I'm Not A Girl, I Swear [Discontinued]

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"Kurt, there is nothing here."

"There's always something," Kurt mumbled. He looked up when Sebastian walked through the commons. "Oi, Sebastian. How'd you get rid of your anorexia?"

Sebastian looked mildly surprised at the question but didn't ask. "Hospitalization."

Kurt frowned, turning back to his laptop. "There has to be something."

Blaine scrolled on his own. "I don't think there is. I mean, I've never been of the fifth page of a google search, but it's not even remotely related now."

"There has to be. What's this?"

Blaine looked over hopefully as Kurt clicked on a new website. It didn't have the information they were looking for, but it did have information that they both froze when they read.

• Every 62 minutes at least one person dies as a direct result from an eating disorder.

• Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.

• 1 in 5 anorexia deaths is by suicide.

• With treatment, 2 – 3% of people with anorexia die.

• With treatment, only 60% make a full recovery. About 20% make a partial recovery, still remaining very focused on food and weight. The final 20% stay dangerously underweight and still suffer from it.

• Only about 1 in 10 people with eating disorders receive treatment.

• 20% of people with anorexia who do not get treatment will die.

• About 80% of those who do get treatment don't get enough of it.

Kurt shut his laptop abruptly. "I think we're done for today," he said, putting it in his bag.

Blaine stopped him before he could leave. "Kurt, did you read that? If we don't get you help, you could d-die." He stumbled over the word, not wanting to think about it.

"We are getting me help, by doing all of this."

"Professional help, Kurt."

Kurt shook his head. "I'm fine, Blaine. I can handle this on my own."

"Kurt, twenty percent."

"Exactly. Only twenty percent."

"That's one out of five people."

"I'm not that person, okay?" Kurt kissed him. Then he took his bag and left the commons.

Blaine sunk back down onto the couch, not sure what to do. Kurt seemed so sure of himself, but getting professional help was the smart choice. There's an 80% chance he didn't die without help. There's a 60% chance it was gone from his life forever with help.

He wasn't going to recover without help, Blaine knew it as well as Kurt probably did.

He just wasn't sure if it was his place to step in. He might need help.