p>The morning after his fight with Blaine, Kurt paced around his room for only half an hour before he came to a conclusion. He realized that there was no way he could let Blaine go. Kurt decided that he would apologize for pressuring Blaine because he did feel bad that he had made him uncomfortable. But Kurt wasn’t going to stop trying to find out what was wrong. I just know this is something important! Kurt wasn’t sure exactly how he knew, but he just knew. Now Kurt began to worry a bit. He feared Blaine would be so mad at him that he would never speak to him again. The thought of life without Blaine really sent Kurt into a panic but he managed to calm himself down a bit. He wanted to apologize in person so he sent a text.

Meet me at the Park in half an hour.

Almost immediately he got a reply.

OK.

Well that’s a good sign, Kurt thought happily. It was so like Blaine to drop everything and go somewhere without knowing what to expect. Blaine’s easy-going nature was one of the things Kurt loved about him. He then began getting ready for what he hoped would be the end of his and Blaine’s first fight.

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Thirty minutes later Kurt was standing near the entrance to Lima’s one and only park scanning the surrounding area for Blaine. In the distance Kurt spotted someone biking fast right towards the spot where he was standing. A minute later Blaine was skidding to a stop in front of Kurt and locking his bike to the bike rack.

“Hi!” Blaine said, slightly out of breath. “Sorry I’m late.”

“You biked here?” Kurt asked incredulously. “But that must have taken you what, twenty minutes?”

Blaine just shrugged his shoulders.

“Why didn’t you just ask for a ride?”

“Umm I didn’t really, well I still don’t, know what this is all about so…” he trailed off.

Kurt took a deep breath, “I’m really sorry Blaine. I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable or push you to tell me everything about yourself. I just care about you so much and I hate the idea of you being hurt and not being able to do anything about it. I’ll stop asking about it though if you want me to. Can you forgive me?”

When he finished he looked up and saw Blaine moving towards him. Blaine kissed him and then wrapped his arms around him in a tight hug.

“Of course I forgive you. I know you only want what’s best for me Kurt. But don’t worry your pretty little head about this, it’s nothing I can’t handle. Okay?”

Kurt sighed. “Okay”

Kurt wondered for about the millionth time why Blaine wouldn’t just tell him what was going on. He was happy though that at least Blaine acknowledged it was something, even if he wouldn’t tell him what. It must be something really bad, he thought. Or something he’s embarrassed about. But he pushed these thoughts aside and instead decided to enjoy the fact that he had Blaine back.

“Good! Now come on, there are some people I want you to meet.” Blaine said excitedly.

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“Well hello you must be the infamous Kurt. I’m Wes.” said a tall, Asian boy with short black hair. He extended his hand and Kurt shook it politely.

“Blaine’s been talking about you nonstop for the past few weeks! Everything that comes out of his mouth has something to do with you!” Another voice said. “I’m David by the way.”

“David!” Blaine shouted in protest as he blushed.

David shot Blaine a wicked grin and sat down. Blaine had taken Kurt to the Lima Bean to introduce him to some of his friends.

“It’s great to finally meet you two. I’ve heard a lot about you; although apparently you’ve heard more about me.” Kurt said with a smirk.

Wes and David laughed while Blaine continued to blush.

“If all of you are done embarrassing me can we just get some coffee?”

“Well, I’m not sure we’re quite done yet…” said David continuing to laugh.

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A couple days later Kurt was laying on his bed idling playing with Blaine’s phone. He had left it at Kurt’s house earlier that day and he figured he would just return it to him tomorrow. Kurt had recently come to the conclusion that Blaine’s injuries must be coming from a bully. He figured it was most likely a Karofsky type situation and Blaine was embarrassed or ashamed by it. Bringing the idea up to Blaine was a definitely not a possibility so he spent a lot of his time trying to figure out a way to confirm his theory. Suddenly he was struck by an idea. I’ll talk to Wes! Surely he must have some idea about who could be doing this! Kurt began to wonder how to get in contact with Wes without Blaine knowing when he remembered the phone. He smiled and dialed the number.

“Hello?”

“Hi Wes, it’s Kurt.”

“Oh hey Kurt.” He said sounding surprised. “How did you get my number?”

“Oh you know, from Blaine…” he said vaguely. “So I have something important to ask you.”

“Go ahead.” Wes said.

“It’s about Blaine. I’m sure you noticed the bruises he has had in the past few weeks.” Kurt began.

“I only noticed he had a black eye.”

“Ah yes well the others are in less obvious places.”

“Oh! I-well, okay.” Wes sounded extremely embarrassed and Kurt realized what he might be thinking.

“It’s nothing like that! I mean not bad places… Just umm, that really isn’t the point.” Kurt said quickly. “See I think somebody may be giving Blaine a hard time and I was wondering if you knew if there was anybody who goes to Dalton that might be bullying him.”

“I highly doubt it. Dalton has a strict no bullying policy and I’ve never heard of anybody not following it. Plus Blaine isn’t the type of person to let anyone push him around.” Wes was all business again.

“How about anyone that lives near him? You can’t think of one person who might be doing this?” Kurt was desperate to hold on to his theory.

Wes hesitated. “I really can’t think of anyone. Sorry Kurt.”

After a couple seconds Wes asked the question Kurt knew was coming. “Have you asked Blaine about this?”

“Yes but he doesn’t like to talk about it.”

“I see. So I’m guessing he doesn’t know you’ve called me.”

“No and it would be great if you didn’t tell him.” This was a critical point in the conversation. If Wes told Blaine he hadn’t dropped the subject like he said he would it could be the end of their relationship. Kurt held his breath.

“Alright, I won’t tell him. Actually, Blaine has been acting a bit weird lately. The other day when I made a joke about his black eye he stiffened as if I had been the one who gave it to him. And also, last week I was suppose to go over to his house to work on a summer assignment but he canceled last minute with some excuse about not feeling well. Then he hung up abruptly without even waiting for my response. I wonder if…” Wes trailed off becoming lost in thought.

“Well, I don’t know what that has to do with it but I intend to find out.” Kurt said matter-of-factly.

“Call me if you find anything out okay?”

“Sure thing. I’ll talk to you later.”

Kurt hung up feeling a bit dejected. The idea of a school bully seemed very unlikely right now and so he was back to square one. He was happy to have another person on the case though because this mystery was becoming more and more complicated by the minute.