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Chapter 9

Kurt woke up early on Saturday morning and immediately got to work on making himself ready for his day with Sebastian Smythe. He took greater care with his morning routine than usual. He brushed his teeth for double the usual time and spent a full half hour longer perfecting his hairstyle. Not knowing what Sebastian had in store for him, Kurt really had no idea how to coordinate his outfit for the day's events. Typically he would throw together a daring and colourful fashion ensemble if he were going on a date with Blaine. But as he was going to be spending the day with Sebastian, Kurt decided to forgo his more eye-catching fashion pieces and dress for comfort.

Of course, just because it was a toned-down look didn't mean it wasn't good. The simple black skinny jeans may well have just been a pair of simple black skinny jeans, but they were the best pair of black skinny jeans in all of Ohio. He paired it with his comfiest pair of black boots and a simple white button-up shirt. It may not be a dramatic fashion choice but he still looked amazing and Kurt liked to think the material hugged his body in all the right places to still make it an eye-catching outfit.

Heading downstairs, he tried to act casual and ignore the feelings of nervousness and excitement that were having a full blown battle inside his stomach.

"You look very nice," Carole complimented as she eyed Kurt with a twinkle in her eye and smile on her lips. "What are you getting up to today?"

"Actually, I have no idea," Kurt admitted. "But I'm looking forward to it. He should be picking me up soon."

"He?" Carole asked. "Do you mean Blaine or Sebastian?"

"Oh, well," Kurt shifted uncomfortably under his step-mum's gaze. "Technically I have plans with them both. So I guess it depends on who arrives to pick me up first. Anyway, Blaine's cancelled our dates so many times recently so I don't expect him to show and who can blame me for making other plans… right?"

"Kurt, honey, what you do with your private life is entirely up to you," Carole told him. "Just as long as you're happy. That's all your dad and I want for you and Finn."

"It's not cheating though, right?" Kurt asked. "I mean, it's not like I'm dating Sebastian behind Blaine's back. I'm just spending time with a friend."

"If you go out with Sebastian today, do you plan to kiss him when he brings you home?" Carole asked.

"No, of course not," Kurt said hurriedly.

"Ok," Carole nodded thoughtfully. "Now, and be honest Kurt, I'm not going to judge you, honey… do you want Sebastian to kiss you?"

"No," he answered promptly but with little conviction. "I'm a terrible human being," he groaned. "But just because I might want Sebastian to kiss me doesn't mean it's going to happen. It isn't cheating if I don't, right?"

"Not physically, no," Carole replied. "But there might be a little bit of emotional cheating going on here. And that doesn't make you a bad person," she added when Kurt cast his eyes to the carpet in shame. "It just makes you human. But I think you know that you can't run around being Blaine's boyfriend but wanting to be Sebastian's boyfriend forever. You have to make a decision."

"I just don't know what I'm supposed to want," Kurt told her. "I've had this name on my hip for years telling me what I should want. But I'm not so sure anymore. Maybe… maybe I want something else. Someone else."

"Well, ask yourself this," Carole advised. "Who do you want to knock on that door today? Do you want it to be Blaine or do you want it to be Sebastian?"

The boy rubbed his hand over his hip where Blaine's name was hidden beneath his clothing.

"I want it to be Sebastian," Kurt confessed wondering if he rubbed his soul mate mark for long enough the name would change, though of course he knew that was not possible.

"Then I think you know what you want and what you need to do," Carole said. A knock sounded at the door. "Are you going to answer it?"

"What if it's Blaine?" Kurt asked. "Can you answer it, Carole, please? If it's Blaine just tell him I'm sick or something."

"No, honey," Carole shook her head. "You need to sort these things out for yourself. Go on, go answer the door."

Taking a breath, Kurt made his way to the front door. The journey seemed to take longer than normal and Kurt could feel his heart hammering. He had no idea what he would do if Blaine was standing on the other side. He had even less idea what he would do if it was Sebastian. Reaching out for the handle, he almost hoped that it would be one of the girls or a neighbour just so he'd have longer to prepare himself. But he opened the door and smiled wide as his eyes landed on Sebastian.

"Hey," Kurt breathed out in relief.

"Well don't you look beautiful," Sebastian complimented. "Come on, before we do anything else I'm taking you to breakfast."

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They drove to a cosy little family-run café in Westerville for breakfast. It was nice to have Sebastian open the door for him, pull his chair out and actually be interested in the conversation. Normally when Kurt went to a café or restaurant with Blaine the other boy would be texting somebody else on his phone so it was definitely a welcome change to have Sebastian's full attention.

"So, may I ask what you have in store for the day?" Kurt questioned.

"You'll find out," Sebastian told him mysteriously. "Hey, I'll trade you a bite of bacon for a bite of a hash brown," he offered.

Kurt found he rather enjoyed feeding Sebastian a bite of his food and he liked it just as much that the favour was returned. Too many times he'd offered Blaine a taste of his food but the other boy had rarely shared anything from his plate.

"Will you at least split the bill with me?" Kurt asked. Typically Blaine would cover the cheque whenever they went out for a meal, almost as though he liked to show off that he was wealthier than Kurt.

"Tell you what," Sebastian responded thoughtfully. "How about you pay for breakfast, I'll cover lunch later and then we can split the bill for dinner in the evening?"

"That sounds reasonable," Kurt agreed. "But do you really think you can hold my interest for that long?"

"Of course," Sebastian answered confidently. "I'm charming, witty and sexy. Besides, if you really didn't care for my company you wouldn't have agreed to come out with me at all. There's no use playing hard to get, Hummel. I've already got you," he smirked.

"You're doing remarkably well so far," Kurt admitted. "But don't get too cocky," he warned as he took his wallet out to cover the pay for their breakfast. "Where are we going next?"

"You'll see," Sebastian teased slipping on his black denim jacket and holding his hand out to the other boy. "No, no, we'll come back for the car," he explained as Kurt made for the direction of Sebastian's vehicle. "Walk quickly now," he said checking the time on his phone. "We'll have a full hour's wait if we miss it."

Keeping hold of Sebastian's hand and walking quickly to match the Dalton boy's long strides, Kurt wondered what 'it' might be. He didn't have too long of a wait to find out that 'it' was a trip on a canal boat.

"I didn't even realise there was a canal running through Westerville," Kurt said to Sebastian.

"Many people don't," Sebastian replied as he helped Kurt into the boat, keeping a steady hand on his hip (the one that didn't have Blaine Anderson's name on it).

They sat down together and soon a cute old couple and a family with two small children joined them on the boat trip. The canal boat started to move and the lady working on the canal boat told them some of the history of the canal and pointed out to different things as they slowly passed through the water.

The old man appeared to be falling asleep, the old lady with him nudging him with her elbow every few minutes and grumbling at him. Kurt and Sebastian had to avert their gazes from one another so that they didn't laugh. As for the two small children, their parents seemed to be having trouble making them sit still. One of the children, a little girl, came up to Sebastian and asked if he wanted to be her friend.

"Absolutely not," Sebastian scoffed and the girl pouted at him before moving back to her brother and whispering in his ear, pointing at Sebastian as he did so. In retaliation, Sebastian leaned in to Kurt and pretended to whisper things in his ear as he pointed at the little girl.

"Sebastian," Kurt whacked him on the arm. "She's a little girl."

"Yes, a little girl who is clearly saying bad things about me to her brother," Sebastian pointed out. "Look, she's even telling tales about me to her mother now," he said.

The girl glared over at him and poked her tongue out so Sebastian screwed his face up and poked his tongue back out at her.

"Don't be childish," Kurt told him.

"She's being childish," Sebastian accused pointing at the little girl.

"She is a child," Kurt reasoned.

"She's being mean to me," Sebastian pouted hoping for sympathy.

"You were mean to her first," Kurt replied. "She asked if you wanted to be her friend."

"Well now she's just bullying me," Sebastian complained.

"She's like five years old," Kurt laughed. "Just ignore her."

The girl inched a little closer to them and told Sebastian that he smelled like dog poo.

"Shut up, you smell like dog poo," Sebastian responded.

"You have silly hair," the girl said.

"You have a silly face," Sebastian returned and Kurt rolled his eyes.

"You're a big fat slug and your mummy cries because you're so ugly," the girl insisted.

"Well your mum makes peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches," Sebastian replied, "and they taste really, really bad."

"Seriously, that's your comeback?" Kurt asked in disbelief.

The trip on the canal boat came to an end and they got back off at the same place they had first gotten on. Before leaving with her brother and parents, the little girl plucked a flower from the ground and handed it to Kurt with a smile and a curtsey. She handed Sebastian a dirty pebble from the ground and poked her tongue out at him. As her back was turned, Sebastian raised his arm as though to throw the stone at her but Kurt pulled his arm back.

"You're not great with children are you?" Kurt pried the small rock from Sebastian's hand and let it drop to the ground.

"Children annoy me," Sebastian said. "But that little girl isn't going to ruin our day together. Come on, we have plenty more to do today. I think you'll enjoy what I've planned next. Let me just check that everything is in order," he took his phone out and sent off a few text messages before leading Kurt back to his car. "Now, as a former member of Dalton Academy I'm sure you're aware of our sister school."

"Of course," Kurt nodded as he buckled his seat belt.

"Well, I've convinced the girls' Glee Club to put on a special show for us," Sebastian revealed. "They'll be singing a selection of songs that make me think about you as well as a selection of songs that should make you think about me."

"Would one of these songs be 'You're So Vain'?" Kurt asked.

"Witty," Sebastian grinned.

They arrived at the girls' school and there were two girls waiting to meet them at the gate and sneak them in to the performance hall. Unsurprisingly, the songs that were supposed to make Kurt think about Sebastian were all sexual. Sebastian even joined the girls on stage to show off his sultry dance moves and Kurt had to cross one leg over the other to hide how impressed he really was. The songs Sebastian had picked out to showcase what he thought about Kurt were more of a surprise. They were actually sweet and romantic. But they weren't official soulmate songs which made sense given that Sebastian claimed not to believe in them.

After the all-girl Show Choir finished the last number, Kurt and Sebastian applauded them before taking their leave and heading out for a spot of lunch. They sat side by side as they shared a large cheesy pizza and drank coca-cola. He hadn't been expecting Sebastian to take him to a pizza place for lunch. He had expected the boy to take him somewhere posh and fancy so he could show off his money. That's what Blaine had done when they first started dating, before Breadstix became their go to dating venue. But Kurt found that he appreciated the fact Sebastian wasn't showing off his money to impress him and contrary to popular belief, Kurt enjoyed stuffing his face with a greasy pizza every now and then just as much as the likes of Finn Hudson.

As promised, Sebastian paid for their lunch as Kurt had paid for their breakfast. The two boys then simply went for a random walk, just talking and getting to learn more about the other. At around three in the afternoon it started to rain just a little. So the boys headed in to the Westerville Art Gallery and Museum to avoid the rain and to feel sophisticated and do something a little more cultured.

They kept close together as they moved around looking at the different art pieces. In fact, Sebastian was practically acting as Kurt's shadow and always kept a hand somewhere on the boy's body. He gave his opinion to Kurt about each painting they admired. He even offered details about the artists and Kurt honestly wasn't sure if Sebastian was simply making it all up or if he genuinely was that knowledgeable when it came to Art.

By the time they left the Gallery the rain had cleared up but there was a chill in the air so Sebastian shrugged off his black denim jacket and wrapped it around Kurt's shoulders. Sebastian kept his arm around Kurt's waist as they walked about for nearly half an hour trying to find the car again. They drove around aimlessly for a while singing along to the radio and Kurt couldn't deny that he'd had more fun with Sebastian than he'd had with Blaine for a long time. He wasn't even sure if he ever had so much fun with Blaine, or if he just convinced himself that the boy was perfect and everything he wanted purely because the idea of having a soulmate was so romanticised in his head from all the books and movies.

"Are you hungry?" Sebastian asked and Kurt nodded so they drove around and found somewhere just outside of Westerville for dinner.

Just as they had agreed to in the morning, they split the bill for dinner. It was a simple thing really, sharing the cost of a meal, but Kurt appreciated it and felt it made them more equal. The food had been delicious, the service was excellent and the overall atmosphere was an extremely pleasant one. During dessert, Kurt had found himself eating slower and slower so he could drag the evening out just a little more and delay the part of the evening where they would need to leave.

On the car journey back to Lima, Sebastian parked the car in an empty lot.

"Is this where you try to seduce me or simply where you're going to hide my body after murdering me?" Kurt enquired and Sebastian released a laugh as he turned the radio on.

He settled on a station devoted to love songs and turned up the volume before stepping out of the car, leaving the door open. He moved around to the other side and opened Kurt's door, offering his hand to him. The McKinley student didn't even hesitate as he accepted Sebastian's hand and stepped out with him.

"Dance with me," Sebastian requested setting one hand at Kurt's waist.

"You really are pulling out all the stops," Kurt commented as he wound an arm about the other boy's neck.

"I'm just showing you a small glimpse of how you deserve to be treated," Sebastian responded as they slow-danced to the music playing from the car. "You look beautiful in the moonlight," he complimented.

"You too," Kurt whispered back.

He wanted to kiss him. He wanted to kiss Sebastian, desperately. He darted his pink tongue out to moisten his lips as he gazed at Sebastian's mouth, imagining what the boy might taste like.

"Kurt," Sebastian said his name gently. "I'm not going to kiss you," he smiled fondly at Kurt's resulting frown. "You have a boyfriend," he reminded him. "Not a very good one," he admitted. "But he's still your boyfriend. I don't want to be the guy that makes you cheat on him."

"Then what was today all about?" Kurt asked.

"To convince you that I should be the guy you leave your boyfriend for," Sebastian responded. "If you break up with Blaine then I'll take you out again… and then I'll kiss you."

"Promise?" Kurt wondered aloud.

"I promise," Sebastian replied drawing him in for a hug. "It's getting late. I should drive you home before your family starts worrying."

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That night, Kurt sat up in his bed (still wearing Sebastian's black denim jacket) and read over the pamphlet he had obtained from Miss Pillsbury looking through all the suggestions on ways to break up with Blaine.

To Be Continued…

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