Weeks had passed since the day Blaine and Kurt had broken up. Each day Kurt had focused more and more on his friendship with Tristan and Sebastian, which was a part of the plan. And Blaine had focused more on his singing than ever before. Everyone from the outside would say they'd both moved on from one day to the other, but their closest friends knew better. Rachel knew how depressed Blaine still was, missing Kurt, even though he kept up a façade in school and even at home sometimes. Finn and Sebastian also knew how much Kurt missed Blaine, even though he never talked about him anymore. Both Kurt and Blaine had been faking their smiles in weeks, and neither of them could barely remember the difference between a real smile and a fake one. And how was they supposed to know that the whole thing was going to change in one single day?
Even though Kurt and Blaine had broken up they had learned somehow to be around each other. They never talked, avoided eye contact and if it happened they quickly looked away and pretended to do something else. These situations often happened in Glee club. Kurt was still a member, and in the past few weeks Sam, Mike and even Puck had gotten pretty into Glee. Their low expectations had easily been overpowered by the actual stuff happening in the club. Every time Puck and Sam sang a solo Kurt was always baffled by their voices. In all those years he had had no idea that they had such great voices.
It was a Friday right after Glee Kurt and Tristan walked down to the auditorium to practice Kurt's first solo for the club.
„So 'Upside Down'." Tristan said encouraging to Kurt who was sitting by the piano. „I've heard it before and we both know that your cover is better than the original." Tristan said and ran his fingers through his hair to remove it from his eyes.
„It really is, isn't it?" Kurt said and laughed. „Okay, so let's practice." Tristan had helped Kurt practice the last few days with this song, and after the lyrics was memorised, really his only job was to sit and listen.
Kurt had just finished the song as Tristan stood up and smiled greater than ever.
„I have to tell you something." He said and looked excited at Kurt.
„Do tell." Kurt said and sat down by the piano, again. „But be quick. Rachel and Blaine is using the auditorium soon to practice."
„Okay. Well. To be honest I'm not sure what to think about this, but I think it's a good thing." Tristan said and looked all of sudden nervous. „Brittany said she had feelings for me." Kurt looked stunned at Tristan before smiling.
„Of course that's a good thing!" He said and stood up to face Tristan. „I mean, when you think about that you like her too." He said teasing and turned to the side as Tristan hit him on the arm like he used to whenever Kurt mentioned it.
„That's the problem. I don't know if I like her." He said, almost whispering.
„Of course you do. I can see that." Kurt said and expected another hit on his arm, instead Tristan playfully pushed him quite light on the chest.
„Stop it." He said and cursed as he started smiling. „I swear, I'm not sure what my feelings about her is… I mean I liked her in the beginning—"
„Oh! I knew it!" Kurt said and almost jumped with excitement. „Remember that one day the three of us were talking in the schoolyard? I knew it. I knew it!" Kurt said and chuckled as Tristan again pushed him friendly a bit away. „Don't push me." Kurt said smiling and pushed Tristan harder than he'd expected. „Geez, I'm sorry." He said, and was surprised to see Tristan smiling.
„I'm not that weak." He said and laughed. They ended up pushing each other a bit back and forth while laughing and teasing each other.
Kurt was about to put his hand on Tristan's shoulder to hit him lightly as he found himself grabbing his uniform instead. It all happened so fast, he could barely seem to understand what they were doing before it had happened. He had pulled in the sleeve, dragging Tristan closer as he felt Tristan's lips on his own. It was like the world stopped for a few seconds, just to watch the two of them. Kurt was the first one to pull back. They looked at each for a moment in confusion before Tristan's look landed a place above Kurt's head. Kurt heard some light footsteps fade and turned his head, following Tristan's look to see Rachel standing by the door, looking awkwardly around the room.
„Rachel." Kurt said and didn't know whether to smile or just stand there looking awkward and nervous. „Where's Blaine?" He asked. Rachel pressed her lips together before coughing uncomfortably.
„He ehm… He just left."