“I don't know what to say,” Kurt replies truthfully and Burt eyes him most curiously.

“How about from the beginning, like I said where you met this kid, he seems very…taken of you,”

Kurt blushes at his father's words and worries his bottom lip. “Through Instagram,” Kurt blurts out finally as Burt waits patiently, his father deserves some answers, but he's wincing slightly as he watches his dad carefully and nervously.

Burt didn't accuse, he didn't curse, he doesn't say Kurt's stupid, or calls him on it, he doesn't shriek or scream or try to reason with Kurt what on earth he was thinking, he just sat there staring at his son with a slight confusion as he shrugs “Okay…what's that?”

Kurt sighs and looks at his hospital bed in shame and mutters “It's an online site where people can take selfies, and use hashtags for other people anywhere in the world to see,”

There's silent between them and Kurt wishes that his dad would yell at him and get it out of his system so he cry silently in peace and hide in embarrassment, but instead he settles on talking to make up for his dad's silence in explanation.

“Blaine happened to live in Ohio, he lives in Westerville actually and he liked one of my pictures and basically that's it,”

“Can I see it?” Burt asks.

“See what?” Kurt can't help but blurt out as Burt eyes him.

“The thing where he likes your picture,”

Kurt's mouth makes an ‘o' shape as his eyebrows raise in alarm “I'm not gonna judge you kiddo, not after what you've been through. I just want to see it, that's all,” Burt adds which makes Kurt relax a bit.

Kurt nods and fiddles inside his satchel which is on the table next to the bed and grabs out his phone, he finds his picture from a month ago (Has it really been a month already?) and hands his dad the comments showing him “See?”

Burt nods in response and seems relatively calm, he also chuckles which confuses Kurt until Burt mutters “That's a lot of bowties,” oh, right.  Kurt nods “Yeah…”

“This kid gay?”

“Dad you asked him that when he was outside my room, don't think I didn't hear you questioning him,”

“I don't want to hear it from him; I want to know from my son who his friends are,”

“He's gay dad,” Kurt concluded. Burt appears satisfied with that answer and looks back down at the phone and back at Kurt, back at the phone.

“So he has a crush on you,”

Kurt shrugs “I'm not sure about that yet,”

Burt rolls his eyes and hands back Kurt's phone but before he does he shakes the phone at him “From what I saw with him in the room, the way he looks at you, and that comment where he calls you handsome, I think it's pretty safe to assume Kurt that he likes you, a great deal more than just friends” Burt winks and finally hands back the phone at which Kurt is thankful that Burt doesn't ask him to see his other pictures.

“I'm glad you have a friend that's gay though Kurt, it's good for you to have someone to look up to,”

“You're not at all worried I met him online?” Kurt asked incredulously surprised and thankful for his dad.

Burt shakes his head “I trust you Kurt, I know you know the dangers; I didn't raise you to be stupid and unintelligent. I can't always be holding your hand, people your age need to take risk, and need to discover the world outside of this small town and besides if he does anything to you I can kick his butt back to Westerville,”

Kurt laughs at that “I love you dad,”

Burt grines and leans over to give Kurt a hug “I love you too kiddo,” Kurt's eyes water up a bit.

“I better let Blaine see you, poor kid drove all the way over here to make sure you're okay and I kick him out within only 10 minutes conversation,”

Kurt laughs slightly and feels 10 times lighter.

Burt's hand is on his shoulder “I'm not so sure if I want to send you back to that school though Kurt, but listen you can take some time off school and we'll talk about it alright?”

Kurt nods internally thinking about Blaine's suggestion of going to Dalton and whether he should bring it up to his dad, but then see's the tired look on his father's face and figures he'll talk to him about it later. He needs his dad to go back to Carole, which is what he says.

“Dad, I think Carole's getting lonely,”

Burt laughed and ruffled Kurt's hair despite Kurt's protest he chuckled “Alright, I get it, you want your old man out,”

“I don't mean it like that…” Kurt whined.

Burt smiled at his son and called out to Blaine who was just hovering near the doorway “Hey Anderson, you want to see my kid for a bit longer?”

Blaine pops his head in grinning as he holds a bunch of flowers.

Kurt's eyes widen and Burt looks back to Kurt with a cheeky expression as though ‘told you so,'

Kurt blushes as Blaine hands them to him “I thought these might cheer you up a bit,”

Burt is grinning behind Blaine's back and Kurt wants to hide.

“Alright, I'm gonna pop outside and see my fiancé, oh and Kurt?”

Kurt has to force himself to stop staring at Blaine's eyes who is staring at him and smiling much too nicely for Kurt's heart to handle.

“Yeah?” Kurt looks up despite the flutter inside his chest.

“Just so you know, I may not know how to do them selfies yet, but I wouldn't mind singing up to Instagram, who knows what you get from it,” he winks at Kurt.

Kurt gapes at him. “Dad!”

Kurt is mortified, Blaine remains in absolute gentleman mode and turns to Burt Hummel in the doorway, “I'll be happy to help you make an account if you like?”

Burt looks surprised and Kurt finally hides his head in his pillow groaning as Burt says “that'd be great! Thanks Blaine! Cya boys,”

When Burt goes, Blaine is just about to say something when Kurt whips out his phone logging in to Instagram.

“Are you taking a selfie?” Blaine looks far too happy and is preparing to pose behind Kurt and be the photo bomber when Kurt shakes his head “No, I'm not taking a photo of me, I'm taking one of these gorgeous flowers,”

Blaine pouts “I don't get a photo?”

“Hold on a minute,” Kurt giggles at Blaine's crestfallen face when he snaps a picture of the beautiful bunch of red and yellow flowers. Blaine waits patiently. Kurt can feels him staring at him as he types what he has to say into his photo, with a blush creeping up his cheeks.

Kurt-Hummel

Feeling very special, and to those who tried to bring me down at #McKinleyHigh; your lashing out at me is fantastically compelling and inappropriate but you haven't seen the end of me. Thanks to all my lovely friends, those still waiting outside and those who have gone, and my family for visiting me at the hospital, you guys are my world. Also a special thank you to @Blaine_Warbler for this beauty, they do cheer me up.

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Mercedes_N1Diva commented on your photo

💬 Mercedes_N1Diva Oh Kurt they are gorgeous, how sweet @Blaine_Warbler! Also wonderful speech 👏. Me and my family love you Kurt, stay strong Boo <3

💬 Kurt-Hummel @Mercedes_N1Diva thank you for being the best friend I could ask for, and thanks for the coffee! I love you guys too.

Blaine_Warbler commented on your photo

💬Blaine_Warbler @Kurt-Hummel special flowers for a special person, you're welcome Kurt. Those idiots (not including #NewDirections) at #McKinleyHigh don't know what they're missing

TINA-CohenChangNOTAsianChang commented on your photo

💬 TINA-CohenChangNOTAsianChang @Kurt-Hummel we hope you get well soon Kurt <3

JustCallMeMike commented on your photo

💬JustCallMeMike @Kurt-Hummel just so you know, the boys in #NewDirections have agreed that we will look after you, if you return. Take care Kurt, you didn't deserve that