Chapter 6
Surprisingly, Kurt hadn’t seen Karofsky all day and he was feeling relieved. By the time Glee club came around, Kurt assumed Karofsky had skipped school.
Kurt getting this year’s solo meant that he was singing almost every Glee lesson, but he couldn’t complain. They’d finally decided on his solo, so he just had to learn it. He walked out of the choir room, and head to his locker to collect his assignments. He slammed his locker shut, and Karofsky was stood there. He felt himself pushed against his locker, with Karofsky towering over him.
“You didn’t tell anyone about how you kissed me last night did you?” he sneered
“Firstly, you kissed me. And no, I haven’t.”
“Good. ‘Cause if you do, I’ll kill you.”
“Hey! Get off him!” Kurt looked up and saw Blaine at the end of the hall.
“Blaine.” Kurt whispered.
“Or what?” Karofsky retorted, not moving from his position above Kurt.
“Get. Off. Him.” Blaine snarled, walking toward them.
“Or what?” Karofsky repeated, turning to face Blaine, but still trapping Kurt.
“Or this.” Blaine’s fist collided with Dave’s face. It hurt like hell, but Blaine couldn’t show it, so he pulled Kurt towards him.
“Blaine… you…” Kurt couldn’t finish his sentence, as they were both chucked to the ground, then Blaine was lifted and shoved against the lockers.
“Do you think you can hit me and get away with it?” Karofsky sneered, then punched Blaine in the jaw.
Kurt watched in horror.
“Get off him Karofsky. Get off him before I tell him you kissed me against my will.” Kurt’s eyes widened and he slapped his hand against his mouth. “I…. I mean…”
“You fag.” Karofsky let go of Blaine.
“He what. He kissed you?” Kurt nodded solemnly. “You bastard.” Blaine said, before his fist collided with Karofsky’s nose, making it bleed.
Karofsky lifted his hand up to his nose, looked at the blood, then Blaine’s world went black.
“Please wake up, please wake up, please wake up.” Kurt had been repeating this like a mantra for the past few hours. The doctors had come in and told Blaine’s parents that there wasn’t any lasting damage, and that he would wake up soon, but that was two whole hours ago. Kurt was getting more and more worried that Blaine wasn’t going to wake up, and was constantly blaming himself for it. Blaine’s mother tried to console him, but it didn’t work, nothing did. Not when the police officer questioned him about it and told him that it wasn’t his fault, that Karofsky was to blame, not when his father said it, not when the doctor had said it. There must have been something he could have done to stop Blaine from getting hurt; he could have told Blaine to meet him at the Lima Bean or something. But he didn’t, now Blaine’s lying here in a hospital bed, with a black eyes, and several stiches in his head.
“Kurt?”
“Blaine?! Are you awake?!” Kurt said as he walked up to Blaine’s bed.
“Kurt?” Blaine croaked again.
“I’m here honey, how are you feeling?”
“Thirsty.”
“One minute, I’ll go get a nurse or a doctor or someone.” Kurt ran out the door to the nurses’ station, and explained that Blaine was awake and thirsty. They told him that he could have a drink, and that they would send a doctor in soon.
Kurt got back to Blaine’s room and handed him a cup of water.
“Thank you.” Blaine said once he’d finished.
“Why?”
“Why what?” Blaine questioned.
“Why did you get in the way? Why didn’t you just leave me, you wouldn’t have got hurt then. I’d be the one in the hospital bed, not you.”
Blaine paused. “Come here.” Blaine smiled as Kurt dragged his chair to the side of Blaine’s bed.
“Because I couldn’t bear to see you get hurt. Because I know what you’ve been through, that I’ve been through the same. I didn’t want you to end up in the hospital bed, you don’t deserve it. Because I was following my advice to you. Courage. Because when I saw him standing over you, I didn’t think what would happen to me, all I thought about was you. Because I love you.”
“You… you what?”
Blaine put his hand on Kurt’s cheek, and pulled them together until their lips were almost touching.
“I love you. I hate that this is what gave me the courage to say it, but I do.” Blaine whispered against Kurt’s lips, before pulling them both together.