Chapter 8

Kurt was incredibly surprised Other Kurt didn't leave before he left with Blaine. But it wasn't like he gave him much of an opportunity. Blaine didn't take his eyes off him.

So this was Kurt's chance. To prove to himself and to Other Kurt that Blaine was good for them. That he wouldn't cheat again. That it was worth it to get back together.

They walked out of the apartment and down onto the street. The first thing they did was catch the subway to Manhattan, since there wasn't much to see in Bushwick. Kurt knew Blaine had never been there and so he wanted to take him to the touristy places. And to his favourite places. Kurt had gotten more used to the area since starting at Vogue.

They walked down the streets, Kurt pointing out some of the places he frequented. He showed Blaine where he worked. Well, the building. He wasn't going to attempt to go in right now, because who knew if Isabelle was there or not. And if he chanced it, he could be forced to work. No, he knew she wouldn't make him, but showing Blaine around was more important right now.

And getting to know him again. So they walked down the streets, their hands brushing up against each other's. It was like their bodies were so comfortable and familiar with each other that they tried to get closer, and they tended to walk closer together than most people did. Kurt was itching to just grab Blaine's hand, but he kept stopping himself. New York, the place where they weren't surrounded by homophobes, and now, Kurt couldn't even hold his hand.

So they kept exploring. Kurt took Blaine to Times Square, and told him about how magnificent it was at night. He talked about what they did at Nationals two years ago there.

And he was having a good time. They were joking around like they used to. And it would be so easy to jump right back in with Blaine, to just pull him close and kiss him and forget about everything else. Kurt wanted that so badly. And he knew he just wasn't there yet. Maybe soon. If Other Kurt wasn't there too.

After a while, they stopped for some food and then Kurt asked Blaine if there was anywhere specifically he wanted to go. And that's how they found themselves standing outside FAO Schwarz.

Oh, of course. The giant piano. That's what he wanted.

Kurt chuckled, as he watched Blaine standing in line along with a bunch of younger children. He was bouncing on his toes and looking back at Kurt excitedly

"Kurt, come on, join me."

"I'll let you have your fun," Kurt responded.

Blaine pouted. "Are you embarrassed? Am I embarrassing you?"

"Just a little. But don't worry. It's adorable."

Blaine's pout turned into a soft smile.

Finally, it was Blaine's turn to go play the piano along with a couple kids. He wasted no time playing a few notes before trying to play something more complex, hopping around. He settled for playing the first few notes of Fur Elise and Kurt watched him chuckling.

"Come on, Kurt," Blaine called.

"No it's okay."

Blaine just raised an eyebrow.

"I don't want to cut all these other children in line."

"For two seconds."

Kurt sighed and the worker let him through, if only to appease Blaine. And then Blaine was even more ridiculous, playing random notes and trying to get Kurt to follow them.

And then Kurt really was embarrassed when they were told their turn was up and to let someone else play.

"Oh my god, Blaine. You got us kicked out of the piano."

"I want one of those. How much was it again?"

"Too much."

"Let's look through the rest of the store," Blaine said.

And so they did, picking up random toys and laughing or pointing out other things to each other. And then they came to the candy section and Blaine was exactly like a kid in a candy shop.

He looked happy. And Kurt was happy because of that. Blaine wasn't pressuring or forcing anything on him. He was just acting like his normal goofy self. And Kurt loved that.

They walked out of the store, Blaine's arms laden in sweets and Kurt held onto the stuffed animal Blaine bought him.

Kurt could feel himself slipping more and more back to wanting Blaine, and wanting to forget everything that ever happened. Blaine wouldn't be here if he didn't want to be. And neither would Kurt.

They walked out of the store and headed to Central Park. It was beautiful this time of year and it was one of Kurt's favourite places. He liked to take his mind off work or anything else by walking around the park. There wasn't too much greenery in New York, so it was Kurt's great escape.

Finally, as they were walking, Kurt couldn't stop himself anymore. He let his hand stray a little farther and clasped Blaine's in his. Blaine looked up at him surprised but then a blinding smile shone onto his face. Kurt squeezed his hand and let them swing between them.

They sat down on one of the benches and Kurt pulled Blaine close.

"I'm really glad you came here," Kurt said.

"Me too," Blaine replied.

"No, I mean it. I wasn't sure what I'd think… seeing you here again. But it's been great."

"I'm just so lucky that you're willing to spend time with me again."

"Blaine, you are and will always be my best friend, regardless of anything else."

"You too," Blaine said.

They walked around a bit more and then Kurt started feeling restless and he knew that was it. He and Blaine were staring over the park from a bridge when Other Kurt separated. Kurt turned to look at him and was surprised to see tears on his face. He wanted to move or say something but Other Kurt just turned and ran. There was nothing more Kurt could do without alerting Blaine, so he let Other Kurt go. He would be okay. They could talk later. Kurt and Blaine walked around a bit more then headed back to the apartment.


Other Kurt didn't know why he was crying, or why he was feeling like this. It was hard spending the day with Blaine. At first, he did it because he couldn't separate without Blaine seeing him. Blaine was very in tune with Kurt's movements and barely took his eyes off him. Or maybe he just missed him so much.

But finally, it was too much. Blaine was just… Blaine. He was the same guy he always knew. But Other Kurt couldn't bring it in him to forgive him still. He didn't even know if he wanted to. How could he be the same guy after he hurt him so much? How could he still love him?

Other Kurt had been so distracted all day and jumped when he felt something buzz in his pocket. It was weird. Now that he had his own phone, it seemed to appear in his pocket when he left it there before. It made absolutely no sense, but none of this did.

What made the least sense was why they were still separated and not trying to fix it. Why didn't they try to merge back? Or at least find out how this happened?

Other Kurt knew why, though. They didn't want to. They both had different ideas of what they wanted to happen. They both couldn't stand to be together right now.

Other Kurt pulled the phone out of his pocket and saw a couple missed calls and a few texts. He looked at them and frowned. They were from Sebastian. He had almost forgotten about the date.

He glanced at the time on his phone and cringed. He was late. The last few messages had asked if he was coming at all. He glanced at where he was and sent a quick text back, apologizing and promising he'd be there.

He had a horrible day. He didn't want to be with Blaine. And yet he had been. It was so painful. And somehow, he didn't want to cause anyone else pain, and standing Sebastian up, clearly would. He'd go along with it. He could use some sort of relaxation anyway, and maybe they could have sex again. It did help the first time, and it was awesome sex.

He made his way to the restaurant, not long after he sent the text. Maybe it was his subconscious or maybe he influenced Kurt early, but they were in the same area.

He opened the door, walking in and looked around. He saw Sebastian sitting in a corner, dressed very fashionably, and clearly trying to impress Other Kurt. Other Kurt could see the shirt he was wearing was actually in the latest edition of Vogue. Other Kurt took stock of himself and cringed. He had a feeling he wasn't the freshest, after walking around all day with Blaine, and he knew he looked exhausted. But he was there.

He walked closer and Sebastian finally looked up, his face settling into a frown. "So you did show up."

"Yeah, I'm sorry," Other Kurt replied.

Sebastian looked him over and frowned. "You look kind of rough… everything okay?"

Other Kurt shrugged, pulling up a menu.

"Hey! I waited for you here for an hour. I at least deserve an explanation."

"You waited for an hour?"

"Yeah, well, I was here early and it took you some time to get here."

"Sorry, I had to walk."

"From where?" Sebastian asked.

"Does it really matter? Look, I had a shitty day and I don't want to have to think about it. I'm here, aren't I?"

Sebastian nodded. "Are you sure? You look like you've been crying."

Other Kurt closed his eyes. What did it matter if he told him? "Blaine's in town. Trying to apologize."

"Oh," Sebastian said. "Yet you're here… with me?"

"I don't want to hear his apologies. He just says he's sorry then wants to get back together like nothing's happened."

"Dick," Sebastian said.

Kurt snorted. "Hence why I don't want to talk about it. I was forced to spend the day with him."

Sebastian paused. "You know, if you want to get back together with him, we don't have to do this."

"I most definitely don't. He's leaving soon, hopefully for good. Can we just forget about Blaine? Isn't it bad form to talk about an ex?"

"Yeah, okay," Sebastian said.

It felt awkward now. They both grabbed their menus and looked at them, before sneaking glances at each other and pretending they didn't notice when they caught the other's eye.

This was different from a normal date. If this was even really a date. Other Kurt had no idea what Sebastian's motives were here? Did he just want more sex? Other Kurt was fine with that.

But it was different because they did have a history together. True, they didn't really talk or know personal things about each other. But they did know some things. Sebastian had lived in France. He hooked up with people. He liked to sing. He also blinded Blaine and tried to steal their song ideas. But all of that was in the past, and Other Kurt truly didn't know much about him, or who he really was as a person.

"So why did you agree to come? You agreed pretty quickly on the phone," Sebastian finally asked.

It seemed like he wanted to get back on neutral ground.

"I don't know. Same reason as you. Don't know many people in the city."

"Thought you'd be quick to make friends."

"Well, you thought wrong."

Sebastian huffed. "Sorry, we're getting off to a bad start. First talking about Blaine and now semi-insulting each other. Can we start over?"

"Well, old habits are hard to change." But Other Kurt figured they might as well. "What do you want out of all of this anyway? Why are we here?"

The waiter arrived at that moment and Sebastian took a moment to order them both wine, flashing an ID card and the waiter left. Other Kurt snorted. So he still had his fake ID. Or maybe he made himself a new one.

"Trying to get me drunk?" Other Kurt asked, lightening the mood.

"Maybe I'm just trying to get into your pants again."

"Well in case you didn't know, I was completely sober then."

"Really? Well I had only had one drink."

"I know, you told me."

"Look. I'm not just trying to get into your pants, however great the sex was."

"Then what do you want?" Other Kurt asked.

"I just want to be with you."

"So what… you… like me or something?" Other Kurt asked, raising an eyebrow.

Sebastian finally frowned and turned away. "Why is that so hard for you to believe?"

"Because you've been after Blaine for so long. Because you hated me and I hated you. Just because I'm the first person you see in New York that you know, doesn't mean anything."

"Well maybe I wasn't really going after Blaine! Maybe I was just trying to make you jealous! Maybe it was you I was after all along."

Other Kurt stared at him. "You had a funny way of showing it."

Sebastian shrugged. "Sorry."

Kurt sighed. "No, you're right. This isn't starting very well. Fine. You want to talk and for us to act like this is a real date?"

Sebastian just looked up at him hopefully. "Yeah. I do."

"Okay. I'll give you a chance. But know that I'm still pissed from earlier with Blaine so it'll take a lot more to win me over," Other Kurt said.

"I'm up for a challenge," Sebastian said.

The night went smoother from then on. They ordered their food and Other Kurt drank some of the wine. It was nice, but he didn't want to drink too much. Their banter was light after their discussion before, focusing on things people usually discussed during a first date.

Other Kurt found out Sebastian indeed did study abroad in Paris. And he loved singing, which is why he joined the Warblers. He had been amused to note how frustrated Sebastian was when people assumed he was a sophomore or a freshman. He was the same age as Other Kurt. And now he was in New York, running around NYU and trying to decide what he wanted with his life. He actually had a fair knowledge of Broadway musicals, citing his mother was a fanatic.

Other Kurt told Sebastian about what he'd been up to in New York. He talked about working at Vogue and living with Rachel, which Sebastian was highly amused at. Other Kurt had to stress how she would be furious if she saw him. Rachel was a big Blaine fan. He talked about NYADA and how he had wanted to go there before, but how he was enjoying Vogue so far.

Sebastian asked him how often he worked, and Other Kurt was sure he was trying to figure out a second date, so instead he shrugged and said it varies. He couldn't have Sebastian randomly showing up there and Kurt seeing him. He'd let him know if he felt like it in the future.

And then they had gotten into some other topics as dinner progressed.

"Still not sure you don't just want me for sex," Other Kurt said, feeling a little more relaxed as the date went on. Sebastian wasn't that bad company, surprisingly.

"I told you already why we're here," Sebastian said.

"Yeah, still not buying it." He had to have an ulterior motive… for acting so nice and out of character.

"Why not? Is it so weird that I wanted to go out on a date with you?"

Other Kurt chuckled. "Yes, frankly it is, meerkat." Oops, he slipped out an insult.

Sebastian frowned, closing off. "Look. I haven't insulted you. What's with that?"

"I don't know," Other Kurt replied. "It just came out. Sorry."

"Is this so horrible a date?" Sebastian looked distraught.

"No," Other Kurt quickly reassured. "It's not. It's actually been… enjoyable. I'm sorry for that. I'm still stressed from earlier. But it was actually nice having dinner with you."

Sebastian smiled slightly. "Good. So you wouldn't be opposed to doing it again sometime?"

Well, if Kurt kept seeing Blaine and keeping that up, what was to stop Other Kurt. Did he want to see Sebastian again though? He really thought he had hated Sebastian through high school. But now… he was acting different. But still strange. Too nice. Like he was trying too hard to impress him and… oh dear god. He was just acting like he was on a date. Which this was.

"Maybe not. Know what we can do to relieve some stress though?"

"What?"

"Have sex."

Sebastian looked at him. "Really?"

"Yeah," Other Kurt responded. That's what this had to be about. It was why Sebastian was acting so weird and so nice. He just wanted him again. Other Kurt wanted to smack himself for finally figuring it out. Sebastian probably told all his dates that. That he wanted to date them and get to know them and act really nice. He was so stupid. It wasn't like they talked about anything substantial.

"Fine," Sebastian sighed, and got up to pay the cheque.

Other Kurt watched him walk off. He was right, right? That's why Sebastian wanted him there? Because of the awesome sex?


Other Kurt thrust deep inside Sebastian, as Sebastian moaned and pulled at the sheets.

They were back in Sebastian's dorm, the door locked, and his roommate surprisingly missing again.

"Come on, harder, you can do it," Sebastian panted.

"I knew you wanted this. It was all you wanted, wasn't it? You just love my dick," Other Kurt grunted out, pounding into him harder.

Sebastian let out a hiss, and clamped tight around him.

"Yeah, you almost there?" Other Kurt asked.

"Fuck me, fuck me, Kurt, come on, fuck," Sebastian groaned as he stiffened and came.

Other Kurt thrust a few more times inside him before he came as well, pausing for a moment before he slipped out and pulled the condom off, tying it up and tossing it as close to the garbage as he could.

"Shit," Sebastian said.

Other Kurt mentally agreed. If anything, it had been better than the first time. He didn't know what it was, but there was something about Sebastian that made everything feel amazing.

Sebastian reached over, grabbing some tissues to clean up, and Kurt leaned back for a moment. He waited until Sebastian cleaned up before he sat, pulling his underwear and pants back on.

"What're you doing?" Sebastian asked. "Get back in bed."

Other Kurt turned to face him. "I'm going home." It was like talking to a two year old.

But that got Sebastian's attention. "What? Why?"

"We fucked, you got what you wanted, I'm leaving."

"What the hell? When did I say that's what I wanted? Get back in the fucking bed."

Other Kurt gaped at him. "Did you just order me back in bed?"

"Yeah. I don't understand why you're so quick to leave."

"Look. You know I'm going through a ton of stuff with Blaine and everything, so we can be fuck buddies if you want. We don't have to go through the elaborate ruse of dating."

He chanced a glance at Sebastian's face and was shocked to see he looked furious.

"What the fuck does that mean? When did I ever say I wanted to be fuck buddies? Were you even listening to me at all tonight? God fucking dammit!"

Other Kurt jumped in shock and stared. "What… what are you talking about?"

"I don't just want the sex. Sure, it was amazing, but you were the one who kept bringing it up all night. So I said ok. But that wasn't even in the plan for tonight."

"Oh." He was starting to feel very uneasy.

"Kurt. What I was saying was true. I don't know anyone else here. But I know you. And I like you. I want to get to know you. Why is that so hard for you to believe?"

"Because no one's ever liked me like that before, or wanted to go on dates with me," Other Kurt let out. That was surprisingly personal.

"What about Blaine?"

"It took him months to realize he liked me. And tons of hints from me. Actually, I blatantly told him I liked him and he still rejected me. So no one's really… well, unless you count Dave but I don't know what dressing up as a gorilla really says…"

"Dave? What?" Sebastian asked, his eyes darkening.

"But you gave me wine! You wanted to get me drunk to sleep with you!" Other Kurt exclaimed.

"I gave you wine because I went to school in Paris. I'd gotten so used to drinking it with my meals that I didn't think. That's what you did when you went to a restaurant."

"Oh," Other Kurt said.

"Yeah," Sebastian responded, curling up in himself.

"Oh my god. I've been so wrong about this whole night." After the day he had with Kurt and Blaine, and then this date where he thought Sebastian just wanted in his pants… he felt like a dick.

"I'm glad you think so little of me," Sebastian said.

"I'm sorry. Can we… start over somehow?"

"You mean like actually date?"

"I don't know. Discuss it… figure something out."

"I guess." Sebastian looked dejected now. "It's late. Why don't you stay over? We can discuss it in the morning?"

"Okay," Other Kurt agreed. He felt horrible for his assumptions. Sebastian simply wanted to date him. What were the chances? He got back into the bed, lying down beside him. It felt nice to have someone in bed beside him again. He wasn't Blaine, that was for sure, but it was still nice. In a completely different way.

"Goodnight," Sebastian said.

"Goodnight," Other Kurt responded, and they turned off the light.


Kurt and Blaine had made it back to the apartment later than they expected, but time had gotten away from them in the park. Rachel was there with Brody and they gave Kurt and Blaine a look.

"A little late for dinner. I know we weren't celebrating Thanksgiving really, but we did make a turkey."

Blaine chuckled. "I'm just going to go wash up."

Kurt watched Blaine as he walked into the other room and Rachel pulled Kurt aside. "So? How is everything between you two?"

"It's getting better. I don't know if I completely forgive him yet, but I'm almost there. I really want him in my life still and it's so hard to hold him at arm's length. I still love him," Kurt said.

"Of course you do, Kurt. And I can see the two of you together still. You two belong together."

"Thanks," Kurt replied.

Blaine returned to the room and gave everyone a smile. They worked together setting the table and sat down to eat the Turkey.

Conversation flowed from there, Rachel and Brody asking how their day went and Blaine and Kurt explaining all the sights they saw.

Blaine showed his bag of treats from the store and Rachel had to laugh. "Kurt, you're going to have one hyper Blaine if you let him eat all that."

"He's not allowed to eat it all now. Some of it has to make it back to Lima," Kurt said with a laugh.

"Hey! I told you, some of it I bought for New Directions."

"I know, Blaine. We're just teasing."

They ate their Thanksgiving meal and cleaned up. Brody left for the night, and Kurt heard Rachel promise him he could stay over a different day, but she wanted Kurt and Blaine to feel comfortable now, while Blaine was still there.

Kurt headed back to his bedroom to get ready for bed and he saw Blaine standing awkwardly in the doorway.

"So you want me to sleep… where?"

Kurt smiled indulgently and patted the bed beside him. "You slept here last night, that doesn't have to change."

Blaine smiled. He joined Kurt in the bed and they both got under the covers and turned off the lights.

It was completely dark and they were lying with just a couple inches between them. Finally, Kurt shuffled closer and wrapped his arm around Blaine again.

He heard Blaine let out a shaky laugh and then heard, "I love you, Kurt. So much."

"I love you too, Blaine." And with that, they fell asleep.


Yay! I got another chapter out. This story has started to go crazy with all the chapters I've mapped out in my head and I'm not writing them fast enough. I keep falling behind where I want to be.

But anyway, here's the next one!

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