"Good Morning," Kurt smiled.

Blaine blinked, covering his mouth as he yawned, "Good morning, Sir."

Kurt walked across the room, fully dressed with his hair styled and his shoes on and perched on the edge of the bed, "Is it okay if I take a quick look at your wounds?"

Blaine nodded, "Of course," he pushed the comforter off and shivered a little at the colder air that hit his skin.

"Do they hurt?" Blaine asked as Blaine sat up and pulled his shirt up over his head.

"Um, no. They just sting a little when I shower," Blaine shrugged and started removing the bandages.

Kurt sighed a little, "I can't wait for them to heal up."

"I know, they're gross," Blaine screwed up his nose.

Kurt frowned, "But you're beautiful."

Blaine's cheeks turned scarlet and he looked away, "You're the beautiful one."

Kurt giggled lightly and Blaine's heart started beating a little quicker, "Lay back for me?"

Blaine nodded, settling himself back against the cushions and pushing the comforter down further.

Kurt looked at Blaine's wounds that were no longer bleeding, he brushed his hand over the cuts that were definitely on their way to healing and looked up at Blaine, "What?"

Blaine's eyebrows pulled in, "I didn't do anything."

"You're staring at me," Kurt smirked.

"I...I wasn't," Blaine blushed and looked away.

Kurt giggled, "You're so cute."

Blaine blushed even deeper, "Really?"

Kurt nodded and picked up the bandages, "Think it's okay to put these back on? I don't want to have to go find some more and bump into Kate, I can't deal with her this morning."

Blaine smirked, "Of course."

Kurt lent down and kisses each of Blaine's wounds gently before he look up again to see Blaine staring down at him with wide eyes. The Prince laughed awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I...I don't know why I did that."

Blaine laughed too, "It's...it's okay, don't worry about it."

Kurt gently wrapped the bandages back up and smiled before he got to his feet.

"So what's happening today, Sir?" Blaine asked sitting up and pulling his shirt back on.

"Well, I have another suitor to meet," Kurt rolled his eyes and sighed, "And then this afternoon I was going...," He paused, "Can you keep a secrete?"

Blaine's eyebrows raised and he nodded "Yeah."

"I was going to go into the human world for a little while," Kurt said, watching Blaine for his reaction.

"W...What?" Blaine's mouth dropped, "H...How?"

Kurt bit his lip, "I know a place."

Blaine gulped, "Isn't that...dangerous?"

Kurt shrugged, "I guess it could be...wanna come with me?"

"I...I...I don't know," Blaine stuttered, "What happens exactly?"

"There's a tree with a door in it a little while away from here," Kurt smiled softly, "I found it when I was around thirteen and had decided I was going to run away from the Palace."

Blaine's eyebrows pulled in, "But they're so huge. Giants."

"Which means they never see us," Kurt smiled, "I promise it's amazing."

"You'd want me to come with you?"

"Of course," Kurt nodded, "It would be nice to share it with someone, but of course if you'd rather not..."

"You're sure it's safe?" Blaine's face screwed up in doubt.

Kurt nodded, "Don't worry, I'll look after you."

OXOXOXO

"Kurt, come on, Prince Benjil is waiting for you," Kate called.

Kurt sighed and picked up his crown where I was rested on the bed beside him before he placed it on his head, "How do I look?"

"Stunning," Blaine replied truthfully, blushing a little from where he sat cross-legged on the bed beside the Prince.

Kurt also blushed, getting to his feet, "Thanks."

"So...Um, what am I meant to do when you're gone?" Blaine asked nervously.

"Well...Whatever you like. Explore the Palace?" Kurt suggested.

"S...Sir, I'm not sure...Would you like me to explore the Palace?" Blaine asked, his forehead creasing in confusion.

"Did you ever have any time off before?" Kurt frowned, raising an eyebrow.

"Um...He let me have my eight birthday off I think," Blaine remembered.

"What did you do?"

"I read, he let me look through this old box of things he was going to chuck out and there were so many books. It helped me when my education."

"You like reading?"

Blaine nodded, "Yes Sir."

"Well then," Kurt looked under the bed and pulled out a box, "You can read as much as you want from things in here. I shouldn't be too long."

Blaine's eyebrows went up, "But it's not my birthday."

Kurt giggled, "You're too sweet. Just help yourself to them until I get back, okay?"

Blaine nodded, "Thank-you Sir."

OXOXOXO

"This garden is nice."

Kurt nodded in agreement, "Thank-you."

"You'd love my Palace, it's three times the size of yours."

Kurt pursed his lips, "I like it to be smaller."

"Why on earth would you want that?" Prince Benjil of the sixth fairy sector looked at Kurt like he was mad.

"Because I am able to walk around I without going in a hike," Kurt muttered, looking at the floor.

"Do you walk around here often?"

"As often as I can," Kurt informed him, "Most of the workers are out in the garden everyday to keep it fully maintained."

"Ah, so you can make sure they're not slacking in their work?"

"What? No. No I like talking to them, most of them are like family to me," Kurt shook his head.

"But they're slaves!" The Prince exclaimed.

"Yes. They're also really nice people," Kurt sighed, "You wouldn't understand, never mind."

OXOXOXO

"Hey you."

Blaine looked up, "Oh, Hi. How was Prince Benjil?"

Kurt pulled a face and Blaine laughed.

"Did you find something you wanted to read?" Kurt asked, closing the door and walking up to Blaine who had curled up on Kurt's bed. He looked adorable.

Blaine nodded, "Yes. It's about a Prince who falls in love with a Slave."

Kurt froze and coughed, looking away, "Um, that's sounds good."

Blaine grinned, "Yeah. But it's impossible right? It can't work."

Kurt bit his lip, "Why not?"

"Well, for starters a Prince would never fall in love with a Slave."

"What? Why? I mean...you can't help who you fall in love with can you?" Kurt stuttered.

Blaine raised an eyebrow, "I don't know Sir, I've never been in love, Have you?"

"Um, no," Kurt shook his head.

Blaine shrugged a little and put the book down, "Well then I guess nether of us knows."

"Hm, I guess so," Kurt walked forward and took off his crown, "Are you ready to explore the human world with me?"

"Yes, Sir," Blaine nodded and got to his feet, "Do we need to take anything?"

Kurt smiled, "No. We should be good, come on," He held his hand out and Blaine walked towards him.

"Should we really...? I mean people might see," Blaine blushed, looking at Kurt's outstretched hand.

"Oh. Yeah, right," Kurt's hand snapped back to his side, "Just follow me."

Blaine nodded, "Of course Sir."

OXOXOXO

Blaine had felt his heart leap when Kurt had come back. The book he'd been reading had been interesting, but he'd stopped reading it because he found himself comparing his and Kurt's relationships to that in the book. And he'd missed Kurt. He'd got used to having the Prince around all the time and calling him beautiful and cute. It felt weird to be left to his own devices, even if it had only been for a few hours and he had things to keep him occupied. It was a relief to have Kurt there to smile at him again.

The Prince guided Blaine to part of the castle in which he'd never been before. They went deeper and deeper down until Blaine was a little unsure about following. It was dark and creepy and Blaine kept close to the Prince's side.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"What? Me? Yes, Sir. I'm fine thank-you."

"Really? You seem a little nervous," Kurt smiled and slipped his hand around Blaine's waist.

The touch caused a tingling sensation shoot up the Slave's spine and he jumped, "Sir, what are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm sorry," Kurt blushed, pulling away, "I just thought you might want a little comfort."

Blaine shook his head, "I'm fine thank-you."

What on earth was that?

Kurt lead him down into the basements and some old prison cell's that made Blaine shiver, it was cold and the walls around them were bare rock.

"Is it far?" Blaine asked, looking around nervously.

"No, just through here," Kurt smiled, showing Blaine a darkened tunnel.

"Down there?" Blaine asked, his voice shaking "Are you, sure that's safe?"

"Aw it's okay, I'll take care of you," Kurt smiled, "You're so damn cute."

Blaine blushed, "Sir, I'm not sure if I'm comfortable going down there."

Kurt frowned a little, "We can go back upstairs?"

Blaine shook his head, "No. I'm just being stupid, it's fine."

Kurt reached for Blaine's hand and squeezed it, "Sweetheart are you sure?"

Blaine looked down at their joined hands and blushed furiously, "I, um.."

"Sorry..." Kurt moved to pull his hand away but Blaine held onto his tighter.

"No, no it's...nice thank-you Sir" Blaine continued to look at their joined hands, noticing the contrast of Kurt's delicate flawless pale skin against his own darker and rougher skin due to his work outside, "And I'm sure, I'm really curious about this."

Kurt smiled, "It's amazing, I promise."

"I don't doubt it for a second Sir."

The tunnel made the hairs on the back of Blaine's neck stand on end, and Kurt seemed to sense his unease. He let Blaine walk ahead a couple steps, pretending to straighten out his shirt, before he ran forward and wrapped his arms around Blaine from behind while letting out a growl. Blaine jumped and turned around with a yell to see Kurt laughing at him, his eyes bright and mischievous and Blaine completely froze with how stunningly happily and beautiful he looked.

Kurt giggled, "Sorry, I just couldn't help it."

Oh God the sound of his laugh.

"Hey, are you okay? Kurt frowned walking forward and cupping Blaine's face gently.

Blaine was overcome with an undeniable urge to kiss the Prince, barley able to tear his eyes away from Kurt's rosy lips, "Yeah."

Kurt smiled, "Are you sure?"

Blaine pulled himself away and started walking forward, away from his urge, "I'm fine, let's go."

Kurt raised an eyebrow but followed.

The tunnel got a little thinner and then suddenly a lot wider. There was a dead end, but planted just before the wall blocking the tunnel from going on any further was a tree. It was tall and old, it had run out of room to grow upwards due to the ceiling and so had stared to grow towards the entrance, the trunk bending over with the weight of the leaves and branches.

"How does it grow? There's no water or sun," Blaine spun around and he frowned.

Kurt shrugged, "I don't know. It's magic."

Blaine looked back at the tree, "How did you find it?"

"I told you, I wanted to run away from the Palace. I couldn't just leave through the gate so I thought there must be another way out of here," Kurt walked forward and smiled at the wonder on Blaine's face, "I got to the dead end and was about to go back when it started glowing."

"Glowing?"

"Yeah, the outline of a door," Kurt walked forward, "I didn't go through it, but a few days later...I just couldn't stop thinking about it, so I came back."

"Does anyone else know?" Blaine asked.

"Kate and my Dad know it's here, they freaked out when I came back singing some music that I heard some of the humans listening too and had recorded onto my own music plauer. But they couldn't do anything about it. They tried to cut it down but it's impossible, they tried to block the entrance but I got through again anyway," Kurt explained, "I said I don't go anymore, but...I just don't go as often."

"What's it like?" Blaine asked, still staring at the tree.

"You feel like an insect, but everything just so amazing. Kind of makes you more appreciative of flowers and things here when you've seen them bigger then buildings."

"Wow," Blaine grinned excitedly.

"You ready to go in?" Kurt asked, grabbing Blaine's hand again.

"Yeah, yeah let's go!" Blaine nodded.