Sick

I Promise

    Burt and Carole walked slowly back into the room, neither of them wanting to break the news.

    “Can I please go home?” Kurt asked, his voice quiet and his cheeks wet and flushed.

    “I’m sorry buddy,” Burt said and Kurt’s eyes welled up again. “Listen, I’m going to stay with you tonight and Finn and Puck are going to get your stuff from school tomorrow. The doctor said they’re going to be running some more tests and while they do that we’re going to run home and I’ll come back with some of your things, okay?” Kurt nodded and leaned against Noah’s chest. Burt said goodbye and went to get the car ready while Finn and Carole followed behind him. Puck stayed sitting with Kurt while they waited for a nurse to come get him to run some tests. They sat in silence for a while until Kurt spoke.

    “Noah,” he said quietly.

    “Yeah?” he said.

    “I love you.”

    “I love you too,” Noah told him.

    “Do you mean that?” Kurt asked.

    “Yeah of course,” Noah said, surprised, “You’re the only person I’ve said that to and meant it. Why would you ask?”

    “Because… because I know there are all those girls at school who would like to hook up with you and I’m gonna be really sick and they’ll be giving me chemo so I’ll lose all my hair and…” Kurt said, getting more and more hysterical.

    “Hey, hey, hey, come on,” Noah said, puling Kurt closer, “I don’t care about any of those girls cause all I want is you; and I know you’re gonna be really sick and I intend to be there with you the whole time and when you lose your hair, if it makes you feel better, I’ll shave my head. Kurt, I love you and only you. Okay?” Kurt nodded, tears falling from his eyes as he wrapped his arms around his boyfriend.

    At that moment the nurse walked in and Noah left as they took Kurt to run more tests.

    “I’ll see you tomorrow,” Noah said, “I promise.”