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CHAPTER SIX

"Smythe, would you quit with the attitude and put some effort into this project!" Puck exclaimed after Sebastian remarked with another snarky comment. It was two days after the project had been set and for the past half an hour, the group had divided off into their pairs where they were beginning to brainstorm their ideas.

Puck and Sebastian were in one of the music classrooms and Sebastian was being less than helpful; it was clear the Puck was getting frustrated with him. It wasn't his fault though – well it technically was, but he didn't want it to be this way.

It was just, if Sebastian didn't fire back with snark, then he would be vulnerable and he did not want anyone other than Kurt to see inside his heart. He wouldn't allow it. So he put up his walls and guarded them with bitchiness to protect himself.

"Oh please, you know as well as I do that this assignment is for a bunch of saps. Who has things close to their heart?" Sebastian's snark rolled off his tongue easily. He had used it so often that it was natural to him now and he didn't even need to try.

Puck scoffed. "You're a piece of work, you know that?!"

"Yeah, but a fine piece."

Giving up, Puck decided to go through a list of ideas that Mr Shue had given them the day before to pick if there was anything that related to him and Sebastian. After ten minutes of searching and no help from Sebastian, Puck found something that he might just work.

"I've got an idea, how about this one?"

Puck passed over the sheet music that he had found and Sebastian took in without any enthusiasm. He loved music that was close to the heart, but not when it was there for everyone to see.

He read over a few lines that were on the paper and momentarily froze. No, Puck couldn't have known. How on earth would he know? Sebastian's mind was on a whirlwind and he didn't know how to react, he was too frozen with the fear that his so called 'wall' wasn't so strong anymore.

Somebody call out to your brother
He's calling out your name
Ooh ooh ooh

"Why this song?" Sebastian could have kicked himself for letting his voice sound so vulnerable.

Puck was taken aback by Sebastian's change of demeanor, but ignored it to explain his reason. "Well, I've never really had the best relationship with my brother – didn't help that I didn't know him for a fair bit of my life – but now things are better. The song just explains how he came to find me, kind of like a cry for help. And I know you can relate to that."

"What? How can I relate to that?" Sebastian demanded, no longer sounding as vulnerable, but more panicked than anything.

"I know your brother is a sensitive topic, which I know isn't very easy-"

Sebastian's mind was flailing. If Puck had figured this much out, then what else had he noticed about Sebastian? He stood up and towered himself over Puck, pointing his finger directly at him. "You know nothing about my brother and me!" He didn't mean for it to come out as a kind of threat, but he didn't know what else to do. He couldn't come up with a lie quickly enough, but he wanted Puck to back off.

"Whoa, dude." Puck warned, sensing that this was not a wise topic. "Calm down, we can find another one."

Sebastian relaxed when Puck dropped the topic and returned to his usual snarky self, sporting his trademark smirk for the remainder of the lesson.

Back in the auditorium, Blaine and Kurt were making a lot more progress than Sebastian and Puck. After the initial introductions on the first day, they didn't really have a chance to talk about the really meaningful stuff that they could use on the project as they had decided to use the time to get to know each other.

Blaine found out that Kurt had also come from Ohio – only two hours away in Lima, from Blaine who was originally from Westerville – and had grown up with his father. He now knew that Kurt had been living with Rachel and Finn – his best friend and step brother – but had recently been able to find his own place. With Sebastian, of course.

He learnt that Kurt was in his high school's glee club – McKinley's New Directions – and that he won a diva-off in his sophomore year against Rachel when he hit the high F in Defying Gravity. Blaine had been frozen in shock and amazement for about five minutes after Kurt caved against Blaine's demands and did a small demo for him.

After spending the whole lesson just getting to know Kurt, he found that they had a lot in common. Blaine never mentioned that he was gay just quite yet, feeling that he would save the biggest part of himself for when they start to develop ideas for the project; which leads to today, where Kurt and Blaine are starting to discuss the important topics.

"So, we need to convey something from the heart that relates to both of us, which sounds easy but now that I think of it, this is going to be challenging finding a song that fits us both."

Blaine then realised that now was the perfect time for him to inform Kurt that he was in fact gay and that's one of the closest things to his heart, given everything that he has been through in his life. But first, he wanted to ask Kurt why he thought it was going to be so hard.

"Why's that?"

Kurt pondered the question for a moment before answering. "Well, there so many things that are close to my heart, but they're not things I want others to know, and there is one thing that most people know that means everything to me, but it doesn't apply because it's about both of us."

Blaine understood that there are things that people don't want to talk about, but Kurt seemed fine with the other, so Blaine decided to question what it was.

"You can tell me about it, if you like. I might find a connection in it."

Kurt looked up at Blaine and the curly-haired boy was stumped by the intense colour of his eyes. It took all of his effort to focus on what Kurt was saying instead of getting lost in the ocean that was staring back at him.

Kurt sucked in a mouthful of air before talking. "I was bullied, a lot, all through my freshman, sophomore and junior years. I got shoved into lockers, thrown into dumpsters, slurred at all the time, all for being gay."

Blaine felt a tinge of sympathy for Kurt, knowing exactly how he felt and what he had been through. Well, not exactly, but he had enough experience with bullies to get a general idea.

"Looks like we found our muse then." Blaine smiled at Kurt whose head was tilted to the side and his features sported an adorable look of confusion. Blaine decided it was probably best if he explained. "I'm gay too, and I was bullied pretty badly for it as well."

Even though it was a sad topic for the two boys, they both smiled at each other once discovering the similarities. Of course, Blaine already knew Kurt was gay, given that he had been with his boyfriend in front of him, but he didn't want Kurt thinking that Blaine had just jumped to conclusions. Blaine took Kurt's excitement as them being able to find something to work on, while Blaine was giddy for another reason; one he wished would go away. The last thing he needs is to give Sebastian any reason to hate him.

"So, do you think we should find a song that is against violence, one about acceptance or strength?" Kurt listed off a few ideas that Blaine thought were all pretty good, but he suggested another, thinking it might be the best option.

"How about we write our own?"

Kurt's eyes widened and Blaine burst out laughing. "No? Bad idea?"

"What? No, no!" Kurt saved his moment of shock. "I was just…surprised. I never even thought of writing a song, cause well…I can't."

"That's okay, you can help with ideas and I'll write them down." Blaine assured. "How does that sound?"

Kurt's lips formed a cute smile that had Blaine's heart turning to goo and accepted the idea that they could write a song together. Blaine had written many songs before in his music class and back in high school, so he was excited for this one to be about something so important, and he was particularly pleased with having someone who he could share the meaning of the song with too. Even if it wouldn't get him anywhere.

"Alright then, let's get down to business." Blaine said as he pulled out his notebooks and a couple of pens then handed one of each to Kurt. The two of them spent the next hour writing out ideas, then they began to put them together onto some sheet music.

Blaine never mentioned Sebastian to Kurt, not wanting to hear the pale-skinned boy gloat about his boyfriend and he was happy that Kurt never mentioned him either.

After an hour of brainstorming and starting to put a song together, then half an hour of final touch ups, the two boys grinned widely at each other.

"I think we have our song."

Blaine didn't obsess over the 'our' in that sentence, not at all. Nope.

"Yes we do."

Sebastian arrived home at his and Kurt's apartment at around 6:00pm and decided to make them both some dinner. It was one of his many ways that he released his stress and what better way to get all of his frustration out from this afternoon's class than cooking up a big meal?

Dinner was about three-quarters of the way through when Kurt came home, too smiley and happy for Sebastian's liking. Why couldn't he have had a good class like Kurt had? He shot his thoughts down and let Kurt's mood calm him down. He was wrong, there is a way to make him feel better than cooking; being around Kurt.

"Oh no, what happened?" Kurt asked the second he stepped into the kitchen, knowing full well when he saw three pots on the stove that Sebastian needed to find a way to relax himself.

Sebastian lit another flame and pulled out a fourth pot, not looking up at Kurt when he spoke. "This stupid assignment happened, that's what."

Kurt sighed. "Sebastian, you know throwing tantrums isn't going to change Mr Shue's mind. You're working with Puck and I'm working with Blaine."

"I'm not throwing a tantrum." Sebastian defended, silently chuckling to himself when he realised he kind of was. "But it's not even about that."

Even if it took him a while, Sebastian always told Kurt everything. They have not had secrets since they became close and they never will. "Puck hit a nerve today and I kind of snapped. I shouldn't have, I know, but it was too close for comfort. You know what I'm like with other people."

One thing about Sebastian was he put up his walls because of his biggest insecurity; letting someone get close to him, only to have his heart broken. It all came back to trust and Sebastian's trust was hard to earn, unless you are Kurt; but even he took a while to get Sebastian to trust him.

"What did he say?"

Sebastian didn't answer, he just walked over to his bag that was on the table and pulled out the sheet music that Puck had given him. Even though Sebastian was mad, panicked, and a nervous plain mess, he couldn't bring himself to give it back.

He handed the paper over to Kurt,, who skimmed the lyrics, eyes widening slighting at every line. "What did you say?"

"I told him that he knows nothing about my brother and me when he tried to tell me that his story was similar." Sebastian let out a huff and went to flop himself on the couch, leaving Kurt to turn off all the flames on the stove before he joined Sebastian.

"Argh, I couldn't think up anything quick enough so I just snapped, which I bet made it worse, now he's probably even more suspicious than he was before."

Sebastian was getting frustrated again, so Kurt shuffled himself closer to the younger boy and pulled him into a hug, letting Sebastian lean against him. After comforting Sebastian in silence for about five minutes, Kurt spoke. "I think you should sing that song with Puck."

"What?!" Sebastian shot up from Kurt's side and looked into his blue eyes for any reason why his suggestion seemed like a smart one.

Kurt sighed, he knew that would be the reaction that he got. "Sebastian, this song is perfect for your project because it is close to your heart. I think you should sing it."

"But Kurt, I can't. You know how much this means to me, I'm not going to throw it all away for one song. Things might go back to the way they were and I don't want that to happen."

Sebastian was frantic. Why couldn't Kurt see how bad this idea was?

"Sebastian, that is not going to happen again, and besides, that's exactly why you should do it. It means so much to you, Seb, you should sing the song with Puck."

The sincerity in Kurt's tone wasn't quite enough for Sebastian to change his might right this second, but he knew that with more convincing, Kurt would eventually win this one. But for the time being, Sebastian was too panicked to be able to think straight. He stood up off the couch and paced backwards and forwards until he was stopped by a hand on his shoulder, turning him around.

"What if it all goes wrong? What then?" Sebastian pleaded.

Kurt put both hands on either of Sebastian's shoulders and levelled him with his trademark glare that only made the younger boy chuckle. "You, Sebastian Smythe, are one of the strongest boys – wait no – the strongest man I know and you are strong enough for this. I know you don't want to unlock your past, none of us do, but you will surprise yourself with how much this song will be able to help you. Do you know how I know this?" Sebastian shook his head, so Kurt continued. "Because you're so, so, so important to me, and I wouldn't tell you to do something like this if I knew it would hurt you."

Sebastian lowered his head, letting his eyelashes hit his cheeks. A small tear dropped down and Sebastian made no move to wipe it off. Kurt had always known what to say ever since they had first met; even when they hated each other, Kurt's snarky remarks always one-upped Sebastian's.

"Okay." Sebastian breathed, barely even a whisper. Kurt was right. He needed to do this because it meant so much to him, he had to face his past. Kurt pulled Sebastian in for another hug and they stood in silence for a moment. "I'll do it. And Kurt?"

"Mmm?"

Sebastian gave him a tight squeeze. "Thank-you."

"Anytime," Kurt responded, "you are so important to me, Seb." Kurt said before giving him a tight squeeze back.


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