When Blaine committed to waiting a week to text Sebastian, he didn't anticipate it being so difficult. He hoped Sebastian would text him at some point to check in, but it never happened. By Wednesday, Blaine knew something was up. He decided to stop by the Lima Bean, hoping they might "accidentally" run into each other since Sebastian always seemed to be hanging out there. But even then, he was nowhere to be seen. At first, Blaine thought it was for the best. After all, he didn't understand why he so desperately wanted Sebastian to text him. He was definitely still hung up on Kurt and he kept telling himself he had no interest in getting tangled up in something new with Sebastian, but he knew he wanted something. Thursday afternoon, Blaine decided he couldn't take it anymore. When he reached the choir room for glee rehearsal, he pulled out his phone and was about to send a text to Sebastian when he heard Tina's voice approaching him.

"Hey Blaine." She wrapped her arm around him and they sat down next to each other. "Are you and Kurt finally talking again?" Her eyes lit up, so hopeful that his relationship with Kurt would start up again.

Blaine never understood Tina's obsession with his romance with Kurt, but in a way, he found it somewhat refreshing. At least someone understood that he and Kurt were soulmates. On the other hand, it could be pretty annoying. Tina's constant reminder of what Blaine lost combined with her always asking for an update on the relationship just reminded him that he had made no progress in his quest to earn Kurt's trust again. "No, it's not Kurt." He looked down and turned his phone off, hoping he could prevent himself from sending the text until Saturday, like he originally planned.

Tina's eyebrow raised in suspicion at Blaine's response. "Everyone you talk to is in this room, Blaine."

For a moment, Blaine contemplated telling Tina the truth. It would be nice to have someone to talk to about this, especially someone who understood his complex history with Sebastian and Kurt. But then he remembered the turmoil left by Sebastian on the New Directions and figured Tina would never understand. "It's just my mom."

"No way, this is not the face you have when you text your mom; it's the face you have when you talk about Kurt. What's going on?" She asked, glaring at him. Damn Tina for knowing him so well.

Blaine shook his head and turned to face her. "Okay, you have to promise not to tell anyone."

Just as Blaine was about to confess the secrets of his weekend to Tina, Sam arrived and grabbed Blaine's shoulders as he sat behind him, pulling himself so that his face was between his two closest friends. "Promise not to tell anyone what?"

Blaine blushed as Sam arrived, completely forgetting that Sam already knew most of the details of his newly established...whatever he had with Sebastian. Maybe it was nothing at all since Sebastian never reached out to him after he dropped Blaine off. "I was just going to tell Tina the stuff about Sebastian," Blaine admitted, hesitantly glancing toward Tina.

Tina's eyes widened as she looked between Blaine and Sam. "What about Sebastian? And you already told Sam?" She looked offended. Blaine figured Tina would be upset about him talking to Sam first, but it just kind of happened, and it didn't seem like such a big deal at the time. He had no idea what was going on with Sebastian or if it was anything at all, so he didn't see a reason to blow it out of proportion by shouting it from the rooftops.

"Look, it's nothing. I went out drinking with Sebastian on Friday, that's all," Blaine offered, hoping the explanation would suffice for Tina.

He knew better than that, though. "Wait so you're texting with him again?"

Sam immediately turned his attention to Blaine. "Dude, you didn't tell me you were texting with him now, too. What's he saying?" Sam reached for Blaine's phone, but he pulled it back before Sam had the chance to read anything.

"No, we're not texting. Chill out," Blaine insisted, shoving his phone into his pocket. "That's sort of the problem. I figured after that night he would text me or something, but he hasn't and it's just kind of weird. I mean, I stopped talking to him when Kurt asked me to, and this was the first time we really talked since like May. I guess I thought we could be friends again, but it seems like that's not what he wants."

Tina stared at Blaine in disbelief. "I'm so confused. You're hanging out with the guy that almost blinded you last year? Have you lost your mind?"

Sam nudged Tina before she finished speaking. "Dude, let him be."

"Don't 'dude' me. Sebastian is a horrible person. He tried to break you and Kurt up, then he almost blinded you with a rock salt slushy and basically turned all of the Warblers against us, then he tried to get Rachel to drop out of regionals. He's not a nice guy," Tina insisted, still staring at Sam and Blaine in disbelief that they could possibly think Blaine spending time with him was a good idea.

"Look, either way it doesn't matter. He's not talking to me, so it seems like the friendship was short lived," Blaine shrugged and turned his attention to the front of the room, waiting for Finn to walk through the doors.

Tina crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair. "Blaine Warbler, we are not done talking about this."

Blaine couldn't help but roll his eyes. As Finn finally arrived in the choir room, Sam leaned forward again and whispered to Blaine so that Tina couldn't hear. "Why don't you just text him? This is 2012; texting rules are overrated."

"It's not that, it's just that I think locking him out of my life for six months probably did some damage to our friendship and I doubt he wants to open all of that up again after the way I treated him," Blaine shrugged, still trying to keep his voice down so Tina wouldn't hear.

Sam shook his head. "No way. That's definitely not it. Look, whatever it is, just do what you want. I liked the fun Blaine I heard on my voicemail Friday night." Sam leaned back in his chair as Finn began to talk about his plans for Grease. Blaine tried to listen, but he couldn't help but focus on Sam's lingering words. Sure, "just do what you want" is simple enough, but not when he didn't know what he wanted. Well, that wasn't entirely true. Blane knew he wanted Kurt back. But the introduction of Sebastian to the mix confused him more than it should have.

Glee rehearsal ran longer than usual which was normal for the fall musical. They had extra work to do so Finn kept them around as long as he could. After rehearsal, Blaine tried his best to escape the choir room without Tina following him. He noticed her hot on his heels until she saw Mike approaching them from down the hallway. Luckily, Tina wanted to avoid Mike even more than she wanted to interrogate Blaine, so she almost ran the other way when she saw Mike coming. Unfortunately, that meant Blaine had to offer some explanation to Mike. "Hey Blaine. Why does Tina keep running away from me?"

Blaine sighed, wishing he could just leave and Tina could figure out her thing with Mike without him. At least Tina's ex wanted to talk to her. "She just doesn't want to deal with the breakup. I personally don't get it because I would jump on any opportunity to speak to my ex right now, but who knows." He shrugged and tried to keep walking, but Mike stopped him.

"Wait, I wanted to say sorry about the breakup with Kurt. That must've been hard." Mike gave Blaine a sympathetic look and rested his hand on Blaine's arm.

Blaine felt weird for even mentioning Kurt to Mike and figured that he definitely overshared when all Mike asked was a simple question but didn't feel like overanalyzing the situation anymore. He just wanted to get home and escape the constant questions of everyone around him. "Yeah, it is." Blaine couldn't think of anything else to say about it. He hoped his short answer would let Mike know he didn't feel like catching up.

"Well, if you need to talk about anything, I'm around. Although I'm sure Tina's got that covered." Mike laughed a little, but Blaine could see the sadness in his eyes. Clearly Mike and Tina were meant to be together. "Who knows? Maybe Kurt will come back for the show."

The thought of Kurt coming back for Grease never occurred to Blaine. He knew Kurt was short on cash after he moved to New York so he never thought he would waste his money on a trip back to Lima for the school musical, but maybe he actually would see Kurt next week after all. "Maybe," Blaine nodded, suddenly hoping for something he knew would never happen.

"I'm gonna try to find Tina, but text me if there's anything I can help with. I know Teen Angel isn't a very intense dance role and you've never really needed much help in that department, but I mean personal things, too. I'll be around for a little while since I'm on fall break," Mike smiled as he started to walk away from Blaine and toward the hall Tina disappeared into. Blaine had to admit it made him smile to hear Mike's words. He and Mike never got close in high school, but Blaine did get close with some of the other glee guys at the end of their senior year. All of the days helping Puck study brought him closer to them.

Unfortunately, his conversation with Mike had some negative consequences. Suddenly, Blaine was right back to thinking about Kurt nonstop. He opened his phone when he finally arrived at his house after a long day at school. He started scrolling through his recent texts with Kurt to see if another attempt at communication would be too much.

Kurt, I'm so sorry. Please call me. We need to talk about this. -Blaine

It's been over a week. Can we please just have a conversation about this? I don't feel like we even talked about what happened. -Blaine

Is this how it's really going to end, Kurt? Two years and this is what we have to show for it? -Blaine

Okay, I'm sorry, I know it's my fault and I shouldn't expect anything from you, especially your forgiveness. I just really want you to understand what I was going through and I really want to explain exactly what happened. -Blaine

Come on, Kurt. Please. -Blaine

Okay now it's been two weeks. Why can't you just call me? I'm going crazy. -Blaine

I love you, Kurt. I'm never going to doubt again that we're meant to be together. I knew it as soon as it happened. Please just talk to me. -Blaine

Yep. It was definitely too many texts, but Blaine couldn't help it. How was he just supposed to get over their relationship without even having a conversation about what happened? As he scrolled through the texts, he realized he needed to give it one more try.

I'm not going to stop texting until you give me a chance to explain. I love you so much. I'll do anything to prove to you how much I love you. -Blaine

For the first time, it felt as if it might really be over. If Kurt wouldn't even give him the time of day to explain what happened, how could he expect Kurt to ever move on from this? He wished he could think about anything else, but Kurt was the only person on his mind. He decided to turn his phone off and practice Beauty School Dropout a few times until he could think about something, anything other than Kurt.

Blaine fell asleep after four hours of homework and a few breaks in between to work on the song. Homework at McKinley never felt like much of anything at all compared to the workload he kept up with at Dalton, but ever since the breakup, Blaine could barely focus on anything. It took him an hour longer than usual just to complete a simple math assignment. He checked his phone one last time before going to bed, and of course, there was nothing from Kurt or Sebastian. He was starting to give up on hearing anything from either of them.

When Blaine woke up Friday morning, he knew he needed something to change. He couldn't sit around all day every day waiting to hear from Kurt. Or even Sebastian, who he finally realized was just a distraction from the pain he felt over the breakup. He had no real feelings attached to his friendship with Sebastian anymore, so he must have just been trying to find something that would get his mind off of Kurt...right?

Friday felt like any other day of pining over Kurt and waiting to hear something from him while he pretended to be okay all through glee rehearsal. It was almost tech week for Grease, and he figured if Kurt hadn't texted him yet to let him know he was coming back for the show, he probably wouldn't.

It was Sam who finally convinced Blaine he needed to text Sebastian. Blaine was sitting in the auditorium while Marley rehearsed the staging for "It's Raining on Prom Night" when Sam sat down next to him. Most of the other glee kids had left to get dinner when they realized they would be staying at rehearsal until late, so it was just Sam and Blaine in the auditorium sitting a few rows back from where Finn stood next to Artie watching Marley belt out the song. "What's with the long face?" Sam asked, tossing Blaine a bag from Taco Bell when he sat down.

"I said I wasn't hungry," Blaine handed the bag back to Sam.

Sam shook his head and shoved the bag back toward Blaine. "Dude, I got you those cinnamon bite things you like. You totally are hungry."

Blaine rolled his eyes and pulled a taco out of the bag. "Thanks." He gave Sam a half-hearted smile and took a bite of his taco.

"So, are you gonna tell me what you're upset about now?"

Blaine wished Sam would just let him be miserable in peace, but he knew he was just trying to help, and he honestly appreciated that Sam had his back throughout the whole breakup. "Just stuff with Kurt."

"You gotta give me more than that. You know I can be super helpful if you tell me what's going on, but I need to know exactly what you're talking about before I can give my rockstar advice," Sam reminded him. Blaine knew this but hoped Sam would've been able to pick up on what he was feeling, just this one time.

"I'm starting to think he might just ignore me forever." Blaine sighed as he tried to focus on enjoying his taco.

Sam shook his head and reached for Blaine's phone. "I know you don't want me to say it again, but I'm going to anyway. I think you should text Sebastian. I don't know what it is about that guy, but it seems like he's the only one who got your mind off of Kurt, even if it was just for a second. That whole night during Star Wars last weekend, you kept talking about him, and it's the first time in weeks I've heard you talk about anything other than Kurt. I just want you to stop feeling so sad all the time and start living again."

This was the first time Blaine really understood why Sam cared so much about him rekindling his friendship with Sebastian. After all, Sebastian was always his escape from his problems with Kurt, even when they were still dating. It wasn't until Kurt forced him to shut Sebastian out that Blaine realized how much he used to confide in the Warblers, especially Sebastian. "Maybe you're right."

"I'm always right. You should take my advice more often." Sam gave Blaine a playful nudge before stuffing the remainder of his taco into his mouth. After Sam finished eating, Finn called for everyone who was supposed to be on stage during Born to Hand Jive to get on stage so they could practice the choreography.

Blaine remained in his seat, realizing how pointless some of these rehearsals were for him. His song was coming up next, so at least he had something to look forward to. Still, he kept thinking about texting Sebastian long after Sam left him sitting alone. It no longer seemed like a big deal, especially after all of the many texts he sent to Kurt. At worst, Sebastian would ignore Blaine and he could go back to the way things were before he ran into him at the Lima Bean.

Finally, Blaine reached for his phone and opened it to his contacts. Right as he clicked the "message" icon under Sebastian's name, the other boy's name appeared on his phone in a notification.

Notification from Facebook: Sebastian Smythe sent you a friend request.

Really? Not even a text? Just a stupid friend request? Blaine rolled his eyes at how ridiculous he felt for getting excited over a stupid friend request. If anything, the request made him feel guilty for unfriending Sebastian in the first place. He tried to wait to accept the request so it didn't seem like Blaine was as desperate as he actually was to resume contact with Sebastian, but he couldn't help it. He clicked on the notification and accepted the friend request. Like clockwork, Sebastian sent him a text.

Wow, and here I was thinking you'd forgotten about me ;) -Sebastian

Same old Sebastian. Blaine couldn't help but smile at the message. It felt so typical Sebastian that Blaine felt stupid for worrying he might have burned the bridge between them forever. Why would Sebastian even care about Blaine ending their friendship all those months ago? Blaine was stupid to think he played that big of a role in Sebastian's life.

How could I forget? My throbbing headache the entirety of last weekend was a constant reminder. -Blaine

He grinned at his response, thankful he finally felt like he could once again fire a smart response back at Sebastian instead of going speechless whenever Sebastian flirted with him. He was a little out of practice, but it brought him right back to the feelings he used to get when texting with Sebastian before Kurt made him stop. Yep, this is exactly why Kurt made him stop.

Ah so the headache eventually disappeared then? I'm glad you don't have permanent brain damage from all that tequila. -Sebastian

Blaine grinned at the text, so grateful that things didn't feel weird between them. Before he could think through a clever response, Sebastian texted again.

Maybe you need another refresher. How about tomorrow night? ;) -Sebastian

For a moment, Blaine almost texted back accepting the offer. But he knew he shouldn't get in the habit of drinking to get his mind off of his problems. Plus, he had rehearsals for Grease all weekend.

Can't. I have rehearsal :( -Blaine

He thought for a long time before adding the sad face. It felt like too much and he wished he had left it out, but he couldn't take it back now. For a bit, he even considered skipping rehearsal to hang out with Sebastian. Throwing himself into Grease clearly wasn't working when he had such a small role so getting away for a while might have been nice. Plus, he hated being the guy that offered the most basic theatre kid excuse. But he knew he shouldn't bail on the glee club for Sebastian. They would never understand.

Till when? -Sebastian

Probably late. It'll be our first full dress rehearsal and Finn's directing. He still doesn't really know what he's doing so it could easily go as late as 10. -Blaine

I could come over after. That way you don't have to drive too far. -Sebastian

Blaine was surprised at Sebastian's persistence to spend time with him. He figured it would be weeks before he saw him again with all the chaos of the show. Instead, Sebastian seemed to be willing to do anything he could to get Blaine to agree. How could he refuse?

I guess if you really want to, I'm not gonna lock you out of my house or anything ;) -Blaine

It felt a little too forward, especially for Blaine. He always tried to hold back a little when texting with Sebastian because he knew if Kurt picked up on Blaine flirting back, it would cause way more problems than it was worth. Now Blaine figured there was no harm in leaning into Sebastian's flirtations, at least a little bit. It wasn't that he wanted anything out of it, but rather that he enjoyed the act of flirting and missed the attention.

Sebastian didn't text back that night. Blaine assumed he wanted to wait a while before he texted to build up the anticipation, which is something he sometimes did to ensure Blaine would be thinking about him. But the text never came that night and when Blaine woke up the next morning to go to rehearsal, there was no text for him either. He thought Sebastian might have changed his mind about coming over or maybe he was just joking about his suggestion and Blaine was stupid for joking back.

Either way, Blaine couldn't stop thinking about what he would find when he returned home after rehearsal. The day seemed to drag on as Blaine sat in the audience watching everyone else sing except for him. He kept reminding himself that he chose this; he chose to play Teen Angel instead of the male lead. But it still sucked to sit around all day just to perform one song a couple times. He noticed Mike and Tina talking at one point, so at least that was something, but he still just wanted to go home.

Finn and Artie finally decided everyone had worked hard enough for one day after they finished two full dress rehearsals of the show and a couple run throughs of the bows. Sam wished him luck on their way out to the parking lot, whatever that meant. It was 10:15 by the time Blaine got into his car and started to drive home from school. For a Saturday, it really sucked to be at McKinley for almost 10 hours straight. He never used to mind late nights at Dalton with the Warblers, but this just felt wrong. There was so much drama within the New Directions right now because of the stupid love triangle between Kitty, Marley, and Jake...and maybe Ryder, too. Plus, Mike and Tina were barely speaking which made dance rehearsals both entertaining and exhausting. On top of all that, Unique was barely showing up to rehearsals anymore, but nobody had any idea why.

When Blaine finally pulled out of the parking lot, he was grateful to escape the halls of McKinley, even if he only had one day off before he had to return to school. The whole drive home, Blaine could only think about one thing: Sebastian. Would he find Sebastian's car parked outside his house when he turned onto his street? His hands were shaking at the thought. He didn't think Sebastian would actually be there, but he couldn't help but hope that he was. Damn, this friendship was confusing. He never got this excited or nervous about hanging out with Sam. Part of him knew that now that he didn't have Kurt as an excuse, he couldn't deny his attraction to Sebastian anymore. But he also knew it was just a physical attraction and satisfying whatever desires he had for Sebastian wouldn't solve his problems with Kurt. So it was stupid to even think about it...right?

Blaine didn't realize he was holding his breath until he turned onto his street and saw a car parked on the street in front of his house. Sebastian had only been to Blaine's house once for a couple of hours to help Blaine put together a performance for a nursing home gig he got a couple weeks after sectionals the previous year. He was kind of surprised that Sebastian even remembered the address. He tried not to question it as he parked his car in the driveway and waited for Sebastian to get out and follow Blaine to the door. "Wow, you weren't kidding. I thought your comment about Finn was just a ploy to get me here late at night." Sebastian winked when Blaine reached for the handle to his front door.

"Nope, Finn just really wants the show to be perfect," Blaine shrugged as he turned his key in the door and started to open it.

Sebastian's expression quickly turned into a frown. "Wait, are your parents home?"

Blaine had no idea why Sebastian would mention his parents at all. It's not like they were hooking up and he had to keep it a secret from his parents. They were just hanging out as friends, right? To be honest, Blaine didn't think much about what would happen when Sebastian came over. Maybe that is what Sebastian thought this was. Or maybe Sebastian was afraid of meeting Blaine's parents and Blaine was panicking over nothing. "Yeah, my mom is, but she's probably in her room by now, which is on the other side of the house. Dad's on a business trip." He didn't know why he felt the need to clarify his mom wouldn't be snooping on them. It's as if he was trying to eliminate any possible excuse he could use later in the night, which he realized might be a horrible idea.

Sebastian followed Blaine up to his room, but he stopped in the hallway before they reached the room. "Hey, do you mind if I use your bathroom? You kept me waiting too long," Sebastian said, half joking.

"Yeah of course. My room is down the hall on the right so you can just come in when you're done." Blaine nodded toward the door to the bathroom so Sebastian would know where to go. He figured Sebastian wouldn't remember the specific details of his house from the last time. Sebastian walked into the bathroom and Blaine rushed toward his room. He had completely forgotten about a few somewhat awkward details in his room. There were pictures of Kurt all over, blatantly obvious on Blaine's bedside table. Suddenly, it felt like there were little reminders of Kurt all over his room and he started to worry that Sebastian might find it creepy or pathetic. He didn't know why, but he felt the need to hide the photos from Sebastian. He shoved them into the drawer in his nightstand and hoped for the best.

Just as Blaine finished hiding the remnants of Kurt's image from the room, Sebastian walked through the door and quietly shut it behind him. "I think our moms would get along. Your bathroom looks a lot like mine at our house in Paris," Sebastian said as he made his way toward where Blaine sat on the bed. "No personal touches, just looks like it's right out of a catalog."

Blaine nodded along, knowing exactly what Sebastian meant. "My mom's not a very personal person."

"Neither is mine," Sebastian agreed. He took a seat next to Blaine, so close that their legs were almost touching. Blaine didn't know why he was freaking out so much; they had sat this close together so many times before. Somehow this time felt different, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why. "It looks different than the last time I was in here," Sebastian said, looking around the room.

"Well it has been almost a year since you came here last," Blaine reminded him. "I'm sure I've changed things a little bit since then." Yeah, there weren't pictures of Kurt everywhere anymore.

Sebastian's gaze turned to Blaine as he continued the conversation. "A lot has changed since then."

Their eyes lingered on each other for a long time until Blaine finally broke the silence. "When was it that you came over? I barely remember anything from back then," Blaine lied, trying to play it off as something he didn't think about that often. Of course, at the time, Blaine didn't feel the need to hide his pictures of Kurt or try to play along with all of Sebastian's flirty comments. But now he spent a lot more time thinking about the little parts of his friendship with Sebastian that he never thought twice about when he was actually spending a lot of time talking to him.

"It was two weeks after your sectionals, three weeks after mine. You had a gig somewhere, maybe a nursing home or a fundraiser or something like that. You picked She Will Be Loved because I told you my first crush was Adam Levine." Sebastian grinned at the memory. Blaine remembered the whole day, too, but he was surprised Sebastian still knew all of the details. Maybe Sebastian cared about their friendship more than Blaine thought.

Blaine watched Sebastian as he spoke about the day and his lips turned into a small smile. Sebastian must have noticed the change in Blaine's lips because he noticed Sebastian start watching them more closely. Part of Blaine really wanted to know what it would be like to kiss him now that there were no boundaries between them. Well, no technical boundaries. He still didn't want to ruin their newfound friendship or his chances of getting back together with Kurt over a kiss. Still, he couldn't help but watch Sebastian's eyes as he stared at Blaine's lips. "You should come see the show," Blaine blurted out, trying to distract himself from the temptation. "Grease, I mean. I have a pretty small part, but the show is really good."

Sebastian's eyes pulled away from Blaine's lips as soon as he spoke. Blaine felt so stupid for inviting Sebastian over, or rather, letting Sebastian come over after he invited himself. He knew this was going to happen; he knew he would be tempted to do something if he got this close to Sebastian alone. "Of course I'll come," Sebastian agreed. "Wait, why are you not Danny Zuko? You're the obvious choice, especially now with your joke of a male lead gone."

"Finn?" Blaine clarified. Sebastian responded with a nod. "Yeah, they offered me the role, but I turned it down. I haven't really been up to it lately with the breakup and stuff."

Sebastian's body turned to fully face Blaine. "It's been weeks since the breakup and he's still controlling you. You still think I'm making it up?" Blaine hated it when Sebastian assumed he understood his relationship with Kurt. Any distant hope of them kissing disappeared with that comment. It hurt even more now knowing that he and Kurt probably wouldn't be getting back together.

"Will you please stop doing that?" Blaine asked, sighing out of exhaustion. He fell back onto his bed, too tired of having conversations about this to stay sitting up.

Sebastian laid back on the bed next to Blaine, propping himself up on his elbow to maintain eye contact. "Come on, you and I both know you're better than this. What happened to the guy who killed it as Tony in West Side Story last year? Or the guy that led the Warblers to several very large trophies?"

Blaine stared at his ceiling, avoiding Sebastian's stare. "I don't know," he mumbled under his breath. "I guess he fell in love."

Sebastian reached his hand for Blaine's cheek and slowly pulled Blaine's face toward him until he finally looked him in the eyes. "Love makes you do crazy things. You really think it's worth it?"

"Yeah, I do," Blaine insisted, frowning at Sebastian's doubt.

"Prove it," Sebastian demanded, his voice softening with every word.

This time, Blaine found himself staring at Sebastian's lips. He couldn't figure out why, but he wanted to reach up and kiss him so bad. His big green eyes staring down at Blaine with that devilish smirk were kryptonite. Blaine didn't think he made the move himself, but suddenly Sebastian's lips were on his and his hand was holding tightly onto Blaine's as he held Blaine's body on the bed. Out of instinct, Blaine's hand reached for Sebastian's hair and he started to deepen the kiss, pulling Sebastian closer to him. Blaine couldn't help but think of Kurt. Other than his random hookup with Eli, this was the first time in two years that he kissed anyone other than Kurt. It still felt like he was cheating as Sebastian's body slowly moved on top of Blaine's and the kiss continued, Sebastian's tongue nervously pushing forward into Blaine's mouth.

Blaine couldn't believe this was happening. He hated to admit it, but he fantasized about this moment all the time when he and Sebastian first met. Sebastian's hand venturing beneath Blaine's shirt, Blaine tugging on the hem of Sebastian's shirt while they both got lost in the passion of their first kiss. To Blaine's surprise, it was Sebastian who pulled away first. He sat up on Blaine's bed and turned his eyes away from Blaine, staring straight forward at a piece of art that hung on Blaine's wall.

When Sebastian pulled away, Blaine sat up as well and tried to figure out what happened. Did he do something wrong? Did Blaine also want the kiss to end? Did he subconsciously push Sebastian away to avoid making a mistake? "It's never going to be right," Sebastian mumbled to himself, his eyes so far away from Blaine that he couldn't figure out any of what Sebastian was thinking.

"What are you talking about?" Blaine asked, sitting up and reaching for Sebastian's hand. He started to panic at Sebastian's words. What did he do that made him feel like it wasn't "right"? That kiss felt amazing to him.

Sebastian stood up and started to adjust his shirt as he stared at himself in a large mirror that hung in Blaine's room. "I don't want to be…"

Blaine could tell Sebastian needed to get something off his chest, so he stood up and started to walk toward him. "Sebastian, what's going on?"

"I just…" Sebastian's eyes looked lost. Blaine had never seen him so distraught and at a loss for words. Sebastian always had this confident bubble of prep school charm following him around. Without it, he just looked scared. "It's stupid. You're never gonna get it."

Blaine stared at Sebastian's back as he stood facing the other way, avoiding looking back at him. "Tell me that when...when I kissed you, tell me that you didn't think about Kurt." Sebastian finally turned to face Blaine, desperately wishing Blaine would deny it. Instead, Blaine stared back at Sebastian in disbelief that he got himself into this situation, making out with another guy when he clearly wasn't over Kurt. Making out with Sebastian of all people. Kurt would hate it. If Kurt found out, that would be the end of any chance of the two of them getting back together. Sebastian read Blaine's facial expressions knowingly, wishing he didn't understand Blaine as well as he did. "I'm gonna head out." He started to move toward the door to Blaine's bedroom and as he reached for the doorknob, Blaine grabbed his hand.

"Wait," Blaine insisted, forcing Sebastian's eyes back onto him. "I haven't really been with anyone other than Kurt in... a really long time. When I cheated on him it felt awful because I knew I did something wrong. He was the only guy I've ever slept with other than Kurt. We were together for a long time. Why does it matter if I'm thinking about all of that?"

Sebastian shook his head as he leaned back against the door. "The fact that you don't know just proves my point. You're never going to understand."

"Understand what?" Blaine asked, frustrated with all of Sebastian's non-answers.

"You don't want anything from me, Blaine." Sebastian shook his head as he looked away from Blaine once again.

Blaine reached for Sebastian's cheek and turned it so that Sebastian would be forced to look him in the eye. "I want you to be my friend."

"So let me be your friend. Don't make it into something that it's not," Sebastian finally opened the door to Blaine's room and stepped out into the hall. "I'll see you on opening night." He disappeared down the stairs within a few seconds, leaving Blaine distraught at the sudden change of events. A minute ago, they were on Blaine's bed making out and now they weren't even speaking.

He couldn't figure out any of what Sebastian meant. How could he so easily see through Blaine and understand Blaine's exact thoughts about Kurt and what was going through his mind during the kiss while Blaine couldn't even figure out the meaning of Sebastian's simplest of comments? He just wished Sebastian would volunteer more. He needed something, anything that would tell Blaine even a fraction of what was on Sebastian's mind.

The conversation played out in Blaine's mind again and again. It's never going to be right. You're never gonna get it. You don't want anything from me. Don't make it into something it's not. What did all of that mean? Why did Sebastian flirt with him nonstop only to pull away the moment Blaine started showing interest? Was he just messing with his head?

It made Blaine start to overthink every word Sebastian said that night. It's never going to be right. If he and Kurt broke up, what was wrong about it now? Wasn't Sebastian the one who said they could fool around and not tell Kurt when they first met? Since when did Sebastian care about what's right? Or maybe it didn't feel right because the kiss was bad. But if that's the case, why did it feel so good for Blaine?

You're never gonna get it. Get what? Get why Sebastian interrupted a perfectly good kiss and started rambling nonsense before leaving Blaine speechless in the middle of the night? Yeah, Sebastian was right about that, he's not going to get it.

You don't want anything from me. This is the one Blaine understood the least. He had no idea what direction Sebastian was taking that conversation. Want anything romantically? Want friendship? Want anything? What did that mean? Clearly Blaine wanted something, or he wouldn't have let Sebastian back into his life. He just didn't know what Sebastian wanted. And he didn't know the specifics of what he wanted either, but at least he knew he wanted something.

Don't make it into something it's not. What was Blaine making it into? What is it if it's not what Blaine thought it was? Their relationship was always like this; a little bit more than friends but never crossing the line to make it something else. They'd come so close to kissing the year before, numerous times if Blaine was being honest with himself. This just felt natural, like without Kurt around, this is what they were supposed to.

He kept hearing these words over and over in his head and he couldn't find any resolution to all of the questions consuming his brain. He needed to fall asleep and forget about the craziness that transpired between him and Sebastian. He never expected that the craziest part of his interaction with Sebastian wouldn't be the kiss.

Somehow, Sebastian left Blaine that night feeling even more confused than he was before.