N/A: I won't even bother with the apologies… I don't know why I haven't updated this chapter yet… it sort of kept slipping my mind, I really don't know.

But anyway, here is chapter 10.

Disclaimers: I do not own Glee, its characters or anything related to it.

Chapter 10:

Sebastian came home early from work that Friday afternoon at 4PM, and he was surprised to enter his room to find Kurt standing in front of the mirror, staring at his reflection and straightening his clothes.

"Hey" Sebastian announced as he walked forward, seeing that Kurt hadn't noticed him go in.

"Hey!" Kurt greeted Sebastian back, smiling at him through the mirror before turning around and giving him a hug. "Happy anniversary!"

"Happy anniversary to you too. I was hoping to surprise you when you came from work. What are you doing home so early?" Sebastian asked as he leaned in for a kiss.

"I wasn't feeling very well and they gave me permission to come home before noon. I called Jess, by the way." Kurt said before Sebastian could question him on why he wasn't feeling well in the first place. If he did, Kurt would have to tell him about the dream, and he was not planning on doing that.

He run by the call he earlier gave to Jessica, their neighbour, who had two children of nearly the same age as Matthew and Anna. Kurt had called her to ask her if she could pick up the kids from school, seeing as Jessica had to go pick her own too and Kurt had called Blaine to meet earlier. "She told me that they could stay at her house until tomorrow if they wanted to. I think it is needless to say that both Matt and Anna were super excited and accepted the invitation without hesitation whatsoever. She's probably on her way here; she's going to pass by to get the kids' stuff." Kurt finished explaining with a chuckle, which Sebastian returned.

"Why are you getting all dressed up so early?" Sebastian asked as Kurt turned back around and continued to check his clothes on the mirror.

Taking a big breath, Kurt looked at Sebastian through the reflexion in the mirror. He couldn't lie to him about where he was going. "I called Blaine" Kurt said slowly before turning to look at the other man properly and elaborating his answer. "He uhm… I'm going to meet him for coffee in an hour or so".

Sebastian felt a sting of jealousy, mixed with hurt and anger, but he let none of it show. Instead, he took a deep breath and remained silent, looking at the floor before matching Kurt's gaze. "Tonight's our anniversary dinner…" The taller man left the statement in the air, not adding anything to it, as if reminding Kurt of the event.

"I know, honey…" Kurt walked forward and grabbed Sebastian's hands in his when he saw pain in his husband's eyes. Even if he tried to hide it, Kurt knew it was there. "I'll be there, okay?" He assured. "I'll be there, it's just…" Kurt didn't know how to justify going to meet Blaine. He simply needed to go, because he needed to see him.

Nodding, Sebastian gives an indifferent, "Yeah, okay", and takes his hands back.

"Seb…" Kurt utters at Sebastian's clear state of disappointment and upset.

"No, it's okay. And plus, I have some work I still need to do. I was going to go to my office and get as much as I can done anyway, so it's no problem, really". Kurt frowns because he is not convinced; and neither is the other man of the idea of Kurt going out with Blaine.

"Look, I bet Jessica must be about to arrive, I'll go get everything ready for Anna and Matt, okay?" Sebastian breaks the silence that had fallen between the two for a few seconds, and he kisses Kurt quickly before starting to walk away.

"Okay" Kurt says but the other man is already halfway through the door.

The man sighs as he stands, now alone in his room, feeling guilty for having to leave Sebastian feeling clearly distressed.

-o-

Kurt was looking through the latest magazine which he bought on his way home from work as an attempt to clear his mind, but seeming that it hadn't worked then, he was reading it now instead. Sebastian walked in.

Putting the magazine down, Kurt looked at the other man as he said, "Hey, I forgot I had to go pick something up for work this afternoon, so I'm gonna go now and then come back home."

"Right now?" Kurt frowned.

"Yeah" Sebastian answered shortly as he took his coat and put it on.

"Oh, okay" For some reason Kurt didn't feel right about this, but he couldn't exactly blame Sebastian for not wanting to be there right now.

"Do you need a lift?" Sebastian asked, giving his back to Kurt as he went to pick his keys from the little hanger set on the door.

"Uhm, no, don't worry, I think I'd rather walk there" Kurt refused, thinking Sebastian needed some time alone.

With a nonchalant "Okay" and "I'll meet you at the restaurant later" from the man and a hum in agreement from Kurt, Sebastian was out of the house and the engine of the car could be heard being turned on.

Grabbing his own coat and keys, Kurt was out the house, walking to the coffee place to meet Blaine.

-O-

"I'll have a latte" Blaine tells the waitress.

"And I'll have a cappuccino" Kurt adds.

"I'll be right back with your orders. If you need anything else, please be sure to tell me." The girl walks back to place the order on the counter.

They were in a different café than the one they went to the night Blaine came back. This one had a more vintage style and yet it managed to be modern at the same time. It was also closer to home than the 50's-themed one.

Neither of them wanted to begin the conversation, only to be interrupted by the server bringing their coffees, so both made small talk about how they've been these past few days. Kurt still has trouble believing that Blaine is here right now, talking to him; still has trouble believing Blaine is alive altogether. He is still expecting – and dreading - for him to wake up in his bed only to realise that this all has been a dream.

Before they realize, the waitress is back with their order and both men offer a smile to her as a 'thank you' before she walks back to serve another table.

"You know…" Blaine starts, as both of them add sugar to their coffees and stir. "I never quite learned about you, really…"

"What do you mean?" Kurt asks, taking a sip from his drink, frowning in confusion.

"I don't really know about you." When he sees Kurt still doesn't understand what he means, he adds, "Now, I mean… About you now… about… your life now… about your kids…" He looks down at his coffee and leaves the phrase hanging in the air, although it sounds more like a question rather than a statement.

Kurt is surprised that Blaine would want to know about his life now for some reason, and has problem trying to decide how and what to answer Blaine.

"Well, uhm…" He starts, faltering. "Matt – Matthew, actually – is the older, he is nine." Kurt could practically see Blaine's brain working on trying to figure out how the boy could have more years than the ones he was gone, so Kurt explains further. "We adopted him when he was seven and when Anna was two. Anna, we had her with a surrogate."

Blaine was trying to keep the tears in. Seeing that Kurt had moved on so far – and so fast - with Sebastian broke his heart, but Blaine would not let it show. "Kurt you have to promise me" he said to Kurt before he left. And he was not going to make him feel bad for keeping that promise.

Noticing how overwhelmed Blaine was by what he just told, Kurt added, "I know it seems like Anna and Matt came early into our relationship but, I don't know… we both felt like we were ready…" It was true. Sebastian and Kurt were engaged and married within the year and a half they were together, and almost immediately both men decided on having children. It did seem a little rushed, but it had worked for them.

"Anna…" Blaine stated, thoughtfully, and putting aside the topic of Kurt and Sebastian's relationship. "It's a lovely name…"

"Yeah, we couldn't figure out a name for her… Not even on the very same day she was born. We were in the hospital, and she was still nameless." Kurt says with a light chuckle. "After she was born, we just looked at her and the name sort of… came to us… and we loved it." Kurt explained with a smile constant on his face due to the memory. Blaine was aware of his expression.

"I thought you'd always liked the name Sophie" Blaine says – although it again sounds like a question – after a few seconds of silence. He regrets saying this as the smile on Kurt's face quickly falls and a sad expression takes over his face.

"That was the name we were going to name our daughter if we ever had one…" Kurt says as flashbacks of his dream come to him and tears start to form in his eyes. "I couldn't name her- not… not after- after you-" He can't finish the sentence and Blaine understands.

Suddenly, Kurt has the urge to tell Blaine about his dream; so he does. It would be stupid to tell him the entire event, he reasons. But he needs to get it off his chest.

"You know, I had a dream the other night…" He starts.

Kurt tells him about the path, and that he found his – their – old home, and how, when he walked in, he found a little girl. He is sure to describe every detail about her he can remember to Blaine. Kurt proceeds to tell how Blaine came in afterwards. He doesn't mention the little paper with "Go home" written on it before he entered the house. Neither does Kurt mention of his current home being there as well, and him having to make the decision of which house to choose. Kurt doesn't tell Blaine about how his dream turned into a nightmare when Sophie, Blaine and everything in the house started to disappear; instead, he lied and said that after Blaine walked in, they simply talked until Kurt woke up by his alarm clock going off, leaving the 'dream' unfinished.

Kurt feels like a huge weight has been lifted from his chest. He had wanted to tell someone about the dream since he had it, but he couldn't bring himself to say a word about it to Sebastian, or any other person. Being able to share it with Blaine, specifically, is a relief for him; even as he regrets it when he notices Blaine's sad expression.

"Kurt…" Blaine says softly. Clearly this dream had affected Kurt, bringing back memories he probably doesn't want any more now that he has a new life.

"She was just like you, Blaine." Kurt says, ignoring Blaine. As a silence falls between the two of them, Kurt decides to change the topic. With a deep breath, he continues. "Matt was old enough to understand that he isn't biologically our son, but he has never made mention of it either…"

It probably isn't a good topic to change to, Kurt assumes. But after this, the atmosphere between them is lighter, as they both resume making small talk about whatever they can think of that it isn't a topic that would make them feel uncomfortable again. Mostly, they talk about past memories that they both laugh at as they remember them.

-O-

Conversation flows freely now, and before either knows it, hours have passed and they are still sitting in the cozy café, even as the sun is setting and the the first cup of coffee.

They ask for the bill and pay for their orders – this time Kurt refusing to let the other pay – after they agree that neither wants anything else. Still, they stay seated while they finish their last sips of coffee left in their mugs. When there seems to be no memories left to recall, both men settle into a silence with smiles on their faces and Kurt chances to look at Blaine while he is looking at his own mug of coffee, rubbing the handle lightly with his index finger, seeming lost in thought.

"Why did you call me?" Kurt thinks out loud.

"Huh?" Blaine looks up at Kurt caught off guard by the question. "What do you mean?" He asks, with a frown on his face.

"Why did you call me to meet with you?" It sounds a little harsher that he intended to, and when Blaine looks slightly hurt, Kurt is quickly to add, "It's not that I didn't want to meet with you… I mean… it's just that when we talked, you just seemed… it seemed as if whatever you needed to tell me was… important. I don't suppose you just wanted to chat?" Kurt looks expectantly at Blaine, waiting for an answer.

Blaine sighs and lets his head hang forward for a second before recomposing his posture. When he looks into Kurt's eyes it reminds him exactly why he was trying to avoid talking about this with Kurt. He could see in his eyes the worry of what Blaine was about to say.

When Kurt sees Blaine frown and inhaling deeply to start talking, he copies his actions, trying to prepare himself for whatever news Blaine is about to give him.

"Look, Kurt" He begins, insecure. "I'm gonna be honest here… I-" He stops to consider how to continue. It takes him a few seconds – in which Kurt unaware holds his breath – before he is able to carry on. "I- I enjoyed so much this past week… seeing you again after so long was amazing… but-" The tears making Kurt's eyes shine make it impossible for Blaine to hold his gaze, so he looks down for a moment to recover strength to continue. "But I- I think it is better if… if we don't see each other anymore…" Kurt let out a painful sigh and began to shake his head. "I think that, with Sebastian and everything, it isn't a good idea…" Blaine finishes, Kurt's hurt expression hurting him too.

Kurt stays in his seat, frozen, unable to find a proper reaction to what is happening.

Suddenly, he is no longer sitting in the café, but he is back in his old house, sitting on a random chair – the closest to reach he had found at the moment – with a yellow letter in hand, reading the words that had changed his life forever. The message in the letter had taken a while to sink in, but when it did, and Kurt understood fully what had happened, he couldn't do anything other than cry. The meaning of the letter was slowly sinking in, as Kurt thought it over and over: Blaine was gone.

A voice and a light touch to his shoulder bring him back to the present. Looking around, Kurt realizes he is back in the coffee shop and Blaine is standing next to their table, putting his coat on. "I'm sorry." He had said before standing up; Kurt's subconscious part was aware of this while he was lost in the memory of his past.

Still not able to react, Kurt stays seated while Blaine looks at him painfully, tears visible in his own eyes, and begins to walk towards the exit.

Part of Kurt's mind is screaming at him to get up and go after Blaine. But the loudest part of his mind is replaying what it felt like to receive that letter, and Kurt realizes just how similar the situations are. When his flashback was interrupted by Blaine, Kurt wondered for a small second why he had even gone back to that day and that moment. But now he knows why. Blaine is gone. Again.

Tears are falling freely down his face before he is even aware of this. The sense of déjà vu is so overwhelming that it only manages to bring more tears to his eyes.

Kurt has no control on his body. He doesn't realize he has stood up from his chair, grabbed his coat and started walking until he is out of the café and looking for Blaine.

A/N: Thank you guys for reading this! I'll try to finish my English homework and get right on with chapter 11 if I can.

Also, I know this chapter is really short compared to the last ones but I felt like leaving it here and completing the conclusion to this in the next one...

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