He was just happy that it was early in the morning and there weren't too many people around.

How would he explain helping a naked boy wrapped up in a fishing net who couldn't walk back to his hotel room?

When he opened the door to the room, he sighed in relief. Finally. "Anybody here?" He called out.

No answer.

"Okay, first thing's first, you need to shower because you're covered in sand... do you think you could stand long enough to shower?"

Blaine looked at Kurt like he was speaking another language.

"Right, you have no idea what that is... maybe you should take a bath instead, then we won't have to worry about you falling."

He managed to get Blaine into the bathroom, turning on the water to fill up the tub.

"Get rid of that fishing net, get in the tub, clean yourself up, and I'll bring you clothes to change into." He said, acting out each thing he said as if he thought Blaine wouldn't understand any other way.

"I'm going to go find something for you to change into, stay here."

He walked into the other room, digging through his suitcase. Blaine was shorter than him so he wasn't sure if he'd have anything that would fit him right. He managed to find some red pants and a black shirt, walking back into the bathroom.

"These pants shrunk when I washed them, so maybe they'll be short enough for you to wear." He said, putting the clothes by the sink. "Now take your bath... when you're done dry yourself off with this towel, then put on the clothes, okay?"

Blaine nodded and Kurt left the bathroom, letting out a huge sigh. A while later, he decided to check on him, walking in to find Blaine putting on the shirt... backwards.

"You look good, those pants fit you great, but turn the shirt the other way."

He walked out of the bathroom, only to return seconds later with a chair. "Sit, I'm gonna do your hair."

Once he sat him in the chair he grabbed the hair dryer and turned it on, watching as Blaine flinched away.

"It's just a hair dryer, it doesn't hurt, see?" Kurt said, aiming it at Blaine's arm, watching as Blaine looked at it curiously, trying to grab at the air that was blowing on him.

He started drying Blaine's hair, at least he attempted to, Blaine was moving around and grabbing at pretty much everything he could get his hands on which made it difficult to get anything done.

"Blaine! Stop moving around so much, gosh this is like grooming a dog, sit still!" Kurt shouted, finally turning the dryer off and grabbing both of Blaine's hands. "Stop." he said calmly, taking the toothpaste that Blaine was holding and putting it back by the sink.

He looked Blaine over, tilting his head a bit. "I guess your hair is dry enough. Do you want to style it?" He asked, but Blaine was already making his way out the door. Kurt sighed for what seemed like the billionth time today.

"Where are you going?" He asked as he followed after Blaine. He was still stumbling a bit but his walking had improved, Kurt would give him that much.

The second he caught up to him, however, Blaine tripped and fell onto the bed.

Perhaps he had spoken too soon.

Blaine bounced a bit in his spot, and Kurt was positive that he would've heard laughing if Blaine could still make sound come out of his mouth, but no, he had to go trade his voice away to a sea witch.

Ugh, what was Kurt going to do about this?

"Hey Kurt, we went out for breakfast and brought you some- Oh my God!" Mercedes shouted.

"What's going on?" Rachel asked, running in the room from the hallway as soon as she heard Mercedes yell.

"Well, Blaine's a human now, and they're opening up a new Subway in Lima!" Kurt stated as he looked at Rachel.

"What?" Finn asked, shocked.

"That's right, Finn, foot longs for only five dollars! Crazy stuff, right?"

"Kurt, you know what I meant, what is Blaine doing here? When did he become a human?"

"I don't know, I told him yesterday that I was leaving and when I went to say goodbye to him this morning he looked like that."

"Why'd you bring him here?"

"I couldn't just leave him on the beach, Mercedes! I didn't have a choice."

"What are we suppose to do with him? He can't come back home with us."

"Well, I can't leave him here, he doesn't know anything about human life, if I leave him on his own, he'll end up getting himself... run over by a bus or something!"

"He's not your responsibility, Kurt."

"Yes, he is! Because if it wasn't for me he never would've done this, so I have to make sure nothing bad happens to him!"

"What do you mean, if it wasn't for you?" Finn asked.

"When I told him I was leaving, he asked if he could come home with me and I said he couldn't, so he went to a sea witch and loaned her his voice and traded his hair so that she would turn him into a human so he could come home with me..."

"Oh yeah, I was wondering why his hair looked shorter..." Finn said quietly.

"You mean he can't talk?" Mercedes asked.

"No, he gave away his voice! Don't you get it? He did all of this to be with me! What kind of person would I be if I just left him here all by himself?"

"That is so romantic."

"It's not romantic, Rachel, he wanted to come with me because I'm his only friend, he doesn't want to be alone in the ocean, he even said he was willing to live in a bath tub before he turned human."

"Aww."

"Don't aw, this is no time for aw's, this is serious, what am I going to do?" Kurt asked.

"Okay, don't freak dude, we'll just have to take him with us."

"Finn, how are we suppose to do that? Buy him a plane ticket, hide him in the basement, and hope dad and Carole don't find him?"

"Why don't we just tell them the truth, they'll understand."

"Understand? Finn, be serious, if we tell them that we brought a merman home we're going to be spending our senior year of high school in the nut house!"

"Well, then we'll have to make something up."

"Like what, Finn? Like what?"

"Quit panicking, we'll figure something out..." Finn said, looking back at Rachel and Mercedes. "Any ideas?"

"Just tell them part of the truth... tell them he followed you home and leave out the merman part."

"How many times do I have to remind you guys that Blaine is not a dog?"

"Why don't you just tell Burt and Carole that you found him wandering around and didn't want to leave him by himself?"

"This is hopeless."

"Actually, if we work that out a little bit more, it might be crazy enough to work." Finn said.

"What on Earth makes you think that?"

"Think about it, Kurt. We don't have to tell him that we got him a plane ticket and flew him here, we'll make it sound like we found him at the airport when we got home."

"This is still sounding like a lost puppy story to me."

"We'll tell them that he was lost, and since he can't talk we had no way of finding out where he lived or what he was doing all alone, so we brought him home with us."

"Then if your parents attempt to find his parents, they won't be able to because nobody is looking for him."

"This is never going to work!"

"Well, at least we're trying, Kurt. We're doing the best we can."

"We just want to help, man." Finn said softly, Kurt sighed.

"I know, I appreciate it, I do. I'm just, I'm so stressed out about this..."

"You don't have to deal with it alone, we'll think of something."

Kurt turned around, spotting a very confused Blaine watching them from his spot on the bed.

Shoot, he'd forgotten that he was in the room.

"I am so sorry, Blaine..." He said softly, sitting down on the bed, only then noticing that Blaine was crying. "Hey, hey, don't do that..." He added, pulling Blaine into a hug.

"You are not causing us any trouble by being here. I'm sorry that we made it sound like you were just now, we just don't know what to tell our parents when we take you back with us. But we'll figure something out, I promise. I'm really happy that you're coming home with me, I was so sad when I thought I had to leave you behind."

Blaine buried his face in Kurt's shoulder.

"Hey, you better not still be crying." Kurt said playfully, poking Blaine's side in an attempt to cheer him up and get him to smile. He felt so guilty, he hadn't meant to make Blaine feel bad about being here.

Blaine sniffled.

"Come on, smile, please? For me? Smile because we get to stay together, that's something worth smiling about, right?" Kurt asked, Blaine looked up at him and smiled a bit. Kurt couldn't help but smile too.

He moved his hand to Blaine's face so he could wipe away the tears, only then noticing that Blaine's hand was on his stomach.

"Oh, are you hungry?"

"Man, he's probably starving."

"What do merpeople eat?" Mercedes asked.

"Fish food?"

"I'm not feeding him fish food, Finn." Kurt said. "You said you brought me breakfast, right? What'd you bring?"

"We've got some fruit, a bagel, and a few pancakes." Rachel stated. "Maybe we should give him the watermelon."

"Good idea, we don't know how his body is going to react to human food and that's probably the safest bet, don't want him puking up pancakes everywhere." Mercedes stated.

"Wait, why the watermelon?" Finn asked.

"Well, he lived his whole life in water, so I thought watermelon was a good choice." Rachel said with a shrug.

"Makes sense to me." Kurt replied, grabbing the cup full of watermelon and handing it to Blaine. "You want to try that?"

Blaine gave him that confused look again.

Kurt grabbed some, eating it so that Blaine would see that it was food. "See? It's good, try it."

He watched as Blaine copied what he had just done, a huge smile crossing his face once he tried it.

"He likes it!" Rachel said with a smile, obviously proud of herself for suggesting the watermelon.

"Alright, now we need to come up with a plan, what should we do when we get him back home?"

"I don't know, give me a minute to think."

Kurt turned his head when he felt Blaine tapping him on the shoulder. "You ate all that watermelon? Already?" Blaine smiled and nodded, holding his hands out.

"You want more?"

Another nod.

"Do we have any more?"

"We have a banana."

"It'll have to do." Kurt said before handing it to Blaine. "Try that."

"How are we going to get him on the plane?"

"I have enough money saved up from working at my dad's shop the past couple summers, I could probably afford a plane ticket." Kurt said before noticing the weird looks he was getting. "What? I've worked in my dad's shop, don't look so surprised."

"Well, that's great and everything, but what are you going to tell Burt and Carole once you get him to Lima?"

Kurt smiled as it finally hit him. "I have the perfect idea."