Kurt stepped into the shower and pulled the shower curtain closed behind him. Sebastian turned the sprayer on him as soon as the curtain was closed.

"Bas! This isn't a water fight." Kurt's voice gave away his excitement. He turned to face Sebastian with a huge smile on his face.

"I know. I waited until the curtain was shut so I wouldn't get the wall wet when I sprayed you." He hung the sprayer back and reached out to Kurt. "Can I hug you, please?"

Kurt took his hand and stepped closer. "I love the shower you chose for this place, in case I've never told you. It's so nice and roomy." He let Sebastian wrap his arms around him. He slipped his arms under Sebastian's and wrapped them around his upper back.

"Me too. I figured that I'd never been one to take a bath very often, but it might be really relaxing." He pulled them both under the showerhead. He kissed along Kurt's neck. "I just want you to know that I love you."

"I know. I see it in your eyes. You show me every day. I love you too, you know that, right?"

Sebastian nodded. "You're beautiful. Every bit of you."

"You're so gorgeous. I'd love to stand in here for ages with you, but we need to at least be dressed when they get here."

Sebastian reached out and grabbed Kurt's shampoo. "Then we better get started with the washing." He lathered up Kurt's hair. He styled it into a mohawk. "I'm pretty sure you could pull off the skank look. A few ear piercings. A few more tattoos. Maybe black, no red tips in your hair."

"Hmm. How about a tongue piercing?"

"Hot, but I think it would be terrible for your diction."

"But in the future it'd be great for your d–"

Sebastian pressed a kiss to Kurt's lips before he could finish the word. "You have a potty mouth," Sebastian teased him as he pulled back.

"I'm 20 years old, I think I can say 'dick' without getting my mouth washed out with soap, not that anyone ever did that to me, but I heard my dad tell stories about it happening to him."

Sebastian grabbed the sprayer and rinsed Kurt's hair.

"You're going to spoil me. I love having my hair washed."

"Who else has washed your hair?"

"Only the people at whatever hair salon I go to, but it's definitely the highlight of my visit."

"Good to know."

Kurt picked up Sebastian's shampoo and lathered up his hair. He gave Sebastian a mohawk as well. "Hmm. I'm not so sure about you and the mohawk, but you could definitely pull off some tattoos, maybe a few days beard growth. You're totally hot no matter what." He rinsed Sebastian's hair. He kissed him before he put the showerhead back in the holder. "Now, what?"

"We wash each other?"

"Really?"

"Oh, I'm all for it if you are. I'd love to get my hands all over you, but only if that's what you want too."

Kurt nodded. "I do. Your hands have been all over most of me already. I loved every second of it." He reached for the washcloth he had brought in with him and soaped it up with Sebastian's body wash.

Sebastian did the same.

Ten minutes later, they were holding onto each other in an embrace that left no space between them at all. Both worked to catch their breath.

"Oh, my God," Kurt said, "Please tell me you enjoyed that as much as I did."

"Oh, definitely." He reached up and grabbed the showerhead again and rinsed them off. Once the sprayer was back up, Sebastian kissed him sweetly. "We need to get dried off and dressed or Santana will tease us relentlessly all evening."

"She probably will anyway, but I don't even care. I love you. Thank you for making this amazing."

"I'll say thank you in return. This has been, by far, my favorite shower in my whole life."

Kurt stepped out and grabbed Sebastian's towel first and handed it to him before grabbing his own, drying off, and wrapping it around his waist.

"Mine too." Sebastian took the towel and dried off.

Kurt moved to the sink and washed his face quickly and moisturized it. He brushed his teeth with Sebastian standing at the second sink next to him. He glanced over and winked at him, enjoying their domesticity of doing things like shaving and brushing their teeth at the same time that had become routine over the last couple of weeks.

"I think we should look for some bath salts or whatever we need to soak in the tub when you get your cast off."

"That's sounds amazing. We can do that after the flea market Sunday morning. Don't forget we're meeting Isabelle for a few estate sales she's found."

"I remember. Aunt Izzie couldn't be more happy with my choice in boyfriend, you know. She thought she was going to lose you, but now she's convinced that you don't have it in you to," he switched to imitating Isabelle, "break my heart and leave me empty-handed or with another incompetent PA."

Kurt snorted. "What a line. As if there are no fashion majors in this town who would gladly murder me for my job. Surely one of them has to be capable."

"Nope, that won't do." Sebastian's tone changed abruptly to being very serious. "I'll tell her that you're quitting effective immediately. I can't have my favorite person in the world working a job that people are willing to kill for, especially not for minimum wage. She's definitely going to have to work on getting you a raise if you're life could be endangered by keeping it."

Kurt kept laughing. "I dare you to tell her that." He stepped to the left and waited for Sebastian to look at him. He kissed him. "Ready to get dressed?"

"Why did you invite them here anyway? I might have been able to convince you to snuggle with me naked for a while."

"Oh, you can still do that, but just not right now."

Sebastian wrapped his arms around Kurt's waist and began to dance around the bathroom, dancing them through the alcove and into their room.

I know you. I walked with you once upon a dream.
I know you, that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam.
And I know that visions are seldom all they seem.
If I know you, I know what you'll do.
You'll love me at once,
The way that you did once upon a dream.

He stopped inside their closet and they kissed instead of choosing clothes like they needed to. They broke apart when they heard knocking on their door. Sebastian pulled a t-shirt on over his head and grabbed a pair of shorts. He stopped in front of the dresser and grabbed some boxer briefs, put them on, and slipped his shorts on as fast as he could. He headed for the door, buttoning and zipping his shorts as he rounded the kitchen wall, and let them in once he had looked through the peephole.

"Welcome ladies," he said as he opened the door for them.

"Seb," Santana said. She looked him up and down, and raised an eyebrow, but said nothing.

She and Dani went into the living room. Kurt came out from their bedroom wearing a t-shirt and shorts as well.

Sebastian moved to stand behind him, wrapping his arms around him and propping his chin on Kurt's right shoulder.

"You weren't kidding, babe," Dani said, as she picked Kurt's left hand up to examine it. "You better behave this time or they're going to put one on that covers your fingers and elbow."

"No. No. Definitely not. I'm going to be good and let it heal up so I can get this damn thing off."

Santana looked back and forth between the two of them. "It hasn't seemed to slow handies in the shower, though."

Kurt glared at her. He was not going to let her demean his relationship with Sebastian. He was still on a high from their time in the shower. "Snixx isn't welcome here. We've had this talk already," he said with a tone of finality.

"You're right, Kurt. I'm sorry. That was out of line. You're happy and that's what counts. You deserve to be ridiculously happy."

Kurt said, "I am." He leaned back into Sebastian.

Dani broke the tension. "So where are we practicing?"

Santana said, "I suggested their extra bedroom, but I hadn't considered that Sebastian's desk is in there. So, out here, and he goes in there to do his homework?"

Sebastian kissed the side of Kurt's neck and stepped back. "Sure. That's easier for me. My homework is mostly solving problems, which is easier at my desk."

"Wear headphones so you can hear us for the first time after we practice a few times," Kurt said.

"Headphones will go on. No ruining my serenade." He let go of Kurt and went into the spare room and closed the door.

"I really am sorry, Kurt. It's none of my business."

"It's not, but it was glorious. Let's run through the song a couple of times."

Dani pulled her guitar out and put the strap on. She tuned it just slightly. "I'll play what I came up with from when we talked about what you wanted the guitar part to sound like." She played through the first verse, just lightly singing along.

"Oh, my God, Dani. It's perfect. Absolutely perfect. How did you do that? It's like you could hear what I had imagined."

"You played it on my keyboard. I got a feel for what you were looking for from that. Are we reading to sing?"

Kurt nodded and she started the intro.

X-X-X-X-X

A half-hour later, Kurt went to get Sebastian. He knocked gently and stepped inside, closing the door behind him. Sebastian saw the door move out of his peripheral vision and slipped the headphones off and turned his iPod off.

"We're ready, if you're at a point where you can take a break."

He stood up and stretched, the hem of his shirting lifting just enough that Kurt could see a strip of skin between it and the top of Sebastian's shorts.

"See something you like?" Sebastian smirked and winked at him.

"More than like. I see someone I love." Kurt stepped closer and wrapped his arms around Sebastian's lower back, slipping his thumbs up underneath the edge of his shirt. He caressed the soft skin and tipped his head up and kissed Sebastian. I'm a lucky man. He sighed happily. "Very much."

"I love you too. And now's fine. I'm actually almost done. There were fewer problems in tonight's problem set, plus I did a few this afternoon while I was waiting for my lab partner to show up. One more kiss though."

Kurt smiled and kissed him.

Sebastian sat down on the sofa and faced the wall with the table along it. Kurt stood in the middle with Santana to his right and Dani to his left.

"So, I wrote this song and I gave Dani an idea of what I wanted it to sound like and she magically turned my description and brief keyboard demonstration into an amazing guitar accompaniment."

Kurt sang the lead through the whole song with Santana taking the higher harmony and Dani taking the lower harmony throughout.

Never given half a chance.
'Cause I've never been the chosen one.
Never liked compliments,
'Cause it's always been so hard believin' them.

You say I'm beautiful,
And I say you're full of it
Nothing personal,
I'm still not used to this.

But I'm workin' on, workin' on it.
Workin' on, workin' on it.
I've been workin'on, workin' on it.
Workin' on, workin' on it.

Tryin' to be good to me.
I should give myself way more love.
I'm my worst enemy.
I'm the voice who says, "I'm not good enough."

Tryin' to see what you see,
When you look at me.
I've been workin' on, workin' on it.
Workin' on, workin' on it.

Yeah, I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin',
To see what you see.
Yeah, I'm tryin', I'm tryin', I'm tryin',
For you and for me, yeah.

But I'm workin' on, workin' on it.
Workin' on, workin' on it.
I've been workin' on, workin' on it.
Workin' on, workin' on it.

Sebastian didn't make it through the second verse before his heart both swelled and broke simultaneously. Kurt had written a song about his struggles to return to loving himself and trying to see himself through Sebastian's eyes to help him see his value. The three of them sang the last chorus a cappella and their harmonies were just so beautiful, just like Kurt.

"That was amazing and beautiful and you all sound so good together."

Kurt asked, "So you liked it?"

"More than like." He repeated Kurt's phrase from a few minutes earlier. "I love it. I think we should go out to that karaoke place with the open mic. I think you should sing it for everyone to hear. I don't have to turn my problem sets in. I can do the others tomorrow or never. I understand how to do them."

"Really?"

"Really," Sebastian said with complete confidence. "Let's go change into something less beach-worthy and more karaoke style." He got up. "You two already look great. There's some lemonade in the fridge. Help yourself while we go change."

He saw Santana practically physically bite her tongue, but she didn't make a snide remark. "Thanks." She headed into the kitchen and poured the two of them a glass. They sat down at the table to wait.

Sebastian followed Kurt into their bedroom. He shut the door behind him and turned back to find himself facing Kurt.

"You're not just saying or doing this to make me feel better, right?"

"No. I think people will like the song, honestly. I think there are a lot of people who feel like you did. You don't still feel that way do you? The song is truthful, right?"

"I don't feel like that as much. The whole song is about it being a process. I'm still working on it. But every time we're together, I'm the slightest bit more convinced. You make me feel attractive and desired."

"Good. Because you are. You've just learned to block out what's around you to be able to focus, which was a great skill, but you don't see how other guys look at you. I do, but I appreciate that you don't pay them any attention."

Kurt pushed him back until he was against the door. "Why would I any attention to anyone else when I have you?" He kissed him and pressed in licking his upper lip.

Sebastian moaned and pulled Kurt tight against him.

"You have nothing to worry about."

"I know."

"Good. As much as I am enjoying this, we came in here to change because you wanted to go out to the karaoke place."

Sebastian pecked him on the lips and let his hands slip down. "You have a fantastic ass."

"Thank you." He stepped away. "Closet. Come on." Kurt stepped in and looked through his clothes. "The girls are both wearing black." He grabbed a red belt and a red scarf. He put on a pair of red pants the same shade as his cast, a black belt, and a black shirt with a tiny red fleur-de-lis pattern. He grabbed his regular black Docs, stopping to sit on his bench to put them on, and then he headed to the bathroom to style his hair quickly.

Sebastian noted the colors Kurt had chosen and put on some black jeans and a gray button up. He didn't mess with his hair much since it was cut fairly short. He brushed it and spritzed in a little hairspray.

Fifteen minutes later, Dani was wearing the belt, Santana had the scarf on, and they all headed out together.

X-X-X-X-X

They sat in the audience for about 15 minutes before their names came up. The three of them situated themselves on stage like they had in the living room. Dani started the intro and they sang out loud and clear. By the chorus, people were starting to get into it and by the end, they got a nice round of applause. They bowed slightly and went back to their seats.

In less than a minute, a guy with Kurt's approximate build came rushing up to their table. "Oh, my God, Kurt. That was fantastic!"

Kurt looked up, somewhat started at who would be so excited and he immediately said, "Chandler?"

"The one and only. That song was amazing! You wrote it didn't you?"

"I did. And thank you." He looked at Santana.

She began to say something and stopped dead in her tracks. "I'm Santana. And this Dani my girlfriend. Kurt and I went to high school together. Dani and I met here when I moved here in January."

"It's nice to meet another former Lima resident." He extended his hand. "Chandler Kiehl."

"This is my boyfriend, Sebastian."

Sebastian extended his hand to shake Chandler's. "Why don't you have a seat? It will be easier to talk that way."

Chandler grabbed an empty chair from another table and put it between Kurt and Santana.

"I'm sorry about blocking you without saying anything. That was really rude of me," Kurt said.

"So, I'm right," Santana said.

"Yes," Kurt answered.

"Right about what, babe?" Dani asked.

"Oh, Kurt and Chandler met back in Lima once at the music store."

"We did," Chandler said. "Kurt was wearing this amazing outfit with this insanely cute hippo brooch. When you blocked me, I figured your boyfriend didn't approve of my puns. They got on people's nerves. I've mostly given them up. They were just supposed to make people smile anyway."

"It was because of my boyfriend, but I broke up with him over nine months ago. Sebastian won't go ballistic if you text me puns."

"Definitely not."

"Ballistic?" Chandler asked. "I'm afraid to ask."

Santana spoke up. "He publicly accused Kurt of cheating on him and sang the angriest imaginable version of 'It's Not Right, But It's Okay' in front of our entire Glee Club.

"Enough talk of my public humiliation. So, you got into NYU, I take it?"

"I did. I love it there. LOVE it. Where are you going? NYADA?"

"I was, but I'm transferring to another program. Long story."

"Okay. I actually came over here to see if you'd sing the song again and give me a chance to play the drums. The rhythmic clapping through the middle was great, but I think some drums coming in around the same time could sound amazing."

"Don't you think people will mind if we sing the same song again?"

"Not if we wait like an hour. We could sing something else in between. Do you sing, Sebastian?"

"He does. He was the lead Warbler for the past two years." Kurt purposely left off anything about Hunter.

"Awesome. Now I know why you look familiar. The lack of uniform threw me off. You were great at Regionals last year."

"Thanks."

"My senior year, I went to watch Sectionals and Regionals since they were at McKinley. North Lima doesn't have a show choir."

"I see," Sebastian said. "So you got to see Kurt and Santana sing too then."

"Wait, you were one of the leads of the all-girls group that sang."

"That was me."

"Is the other girl that sang lead with you here in New York too?"

Kurt shook his head no. "She got a contract singing back up on an indie label in LA. She's out there recording a CD."

"Wow. That's impressive." He switched topics as fast as he talked. "So, Sebastian, you're a tenor. I'm a baritone. Santana is a mezzo soprano and Dani is an alto?"

"Close enough," Santana said. "What did you have in mind?"

"There's an electric guitar up there. Can you play it, Dani?"

"I can."

"How about 'What Makes you Beautiful'? We can turn the karaoke words and chords on."

Kurt heard his name called and then Sebastian's. He turned to look at Sebastian.

"I signed us up. Come sing with me."

"I guess we'll be right back."

As soon as they were out of hearing range. "His old boyfriend actually did what you said?" he asked Santana.

"Yes. And the worst part was that we all believed him. We sided with him over Kurt. Kurt sang 'I Have Nothing' as an apology like two days later. We never saw the texts, but Blaine insisted that he was cheating with you."

"Wow. No wonder he blocked me. I texted him stupid puns for a few days. Maybe three tops before my calls wouldn't go through anymore. I annoy a lot of people, so I just let it go. I feel bad now."

"Don't. That jackass slept with someone two weeks after Kurt came here last fall. Blamed him for it."

"Who would be stupid enough to cheat on Kurt? He's gorgeous and funny."

"So, you're gay."

"I am, but I'm not a homewrecker. At least not intentionally. Sebastian's not like his other boyfriend, right."

Santana answered, "Nope. Not at all."

Kurt and Sebastian started to sing "Now That I See You".

Dani cooed. "God, they're cute together."

When they finished, a guy took their place and totally changed the vibe of the evening decked out in a tux with and a top hat, eyeliner, and some goth platform boots. He introduced himself as Starchild and performed a show-stopping version of "Marry the Night".

Kurt and Sebastian stopped on the way back to the table to watch. When he finished, they moved quickly to their seats.

"Well, that was something," Chandler said.

"It was," Kurt agreed. "So are we going to give Chandler's idea a chance?"

No one seemed to be opposed.

Chandler hopped up and signed them up. When he sat back down, he said, "Done. There's only two more before we're up for 'What Makes You Beautiful'. It's mostly sung in unison and it's just fun an upbeat. So where do you go to school, Santana?"

"I don't. I'm the understudy for Fanny right now. I'm starting at Baruch this fall to study Public Relations."

"Cool. Congrats on the understudy role. That's a huge deal."

"Thanks."

Dani answered him next. "I'm a native. I go to Hunter College. I'm a Psychology major. I want to be an adolescent and youth counselor. I'm hoping to do well enough to get a scholarship to NYU for graduate school."

"That's a really awesome goal. There are so many kids who need help that don't get it. What about you, Sebastian?"

"I'm a Physics major at Columbia."

"Brains, talent, and looks. Good for you," Chandler said.

Sebastian chuckled. "And like Dani, I'm hoping to get a Physics placement at Columbia for graduate school to complete the PhD program."

"So, professional student for you and Dani for the next decade," Chandler teased.

Their names were called. They went up and enjoyed themselves. They sat back down for not more than ten minutes before they went back up and tried "Workin' on It" with the additions of Chandler on drums. The crowd was responsive and clapped loudly. They sat back down together.

"That was fun," Dani said. "I'm afraid that Santana and I have to go. I have an early class tomorrow morning."

Kurt said, "Both of us do too."

Chandler offered his phone to Dani to show her his number. "If you ever want a drummer when you come down to sing, give me a call. I'll see if I make it."

Santana said, "I can only come on Mondays."

"Right. Understudy. Mondays are dark," Chandler said.

Dani added his number to her phone. "We'll text you if we decide to come on Monday again sometime."

Sebastian watched the interaction. He slid his phone to Chandler and nudged Kurt to do the same. "Put your number in. I'm not afraid of Kurt being friends with you." When he picked his phone, he texted Chandler. "There. Now, you have my number."

Kurt texted him as well before he slid his phone in his pocket. He put his hand on Sebastian's leg. Sebastian slipped his hand on top of Kurt's after he put his phone back in his pocket.

Kurt said, "It was really nice to run into you, Chandler." He was the first to stand.

The others followed suit.

"It really was," Chandler agreed. "Hopefully we'll get to do it again sometime."

X-X-X-X-X

Kurt stepped inside and Sebastian followed him. He stopped short and waited just inside the door. Sebastian locked it and turned around to find Kurt standing there, waiting for him. He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Sebastian and kissed him.

"Mmm. What was that for?"

"Just because I love you. I want to take another shower before we go to bed. I'm all sweaty. It's like an oven outside, even though is after 10."

"Is that a declaration of fact?"

"No, well yes. But I'm inviting you to join me." He didn't wait for an answer. He turned on his heel and headed for the bathroom.

Sebastian double-checked the locks before following him.