_{“So you finally figure out you’re not invincible and come running back here? Man, you’ve got some nerve…”} 

_{He was afraid. More than that, Kurt was hurt. Angry. Confused. He’d never gotten over that day. It seemed he was always thinking of what he could have done, what he could have said. But, in the end, it was Ky’lar that chose his path and burned his own bridges. Now, he was trying to cross the ashes of his past mistakes.} 

_{“How do I know you won’t turn on us again, huh? How do I know my friends are safe if I let you in?”}

_{if this was anyone else, he would have used the old phrase ‘have i ever lied to you?’, but the problem was it wouldn’t work anymore. not here, not around kurt, and not around anyone else that was in the general area. maybe coming here wasn’t a good idea, but it was his last chance, and he wasn’t going to screw it up.}

_{“i didn’t come running back here.” rather, he had options, and this was the last one on his list – his final chance to not just stop this from going on further, but also attempt to rebuild everything he had ruined. even if it was just a lie… a lie based on a truth was something. or so he thought.} 

_{“all i need is a place to stay for a while — a place that is safe.” more like a place he could hide out at until he figured out how to fix this problem. something…. that he doubted he could ever do. well, besides the option of turning himself in.}