“What do you want to eat, Dani?” Blaine asks his little sister while standing in line at McDonalds.

“Chicken Nuggets!” she responds. “Can I get a kids meal too, Blainey?”

“It’s not up to me. Ask Kurt.” He says.  

“Kurt….” She starts. “Can I get a kids meal, please?” Dani says softly but loud enough for him to hear. 

“Sure. It’s no problem. Which toy do you want?” Kurt says to her. Dani’s face lights up as she stands on her toes next to the display case to see the toys. “I want the doggy with curly hair.” She says excitedly.

“Why do you want that one?” Kurt asks.

“It looks like Blainey!” She says. Kurt couldn’t help but laugh. “Hey!” Blaine says.

“She’s not wrong you know.” Kurt nudges Blaine’s arm. Dani smiles at her older brother.

“How do I look like a dog?” 

“We didn’t say you look like a dog. We said you look like that dog.” Kurt explains.

“And look Blainey! You have the same curly hair!” Dani points out.

“I don’t see it.” 

“He’s in denial.” Kurt says to Dani. The two laugh and Blaine stands there pretending to be offended. 

“Next!” The cashier says.

~~~~

“Dani, stop playing and eat.” Blaine says to his little sister. Dani sits the little dog down to a sitting position faced towards the food and continues eating.

Kurt and Blaine eat in silence. Dani notices the awkwardness between them. “Blainey, do you like Kurt?” She asks.

Blaine chokes on his bite of the burger. Kurt blushes and looks at the little girl. “Eat Dani.” Blaine demands.

“Wait, so are you… gay?” Kurt asks cautiously.

“Yeah. I am” Blaine says quietly.

Kurt nods. “Oh… Well, so am I.”

“Dani, are you don’t eating?” Blaine says when he notices her chicken nugget box empty. She nods. “Why don’t you go play on the playground then.” 

“Okay.” Dani jumps off from her seat and skips over to the play area with her toy dog.

“You’re really over protective of her, you know.” Kurt said after Dani left. 

“I know. I’ve always been like that.” Blaine replies.

“Well, I think it’s sweet.” They both stare at each other silently until Blaine breaks away ans looks down at his cheap phone sitting on the table for the time. 

“I-It’s getting kinda late.” he stutters. 

“It’s only 3:45.” Kurt points out.

“I know, but I don’t want Dani to stay out too late. I think we should get going.”

“Do you want a ride?” 

“Actually, I think we’ll be fine walking-“

“Nope. You are not walking home. I’m giving you a ride and that is final” Kurt interupped. “Come on. Go get Dani, and I’ll go throw away the trash.”  Kurt was gone with the trays of trash before Blaine could argue any more. 

Blaine wallks over to the play area to find Dani. She was playing with a girl around her age they were just about to go down the slide together. “Dani!” Blaine said getting her attention. “It’s time to go!”

Dani slid down the slide with her new friend. “Bye!” She says to the other girl, and left with Blaine. 

The two met up with Kurt out in the parking lot and they walked over to his car. 

“So where do you live?” Kurt asked as they were driving out of the parking lot.

“Are you sure you want to drive us home?” Blaine says hesitent.

“I’m positive. Now, where do you live?” Kurt repeats. 

Blaine sighed. “Turn right over there.” He says pointing at the road ahead of them. 

~~~~

Blaine input the directions into Kurt’s GPS and they drove there in silence. As they drove to Blaine’s house, Kurt noticed how the neighborhoods got darker and the houses were getting dirtier and more run down. 

The GPS signaled for the navigator to stop at an old motel. “Thanks Kurt. I’ll see you Monday.” Blaine says quickly as he got out of the car, taking his skateboard with him. “Dani, say bye to Kurt.” 

“Bye Kurt!” She says climbing out of the navigator.

“Bye! Dani! Bye Blaine! I’ll see you two soon” Kurt said. He put his car into drive and drove off back to his house. 

“Blaine? Why didn’t Kurt just drop us off at home?” Dani asked her older brother. But Blaine didn’t say anything.

“Come on. Hop on.” Dani stands on Blaine’s skateboard and holds her hand as he drags her in the direction if their home.

By the time Blaine and Dani got to their small apartment it was almost 5 o’clock. ‘Dad’s not home yet. Good’. Blaine thinks to himself. “Dani, why don’t you go shower quickly and I’ll get us something to eat for dinner tonight, okay?” 

Dani nods and goes into the bathroom. Blaine hears the water running as he walks into his small room and opens the small cupboard for the stash of food he keeps. He takes out cup noodles for himself and makes ravioli from a can for his younger sister. 

When he finishes making their “dinner” he walks over to the bathroom door. “Dani, hurry up. Dinner’s done.”

A while later Dani walks out of the bathroom in her pajamas and into their shared room. 

Dani’s plate of ravioli was sitting on the night table. Blaine already finished eating while Dani was showering and was sitting on his bed listening to music on an old cd player with his headphones. 

Dani ate in silence as she was reading the few books she borrowed from her teacher. “Blaine?” Dani says as soon as she finished eating.

Blaine takes off his headphones and looks to his sister from across the room. ”What is it Dani?” 

“Can you read me this book?” Dani holds up her book to show Blaine. ‘The Rainbow Fish’ Blaine smiles. He remembers that book. His mom use to read it to him before bed every night. It use to be his favorite book. 

“Sure, Kiddo. You want me to start from the beginning?” Blaine crossed the room and sits with Dani on her bed. She crawled onto his lap and rested her head on his chest. 

“Yeah.” 

“Okay. ‘The Rainbow Fish. A long way out in the deep blue sea there lived a fish. Not just an ordinary fish, but the most beautiful fish in the entire ocean.’”

~~~~

“Hey Blaine.” Kurt says sitting down across from Blaine at the usual table in the cafiteria. 

“Hey.” Blaine replies. 

“I was wondering of you and Dani wanted to go hang out at the mall this weekend. I was suppose to go with a friend of mine, but she canceled on me. ”  

"The mall?" Blaine pauses. "I'll try to go. And I'll ask Dani if she wants to go." 

“Alright-“

“Hey Hummel.” A voice behind Kurt interrupts. “Is this your boyfriend?” It was  Karofsky. 

“You have a problem with it?” Blaine says to the big high schooler. 

“Blaine. It’s fine, let it go.” Kurt says quietly to Blaine. 

“You have something to say Pretty Boy?” Karofsky says to Blaine. 

Blaine stares at the bigger boy for a long time before looking back down at the table.  

“I thought so.” Karofaky walks away after giving Kurt a little shove and a death stare to Blaine. 

The bell rang loudly in the cafateria signaling the end of class. Blaine left before Kurt could say anything to him.

~~~~

"Dude, you've been spending a lot of time with that new kid." Puck says to Kurt in the choir room. 

"And?" Kurt replies.

"I'm just saying, man." 

"Maybe he has a crush on him." Finn says nudging Puck's arm. 

Kurt gave Finn a little smack to the head from behind, since he was sitting behind the two football players. 

"Hey-" Finn says. The room filled with little laughters.

No one but Kurt noticed the small boy that walked in awkwardly. "Blaine!" Kurt said a little too excitedly. He jumped from his seat and pulled Blaine into the classroom. "Did you decide to join?"

Blaine nods. "But I can only come on some days. And I might be late on other days." He whispers to Kurt. 

"It's okay, we'll talk to Mr. Schue. Come on." Kurt pulled Blaine to the middle of the room and faced everyone.