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It was months later when it finally happened.

"I'm never going to get over the size of this place," Kurt chuckled, walking up the staircase.

Blaine, trying to stay right by his side, nearly ran into Nick. "Oh, sorry, Nick."

"It's okay," Nick mumbled, hardly looking at him.

Kurt had stopped, looking between Nick and Blaine curiously. "Oh, um, Nick, this is Kurt. He's a transfer. Kurt, this is Nick."

Kurt smiled, shaking Nick's hand. "Nice to meet you, Nick."

"Likewise," his voice was hardly audible. He continued on his way, head down.

"What's his story?" Kurt asked, watching him leave.

Blaine felt a pang in his chest at Kurt's interest. "Nick? I don't know, he's... Nick."

Kurt laughed. "Very specific."

"He used to be one of the most popular kids in school, super funny and an actual genius. We were really great friends. Then... I don't know. He started pulling away from us and his grades were slipping. He hardly says anything to anyone, really." Blaine frowned, realizing how bad it was when he said it aloud. He was rather worried.

"Is he dating anyone?"

No, screw this, Blaine wasn't going to let Nick near Kurt. He didn't care how worried he was. "Yeah. Ashton Krutcher."

Kurt nodded slowly, turning back around and continuing to walk upstairs. Blaine quickly followed, but Kurt's walk was less purposeful now.

"Is something wrong?" Blaine sincerely hoped Kurt wasn't upset that Nick wasn't single.

At first he thought Kurt hadn't heard him, but then he blurted it out.

"He's wearing makeup."

"He- what?" Blaine asked, completely confused.

Kurt wrapped his arms around himself self consciously. "Yeah, just... He's wearing makeup. Concealer."

"And that's a problem because...?"

"It's a problem because there's nail marks on his wrist that his long sleeves nearly hide and makeup on his face. He's hiding injuries. Grades slipping, pulling away from his friends, hardly talking, but he still has a boyfriend."

Kurt paused and turned around, walking back to where Blaine had stopped in his tracks. "I didn't..." he was white as a sheet.

He sighed, rubbing his arm. "Look, let's just head to my dorm and then you can introduce me to this Ashton guy. Pretend you just ran into him while showing me around."