Blaine couldn’t sleep. He had been holding Kurt and listening to the soft breathing of Kurt's sleeping pattern, eventually he carefully removed Kurt’s pale arm of his waist that had ended up there in the middle of the night, gave it a light squeeze and we to grab his laptop. He had been thinking all night about what to do and he had a plan.

He sat in a chair at his desk in the corner of his room and quietly did some googling. It didn’t take much to find Kurt on the internet. At first he typed in Kurt and then Ohio and too many profiles came up, but then he remembered Kurt said Mercedes. He put Kurt and Mercedes in google with Ohio as a link, and straight away a page came up with a picture of Kurt in it. Nobody could have those eyes like Kurt. Kurt was wearing what appeared to be a cheerleading uniform and Mercedes Jones was the person in a similar outfit next to him.

They were representing the cheerios at a school assembly at McKinley High. The article mentioned how Kurt who was also in glee club joined the Cheerios with Miss Mercedes Jones in order to express their talent but he only lasted a few weeks before quitting Cheerios and the Glee Club and becoming what they said as a recluse.

McKinley High, that wasn’t far from his own school. Blaine thought to himself thinking it would be at least probably an hour and a half.

He typed in Kurt and McKinley high, and there was a page about him on what was called Jacob’s Blog.

Kurt Hummel,

16 years of age, went missing on September 21st 2010. Burt Hummel, owner of Hummel’s Tires and Lube shop and father of out and proud gay son Kurt Hummel made a missing alert to the police within 24 hours of Kurt not being in contact with family and friends. It is rumoured that the police are homophobic and just don’t care what happens to the student from McKinley High even though they claim they are making progress each day with their research - he made a lot of enemies for showing of his gay nature, I wouldn’t be surprised if Kurt had run away. His father is at the school every week trying to find answers. The show does not go on! Without Kurt the Glee Club run by Will Schuster has falling as a tragic result of losing one of their devoted members, every day is spent instead with them looking for their ex member. Rachel Berry made a statement on behalf of the club saying they won’t stop looking until they have answers as to what happened to Kurt Hummel, however the Cheerios are back on top and taking the school’s athletes to N1 by their professional and outstanding cheerleading Coach Sue Sylvester. So what did happen to Kurt Hummel? Did he simply have enough of the solitary lifestyle of being the only openly gay kid in the school? Or has the bullying gone to an extreme where Kurt may possibly be murdered or kidnapped… either way life goes on and things at McKinley seem to remain the same and life doesn’t stop for nobody

Blaine looked back to the bed where Kurt was still sleeping peacefully and then glanced back at the screen.

McKinley High Lima Ohio.

Blaine knew what to do.

 “Mom?” He was glad she was still awake, which he knew was normal for his mother being the lawyer she was.

“Sweetie, everything okay? Does Kurt need something?” His mother put her glasses on the table and issued him to go closer.

“I have to go somewhere on Monday, can you look after Kurt for me? Keep him entertained while I’m gone?”

“What are you up to?,” She asked raising an eyebrow knowing him too well.

Blaine sighed as he whispered “I think I know how to help Kurt get his life back on track, but I need to go to his old school before I start the day at Dalton,,” He admitted and told her what he found and she nodded along seeming impressed and saddened by what he told her Kurt had said about his situation.

“I understand what you’re doing here Blaine, and I’m proud of you, but what are you planning to do if his family want Kurt to go home? You can’t force him to go back sweetie,”

“I know that and I know you’re busy but I was wondering if you might…”

“Be his lawyer?”

Blaine nodded holding his breathe and his mother sighed. His heart dropped expecting her to say no. “Homophobic cases are really hard to win Blaine,”

“Wait…are you saying you’ll do it?” He looked at her carefully and she put her hands together on the table watching him “Blaine, I don’t do this job for the money, you know that. If I can help people, I will. To help a homeless kid of the street who happens to also be a friend of my son’s? Well there’s no question in it, of course I’ll do it,”

He kissed his mother on the cheek. “Now go back to bed I’m still the parent here,”

“Don’t work too hard mom,” Blaine insisted and headed back to his bedroom. Kurt hadn’t moved. He got back in the covers and softly stroked Kurt’s arm that was still hanging by his side.

“You deserve to be happy Kurt,” He whispered and leaned down to kiss the pale skin there before drifting of to sleep. “No one should live in fear,”

Sunday was fabulous. Blaine and Kurt spent the morning eating blueberry pancakes, then the day playing monopoly, watching TV, singing karaoke and eating lots of food. Kurt was laughing by the afternoon and he genuinely looked happy. “I don’t want to leave,” He admitted as Blaine and Kurt were lying down and sharing his Ipod in his bedroom.

They had been practising Baby it’s cold outside and eventually Kurt mentiond he missed music and Blaine suggested they do just this. Blaine turned his head to the side and looked at the taller boy “Then don’t,”

Kurt didn’t answer so Blaine took his hand that was lying next to him “I mean it, don’t, you don’t have to fight this alone anymore Kurt, please just stay in my room, no one is using it while I’m at school, and my mum loves spoiling you, I’d rather you be here then at the shelter for just 3 days a week, and eating god knows what on the days you don’t go,”

Kurt looked to him with a weird expression and Blaine turned to face him. “Why do you care so much?”

Blaine wanted to tell him then, but it was too soon, he wanted to tell Kurt when he was absolutely sure it was the right thing to do. Instead he hovered over him and slowly kissed him, as he let go he kept a hand on his cheek and stared into his eyes as Kurt blinked back in awe

“Because, I am crazy about you. You’re funny, you’re smart, and your kind, and you deserve to have a break and let someone else take care of you for a change, also I’d get to see you more,”

He stroked Kurt’s cheek fondly “Please Kurt for my sake more than yours?”

Kurt smiled with that and traced his jawline. “Only if your mom is okay with it,” Blaine beamed. “Oh she’s willing to adopt you by this stage,” Kurt giggled at how sure he sounded.

Kurt kissed him passionately this time. “Kurt I don’t want you to feel pressured but…”

Kurt interrupted “I’m not ready for more than making out…but…can we kiss without shirts on?”

Blaine whimpered in response and his mouth attached to Kurt’s like he was a dying man. His hands immediately went to the hem of Kurt’s shirt and looked him in the eye “Can I?” Kurt lifted his hands and Blaine pulled it over his head with caution. “You’re so beautiful,” He whispered kissing an exposed skin in front of him. Kurt looked slightly nervous.

“I feel underdressed” Kurt said then and Blaine nodded, he sat up and took his own shirt off.

Kurt gasped. “Blaine…” Then he was kissing him once more. Not just his face though. Kurt kissed down his neck, his chest, and then he stopped for a minute before proceeding with his nipples. Blaine groaned. “Kurt…”

Kurt pinched his other nipple while sucking his left and Blaine was coming undone. He grabbed hold of Kurt’s ass and squeezed it.

“Kurt…” He moaned. He awoke then and blinked as Kurt shook him “Blaine you kept moaning my name are you okay?”

Blaine blinked his eyes open. Oh….

Kurt felt his forehead “You’re not ill…”

“I… I’m sorry, what time is it?” He recalled kissing Kurt for a good half an hour before he heard his mom come home from shopping.

Then his mom cooked a meal for 20 again and when Blaine told him Kurt wanted to stay like he predicted she was delighted and hugged him to death. “I’ll help with the cleaning and cooking,” Kurt had insisted but his mother said not to worry. After Kurt and Blaine had a Disney marathon in his room.

“10:30, you fell asleep just as Tiana and Naveen turned human,”

“Oh, I’m sorry Kurt,” Kurt shook his head “It’s okay, I was just worried you were in pain,”

Blaine was quick to respond “I wasn’t don’t worry about that,” Far from it Blaine thought as Kurt rested his head on Blaine’s chest. “Thank you Blaine – if you hadn’t helped me, I don’t know where I’d be right now,”

In the morning Blaine leaned down and kissed Kurt’s forehead before going. “See you soon sweetheart,”

“Blaine?” Kurt yawned and Blaine smiled “Hey, how are you feeling?”

“Fantastic, you going to school?” He asked appearing to take in his uniform as he nodded.

“You look handsome,” Blaine straightened his tie and looked at Kurt

“Do I?” Blaine asked and Kurt smiled widely.

“Yeah,”

Blaine grinned and swiftly stole a kiss at which Kurt shrieked “Thief!” Blaine chuckled and then Kurt’s eyes widened at what he said and he stuttered “I mean..” Blaine rolled his eyes and kissed him again at which Kurt pleaded “Don’t go to school…”

Blaine shook his head sadly “I have to I’m sorry, but we have plenty of time for that later,” He tucked Kurt back into bed as it was still 5:30am and winked before signing the deal with a kiss he left fixing his tie again which Kurt seemed to love messing with on the way to his car and smiling.

He couldn’t stop thinking about him, and the more he thought about him the more he wanted his plan to work.

He arrived exactly at his destination at 7:15 and wasn’t at all surprised there were already students walking in the building. McKinley High stood before him and he glared at it for it was the place that made Kurt miserable.

Where should he even start?

This place was huge. Dalton at least had maps in some rooms as to where to go. He felt a bit anxious, it’s been a while since he’s been to a public school. He followed some cheerleaders into the hall and looked at his surroundings, students were laughing. Some jocks were picking on the freshman at which he remembered all too clearly, and a small number of students were wearing raincoats and it wasn’t even raining. Blaine frowned. What was with that?

He noticed a sign on one of the walls instantly he went to it. It was a picture of Kurt with missing underneath. It was the same boy that was currently in his bed sleeping. He smiled at the way he was dressed in this picture. It was obviously his true self here. He stood proud, hand on hips and smiled brightly.

He was gorgeous, but no surprise there. Along the wall were signs of clubs and a big banner for GO TITANS.  He then came to a cabinet of trophies and a picture of a woman and underneath it said – Glee is about opening yourself up to joy. That was when he overheard a conversation nearby.

“Come on, Finn is calling an emergency glee club meeting,” Two girls in Cheerio outfits were walking in a direction following rows of lockers and classrooms to which he trailed behind them at the mention of Glee Club. Kurt had been in glee. “I love Finn and all, but isn’t this a bit much? We’ve looked everywhere for Kurt, why should we keep looking for someone who clearly isn’t in Lima?” Blaine remembered Kurt say Finn's name.

“Finn wouldn’t tell me why, but I overheard Rachel telling Mercedes that Finn told her that Sam saw Kurt wondering nearby his homeless shelter, he came back to talk to Mr Schue about returning to glee when he saw the missing photo and straight away called Burt about sighting him”

“Sam? What was Sam doing in a homeless shelter in the first place?”

“Haven’t you heard? He lost everything Quinn. That’s why Sam moved in the first place,”

The girl Quinn looked shocked. “He never said any of this to me and we were dating,”

The girls went quiet as they entered a room where other members were going inside. Blaine waited outside and eavesdropped on the conversation.

“Is he okay?” Blaine heard one of the girls ask and a boy answered “Apparently. Burt went to his mother’s grave the other day too and they found this,” Blaine figured he was showing the photo to his friends.

“How long ago?” A different girl asked. Blaine made out the girl in the window to be Mercedes. He remembered seeing her in the article.

“About 2 days ago,”

He got the photo. Blaine felt better knowing that, Kurt had mentioned a couple times about going back just to see if it were till there.

“It’s the first time I seen Burt look hopeful since Kurt’s been missing, we can’t give up now,”

Blaine listened to them talk about all the places they had looked and where he still could possibly be, it warmed Blaine to know that there were people who cared about Kurt to the extreme that they didn’t give up.

He looked at the clock in the choir room and noticed the time. He didn’t have much time left, he didn’t want all of them hovering around him as they looked a little intimidating so he waited down the hall till they left so he could catch Mercedes or Finn, he knew Kurt knew them at least, but then something caught his eye. A jock was talking as he and his mate came up towards one of the glee club members with a slushie in his hand. They threw it at one of the girls that had just come out of the room who looked at them with hatred while they laughed.

Blaine stared horrified as Mercedes looked like she was used to it and muttered to another glee club member what just happened.

“Hey!” Blaine found himself calling. The jocks turned around. “Karofsky, looks like we have an audience man,”

Karofsky.

He came face to face with the boy who threatened Kurt’s life.

Blaine growled at him “Why don’t you pick on someone your own size?” The boy laughed like it was funny “Aww would you look at this Z? Mercedes has a boyfriend,”

The other boy chuckled “Things have been so boring around here since Hummel left,”

Blaine really fought hard with himself not to attack Karofsky especially when he replied “Probably out sucking some guy’s dick,” but Blaine was smarter than that. He knew if he hurt the boy, his plan would backfire on him and Karofsky would being the way he was.

Mercedes noticed the way Blaine’s eyes darkened when he mentioned Kurt and asked what that was on about.

 “I saw you looking at Kurt’s photo before, you know him don’t you?” Mercedes said bluntly after the jocks went away and Blaine sighed releasing the tightness in his fist. He noticed his knuckles had been going white.

“I know him,” Blaine nodded in confirmation as Mercedes eyed him with curiosity. Blaine continued “I also know that you were on the cheerios with him and that he quit glee before becoming isolated from everyone,”

Mercedes didn’t look happy now as she narrowed her eyes and pulled him to the side “I knew you looked familiar, you’re the boy in Kurt’s photograph,”

Blaine nodded trying not to look intimidating or evil but still she looked like he was going to murder “Where is Kurt?” She demanded. Blaine sighed “I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you that,”

Mercedes grabbed him angrily “I don’t care who you think you are, you’ll have to do better than that,”

The boy who had addressed the glee club and whom Blaine knew as Finn came towards them “What’s going on?”

Finn shouted “Hey what are you-” as Mercedes snapped the photo of him and showed Finn by putting it to Blaine’s face. “It’s him,”

Finn glared at Blaine then and shoved him against a wall a minute later making him gasp.

“What have you done to my brother?”

People were staring now and a boy with a mohawk and a guy in a wheelchair followed soon.

“Your b-brother?” He looked nothing like Kurt! It did explain why he was in Kurt’s photo though and why Kurt might have mumbled his name. He was tall, and frankly a little scary, especially the way he pinned Blaine to the wall with his elbow at his neck.

“What have you” Finn repeated again “Done to him!” but Blaine stopped him “I haven’t done anything to Kurt, please I want to help,”

“Finn you’re choking him,” The Mohawk guy forced him to let go and Blaine gasped as they trapped him so he couldn’t leave. He was going to be late to school by this point but right now he had bigger fish to fry. “He knows about Kurt - Puck” The Mohawk boy called Puck glared at him as he came closer "What does he know?"

When Finn let go Blaine looked around worriedly that someone might eavesdrop of that Karofsky is lurking in the hallways “I can’t say why here, it’s too dangerous,” Finn narrowed his eyes as though judging him. Blaine lowered his voice before looking around him “It’s to do with Karofsky,” At the name Finn instantly hardened, Finn gripped his arm and forced Blaine into the choir room “What has he done?” The others followed not long after locking the door.

“I can’t tell you here,” Blaine insisted. “Please it’s not safe,”

Mercedes came to a decision “You want to help?” Blaine agreed “Yes,”

“Why?” Finn clearly didn’t trust him as he asked with his arms over his chest. Blaine sighed as they both waited for a response.

“Because I love Kurt! I do, I love him,” The answer surprised Blaine as well as the others in the room, as he himself  had only just admitted that for the first time aloud. His heart was pounding, it felt great. He wanted to yell it to everyone, he was in love with Kurt Hummel.

“And I want him safe, please, hear me out, and if you’re still not convinced whether I can be trusted, I’ll leave, and you’ll never see me again,”

A girl with black hair came storming in here then “What’s going on? Why wasn’t I told there was an emergency glee club meeting! I had to hear about it from Quinn and Santana! Who are you?” She babbled and the boy who Blaine found out to be Artie told Rachel to sit down.

“You were still in class trying to figure out why you didn’t get an A plus instead of an A minus on a test, I tried to tell you,” Mercedes told rolling her eyes at Rachel who huffed as she sat down.  Then she leaped from her feet and with eyes as wide as saucers she pointed at Blaine “He’s the- ”

“WE KNOW,” They yelled in irritation and she sat back down still looking shocked.

Mercedes dragged the girl back down “Just sit down Rachel! He wants to explain why he’s here,”

“Oh,”

Blaine’s cellphone rang then and he picked it up “Hello?” Who could possibly be ringing him? Then he wondered if it was Kurt, perhaps something was wrong.

“Blaine, we understand you’re not feeling well, your mother informed us to say you won’t be coming to school, would you like us to send us your homework for today via email or will you have someone collect them for you?”

Bless his mother. Blaine pretended to sound sick as he said “Email please, thank you Mrs Ryan,”

“My pleasure Blaine, get better soon; and don’t forget you have a French test in 2 days’ time,”

“Yes mam,”

He texted his mother straight afterwards Thanks Mom love you xx

Be home for dinner – Mom

Mercedes was looking crossed as she demanded “Well, what has Karofsky done this time?" Blaine sighed "It's really bad guys, I could be putting Kurt in serious danger if I tell you," Mercedes looked up at him concerned "Danger?" Blaine nodded. Finn stepped in front then and added "I think I know a place we can talk - do you know where Hummel's Tire and Lube is?" Blaine shook his head. Rachel shook her head "What about us?" Finn cut her off "Rachel if it's dangerous to talk here, then he won't talk here, we can't put Kurt in danger," Rachel shut her mouth then but she looked unconvinced. "He's okay," Blaine promised as he looked to them all "He's okay, he's being looked after, I promise,"