Barry Allen stepped into the coffee shop he went straight to the cashier, her blue eyes met his and she batted them at him, but he payed her no notice and ordered a cappuccino before letting his eyes roam around around the cafe for an empty table. Seeing an empty spot Barry sat at a secluded table in the corner of the shop just as his phone rang.
"Hey baby." he smiled as he heard his girlfriend on the other end of the call.
"Hey Barr, I was just calling to check if we're still on for this Friday?" she said.
"Should be alright," Barry replied, "I can't wait to see you, I'm missing you like crazy."
"So am I babe," she told him and they talked for a little while longer as he sipped on his coffee and as she moaned about how unfair it was that he could miss school before telling him hurriedly, "Ugh, hun I have to go. Who knew a takeout place would actually get customers. Love you, baby."
"Love you too, babe." Hanging up, he chuckled slightly, reaching for his coffee, but not before it was spilt all over his jeans as a hand tossed it off the table angrily. He stood up as the heat soaked through his jeans, "Hey! What was that for?"
He looked up to see two boys glaring at him, it didn't take long for Barry to notice they were wearing what looked like a uniform, "'BABE'?" one of them yelled using quote marks, "You're cheating on me?"
"Sorry-" Barry started.
"I think it's a little late for that." The second guy interceded
"How could you do this to me?"
"Look man-" Barry tried again but the first guy beat him to it.
"I think I've seen enough." He said before turning around and marching out of the coffee shop. His friend followed but not before shooting Barry a murderous glare.
Barry furrowed his brows in pure confusion before shrugging and sitting back down, trying his hardest to get rid of the stains on his jeans and to sooth the scorching pain with they ice one of the baristas gave him as he ordered another cappuccino.
Sebastian Smythe whistled to himself as he walked into Glee Club only to arrive to the whole team staring at him furiously, he stopped whistling and grinned only to receive further hatred from every one of them.
"What's up, guys?" he asked with a cocked brow.
Nick stepped out from near the back but instead of the usual smile that lit his face when he saw Sebastian, a pained expression crossed his face, "'What's up' is that they know what you did."
"What do you mean?"
"We know you cheated on Nick, asshole." Sebastian turned to the Warblers to see every one of them with hatred in their eyes.
"What? No I didn't!"
Thad scoffed, "Oh come on Sebastian, we heard your phone call at Lima Bean. You were even pathetic enough to say 'sorry'."
"What phone call? I didn't go to Lima Bean today, I had Lacrosse practice at lunch."
Nick growled, "Stop lying. That's just low even for you, Bas." Sebastian groaned, "Come on Thad, for some reason I don't feel like rehearsing today. Oh and in case it wasn't clear, we're over."
"Wait!" Sebastian called out but Nick just kept walking to door with Thad and few other boys trailing behind him, leaving Sebastian to wallow in his clueless misery. The club shunned him and ignored his attempts to start working on choreography.
That night, Sebastian tossed and turned eventually rising without any sleep early the next morning. Jeff, his roommate, wouldn't speak to him or even acknowledge his presence and the silence was killing him. He spent the rest of the morning until lunch either moping during his lessons or sulking whilst playing the piano in the glee club room. When lunch finally came by he went straight to Lima Bean and waited in the queue behind a guy who was about the same height as him. The man turned around and locked eyes with Sebastian who, despite recent events, had a huge grin on his face.
"Barry." he chuckled as his brother assaulted him with a hug almost spilling his coffee as he did so.
"Bassie." After Sebastian bought his coffee they sat at a sofa together in the middle of the shop, their backs to the door, "So, how's school?" Barry asked after a few moments of small talk and catching up, "I was actually gonna come see you tomorrow since you're gonna be at Mr Smythe's place, right?"
"Yeah, I am. I'm glad I saw you today though, it's exactly what I needed." At Barry's concerned look he leaned slightly into his brother in a somewhat comforting way, "School's fine. I'm loving lacrosse, but Glee couldn't be any more awkward." Sebastian's voice quietened and he had a pained expression in his glum and dim looking eyes.
"What do you mean?" Barry asked with concern.
"My boyfriend...he broke up with me. Now the whole club hates me because they think I - " He took a deep breath, "They think I cheated on him." Sebastian could feel the tears threatening to explode, and seeing this Barry held out his arms for a hug, which his brother gratefully accepted, allowing himself to be smothered by his brother's arms.
Unknown to the two, three boys were who had just walked in were watching the exchange with fury and disgust. Nick, in raging fit, charged up to the two, who had parted and were now enjoying their coffee in a comfortable silence, and tapped Sebastian's shoulder: a murderous look on his face. Sebastian turned around only to have a fist fly at his face.
Barry yelled and dove at his brother, "Oh my god. Bas, are you okay?" He heard a muffled 'fine' before turning to Nick, "What the fuck, dude? He's bleeding," Then he studied him more closely, "Hey, you're the guy who spilt coffee on me yesterday! What's your problem?"
Nick just stared in disbelief as Thad and Jeff came up behind him with equally awe stricken faces.
"What's wrong? Never seen twins before?" Barry asked snarkily with a scowl, before turning to check his brother's cheek which was swollen, "We should get your face cleaned up Bas, come on."
The two walked out of the shop and Sebastian led Barry to Dalton where he cleaned the blood from his face from the faint scrape and gave his brother some ice for the swelling.
"There's definitely gonna be a bruise," Barry stated once he was done as he sat on Sebastian's bed.
His brother sat beside him and replied, "I know."
"So, what was all that about?" Barry asked.
Bas sighed, "Those were my ex, Nick; his best friend, Thad; and my roommate, Jeff. Nick punched me because he apparently still thinks I cheated on him and he probably thought you were my boyfriend."
Despite everything Barry let out a laugh at the idea that he would date a guy let alone his twin brother, "That's gross." he chuckled before his face lit up with realisation, "I was at Lima Bean yesterday, and I was on the phone with Becky. He probably thought I was you and that you were cheating on him."
"That makes sense I guess." Sebastian checked the time on his watch, "I have to go to Glee."
"Can I come? I can meet more of your friends." Barry stood up.
Sebastian nodded and put down the ice pack, "Sure, but I doubt they count me as a friend anymore." His voice broke and Barry just nudged him like they used to do as children bringing a sad smile to both boys' faces.
"Come on." Barry finally said.
The two brothers went down to the library together only to stop at the door when they heard the club singing, it took a while for Barry to realise that they were singing to his brother. Sebastian had a small smile on his face as he heard Nick sing:
Hold me now
It's hard for me to say I'm sorry
I just want you to stay
The two stood by the door until the song was finished and Nick ended standing in front of Sebastian who was grinning like a madman, "I'm sorry," Nick said.
Sebastian cupped his face and brought his lips down onto Nick's as they kissed passionately, when they finally parted Bas said, "I love you." before attempting another kiss but being stopped by Barry's disgusted cry.
"Not again, watching the first one was enough," Sebastian just rolled his eyes but settled for wrapping an arm around Nick's waist.
Thad cocked a brow and crept towards Barry with narrowed eyes, "Homophobic are we?"
Barry just choked out a laugh, "No, no! That's not - no. It's just not very pleasant to see your brother, who has the same face as you, kissing some guy you don't even know."
Sebastian nodded, "Fair enough," Thad said, still not completely satisfied.
"Just for the record, that doesn't mean I'm going to stop making out with him." Sebastian smirked.
"Alright, I get it. That just means I have to get to know your boyfriend, so it's not as weird." Barry agreed with a sly grin, and chuckled at Sebastian's horrified face before winking at Nick, causing a rumbling laughter amongst the warblers.