"I know you're curious," Miles said as he and Kurt walked down the hallway together. Kurt had been distracted since the moment they had stepped out of the atrium, all thoughts on the boys he had just come across. Ever since he was a kid he'd heard everyone talk about how your thought process and who you were changed the second you met your soulmate, they even had classes at McKinley specifically geared towards that subject, but Kurt didn't fully understand what they meant until he had experienced it himself. It was so weird for him to think that he had a soulmate, two soulmates, who were every bit as beautiful as he had dreamed they would be, who depended on him to take care of them the way they deserved to be taken care of. Kurt knew that because they had been trained at a school like Dalton they probably had twisted viewpoints on the type of Dom Kurt was and it killed him to think of just how hard he was going to have to work to show them that that wasn't the case.
"What do you mean?" Kurt asked, trying to focus more on the task at hand rather than Blaine and Sebastian. Ryan was going to take care of them, and if something went wrong Nick would be there to handle it. He had to put his trust in the two of them while he handled everything.
"I saw the look on your face when I mentioned Justine earlier, especially because it was probably fairly evident that Ryan is my switch." Kurt couldn't lie, he had been curious, but he thought it was rude at the time to ask him about it. Kurt shrugged as the two of them turned the corner and headed down another hallway.
"You know," Miles said, shifting the cuff of his sleeve up slightly. "Having multiple soulmates may be rare, but it does happen." He showed Kurt his wrist and was shocked to see two names inked there.
"Wow," he said, running a finger over the smooth skin. "Justine and Ryan are lucky enough to have someone like you for a Dom."
Miles smiled slightly. "It's not easy having two soulmates, especially considering the fact that Ryan is a switch and Justine is a sub, but we make it work. I know you've probably thought this was cheesy your entire life but it really does take a special sort of person to take care of two soulmates, especially ones who've been put through the ringer.
"I'm twenty-two and I met Ryan when we were both twenty. He's from a specialized switch school up North and came down here to work at Dalton. My Dad's a big donator," Miles said and from the way he spoke Kurt was sure he didn't agree with where his father was investing his money. "He made me volunteer here whenever I came home from college. I used to hate doing it but now I'm glad he made me because otherwise I never would have met Ryan." A satisfied look crossed his eyes and Kurt could see the love he shared for the man.
"Multiple soulmates are weird," he continued. "In these cases the Dom always receives two names on their wrist, regardless of their soulmates status, but it's only occasionally that switches receive two names and subs never do. When I first showed Ryan my wrist, he was shocked to say the least. Biology is usually pretty good at pairing compatible people together. Switches are usually paired with other switches so they can satisfy all their urges, and Doms are usually paired with subs so roles don't get messed up. Though there are weird cases where it doesn't work out like that. Ryan had always figured he was going to be paired with another switch, and then he found out his soulmate was a Dom. He had no idea he had multiple soulmates. Ryan's always been very possessive of me so the idea of him having to share me with someone else was hard for him. Especially because he thought I was going to end up like Justine more because she was most likely a full sub and a girl."
The two of them made yet another turn down a hallway and Kurt was beginning to realize just how big this school actually was. "It didn't bother me that Ryan was a switch, but the thing is, he is a switch. He gets dominate urges, but because I'm a Dom, he refused to act on them. It was really starting to mess him up inside so I went looking for Justine and I finally found her. Unlike your boys Blaine and Sebastian, she wasn't trained at a school, she was trained at home. Her early training was relatively normal but when her father died her mom kind of lost it and it took things to the extreme. I'm not going to get in too it much but believe me, some of what was done to her makes this place look like a vacation."
Miles was quiet for a few seconds while he tried to gather his thoughts. Kurt could tell it physically hurt him to have to think about what Justine went through. "Anyways, I only found her a couple months ago and I hadn't told Ryan I was looking for Justine because I didn't want to push him into panic mode. When I brought her home I was afraid of how he was going to react. But the thing is, Justine is just as much Ryan's soulmate as she is mine and they clicked almost instantly. He was even better at handling her then I was sometimes, especially when she went into one of her flashback episodes and she completely forgot where she was. He's had a lot of practice with dealing with that kind of stuff while he's been working here, and he was who really made Justine feel comfortable around us. It's not always peaches and crème, Justine still has flashbacks, but it's gotten easier on her now that she completely trusts the two of us.
"The point that I'm trying to make here and the reason why I was so adamant to talk to you is that I know what it's like to take care of two people, and I especially know what it's like to take care of someone who is, for lack of a better term, damaged: mentally, emotionally, and physically. It's hard, I'm not going to lie to you. There's going to be days when you're not going to know what to do and it's going to feel like the world is crumbling around you. I can sense that you're about to burst on the inside, you're what, seventeen?" Miles asked and Kurt nodded. "That's a lot for anyone to take in, especially a seventeen year old. I know I may have only known you for a little while, but I can easily tell already. Kurt, you are going to be a fantastic Dom. Those boys need someone like you to take care of them. You're going to be the best thing that has ever happened to them."
Kurt stopped in the hallway and looked down. "But what if you're not right? I hardly know what I'm doing. I saw Nick when he first got Jeff, he was a train wreck, and he's stronger than I am. It was hard for him to see Jeff like that because of the state he was in. We don't learn how to take care of subs with an abusive past at Dalton. He did it though, and Jeff is doing so much better. I'm just worried I'm going to fail. I don't know what the best move to help them is. I love them more than anything, but I don't know what I'm going to do."
The hallway was relatively silent for a few seconds before Miles spoke. "I'm not going to tell you that every day is going to be sunshine and rainbows, because it's not. The first few days are going to be hell. But it'll get better. The more time you spend with them, the more you begin to understand them, and it'll come naturally to you, believe me. Your instincts will kick in and you'll know what to do. I was there when you three met Kurt, I saw it all. The bond between you three is strong, and it's going to help you out so much.
"Everyone heals differently, and everyone reacts to their surroundings differently. I don't know much about Blaine and Sebastian except for the few things Ryan has told me, but I do know this. Those boys share a special bond, and Sebastian is going to need more help than Blaine does. I know that you want to just snap your fingers and make them feel all better, but life doesn't work like that. Blaine knows Sebastian, he knows how to calm him down and take care of him, it's going to be hard but there will be days when you just need to step back slightly and let Blaine take the reins. It's hard, believe me, I know it's hard. But I can tell that you're a good Dom, Kurt, and the three of you are going to be just fine in the end. Trust me on that."
Kurt smiled, not able to help feeling a little bit relieved. Miles seemed to have calmed all of his doubts in just one short conversation. "Thank you Miles, for everything. I've said this once and I'll say it again, Justine and Ryan are lucky to have you as their Dom."
"Thank you," Miles said with a smirk. "Know enough emotional talk, are you ready to get the legal shit out of the way and talk to the headmaster?" Kurt took a deep breath to compose himself and nodded. "I'll be there the whole time. I'll make sure nothing gets too out of hand so that you taking Blaine and Sebastian home today will go completely smooth."
"Alright, let's do this." Kurt and Miles turned towards the wooden door. In the middle of the door was a silver plaque with the headmaster's name neatly engraved. He carefully knocked on the door before stepping inside.
