AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm obsessed with my own fanfic. Chapter 8 will be up soon, but yeah GET EXCITED BECAUSE SHIT GOES DOWN IN THIS CHAPTER!
Glee!
When Kurt was getting ready for bed Monday night he realized Blaine had never texted him back. He had spent all day worrying about Sue that he forgot to worry about Blaine. Was he really incapable of focusing on both Blaine and Cheerios? Apparently he was.
He texted Blaine Tuesday morning and never got a response. He looked for Blaine during lunch, but couldn't find him anywhere. He went to Blaine's locker between every class, but Blaine never showed.
Could Blaine be mad at him? Kurt tried to think of what he could have said or done to upset Blaine, but he couldn't think of anything. But wait, it was only one day. Maybe Blaine was sick? And his phone was dead? Things happen, there were plenty of reasons Blaine wouldn't be at school; Kurt was just being paranoid.
Glee!
Sebastian [3:05pm]: Time to move on cheerleader.
Kurt [3:06pm]: What are you talking about Sebastian?
No response. He had been surprised when Sebastian texted him right after school, but he hadn't worried about it until it was three hours later and there still wasn't a reply. He decided to take a quick cat-nap before dinner, a terrible idea.
"Oh Sebastian, I'm so glad you talked me into going out with you again. I don't know what I was thinking, Kurt's an idiot! He looks like a child and he's nowhere near as suave as you," Blaine giggled, pulling Sebastian into a kiss. He was blushing when he pulled away. "H-hi Blaine," Kurt mumbled, looking overly goofy and uncomfortable. Blaine and Sebastian just laughed. "Kurt get over me already. I'm in love with Sebastian," Blaine mocked, turning around and putting his arm around Sebastian as they walked away.
Kurt woke from the dream in a cold sweat. He checked his phone, 6:36 and still no text from Sebastian or Blaine. But Kurt was just being paranoid, Blaine would be at school the next day and everything would be fine. He ate dinner and attempted his calculus homework. He really needed Blaine.
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It was killing Blaine not to text Kurt back. Monday he had deleted the text and forgotten all about it, but every time Kurt texted him on Tuesday he had wanted to text back.
Kurt [7:09am]: Hey, sit with me at lunch?
Kurt [3:01pm]: Where were you today, I didn't see you at all!
Kurt [8:23pm]: Calculus is so hard without you. I don't care what Sue says, I need your help!
The last one had confused Blaine. He couldn't tell if he was touched that Kurt would defy Sue's orders or if he was upset that it was only because he needed help with Calculus.
The transfer to West Academy wasn't complete yet. Blaine wouldn't be able to start there until Friday but he refused to go back to McKinley. He didn't want to be shoved into lockers by a homophobic Neanderthal or ignored by the boy he loved. He spent the days at home, having Sebastian bring books and homework by for the classes they'd soon be sharing.
Sebastian [2:47pm]: So you're really coming to West?
Blaine [2:47pm]: Yeah, I start Friday. My counselor said we're in almost all the same classes.
Sebastian [2:48pm]: It'll be just like Dalton! I can't wait. And I'm sorry I was so mean to you and Kurt before, I was nervous.
Blaine [2:55pm]: Nervous? About what?
Sebastian [3:00pm]: Blaine, when I was in France I realized I still love you, but I know you love Kurt. I was nervous when I met him because I realized I'd never get you back, I said a lot of stupid things. I just hope you can forgive me so we can be friends like we were before I left.
Blaine [3:31pm]: :) I'll see you Friday.
Sebastian [3:32pm]: Or right now, I'm outside your house with your books.
Sure enough when Blaine looked out his window Sebastian was in his West uniform, leaning against his car, smiling and holding books. Blaine went outside to get them and when Sebastian asked if he could come in, Blaine told him he was a little too stressed out, but maybe tomorrow.
Sebastian held Blaine to that. He came with Blaine's homework again on Wednesday. When Blaine came out to get the books, Sebastian could see the hurt look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Sebastian asked.
"Kurt didn't text me today, at all. It shouldn't matter since he doesn't like me and I'm ignoring his texts anyways, but yesterday he texted me three times. How could he just move on so quickly?" Blaine looked like a puppy someone had just kicked. Sebastian pulled Blaine into a hug, turning them around ever so slightly so Blaine couldn't see the familiar Caliber turning down his street.
Sebastian made eye contact with Kurt, then told Blaine they should go inside. Blaine, feeling lost and upset, let Sebastian take his hand and lead him inside, never knowing the boy he loved was leaving right then.
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When Blaine wasn't in school again on Wednesday Kurt's paranoia completely took over. What if Karofsky had sent a hit man after him? Karofsky had heard about Blaine's strength and gotten scared but wanted Blaine to back off Kurt so now Blaine was in the hospital. Kurt was sure of it.
Or what if Blaine had decided he hated Kurt, and was actually at school and just avoiding Kurt? Or what if he was super sick and needed Kurt to come comfort him? What if the bullying had made him depressed and he was too scared to go to school? What if Kurt telling Karofsky to back off actually made it all worse? What if Blaine graduated early and was applying to colleges? Kurt needed to know.
So after school on Wednesday, Kurt skipped Cheerios practice and drove to Blaine's house. When he got there, all his paranoia's seemed like nothing. Sebastian was in Blaine's driveway, hugging Blaine. Kurt caught Sebastian's eye, and Sebastian smiled. Then Sebastian took Blaine's hand and dragged him inside. Kurt left before Blaine could know he was there.
Kurt was heartbroken. How could Blaine have moved on so quickly? He knew he should have asked Blaine out or made a move sooner, but he was confused. He didn't know how much he liked Blaine until he saw him in Sebastian's arms.
But Blaine had liked Kurt, Kurt knew that. Even Sebastian had said so; maybe Kurt still had a chance. His phone buzzed, and for a moment he thought that maybe it was Blaine.
Mercedes [5:11pm]: Why the hell weren't you at practice? Sue is pissed!
Kurt didn't really care. He opened a new text message, intending to send one to Blaine when he received another.
Quinn [5:15pm]: If you miss another practice I get captain. Hope you're not there tomorrow ;)
Quinn was relentless. He stared at the blank text he had created while his phone continued to buzz, undoubtedly texts from Santana, Brittany, and Sue. Any other day that would matter to him, but he was worried. He called Mercedes.
"Please tell me I'm just being paranoid and this means nothing. That Blaine will be back at school tomorrow and everything will go back to normal, and please don't bring up practice," Kurt said as soon as Mercedes picked up the phone.
"You are so incredibly whipped. Have you been sitting home thinking about Blaine since school got out?" She asked.
"No, first I went to his house. And saw him in the driveway hugging his ex-boyfriend; the prick from France."
"Didn't they only date for like, a week? Blaine could be sick, or maybe he's being like you and he's love sick. As soon as he comes back to school I'm sure you'll fix it, can we talk about Cheerio's now?"
"Ugh no! I don't care! Give me today to sit at home and mope and I promise to be at practice tomorrow, whether Blaine's at school or not. I won't miss anything else I promise," Kurt sighed. Why did his best friend have to be so focused on Cheerio's when his love life was a disaster? And since when did he have a love life? Since Blaine…
Mercedes scolded him a little more and then hung up the phone. Kurt gave up on the Calculus he'd been working on and crawled into bed. It was only 6, but he'd normally be at Blaine's right now. He closed his eyes and fell asleep trying to remember how Blaine made him feel. A feeling of comfort settled over him, and he fell asleep with butterflies in his stomach.
Glee!
Blaine spent all the time at home moping or doing homework. Wednesday night Sebastian had stayed over for a long time, holding Blaine while he cried. He had been so close to getting back together with the boy he loved, and then nothing. Maybe he should have told Kurt who he was in the first place, maybe remembering would have brought back the feelings.
He was sharing these ideas with Rachel Wednesday night. She got that look on her face, the signature Rachel Anderson-Berry I-have-a-brilliant-idea face.
"Where are those old home movies we used to make? The ones we did with Kurt?" Rachel asked, bouncing up and down on Blaine's bed, where they had been talking.
"Why? Rachel, I still don't want you to tell him," Blaine replied, but he still got up to get the movies out of his closet. They used to keep them in a cupboard with the photo albums, but when Blaine entered high school he had found them and started watching them again, so now they were in his room.
"I'm not going to tell him! I'm going to tell Carole I found them and that they have me in them so she and Finn might find them funny, anything that happens from there will not be my fault," Rachel said, smiling like the evil genius she was.
Blaine handed Rachel the tapes and crawled back into bed. He reluctantly checked his phone.
Sebastian [3:21pm]: I'm outside with your homework!
Blaine looked at the clock; it was 4:28pm.
"I told Sebastian to leave. He told me that you'd want to see him and I told him to stop being creepy. I sort of went through all your old texts and found the stuff from when he first got back. When I called him a creep he said you didn't think so, that he thought you liked him, I told him you were always going to love Kurt and that he should go back to France, so he left. I got your homework from him first though," Rachel said. Blaine loved his sister more right in that moment than he ever had in his life.
He had two more texts in his inbox.
Artie [4:08pm]: We've been missing you at school! Sectionals are coming up, I hope Rachel's teaching you the new moves. She told us you've been sick!
Kurt [4:27pm]: I've missed you at school the past few days. Practice is over at 5, I'd love to come see you. If you don't text back I'll take that as a no and I'll leave you alone. Oh and um, we had to write poems for my Creative Writing class today and I sort of wrote one about you, maybe I could read it to you sometime soon.
When Blaine's eyes started to water Rachel grabbed his phone and read the message. She sprung off his bed with the tapes and sped over to Kurt's house.
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When practice was over Kurt checked his phone, still no text from Blaine. Maybe he should try to move on, like Sebastian said. He drove home slowly, hoping Blaine would text him and he could turn around and head to Blaine's house instead of his own.
That didn't happen, but when he walked in his house he thought he heard Blaine's laugh.
"No! Rach! I don't like him more, I just like him different! Come back and play with us!"
Kurt recognized the voice coming out of the TV as his own. Carole was watching videos from when Kurt was in third grade, videos Kurt's mom had filmed.
"W-what are you watching?" Kurt said as a familiar face with hazel eyes filled the screen. It couldn't be, could it?
"Rachel brought over some tapes! Apparently you two used to be best friends, and you used to have a thing with her brother Blaine," Carole said. Blainers, his Blainers. But that didn't make sense. He didn't realize he had been talking out loud until Carole replied, "yeah Rachel and Blaine Anderson-Berry. The three of you were inseparable when you were kids. Oh look, this is my favorite part!"
Kurt looked at the screen to see 8 year old him kissing 8 year old Blaine right on the lips. All of a sudden he remembered everything. He had made himself forget everything from before his mom died, everything from before high school started, but he remembered this now.
That was the reason Blaine had seemed so familiar. That was why he felt like he had known Blaine forever. That was why he had fallen in love with Blaine so easily; he had never fallen out of love in the first place.
And Blaine had known all along, so had Rachel. That's why she was so tight lipped around Kurt, and why she was always at Kurt's house instead of her own. That's why Blaine watched Kurt's reaction whenever he said 'my dads' or 'my sister.' They were both waiting for Kurt to stop being so damn clueless.
Kurt spent the night in his room thinking. He wanted to go to Blaine's house and kiss him, but what if Sebastian was there? He called Sebastian.
"What's going on between you and Blaine?" Kurt asked as soon as Sebastian answered.
"Why do you care?" Sebastian said. He sounded jaded and annoyed.
"Because he's my Blainers. You guys dated for like, two weeks. I basically dated him for four years. He never loved you, he still loves me and I love him. Tell me now," Kurt's voice was seething with anger. He heard Sebastian sigh.
"Damn, I was hoping you'd never remember. When Blaine and I were dating, I told him I loved him. You want to know what he said to me? He said 'I love you too Kurt.' So I asked him about you, and he told me about your childhood and how you had forgotten him. When I moved to France I was positive I'd lose Blaine to you, so when I came home and he was just tutoring you I was determined to get him back, which I sort of did," Sebastian said.
"Did you? Or are you just trying to stop me from going to Blaine's house and taking him back right now?"
"Do you really want to hurt him like that? Kurt, think about it. How long would you guys be able to stay together anyways? Either cheering or Blaine would have to take a backseat, and he'd be happier if he was with me instead anyways." So he wasn't with Sebastian.
"That's all I needed to hear. Sebastian, you should probably just find someone else. Blaine will never be with you." Kurt hung up the phone. He had plans to make.
He wanted to go to Blaine's house right then, but it was dinner time on Thursday night, and he had to get some sleep because there was a pep rally and a football game tomorrow. Instead he settled for texting Blaine, "I'll see you tomorrow." If Blaine didn't come to school he'd go to his house. He was getting his Blainers back, no matter what it took.
Glee!
"Mission accomplished!" Rachel sung through the house when she got home from Finn's. Blaine was too tired to see what she was going on about, but she busted into his room.
"Kurt remembers you Blainers! I don't know what he'll do from here, but he remembers! I was messing around with Finn in his room when Kurt got home, but I heard him say 'my Blainers' when Carole was watching the tape where you guys kissed for the first time. So can you, like, not transfer to West now? I mean I really don't want you to end up with Sebastian. Plus how cute would it be if you married Kurt and I married Finn?" Rachel rambled on but Blaine had stopped listening. He was reading a text from Kurt.
Kurt [6:54pm]: I'll see you tomorrow.
Blaine had already made his decision. He didn't bother texting Kurt back because no, Kurt wouldn't be seeing him tomorrow.
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Kurt woke up Friday morning in a wonderful mood. He had barely slept the night before because he kept having dreams about Blaine and waking up hoping it was time for school. He hadn't fallen asleep until way after 1am and he had woken up at least four times between then at 6am when he woke up. He went through his morning routine in a rush.
When he got to school he set out to look for Blaine, or at least Rachel. Instead he found Mercedes.
"Mercedes you'll never believe what I found out yesterday. Blaine is Rachel's brother, and I was friends with them when I was younger. I fell in love with Blaine so quickly because I was in love with him when I was 8. I need to find him, or her, have you seen –"
"Honey, why aren't you in uniform? It's a game day," Mercedes said, cutting Kurt off.
"Oh. I wasn't thinking about that. I'll just change in the locker room before first hour, but seriously have you seen Rachel or Blaine?" Kurt asked. Mercedes rolled her eyes and walked away. Kurt followed. "Mercedes, did I do something wrong? You're mad at me, I can tell."
"Boo, I'm not mad at you. I'm happy you figured everything out, but if you let this take over your life and get kicked off Cheerios, Quinn will be captain. And if Quinn's captain, then I'm off the squad. I won't have you and I won't have Cheerios. I won't have anything. I want to be happy for you for being in love, but it's hard when I feel so alone."
Kurt hadn't thought about it that way. He loved Mercedes, she was his best friend for the past four years. He didn't want her to lose everything, but he didn't want to lose his chance to be with Blaine. He spotted Rachel across the hall, quickly apologized to Mercedes and ran off.
"Rach!" Kurt pulled her into a hug. "Where's Blainers? I need to talk to him!" Both Rachel and Finn looked confused.
"You finally remembered. Thank god," Rachel said.
"I betchu it was those tapes you made Carole watch yesterday, he probably saw 'em," Finn said. Kurt was getting annoyed. Hadn't he asked Rachel a question?
"Yeah I did, but Rachel, where is he? I need to talk to him," Kurt was desperate, the five minute bell for class was ringing and he was supposed to be in uniform in the gym.
"Go cheer. I'll be outside the gym when class ends," Rachel said. Kurt noticed she looked kind of sad, but for his, and Mercedes, sake he ran to the locker room and changed, sprinting into the gym as the class bell rang.
Kurt went through Cheerio practice absent-mindedly. Luckily their routine for the pep rally was short and easy, and classes were shorter because of it. Forty minutes later Kurt walked out of the gym to see Rachel in the hall.
"Okay so where is he?" He demanded immediately. Rachel smiled.
"I have a little bit of bad news. He over-heard you telling Karofsky he meant nothing to you and he got really upset," Rachel paused. Kurt looked devastated, but still confused so Rachel continued talking. "My dad's wanted him to transfer to West Academy, which at first he was totally against because of you but then when he thought you didn't care…well he transferred –"
Kurt didn't wait for Rachel to finish, he walked away looking defeated. Sebastian was at West Academy. Now Blaine was there. How would he get his Blainers back now?
