Soooo, on with chapter three! :D


CHAPTER THREE

"You did find someone, Puck?" Blaine looked up towards the sound of the voice and noted the surprised and impressed tone. "And it's not female. What, couldn't find anyone stupid enough in that department to follow you?"

Blaine had followed the boy into what he could tell was the backstage of the theatre where all the performers waited to go on or prepared themselves for a show. There was a row of mirrors lined up on one of the walls, their lights glowing brightly. There were a couple of people around, only one or two that were working on the sound system.

Blaine looked at the guy who had spoken, sitting in the chair closest to the stage. After he stood up, he was taller than Blaine and had light brown coloured hair. He was attractive, Blaine could admit that much, but he had a smug look about him and Blaine found that the opposite to attractive. He looked like the typical schoolyard verbal bully; all talk and no action.

The guy that Blaine had followed in – Puck – scoffed. "Can it, Smythe! I pick up more in a week than you do in a month."

"Whatever helps you sleep at night." With that, the boy – Smythe – left and walked through the curtains.

Puck turned to Blaine. "Stay away from him and your life will be easy. C'mon, let's introduce you to the rest of the group."

They both walked around the stage instead of going through the curtains like Smythe had. The went down the stairs and came out below the stage then walked to where there was a group of people gathered in the lower seating section of the theatre.

Blaine took in the people that were all animatingly discussing topics for the project – one girl in particular looked very dedicated and seemed to have already chosen the exact song to perform.

"Ah, they did have an extra. Perfect."

Blaine presumed the guy that spoke to be the teacher as he stood up to greet Blaine with a welcoming handshake. "I'm Mr Shue, hope you don't mind swapping music classes for a while."

"Not at all, I'm Blaine." He shook Mr Shue's hand before the teacher began introducing everyone in the group.

"So, you've already met Puck." He indicated the Mohawk boy who had gone to get Blaine and then moved to the boy standing next to him. He was tall. Like really tall. Well, compared to Blaine he was a giant. "This is Finn Hudson, Sam Evans and Mercedes Jones."

The two people beside Finn were sitting on the first two chairs, a tall blonde guy and a short, dark girl.

The next were two people in; a scrawny looking boy with glasses that had a kind of 'rapper' attitude, and a very pretty blonde girl with a kind expression on her face.

"This is Quin Fabray and Artie Abrams…" Blaine greeted them with a simple hello like he had with the others and looked to the next person that he was being introduced to. "This is Rachel Berry…"

Blaine noted the odd tone of voice that Mr Shue used to introduce the dark haired girl to him, the same one who had already been discussing her song. Blaine got the impression that she might possibly be a little bit of a handful.

After greeting Rachel and narrowly escaping all her questions that Mr Shue must have known she was about to fire at him, Blaine turned to the last person in the group. He didn't need any form of intro to this boy as he took it into his own hands.

"I'm Sebastian Smythe." Blaine had to hold back a scoff when Sebastian obviously had that 'I'm better than you' persona. He screamed cocky and had a terrible attitude, Blaine had only known him for a few minutes and already disliked him. He gave Sebastian a small smile and a very weak handshake. He would definitely be avoiding him in the future, if he could control it.

Oh god, please don't partner me with him!

"Mr Shue, where's Kurt?" The tall boy – Finn – asked once the teacher had finished with his introductions. Blaine was thankful for the distraction that the question caused Sebastian and he was able to take his hand back.

"He's getting ready for his performance. I'll go check and see if he is ready." Sebastian darted backstage and Blaine was curious about the tone of his voice. It had changed from cocky to genuine in an instant which made Blaine wonder if this Kurt was a soft spot for the otherwise snarky boy.

Mr Shue turned to Blaine when he realised that he had organised the group to do a performance each to demonstrate what they could do and then they could be paired up with who they suited best. "Blaine, I know you haven't had any time to prepare, but do you think you will be able to do a performance today just to see where you are at and who you will be partnered with?"

"Yeah, sure!" Blaine was always up for an impromptu performance so he was thrilled to have the chance to perform to the group today.

"Great, you can go after the group so you can have a think over what you are going to do. Just take a seat down with the others for now."

Kurt was just putting on stage costume when Sebastian came around the corner, letting out a wolf whistle when he saw what Kurt was wearing. "Looking good, Kurty!"

"Oh, a complement from Sebastian Smythe? Has hell frozen over?" Kurt shot back, a smirk dancing on his lips. "And when are you going to stop calling me that?"

Sebastian walked up to Kurt, holding him at arm's length by his shoulders. "For as long as I want to. And I do give complements." When Kurt levelled Sebastian with his usual glare, Sebastian crumbled. "Okay, okay. So I don't give complements that often, but I always do to you."

If anyone knew Kurt and Sebastian, they wouldn't understand their relationship because they knew both of their personalities and the two boys were complete opposites. Sebastian was a player and had never had a relationship that lasted more than one whole day, not that it was even considered a relationship, more like an extended one night stand. Kurt, however, he was a romantic. It was any wonder that people thought of them to be an odd pairing, given all the snarky remarks, the complements hidden behind insults and the constant banters that passed by them on a daily basis.

But the biggest reason that no one understood why they were so close was because of the one secret that no one knew about.

"Aw, that's cute…for you. But I can see through your façade, Seb. I know you're not the player that you make people believe you are." Kurt pulled another outfit over the top of the one he was already wearing and turned his back to Sebastian who automatically knew to button the back of the costume up – being with Kurt for this long, he knew not to question anything he did, so he just went with it.

"What do you mean, façade?" Sebastian was cautious in asking Kurt this, he didn't want this conversation to come up again. He knew Kurt could see the real him, Kurt was the only one that Sebastian was ever himself around; he could only bring himself to trust Kurt since they had been each other's rock for so long.

Kurt sighed as he turned to face Sebastian. "Seb, you hide behind this cocky attitude and put up these walls to protect yourself from getting hurt, but you're hiding yourself from the rest of the world."

"You know why I hide." Sebastian whispered, not trusting his voice to be any louder than that without cracking.

Kurt's heart broke a tiny bit at seeing Sebastian crumble like this in front of him, so he pulled the boy flush against him and gave him a tight hug. "I know, I just wish you didn't have to hide. You shouldn't have to hide from your friends, we shouldn't have to hide from our friends."

Sebastian noted the pain in Kurt's voice and a twinge of guilt poked at his heart strings because, yes, it was his fault that he and Kurt were hiding from their friends, but it had to be this way. "We don't have another choice. You know what they think of me, could you imagine how they would react if they knew?"

"I know." Kurt sighed. "I just wish it could be different."

"Me too." Sebastian hugged Kurt tighter and rested his face in the crook of his neck. "You know I love you, right?"

"Of course I do," Kurt smiled at the sentimental moment that he and Sebastian were sharing. They were rare for the two of them but they were genuine and Kurt valued these moments, and Sebastian valued them with his life. "Love you too."

Sebastian couldn't help the grin that crossed his face upon hearing Kurt's words. They didn't say it often, but it meant a lot when they did. "You should take the risk, you know."

"What risk?" Kurt asked, confused.

Sebastian pulled away from their hug and indicated what Kurt was wearing; a plain suit that didn't really stand out in any way, completely unlike Kurt. "You're blending in and playing it safe, but you should be risky and ditch this boring tux. I know you feel like you're being risky by keeping that other outfit on underneath, but you should show it to everyone and prove how good you are."

Kurt looked at Sebastian with disbelieving eyes; how was it possible that he was in the company of someone who understood him so well?


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