It had been about 4 weeks since the New Directions had won regionals and everyone was still extremely excited about heading to nationals very soon. Blaine was particularly happy, this would be his first nationals competition and his gut was telling him they were going to win it. He and Kurt were better than ever also, now Sebastian had pretty much returned to the shadows, Kurt no longer had to worry about him stealing Blaine away from him. Blaine was happy too, Sebastian had apologised for damaging his eye and had kept to his word that he would stop trying to sabotage the New Directions. Everything was verging on perfect, or so it was supposed to be.
As much as Blaine tried to deny it, he missed seeing and speaking to Sebastian regularly. He had seen him in passing at the Lima Bean a couple of times with Kurt, but nothing more than an exchange of nods occurred. At first, Blaine simply put it down to losing a friend or something, Sebastian had apologised and that made them friends, kind of, right? No, and Blaine knew it didn't but he didn't want to admit to himself that he missed being the center of Sebastian's attention. He missed the flirting, the looks, the comments, the way he felt when Sebastian complimented him, the way he felt guilty that he didn't feel guilty, despite begin with way every time he and Sebastian parted ways, he counted down the moments until he could speak to him again, just so he could feel special, because that's how Sebastian made him feel. Special.
The plan, if you could call it a plan, was to simply wait in the Lima Bean one Wednesday waiting for Sebastian to come in and then he would just go up to him, say hi, and have coffee with him. He was bound to at some point, Blaine knew the Warbler's schedule and they would always come here on Wednesdays. As Blaine was sitting, twirling his nearly finished coffee in his hands, he started to think about what he was doing. I'm with Kurt, for Christs sake. Why is this so important to me? But the thoughts didn't last long as he looked up to see the tall Warbler stroll in. Blaine had to admit that the blazer was doing things for him that nothing else could, but quickly snapped back to the plan. To just have coffee with a friend. And if he was complimented in some way or made to feel as if he was Sebastian's whole world then it was just a happy accident that he would have to accept. Right?
Wrong. Blaine confidently walked up to Sebastian who was stationed at the desk, pretending not to notice him until the last moment, the moment where Sebastian couldn't simply nod and move on, he'd have to talk to him.
"Oh hi, Sebastian!" Blaine gestured, maybe a little too shocked to see Sebastian. Sebastian turned in surprise at the voice calling him.
"Oh, it's you.." Sebastian said, his voice sounding slightly disappointed. He quickly shook his head and continued. "How err, how are you?" he said, his tone implying he didn't really know what to say. Blaine observed him looking around slightly, not focusing on him at was frustrating, to say the least.
"I'm fine, how are you?" he asked back, frowning slightly at Sebastian's distance from the conversation.
"What? Oh, yeah, I'm good.." Sebastian said, slightly faster than before. He turned to the cashier attendant and paid for his coffee. Blaine was confused, why was he being off with him like this? He had forgiven him weeks ago for the eye incident, there was no need for him to still be acting awkwardly around him. Especially if Kurt wasn't there.
"Sebastian, why are y-" Blaine started, but was quickly cut off by Sebastian.
"Look, Blaine, I can't really talk now, we'll catch up soon, yeah?" He said in a way that was ushering Blaine to leave.
"Oh, yeah, no worries, I catch you later then?" Blaine said, shocked and a little hurt. But Sebastian had already started walking off to the far end of the shop to find a seat. This wasn't really how Blaine's plan was supposed to go, he was supposed to be excited to have coffee with him and then he was supposed make inappropriate compliments that Blaine secretly craved. Why was he acting like this?
Blaine stuck around outside for a few minutes, just to see what Sebastian was up to. Why was he doing this, who knew! He had a boyfriend that he loved that would daily compliment him in ways that would please Blaine, but he just wanted this. He wanted Sebastian's attention and couldn't stand to think that something couldn't be preventing it from happening. And that's when he saw Sebastian smile, no grin. And Blaine instantly smiled too, but not for long. Not once he saw that Blaine was standing up and hugging someone else, another Warbler it seemed, one that Blaine didn't recognise.
Blaine found himself angry. Why was he so angry though? So, what? Sebastian was having coffee with another guy, not Blaine. It didn't matter, Blaine would constantly tell Sebastian he was having coffee with Kurt in the past, forcing Sebastian to leave. So why did it hurt so much being rejected by someone who wasn't his boyfriend. That's when Blaine stormed off, rather childishly, and went home. He ignored calls from Kurt and just went home, infuriated with Sebastian and he didn't even know why.