Kurt skipped through the doors of the centre and looked around, pouting when he didn’t see Blaine sitting in the quiet area. “He’ll be here soon.” Sean smiled, standing behind him making Kurt jump. Kurt nodded his head and tugged on Finn’s hand. “Hey Finn, how are you?” Sean smiled. Kurt sighed impatiently as he waited for Blaine to come in, he didn’t want to listen to the boring small talk so he walked over to the sofa and jumped on it, giggling as he bounced a little.

“Kurt, I’m going to be late for school,” Finn said as he walked over to him. “You’ll be okay if I go?”

“Yes Finn. I’ll be fine.” Kurt smiled, and for a second Finn saw that confident boy he knew in high school, the independent boy who was okay with sitting on his own in the library, who didn’t need to hold someone’s hand. “But you’ll be back soon right?” Kurt asked, and Finn felt relief run through him, and as soon as the relief feeling went away, he was consumed by guilt.

“Course I’ll be back. Right after school.” Finn smiled, “And look there’s Blaine.” Finn grinned when he saw a familiar head of curly hair walk past the window. Kurt’s face lit up and Finn smiled, glad to see him happy.

“Okay. Bye Finn.” Kurt jumped up and wrapped his arms around him tightly before pulling away and sitting back down waiting for Blaine to come in. Finn smiled and walked out, waving at Blaine as he passed him.

Blaine walked in and nodded at Sean who was watching him carefully, ever since he’d met Kurt he felt as though Sean was expecting something of him. As though he was ready to burst from his shell. As much as Blaine wanted to come out of his shell, he didn’t think he was quite ready yet. He walked over to Kurt and already felt a hundred times lighter. He plopped down next to him and smiled when he felt Kurt crawl into his lap and hug him tight. “Hello Blaine.” He said as he kissed his cheek. Blaine grinned and kissed Kurt back on his cheek and hugged him tight. “I was waiting for you. And it felt like a very long time.” Blaine rubbed his back, silently saying sorry. “That’s okay. Are you going to read now?” Blaine shook his head causing Kurt to frown. Blaine stood up and took Kurt’s hand. Kurt rubbed the back of his head confused as Blaine led him out of the room and into the garden. “You want to play out here?” Kurt asked. Blaine nodded. “But you always want to read.” Blaine shrugged and tapped Kurt’s shoulder before running away grinning. Kurt giggled, realising Blaine wanted to play tag he ran after him.

“That was fun.” Kurt giggled, collapsing down onto the grass tired half an hour later. Blaine fell down next to him and nodded, he took Kurt’s hand, it felt natural to touch Kurt. Kurt grinned and started to play with Blaine’s fingers. “I like holding your hand.” Kurt whispered. Blaine nodded, squeezing his hand softly. He liked holding his hand too. They lay like that in silence for a while before Kurt turned around and stared at him. “I wish you’d talk to me.” Kurt whispered. “I bet you sound like an angel, because you look like an angel.”

Blaine felt the colour rush to his cheeks and he looked down embarrassed. He sucked on his bottom lip, courage building inside him. He knew what he wanted to say and was opening his lips to say it when Sean came over, telling Kurt that it was time for his session with Danny. Blaine sighed in frustration and stood up and walked over to the climbing frame and sat on the top step. Kurt looked up at him confused before walking to the room where he had his sessions.

Danny never pushed him to talk and Kurt liked that about him. Kurt wanted to tell him about the dreams and the shadows but he remembered what Finn said and thought maybe he wasn’t ready to remember yet and looked down. He spent his hour session telling Danny all about Blaine and how the boy made him feel. “I like spending time with him, and when we was at the park and we played the whole day, it were the bestest day of my life.” Kurt nodded.

“That’s great, Kurt. I’m glad you’ve found a friend.” Danny grinned. Kurt nodded his head happily.

“Can I go now because I don’t think I have anything more to say and Blaine was sad when I left.”

“Sure.” Danny smiled. “See you tomorrow, Kurt.”

“Bye Bye Danny.” Kurt grinned and skipped out of the room. He ran over to the playground area looking for Blaine and felt his heart break when he saw Blaine playing tag with another boy.