Kurt was brooding, but no longer crying, in the backseat during the long trip to… wherever it is they were going. It was an hour later when he realized he never bothered to ask. He figured it must be near Dalton going by Blaine's uniform. Kurt was already feeling guilty for his behavior and hurting his Dom's feelings, yet again. Everything happened so fast, they just marched in and expected Kurt to drop everything he had. Not that Kurt had much. He had some friends, such as they were, and his dad, and social media.
His heart lurched when he realized that he may never have the career in fashion that he always wanted. He was done crying over all of this, and he could tell going by the car, he wasn't headed for a hard life. But he can't help but wonder what could have been.
Why did their arms tingle like that when Kurt was being hurt, why did he feel the heat from a passionate moment he wasn't there for? He'd asked his friends, but none of them had heard about this. He was too embarrassed to ask his dad.
Kurt cleared his throat, taking a deep breath, not seeing the green eyes already on him through the rear view mirror. "Can I ask you guys something?"
"Anything Kurt," Sebastian answered quickly, sounding relieved to hear Kurt initiating conversation at all. Blaine had completely turned in his seat, as much as he could with his seat belt on.
"You said you felt it, when I was being pushed. Like a tingling?"
They both nod, Blaine spoke first this time, "I felt it in my heart too. You were terrified."
"I don't know why we do that either, Kurt. The only explanation I got, is our bond is so strong, we can't not be together. I think all soulmates get that in extreme situations, like a death or accident. But we could feel you all the time. We also wanted to find you so bad, that could be why," Sebastian finished, sounding somewhat deflated, from Kurt's resistance.
Kurt frowned at the usually arrogant boy, Blaine turned back over in his seat, looking down at his hands. "I didn't mean to make it seem like I didn't want you guys."
"Then, what was all this, are you scared? I'm not going to take over your life, Kurt. Right now, it seems like it because I'm taking you from your school and your home, so I'm sorry if you're feeling overwhelmed. We would have loved to call you or talk to you somehow before we showed up, but we couldn't find you."
Kurt grumbled for a few minutes, not wanting to admit to avoiding his soulmates, but since they were finally in a place of honest communication. "I kept my real name from my social media."
The tension in the car thickened, "So, we wouldn't find you?" Blaine looked back sadly.
"I don't know, yes I guess," he looked up and neither boy would look his way. "I'm sorry. I just, not yet. I wanted to explore life, you know? And then find you guys. I could tell by my marks you were already together, so I figured you wouldn't mind. I'm sorry, I guess I shouldn't have said anything." Kurt huffed as he hurt both his soulmates at one time. Kurt knew he had his selfish tendencies, but he wasn't heartless, and he hated hurting people.
"No," Sebastian said loudly, putting a hand on Blaine's knee to calm him down as he was about to respond upset. "Kurt, we weren't riding off into the sunset together just because we had each other. We talked about you every single day since your name appeared, spent hours a day looking for you, we would have never stopped looking for our third person. You're not here as an additional soulmate, you're one of us, we need you, Kurt. Don't you feel that?"
"I do feel it," Kurt's voice rising as well. "But you're both still young too. Didn't you want to be able to explore life first? Explore relationships?" Kurt stopped himself after the relationships, remembering he was talking to his two soulmates.
"Sometimes, yes. But I'm so happy with Sebastian, it doesn't even matter to me. I've never felt this connected to anyone," Blaine explained, trying encourage Kurt.
Sebastian sighed as he turned to their exit, glad to be finally close to home. "Alright, Kurt. A little about me, I haven't even shared this with Blaine, yet. But I did all of that, so I'm sorry if you feel you're missing out. But before Blaine's name appeared, I did all the stuff you're thinking, probably times ten."
"Why would you hide that," Blaine asked frowning.
He shrugged in response, "I'm embarrassed by it, I wish I'd waited for you two. I did a lot of embarrassing things, now that I'm older and know what it's like on both sides. Kurt, it felt like nothing, and then you find yourself continuously searching, because none of them are right. None of them were you, or Blaine. I used them, they used me, to replace what we didn't have. That's what you're describing. And yes, it's natural to wonder, but I'm not going to apologize for finding you."
Kurt took in all Sebastian's words, this time looking softly at the names on his arm, he hadn't thought about it that way, he looked up, this time making eye contact with his Dom in the rear view. "I saw my dad lose my mom, he never got over it, not really. He found love again, but it's not the same," Kurt glared at Sebastian when he realized he just proved his point. Kurt continued anyway, ignoring the smirk. "I did think about you both a lot, I wondered. Especially when Karofsky-"
His eyes widened when the name slipped. "Fuck!" Kurt yelled out at himself.
"It's okay, Kurt," Sebastian said over the cursing he's chosen to ignore. "We're pulling in now, let's just go in and relax." He parked the car quickly, just happy to be home with his two soulmates. He got out quickly and made open both boys' doors for them. But of course, Kurt was getting out himself. Sebastian smiled into the kiss Blaine gave him as he got out before turning around and putting his hands on his hips jokingly.
Kurt turned around beside his trunk and raised an eyebrow, "What?"
Sebastian sighed and threw his head back and laughed, he let his arms fall as he reached into his pocket for his keys as Blaine answered for him.
"He was being a gentleman, Kurt," Blaine laughed, relieved by the lightened atmosphere.
Kurt blushed, but smiling despite how the whole day turned out, "Oh."
Sebastian smirks, "Yeah, oh," but his face was soft as he approached Kurt, leaning against the car. Kurt looked to the ground, unsure what he should do, or what was expected. "Why don't you let me get the bags, you two can go in and talk a little and unwind?"
"Okay," Kurt breathed, his face heating up as he felt the warmth of the taller boy beside him. Blaine interlaced his fingers with Kurt, making him blush more. He wasn't used to all this attention. He forced him to look up as Sebastian's hand slowly cupped his cheek on the right side that was uninjured and leaned forward, he stopped to give Kurt the chance to stop him.
Kurt didn't, in fact, he longed for it and met him halfway into a kiss. It wasn't the most heated kiss, but Kurt's grip on Blaine's hand tightened as he felt a million emotions rushing through his body. He never imagined one kiss could do that, but that's when he realized, that's a soulmate's kiss. As they both pulled away with a quiet smack, Kurt blushed and looked back to the ground.
Sebastian removed his hand from the other boy's face, and ran it through his hair instead, wanting to know how it felt, if it was soft as it looked. Then the ice queen was back as he picked up his head and glared sharply at his Dom. He took a sudden step back, but not dropping Blaine's hand.
"Absolutely not," Kurt glared, using his free hand to try and coax his hair back. Blaine laughing into his fist, also earning a glare from the blue-eyed boy.
Sebastian barked out a laugh as the moment was ruined, and the sudden switch in Kurt, "Alright, I'm sorry. I was in the moment."
"I'll show you a moment," Kurt grumbles as he lets Blaine lead him towards the front door.
Now that Kurt was focused enough to notice, the house was very large. He looked at it bemused as he thought about the fact only three people lived in it. Kurt wouldn't complain about that though, of course.
"Welcome home, Kurt," Blaine said softly as he led him into the house.
Kurt smiled back shyly as he looked around the very modern styled house. Blaine showed him their bedroom and a guest room, and a study. He explained that Kurt would be provided his own study if he wanted, or he could share with Blaine. The television in the living room was huge, one of those curved ones he used to roll his eyes at when Finn would point to it while shopping.
What interrupted the tour was Blaine's stomach growling, Blaine smiled apologetically, "Sorry, we haven't eaten yet."
Kurt shrugged and noticed the kitchen nearby, "Why don't I make you guys something?"
Blaine stopped in surprise, "You can cook?"
"Yes," Kurt laughed, "don't you guys cook?"
Blaine shrugged; he'd never learned anything beyond a microwave. "No, we just order something."
"Oh no," Kurt stiffened, "That won't do." He smiled when Blaine started laughing and leading him to the kitchen.
The kitchen was huge with two refrigerators and island in the middle, everything Kurt imagined in a kitchen. "Wow, okay. Do you actually have food though?" Remembering what Blaine said about them always getting takeout. He didn't wait for an answer as we walked to the refrigerator, and stiffened, horrified. There was almost nothing, just old leftovers. He opened the freezer and scrunched his nose at the Hot Pockets and frozen pizzas. He slowly turned back around, and Blaine was leaning with his elbows on the counter, smirking.
"I told you we don't cook," Blaine shrugged as he looked at the mortified look on Kurt's face.
"There's nothing for me to work with here," Kurt said as he slammed the freezer door shut. "Fine, have your pizza tonight, but starting tomorrow, I cook."
"Sounds good to me," Blaine pulls the pizza out and starts the oven, not even needing to look at the temperature since he makes these all the time, Kurt acknowledged.
"Stop judging me, Kurt," the curly haired boy exclaims, but a smile ever-present on his face.
Kurt pulls his phone out to open his secret Instagram, "Never." He answered a few messages and checked some of his friends before putting the phone back in his pocket.
"Hey."
Kurt looks up and notices Blaine standing a lot closer than he was before. "Yes," he lifts an eyebrow at his soulmate.
"Can I kiss you, too?" Blaine his eyes travel all over Kurt's face, looking for signs of apprehension.
Kurt chuckles breathlessly after gazing into the golden eyes in front of him. There was something warm about Blaine, that he couldn't imagine not wanting him. Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand, afraid of accidentally touching a bruised spot on his body, pulled him closer and their lips touched, deeper than what Sebastian did.
Kurt couldn't help but compare the two. Both amazing kissers. Sebastian's was more unsure, probably due to Kurt's demeanor towards him. Blaine's kiss was more open mouthed, his entire body heated up as he returned the kiss. Kurt broke the kiss as he heard the front door close.
Kurt knew he wasn't ready for anything more than that anyway, but he couldn't help but feel his blood rushing in a different direction and he thought about kissing both very attractive boys. He let his imagination wild a second as he heard Sebastian calling for them in another room. He looked back at Blaine and realized he must have been thinking the same things, his eyes were darker, ready to pounce the second Kurt made a move.
Sebastian yelled for the two boys as he closed the front door and turned security on for the night. Had placed Kurt's bags in their bedroom, but already knew better than to try and put any of it away for him. His heart skipped a beat when he saw them both still holding hands and smiling.
"I gave a Kurt a tour, Bas," Blaine announced as they got closer.
Sebastian nodded in approval, "That's excellent, B." He looked over at the younger Sub and the hesitation was back on his face from before, but not in an obstinate way this time. Sebastian put an arm around Blaine, his hands running up and down his back in circles. "You guys hungry, I know I'm starved," he smirked when Blaine quickly nodded, placed his lips to the side of his head. He looked over at Kurt curiously. He suppressed a groan when he saw Kurt's one eyebrow raise again, knowing the other boy was about to give him a hard time again.
"Well, thankfully I already ate before you two showed up. All you have here is cholesterol," Kurt said dryly, eyes full of judgment.
Sebastian huffed into a laugh as the diva placed a hand on his perched out hip. "Okay, yes. We haven't quite gotten around to figuring the…kitchen stuff out."
"I'll say," Kurt agreed, rolling his eyes, "You know, heart attacks kill whether you're handsome or not."
Sebastian was prepared with a retort when Blaine opened his mouth first, looking at Sebastian in glee. "See, he does like us. He called us handsome."
Sebastian could tell Blaine was being adorable on purpose to get Kurt off their ass. He could also tell it had the desire effect as he looked at the brown-haired boy and his lips twitched as he tried not to smile.
"We'll go to the store, all of us together, tomorrow," he promised, raising his hand up to gently ran a knuckle across Kurt's cheek, winking when the cheek turned a brilliant pink.
"Good," Kurt said breathlessly as he felt the closeness of both men.
"Alright it's getting late," Sebastian said, despite his desire to hold onto his subs, now that he finally has them both home. "Kurt, why don't you get as much of your stuff put away as you can. Blaine, you change out of that uniform, you must be tired of wearing it by now."
"Yes," Blaine said gratefully, breaking contact with both boys, looking back to smile at both boys lovingly as he walked away.
There was a change in the atmosphere after Blaine left, Sebastian looked back at Kurt, surprised that he didn't just walk off with Blaine.
Kurt wanted a second to kiss Sebastian, properly, where Sebastian would know he wanted to. When the green eyes landed back on him, he froze, not sure how to do this. He let his insecurities win and cleared his throat instead.
"You okay, Kurt?" his Dom frowns, taking a step forward, trying to read what was going on with the younger boy.
"Yeah," he said awkwardly, knowing his snark was long gone, "sorry," frowning at himself for not being able to keep it together.
Instead of pushing it, Sebastian smiled instead, trying to make the boy more comfortable, "Hey, we'll get all this figured out with us, okay?"
Kurt just nodded and said yeah, before leaving to join Blaine, shaking his head at himself in embarrassment, he was never going to leave this room as far as he was concerned.
Sebastian scratched the back of his head, this time letting himself groan in frustration as he walked into the kitchen.
Kurt walked without looking behind him and shut the door loudly behind him, pacing twice before going to his bags as instructed. He looked up when Blaine stepped out of the bathroom frowning, "You okay?"
"I'm fine," Kurt snapped, he was really starting to hate that question. He looked up guiltily when Blaine wasn't even looking at him now, but at his hands. Kurt realized this day would never end as he silently cursed at himself for being mean and walking over to Blaine. Kurt put his hand into his, "I'm sorry, you both didn't deserve any of this I've been doing today," Kurt's eyes stinging as he apologized.
Blaine was, as always, ready to forgive, holding Kurt's hand firmly into his. "What can I do, Kurt? To help."
Kurt shrugged, and said dryly, "I really don't know."
Blaine looked up at the direction of the door when Sebastian yelled out for him from down the hall. He looked back at Kurt, "Well, just give it time."
Kurt removed his hand, looking down at Blaine in a large t-shirt and black short, "You look adorable," he said without even thinking. He smiled into the peck he got on his lips and felt relieved by the smile returning to the sweet boy's face.
Blaine joined Sebastian in the kitchen after leaving Kurt to unpack. He started eating immediately, he was hungrier than he realized, remembering he skipped lunch for Warblers.
"How's he doing in there," Sebastian asked, not knowing what led to the other boy walking off.
Blaine frowned and wiped his face with a napkin, "He's scared, Bas. I don't know why, or of what,"
"Me," the other boys groused, looking darkly at his food, avoiding the hazel eyes.
"Bas, or course not," The sub in Blaine, desperate to ease his Dom's mind.
"He doesn't love me, Blaine. He loves you though."
"He does love you; he just doesn't understand yet," the curly-haired boy's voice softened even more.
Sebastian's self-pity took over as all his feelings from the day rushed out of his mouth as he vented to his Sub. "He hates me, you heard him, B. I had all these fantasies about this day, about finding him, just to realize he didn't even want me. It does happen in soulmates sometimes, when one person just doesn't feel it-"
For the first time, Blaine rose his voice, not at, but to his Dom. "Sebastian, he is sixteen years old, he doesn't know what he wants. What you're talking about is so rare, and you should have seen him when he came into the room. He's probably feeling things he doesn't understand, doesn't know what to do yet. It was easier for us; we didn't have anything else to lose. It's hard for him coming into a triadic bond into an already tightly formed bond. He's an insecure teenager, you have to give him time." Blaine stopped talking a moment and notices Sebastian looking at his with his mouth open comically.
Blaine spoke up to him, which he didn't ever do, maybe Kurt was good for Blaine. "You make a good point," Sebastian ate a bite while he thought over Blaine's words.
"You know I'm right," Blaine said smiling, "So, what happens now? Is he going to be alone tomorrow?"
"No, I'm not going to school this week," Sebastian frowns as he tries to consider his next move. "I'd like you to return to school tomorrow, though. But I will make an exception if you really want to be with us, he's your soulmate too."
"But," Blaine smiles knowingly, "you want time to spend with him to get to know each other better. I'll see him all the time in school once he transfers over."
Sebastian smiles at how understanding this man was, "I love you, Blaine."
"I love you too. And so does Kurt."
"Okay, B," Sebastian smiled tiredly, "unless you think he'll prefer you there. Maybe we should be including him."
"I told you, Bas," Blaine started patiently, "He doesn't know what he wants right now. We'll be making these calls for a while. Easy would have me there with you both, talking him down when he's upset, but you guys have to figure out how to be around each other without me eventually."
Sebastian glares at his plate not saying anything, the day was such an emotional roller coaster.
Blaine took both of their plates as he stood up, "You two are way better off than you think. You're both exhausted, let's get some sleep. You two can talk tomorrow, let's just go to bed, it's like ten." Blaine put the plates in the dishwasher and grabbed Sebastian's hand and tugged for him to stand up.
The other boy relented, smiling when he was pulled into a hug and returned it, he had needed this. "What would I have done without you today, Blaine?"
Blaine chuckles and pulls back to face Sebastian, "You would have had one very ornery Sub on your hands, instead of both of our hands."
Sebastian smiled and placed his forehead against Blaine's, his eyes closed, "We can do this, right?"
"Yes, Bas," Blaine said, pecking the taller boy on the lips, "you know, when he's not being snappy, he's actually quite funny."
"Yeah, I noticed you finding him funny a few times," his Dom responded sarcastically, rolling his eyes as his Sub blushed, biting his bottom lip. "Alright, give me a few kisses before we go back in there, I don't want him uncomfortable."
Kurt had gotten most of his things put away, this room was plenty large enough for three fabulously gay men, which had to be hard to find, but Kurt found himself impressed. There were three walk-in closets. The master bathroom had three private toilets, three sinks, but one bathtub and shower. They were very large, definitely large enough for three people. Kurt shook his head at the thoughts that would be invading his mind until they became reality. As he stood in the bathroom, doing his moisturizer, things started to occur to Kurt.
Sebastian must have had these things added, put the money in for a third wardrobe, upgraded that bathroom. These two really were longing for their third soulmate, and there he was avoiding them.
Kurt vowed to himself to try harder tomorrow. He quickly brushed his teeth and changed into a cut off tank top and his favorite Ralph Lauren pants. He had some bruise cream in his skincare bag and pulled that out. He went into the bedroom, and dropped it in surprise when he saw both of soulmates coming in. He didn't know why he felt embarrassed, they knew about the bruises.
Since they're not idiots, of course they both noticed the tube, Sebastian making his way over first, reaching down to pick it up before Kurt even thought about moving. He frowned when he noticed it was half used. Blaine didn't say anything, he just went into the bathroom.
"Kurt, can we help you put this on before bed?" Sebastian requested softly, "I mean, I'm sure you can do it yourself, but I'd really love to do this for you."
Kurt had sworn he'd try harder tomorrow, but certainly it wouldn't hurt to try now. His body heated up as he imagined the other man's hands touching his. Granted, not in the way either boy would prefer. He was too nervous to say anything, he just nodded, looking apprehensively at the tube in Sebastian's hand.
Sebastian's head tilted as he took in Blaine's words from dinner and how Kurt was carrying himself standing in a room alone with him. "We don't have to talk about anything tonight, we're all exhausted. Just wait here for Blaine, I'll be out in a moment," he watched the other slowly make eye contact and smiled at him, doing his best to keep his face from looking too desperate.
Kurt took a deep sigh when Sebastian walked away, he was not prepared to show any parts of his body and he also hadn't thought of the bedtime thing. He would be sleeping with these two men in this bed, who he just met today. He felt an overwhelming connection with them, but they were still strangers when it came to it. Kurt couldn't bring himself to touch the bed, he just looked stiffly at it as he heard Blaine eventually come out.
Kurt turned towards the noise, attempting a smile, but not quite managing. Blaine smelled like mouthwash, which pulled him out of his funk enough to let him grab his hand and lead him to the bed.
Blaine sat down cross legged and kissed Kurt's hand and winking at the blush. "Hey," he said charmingly, trying to make Kurt more comfortable and less like a kidnap victim. "We're just sleeping, okay? You have nothing to worry about."
Kurt felt his eyes mist up as everything started catching up with him, he cleared his throat trying to keep the tears at bay. He looked back at Blaine after looking at the ceiling for a second. Blaine wasn't judging or upset, he just waited patiently for Kurt to gather himself. Kurt shook his head and said in a scratchy tone, "I'm sorry, I'm just-." He stopped; he couldn't get his words together.
"Nervous? Unsure, displaced?" Blaine said, tugging Kurt closer to where their legs were slightly touching.
"Yeah," Kurt says breathlessly, "that."
"Could you just come up here with me, let me hold you? It'll be okay, Kurt." Blaine knew he'd said that many times throughout the night, but he wasn't sure what he could say to help with this. He couldn't have felt more relieved when Sebastian came to him. But Kurt was less open, he needed time and patience.
When Kurt didn't respond, he also didn't reject. Blaine got back up and pulled the covers back and motioned Kurt onto the bed with a sweeping hand. "Why don't you go in the middle, I know it sounds daunting now, but trust me, Kurt."
Kurt quietly did as he was told, Blaine joining right behind. The bed was huge and unbelievably comfortable. He laid on his back and winced slightly at the pressure on his bruises, he turned and made eye contact with Blaine who was also on his back. Kurt placed his hand tentatively on Blaine's and returned the smile he received. "He's not going to make you do anything you're not ready for Kurt, and I wouldn't either. He wants you safe so we can live our lives together, that's all we want. And I'm so glad you're here, I hope you can be glad soon too."
Kurt chuckled despite his nerves, rolling his eyes when Blaine looked hurt. "Are sure you're happy about that, looks like to me, you're going be the middle of any spat between Sebastian and I." Which will probably happen often, Kurt thought in his head.
"Oh," Blaine replied playfully, turning on his side, wiggling closer. "Actually, that's even better, because then I can still get kisses from both of you." It was true, Blaine a lot more even tempered than the other two, so naturally he would be the one drying tears and calming down. He was fully capable of defending himself, but very much preferred for everyone to happy and relaxed.
"So that's how we're playing it, huh? Who said I was offering kisses?" Kurt asked playfully but leaning in anyway and kissing the other boy on the side of his smiling face.
Both boys were now facing each other, Kurt a lot more comfortable than before. Sebastian came out and smiled at the wholesome moment. Sebastian made eye contact with Kurt as he turned a little bit and winked, laughing when he got an eye roll in response.
He grabbed the bruise cream and some numbing solution he found in his first aid kit he's never had to open before. He climbed into the bed and let Kurt get used to him being there, shaking his head when he started to turn onto his back. Blaine had his head propped on his head as he watched the interaction.
"No, stay on your side, it has to hurt on your back. I have your bruise cream and I also can numb it," he gently placed a hand to Kurt's arm, inspecting his shoulder and shaking his head.
"Can I help with his face, Bas?" Blaine looks at Kurt eagerly, smiling warmly when Kurt looked at him silently, "Kurt, is that okay?"
"Sure, I guess this is kind of nice," Kurt said shyly.
The other two boys shared a smile, not pushing Kurt to say anything else. They both got to work, very gently rubbing the cream on any discoloration they see. Sebastian held in a gasp when he lifted his shirt to look at Kurt's back. There were new and old bruises, fucks sake. Sebastian kept his thoughts to himself, and just covered his whole back, hopefully with it hurting as little as possible.
Kurt wasn't used to this level of kindness, of course his dad, but he never really allowed him to. His friends cared, in a surface level way. But they none of them ever offered support like this. He winced a few times, but he didn't mind, he was grateful for the help.
At first, he was apprehensive about the numbing part, since the bruise cream somewhat helps with pain. But this was even better.
Blaine had long since finished while Sebastian started replacing the lids. He was running his hand up and down Kurt's forearm where the vines were marked, giving Kurt's hand a squeeze anytime his eyebrows would pull.
Sebastian blindly passed the two objects onto the nightstand and turned off the lights. He moved in closer to Kurt. He didn't sense any tension, so he slowly placed his arm across Kurt's waist, down his trimmed abdomen, "Goodnight, you two." Blaine leaned over Kurt and gave him a kiss.
Kurt moved his head, unsure, but wanting. Sebastian asked, "You too, huh?" It was a weird angle, but Sebastian leaned across, mindful of the injured back and gave him a lingering peck. When Kurt returned the kiss, he let it go a few times. He had to stop when he started to feel himself heating up. He could tell Blaine was feeling it too as he could make out Blaine, in the dark, watching them kiss with extreme interest. He had wondered with three, if there would d be jealousy issues one day. Of course, that was still a possibility with it just being day one. But he also felt the perk of having three.
Blaine whispered to Kurt if he wanted to hold him, Sebastian couldn't help but chuckle at the cuddly teddy bear.
Kurt relented and Blaine quickly turned around with his back to Kurt, pointing impatiently at his waist. Kurt quickly followed directions and shyly gave a small kiss to the back of his neck. Blaine took that as encouragement to back up even closer and pulled the cover over them.
Kurt felt a mixture of emotions, overwhelmed by being in between two very handsome men. Being held and kissed, it was all so much. His mind raced for a long time, not wanting to wake the other two. He doesn't know when he finally fell asleep.
"Kurt."
Kurt felt the way he always felt waking up, overly warm, groggy and disgusting. And one thing Kurt hated was being woken up before he got his rest. He was also way too comfortable to be doing anything. So, he ignored the sound and started drifting off again.
"You think he's awake?" Blaine asks leaning over the bed, curiously lifting the pillow off Kurt's head that he must have placed as the other two started moving around to get ready.
Sebastian sighed as he studied the boy that would be clearly making every step of his life, just a little more difficult. "I don't know, B. Kurt," Sebastian repeated the other boy's name loudly.
They had woken up over an hour ago. There was an alarm, two showers, Blaine singing loud as hell in said shower. This wasn't the first time they tried to wake him up. Every time they finished a task, one of them would try.
"No," Kurt's muffled voice finally responds.
"Kurt, you need to start getting ready, we have a busy day ahead of us," Sebastian said, trying to be stern, but also not wanting to.
Kurt stayed very still, not responding, but clearly awake enough to know what was going on.
Blaine watched anxiously, "Good morning, Kurt." Wondering if an easier approach would work. It didn't. Kurt burrowed himself into the pillows and ignored the world.
"Kurt, you need to get up and get ready," Sebastian said more demanding.
Kurt's head snapped up just slightly, "You get up and get ready," his voice ice cold.
Sebastian felt like a parent of a teenager suddenly and quickly erased the idea of them ever having children out of his mind. He quickly yanked the blanket off, try not to laugh at Blaine backing up as if Kurt was a wild animal.
Kurt didn't launch immediately, but slowly lifted his head and glared hatefully at Sebastian, "is my whole life going to be me doing what you want?" Kurt was not good in the morning and should have come with a warning label.
Sebastian's head snapped back, he was hurt, but chose not to show it, but still not looking at Blaine after he had already spilled his insecurities regarding Kurt the night before. Sebastian recovered quickly and argued back, "I don't know, am I going to spend my whole life being snapped at every time you have to do something you don't want?"
Kurt felt extremely guilty after they ended so well at the end of the night. Kurt knew he had an attitude problem and had a hard time letting go of his pride and apologizing or changing when he's called out. He got up wordlessly, his nose up upturned as he reached into his wardrobe to grab his robe and slammed the bathroom door for added effect.
Blaine jumped at the slam, he saw his angry looking Dom, he'd never seen him angry like that. Just angry and defeated. Kurt looked adorable with bed head though.
"I asked him so many times, B," Sebastian paced in front of the bathroom door, he checked his watch, and they still had enough time, but he didn't like being treated like he was a heartless dictator after telling him to get up.
"I know you did," Blaine walked over to Sebastian to try and calm him. "I don't know, maybe he just needs coffee or something."
Sebastian turned around to Blaine, snapping, "I am not rewarding behavior like that, Blaine."
Blaine put both hands up, backing off immediately, "Okay, I'm sorry Bas." Blaine hated making people angry, he shuffled closer to Sebastian nervously.
Sebastian scratched above his brow with his thumb and opened his other arm for his Sub, "Don't be sorry, I'm sorry, you didn't deserve that." He shouldn't be lashing out at the one who actually listened.
Blaine shivered subconsciously and leaned into Sebastian, "If I can Sebastian. I wasn't thinking as a reward, more like an incentive? Maybe it'll make him happy."
Sebastian rolled his eyes, but his lips twitched into a smile, "I wouldn't know what to get him."
Blaine shrugged, "Maybe a latte, and a cookie?"
"And a cookie?" Sebastian rolled his eyes dramatically; Blaine was gone for Kurt. "He's mean to me, and you want to get him a cookie."
"I don't know, he seems like he needs one," Blaine laughed, relieved that Sebastian seemed to be calming down. "Come on, Sebastian, please. Plus, you haven't gone over rules with him yet, how is he supposed to know he's breaking one?"
The taller boy groans, Blaine was right. "Fine! Okay, he'll get a fucking cookie. I'll do that, you make sure he does not return to the bed, god knows there's no getting him back out." He would be giving Burt a piece of his mind for not warning him about this.
Kurt tiptoed his way out of the bathroom and peeked into the room, hoping to miss Sebastian. He pulled his robe tighter nervously before opening the door to listen. He didn't hear anything and opened it to see the bed made perfectly.
He took a step out and didn't see anyone, he rushed into his wardrobe and locked it. He felt so bad for his outburst and was nervous to face the other two. He already got his hair done, it was just a matter of getting dressed and getting down the stairs.
He was supposed to put more bruise cream on, but he didn't want to go back out there yet. The cream worked well overnight; the bruises weren't nearly as dark as they would've been.
He wasn't sure what the day would entail so he dressed in a black button up, with small grey polka dots, and a black vest that had red lining. And then found his red pants and his favorite pair of black Jimmy Choo shoes. It might be a little dark, but he was feeling this outfit, and there was no talking him out of it once he's settled.
Kurt stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath, willing himself to open the door. As he did, he saw Blaine sitting on the edge of the bed waiting. His face lights up when he noticed the door opening and stood up. "Wow, Kurt. You look amazing."
Blaine looked Kurt up and down. The other boy was so toned, and those pants hugged very tight, not that Blaine minded.
"Thanks," Kurt said, blushing, "You look great."
Blaine smiled, looking please but shrugged, "I look the same every day."
"Do you ever get tired of wearing that?" Kurt frowned curiously, dreading having to wear the same thing every day.
"Sometimes, of course," Blaine walked closer, studying Kurt's bruise, worried about it healing. It still looked painful. When they were touching distance, he ran a hand down Kurt's arm. "It's a good school though, I wouldn't trade my experience there. I only have one year left, and I do well there. I hope you'll learn to like it too. I know you don't like the uniforms."
Kurt took his turn by tugging on Blaine's collar, "Well, you know what I will like?"
Blaine shook his head, hanging on to his every word.
"Having you there, maybe we'll have classes together."
"Kurt," Blaine exclaimed, his eyes gleaming excitedly, "It will be amazing, we'll see each other all day."
Their conversation was interrupted by the front door opening and closing.
Kurt frowned, "Is that Sebastian?" His heart quickening as he remembered his behavior before.
Blaine took Kurt's hand, "Yeah, it's okay, I calmed him down for you."
Kurt's inward panic was starting, his heart was accelerating. "I didn't mean to, Blaine. I don't do well in the morning."
Blaine nodded, clearly having seen Kurt's reaction to the morning time. "Yeah, well. I don't know if you like it, but I talked him into getting coffee. I hope you like it." He wanted more than anything for the three to get along, but that wasn't in the cards, at least right now.
Kurt's eyes widened, "I love coffee, I wasn't expecting you guys to be so nice. I shouldn't have snapped like that."
Blaine winked, clearly not concerned as about this situation, "Well, just apologize. It's going to be okay, Sebastian's a good guy, give him some kisses, he'll forget all about it."
Kurt's eyes narrowed, taking in Blaine's advice, "I don't like apologizing," pouting slightly.
The dark-haired boy smirked, leaned in and kissed Kurt. He pulled back, kissed him a few times across his jaw line. "Would you apologize, Kurt. I think he'd really love it."
"Does this work on Sebastian," Kurt asked airily, trying to pretend he wasn't affected by the kisses.
"Kurt, Blaine," their Dom called for them as he walked into the room. He looked between the two boys, sensing the younger one in a better mood. "Morning, Kurt." His arms crossed, although the other boy looked like a cover model, he still couldn't be talking to him that way.
Kurt sighed, rolled his head back and faced his Dom, "I am sorry, Sebastian. For not waking up when you wanted me to." He knew he was being petty, but he'd already committed.
"That's not what I meant," Blaine whispered, exasperated.
"Thank you, Blaine," Sebastian acknowledged. "Kurt, is that all?" Kurt was avoiding contact, he was feeling guilty, but his pride was winning out.
Kurt rolled his eyes, he looked at Blaine from the side and saw him watching him pleadingly. "Fine, I should not have spoken to you that way, it was out of line."
"Alright Alright," Sebastian rolled his eyes, that would have to do. He walked up to the younger boy. "You look very handsome this morning." He kissed Kurt quickly, looking up and down his face. "You put any of that cream on?"
Kurt shook his head, "I didn't know what to do, if you guys were out here mad at me."
Sebastian's heart swooned at the suddenly angelic face, damn this boy. "Kurt, no one is mad. I also don't like you not taking care of yourself, even if we were mad. But it's okay, for now. Let's put some on. You have coffee waiting, thanks to Blaine. And a cookie," He glared sideways at Blaine, who was nodding as if he went to pick it up.
Sebastian put more bruise cream on than he probably should on Kurt's face, but he really wanted that healed. Kurt followed the other two into the kitchen and the two subs inspected the bags.
"You got me a cookie too?" Blaine asked hopefully as he saw more than one package.
"Yes, B, and your usual coffee," Sebastian smiled as he sat and read emails on his phone while he waited.
The two finished eating quietly, Blaine spoke up as he saw the time, "Bas, you think we should go?"
Sebastian glanced at his watch, his eyes widened slightly and launched to his feet, "Yes, sorry Blaine. Let's get you to school."
They all three rushed to get Blaine to school, Kurt in the front seat, as Blaine insisted. Sebastian went over his plans to remove Kurt from his school. Blaine's hand rested on Kurt's shoulder the whole time. He gave them both kisses and walked swiftly to school after wishing Kurt luck.
Kurt watched curiously as Blaine walked toward the tall, brick building. The school was a lot different than his own, the lawn was immaculate, there was a large group of guys greeting Blaine outside, looking excited. Blaine must be popular.
"Hey!"
"Morning, Blaine."
Blaine grinned from ear to ear as he walked up the steps to his school. Various Warblers and classmates greeted him, word must have gotten out that he found his other soulmate. He'd only texted one person, but it wasn't a large school, so word spread quickly
"How'd it go yesterday?"
"Well, we found him!" Blaine announced enthusiastically, "he's beautiful and funny, and he's going to be coming here." He laughed as the other guys started asking questions, talking over each other. Blaine didn't mind, he answered the best he could.
Sebastian was telling Kurt a little about himself, law school, his parents, growing up in New York. He delighted in Kurt perking up at hearing about New York. It was his goal to return there once the other two finished school.
"So, you moved here because Blaine goes to school here?" Kurt asked, his face and voice unreadable.
"Yes, and I won't lie to you. I initially planned to come get him and take him to New York. But then I met him, and he was so settled and happy at Dalton. It's just as easy from me to do my Gen Ed courses while I'm here, and then transfer when it's time to return to New York. And, well," Sebastian smiled over at Kurt before facing the rode again. "We noticed a second name appearing on our wrists, I figured it'd be best to stay in one place and see if we could find you."
Kurt warmed up at Sebastian staying here for Blaine, he was putting himself out there for them. The timeline made sense; and Kurt figured he should make an effort as well. "Well, I know I said you're taking me from my school. But, I'm really not that broken up about it. In fact, I'm relieved. I was miserable there, Sebastian."
"I know, Kurt. You said a name, Karofsky?"
"Yeah," he responded nervously, he didn't want to get into it right away, especially right before they're going into the school.
Sebastian could sense his hesitance, "Well, hopefully we won't run into him. I'll give you some extra time to say goodbyes and exchange numbers if you'd like." Preferably not Karofsky, but he didn't add that.
Sebastian clutched Kurt's hand as they walked into the school building, letting go to let Kurt lead him into the office. It was a quick process; it wasn't uncommon for Juniors and Seniors to be claimed and relocated.
Kurt walked quickly down the hallway, his Dom agreed for him to do this on his own and gave him a half hour before he would check on him.
He said his goodbyes to all the glee kids and took out everything from his locker that he wanted, left the books obviously. He mostly took pictures. He walked swiftly down the hall, hoping he would miss his tormentor. He picked up the pace when he heard laughing from behind.
"Hey, Hummel!"
Kurt groaned, it wasn't Dave, but it was his best friend, Azimio, but Dave was trailing silently behind. "What do you want?" He was feeling for his phone in his back pocket as he tried to read where this situation was going.
He smirked and as he moved closer from behind, "Heard you were leaving for fairy land! We just wanted to congratulate you and send you with a proper goodbye."
He closed his eyes and slowly turned around, expecting a slushy. Which is exactly what he got. Azimio shoved him backwards and walked off. Karofsky walked up quietly, slushy in hand, but still full. "Have you told anyone?"
Kurt took a moment to answer as tried wiping the frozen, red content off his face. "No," Kurt said, now shivering, face ducking, hoping to avoid a second slushy to the face. "I told you I wouldn't, not that you wouldn't deserve it."
To his surprise, he didn't hit him or pour the drink on him. He just looked volatile, as if none of those actions would satisfy his anger. "I meant what I said, you'd better never say anything."
Kurt scoffed humorlessly, rolling his eyes at how weak his bully suddenly seemed. "Well, my advice for you, is if you don't want people calling you gay, stop targeting the only out kid in school and attempting to sexually assault him in the hallway."
Karofsky looked up and down the hallway, Kurt knew he'd said too much. He dropped the drink on the floor, purple spilling everywhere. He launched towards Kurt and grabbed him by the collar and pushed him against the wall. Kurt was slightly panicked, this was the same position as yesterday, which felt like months ago. Dave's face was screwed up in rage, almost spitting as he responded, "You'd better not say another word, Hummel. I could end you right here."
"It's all words, Dave." In a moment of courage, he shoved the hand off him, rolling his eyes when he even backed up. "I could've been a friend to you, I would have never told anyone. But this is your problem now, not mine. You can hide behind that jacket, pushing around people you find smaller than you. When really, you're the smallest person here. Good luck, Dave." Kurt backed up quickly, worried about the other kid lashing out again.
He didn't though, he just walked off the other way, his fists closed tightly. Kurt shook his head and took off back to Sebastian. He had his head hanging low as he reached the front where the blonde boy was standing. He must have been more panicked than he realized, he barely registered the concerned frown, and Sebastian asking what happened.
Kurt ran out the door and rushed to Sebastian's car, the photos clutched tightly to his chest. The other man quickly unlocked it for him as he rushed to keep up. He got in the front seat, he looked at the younger boy. He wasn't sure what to do here, he'd never been bullied in his life. In fact, he was the bully when he went to school. He'd never once thought about the feelings of the other kids until right now and realized how much of an asshole he was. Looking at Kurt right now made his heart shatter. He wasn't even crying, but he looked so humiliated.
For once he felt in tune with Kurt, he wasn't interested in pity or even talking. "You want to go see Burt and get you car since we're nearby? They can still come visit either way, but I know it's important to you to have it."
Kurt finally made eye contact, smiling even, "Yeah, let's just do that. I need to change anyway."
"Alright."
They rode in silence as they reached Kurt's home, Kurt bee lined for his room to changed out of the wet clothes. He put on something simpler, just a white V-neck with a plaid pants and added a scarf. He went back to his door to let Sebastian in as he gathered more of his things. He turned around in surprise when Sebastian shut the door behind them.
"You okay?" Sebastian asked, sensing his hesitation, his eyes landing on a sticky spot right above Kurt's eyebrow. Despite the slushy, Kurt looked really good, the white shirt was tighter fitted, and it hugged Kurt's waist beautifully. He resisted running a hand down his abs, to feel how toned he was.
Kurt blushed embarrassingly red at the heated gaze. "Yes." He had no idea what he was supposed to say or do. He also felt curious about what it would be like to be with someone intimately, but not here in his childhood bedroom.
He leaned his face slightly into the hand the cupped his cheek and sighed into a deep kiss. Kurt leaned his chest against the taller man's as Sebastian's arm ran across Kurt's back, rubbing up and down gently, forgetting the bruises, but Kurt didn't mind.
Sebastian moaned as he broke the kiss, looking at the slightly puffed lips. He gave him a quick peck, he rubbed his thumb across under Kurt's bottom lip, smiling when Kurt gave him a questioning stare. "You have a little cherry." His guilt of his old bullying ways crossed his mind again. He removed his hands from his sub and backed away. "I should tell you something," he looked down at his watch, Burt would come in about twenty minutes.
"Okay," Kurt looked wary, he motioned for his bed and sat down.
Sebastian joined him and grabbed his hand, intertwining their fingers. "Kurt, I'm a big fan of full disclosure, I think it's only fair after what you experienced, I should tell you. when I was in school, like you. I was…not the nicest." Kurt's eyes turned serious, not angry, more searching.
"Not the nicest?" Kurt's head tilted and his eyes narrowed, "So, you were a bully." He didn't exactly pull his hand away, but his grip loosened.
"Kind of?" Sebastian replied tentatively before relenting. "Yes, Kurt, I was a bully. I didn't physically harm anyone, but I was an ass. I was a spoiled jackass. And I don't want to lie to you, none of those people even crossed my mind until today and I saw how much it affected you." His heart cracked when Kurt had a familiar look of disappointment, like he would see from his dad when he did something particularly stupid.
"What did you do?"
"I don't know Kurt, like just pick at kids I thought, at the time, were boring. Some of them, they were shy kids who didn't party. I was so arrogant." Sebastian went in more detail about making fun of different students, mostly other guys. Kurt listened, still didn't remove his hand or move away.
"Do you think you would have bullied me, if I wasn't your soulmate?"
"I don't know, Kurt," Sebastian scratching the back of his head and he looked at the other boy, worried what he would say.
"Yes, you do," Kurt challenged loudly, now pulling his hand away, "You do know. Everyone who bullies, ends up bullying me."
Sebastian stood up, his voice rising too, but in desperation. "I wouldn't bully you; you have to know. My feelings for you are so real. I'm sorry, I really am. I can't change it now; I wish I could."
Kurt supposed Sebastian had been genuine so far, and he didn't have to tell him about this. No point in in getting caught up in something he wasn't even there for. "Well," he crossed his legs, his hands resting on his left knee. "I did ask Rachel from glee club if she airbrushed out her jowls." His eyebrow raised when Sebastian's jaw dropped, "What, the bitch tried to steal my campaign."
"Kurt," Sebastian yelled out, but laughing louder than he has in a long time.
Kurt stood up, his face softened as he approached the laughing boy, "Could you apologize if you ever run into them?"
The blonde boy turned serious, looking down at his shoes, "Yes, I'll reach out."
"Okay, well. You were honest, you didn't have to be. It's alright, Sebastian." Kurt decided to let it go and focus on getting more things packed.
Kurt got more of his clothes, then a few other items, pictures, his drawings, which he hid quickly. He didn't know why he didn't just show them, but he just didn't.
Burt came by for his lunch break and cackled at Sebastian's exaggerated tale of having to wake him up. Burt wished him luck after handing him a box of beers. Kurt rolled his eyes.
He was very excited when Sebastian held true to his word about the car, his phone connected to his car and he chatted with some of his friends during the ride back to Westerville. He quirked his eyebrows at Sebastian calling him in the middle of his favorite song. "Yes, Sir," he answered sarcastically.
Sebastian snorted on the other end, "I was wondering if you wanted to pick up Blaine, surprise him, he'll love that. You two meet me at the house, then we'll do the store like I promised?"
"Okay, otherwise, there's not a moisturizer on this planet that can make up for the daily pizza."
"We do not eat pizza every day… Just a lot of days," he trailed off, trying to think of other things they have.
"Yeah, I'm convinced," he said dryly, trying to look up Dalton on his phone. Yes, it was unsafe, but so was not knowing where the hell he was going.
"Kurt, are you messing with your phone while you're on the highway?"
Kurt looked up and could slightly make out Sebastian looking at him from his rear view mirror. "I was looking up Blaine's school, I don't have a photographic memory, Sebastian," he answered obviously.
"I was going to lead you there, and then let Blaine guide you both home. But no more typing on your phone while you're driving."
"Well excuse me for using the phone you called me on."
"Alright, I'm hanging up, you drive safe Kurt."
Kurt enjoyed the twenty minutes of alone time he had in his car while he waited for Blaine. He typed away on his Instagram, answered a few messages. He saw a few boys walking down the stairs from the building and perked up. He grabbed for his Gucci sunglasses to hide his eye, and climbed out of his Navigator, trying to ignore the curious glances from the other kids. Kurt was relieved to see, it was friendly curiosity, instead of the animosity he usually experiences.
He leaned back against the passenger door as he searched for the curly haired boy. A few minutes later, he walked out, probably searching for Sebastian. When he locked eyes with Kurt, his whole face brightened, and he picked up his pace. "Hey you!" He waved excitedly at a few of his friends who were watching.
Kurt wished he could do that, just wave and be happy about life. He was for too cynical for that but was glad Blaine hasn't lost that. He returned the smile when Blaine approached closer, "I missed you today." His smile widening as Blaine hugged him around the waist. Kurt returned the sentiment, and Blaine pulled back, looking at Kurt's outfit. "That's not what you were wearing, did you two…" He wasn't jealous per se, or maybe he was.
Kurt's eyes widened, "No, no, I'll tell you all about it."
And Kurt did, but not the Karofsky part. Blaine seemed to notice a hole in the story but didn't say anything. When they arrived home, Blaine went to change into jeans and a red polo shirt. Kurt tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for the two boys.
"We're coming, Kurt," Sebastian said sighing at his impatience.
When they arrived at the grocery store Kurt rushed and grabbed various produce; he actually made a whole list. Neither boy could remember him writing all that out. Blaine glared at a few items, couldn't imagine all those things being good together. Kurt rolled his eyes when Blaine shared his concerns. "Well, we're not going to eat it all at one time, Blaine."
"Be nice, Kurt," Sebastian said, watching Blaine crossing his arms. He took the cart from Kurt, glaring pointedly when the diva looked like he was about to strike back. "Stop, or I'm putting these back and we're having pizza."
"Fine, but it's not like you would even know where these go." Kurt let Sebastian take the cart, his attitude not improving.
Blaine's face turned sharply away as he bit his lip.
"It's not funny, B." Sebastian grouched as he pushed the cart, following Kurt who was walking as if he owned the place, hips out, nose in the air.
Blaine looked over, trying to look innocent, "I'm not laughing!"
"Yes, you are! He was mean to you too, Blaine."
Blaine looked ahead with a fond expression, "Yeah, but he's cute though."
Sebastian shook his head as Kurt piled more things in the cart, having no clue what he would do with half of this. Kurt had relaxed slightly, the banter turned more friendly, but from the corner of his eye, he saw an older woman whispering to one her friends, both looking at him.
"Everything okay, ladies?" Kurt asked sweetly, ignoring Sebastian jabbing him in the side.
Neither said anything, but looked away, one of them smirking. Kurt responded anyway, "It's just from the look on your face, you look like you have shit in your nose."
"Alright, we're leaving," Sebastian walked off towards the register with the cart, Blaine obediently walking beside him, his eyes looking straight ahead with his bottom lip caught between his teeth, the older boy couldn't tell if he was trying not to laugh, or uncomfortable. Knowing Blaine's infatuation with Kurt, Sebastian was suspicious, but he couldn't hardly get after him for finding their other soulmate funny. He turned around and saw Kurt standing when Sebastian left him, reading something on a jar.
The women had already left, glaring and whispering about the three men. Sebastian slowly walked to stand behind Kurt, he could tell he was ignoring him on purpose. He watched as Kurt put the jar down, slowly reached his hands around until they landed on the younger boy's chest. Kurt stiffened but eventually relaxed in his arms, even leaning back slightly, much to Sebastian's delight. His lips landed on the base of Kurt's neck, before lifting his head and whispering to his new sub. "Kurt, let's go home, I think you've won. I want to spend time with you both. We have things to go over after dinner."
"Fine." He placed a hand over Sebastian's, looked over and saw Blaine watching softly at the end of the aisle. "Let's go home."
A/N: I know this was long, I hope you don't mind! I've had a lot of fun writing this so far. I plan for this one and New Kid to be ongoing. By that, I mean maybe even a series as they navigate life. Now, what I'd like to know, is how much you want me to include Dalton. I know I have a few series dedicated to that already, I don't plan to go as into it as I am with those two series. I'm extremely open to suggestions. This particular story will probably skip around a bit. But let me know what you think! Do you want to include the typical Warblers?