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Chapter 10
Kurt got out of his navigator and looked to the lake. He loved swimming out there for a reason, especially in the morning. He quickly took his coat and shirt off and jumped in. By now, he was used to the feeling how his legs molded to a tail. Kurt was about to swim to his rock when he saw the end of a lime tailfin disappearing between some kelp. Kurt frowned. He had only seen a fin like that on him or on Blaine. Was there another merperson around? The young merman flicked his blue tail and swam to the kelp. His eyes widened when he came face to face with Sebastian Smythe who was smirking at him. All Kurt could do was stare. He looked from Sebastian's face down the tail and back to his face again. How the hell was that possible? He was sure he had seen Smythe many times touching water without even blinking. Kurt snapped out of his thoughts and quickly swam to the surface with Sebastian following. "Surprise, surprise, Gay Face!", Meerkat grinned. "How…What…When…" Kurt wasn't able to form proper sentences. He was speechless. "I will answer all of your questions, sugar plum fairy, don't worry. But I think we should inform Blaine about that, right?", Sebastian said. Kurt stared at him. "You know about Blaine?", he asked incredulously. "Since when?" The other merman just laughed. "I'm not that dumb, Hummel. I have an IQ of 125, I could do the math. How about we go out of the water and have a talk?", he suggested. Kurt nodded numbly.
After Kurt sent a text to Blaine, the dark-haired boy drove to the lake and was surprised to spot his boyfriend next to his best friend. Blaine cocked his right eyebrow. "What is it, guys? Why are you standing there without killing each other? That is kind of scaring me." "Blaine, something drastic happened. Look, don't freak out about what I'm going to tell you because it…" "-I'm a merman", Sebastian interrupted Kurt. "Gosh, Gay Face, do you always have to beat around the bush?", he smirked. Blaine paled. "Wait what? What did you just say?", he stammered. "Why Kurt always has to beat around…" "-No, not that. You are a merman? How?", Blaine asked. Sebastian shrugged. "Apparently, my grandma was a mermaid too. She left some clues behind, I found them and pieced them together. Yesterday, I solved the last mystery", he said proudly and linked arms with Kurt and Blaine. "Isn't that great? Now, I found out what you were hiding all the time, killer. We are like the three mosquitoes or something!", he smirked. "Musketeers", Kurt corrected him and rolled his eyes. "Whatever, Gay Face. Now, we all share the same secret and you don't have to hide from me anymore, Blaine.", Sebastian smirked. Kurt frowned. For a reason, he didn't like how things turned out.
"So we all have powers? Grandmother didn't mention anything like that in her notes.", Sebastian frowned. The three boys were now seated at the Lima Bean, sipping their respective coffees. Kurt lifted his hands and froze Sebastian's coffee cup. "What the heck?!", Sebastian exclaimed. Blaine balled his hand and the ice melted within seconds. "Whoa! You all have your own power?", Sebastian gaped. Blaine nodded. "Actually, Kurt and I have two powers. He can freeze things and manipulate water and I can turn invisible and boil things", he explained. Sebastian cocked his eyebrows. "And what can I do?", he wanted to know. "We don't know it yet. Kurt and I accidentally found out what we were able to do.", Blaine explained. Sebastian lifted his hands and held them in front of the cup. Nothing happened. He repeatedly tried again, but in vain. Kurt snorted with laugher and Blaine elbowed him. Really hard. "Kurt be nice!", he hissed. Kurt rubbed his aching ribs. "Sorry…", he mumbled. Blaine turned to his boyfriend. "Don't be disappointed, Seb. We will find out which powers you have.", he said and reassuringly rubbed Sebastian's back. Sebastian smirked. "Yes, we will. Sooner or later we will find out what I'm able to do".
Sebastian sat at his desk; a cup of water was standing in front of him. Some hours ago, he went swimming with Gay Face and Blaine. He really enjoyed speeding through the water like that and it was even more fun with the other two. They swam to the moon pool and stayed there for a long time. Blaine explained that the energy of the moon pool was good for them and even better when the full moon shone down to them, which was only once per month. Sebastian frowned. Now he understood why the boys were hanging out together a lot. Sharing a secret like that made them grow closer to each other. Maybe Sebastian had mistaken that for affection. Maybe there was nothing but a platonic friendship between those two. Maybe he had nothing to worry about. The green-eyed boy leaned back on his chair, thinking. The way Gay Face was looking at Blaine was more than platonic. Hummel liked his boyfriend far more than that, of that he was sure. He absentmindedly wanted to grab his cup, but it moved away from him. Sebastian's eyes widened. He repeated the movement, and the cup fell down, right on Sebastian's foot. He cursed before he fell down his chair and grew a tail. "Sebastian? Everything okay in there?", his mom asked, knocking on his door. Sebastian panicked. His mom couldn't see him like that. "Yes! But don't come in!", he shouted. The merman put his hands on his tail and yelped when steam rolled off his tail. What was that? Sebastian balled his fists and his tail continued to get dryer. "That's it! I'm coming in!" Mrs. Smythe opened the door and looked over to her son who was sitting at his desk, doing homework. "Why were you yelling?", she asked. "I couldn't solve that equation. Man, I hate calculus!", Sebastian lied. Mrs. Smythe laughed. "But next time, don't shout like that, okay? And you need to open your windows, your room is pretty hot", she remarked before leaving. The boy grinned to himself and looked at his hands. "Looks like I've discovered my powers!".
"What is it, Smythe? Why do you want to you meet us here at the lake?", Kurt asked, rolling his eyes. Blaine sighed. He had begged both, his boyfriend and his best friend, for a truce between the two of them because of what happened. Kurt was trying, but he was still annoyed by the other boy. Blaine hoped that the two of them would be friends one day, then they could hang out together more often. Currently, the three mermen were standing by the shore in a secluded area of the lake. "I've found out what I can do!", Sebastian said. Kurt sighed. "Let's get over with it, I want to go to the movies with the girls". Sebastian lifted his hand and the water in the lake started moving. A giant bubble was lifted out of the water. Kurt gaped. "But…that's my power!", he stammered. Sebastian shushed him. With his other hand, he froze the bubble. Kurt's eyes widened even more. "But…" "Wait for it!", Sebastian said, smirking. He balled his hand to a fist, the ice melted, and the water fell back to the lake. Kurt gaped at him. "How…" "Wait. For. It!", Sebastian said excitedly. He waved his hand, turned his whole body into water and disappeared from sight. After a while, he reappeared again. The two boys were just staring at him. "That's awesome, isn't it? I have all of your powers!", Sebastian smirked. Kurt and Blaine exchanged worried glances. What was going on? Why was Sebastian in possession of all their abilities?