Chapter 16

"Okay, what happened to you? Who did this?" Cooper asked as soon as they walked through the door.

Blaine sighed and looked around the little house. It was really nice.

"Can we sit down first?" Blaine asked Cooper, feeling tired even though it wasn't that late.

Cooper nodded and walked over to the couch, Blaine right behind.

"Can you just not do anything stupid? Please?" Blaine begged.

Cooper sighed, "Blaine…someone hit you! Just please tell me!"

Blaine thought for a while, trying to think about how to word what he was about to say. After a moment, he decided to just get it out.

"You know the thing I told you at the party? About the guy threating me and the guy I like?"

Cooper just nodded, not wanting to think about that.

"Well, he kind of told our parents that I'm gay…even sent a picture, which was totally fake! But he told them and dad asked me to come home…"

Cooper didn't say anything, just processing the news.

"And well I did and…and it didn't go that well, as you can see…" Blaine mumbled the last part, trailing off and looking down at his hands, still feeling the pain.

"What? They did this to you? Blaine, did he hit you?" Cooper asked shocked and angry.

Blaine looked up, seeing the raw anger in Cooper's eyes. It looked like he was about to explode any second.

Blaine finally nodded, his own tears threating to spill over.

Silence

Blaine didn't know what to say. The anger in Coopers face was making it really hard to think and it looked like Cooper couldn't think about anything else but to control his anger.

After a while, Blaine couldn't take the silence anymore, "Coop…?"

Cooper looked at Blaine for a second before walking away mumbling, "I need some time…

I'll be in my room if you need anything. I'm…I'm really sorry about what happened Blaine"

And with that, he was gone.

Blaine sighed and went to find a room to sleep in.

Xx

Blaine looked at the clock for probably the 100th time since he went to bed. That clock didn't seem to move very fast…Only 5 minutes…4.30am…

After trying for a few more minutes, Blaine gave up. Everything hurt too much to sleep anyway to relax. He had taken some painkillers, but they didn't seem to be helping much.

Blaine walks downstairs and into the kitchen to get some water. He stopped his action when he suddenly heard a voice behind him. He jumps in surprise, quickly turning around to see who the voice belonged to, wising in the action. He had heard that voice before….

"Blaine? Are you okay?"

Hannah was standing by the table, looking worriedly at Blaine.

"Hannah! What are you doing here?" Blaine asked confused, ignoring the pain.

"Cooper called me" she said, "What are you doing up so early? Are you okay?" She continues while filling two glasses with water and sitting down

Blaine sits down too, "Couldn't sleep…" he mumbles, looking down at his glass, "Why, are you?"

Hannah shrugs, "I couldn't sleep either. I'm so sorry for what happened to you Blaine." she said sadly, reaching over the table to take his hand.

"You didn't have to come here, as well as Cooper. It's nice to have you here, but you didn't have to." Blaine says, ignoring her.

"Well, he didn't want you to be alone." She said before thinking.

Blaine frowned, "What? He isn't-"he stopped. "Where is he Hannah?"

Hannah didn't say anything, so Blaine quickly gets up and started looking around the house for him.

Hannah followed him and took his arm when she reached him. "Blaine you need to rest, Cooper will be fine."

Blaine shakes his head, but stops "I told him not to do anything stupid! And the first thing he does is to go and see them!"

Hannah pulls Blaine to the couch and sits down with him. "Blaine relax, Cooper is going to be fine, don't worry about it" she said holding his hands in hers.

Blaine sighed and tries to relax. It’s hard when all he can feel is worry and pain and he couldn't stop thinking about what could happen to Cooper. What if the same happened to him? Maybe he should call him to make sure he is okay? Or maybe that would just make things worse…

Sighing, he tries not thinking about any of it.

Hannah could see his internal struggle, "Do you want to watch a movie?" She asked, smiling.

Blaine smiled slightly, remembering that when they were younger he always went to her house on Fridays to watch movies, talking and enjoying each other's company. He always looked forward to Fridays. He could always be himself around her.

"Yeah, that would be nice. Can we go to your place? I don't think there are many good movies here."

Hannah chuckles slightly and nods, "Sure, come on." She gets up and takes Blaine's hand.

After getting some clothes on, they drove over to Hannah's house.

"Dad isn't home and everyone else is probably still sleeping." She said, walking up to the door.

Blaine nodded, before following her.

Hannah got some frozen peas from the kitchen, before walking up with Blaine to her room.

They found a movie and sat down on the bed. Hannah gave Blaine the frozen peas for his bruises. Thanking her, he placed the bag on his face.

Hannah moves closer to Blaine and rests her head on his shoulder, taking his hand.

Blaine smiles at her and looks at the movie.

Remembering that he hadn't looked at his phone since he went to his parent's house, he reached for it to see if there were any new messages.

Kurt had sent him two.

Hey, how did it go?

Blaine sighed and read the other one. It was sent only a few minutes ago.

Blaine, are you okay? I'm worried now!

Hannah looked at Blaine and saw the message, smiling slightly; she asked quietly who he is talking with.

He looked from the phone to her and smiled shyly, "Oh… his name is Kurt."

Blaine quickly responded to Kurt, I'll tell you later.

Hannah grinned, "Someone special?" she teased.

Blaine blushes and looks away, making Hannah squeal.

"Omg you have to tell me everything!" he tells him excitedly, the movie long forgotten.

"There's not much to say!" Blaine said and pretended to watch the movie.

Feeling Hannah's gaze, he turned around and saw her looking at him with the I-know-you-are-lying look.

Sighing dramatically, he told her all about Kurt, with Hannah telling him many times how happy she is for him.

Blaine didn't tell her about Sebastian though. He really just wanted to forget about it and besides, it was all over now, so it wouldn't make any difference.

After they (finally) finished talking about Kurt, they lied down in Hannah's bed and watched the rest of the movie- just like they used to do as kids.

Xx

Blaine woke up and looked around, seeing the familiar room he used to spend so much time in when he was younger. He smiled slightly and looked over at Hannah, still sleeping.

Blaine looked around again and saw a picture of him and Hannah as kids. It was taken the first day of school. He remembered it. How much easier everything was and how much more innocent they were… He really missed it.

A voice brought him back to reality, "Blaine? You okay?" Hannah asked, still a bit sleepy.

Blaine looked over at her and smiled slightly, nodding, "I'm fine."

He looked at the clock and saw that it was already 12 in the afternoon. Maybe he should call Cooper…Just to make sure that he was okay and tell him that he was too.

He found the phone and saw a missed call from Cooper. He pressed the call button and waited for him to answer, telling Hannah that he was just going to call him.

She nodded and told him she was going to the bathroom really quick. She got up and walked out of the room.

"Blaine, where are you?" A voice suddenly said in the phone.

"I'm fine," Blaine quickly assured him, "I'm with Hannah. Where were you this morning? I've been worried! I told you not to do anything stupid" Blaine said, a bit too harsh.

Cooper sighed, "Blaine…I'm sorry I just needed to go and see him."

"But I told you not to!" Blaine said into the phone.

"I know…But I just told him what was needed to be said and I got the rest of your stuff to my place, so you don't have to go back there, so nothing bad happened Blaine. I'm sorry for just going over there without telling you…"

Blaine sighed too, "No it's fine… I just didn't want you to get hurt. Thanks. Coop."

"No problem buddy. So are you coming back soon?"

"Yeah, I'll be there soon" Blaine said, just as Hannah came in again

The brothers say goodbye and Blaine looks up at Hannah.

"Is he okay?" Hannah asked him as she sat down on the bed.

Blaine nodded, "Yeah he's fine"

Hannah moves closer to Blaine and smiles slightly, "That's good. And how are you feeling? Any better?"

Blaine nods slightly, "I'm fine I guess"

Hannah sighs slightly and hugs him, though not too tight as to hurt him.

Blaine smiles and hugs her back, ignoring the pain he was feeling.

"I should get going…" Blaine mumbled; the two still hugging.

Hannah pulls back, "Okay… well call me if you need anything"

"I will" Blaine says, smiling, and got off the bed, Hannah doing the same.

They walked down and said goodbye before Blaine walked to his car and back to Cooper's place.

Xx

Blaine knocked slightly on the door before going in, looking around for Cooper.

He was sitting on the couch and looked up when he hears someone enter, smiling slightly when he sees it was Blaine.

"Hey buddy, how are you feeling?" He asked and made room for Blaine on the couch.

Blaine sits down, "Fine…" he mumbles, shrugging.

Cooper sighed slightly, but nods. "I'm sorry that… fucking asshole did this to you Blaine. You don't deserve any of this." He said, trying not to get too angry.

Blaine just nodded, looking down.

What if he did deserve this? What if being gay really is wrong and that he is disgusting…? Maybe he should've just listened to his parents and gone back to the closet…

Blaine was about to cry and just like Cooper had read his mind he continued, seriously.

"Blaine, just remember that they are wrong." He looked at Blaine to see his expression, but only sees a confused sad face not looking at him. "Blaine, look at me" He whispered, holding Blaine's shoulders.

Blaine sighed and looked up at Cooper with teary eyes.

"There is nothing wrong with you, Blaine, remember that. Please just never forget that you matter and that you are just as normal as everyone else." Cooper said, looking into Blaine's eyes to show he that he really meant it.

Blaine knew his older brother is right, but it was still hard. Why did this have to be so hard?

Blaine took a deep breath and nodded, "I know… Thank you Coop" he smiled slightly and hugged his brother tight.

Cooper hugged him back just as tightly, "There are people that love you, Blaine" he said quietly.

A tear fell down Blaine's face. It felt so good to hear someone say that…it made him feel stronger.

Blaine pulled away, "So what happened when you went over?"

Cooper sighed, "I just told them what was on my mind."

Blaine nodded, "Okay… and thanks again for bringing my stuff over here. I can try get as much as I can at Dalton."

"No need to do that little bro just let it be here. I still want to see you, so why can't you just stay here when you aren't at Dalton?" He says, smiling.

Blaine raised his eyebrows, "Really?" Cooper nodded in response, "That would be great. Thank you" He says, smiling.

Blaine's phone suddenly started to ring and he looked down at it, blushing slightly. Cooper does the same and smirks.

Kurt

Blaine looks at Cooper before quickly answering. He was about to walk out of the room when Cooper held him down so he couldn't move.

"Coop, what are you doing? Let go!" He said, laughing slightly and forgetting that he had already answered the phone.

Cooper just smirked and held him tight.

"Blaine? You okay? Blaine?" He could hear Kurt say and quickly pressed the phone to his ear.

"Sorry! Just my stupid brother" He said, glaring at Cooper, only smiling when he heard Kurt laugh slightly. That sounded amazing.

"Oh okay, I'm sorry if I'm interrupting anything, but-"

Blaine cut him off, "No! Don't worry about it!"

"Okay good." His voice suddenly grew concerned, "So… how did it go…?"

Cooper was still holding him tight, (but not too tight to hurt him), trying to listen to what the two boys were saying.

Blaine tried to get Cooper away, but no such luck. He stopped when Kurt asked the question and sat back, letting Cooper hold him.

"Hmm…not that good; they kicked me out so I'm with my brother now. And I…I also got hit pretty badly…" he mumbled the last part, not wanting Kurt to know this.

It sounded really weak…

"Oh my god!" Kurt gasped in disbelief, "I can't believe this… I'm so sorry Blaine…" And he sounded truly sorry to.

Blaine took a deep breath, "Thank you; that means a lot."

"Can I do anything? Do you want to meet? I could come over if you want to? Or is that too much? It is, isn't it?" Kurt rambled nervously, making Blaine laugh.

"Kurt, relax!" He smiled, earning a big smirk and a wink from his brother. Blaine tried to push him away again, but to no success this time either.

He heard Kurt laugh nervously, "Sorry"

"And I think I would love some company. I'm already sick of my brother" Blaine grinned, looked at his brother who rolled his eyes.

Kurt laughed again. God, he needs to hear that more often. It was so beautiful.

"Okay great. Just text me the address and I'll be on my way" Kurt said, excitedly.

Blaine smiled, "Okay I'll see you soon then" before hanging up.

Cooper made kissing noises and laughed when Blaine hit him with a pillow.

"I hate you so much!" Blaine laughed, hitting Cooper with the pillow, ignoring the pain he felt in his stomach. It's getting better though, that's good.

Cooper just laughed harder and tried to take the pillow away from Blaine. When he gets it, Blaine runs away from him.

"I have to go get ready!" Blaine shouted, walking up to the bathroom.

Cooper rolled his eyes. Coward.

Blaine quickly sent the text to Kurt before he got in the shower.

Blaine smiled at the thought of what had just happened downstairs. He had really missed his brother. They always had so much fun, but their parents hated when they started a pillow fight in the living room. He sighed at the thought of his parents, quickly trying to find something else to think about. He was finally smiling again, so he wouldn't think about anything sad.

His thought quickly went to Kurt while he rubbed shampoo in his hair. He was nervous to see him, but he was also very excited. But the thought of having Kurt here with his brother in the house…

Oh god.

He quickly got out and into some new clothes, before running down.

Cooper was in the kitchen making dinner when he arrived.

"What are you doing?" Blaine asked.

Cooper turned around and smiled, "Making food for our guest."

Blaine sighed, "Coop, please don't do anything stupid. Can't you just leave? Yes, that would be great! Can't you go with your friends? I'm sure they miss you. We will be fine here without you" He said hopefully.

Cooper laughed "Yeah right! First of all, I'm not going out with friends so I can miss something like this! And second of all, I'm not letting you and your boyfriend be here alone! I'm the oldest here and it's my house, so I decide."

Blaine blushed slightly when Cooper called Kurt his boyfriend, but quickly responds, "He is not my boyfriend, so you don't have to worry about that!"

They weren't together right? They never said they were, but of course he wanted. Maybe he should ask about that later.

Cooper rolled his eyes and continued cooking, "Keep telling yourself that, squirt."

Blaine groaned and walked out of the kitchen, hearing Cooper laugh again.

Stupid brother! He said to himself. What if he ruined what he had with Kurt? What if he told old embarrassing stories about him?!

A message from Kurt came up.

I'm almost there! See you soon :) –K

Great! See you soon :) –B

Blaine took a deep breath for like the hundredth time that day and ran back to Cooper.

"Okay he is coming soon, so please, please behave!" He begged his brother, who just rolled his eyes.

"When am I not behaving?" He asked mockingly.

"Coop please! He means a lot to me so just don't do anything" He begged.

"Don't worry; I'll be good to your little boyfriend"

Blaine was about to protest again that Kurt wasn't his boyfriend, but the doorbell rang.

Blaine tensed slightly at the sound, before he spun around and quickly walked over to open the door.

When he opened it, he met a pair of blue eyes and smiled.

Kurt eyes grew big and he gasped when he saw Blaine's face. "Oh my god!" He walked closer to look at it.

"It's fine; don't worry about it" Blaine smiled and hugged Kurt, "I'm happy to see you though"

Kurt smiled and hugged him back, "I'm happy to see you too"

Blaine pulled away, smiling and helped Kurt out of his jacket.

"My brother is making some food if you want…?"

Kurt smiled, "That would be nice, thank you." Kurt looked around and saw an older man walking towards them with a big teasing smirk.

Kurt smiled nervously and looked to Blaine, who was glaring at the other one.

Cooper smiled at Kurt and shook his hand; "It's nice to meet you, I'm Cooper, Blaine's much more handsome brother" he said, laughing slightly.

Blaine rolled his eyes and watch Kurt laugh in exasperation.

"Nice to meet you too, I'm Kurt Hummel." He said politely and smiled.

"Well, the dinner is done, so why don't you two boys go and sit down"

Cooper winked at Blaine and walked into the kitchen again.

Blaine shook his head and looked to Kurt, "I'm sorry about him. Don't listen to a thing he says."

Kurt laughed and followed Blaine to the table, the two boys sitting down beside each other.

"I think he looks like a nice guy" Kurt smiled at Blaine.

Blaine was about to say something when Cooper came back in with the food.

"Okay here we go. I have to say, I'm an excellent cook, so don't be shocked if it tastes good" Cooper winked and sits down with the two boys.

"So you go to Dalton too, right?" Cooper asked, eating some food.

Kurt nodded, "Yes that's true. I just started." He said and smiled.

Cooper nods, "That's cool. And you got to meet Blainey here too!"

Blaine glared at his brother, "Coop, please don't call me that!"

Cooper just ignored him, "So do you like it so far?"

Kurt smiled at Blaine before answering, "I love it there, much better then where I went before. And the Warblers are great"

"Oh you're in the Warblers? So you can sing huh?" Cooper smirked knowingly at Blaine.

"Yes I am, and yes I can" Kurt smiled.

Cooper smiles back and nods.

They finish eating and Blaine decided to get away from his brother for a while.

"Kurt, would you help me get my stuff into my new room?" He asked slightly nervous, smiling at him and ignoring the big smirks Cooper was giving them.

"Sure" Kurt replied.

"Door open!" Cooper teasingly shouted after them, laughing.

Blaine rolled his eyes and closed the door anyway.

He looked around the room and could see that Cooper had gotten almost everything from his old room into the new one.

Smiling in satisfaction, he sat down on his bed, Kurt doing the same.

"Your brother seems really nice" Kurt says, laughing a bit.

Blaine smiled, "At times he is really great, yes"

"Thank you for coming, it really helped" Blaine said, taking Kurt's hand, feeling his face getting warmer.

Kurt looked down at their hands and smiled, "Of course, Blaine" he looked up at him, "I'm always here for you."

Blaine smiled at that and looked down at the soft pink lips he really wanted to kiss, before looking up again.

Before Blaine can think too much about it, Kurt moved closer and kisses him softly on the lips.

Blaine gasps slightly in surprise before he kiss him back, cupping Kurt's cheek.

Their lips move slowly and tender with each other, not like the last time when it got a bit too much. This was loving and passionate and just perfect.

After a few minutes of this, Blaine pulls away, resting his forehead against Kurt's.

"I really like you Kurt"

Kurt smiled and pressed a small kiss to his lips again before answering, "I really like you too Blaine" Both boys smile.

"So I know you just got out of a relationship, but…" Blaine blushed slightly, "And you don't have to give me an answer right away, but I –" Suddenly another kiss interrupts him.

"I would love to be your boyfriend Blaine" He whispered when they parted, smiling big.