AN: Here's the new chapter! Yay! Hopefully the mistakes are at a minimum. I'm liking this stream of consciousness thing so that will be the main style throughout. I gave you a little Kurt POV in here so be on the lookout for that ;) Otherwise, enjoy!

It was another two days before he saw the boys again and he'd gotten no phone call or text from Kurt. Naturally he assumed that they'd made up and gotten their dirty on. So it was quite a shock to find the tension between them, even on stage, was palpable. He spared a thought that it was a good thing they were playing opposing roles for most of the play because had they been cast another way he wasn't sure they'd be able to get through the whole show in one piece. When he snuck backstage, he found Kurt rubbing make up off his face viciously, almost irritating his skin.

"You were wonderful. Best Riff I've ever seen." Kurt looked up and his eyes widened at the flower arrangement he held.

"Sebastian. What are you doing here?"

"Well, Blaine gave the Warblers tickets and I wanted to come see you so I came and here I am. These are for you, gorgeous." He replied, setting the vase down on the vanity with a soft thunk.

"Thank you, Sebastian that was sweet of you." He blushed prettily.

"Hey Kurt, we need to ta-Oh hi, Sebastian. I didn't know you were coming with the Warblers."

"Well, you did give us tickets. I thought I'd come see Kurt here, and his friends of course." He winked.

"Oh, um, yeah. Um, can I talk to my boyfriend alone for a moment, Sebastian?" The emphasis wasn't lost on him, nor was the transparent bid to get him away, but he allowed it for now.

"Catch me up later, yeah Kurt?"

"Sure."

"See you then." With a final wink, Sebastian departed, slowly enough to hear the opening gambit of the impending fight.

"What was he doing back here, giving you flowers and flirting with you!"

"Blaine he's just a friend. Or have you forgotten how you met with him for coffee, at our coffee place, twice before you even mentioned him to me!"

Oh this was not going in Blaine's favor; awesome.

He came to every single show with a new flower arrangement, and by the end of the seven day run, Kurt and Blaine were barely speaking to each other. Finally, on the last night he heard what he'd been waiting to hear for two weeks.

"Well fine, if you like him and his flowers so much, just have him instead of me! I'm done Kurt! I won't be second to him!"

"You know what, you wouldn't be if you didn't make yourself."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"He's not the one putting you in this role, Blaine. He's nice, and yes he brings me flowers, but you're the one making this important, not me and not him. I've told you that I don't want him; that I won't choose him over you, but you just can't accept that. So if you're really that insecure about our relationship and your place in my heart, then maybe we would be better off apart." Sebastian almost missed Blaine storming past him as he heard Kurt start sobbing into his dressing table. He let the idiot go and walked quietly into the room.

"Hey."

"Go away, haven't you caused enough problems already!" Kurt screamed at him.

"I'm sorry Kurt, I didn't mean for this to happen." He really hadn't. He'd wanted them to break up, but not for Kurt to be hurt like this. He just wanted the beautiful boy to know his worth and for his boyfriend to know it too. Had Blaine wised up and seen how special Kurt was, they would be making out right now instead of fighting.

"Yes you did. You wanted us to break up so you could have me, well guess what, neither of you get me now." Kurt spat at him.

"I guess I'll go and give you some space. But do me a favor, yeah?"

"What? What could you possibly want from me now? My happiness wasn't enough?"

"Look up what the flowers mean." With one last look at the crying boy, Sebastian left.


It took Kurt three weeks to gain enough courage to actually do what Sebastian told him to. The flowers had all been beautiful, but he'd had no idea that there was a hidden meaning in them. He hoped that none of the symbols were bad, but with Sebastian it was hard to tell. So one night, shortly after the play ended and Glee started to really gear up for Sectionals, Kurt took out his laptop and sat down with a mug of tea to look up what the flower arrangements meant.

He had to look up what some of the individual flowers were first, and that took a little while. The first arrangement had been of red and yellow roses, which symbolized congratulations. That was pretty tame and rather appropriate. The next one had been variegated tulips. They stood for pretty eyes; another innocuous one. Kurt was trying to figure out exactly what Sebastian was getting at with all of this.

Pink tiger lilies, for wealth and pride were next, paired with purple stock which symbolized affection and beauty. Kurt looked up from his research with a sigh. He pulled his tea to him and took a long drink wondering what this was all leading up to. What was the point of all these flowers and their meanings? Why did it matter to Sebastian so much? Oh well, he was almost done and then he could put this whole thing out of his head and focus on getting over his failed relationship with Blaine.

Violets and purple tulips were after that, the first meaning modesty and the second the perfect lover. Kurt snorted, that was rather explicit of him and something he'd expect from the lustful little meerkat. The next arrangement was red roses and baby's breath, symbolizing passion and love. Saturday's flowers, orange ranunculus and red orchids, meant radiance and delicate beauty.

The last arrangement, however, was the most intricate and as Kurt found out meant the most. Bright yellow sunflowers were paired with vibrant red tulips, all of it accented with orange statice. The sunflower meant homage and devotion, the tulips were a declaration of love and the statice stood for lasting beauty. Stunned at all the symbolism, Kurt closed his laptop with a click and sat back to think.

Blaine had been curious about Sebastian at first, but once he'd shown a marked interest in Kurt he'd turned defensive and possessive. Kurt had thought when it started that it was lovely to have his boyfriend so upset that another guy was paying him attention, it showed he cared for Kurt. But as it went on, he decided that he wasn't upset that Sebastian liked Kurt, he was upset that the Dalton boy didn't like him instead. And Sebastian was baiting him, for whatever reason, and Kurt just couldn't trust the boy. So where did that leave him? He needed to talk to Sebastian to figure anything out it seemed. Resolved on a course of action, Kurt finished his tea and went to bed. He had a Warbler to track down and an ex-boyfriend to get over.

The next day, Kurt decided to start his travels at The Lima Bean. For one, he needed coffee. Two, Sebastian seemed to frequent the place almost as much as he did. It turned out that he was half right. He did actually feel better after having his coffee. Sebastian, however, was nowhere in sight. Ducking out with his hot drink in hand, he only just managed to avoid a few Warblers in the back when he ran head long into his quarry.

"Kurt! Shit, here, let me help you." Sebastian bent down to pick up his dropped cup with a sincere look of apology on his face. Kurt suddenly couldn't wait to ask his questions.

"Did you mean it all? Why, when I was in a relationship? Why did you try to break us up? What is your real motivation here because as far as I can see you're just stirring up trouble and I-"

"Wow, let a guy answer yeah?" Sebastian cut him off with a grin, steering them both over to a table near the counter.

"I just-you left me at a loss, Sebastian. I just want to clear up my confusion." The taller male looked down at him for a moment before nodding and pushing him down into a chair at the table he'd claimed while Kurt was unaware.

"Let me get fortified and I'll answer any questions you have, okay?" He replied with a smile and Kurt fought down the typical flutter in his stomach at the action.

"Yeah, okay."


Sebastian Smythe was a wreck. How could one tiny little twink in nowhere Ohio make him feel so much in such a short time? He'd had French lovers of the highest caliber in Paris and the best that the clubs in Columbus had to offer, but here was this pale little prude in Lima who wouldn't leave his fucking head. He'd hoped for a distraction from loserville and he'd gotten it. The problem was that as boring as Lima was, Kurt Hummel was enough fascinating for the streets of New York City. Really if he'd had any brain he'd have realized that he never stood a chance.

Now the best he could hope for was to apologize for being a complete douche and hope that the lovely thing forgave him. Sebastian didn't grovel, but he'd do almost anything at this point to get back to neutral. He'd never meant to do so much damage, but he'd been unable to help it. One look from those blue as you please eyes and he'd been gone. Then to see his boyfriend treat him more like a possession or some pretty limpet on his arm just enraged him.

Blaine had been by the commons a couple of times in the last week to visit his old school. Thankfully Sebastian had been otherwise occupied at the time. But because of his visits, the Dalton grapevine was inundated with news of the recently unhappy couple. For instance he now knew that 'Klaine' had split. He also knew that Blaine was not as broken up as he'd expected and that no one had seen Kurt outside of classes. He'd even been skipping glee club which was extremely unlike him. What Sebastian couldn't figure out was what had Kurt hanging on when it seemed his "completely devoted" boyfriend wasn't?

Oh well, another problem for another day. If he didn't get coffee he wasn't going to function at all and he did have a Chem test to study for. He couldn't even remember where he'd gotten that lame idea to send flowers that meant something. I mean all flowers mean something, but to pick them out based on what they meant was a step too far. And there goes hit though process again. God how was he going to get this guy out of his head. Perhaps thinking and walking at the same time wasn't a good idea because he'd just run into-yep damn his luck that's Kurt Hummel. Fantastic.

AN: So I literally just realized how short this is! I am working on the next part right now though so maybe I'll have an update before the weekend is up. :)