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Warning(s): bullying, conspiracy theories :P
Chapter 6 : New Directions
The regional went off without a hitch. The Warbler got the second place, which was fine by him, and of course ND got the first place. He got no regret for this, though it was not really nice to perform with so much pressure on his back. David had repeatedly asked him not to withdraw from the Warbler these few days and the New Directions were not exactly subtle at the glaring. He deserved that really.
Barry was smiling brightly at the audience section that it was hard for him not to smile genuinely back to him. It might be the only reason why he enjoyed to perform at the time. But when the crowd started cheering and gave him the standing ovation, he felt really proud, he remembered why he performed, why he was standing and dancing on the stage. It was a nice feeling.
"You killed it, Bas," he greeted happily after the performance, grinning like he won his science competition, it was hard not to smile back. "Thank you, Bear," he murmured silently.
"Huh? Do you say anything?"
"Nah, just pacing my breath," he replied, lips tugging slightly upwards.
Barry watched him silently, "huh. Oh, do you know, Kurt's team is going to have a celebration party and he invited me as his plus one? Which is weird, right? Cause Blaine and him is a thing and all. But-"
"Wait, what?" Sebastian could not believe his ears, Kurt was inviting Barry? To Nude- fine, New Directions no need to stare like that, dammit Barry, it was just a thought. Is he insane? Or he hated him so much that he wished to murder Barry. "No, you're not going."
"What? Why?"
"I still want my twin, Barry, and they are going to kill you! We practically have the same face!"
"It will be okay, Bassy. Don't be such a party-pooper. They are just high-schoolers anyway. Kurt and Blaine will be there, and Santana, is not like I went alone to a lion den. And it will be nice to meet their group." And he wanted Bastian to enjoy this Warbler party without him to lookout for, not that he would tell him that.
Sebastian watched him like he had lost his mind, but relented when Barry gave him the puppy eyes. "Fine, but you will tell me if anything happen, okay?"
Wait… Santana? "Bar-!"
"You're the boss, Bassy!" He grinned and did a little victory dance. "Have fun with the Warblers!"
He doubled over in shock again. "Wait, now?"
But his brother already run to the exit. He huffed softly, it was nice for Barry to make friends with other people except Iris, but he really hoped it was not Kurt. The other boy was his enemy, or at least used to be. What if something happened to Barry? Wait, he did not just go to that direction. He sighed again, calming his nerves before heading to the Warblers practice room to meet the others.
Barry happily strolled around the McKinley High school. It did not seem fair to him that time flew so soon. It did not sit well to him that his holiday was over so soon. Nevertheless, he had his chance to see his twin, and even rarer one to see him so happy together with his school friends. He was happy that Bas could find a place in the Warbler group. And now, he would be relieved if he were to leave him, because at least, Bas had friends he could now rely on.
The reason he went to the McKinley High was to look for the ND party, and Kurt, his new bestie. They had been chatting to each other for a while, and although Bas' Warbler had lost the Regional, it did not meant they were estranged as friends. And thus, a day before he flew back to Missouri, Kurt had promised him to take him touring his prized school (and of course, the party) and the neighborhood during the day so he could spend the evening reminiscing with Bas.
Little did he knew though while strolling around the school (getting lost), the said school was going to remind him about his old one. And so, with his big sized hero complex and a student in distress, he swooped straight to her help.
"Hey!" He yelled, annoyed that for such a famous school, there would always be jerks who like to bully.
Three jocks whom were sneering at the poor girl snapped their head to him, examining his threat level before the ugly smirk came back at their faces. The middle one cracked his fingers, trying to look intimidating, which worked too well, but did not deter him, "huh, don't try to be a hero freshman, or I will smash that baby face of yours!"
"I am not afraid, stupid!" He knew this was a bad move from him, based on the size and number differences between them. However, Barry never had the sense of preservation, plus he had counted his win if they left the girl alone. Which in this case, by the looks that the girl had long gone when she got her chance, he had already win.
Not that made the beating less painful, but the knowledge of helping others always swelled his pride.
Fortunately, the girl had brain. She was friend with one of the glee club member, and by proxy of gossip, knew pretty much all of the club knick and knack. Much to her eternal wonder, why had their enemy from other glee club helped her? With a very foolhardy way nonetheless. She ran for help, and together the glee club members ran to the deserted back alley of the school.
The reactions for the news varied. Kurt face-palmed, Blaine ran and Santana sighed. She met the jerk's twin just two days before the Regional. She had been ready to punch the chipmunk baby face, hard. Then, the unbelievable bastard said he was his twin, really, was there no other better explanation? That man was her rival of words after all. But, it turned out he was saying truth, and the four of them went to fix said double for his icky fashion. Who knew that twin of his could have so terrible sense of fashion. He was cute though, and as harmless as a hamster.
The pseudo fashion hunting had to come to an end, but they promised to take him to tour the place. She and Kurt even fought on who get to take him as a plus one to the party. Despite his face, they wanted to introduce him to the crew. Thus, here they were, stuck in this predicament.
When Kurt heard that Sebastian Smythe was at their school backyard getting beaten up, he and Blaine face-palmed, hard. Seriously, one Barry Smythe seemed cannot getting out of trouble at all. He poked his nose everywhere!
He ordered the muscle of the group to act, much to their distress, even sending them his special glare. Blaine had gone first, running even from the first explanation she gave. Which Kurt digress, Blaine could protect himself well enough, and Barry couldn't. Seriously, why Sebastian left his twin without supervision was a wonder to him.
So, when they arrived at the scene as soon as they could and saw just that, Kurt blew up. One rule that his friends learned soon after befriended with him, when he got mad, his words got sharp. And let it be said the three of them saw the cavalry and ran. Finn, Puck and Sam looked at him worriedly, and truthfully, he could understand their concern: Sebastian was not the nicest guy around, and that was and understatement.
Blaine kneeled down worriedly, "Barry?"
He heard a small whimper before Barry spit out some blood, weakly saying "I'm fine!"
Kurt had never wanted to hit somebody that hard until then. "You foolish ingrate! Does self-preservation mean anything to you? Do you want to land in another hospital so soon?"
Blaine nodded with him, "Sebastian will totally rage if he knows this."
Barry face paled, "you can't tell him!"
"We don't have to, he will notice the bruises on your face, idiot."
He pouted, which would be cute if not for the red-bluish marks that started to form on his face. "That puppy dog look cannot help anything," he and Blaine said simultaneously.
Finally defeated, Barry stood up as he held his gut, Kurt frowned, worried, and Barry cheerily looked to their friends who did not know what to do, looking at him for his introduction. Sebastian was too weird to be himself, and many theories run through their head, doppelgänger? split personality? some kind of mutation? Evil twin (maybe the opposite)?
At the wondering looks of his glee mates, Kurt introduced them, "Barry, this is my glee friends. Glee friends, Barry, Sebastian's totally angelic twin."
Barry smiled warmly at them, "hello!"
"Wait, you are friends with his twin?" Rachel exclaimed. While Mercedes gave him a look from the top to the bottom, "are you sure they are twins?"
Barry smiled sheepishly. "Now, for the tour, how about infirmary first?"
As the doctor looked over their guest, the ND made a circle to discuss their newest source of gossip. Sam broke their curious silence first. "How come the cliche of that evil guy have a twin can exist in real life?"
Rachel straight opened her mouth, "we should have a plan for this. What if he is an alien who borrow his face or something?"
Santana face palmed, "come on, Hobbit, be real."
"We are being real. You guys are saying that Sebastian Smythe has a good twin we have never heard of before, like it is in some kind of cheesy superhero movie or over the top anime. You know, maybe Rachel's alien theory is not so far-fetched after all," Artie commented.
"Hey, what's wrong with that plot? I like them, especially in the comics," Puck complained.
"Who knows," Sam agreed, "I like them too." They are accompanied with Finn's nod.
Mercedes sighed, "because it's from the comics, it can't be real in real life. Life is not that ridiculous."
Tina shrugged, "well, we can't rule out that the comics might get those theories from real life."
"Guys, shut up," Brittany commanded, "we can just get to know the guy. If he is not what they are saying he is, we can just punch him in the face again."
"Great, Brittany gave a great idea!" someone sarcastically added.
"I don't think that is a great idea," Kurt complained, "it's too extreme, can we just not punch anybody on the face?"
Of course, they ignored him.
"So, are you guys done talking about me?" Barry asked, his tone light. He was standing in front of their choir room, like he was going to perform a song. "I should probably introduce myself again. Hello, I'm Barry, Sebastian's twin. I am studying on Missouri Academy. Nice to meet you guys!"
"Sure, can you sing? Are you my competition?" Rachel asked straight, that girl really need to sort her priorities.
"I can't sing!" he replied, "Though I saw the regionals, you guys are amazing!"
Kurt was sure that was a lie, Barry sang quite good at the Niff's party. Of course, the guy only sing a part of the song, but he could harmonize easily with others.
Blaine light up, "come on, let's sing a song!"
"Hey, I'm not much of singer!"
"Sebastian is a great one, you can't be that different from him."
"There's a hero… If you look inside your heart… " Blaine started singing. Barry smiled instantly at the song choice, 'Hero' by Mariah Carey. It was their aunt's favorite song. Before long, the glee club started singing along, asking him to do the same. In the end, he joined in during the chorus. "And then a hero comes along… "
Funny, because usually, Barry was not one for singing, as it was Bas' specialty. He might sang along sometimes, but he always let his brother had his time. He would enjoy watching Bas performing together with Iris and Joe. He never knew it was fun to dance around and sing together.
"See, you're a good singer!" Santana praised at the end of the song.
He laughed, "not compared to you guys!"
They sang another song, but this time, he sat back together with their teacher, Mr. Schue, with a huge grin plastered on his face, enjoying the performance. "Come on, Barry, join us!" Rachel invited and Barry threw away his hesitation to join them. Well, of he stepped on a few toes, who cared?
Hero by Mariah Carey is appropriate, I think. Glee as a whole series helped many to come in terms with their sexuality and bullying case. While in the Flash, Barry is in fact a hero. I won't lie the reason I tried to continue this fanfiction again is because I just watched the Flash 3x17 "Duet" though.
I don't know when I will update the next one. Sorry. Hope you enjoy this one though. Please leave a review!
