Blaine and Kurt were back to being inseparable, but now even more than ever. The grown-ups let them and Blaine nearly forgot that they had been fighting. Kurt was back to holding his hand, sleeping in his bed and being with him all the time. That was all that mattered. That was all he needed.

"Kurt, I need you to come into my office. You'll come back to Blaine in a minute, I just have something to tell you," Miss Pillsbury said one day.

Blaine and Kurt had been lying on a blanket on the grass, looking at the boys playing softball against the girls. They had been offered to join and Blaine wanted to, but when Kurt said that he didn't feel like it Blaine said no too. He would much rather spend time with Kurt than do anything else.

"Oh… okay," Kurt mumbled and sent an apologetic glance at Blaine. Kurt hurried to squeeze his hand and get to his feet.

"I'll be back quickly. I promise," Kurt assured him before he turned around and followed Miss Pillsbury inside.

Blaine wanted to ask if he could come, but he already knew that he couldn't. If he had could she would have already told both of them to come, and not just Kurt. It made him nervous.

He sat up and curled his arms around his waist. He let his chin rest on his knee and watched as Tina threw one of the other girls a high five after having run around the field. She grinned at him and waved, and Blaine waved back, forcing a smile to send her cross his face.

It felt like Kurt was gone an awful long time. Clouds kept drifting over to cover up the sun and he constantly switched from hot to cold. The other kids were laughing and screaming at each other because of the game and he couldn't help noticing how happy and careless they all seemed. He missed the time when he was careless, when he didn't worry every time the grown-ups talked to Kurt.

After he had been sitting alone for some time Jeff asked him if he wanted to join them. It didn't seem like Kurt was coming back any time soon so he shrugged and accepted the invitation. He might as well try to have some fun while he was waiting anyway.

It was fun. He was better than he thought and the boys were impressed. The girls whined and giggled as they watch him run around on the field. He only fell down once, which was a great accomplishment to Blaine. He was so ashamed of how clumsy he always was and how he always ended up on his ass when he was just trying to have fun.

He was in the middle of the crowd of boys, laughing and cheering when his name was called. He looked towards the door and saw Miss Pillsbury looking across the lawn. He didn't know why but a chill ran through him. He felt uneasy, but hurried over to her anyway.

She led him through the big house and down the hall on the first floor. She didn't say anything, but he instinctively knew that they were going to her office. And he was right.

When they entered the office Kurt was sitting in his dad's lap with his face hidden against his chest. The second Miss Pillsbury closed the door behind them Kurt looked up and jumped to the floor to throw his arms around Blaine.

It wasn't until then that Blaine could feel that Kurt's cheek was wet against his neck. Blaine let his arms hold as strongly as possible, so strongly that he started shaking and Kurt's breathing turned unsteady.

"Boys you will have to sit down," Miss Pillsbury said sweetly, and Blaine reluctantly released his grip around his best friend. Kurt rushed to grab his hand and they walked to sit on the chairs next to Kurt's dad.

They stared at the lady in front of them, and Blaine could feel that Kurt knew why he had been called in, and he could already feel that this was something he wasn't going to like. Something was wrong, and Blaine was starting to feel scared.

Blaine tightened around Kurt's hand in his own. He looked at Kurt, but Kurt didn't return his glance, he merely stared down on Miss Pillsbury's desk in front of them. He was scared too.

"So… we know that you boys have known for a while that Kurt would be moving out to live with his dad. And so this is now. Kurt's dad has come to take him home. We know that you will miss each other a lot, but Kurt's dad has promised to make sure that you can write each other, and maybe Blaine can come out to visit some day," Miss Pillsbury beamed and clapped her hands together.

She clearly didn't know what a tragedy this was. Blaine was sure he was going to throw up. His stomach curled up and his head felt heavy. Without even knowing it he had released Kurt's hand. His palm was sweaty and his throat was clogged. He had forgotten how to breathe and he was afraid to stand up, but on the other hand he didn't feel like he could stay either.

Kurt was leaving him and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Guys, I want you to know that this is not because I wanna split you up. I like you, Blaine, you can come visit. I'm sure we can figure something out. For now I think we should go get Kurt's things packed up," Kurt's dad said, and Blaine didn't know what to do, so he simply nodded and looked at his hands.

He could feel the grown-ups looking at them, staring at them, probably waiting for Blaine to say or do something. But he didn't. He didn't have anything to say or do. He was in shock. Paralyzed. Scared.

"Alright. Let's go do that then," Miss Pillsbury said after a moment of silence. She got up from her chair, and everyone knew that they should follow her.

Blaine followed with heavy steps to the dormitory. He watched as they packed Kurt's things into a suitcase that looked brand new. His clothes, his books, his hairbrush, the picture of him and Blaine from his nightstand. All of it was gone.

Blaine didn't do anything. He sat on his bed staring down in the floor. He heard as they closed up the suitcase and Kurt was sniffing.

"Remember; this isn't goodbye. This is just a see-you-later, okay, kid?" Blaine heard Kurt's dad say, and then he heard footsteps and the dormitory door close. A cold spread through Blaine and he wanted to look up; to see Kurt's bed deserted, and all of his things gone, but he couldn't make himself do it.

Soft footsteps were heard over the linoleum floor. Even though the window was open and Blaine still could hear the screaming, laughing and whining from the kids in the backyard it was like the footsteps were a booming in his ears, when in reality they were nearly inaudible.

"I want you to have this, Blaine. So you don't forget me," Kurt's voice sounded weakly. He was standing in front of Blaine now, so he looked up. Kurt's eyes were red and his cheeks were wet. Blaine looked down and saw that Kurt was holding out his penguin to him.

"But it's your penguin -" Blaine objected confounded. It was Kurt's most treasured item, he couldn't accept that.

Kurt sat down on the bed next to him, and Blaine immediately grabbed his hand.

"I want you to take it. I can have it back some other day. It's just so you can borrow it, so you won't feel so alone at night. You can give it back to me when you come to move in with me in my dad's house," Kurt said. He tried to make it sound like it was no big deal, but Blaine knew that it meant everything to him.

"My dad says that we shouldn't say goodbye. Just… I'll see you later," Kurt mumbled, and Blaine could hear that he was trying to keep his tears back.

It didn't matter though. Tears were streaming down Blaine's cheeks as he reached his free hand over to accept the penguin. It was alright; just for borrowing. That way he was sure to see Kurt again, because he couldn't live without his penguin forever. That was a comfort.

Blaine made a snap decision. It wasn't even a decision, he just did it. He didn't think about it, but simply turned his head and let his lips clasp against Kurt's. He was so eager that their teeth nearly clattered against each other, but Kurt didn't object. He squeezed Blaine's hand and let their lips stay softly against each other.

"I won't forget you. I can't forget my best friend. I love you, Kurt -" Blaine cried when he moved away.

The door opened and Miss Pillsbury peeked in her head. She said that Kurt had to leave so they had to say goodbye now. That they had a long drive in front of them.

Kurt stood back on the floor and locked his arms around Blaine who returned his embrace instantly.

"I'll never say goodbye to you," Kurt cried in his ear and squeezed him so tight that Blaine thought that his chest was about to break open. Or maybe that was because it hurt so much to know that when Kurt walked out that door in a minute he would leave and be so far away that Blaine couldn't just get him back.

Miss Pillsbury came over and pulled them gently apart. Apparently she knew that Blaine wasn't planning on letting go. Ever. She led Kurt out of the dormitory and then Blaine was left to himself. All alone