A/N: What's this? Two chapters in one week? I'm impatient and don't know the meaning of "regular upload schedule" and like the validation your favourites and reviews give me, so this is where we find outselves. Please enjoy another chapter from Seb's perspective.

It hurts.

Being just friends with Kurt hurts. But, so did being not friends with Kurt, that hurt more, so at least this is an improvement.

He really had thought that Kurt was back with Blaine. He figured Kurt was trying to hide it either because he was embarrassed to admit it to Sebastian or, more likely, for the sake of Sebastian's feelings. Because Kurt knows how Sebastian feels about him, because Sebastian told him. And Kurt hadn't said it back, because of course Kurt doesn't feel the same way, and that's fine, really it is, it's fine.

He's still relieved when he finds out that Kurt isn't dating Blaine.

Normally he would have no problem voicing his concerns about Blaine; he's done it before after all. But now that Kurt knows, he might have thought it was for the wrong reasons, and he doesn't think their friendship can take that. Again. Not right now, anyway. So he's stayed quiet, until he couldn't anymore because, well, there's only so much that he can manage to not say. And now he kind of wishes he had said it before, because it just feels so much better to know.

So maybe it's not the saying things that's bad for their friendship, maybe it's the how he says things that keeps hurting him – them. He's never really had somebody that he can just talk to and be honest with, and if he's truthful, he doesn't entirely know how to do that. He's never been a talker. He keeps his feelings to himself and either deals with them alone or pushes them to the back of his mind until he's – mostly – forgotten about them. And that's worked well enough for him for a long time. It's not that he thinks people shouldn't be able to talk about how they're feeling, it's that he thinks he doesn't have to; he's strong, independent, he doesn't need anyone. He can do things on his own.

But sometimes, he wants someone. And that's getting harder and harder to ignore.

Kurt sighs and slides his phone back into his pocket before he takes a seat on the swing beside Sebastian.

"Blaine?" Sebastian hazards a guess.

Kurt turns to look at him, an eyebrow raised. "You know I have other friends, right?"

"Yeah, but usually you're happier to hear from them," Sebastian points out, and it's true.

Kurt shrugs, but doesn't argue the point. "It's Chandler."

Sebastian narrows his eyes a little as he looks at Kurt, who isn't looking back, is just staring down at the ground and scuffing his feet in the gravel there. "Who's Chandler?"

"He's just this guy I met at the sheet music store a while ago."

"Oh," Sebastian says simply. That doesn't really give him any information. "So, what's wrong with him?"

Kurt glances up and chuckles lightly, but then looks back at the ground before he responds. "Nothing's wrong with him, I just don't... he asked me for my number, and I thought it might be good for me to try to date someone else and get over... well, you know. And he's nice enough, but he's just so... much."

Sebastian feels his stomach twist a little at the knowledge that Kurt must still not be over Blaine; he swears he'd never date the other boy again, which Sebastian had taken to mean that Kurt was over him, but apparently that isn't the case.

As usual, he pushes his feelings on the matter aside.

"So, what, are you dating him?" Because he needs to know.

"No," Kurt says quickly, shaking his head. "I mean, we went out together once, and it was fine, I guess, but I just... I don't know. He keeps trying to get me to go out with him again, and I don't want to but I can't figure out how to tell him that. He is a really nice guy, and I don't want to hurt him, but I don't even really want to be his friend. We just... don't mesh."

Sebastian tries to hide the smile on his face; he's glad Kurt is looking at the ground, because he does feel a little bad that he's happy about this; it's clearly a difficult situation for Kurt. But he can't help but be glad that Kurt has no interest in dating this other boy, even if it may be largely because of Blaine Anderson. Sebastian isn't sure he could handle being friends with Kurt if he had a boyfriend.

"Let me see your phone."

"What?" Kurt looks up at him in surprise.

"I said, let me see your phone."

"Okay...," Kurt says slowly, pulling it from his pocket and handing it to Sebastian.

Sebastian rolls his eyes and hands it back. "You have to unlock it first, Einstein."

Kurt takes the phone back, unlocks it, and hands it to Sebastian again. "Why? What are you doing?"

He smiles a little, knowing that Kurt trusts him enough to just hand his phone over without knowing what Sebastian is planning to do with it.

"Getting rid of him for you," Sebastian says simply as he navigates to Kurt's texts and selects Chandler's contact.

Are you sure you're not tired? Because you've been running through my mind all day.

Sebastian can't help but bark out a laugh as he reads the most recent text. No wonder Kurt wants nothing to do with this guy.

"You're what?" Kurt asks, voice pitched a little higher than usual.

"Don't worry about it, it will only take a second," Sebastian brushes him off as he begins to tap out a message.

"Seb, give me my phone back," Kurt says, swiping out to grab at the phone, but Sebastian had been anticipating this and he stands and takes a step away. Kurt stands, too, following him and reaching out to grab for the phone, but Sebastian holds it up over his head, using his thumb to finish tapping out the text as he pushes Kurt away with his other hand.

"Seb, give it back," Kurt says again, reaching up for the phone, but he's shorter than Sebastian so he can't reach, ends up just grabbing at Sebastian's arms in his failed attempts.

I don't want anything to do with you. Stop texting me.

He hits send, before lowering his arm enough that Kurt can grab the phone, and it's only then that he realizes just how close Kurt is to him, chest pressed up against his as he reaches up, face only inches away, and his breath catches just a little in his throat at the sudden realization of the closeness.

Luckily, Kurt doesn't seem to notice; or, at the very least, does a very good job ignoring it.

Kurt swipes the phone from his hand, then takes a step back and looks down at the screen, eyes going wide as he reads the message.

"Sebastian, I can't believe you sent that, what the hell?"

"You don't want to talk to him anymore. That should do it," Sebastian says with a shrug and a smirk; it's a little easier to concentrate now that Kurt isn't pressed up against him.

"Yeah but I didn't want to be an asshole to him," Kurt insists.

"I know, that's why I did it for you."

"But he'll think it's me," Kurt insists.

"So? Who cares? He won't want to date you if he thinks you're an asshole. Sounds like a good thing to me."

Kurt rolls his eyes, but there doesn't seem to be any heat behind it. "You are impossible."

"But you love me anyway."

He doesn't mean to say it. The words have passed his lips before he'd even realized they had formed in his head. But they're out there now.

Kurt laughs, looking away as he slides his phone back into his pocket, but he doesn't respond.

"Come on, it's starting to get dark. And I told my dad I'd be home for supper."

"Yeah, right. We should go," Sebastian agrees, and follows behind as Kurt leads the way back down the path toward the parking lot.

Sebastian takes his coffee cup from the barista and turns to leave the Lima Bean, but he pauses for a double-take when someone familiar catches his eyes. Or rather, upon close inspection, someones. Kurt is sitting at a table tucked away in a corner with Blaine. It's not the table they used to sit at all the time, and it's kind of out of the way, which is why Sebastian must have missed them when he'd come in, but there they are, sitting and chatting, and they don't seem to see him.

He makes his way to the table, and Blaine spots him first, a surprised expression crossing his face because the two boys haven't spoken to each other in... well, a very long time. Sebastian hears about Blaine through Kurt, and presumably Kurt talks about him to Blaine as well, but he's had no reason to talk to Blaine since he and Kurt had broken up, and he hasn't run into the two of them out together until now – or at least, hasn't run into them when he and Kurt have been on speaking terms.

"Well if it isn't Hall and Oates," he says with a smirk as he walks up from behind Kurt. Kurt turns his head in surprise, but then he smiles a little when their eyes meet.

"Oh, hey Sebastian."

"Hi Kurt," Sebastian says with a smile, then looking at Blaine and grinning smugly, "Blaine."

"Hi Sebastian," Blaine says, and his expression is difficult to read; maybe something between shock and annoyance? Not that Sebastian cares.

"I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" he asks, not really caring if he is as he drags an extra chair over and takes a seat.

"Well actually–" Blaine starts, but Kurt cuts him off.

"No, we were just having coffee. Nothing important."

"Hmm. I thought not," Sebastian says, giving Blaine another smug smile, and Blaine frowns a little at him. "So, Blaine, haven't seen you around in a while. I was starting to wonder if you even like coffee or if you just pretended to in your sad and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to get in Kurt's pants."

Blaine just kind of gapes at him, apparently unsure how to respond. If he'd said something like that to Kurt, he would have gotten a some people's world doesn't revolve around trying to have sex with every new guy they meet or an oh please, not everyone is so intolerable that they need to lie about something so trivial for someone to be interested in them or even just a fuck you, but Blaine just says nothing, and he's starting to remember why he doesn't like the other boy all that much. Well, other than the obvious reasons, of course.

He looks back to Kurt, already bored with Blaine, and sees the uncomfortable expression on his face and shit, he kind of hadn't thought about how the comment might make Kurt feel – if he's honest, he doesn't usually care about how his comments make anyone feel, but he does care about Kurt.

"So, Kurt, we're still on for this weekend right?"

Kurt brightens a little at that. "Yes, of course."

"Great," Sebastian says with a smile. "I should actually get going. But it was nice seeing you," he adds, making a point to look only at Kurt as he says the last sentence.

"Yeah, you too," Kurt agrees.

"I'll see you Saturday," he says to Kurt, then winks at Blaine, whose frown deepens.

"Bye, Sebastian," Blaine says, voice not nearly as cheery as it usually is, and Sebastian smirks to himself as he walks away.