When he got down, he found out that Blaine was already in the kitchen with piles of waffles around him.

"Good morning!" Blaine said as he saw Kurt entering the room

"Good morning!

-I made some blueberry waffles… I mean… I knew how to make those… and I found blueberries in the fridge and you were about to lose them to the tras can… Is that alright? I don't want to interfere… I couldn't sleep and I had nothing else to do… I figured I could help a little bit in the kitchen! If that's a problem I could clean up and do the dishes and… I talk too much, right?"

Kurt was looking at Blaine with a smirk on his lips. Yesterday, the guy didn't talk at all… Now, he couldn't shut up.

"No, you don't talk too much, honey! And I was about to make cr�pes for everyone, so I guess it's gonna be waffles instead! I'll do the dishes, since you prepared breakfast!"

Blaine didn't respond, looking at Kurt with wide eyes and mouth semi opened.

"Did I say something wrong? You can do the dishes if you want, or you can…"

But Blaine cut off Kurt before he finished his sentence

"It's not that… I mean… You just called me honey and…

-Oh! I'm sorry! It's just that I'm used to call everyone here with endearments terms… I mean… Emily was "Dear" and Aaron is "Ch�ri" because he couldn't stand any other words… That's what my mom used to do too… And - And I figured that… I dunno… I was looking in your eyes and "Honey" just popped out and…

-Ooh! No! I'm sorry! I don't want to make you feel bad! It's not - it's not that it's making me uncomfortable… It's just that… I'm - I'm not used to that… My parents always called me Blaine with such a tone… Never "Son" or "Kid"… Anything…

-Oh… Okay… But if that's makes you uncomfortable or anything, just tell me! It's just what I'm used to do here… I'm kinda like my mom… Or at least, that's what my father tells me every other day.

-That's okay…" Blaine responded… "Honey…" he whispered "I think I like it! But now, I'll have to find you a new name!" he then said with too much enthusiasm.

Seeing Kurt's blank expression, Blaine mumbled something about a "joke" and then babbled about "going to the shower".

Kurt decided to start cleaning the kitchen right away because even though the waffles looked delicious, Blaine actually made a mess in the kitchen. As he was cleaning the sugar that got spilled all over the counter top, Burt entered the room, whistling.

"-Good morning dad!

-Hey, kiddo! Did you wake up at dawn again so you could make those?" Burt responded, pointing at the pile of blueberry waffles

"-No… Actually, Blaine made those! I'm just cleaning his mess!"

And Kurt continued his task until Blaine came back in the kitchen… wearing… was that old baggy black jeans, barely fitting him? And was that navy shirt?

Kurt was watching Blaine is disbelief, partly because the outfit looked like it was coming from 1995 and partly because no way someone was going to wear a navy shirt with black pants… And why on earth someone who attended Dalton would wear these old clothes… Blaine started to feel uncomfortable under Kurt's gaze.

"-What?" Blaine asked "Do I have a stain on my shirt?

-No… But you certainly have a stain in your eyes for matching these two colors! Come on!"

Kurt then took Blaine by the hand and led him to the basement, where the Hummels had a spare room. In there, Kurt browsed through the boxes and drawers and wardrobe and managed to assemble a new outfit for Blaine.

"-Here! And if this old clothes was the best you could pull off for your first day of school, you definitely need to go shopping… But for the next few days, you can take all you need here!

-Erm… Thanks… I guess…"

After that new interruption, Blaine and Kurt made it upstairs to the kitchen so they can finally eat breakfast. Aaron was sitting at the table with Burt, in silence, as usual. They served themselves and started eating. Kurt asked Aaron if he slept well and the little boy started taking quietly about the dream he made. Kurt took a glance at the clock and told Blaine to hurry if he didn't want to miss his bus.

"-But… I thought you had a car… And since we're going at the same place…

-Hum… You – You don't want to ride with me… Trust me…

-Why?

-You don't want to be seen with me, Blaine… We can talk anytime you like, except at school… I don't want to do this to you… And now, if you don't mind, I need to finish my morning skin care routine"

Blaine look at Kurt, than at Burt and then back to Kurt, the two of them having the same expression saying don't ask question, this is for your own good. Even little Aaron had that expression, as he was putting his plate in the dishwasher behind Burt.

Kurt than proceed upstairs, even though he hadn't finished half his plate. A few minutes later, he heard the front door open and Blaine saying goodbye to Burt.

When he arrived at school, Kurt saw them as soon as he pulled in. The jocks were already waiting for him by the dumpster. He kept his head high as he walked towards the school. But there was no issue. All he could do as the jocks pulled him by the arm and tugged him in the smelly container was trying to keep the tiny drops of dignity he still had.

Afterwards, like he was used to, he waited a few minutes, just long enough for Karofsky and his gang to be bored with him, and poked his head out of the dumpster to see if the way was cleared. He balanced himself over the edge and swinged his legs out of the container, inhaling pure air as he came out.

But he didn't notice Blaine watching him, from the distance.

~~~~~

Blaine's day was awful. He had no one to talk to because Kurt didn't want anything to do with him at school. So he just sat by himself in every class and at lunch time, thinking about the reason why Kurt left him alone.

As he was sitting in his last class of the day, he glanced at Kurt, sitting in a few rows in front of him. It hadn't been the first class they had together, but it was the only one he could watch him without the other boy knowing.

Staring at Kurt's chestnut hair, Blaine drifted in his thoughts again. From what he gathered in the last 24 hours, Kurt was really a compassionate and caring person. He also knew that Kurt was thrown in dumpsters by some jocks or he that really liked it in there (as soon as that theory came out in his mind, Blaine crossed it… But it still made him smile in that gloomy day.) There has to be a rational reason for Kurt ignoring him.

As the last bell rang, Blaine threw his English books in his bag and went straight for the door, ignoring his urge to talk to his foster brother. Instead, he took the corridor to principal Figgins' office. He knew he had some paperwork to fill after this first day. He also knew that he would miss his bus and that Kurt had a Glee Club meeting.

He wanted to audition for the New Directions really badly, but with Kurt forbidding him to have contact, he knew he just couldn't. He missed the Warblers and their insanity. He missed Wes and David. He missed feeling like a rockstar as he was busting notes in the Dalton Halls. But he was in McKinley now and things couldn't be more different. He swallowed his tears and opened the door of the office and began talking to the secretary about the forms he'd need to fill.

When he came to the section about parents and tutors, he had trouble breathing. He didn't know why he missed his parents so much. One thing was sure, they didn't miss him…

When he gave back his file to the secretary, he made his way to the corridor leading to one of the boy's bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror and saw that he looked like a mess. His eyes were red from the trying-not-to-cry-but-epic-failing thing and his hair was everywhere. He wished he had something to gelled them down, as he did during so many years.

When he forced himself to stop hating everything he could about himself (except the clothes he was wearing, those were actually great!) he went to the choir room, hoping he could still catch Kurt and go home with him.

Kurt was there all right. He was singing a duet with another girl. And their voice was so powerful and beautiful together. The song was ending, but the last lines he heard, sung by Kurt's and the unknown girl angelic voices made him feel good:

Happy times
Happy nights
Happy days
Are here again

And because he heard these words from Kurt, he started to believe them, even though it was from an old song.

Instead of waiting for Kurt, he decided to go home walking. He didn't want Kurt to see him while he was such a mess. Maybe Kurt knew his entire story, Burt may have told Kurt all about him, but he certainly wouldn't be moping about it. He didn't want to look weak in front of people, Blaine was too proud for that.

When he got home, Blaine was greeted by Aaron, who was watching some cartoons on the TV. He was alone in the house; Burt and Kurt were still not back. Not knowing what else to do, Blaine started his homework.

~~~~~

"So," Mercedes said to Kurt after Glee Club "tell me about this new foster kid, Blaine

-What about him?

-Oh… Come on! I saw you today, looking at him as soon as you could… I know you pulled the don't talk to me at school, I'm doing this for your own good stuff to him and that he actually listened to you… So tell me, why did you do it?

-Because, I feel like he's totally broken, 'Cedes… I don't want him to be hurting more!

-Like he's the first totally broken kid to be sheltered in your house! You didn't do it for Julian or Abby and they were really messed up… Why him?

-Leave it alone!

-So that's not because he's totally hot and you might have a thing for him?

-I – I don't even know him yet! I've met him about 24 hours ago and I – and I don't even know if he's gay or not!"

Leaving Mercedes behind, Kurt went straight to his car and drove home, angry.