Blaine was awoken by Kurt’s crying. He couldn’t remember falling asleep but he woke with a start. From Wes’s old side of the room where Kurt was sleeping he was trying to keep it quiet, that much was obvious from the stifles he heard but sometimes Kurt let out a sob and hiccupped to disguise it. “Kurt,” Blaine was over to his side of the room in an instant. He was shaking. Blaine pulled the warm boy into his arms and held him. After a day of sleep, he no longer felt cold, but he was still feverish and tired. “Go back to sleep Blaine – I’m fine,” Kurt stifled again and tried to move out of Blaine’s embrace but Blaine wouldn’t have it. “

“You’re not fine Kurt, just let me hold you,” Blaine wiped his tears away with his sleeve. . Kurt buried his face in his chest heaving, Blaine rubbed the material in circles in his back with one hand and using the other to hold him in place.

“Did you have a nightmare?” Blaine asked but Kurt shook his head and positioned his head so he could rest his cheek on Blaine’s shirt “I miss my dad,” Blaine’s heart broke. He brought him in for a hug.

“You’re safe here Kurt, your dad is safe too and he knows about the situation,” Kurt sounded confused and was still “He  knows?”  a slight pause and he repeated “He knows about Karofsky?” Kurt began to panic but Blaine pressed a kiss into his hair “Shh….it’s okay,”

Kurt pulled back suddenly “No it’s not okay! If he goes after him he’ll get killed look what he did to you! I did all this to keep him safe Blaine!” Kurt’s eyes widened as he then began coughing finding it difficult to catch breath. Blaine reached out his hand for the lemon drink on Kurt’s nightstand and told him to take it easy. Kurt drank a few sips and his coughing decreased. He looked at Blaine like he was betrayed “How could you,”

 “Kurt your father isn’t stupid,” That got Kurt to pay attention because Blaine rarely raised his voice. He actually looked frightened. Blaine sighed he explained what happened at the school. He was scared he over did it. “If you stay here for the time being, your safe Kurt, he’s not going to get you,”

“But my family!” Kurt was in fear of the boy on the run and Blaine wanted to do his best to assure him.

“They have police watching the neighbourhood constantly for signs of Karofsky, my mother made sure of it the day I returned from hospital,” Kurt seemed unsure still “How can she do that, why would the police help?” Blaine smirked. “Money does a lot of things for a poor police station in Lima, when they heard of the money they’d get if they caught Karofsky and at least put him away from where he wouldn’t hurt civilisation, they were more than eager to help, his house is also well equipped with cameras, and alarms,”

 “Your mother…but Blaine that’d cost a fortune,” Blaine kissed his cheek softly. “Your life and your family’s life have no price tag Kurt, and she earns more than that for her field of work, and by the way he knows you love him and miss him, he got the photograph,”

“He did?”

“He did, now why don’t we surprise him and give him a ring tomorrow, at least Karofsky can’t access phones,” Kurt lit up at that “I’d love that thank you Blaine,” Blaine cupped his right side of the face and used his thumb to trace the skin there. “Good, now how about we get some sleep,” Blaine helped Kurt lie back down and covered him with his blankets again.

Blaine felt his temperature, and got a cloth to place on Kurt’s head.

“Blaine,” Blaine stroked a string of brown hair and smiled down at Kurt as he added “Thank you,”

Blaine leaned down and pressed another kiss to his hair. Kurt closed his eyes. “You’re welcome,” Blaine whispered. He held one of Kurt’s hands in his “Now sleep,” He squeezed it gently and went back to his side of the room. When he got in his own bed, he sighed. He hated that Kurt was still hurting and he could only do so much. He faced Kurt’s side of the room.

It was dark after he turned off the lamplight he had put on to observe why Kurt had been upset so he couldn’t see him but still he smiled. 10 minutes later he could have sworn he heard Kurt whisper “I love you,” but he fell asleep not long after so he didn’t have time to really think about it, besides he might have been thinking of his family.

He wanted to tell Kurt he loved him but he wanted to do it right. Blaine knew he wasn’t the most romantic person in the world but he did know saying it should be in a more romantic setting and especially not when the other person was sick. Blaine wanted to make it a romantic moment for Kurt, because Kurt deserved that.

Kurt deserved all the happiness in the world.

Blaine fell asleep on that final thought.

After Kurt had fallen back to sleep he didn’t wake up till about lunchtime which is when Blaine went back to the room to find Kurt slowly waking. He felt his fever “You’re getting better, but you still need a few more days rest I would suggest and look what I got,” He brought out a cup of coffee.

“Latte?” Kurt’s eyes widened. Blaine smiled and handed it over “Sorry the school doesn’t offer mochas,” Kurt’s happiness spread over his face and Blaine was pleasantly surprised by the colour in Kurt’s cheeks.

“Thank you,” Kurt smiled back and took a big sip and closed his eyes clearly enjoying the warmth.

“How come you aren’t in class?” Kurt asked as Blaine dropped his bag unceremoniously to the floor and sat in a chair next to Kurt’s bed. “It’s lunchtime Kurt, were giving 45 minutes for lunch,”

Kurt looked to the clock “Oh sorry, I didn’t realise I slept so late,” Blaine just chuckled and patted his knee “You clearly needed it, it’s fine, you can watch some TV, read books, I have magazines if you want them," Kurt still looked slightly sleepy but a little bored which is why Blaine suggested the above. He wanted Kurt to know he could entertain himself while he was in class.

Being ill was never fun. "Do you have the latest vogue?" Blaine grinned. "Of course I do, do you want me to put on a movie for you too?" Kurt smiled "I'd like that, but don't feel like you have to..." Blaine got up and went over to his dvd collection in one of his desk drawers. "What would you like to watch...I have RENT, The sound of music, The Notebook, Love Actually, Harry Potter..." Kurt's eyes widened "Can I marry you?" Blaine blushed at the comment and chuckled in hopes Kurt wouldn't notice. "I take it you approve," Kurt settled with the sound of music saying it was tradition to watch the sound of music sing along every year live, he hadn't gotten around to doing that yet this year though. Blaine thought about that quietly and made mental notes to himself as he put the dvd in.

"Before you start the movie would you like that phonecall with your dad? I'm going to get us some lunch soon, so you might like to talk to him while I'm gone,”

“You mean it?” Kurt put his coffee down and looked excited. Blaine grinned. He got his phone out and showed Kurt “Look I even got your dad’s number,”

A tear escaped Kurt’s eyes and he looked blissfully happy “I…”

“Go on,” Blaine urged.

Shyly Kurt pressed the number and held it up to his ear.

“Hello, Hummels Tire and Lube?” More tears fell down Kurt’s face.  Kurt pressed the phone further to his ear as though hardly able to hear it. A choked voice answered “Dad,”

“Kurt?” Blaine managed to just grasp Burt’s surprised voice.

“Hi dad,”

A broad smile entered Kurt’s face and Blaine wished he could heart Burt’s side of the conversation.  Kurt was smiling endlessly “I missed you too, you have no idea…”

“Yeah, I’m with Blaine. Yes I’m okay, I love you too dad, tell Carole and Finn I love them too – I’m on loud speaker aren’t I? I thought you were in the garage. Oh okay… Hi Carole! Finn….” Kurt was crying now. Blaine shuffled closer and held onto his other hand.

“It’s not your fault, you didn’t know,” Kurt although extremely happy looked upset. “No dad of course not, no…..you know I love you all so much, yes I’m safe, yeah he’s amazing, he’s helped me in more ways than you can imagine. You didn’t throw out my gaga heels did you? – DAD….oh thank god, don’t scare me like that,” Kurt was looking at Blaine now with the biggest smile on his face that Blaine had ever seen. It made him want to kiss him right then and there. Blaine laughed at Kurt’s scandalised face.

“I know it was stupid to run away the second time…”

Blaine noticed the change of tone and frowned, looking sadly at Kurt. Kurt just gave him a sad smile.

“Dad I’m so so sorry for what I put you all through, can you ever forgive me?”

Blaine could see Kurt hold his breathe and then Kurt couldn’t stop sobbing “Dad…”

Kurt must have been listening to whatever his dad was saying because he was nodding while crying at the same time.  “I love you too,”

Blaine decided to give Kurt some privacy. “I’ll be back take your time with the phone call I have lots of credit,” He whispered and Kurt nodded still talking to his dad on the phone mouthing a ‘thank you’.

Blaine walked down the hallway with a big smile on his face. He got an idea while walking to the cafeteria. On his way down the spiral staircase he spotted Jeff. “Hey how’s the newbie?” Jeff asked and Blaine smiled at him “Hi, yeah he’s getting better, he’s talking to his family right now,”

“That’s great! So His fever is going down?” Blaine sighed as they walked through big open doors to a massive room filled with students eating their lunches at tables or lining up at the cafeteria to get food “Slowly but yes, hey I have an idea that might be able to cheer Kurt up….and you know how I love to express my feelings in song…I thought maybe the Warblers could help me out,”

Jeff looked curious at this while they found a spot in the line “Does this mean you’re coming back?”

“I never left Jeff I was just taking a break…”

Jeff looked relieved “Nick told me whilst it’s great being a leader he didn’t think he could take the pressure of being a leader for much longer, it’s really getting to him,”

Blaine looked at Jeff apologetically “I’ll talk to Nick today about going back to his old position, and if anyone wanted to have the spotlight every now and then, I think we should be a bit more open to allowing people a chance,” Jeff nodded pleased by Blaine’s thinking.

Jeff ordered a hamburger. Blaine asked for two ceasar salads and sandwiches for him and Kurt. Kurt still didn’t eat much, and he didn’t want to give him anything heavy in case he couldn’t stomach it but he didn’t want Kurt to go hungry either.

“So will you be at the meeting today?” Jeff asked and Blaine didn’t take long to consider it “Yeah I’ll be there tell the other guys I have some ideas for Regionals too so don’t overuse their voices today,”

Some students greeted Blaine on the way out of the cafeteria. He headed back to his room food in hand, he walked down one of the exquisite empty but grand hallways. Most of the students were in the cafeteria or study room so it was no surprise that it was dead quiet.

A hand covered over his mouth and he tried to scream when he was pulled backwards.

His eyes were blindfolded by a black material and all he could see was darkness because suddenly he dropped the food he was carrying and his knees gave way, he fell to the floor.