Kurt paced restlessly up and down the studio, his stomps annoying anyone trying to work. He was angry at himself for being too stunned with Sebastian's obliviousness to use the chance to come clean about his Sub status to the actor.

"Why don't you sit down, Kurt? It might be a while," Nick proposed. It was the wrong thing to say.

"It's already been ages," the Sub answered tersely. "What the hell are they doing in there? Blaine should be working, not spending time and flirting with that evil chipmunk."

His opinion was shared by others – except the flirting part - as there was already a queue of a dozen or so designers and technicians that needed Blaine's assistance. While Sebastian's part in the project was supposed to be a huge boost for the campaign, in reality, his presence was only trouble for everyone.

"And Blaine's office is like a den of sin," Kurt continued, growing more and more suspicious. "There is, like, everything one would need for… I mean, I know they are both Doms, but that's not necessarily a barrier. With all the equipment in that room, there are a lot of things you could do with someone you find attractive," he exclaimed probably louder than he had intended to.

"Hey, how would you know that?" One of the waiting designers asked. Nick, who had overheard Kurt's rant, shushed the man with a glare.

"And then… oh my god Nick!" Kurt suddenly exclaimed. "What if Sebastian is a Sub after all and he just pretended to be a Dom to land himself an unsuspecting Dom?"

"No way," Nick shook his head, trying very hard to not laugh at the idea.

"Kurt," Jeff put a hand on the brunet's shoulder. "It's not the first time he has spent time there. Sometimes I can overhear them, and I assure you Sebastian is more focused on himself than on Blaine. And you know Blaine would never do something like that, right?"

"I… I do trust Blaine. It's just frustrating." Kurt pushed his hands into his pants pockets. "I'm afraid he's going to come out of there any moment saying that-"

"There is only so much of a whiny Sub that a Dom can stand, if you know what I mean, Blaine. It's best to find a new one with a clean slate. One day you'll see that I'm right." Sebastian spoke while leaving Blaine's office.

Someone from the queue laughed nervously, but as Kurt scowled in the voice's direction, the whole group promptly rushed toward Blaine, each designer trying to be the first one to reach their boss.

"Damn it! I need to be first!" Jeff hurried too, almost losing the grip he had on his documents.

Kurt felt an almost physical pull toward his Dom. He was certain he would not calm down until Blaine himself would assure him that Sebastian was a typical jerk and that Blaine would not involve himself further with the irritating actor in any capacity. It didn't help that Kurt was also feeling guilty about hiding from Blaine the extent of Sebastian's harassment of Nick and the rest of the Submissive staff.

To protect, at least temporarily, Nick from Sebastian, Kurt need to do something about revealing his status quickly – he was definitely not dressing in all-pastel again.

Kurt caught Blaine's eye for a moment, and the Dom's face frowned in concern. Kurt's feelings of guilt just got stronger. If he would just lie to Blaine and mention that he has seen Sebastian harassing Nick it would be fine, right? He just shouldn't admit that Nick confided into him…

Before Kurt was able to make up his mind, though, Blaine lost the eye contact with him, as other workers took his attention away.

Kurt slumped onto one of the desks, trying to decide what to do. Absentmindedly looking around he realised that Sebastian was still in the studio and clearly up to no good. Sebastian was basking in the attention of the staff members that were still his fans despite all the trouble he was causing.

"Can you tell us what new movies you have in the pipeline?"

"I can't say anything specific, but I'll play this swanky and slightly dorky hero that will definitely save the world."

While other Subs swooned, Nick and Kurt couldn't help but roll their eyes. Sebastian noticed Nick doing it and moved toward him.

"Would you prefer me to be the dark, sexy villain, Nicky?"

"You misunderstood. I don't care either way," Nick said as he tried to move as far as possible from the actor without actually leaving his work desk.

"It's hard to understand with so many mixed signals you give me, sweetheart. It would be so much easier if you'd just finally give me your phone number."

"And I'm saying for the infinity-plus-first time, that it's not going to happen. I already have a Dom, and it's never going to be you."

Kurt would always swear later that he initially had meant to go to Jeff or Blaine for help. He really did – he could see that the situations like these could easily escalate. Kurt even started elbowing one of the swarming designers to move out of his way to Blaine, but then-

"I know you're just saying 'no', but no Sub actually means that, right? It's just what you pumpkins say when you want to work us up, right? And guess what? I'm really worked up." Sebastian waggled his eyebrows while looming over the Sub designer.

Kurt froze when he heard that. All his thoughts from just a moment ago vanished, swallowed by the sudden fury.

The Sub seemingly politely moved the designer he had just pushed out of his way back into the queue, and with a stony face, Kurt turned around. Nick was the first one to see his expression and his eyes widened. As if knowing exactly what was going to happen in a moment, Nick hurriedly backed away. Sebastian, who had been following Nick, suddenly felt goose bumps on his neck and quickly turned around to see the source of his sudden sense of dread.

"What the-" The actor was clearly not used to anyone looking at him like that. Kurt's face was a fascinating combination of "don't give a fuck" and "expect to be squashed like a bug".

"If you'd ever bother to open a dictionary you'd know that 'no' means 'NO'," the Sub explained in a deceptively calm voice. In reality, he felt like a sea just before a storm. He clasped hands behind his back which made his chest look wider and whole body few inches taller.

Even though Sebastian felt something was really wrong, he proceeded to dig his grave deeper. "Kurt, my man, I didn't know you were on the prowl for Nick too."

"Uh…" Nick looked like he wanted to interrupt them, but was uncertain as to how to de-escalate the situation.

"Of course not," Kurt said in an icy tone. "Only a complete dickhead with a bird brain would go after a happily-taken Sub. Now, coincidentally, what are you doing here, exactly?"

"Wow, didn't your boss tell you guys to be nicer to me?"

"Really?" Kurt smiled. "How lucky then I'm from a different department, and I can say whatever I want with no consequences to the AdultToy department."

Sebastian's self-confidence faltered, but only for a moment.

"You are bluffing. This is still the same company, and you should know it's not a good idea to push my buttons."

"That doesn't mean every Sub employee should just open their pants for you to jump straight in, you horse-faced pervert."

"Kurt!"

Kurt's mouth closed shut on his own at the sound of the familiar voice, even though his eyes continued to glare at Sebastian.

Blaine finally got to them.

"What is going on here?" he asked, looking exasperated.

The situation was not looking good for Kurt, as the Dom definitely heard his Sub's last remark. Before the actor could weasel his way out of the responsibility for the commotion, Kurt beat him to it.

"What is going on here is Sebastian apparently mistook this studio for a speed-dating club and is sexually harassing Nick." Kurt did not see a reason anymore for not calling it for what it was. Not after having to take similar shit from Ryan or Karofsky before.

Sebastian rolled his eyes.

"Oh, please, all I did was a little innocent flirting."

"Innocent flirting? That's not what I saw! If I hadn't reacted, you would have your pants wide open by now!"

"Oh, Kurt…" Blaine whispered, sighing. He briefly massaged the bridge of his nose, before speaking louder.

"Sebastian, I asked you before to leave my team alone. I can't forbid you interacting with your fans, but it has to be consensual."

"Oh, anything that happened here was with enthusiastic consent," Sebastian winked at Nick and that did it for Kurt.

The Sub's fingers curled into fists, but before he could do anything-

"Kurt, stop!"

Kurt was halted by Blaine's sharp voice for the second time, but this time Sebastian noticed just how immediate Kurt's reaction to the Dom's voice was.