They end up going to Kurt's house for real this time. It's cosy and smells nice. There are carpets in every room Blaine has seen so he won't need to sit on cold hard floor and he feels happy about that. It's always difficult for him to sit still when his butt or knees get sore.

Mr. H and Kurt talk about something and afterwards the cat hybrid takes him upstairs and into his bedroom.

“Please, sit down,” Kurt says as he grabs something from the table and sits down on his bed. Without thinking Blaine falls onto his knees and sits back on his heels. “Um… you can sit on the bed, you know?” Kurt suggests patting the bed.

Blaine looks at him with suspicion. He has never been allowed on the human furniture. Of course, it's Kurt's – hybrid's – furniture but it still looks the same. Maybe it's a trick. Blaine remembers one of Sebastian's friends telling him he can sit on a chair with them and he ended up getting punished for acting disrespectfully to humans. On the other hand, he trusts Kurt so he gingerly gets up and sits on the edge, eyeing him carefully. His body hurts in this position but he doesn't move.

Kurt seems to be reading his mind. “Don't you think it would be more comfortable for you to lie down?” he asks and when Blaine doesn't show any signs of comprehension he imitates what he wants the other hybrid to do.

Finally it dawns to Blaine that he is allowed not only to sit on the bed but also to lie on it and he lies back so that his head is on the pillow. It's so comfy. The human bed is much softer and much more comfortable than his doggie bed. He feels all his muscles relax and yawns. He's been sleeping a lot but he blames it on a long scary night.

“My dad told me to look for some missing hybrid posters online to see if anyone is looking for you but I won't,” Kurt's muffled voice reaches him in his sleepy state. “Don't tell him, okay? It's our secret.”

It's the last thing he hears before falling asleep. His sleep is restless. He dreams of Sebastian leashing him on a tree in the forest and letting people beat him. Kurt is one of them. His subconsciousness provides images of people's feet by his face while he eats off the floor and the belt Sebastian's father used for his punishments. He whimpers in his sleep as the blow hits his stomach. With a yelp Blaine wakes up.

He looks around and realises that Sebastian's father is nowhere to be seen. When he notices he is lying on a human bed he remembers where he is. It's Kurt's room, Kurt's bed. Trying to keep his breathing even Blaine rubs his belly where the imaginary belt smacked him. In reality it hurts as well and the hybrid frowns. It shouldn't hurt if it was just a dream. Unless, Kurt or Mr. H really beat him while he was asleep?

Blaine tries to sit up and the pain just gets stronger. He looks down to see his belly pushed out a little and only then recognizes what's going on – his bladder is painfully full. He shifts a little trying to lessen the pressure but nothing helps.

Blaine is well-bred so he is bathroom trained but it doesn't help in his situation because he has no idea where the bathroom in this house is. He wants to go looking for it but he doesn't know if he is allowed to leave Kurt's bedroom.

Kurt, come back, Blaine wants to shout but he can't. He can only hope that Kurt will be back before it's too late.

Time goes slowly while the hybrid lies in bed squeezing his inner muscles and willing his bladder to stop hurting. Sometimes it doesn't hurt much but then cramps hit him and he tenses up trying as hard as he can to not wet himself. It goes well for some time until during one super painful cramp Blaine feels himself leaking a few drops and he can't stop from there.

Not the bed, not the bed, he thinks and jumps off it. He knows he will be in a lot of trouble for soiling his new clothes and the carpet but at least Kurt won't have to sleep in a dirty bed.

There is so much liquid coming out of him and no matter how hard Blaine squeezes it doesn't stop. In the end he is left standing in the middle of the room with wet pants and a small puddle soaking the carpet. Blaine looks down and two heavy tears fall into the mess on the floor. Just like he couldn't stop the pee, he can't stop the tears from falling.

This family has been nothing but nice to him and here he goes and makes a smelly mess in their house. He isn't scared of being punished or thrown out, he is more afraid to see the look on their faces when they realise what Blaine has done. They took him in when his best friend abandoned him and this is how he repays them.

Stupid Blaine, stupid, he chants in his mind.

He needs to clean it up, he knows it. He looks around and sees a box of tissues on Kurt's bedside table. He makes his way to grab them, the pants now getting colder unpleasantly. The hybrid takes the box and goes back to the wet spot. He gets on his knees and starts dabbing the puddle with the tissues. They absorb the fluids quickly but after he uses the last tissues there is still much dampness left. He has nothing else to clean it with.

Blaine looks around but suddenly it becomes the least of his worries because he hears steps and soon the door is opening. The hybrid watches in fear as Mr. H comes into the room. No, he wants Kurt. Kurt will be gentler with the punishment.

“Blaine, lunch is–” the man begins but doesn't end the sentence as he is left surprised when he sees what's going on. He sees the man sniffing around and Blaine can see the very moment he realises what the hybrid has done. Blaine hunches when Mr. H takes a step towards him. “Hey, shh, it's okay, everyone has accidents, alright? Kurt used to wet his bed for two years after my wife and I adopted him. It's okay to be stressed in a new place, especially after what happened to you. Nobody is angry, everything is fine. You can take a shower and we will all forget this happened. Sounds good?”

So that's what his punishment is. A shower. Blaine hates them, especially in winter because it's so cold outside. Luckily for him it's only the end of summer and while it's not particularly warm outside at least there is no snow. He can take this punishment.

Mr. H shouts for Kurt to come upstairs and Blaine doesn't want him anymore. He is too embarrassed. He knows that Kurt doesn't have accidents because he is trusted to sleep in a bed. Kurt is a good hybrid and Blaine is not. His cheeks flare red when the hybrid walks into the room. He can't even look at Kurt's face while Mr. H explains him what a bad dog Blaine is. Because at that moment Blaine feels like nothing more than just an animal.

Kurt is kneeling by his side in an instant and Blaine can't understand why, after all he must smell awfully. “I'm so, so sorry, Blaine,” Kurt apologises and for the first time Blaine looks up at him. Kurt hasn't done anything wrong, Blaine should be the one apologising but he doesn't know how. “I should have showed you where the bathroom was or just stayed with you until you woke up.”

“I'll clean the mess and you go help Blaine into the shower,” the human instructs and Kurt pulls Blaine off the floor.

“Let's go to the bathroom,” he says cheerfully and Blaine follows him out of the bedroom.

They walk into the room across the corridor and Blaine recognizes it as a bathroom. He looks at the toilet and tilts his head to the side. He doesn't need to pee anymore. Kurt must have brought him here to show him where to go next time.

“You can use this bathroom,” Kurt tells him pulling a towel out of the cabinet. Blaine doesn't need to use it so he shakes his head. “No? You don't like it?”

Not sure how to express his thoughts Blaine shows at his stained pants and then at the toilet.

“Oh, you mean you don't want to now? That's okay, it's for the next time,” Kurt tells him and Blaine nods. Next time, okay. “You know how to use it, don't you?”

Blaine nods again blushing. Of course Kurt doubts his abilities to act like a civilized hybrid. If he is given time he will prove them that he is better than that.

“Alright, here is your towel,” Kurt says giving it to Blaine. “I'll bring you the change of clothes later. Use the products in the shower, they are mine so they are more cat-friendly but they should suffice until we get you the dog hybrid ones.”

Blaine stands there dumbfounded. He knows that Kurt wants him to shower but he doesn't know how he is supposed to do it. His showers always involved the backyard and a hose.

“How are you, guys, doing in here?” Mr. H asks walking past the bathroom.

“I don't think Blaine has ever had a shower before,” Kurt says slowly.

“No? Run him a bath then, we can teach him later. Now he is too distressed I think,” Mr. H suggests and disappears.

“A bath it is,” Kurt says with excitement. “I'll use my favourite bubbles for you. You will feel much better after you take a bath,” he says preparing the bathtub.

It takes time for the bath to be ready but Kurt distracts Blaine by talking to him so it's not that bad. He almost forgets why they are there in the first place. Kurt turns the water off and urges him to get in. It's scary because the water is covered by a thick layer of foam but Blaine has promised himself to take his punishment without whining so he bravely raises his right leg ready to stick it into the tub.

“No, no, no,” Kurt says quickly grabbing his arm gently. “You need to take your clothes off first. I forgot it's all new to you. Come here, I'll help you.”

With a lot of assistance from Kurt Blaine is left in his boxer briefs. The cat hybrid turns around and tells him to get them off and go sit in the bathtub. Blaine takes his wet underwear off and puts them on the pile of other clothes. He steps into the tub and when his feet feel the warmth he sits down astonished. He can't believe he is sitting in a human bathtub full of warm water with tiny bubbles popping around him silently. Blaine takes handfuls of them and rubs his hands together. The bubbles disappear between them. Fascinated Blaine does the same with more bubbles. He barks at Kurt to get his attention.

The hybrid turns back to him and Blaine shows him how bubbles disappear between his hands. Kurt smiles at him widely.

“I'm glad you are enjoying my bubbles,” he says sitting down on the edge of the tub and playing with the bubbles himself. “I like them too. They smell really nice and they make your skin very soft.”

Blaine inhales deeply relishing on the smell. It smells like some flowers and it's so much better than the smell of his pee. The hybrid laughs at himself. He is so silly for comparing those two.

“I wish you could tell me what you are laughing about,” Kurt says with a sad smile. “After the bath we'll go reheat lunch, eat, and then we'll start your speaking lessons, okay?”

Some foam gets on Blaine's nose and he skews his eyes to look at it.

“I'll take it as a yes,” Kurt laughs.