Hi!

I really, really enjoyed writing this. It was so different writing this type of story about these two, but I'm glad it was only a short story, I don't think I could write chapters and chapters of this. It's heartbreaking :(

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this little story.

Loosely based on Taylor Swift's 'Should've Said No.'

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee.

Should've Said No.

Sitting in the park on a cold winter morning, Blaine needed a moment. He'd never thought he'd find himself in this predicament, never thought this would happen to him, but it had.

Pulling his coat tighter around him, he sat back and watched his breath turn into mist in front of him. It's strange to think the songs they used to sing, the smiles, the flowers, everything is gone. Everything. Eleven years of his life had disappeared in minutes. It didn't mean anything anymore.

He'd found out about it yesterday, one of their friends accidentally let it slip over coffee. He can picture the fight all too clearly, in the middle of the parking lot, but how could he do that? Even thinking about him feels wrong, how could Kurt do that to him?

After eleven years, he'd torn it apart. In a moment of weakness, he'd made the mistake, he'd said yes. Even being drunk wasn't enough of an excuse to fix this. Even though Blaine knew, he knew, it had happened, he couldn't believe it. His Kurt would never do that to him.

Running his hand through his hair he tried to process what would happen now. They'd been living together, what was to happen now? Blaine had no family here, neither did Kurt. Yes, they had friends, but did he really want to move in with his friends after they'd agreed to keep Kurt's secret from him? No, he didn't and he couldn't kick Kurt out like that.

He could feel the sting of his tears on his cheeks and he hated being reduced to this. Being reduced to this by the man he loved, the man he married. The man he shared a daughter with. Poor Taylor, what would she think when she got back from visiting her Nan and Granddad in Ohio.

Blaine didn't stop the sob that broke through his chest, it was five am, the park was cold and empty, there was no one to hear him. How could his story book ending have turned so tragic. How was he going to explain this to their six year old daughter without making Kurt look like the villain?

Trying to even out his breathing he started at the floor and forced himself to count to ten, a calming technique Rachel had taught him back at school.

One - I can't believe that bastard tore apart our family.

Two - I hate him, I do, I hate him so much. How could he do this to us?

Three - It was a drunken mistake, but that doesn't make it okay!

Four - He cheated. That bastard cheated.

Five - After eleven years of being together, seven years of marriage and a baby later, he cheats!? How could he!?

Six - Why!?

Seven - He should've said no. Why didn't he say no?

Eight - We why wasn't I there!? I should've been there!

Nine - I hate him.

Ten - I love him.

The tears were free falling as he looked up from the ground, only to see Kurt walking towards him. He choked back his sob, even just looking at him feels wrong. Yesterday morning he would've grinned like an idiot and ran to Kurt, wrapping him in a painful embrace.

Now, he didn't even have the energy to walk away from the man he thought loved him. He wanted to run, he wanted to scream but he couldn't. He didn't know what to do.

Kurt eventually came to a stop a few feet away, keeping his distance which Blaine appreciated. "Blaine-"

"I know Kurt, I know" he said sounding tired, that's what walking around Central Park all night does to a person. "You say that you'd take it all back given one chance" he sighed having heard it all yesterday. "It was a moment of weakness and you said 'yes.'"

"Blaine, I would take it back given the chance, it didn't mean anyth-" Kurt tried to tell him again through his own tears, but he'd had enough.

He'd heard the same excuses yesterday and no matter how many times Kurt said he was sorry or that it was a mistake, it didn't matter. It didn't change anything. Kurt had cheated. He'd cheated on him, on their daughter. He'd cheated.

"You should've said no" he growled looking at the promise ring he'd been wearing on his ring finger since High School, they'd chosen to keep them instead of wedding rings. Blaine had thought it was so romantic at the time. "You should've gone home Kurt. You should've thought twice before you let-" he couldn't believe how much this hurt. "Before you let it all go, before you let me go. Before you let Taylor g-"

"Blaine" Kurt interrupted with his cry, "you can't take Taylor away from me. She's my daughter as much as she is yours!" Taylor was biologically his, after endless conversation's about it they'd finally agreed their first child would be his and the second would be Kurt's. Of course that was before he imagined Kurt would ever cheat.

Blaine shook his head, he could never take Taylor away from Kurt, but if he had to leave, Taylor was leaving with him. "I won't take her away from you Kurt, she is as much yours as she is mine, but when I leave. She's coming with me," he ignored Kurt's sobbing, he had too. "You broke this family Kurt, and you have to deal with that."

"How could you?" he asked brokenly finally looking at the man he hated for loving so much. "You should've known that word with what you did with him would get back to me" he gestured helplessly. "He was our friend Kurt, not your's, not mine, ours. Of course it would get back to me! Did you think you'd sleep with him and then thats that?"

Kurt was looking at him with tear-filled eyes, he looked tired, like he too hadn't slept all night. His hair was disheveled and he was still wearing the outfit he'd been wearing yesterday. He was so unlike his Kurt, which made sense considering the Kurt he'd fallen in love with would never have cheated. "I didn't- Blaine I love you."

His heart hurt as the words stabbed him like pins, "you don't get to say that to me anymore Kurt" he growled through gritted teeth.

"But I do" Kurt said helplessly taking a step towards him.

"Don't Kurt" he warned. "Just don't." Kurt shouldn't be the one crying here, he was the one that ruined this, not him. The choice was in Kurt's hands and he'd chosen wrong.

Kurt stopped and shoved his hands in his pockets, biting at his lip as he tried to force himself to stop crying because he knew, he knew that Blaine was right. And Blaine knew he knew that, that's why it didn't make sense. Why would Kurt do this to them?

He knew it wasn't his fault, that Kurt was an adult who'd made his own choice, but he should've been there. "I should've been there" he said glaring at the man he loved through watery eyes, "in the back of your mind. I should've been there."

Blaine appreciated that Kurt was allowing him to speak and not drowning him in apologies again, but he didn't want to even be here. He didn't want to be sat on a bench outside Central Park Zoo at five on a Saturday December morning, trying to understand why.

"I shouldn't be asking myself why, Kurt" his voice broke and he hated how his heart jumped when he saw Kurt reach out for him, before shoving his hands back in his pocket. "I don't even want to ask you why because I don't think I could handle the answer."

"Blaine it was a mistake!" Kurt yelled and he didn't have the fight in him, "it was a mistake. I know that's no excuse but it was. Too much alcohol, no awareness and a boosted sex drive. That's all it was, and I know that won't fix this and I know it doesn't make it better, but it had nothing to do with you."

The silence hung over them like a knife. Blaine couldn't breath through his sobs and Kurt had forced himself to almost stop crying. "Blaine, you were everything to me, you are everything to me. So is our Daughter and I can't believe I did this to us. You can't hate me more than I hate myself. I know I screwed up B, I do but please. Please forgive me."

Even through his heaves Blaine had to laugh, "forgive you? You shouldn't be begging for forgiveness at my feet, Kurt" he exclaimed. "You should've said no" he said gesturing wildly and taking one shaky step towards him, "you shouldn't have anything to apologise for!"

"I don't want to lose you" Kurt said helplessly in the silence that followed and he couldn't believe it was possible for this man to break his heart any more than he already had.

"You should've said no baby, and you'd still have me. I would never have left you Kurt, never. And I'm only leaving now because you've forced me into. Kurt I love you" he said hating himself for saying the words aloud, "but you should've said no."

He finally forced himself to look Kurt in his tear filled eyes. He can see everything in them, he can see the self-loathing, the love and regret, but it doesn't change anything. It can't change anything. "Blaine, we can get over this, together I know we can."

Blaine shook his head but held his gaze, a lump forming in his throat making answering impossible. They couldn't get over this. "Blaine we could" Kurt insisted, tears falling as he nodded. "We can get through this Blaine, we're strong enou-"

"No Kurt, I'm not strong enoug-"

"Yes Blaine, you are. After a few months we can move on, it'll be as if-"

Blaine couldn't believe what he was hearing. "As if it never happened? Are you being serious Kurt? Do you honestly expect me to believe we could ever be the same?" Kurt's helpless nod brought a fresh wave of tears, "no Kurt, we cant."

Kurt nodded stepping closer despite the warning in his eyes, "yes we can Blaine. The past is the past, we can move on from this. You know I won't do it again, just give me one more chance."

"I don't" Blaine whispered sadly, because he didn't. He never thought there would come a day when he couldn't trust Kurt, but it had arrived and it was horrible.

"You don't what?" Kurt asked just as quietly, his eyes already showing he knew the words coming would hurt.

"I don't know you won't do it again Kurt, that's the point." He ignored Kurt's cries, he needed to know. "I can't trust you with my heart after this Kurt" he said lowering his gaze to the ring he was fiddling with.

Kurt was shaking his head adamantly, "It won't Blaine. It was a moment of weakness. It was a mistake, just one chance Blaine. One chance that's all I ask, please? I love you, I can't live without you Blaine"

At Kurt's words Blaine's knees buckled under him and he fell to the floor. Kurt rushed forward to support him but he pushed him back, he'd done this. He saw the hurt in Kurt's eyes at his rejection and he was glad. He thought he couldn't live without Kurt, but now he was going to have to learn to. So Kurt would have to learn as well.

He knew it was inevitable, but the words still hurt. Hearing them out loud hurt, thinking them hurt. Everything hurt. "Blaine I need you" Kurt continued sensing a moment of weakness. "We're meant for each other Blaine, please don't let my mistake ruin what we have" he said kneeling next to him, the tears falling uncontrollably, "don't let it ruin our family."

Blaine's sobs had started to subside because he realised there was no point in crying, it wouldn't solve anything. Crying wouldn't mend his broken heart or turn back time, there was nothing crying could help him with right now, so he'd told himself to stop.

Kurt had already broken his heart, he wouldn't let him break his dignity too. Pulling out of Kurt's weak grasp he stood up and wiped the dirt from his knees. Kurt followed and he once again forced himself to look at Kurt, really look at him for this would be the last time he'd ever say this.

"I love you Kurt, so much" he said forcing the tears to stay hidden, once he'd turned his back he could cry, but not until then. Kurt stood watching him, his eyes scared and he hated that he was doing that, but it was nothing compared to what Kurt had put him through.

Reaching for Kurt's hand, he saw a smile appear at the corner of his mouth and was glad to know this would hurt. False hope was a bitch. He gripped Kurt's hand for a moment, before turning it over and opening his palm, "Blaine?" Kurt asked, tears in his voice. He knew what was coming.

Blaine placed the promise ring, his wedding ring, in the centre of Kurt's palm. Giving him back the past eleven years of his life, "and I always will."

"Blaine" Kurt pleaded, his voice breaking in ways that used to make Blaine run to him, not turn and walk away.

Kurt continued to call his name, but didn't seem to make any effort to move. He'd walked five steps from Kurt when he turned around. There was one thing he needed to know, he couldn't walk away and never know the answer, "I can't resist" he laughed helplessly, "before I go tell me this?"

Kurt nodded "anything Blaine. You can ask me anything?" he said, the tears subsiding as he realised fighting was hopeless. He'd lost. They'd both lost.

"Was he worth it?" he asked shoving his hands in his pockets as he refused to look away from Kurt's defeated gaze.

Kurt's body slumped while he clutched their promise of forever in his hands. "No, Blaine. No. No he wasn't worth it, nothing every would be" he answered truthfully.

Blaine smiled sadly as he dropped his gaze to the floor. That was it, that was all he needed to know. Without looking back at the man he loved, he turned and walked away. Only allowing his tears to spill when Kurt was too far behind to hear.

What did you guys think!?

I decided to write Kurt as the one who cheated because I think it's more shocking. Mind you any of them cheating is shocking considering they're so perfect, but maybe you'll see what I mean.

See you next update!

Love Kaylee xx