't forgive self for not noticing it sooner.

"You ready?" Blaine asks. He was so ready to leave this place.

"Yeah.." he says, grabbing Blaine's hand as they walk out if the hospital.

They walk to Kurt's car. Blaine slides into the passenger seat and looks out the window on the drive home.

"Are you hungry?" Kurt asks softly, looking over at his husband.

"I don't know. I don't really feel hunger anymore...But I'll eat if you want me to," Blaine says quietly.

"I'll make you something when we get home.." Kurt says giving a small smile and grabbing Blaine's hand.

Blaine looks over and smiles back at his husband. This was going to take a while to get used to again.

They stop at Wes's house and Kurt goes inside and gets Gabrielle and brings her out to the car.

A big grin spreads across Blaine's face as he sees their baby girl. How could he have done this to her? She meant the world to him.

Kurt places her in the car seat and they start driving home.

"Daddy!" Gabby says, reaching for Blaine from the back seat.

Blaine turns in his seat and reaches his hand out to her.

She grabs Blaine’s hand squeezing tightly. "Daddy.." she says smiling.

Tears form in Blaine's eyes. "I love you, baby," he whispers to her.

"Lub you Daddy.." she says smiling.

Blaine's heart swells at her words. "Kurt! Baby?! Did you hear her?! Oh my god! I love you, baby girl! I love you so much!"

Kurt turns around. "Oh my god!! Oh my God Blaine!" Kurt says, trying to concentrate on the road and his daughter.

The tears spill from Blaine's eyes as he praises their daughter. He couldn't believe it.

Kurt reaches the apartment and jumps out of the car, picking up his daughter and holding her close. "Gabby I love you baby.."

She giggles loudly. "I lub you!!"

Kurt can't speak as tears roll over his cheeks, holding their daughter.

Blaine leans against the car as he watched his family. He was so glad he was still here.

Kurt smiles at Blaine through his tears and hands Gabby to him. She wraps her arms around Blaine's neck, holding onto him tightly.

Blaine has to try harder to keep his hold on Gabby. He was so happy to be here with his family. He was going to change, back to how he was so he could be there.

They walk inside their apartment and Blaine sets Gabby in her high chair as Kurt goes to make them lunch.

"Do you mind if I take a shower really quick? I feel disgusting..." Blaine asks, kissing Gabby before turning to Kurt.

"Yeah babe, go ahead, lunch should be done by the time you get out." Kurt says smiling at his husband.

Blaine kisses Kurt before going to their room. He undresses and looks at himself. God. He looked terrible. He shook his head and turned to get into the shower.

A little later Kurt finishes lunch and gives Gabby her food he walks into the bathroom to tell Blaine lunch is ready. "Blaine, lunch is re-" his hands flew over his mouth.

Blaine hurriedly reached for his towel and covered up before darting to the closet. "I...I'm sorry, Kurt..."

Kurt rushed to the closet and pulled Blaine into a hug. "Blaine, I had no Idea.." Kurt whispers.

He immediately starts crying. "I didn't want you to see how...how nauseating...it is..."

"Blaine.." Kurt whispered softly, pulling him closer. Blaine was so skinny; Kurt could see his ribs and his hip bones poked out. How could he have not noticed? "Blaine, I'm so sorry...I should have known.."

"I made sure you didn't..." Blaine sobs. "You already felt bad. I...I didn't want you to feel worse...by seeing how much it really affected me..."

Kurt kissed Blaine softly. "We're going to make this better…It's gonna be okay.." He soothed.

"This...this is why I've been moving away when you try to hold me...I felt repulsive...I just...I couldn't let you see..."

"Blaine, you're not repulsive.." Kurt said, pulling back and looking into Blaine's eyes. "Never say that again"

Blaine just presses his body onto Kurt's, holding on tightly.

"I'll always love you..no matter what.." Kurt said softly rubbing up and down Blaine's back.

Blaine clutches on to his husband. "I love you so much.."

"I love you too baby.." Kurt says, holding his husband. "Now please..come eat.."

He nods quickly, letting Kurt help him up. Blaine was so weak. He was glad to have Kurt there to help him.

Kurt helps Blaine get dressed; kissing him every so often and telling him he loves him. He and Blaine walk into the dining room and Kurt places Blaine's plate.in front of him before bringing back his own food and sitting next to his husband.

Blaine smiles as Kurt sits down. "It smells delicious."

Kurt smiles. He made Blaine some actual food. A chicken breast with some mashed potatoes. He gave him a reasonable amount even though he knew he wouldn't be able to finish all of it.

Kurt was such a wonderful cook. He really did miss his food. Blaine ate as much as he could before standing to start on the dishes.

Kurt stood. "No...Blaine, it's fine, let me do it. You need to rest." He said, grabbing his plate and Blaine’s before walking over to pick up Gabrielle's.

"Are you sure? You don't have to do everything, babe..."

"I know, I just don't want a repeat of yesterday, besides Doctor Wheaton said you didn't need to over work yourself." He said, going to wash the dishes.

Blaine just nods as he slowly picks Gabrielle up from her high chair. He sets her down gently. "What do you want to do, Gabby?"

Gabby smiles and toddles to her room looking back at Blaine.

Blaine follows her and sits in the rocking chair. She climbs up into his lap and hands him a book to read to her.

Kurt finishes the dishes and hears a soft soothing voice coming from Gabrielle's room. He followed it and looked inside to see Blaine reading to Gabrielle. Kurt smiles as Blaine changes voices for each of the characters, causing Gabrielle to giggle.
" 'How dare you enter my castle?' The evil wizard roared." Blaine said in a deep voice.
" 'I am here to rescue the beautiful Princess Amelia!' Prince Harold said bravely." He continued in a heroic tone.

Blaine looks up and sees Kurt watching them. He blushes and looks down, kissing Gabby's cheek.

Gabby points at the book. "Bad!" She said, placing a finger on the picture of the wizard.

"That's right, baby girl!" Blaine says, holding her tightly.

Kurt smiles and walks over, to Blaine and examines the picture.
"I don't know..I kind of like him."
"No Daddy!" Gabby said, pointing at Kurt.

She looked so serious. Blaine couldn't help but to laugh.

"Well, maybe he's just seriously...misunderstood. He has to deal with the princess whining all day, his crystal ball probably broke, and now this guy," Kurt said pointing to the prince, "Busts into his castle like he owns the place!" Kurt said smiling.

"Because the evil wizard is holding her captive! He has to save the princess!" Blaine defended.

"Maybe the princess is a bitch." Kurt said, quickly slapping his hand over his mouth, realizing what he said.

Gabrielle's mouth forms a little 'O' as she points to her daddy. She looks back at Blaine then to Kurt again. "Bad!"

"I'm not bad!" Kurt said, dramatically, placing his hand on his chest.

"Oh really?" Blaine says, smirking. "I can think of a few times you've been very bad!" He giggles, winking at Kurt.

Kurt blushes furiously.
"Bl-Blaine! Gabby, your other daddy is being bad!" Kurt said pointing at Blaine.
"No! Daddy bad!" She said, still pointing at Kurt.

Blaine laughs. He couldn't remember the last time he truly laughed. He kisses Gabby's curls. "That's my baby girl!"

"Mhhmm.." Kurt says smiling at how happy his husband looked.

"Gabby!" Blaine says, looking down at her. "Do you want to watch The Lion King with me???"

"Yes!" She said happily. Kurt smiled, "You want me to get it started?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah," Blaine smiled. "You wanna watch it in our room?"

"Alright." Kurt said walking out and turning on the movie in the room.

Blaine stretches before swinging their daughter over his shoulder. She giggles as he walks her to their room. Blaine lies on the bed, holding Gabby to his chest. He motions for Kurt to come lay behind him.

Kurt lies down behind Blaine and they watch the movie together. Gabby giggles as Kurt and Blaine sing I Just Can't Wait To Be King together.

Blaine moves closer to Kurt, allowing his husband to hold him. He smiles as he feels Kurt's arm tighten around him.

After the movie they lay and talk with each other for a while, playing with Gabby. Kurt looks at the clock and sees what time it is... "I should get dinner started.." Kurt said, stroking Blaine's hair.

Blaine sighs happily at the touch. "Do you need any help?"

"Nope, just relax my dear husband. I have it all under control." Kurt says smiling and slipping out from behind Blaine.

Blaine cuddles with his daughter as he plays with her hair. She closes her little eyes like he does when Kurt does this. He sings quietly to her, taking in how lucky he felt to be there with her.

Kurt started cooking some oven pizza and sat in the kitchen as it cooked. He opened the cabinet to get himself a glass to get some water and-..wait...was that? "Blaine?..." Kurt called.

Blaine picks up gabby and slowly walks to the kitchen. "Yeah?"

Kurt looks back at Blaine with one hand on the cabinet door. "Why the hell is there a sock in the cabinet?"

"Okay! Now, you have to be doing it!" Blaine says, staring at Kurt like he's trying to fuck with Blaine's head.

"Blaine...Why would I put a sock in the cabinet?" Kurt asks grabbing it out of the cabinet.

"To mess with me and make me believe there really is a ghost?" Blaine says. "Oh, god! No!"

"I didn't put it in there!" He said. "This is getting ridiculous.." Kurt sighed, placing the sock on the counter.

"I swear it isn't me. At first, it was kind of funny. But that's when I thought it was Elphie..."

Kurt looked up at the ceiling. "Leave our socks alone!" He yelled. "Oh God...I'm going crazy.."

"I'm never going to sleep again!" Blaine exclaims.

"It's just a sock ghost Blaine...I think I'll name him...Eduardo.."

"No...No...I'm not sleeping. Now I'm going to feel like I'm being watched. Just...no..." Blaine says.

"Don't be scared of Eduardo Blaine.." Kurt says, trying not to laugh.

"Too late for that!"

"You're going to hurt his feelings." Kurt teased. "It's okay Eduardo, he doesn't mean it."

"Kurt...." Blaine whines. "Come on Gabby. Let's get away from Daddy. He's being mean..."

Kurt laughs and walks over to Blaine. "There's no Eduardo.." he says hugging his husband.

"Then how'd the sock get there?" Blaine asked, seriously.

"George."

"What?!"

"Eduardo's cousin."

"UGH!" Blaine stomps back to their room and lays with Gabby. "Tell me there's no ghosties, baby...right?"

"No ghoties.." she says, placing her hands on Blaine’s face.

Blaine's eyes grow wide. "Baby girl!!! You are so smart!" He says, kissing her. He brings her into the kitchen. "Tell Daddy what you told me!!"

"Tell Daddy what?" He asks smiling.

"No ghosties!" She says giggling.

Kurt smiles wide and walks over to her and gives her a kiss. "That's right! Your daddy is just dramatic." Kurt teases, looking at Blaine.

"Says the 'Queen.'" Blaine laughs.

Kurt just looks at Blaine and bites the inside of his cheek. "Okay...I see how it is." He says, trying to look serious.

Blaine just laughs. He kisses Kurt and turns to swing Gabby around.

"You love my queenly-ness...Admit it…What if I was some butched up lumberjack with a moustache?" Kurt giggles.

Blaine's face scrunches. "That's so gross. Besides, there's nothing about you that I would change."

"Oh, so you wouldn't love me if I talked like this?" Kurt said, making his voice gruff and dropping it a couple of octaves.

Blaine chuckles. "I'd still love you. But it would creep me out a bit."

"I love you too baby." He said, his voice still low and rough, this time he threw in a bit of a southern accent.

Blaine just shakes his head. "Your Daddy is silly!" He says, pointing to Kurt.

"Daddy!" Gabby says laughing. Kurt clears his throat."Ow, that hurt a little bit." He chuckles in his normal voice.

Blaine giggles. "I love your voice the way it is. It sooths me..."

Kurt smiles, "You're sweet.." The oven timer goes off and Kurt slips on an oven mitt before pulling the pizza out.

Gabby watches Kurt cut the pizza. "Looks good, doesn't it?" Blaine asks her.

"Yes!" She says smiling. Kurt cuts up a slice of pizza into little pieces and puts them on her plate before setting it on her highchair. "Blaine...I want you to at least try to eat one and a half pieces." Kurt says looking at his husband.

Blaine doesn't say anything. He just nods as he sits down.

Kurt sets Blaine's food in front of him before sitting down to eat his own food. Kurt notices Blaine's expression." Just eat as much as you can baby.." he says, kissing Blaine's cheek.

"i will," Blaine smiles to Kurt.

Kurt watches as Blaine slowly eats, taking small bites and swallowing hesitantly. "I'm really proud of you Blaine.." Kurt said softly.

Blaine blushed. "Thanks baby."

They finished dinner, Blaine eating a little less than Kurt would have liked, but he still finished one piece. After Kurt cleaned up and gave Gabby a bath, he and Blaine put her to bed before retreating to their bedroom.

"Thanks for everything," Blaine whispered once in bed

Kurt pulls Blaine close to him and kisses the top of his head. "You're welcome baby...Thank you for being so dedicated to it."

Blaine gives a happy sigh. He looks up, kissing Kurt softly.

Kurt smiles as he kisses his husband back. "Goodnight Blaine...I love you.."

"I love you too, babe," Blaine say quietly.

Kurt held Blaine tighter, he was so glad to be able to hold his husband again. He kissed Blaine again before quickly drifting off to sleep.