When Blaine arrived at the Hummel’s house, he was pleasantly surprised by the outlook of it. It was a cute decent size family home. His own was massive for just two people, but he liked Kurt’s house. It was, well homely. The Hummel’s Tire & Lube shop was right next to it, a massive car shop. Blaine blinked surprised. He remembered his dad trying to do bonding time with him building a car together. It wasn’t a joyful day. He walked in and as expected the man in Kurt’s picture wearing coveralls with his name on his uniform BURT covered in what appeared to be grime was waiting for him and a woman who Blaine also recognised in Kurt’s photo.

“Finn say’s you have information about my son?” The man asked looking tired with the bags under his eyes, and sweat of his forehead as he rubbed his hands on a cloth and stared at Blaine silently judging him. He also looked like a man who never gave up. He had that same sparkle energy he had seen in Kurt.

“Yes sir, that would be correct,” Blaine at first flinched when Burt brought out his hand but then he realised it was as a greeting and shook it. He had a firm grip. “Come inside, I’ll make us some coffee and you can tell us more,” Carole said to break the tension. Finn was standing next to Blaine quietly during the interaction and still followed without making a sound.

They sat at a round table in the kitchen. Carole got busy organising her drinks and something to eat. Finn sat in a chair opposite Blaine and Burt sat on Finn’s left side.

“How did you meet Kurt?” Burt asked and Blaine hesitated slightly.

“I don’t want you to get upset, Kurt did what he did to survive, and he hasn’t done anything of the sort since that day,”

Burt didn’t say anything, he just waited for Blaine to go on and so he did.

“He was in a supermarket, and he was…skinny, he was not in the right shape when I first saw him, but he was a fighter. He wasn’t completely giving up, I could see that with Kurt, and I admire that so much. He took a bar of soap and ran, and I caught up to him,” Burt looked surprised at the fact Kurt took the soap and Blaine added quickly “I paid for it, before I chased after him, you don’t have to worry Mr Hummel,”

“Go on,” Burt insisted and Blaine nodded. “I offered to buy him lunch and he declined, but I bought him some anyway, I managed to convince him to have coffee with me in a café, but a lady kicked us out because of how he smelt,”

Burt looked angry then “My son takes high care in his hygiene, I should know, he used to spend hours just doing his facial routine in the morning and at night on a daily basis,” Blaine smiled at that. He could imagine Kurt doing that. “I’m aware of that Mr Hummel, and I told her she was rude for her comment, I didn’t even think he smelt bad at all, but Kurt apparently was used to it, and well he left, I saw him a couple of times and tried to talk to him, but he would disappear quickly, the third time I saw him was when I was volunteering at a homeless shelter,”

Burt looked up sadly “But he’s not homeless, he has a home, he has people who loves him dearly,”

Carole handed Burt, Finn and Blaine a coffee and set down a plate of biscuits with her own coffee sitting next to Burt.

“Thank you mam, you have to understand Mr Hummel, Kurt did everything in order to keep himself safe and for you all to be safe for that matter,”

 “You mentioned Karofsky at school,” Finn added then unable to be patient anymore, Blaine agreed and saw Burt’s eyes darken. “Finn said in the past he thought Karofsky was behind this,”

“You must promise me after what I tell you, you won’t spread it to anyone, please, it’ll put Kurt and you all in danger,” Burt nodded eagerly. Carole and Finn did too.

“He threatened to kill Kurt,” Blaine started after closing his eyes. Burt abruptly got out of his chair and was fuming looking ready to go after the boy, but Finn and Carole got hold of him and insisted he sit down. “My SON ran away from home because of that – that ASSHOLE,”

“MR HUMMEL,” But glared angrily at Blaine who calmed down immediately “Please, I have a plan that might get Kurt home, but we all need to be on the same page, and I need you to be able to not go after Karofsky, and believe me, I very much wanted to kill him myself when I was confronted by him this morning after what Kurt told me,”

At that Burt did sit down, but his ears still looked like they were burning.

“What plan?”

“One that can get Karofsky out of the school for one, and never to touch Kurt or go near Kurt again or any of you. You see Mr Hummel, Kurt probably wouldn’t have left if it had just been directed at him, but Karofsky threated to kill the people he loves as well as Kurt himself,’ He saw the horror in Carole’s eyes and the way Finn was looking just as tempted to go after Karofsky like Burt, and then Burt let out a cry.

“I want my son back. I want him home,” He begged to Blaine who felt his heart clench at that. He reached a hand over the table and placed his on the older man. “I’ll do everything in my power to get him home. Your son means everything to me, and he’s okay, he’s safe, he’s staying at my mum’s right now, so you don’t have to worry about him being on the streets or out in a homeless shelter,”

Burt looked relieved at that, Carole turned to him then “Does he have everything he needs? Clothes, toothpaste, food?” Blaine nodded “Yes mam, my mom treats him like he’s her son as well, you don’t have to worry about that,”

“What’s your plan Blaine?” Finn interrupted as Blaine smiled back at Carole who gave a small one.

“Well I was thinking. Kurt told me that Karofsky threated him on school grounds with a knife,” Blaine was watching Burt carefully and Carole was holding Burt’s hand, rubbing circles on the top of it.

“If we can access the security cameras, and get those footages, I am certain we can get Karofsky of the school grounds, and to never come near you all or Kurt again,”

Finn was the one to speak next and he sounded definite “I think I know just who can help us,”

“Who?” Carole asked as Blaine also looked his way.

“Sue Sylvester,”

“Isn’t she always trying to destroy the glee club?” Burt asked looking unsure as Blaine listened.

“Yeah but remember that time you were in hospital? Kurt actually sided with Sue on not singing songs about religion, and I personally think she has a soft spot for Kurt, she hasn’t come near the glee club since Kurt’s been missing,”

“Can we go see her now?” Blaine asked and Finn agreed as he stood up. Blaine first went to Mr Hummel and put an arm on his shoulder. “Kurt loves you so much Mr Hummel, he never stopped loving any of you, it won’t be forever” Burt brought Blaine in for a crushing hug then and Blaine blinked having not expected that as Burt broke “Thank you, just bring him home” Blaine nodded and said his final goodbye before going outside with Finn.

When they arrived back at McKinley High, Blaine walked with Finn to Sue Sylvester’s office. Sue was definitely a unique coach. It appeared to Blaine that she had an enjoyable hobbie of insulting people and throwing them out of the way. What surprised Blaine even more though was not only did Sue have cameras in every room at the school and grounds for that matter, but she had them recorded right up to January.

“I’m afraid I can’t let you have access to those tapes, only the police or court see’s them when necessary,” Sue said but Finn debated against her “Principal Sylvester it’s about Kurt,”

“Finn I’m aware of your searchings for Kurt, and this isn’t going to give you anything, except heart ache when you find nothing,”

“Excuse me Ms Sylvester?” Blaine asked. Sue glanced at him “Yes?”

“Go through those tapes. I want you to count the amount of times Kurt was shoved into lockers, or harassed verbally, now I could be wrong, but school’s supposed to be a safe ground for students, and when there is a teacher present even more so, now we can go to court, and you can try justify those tapes to the court system and have the school sued for allowing any of this to happen to Kurt or anyone else at the school OR you can help us by going through all those tapes in September because you’re concerned about your students and want to do everything to help us provide a safe and secure environment for Kurt to be able to come back to,”

Sue and Finn were staring at Blaine. Sue actually looked impressed despite his internal insides saying this might not work – this might not work.

“You obviously done your homework,” Sue Sylvester added as Blaine nodded. “I’m well aware of the legal obligations of this country Ms Sylvester,”

Sue nodded putting on hr glasses “Fine, but I’m not doing all those tapes by myself, I expect you and Hudson to sit behind a computer screen and watch till your eyes bleed,”

Blaine and Finn was actually kind of hoping for that. Sue got out a boxful of tapes “Oh and Finn if you fail because you haven’t attended classes, that’s on your own head,”

Finn shrugged. Blaine got the box of September – locker room. He remembered Kurt mentioned the locker room. So one by one, he watched the tapes.

What he saw in front of him was….well interesting. Students making out when obviously they weren’t supposed to be in there. Jocks having ago at even each other and then there it was. Students got punched and kicked in here, or given wedgies and slushies. September 5th, Blaine spotted Kurt immediately. He was in the locker room getting ready to go in for a shower when Karofsky came in. He pushed Kurt against a wall. Kurt struggled. He turned the volume up to listen heart pounding at the sight of Kurt and it hurt to watch.

“YOU TOLD THEM?”

“I didn’t tell anyone!” Kurt was trying to pull out of his grip. Karofsky brought up a pocket knife and his eyes went wide at the sight “Please…don’t’,” Kurt begged but Karofsky pressed it to his neck allowing blood to trail out of Kurt’s neck as it began getting deeper. Kurt was hysterical “Please…please don’t,”

“If you tell ANYONE that I kissed you, I’ll kill you and your family and make it look like an accident,”

Kurt fell to his knees when karofsky left. He was crying, holding his hand to his neck. "I can't do this anymore," he sobbed to no one in the room "I can't," Blaine's heart broke as he watched the boy he loved fall to pieces. He snatched the Wallet that had fallen out of his pocket. Got pair of pants from nearby and a jumper hanging in one of the hooks and ran.

"Look I found some thing," Finn said looking into the hallway tapes. Blaine looked at Finn's screen pausing his own, Kurt was running and ignoring Mercedes while holding a hand to his neck crying and pushing past students. Blaine watched sadly and then showed Finn his tape. Finn looked upset "I should have been there for him, he was always afraid to walk alone," 

Blaine patted his arm "it's not your fault Finn, and he knows that," 

Sue was mumbling in the background "I have to remove those dumpsters, more students are being dumped than actual rubbish, verbal abuse is one thing, I should know, I've got more viscous insults locked in my brain than the entire student body In this school but this is not acceptable" Blaine was pleased to hear that. He remembered Kurt talking about Dumpster tosses.

"Kurt was tossed every morning, and even Will had a blind eye to it," When Sue watched their tape she actually to her credit looked stunned and furious Immediately she sprang to action "Becky, get Dave Karofsky to my office right now," 

The girl in Cheerios outfit at a desk stood up "yes coach,"

Karofsky looked the innocent victim as he walked in and saw Finn and Blaine, he stared at them as though knowing what this was about but then asked Sue "Yes Ms Sylvester?"

"Karofsky as of now you are no longer welcomed on the grounds of McKinley High, you will stay in this office until the police arrive and you can explain why you threatened the life of another student in our school to the police," Karofsky yelled out then "but this is bullshit I didn't threaten anyone, who told you this crap?" Blaine glared at Karofsky and showed him his Tape "no one had to tell us anything Karofsky," 

"I hope you rot in hell," Finn added as Karofsky ran then. "Don't worry I'll have someone trace him down,"

"I'm still concerned about the safety at this school," Blaine added. "Ms Sylvester Kurt has gone through hell, and we can't guarantee you'll catch Karofsky now he's on the run, but I do have a solution to get Kurt home and safe,"

"I'm listening but I can't promise I'll be able to help,"

Blaine shook his head "Actually you can. Dalton is a private school for boys in Westerville and they take pride in their non bullying policy, if Kurt transfers to Dalton we can find room for him in one of our dorms if the principal themselves feel Kurt is in any form of danger, all they have to do is send Kurt's classes to the office and a letter explaining why Kurt needs the security and safety of the school, with his parents signature of course," 

 "So you’re saying if Kurt does come back he should go to a boarding school?" Finn didn't sound like he approved but Blaine added "he'd be able to go home on weekends and nights for visits If he wanted to but I'm just suggesting this solution as a safer option than McKinley were he wouldn't have as much people keeping an eye on him, and there is tight security protection," 

"It'd have to be up to Kurt and his parents, but If they agree I'm on board" Sue said at Blaine's predicted response he nodded smiling "of course, thank you man 

 "Now get the hell out of my office,"

Blaine was still upset Karofsky got away but he didn't go far because when he stepped out of the school ready to go to his car. Finn looked to him "so you love Kurt?" Finn asked as though confirming it. Blaine nodded "I do, he's ... My Sally to my Harry," he smiled remembering Kurt saying I'm Sally okay? You can be billy crystal, you'll kill the part. 

 "What?" Finn looked confused Blaine chuckled "never mind," 

Finn stood outside with Blaine for a minute before he went to his car.

 "So Kurt really is okay?" Finn asked and Blaine smiled "yeah he is, he will be Finn, I have to get back home now, but how about I have Kurt ring home later?"

 Finn lit up but then his face went to horror, Blaine turned to see Karofsky lung at him with a knife. He stabbed him. Blaine fell backwards hearing Finn call his name and then Karofksy yelled "I told Kurt not to tell anyone! I fucking warned him! Why did you get in the way?"

Blaine groaned in pain as he was stabbed again and

Finn tackled Karofsky of him "get off him!!" evidently making him let go of the knife. With no weapon Karofsky ran once more panicked.

 Blank blanked out and there was only darkness. Apparently it was morning from where Blaine could see the time and the light coming in the window next time he woke up.

 “Blaine…Blaine sweetie?”

“Mom?” He croaked out, and then groaned feeling the pain where the knife had attacked his chest.

“Oh baby you poor thing,” She bent down and kissed his cheeks “How are you?”

“Hurts,” Blaine mumbled and she smoothed his hair back. “I’m sure it does, you were attacked with a knife sugarpie,”

“Mom…what about…” He tried to sit up but hissed and she insisted he rest.  “Kurt’s at home baby, I haven’t told him yet, I thought you might like to ring him later,”

Burt came in then with Finn who looked at Blaine with gratitude. “How you going kid?” Burt asked and Blaine attempted a weak smile “Never better,” Finn approached slowly and Blaine thanked him “If you hadn’t stopped him…I think he would have killed me,” Finn looked glad for that and said so “I can’t let him kill Kurt’s boyfriend what kind of brother would I be?”

Blaine laughed, he wished but winced, Burt looked surprised “Boyfriend?” Blaine blushed “Were not…I haven’t…he’s,” Burt looked amused. “I get it kid,”

Blaine’s mother grinned and looked to Burt with mischievous expression “You should see them sing together, they’re adorable,”

“Mom….”

Not in front of Kurt’s father, please – please mom.

The doctor came in then and game him the all clear. Blaine was welcomed to go home if he felt comfortable doing so. His wounds would be regularly checked on though and his mother got his medication in her hand as she helped him up.

Burt sighed “So Kurt’s not coming home anytime soon is he?”

 Blaine gave him a serious look and thought about it. Kurt missed his father. That was made clear.

I won’t risk it…

 Blaine sighed “I’d love for you and Kurt to be reunited as soon as possible Mr Hummel, but he wants his family to be safe, I have to respect his wishes on that, and frankly had it been my mom, I probably would have done the same thing,” His mom gave his hand a squeeze but Burt still looked devastated but somewhat glad. “Thanks for looking after him Mrs Anderson, if you need anything,”

She shook her head “We got it covered Mr Hummel, he’s a sweet kid,”

“So is Blaine, everything he’s done for him, I can’t begin to express my gratitude,” Burt nodded to the other boy who appreciated the comment and became

“As soon as they catch Karofsky, I’ll bring him home, I promise,” Blaine added and Burt patted his shoulder “Good, you rest up kid,”

Blaine flushed when he added “Oh and if you do want to date my son, you have my permission,”

After Blaine cleared out the hospital, he slept in the car so it went by pretty far. He wasn’t in much pain but his mom still treat him like a child “Can I give you a hand?” Blaine shook his head “I’m fine mom, thank you”When they got there though, there was no signs of Kurt.

“Kurt?” Blaine called. He wasn’t in his room. Frowning Blaine looked in the kitchen. Not there either. He checked everywhere even the bathrooms but no signs of him. His mother was staring at the news with a concerned look on her face.

“Stabbing at McKinley High School by student Dave Karofsky” was the headline

“Apparently a student about 5’8, with hazel eyes, and dark gelled hair was seen in the McKinley High’s parking lot when the student approached him with a knife, he was taken to hospital and… other students standing by made comments about being terrified that he would kill the boy right before their eyes…”

Of course the media would get a hold of it.

“Kurt!” He called again hoping he was wrong, but he noticed something.

On the bed was a piece of paper.

Dear Blaine,

I saw the news and I’m scared.

I’m really scared. I can’t lose you

Because of me you’re hurt– I waited until I found out that you were alive, and okay, but I have to go. Please understand I have to go. Don’t be scared for me. Please?

I wish you hadn’t gone to the school but I know you’re trying to help me

I wish you hadn’t gotten hurt

Most of all I wish I didn’t have to leave

But if Karofsky finds me and attacks you again

I’ll never forgive myself

Thank your mom for me

And Blaine please, don’t ever change

If there’s ever a chance I can get out of this, and I’d be free

… I’m not asking you to wait forever

You’re too special for that, but don’t ever feel alone

I hope you heal quickly, Blaine you won’t ever be forgotten

I love you

I love you so much

I’m pretty sure I loved you since I set eyes on you

– Kurt