"I think he went that way."

"Boy, he moves fast."

"I see him!"

"Where?"

"Up there, in that tree!" Kurt followed Blaine over to the tree.

"Well, now what?"

"We gotta think of a way to get him to come down."

"Why would he want to come down?"

"I don't know... maybe he'd come down for bird food or something."

"We don't have any bird food."

"I know! You climb up the tree and grab him!"

"... Excuse me?"

"Just climb up the tree, grab the bird, and climb back down, then we'll take him back to the pet store."

"First of all, you are out of your mind if you think I'm climbing to the top of that tree in this outfit, second of all, why don't you climb up the tree? Why do I have to do it?"

"Because... you're taller than me, so you won't have to climb as high, because you'll be able to reach him sooner. So there's less of a chance of you falling."

"Falling?"

"Not that you're going to fall."

"Blaine!"

"Oh come on, you know that makes sense. You're tall, so you don't have to climb as high as a short little hobbit like me in order to reach the bird."

"Yes, I understand the concept." He sighed as he looked at Blaine. "Fine, but if anything happens to this outfit, you are dead, Anderson."

Kurt started up the tree, Blaine watching as Kurt got higher and higher.

"You're almost there!" Blaine shouted.

Kurt placed his feet on one of the branches, grabbing the branch above with his hands. The bird was resting a few feet away from his right hand.

"Okay... bird, I don't like you, you don't like me, so let me just rescue you so we can both be rid of one another." He reached for the bird, who simply looked at him.

"Not afraid!"

"Can't you just move a little so I can reach you?"

"Probably not!"

"Ugh! Why am I even in this stupid tree?"

"Stupid!"

"Hey, I am not stupid!"

"What is going on up there?"

"Not now, Blaine!"

Kurt reached a bit further for the bird, only to have it fly off.

"You have got to be kidding me!"

"Kurt, where'd the bird go?"

"He flew away!"

"Huh, I didn't think about him doing that when I came up with this plan."

"Blaine! I'm going to kill you!"

"Do you see him?"

"No, do you?"

"No."

"Well, I'm glad that this was a complete waste of time for everybody!"

"I'm sorry I made you climb up there, just climb back down and we'll see if we can figure out where he went."

"I can't believe I'm up in a tree and you're still talking about that bird. This is exactly why we will never own a parrot!"

Crack.

"Did you hear something?"

"Like what?"

"Like a-"

Crack.

"Shoot!" Kurt shouted, tightening his grip around the branch he was holding as the one he was standing on broke and fell to the ground.

"Kurt! Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I think so!"

"You're dangling from that branch!"

"Really? I hadn't noticed... now get me down!"

"How?"

"I don't know, just do something! Tell me what to do!"

"Okay, well, don't fall!"

"Yeah, we're pretty much on the same page there."

"Um, what if you pull yourself onto the branch you're holding?"

"I'm not sure if I can."

"Well, maybe you could swing yourself over to another branch."

"What am I Tarzan? How on Earth am I suppose to do that?"

"I don't know, I was just trying to think of something!"

"Gosh, it's amazing to be dangling from a high tree branch and still not be the stupidest person around..."

"I know! I'll come up and get you!"

"Are you crazy? Then we'll both be stuck up here!"

"Just stop complaining and don't let go!"

"Why in the world would I let go?"

Blaine started up the tree, trying to be careful but move quickly at the same time. At any given moment that branch Kurt was holding onto could snap and he would never forgive himself if Kurt fell out of the tree and got hurt after Blaine told him to climb up there.

Once he was on a branch across from Kurt, he bit his lip, holding on as tightly as he could.

"Grab my hand, I'll pull you over to this branch and then we can both climb down from here."

Kurt blinked in surprise when Blaine extended his hand. "Blaine, you're shaking."

"Just take my hand!"

Kurt grabbed Blaine's hand, allowing his boyfriend to pull him over to the other branch, standing on it.

"That was close..."

"You start climbing down first."

"Blaine, you are really shaking, are you okay?"

Blaine bit his lip. "Blaine? Are you alright?"

That's when it hit him...

"Oh my gosh..."

"Kurt, just climb down."

"You're afraid of heights, aren't you?"

"Just climb down, Kurt."

"I can't believe you climbed all the way up here to get me when you're afraid of heights."

"Couldn't we have this conversation on the ground?"

"Oh! Right, sorry." Kurt started climbing down, looking back up at Blaine.

"Aren't you coming?"

"Yes."

"Then, don't you think you should move?"

"I am moving."

"No, no, you're not."

"I'm not?"

"No..."

"Oh..." Kurt felt awful. Blaine was stuck high up in a tree paralyzed with fear because he was afraid of heights. He thought he would be relieved when he finally found out Blaine's fear. Instead, he found himself wishing they'd never been put in this situation so that he never would've found out.

He was half way down the tree and Blaine still hadn't moved.

"Come on, Blaine... you can do this."

"... I'm still not moving, am I?"

"Not really. Just take it one step at a time, and don't look down."

"Okay..."

Kurt reached the ground just as Blaine started climbing down, Kurt trying to throw out encouraging words here and there to help his boyfriend. The second that Blaine's feet touched the ground he practically tackled Kurt in a hug, the force almost enough to knock Kurt to the ground.

"Hey, you did it!" Kurt said excitedly as he hugged him back, still able to feel him shaking.

"I did, didn't I?"

"Yeah, you were amazing! You saved me."

"I did!"

"That was brilliant, Blaine!"

When they pulled away from one another, Kurt noticed Blaine was crying, he'd probably lost it while he was climbing down... he quickly wiped the tears off of Blaine's face.

"Aw, don't cry, darling."

"I can't believe I actually did that."

"I can't believe I never thought of heights."

"Well, I try to avoid them as much as possible."

"Then why did you climb all the way up there? I would've figured something out, you didn't have to do that when you were so terrified."

"Because... I realized something when I saw you dangling from that tree branch."

"What's that?"

"Well, I'm afraid of heights... but I'm more afraid of losing you."

Kurt was speechless.

"I didn't want anything to happen to you, I just had to make sure you were safe, even if it meant being way up high."

"Blaine..."

"It's just, I knew I could be up in that tree, sure I'd be scared out of my mind, but I could manage... but I couldn't live without you."

"Blaine!" Kurt said again, practically squealing it this time... now it was his turn to tackle Blaine in a hug that almost knocked him to the floor.

"What?"

"You are the sweetest person in the entire world!"

"I am? But, I was just being honest..." He was just being honest. He'd always thought his biggest fear was heights, but now he realized, his biggest fear was losing Kurt, and he'd face heights every day for the rest of his life if it meant never having to lose Kurt.

Just as Kurt opened his mouth to respond, the bird landed directly on Blaine's head.

"Hey look! It's the bird!"

"He's congratulating you for over coming your fears!"

"Well, I wouldn't say I've- wait... you like the bird now!"

"I do not."

"Whatever you say, Kurt."

"Let's just get that annoying bird brain back to the pet store."

"Blaine's not afraid! Not afraid!"

"Told you he was congratulating you."

"Well, I don't know if he's totally right... I am still afraid."

"Everybody's afraid of something, Blaine. But you faced your fears today, and that's something to be proud of."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

Kurt smiled. "Now come on, let's get that bird back home so that we can go to Breadstix, already!"