It was Blaine who first suggested that the three of them meet up for coffee after school, a few days after they had gone to Scandals. He had agreed with much more ease than he had with the Scandals outing, not only because coffee was relatively harmless but also because after he had talked to Sebastian, he had come to the conclusion that despite the sarcasm and arrogance, Sebastian was still human. Of course that didn't mean he wasn't Sebastian and Kurt realised this as soon as he entered the Lima Bean.

"If it isn't the one and only gay face…" Sebastian drawled and Kurt would have been offended if he hadn't spotted the teasing glint in the other boy's eyes.

"Hello to you too," Kurt sniffed and sat down. "Where's Blaine?"

"He's getting his coffee; he was going to wait for you…" Sebastian shrugged. "But you were late."

"Not that late!" Kurt rolled his eyes at the accusation. "Five minutes at the most."

Sebastian scoffed.

"Try 15," He said and Kurt glared at him. "What were you doing anyway? School ended like half an hour ago."

"I had to drop Finn off at home first, not my fault." Kurt said.

"Ahh that's right," Sebastian said, his eyes sparkling with amusement. "The brother…"

"Step-Brother Sebastian. Step." Kurt rolled his eyes.

"Technicalities," Sebastian said dismissively and grinned. "You liked your brother…."

"Why on earth did I tell you that?" Kurt wondered, groaning.

"I can't help it if I have an honest face."

Kurt snorted.

"You have a meerkat face, we've been through this Sebastian."

"Well." Sebastian huffed. "At least I didn't like my brother!"

"You liked your brother?" Blaine had returned and was holding two steaming cups of coffee. He handed one to Kurt, still looking at him in confusion.

"Thanks Blaine," Kurt said. "And before you ask, he's my stepbrother and I don't like him anymore."

"Oh I see…" Kurt laughed at Blaine's obvious relief.

Blaine took the seat next to him and Kurt was glad that he did. Despite Sebastian's previous statements regarding his feelings for Blaine, Kurt was still not 100% sure whether he was lying or not. Sebastian was a hard person to read, he was beginning to find.

"How's things at McKinley going? Is-" Blaine broke off, his face paling. "Kurt!"

Blaine's sudden exclamation almost caused Kurt to choke on his coffee. "What? What's wrong?" he asked, coughing.

"Easy there tiger," Sebastian said to Kurt reaching over to thump him on the back, making Kurt splutter indignantly. "Blaine?"

"I feel horrible!" Blaine said to Kurt and then looked over to Sebastian. "I can't we believe forgot!"

"Forgot what?" Kurt asked, feeling lost.

Sebastian said nothing instead giving Blaine a look of bemused confusion.

"The situation!" Blaine said and then lowered his voice. "You know, the bully situation…"

Before Kurt could say anything, Sebastian spoke. "Yeah, how is that going?"

To Sebastian's credit, he sounded completely sincere and concerned and for a moment Kurt forgot to answer the question, all because he was too busy being surprised.

"Oh," he managed. "Um better actually…"

Both Blaine and Sebastian looked at him expectantly and Kurt sighed.

"I took your advice and told my friends, they were pretty upset…"

It was true, of all New Directions were outraged at not only about Karofsky but also because Kurt hadn't told them. Fair enough, Kurt realised that he probably should have told them right away, now that they knew everything seemed a little brighter, especially with Sam, Puck and Finn escorting him to every class. They had taken it on themselves to be his personal body guards and they weren't their job lightly. Several times in the last few days, he had already had to tell them off for various things like insisting that they carried his books or getting his lunch for him. It was annoying and overprotective but Kurt had to admit that he found it endearing. It also kept Karofsky at a safe distance and for the first time in weeks Kurt hadn't been slushied or pushed into a locker once. It was a great feeling.

Santana had also been strangely protective of Kurt, for reasons he couldn't fathom and she also had offered to help him. He had told her that it was unnecessary but he appreciated it all the same. She had given him a strange look, one that he hadn't been able to interpret, it was a combination of concern, pride and much to Kurt's surprise and confusion; self-doubt. There was obviously something going on there… Kurt just didn't know what.

Kurt was pulled back into the present by Blaine, speaking anxiously.

"Well? How did it go? Are they helping you?"

"Yeah they are," Kurt said, smiling. "Because Sam, Puck and Finn are all looking out for me, Karofsky hasn't come up to me at all in the last few days."

"Finn hey?" Sebastian smirked and Kurt ground his teeth in frustration.

"Sebastian!" Blaine said at the same time as Kurt said "Shut up!"

"We're supposed to helping Kurt," Blaine continued, glaring reproachfully at Sebastian.

"Sorry," Sebastian said, although he didn't look too sorry, his grin widened as Kurt continued to glare at him.

"So the guys are looking out for you? That's great!" Blaine grinned at him and Kurt smiled back. Considering the short amount of time that Kurt had known Blaine, it was surprising at how much Kurt genuinely liked the other boy.

"Yeah, it is," Kurt agreed and they smiled at each other. Kurt tilted in his chair so that he was looking at both Blaine and Sebastian.

"Thank you so much," he said, trying to channel how grateful he was into his voice. "I really appreciate what you guys did.

"We didn't do anything Kurt, it was all you." Blaine said smiling.

"You're the ones who told me what I should do," Kurt reminded him.

"Don't keep bottling it up," Sebastian said abruptly and Kurt turned to look at him. "Make sure you tell us next time."

"Um…" Kurt was shocked at the intensity of his tone. "Sure…"

"Good," Sebastian smirked at him, his expression falling back into its usual arrogance. "We can't anymore sappiness around here, it's lame."

Blaine shook his head in annoyance but Kurt smiled to himself. If Sebastian wanted to hide behind a mask of sarcasm and cockiness then that was fine, Kurt could see that despite all of his bravado, Sebastian was capable of feeling actual emotion.

"You're a horrible person," Kurt said, grinning.

"Never said I wasn't." Sebastian grinned back. Kurt opened his mouth but before he could speak he was interrupted by Blaine banging his head on the table.

"You okay there Blaine?" Kurt asked and Sebastian sniggered.

"Do not do this again," Blaine's voice was muffled as he replied. "I'm not going to sit here listening to you both insult each other."

"It's not we actually mean it!" Kurt protested.

"Speak for yourself…" Sebastian said and Kurt glared at him.

"Oh you're just-"

"No! Not again!" Blaine almost whined. "Can we please just have a normal conversation please?"

"Sure," Kurt said.

"Oh I see what this is." Sebastian smirked at Blaine knowingly.

Blaine flushed and Kurt stared blankly at the two of them.

"Did I miss something here?" He asked.

"He wants us to ask about Josh," Sebastian said to Kurt, his voice unwavering. Kurt searched the other boy's face for any clues on how he felt about that but Sebastian looked completely at ease.

"Ah," Kurt said and grinned at Blaine. "Yes, Josh…"

Blaine said nothing, he only blushed even harder. It was funny Kurt thought, when you compared how composed he normally was to the way he reacted whenever Josh was mentioned.

"Well come on!" Sebastian urged Blaine. "Tell us, has he called yet?"

"You're a gossiping old woman, you really are," Kurt muttered to Sebastian, amused and Sebastian pouted almost comically.

Yeah," Blaine said oblivious to their exchange. "Last night…"

"That's great Blaine!" Kurt said.

"Nice one Anderson," Sebastian lifted his coffee at Blaine, grinning lewdly.

Blaine rolled his eyes at the two of them but he looked pleased all the same.

"What did he say?" Kurt asked.

"Well," Blaine began. "He asked if I wanted to go and see a movie tonight."

"Ooh what movie?" Kurt asked eagerly at the same time that Sebastian said; "How lame."

"Not all of us have your romantic flair Sebastian," Kurt said pointedly and Sebastian laughed.

"True, true…" he said and Kurt tried to decipher Sebastian's expression and posture to give Kurt some idea of how he was feeling.

Sebastian was completely relaxed from Kurt could see and he was usually very good with reading people's body language like that. The other boy appeared to be fairly indifferent to Blaine's news and Kurt decided that Sebastian was probably telling the truth about his previous feelings for Blaine.

"You still don't believe me do you?" Sebastian had apparently guessed what Kurt was thinking.

"I'm getting there…" Kurt admitted.

Sebastian rolled his eyes and turned back to Blaine who was looking confused.

"What…?"

"Never mind," Sebastian said smoothly. "Now, did you say yes?"

"Yeah," Blaine said as if it was obvious. "Of course I did."

"What are you going to see?" Kurt asked.

"I don't know, he said he'd check today and ring me…" Blaine glanced down at his phone resting on the table as he spoke.

"He hasn't rang yet?" Kurt guessed.

"Not yet…" Blaine sounded a little nervous about that and Kurt supressed a smile.

"Don't worry," Sebastian said sounding a little exasperated. "He's obviously crazy about you, he spent like all maths lesson yesterday talking about you and it was boring."

Ah, Kurt thought. Josh must be a year older than Blaine, just like he and Sebastian were.

"Really?" Blaine said, disbelief evident in his tone.

"Really," Sebastian confirmed, smirking.

Blaine seemed to be put at ease by this and he shot a grateful look at Sebastian before taking a deep sip of his coffee.

Looking at Sebastian, Kurt could see that he looked pleased; a small smile was playing on the other's boy's lips as if he couldn't help himself.

"I didn't know you were such a match-maker," Kurt teased.

"Oh shut up," Sebastian rolled his eyes his at him and added, smirking. "Like I said before, I don't do relationships and that includes other peoples."

"You don't do relationships?" Blaine asked sounding outraged. "That's ridiculous."

"Too messy," Sebastian explained.

"That's not a reason," Blaine insisted. Kurt shot Sebastian a look of exasperation.

"I don't think you want to hear all the reasons Blaine, no need for us to be scarred for life…" he said.

"I'm all for something casual, "Sebastian explained. "But not for a relationship, thank you very much."

Sebastian himself sounded completely comfortable and at ease with what he was saying but Kurt couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for Sebastian when he said like that. Sebastian, seeing the look on both Kurt and Blaine's faces, held a finger at the two of them

"No, don't look like that," He shook his head, looking amused. "I like it that way, okay? It's easy."

"Okay…" Blaine sounded confused and Kurt couldn't blame him.

"Not mention, enjoyable…" Sebastian added, grinning widely and Kurt cringed.

"You are something else.…" He muttered and Sebastian laughed.

"What about you Kurt?" Blaine asked. "What's going on with you, romance wise?"

"Nothing," Kurt kept his expression and tone bright. "I'll be taking the single route till graduation probably…"

"What makes you say that?"

Kurt flushed. "Well you know I've never met anyone so…"

Really?" Surprisingly it was Sebastian who spoke. "I don't believe you."

"Excuse me?" Kurt raised an eyebrow. "Trust me, no one is ever interested in me…"

"Oh come on Kurt, that's not possible," Sebastian sounded completely sure of himself.

"Uh yeah it is," Kurt said, rolling his eyes. "Gay-face remember?"

Sebastian flushed. He began to say but Kurt had no idea what he was going to say next because he was cut off by Blaine.

"Kurt!" He said firmly. "You shouldn't be so down on yourself, you're amazing and you'll find someone."

"I know that Blaine, thanks." Kurt smiled at Blaine, furiously hoping that the subject would be changed.

Thankfully at that moment, Blaine's phone began to ring loudly and Blaine reached for it, blushing when he saw who was calling.

"Josh?" Kurt asked, grateful for the distraction.

"Uh, yeah…" Blaine said. "I'll go take this over there…."

Kurt smirked and looked over to Sebastian who was smirking as well.

"You're really okay about this then?" Kurt asked him, asking only to make sure, he had already seen enough to conclude that Sebastian was telling the truth.

"Yes Kurt! I am, do I have to keep telling you that?" Sebastian asked indignantly.

"Sorry! Just checking…" Kurt said. "Keep your hair on."

Sebastian opened his mouth but didn't say anything, his face unreadable.

"What?" Kurt asked, when the silence had gone on for a moment too long.

"Look about the 'gay face' thing…" Sebastian began after a second.

"Don't worry about it," Kurt said rolling his eyes.

"No," Sebastian said. "Just because I say doesn't mean you actually have one okay?"

"Okay Sebastian," Kurt said.

"I'm serious here, I wouldn't want you to think I mean it," Sebastian looked severely uncomfortably before his face relaxed into a smirk. "Really, you don't look half bad…"

Kurt's eyes widened, his face going a bright red. "What? Excuse me?"

"Oh come on, have some self-esteem Hummel!" Sebastian laughed quietly.

"Oh I know I look fabulous, trust me," Kurt preened, hoping his blush wasn't noticeable. "I was actually referring to the fact that you actually said something nice…"

"I am a person you know, I can be nice," Sebastian leaned back in chair, grinning. "But I meant what I said, about you looking good…."

Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself," Kurt allowed, matching Sebastian's smirk with one of his own.

"Oh I know," Sebastian agreed cockily.

"Know what?" Blaine had returned and was closing his phone.

"How ridiculously good looking he is," Kurt said, trying desperately not to go red again.

"You said it not me," Sebastian crowed and winked at him.

"Shut up."


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