A/N: Sorry for the wait everyone. Thank you for your support. Hope you enjoy this chapter, and the next one is the ending. Big big thanks to my awesome beta Claire. 3
While Burt and Jonathan were talking in the hotel bar, Sebastian and Kurt were up in their room, deep in their own conversation.
"What do you think is going to happen?" Kurt asked, while snuggling under Sebastian's arm.
"Well, I don't think he would come to me and give me a fatherly hug after just one talk. That would actually be really scary."
"Just give him time okay?" Kurt planted a quick kiss on the back of Sebastian's hand that he was holding.
"You Hummels are too kind."
"Only because we like you." Sebastian could hear the smirk in Kurt's voice
"I like you too. Besides, if the plan doesn't work out, its few more months and I'll be in New York. With you." Sebastian added the final sentence with a smile.
Kurt turned around in Sebastian's arms, "About that, I need to tell you something."
"Please don't tell me you're not coming to New York." Sebastian almost pouted.
"What? No! You silly." Kurt laughed and kissed him, "I've got NYADA's letter."
"And?"
"I got in." Kurt almost whispered.
Sebastian smiled but it was gone as soon as he noticed the look on Kurt's face, "What's wrong babe? Aren't you happy?"
"Of course I'm happy...I, I just-now I need to choose between NYADA and Parsons." Kurt frowned.
"And let me guess, you want to go to Parsons, but you feel like you're abandoning your lifelong dream." Sebastian stated.
Kurt looked at him with surprise "Do I talk in my sleep? How..."
"Babe, what's the first thing you did after you got your Parsons letter, besides telling your dad and me?"
"Confirm my place."
"What did you do after you got your letter from NYADA?" Sebastian arched his brow at his boyfriend.
"Oh." Kurt realised he didn't even tell his dad or Sebastian till a moment ago. He was not nearly as excited as he was when he had gotten the letter from Parsons.
"You instinctively chose Parsons. And you don't have to feel bad or weird about not wanting to go to NYADA-"
"I do want to go to NYADA."
"But not as much as you want to go to Parsons. Babe, I know you feel like you've been aiming for the Broadway dream forever; but you don't realise you're already making your other dream come true."
"What do you mean?"
"Your passion for fashion. When you think of performing a song, you don't just think about singing it, like Rachel, you think more about the costumes. In fact, sometimes I think you only worry about the costumes more."
"I do?"
"Yes, and you don't notice because it just comes naturally to you."
"Are you saying it will be easier for me to make it big in design?"
"No, I think you can make it big no matter what you decide to do. I'm just telling you what I've observed so far. I will support your choice no matter what."
Kurt hesitated a moment, "I think I need to talk to Edie tomorrow."
Sebastian smiled, "Okay. We can tell her tomorrow."
"I love you." Kurt said with a fond smile.
"Not that I'm complaining, what brought this up?" Sebastian chuckled, Kurt was so adorable whenever he's being all affectionate.
"For being such a smart boyfriend and for being supportive and so good to me."
Sebastian laughed and pulled the boy closer, "I love you too."
"Darling, congratulation! Bastian didn't tell me you got into Parsons!" Edith was smiling from ear to ear like a proud mother.
"That's the problem, I also got into the NYADA. Now I don't know what to do. I want to go to both. But I know if I want to become really good, I have to choose one and focus on it. These both requires a lot of time." Kurt frowned.
"Oh dear, that's a problem."
"I know, I mean, of course I love fashion, every moment of life is a chance of fashion! Not to mention they offered me a full scholarship! But I also love singing so much I don't know if I want to give it up."
Edith was deep in thought, she smiled after when a thought struck her, "I think you should go to Parsons this fall."
She held her hand to stop Kurt when he wanted to say something, "I'm not telling you to give up singing, I can tell how much you love both. I'm going to say this in a professional way now."
Kurt was so confused.
"The Parsons enrolment day is in late August right? Why don't you apply for summer interns? I know some designers are looking for interns. But they are very picky. I realised I have never seen any of your designs, why don't you show me some of them when we're back to Ohio? If they are good enough, I'm sure you'll get into one of the studio. You can spend your summer and first term in the industry, see if you like it enough to continue. If not, you can always transfer back to NYADA, or you may even come up with some idea where you can do both? A full scholarship from Parsons is a great deal, I'd hate to see you let it go to waste. At least try one term, what's the harm, they are paying right?" She smiled.
Kurt wonder how come he never thought about it, this might actually work, he's already done enough performance to know how much he likes the show biz, but he never actually did anything in the real fashion world. Maybe it's more him, or maybe he will realise fashion should just be a hobby.
"That's...actually a very good idea, I would like an opportunity to try it out, I would hate to think 'what if I chose Parsons instead' in the future. But-I can't ask you to help me to get into the business."
Edith laughed "Nonsense, if you're not good enough, the designers are not gonna give you an internship just because I recommend you. And, if you're really good, I'd love to represent you when you start your own brand." Edith winked.
Kurt knew in some level, a recommendation from Edith would give him advantage over the other candidates, he was so grateful about it.
"Thank you Edie, that means a lot to me. Of course I have to talk to my dad about the possibility that I do get a summer job in New York."
"I'm sure Burt would be so proud of you. He's such a lovely father."
"Thank you."
"By the way, I'm taking Carole and Sisi for girls day today!"
Kurt snapped his head up so quick he thought he could have broken his neck "What?"
"To give you some kids some fathers and sons time." Edith grinned, and Kurt just realised where Sebastian and Lucas got that devious charming smile from.
"Oh."
"I hope you're okay with it, I talked to your father this morning before breakfast, he agreed it's a good idea, without us women pressuring things between you guys." Edith giggled a little.
"I supposed, I do want Bas and Lucas to fix things with Jonathan as well."
"How did my boy got so lucky to have you?" Edith smiled happily.
Kurt shook his head "No, I'm the lucky one."
Edith gave him a hug with a bright smile.
"I'm gonna kill mamma." Sebastian mumbled under his breath just loud enough for Kurt to hear him.
Kurt placed his hand on Sebastian's chest, gave him a few gentle pats, calming him. "Come on, you said you would give him a chance, avoiding things doesn't help." Kurt whispered just as low as Sebastian's small protest.
"Thank you." Sebastian sighed.
"For what?"
"For not leaving me here with Lucas, I know just how much you would wanna join mum's girls day."
"Are you saying I'm a girl? I thought we've passed that honey." Kurt arched an eyebrow at his boyfriend.
"You are definitely not a girl, last time I checked" Sebastian winked, "I'm just saying you would surely enjoy shopping at Barney's better than spending time with an awkward, miserable outing between father and son, or in this case sons."
Kurt wanted to comfort his boyfriend but Burt called out "Hey you two, don't go all lovey dovey in front of your old men."
"Dad!" Kurt exclaimed with a bright red face.
Lucas and Burt chuckled, leaving Jonathan and Sebastian shiftinga little awkwardly and Kurt very embarrassed.
Lucas suggested they should do their boys (guys) day thing such as check out the Yankee stadium, or take the Hummels to tourist spots, like the top of the Empire State Building.
"I used to dream I'd be on the Yankee team." Burt laughed when sat down in a nice restaurant for lunch after they left the stadium.
Jonathan smiled a genuine smile, "Me too, I believe most of the boys dreamt about it."
"Not Kurt," Burt chuckle, "He's all about tea party, singing and making clothes."
Kurt felt like he had about exploded in embarrassment, especially when Sebastian smirked at him.
Burt hugged Kurt around the shoulder, "I'm still proud of him being himself. Being the greatest son a man can ever asked for." He grinned proudly at his boy.
"Love you dad."
"Love you too little buddy." Burt thumped him on the shoulder.
Jonathan looked at the exchange with a tight smile, jealousy and guilt flashing in his eyes before he returned to his polite expression.
Burt turned to Sebastian, "What about you kid? What are you going to do in college? "
"Umm, NYU, english, I think I might go in to writing."
Kurt stage whispered "He's top of his class, if not the whole school."
Jonathan looked at Sebastian in surprise and, for the first time of this whole trip, he spoke directly to him, "I thought you're going to Law?"
Everyone gone really quiet all of sudden, and looked between the two, worrying what might happen next.
Surprisingly, Sebastian was very calm. "That was before I was 15."
And everyone could see Jonathan gone stiff and his face look paler.
Kurt and Lucas both knew what happen what Sebastian was 15, came out and practically disowned by his father. And Burt could guess what happened from the look exchanged between the boys.
"Oh...umm, okay." Jonathan answered awkwardly, took a sip from his coffee.
Sebastian looked at him with a cold expression. Kurt placed his hand on his boyfriend's and gave it a little squeeze.
Sebastian gave a tight smile of his own to his boyfriend.
The lunch was not surprisingly very awkward for everyone. There were few times Jonathan looked between Kurt and Sebastian and wanted to say something, but he never actually did it. Sebastian looked very annoyed by this but he kept quiet.
The very awkward lunch followed by an even more awkward walk filled with silence back to the hotel.
Sebastian kept his arm on Kurt's waist, held the boy close, when Jonathan walked about two steps behind them and Burt and Lucas talked excitedly about the football season about two yards ahead of them.
Kurt looked over his shoulder few times to check on Jonathan, the man kept staring at Sebastian and biting his lips, like he was trying to figure out what to say to his son or how to start.
Finally, Kurt couldn't take it anymore. He eased himself out of Sebastian's arm.
"Babe, something's wrong?" Asked Sebastian.
"I, umm, have to talk to my dad for a bit. Are you okay with your dad for a while?" Kurt tried to make it sound as casual as possible.
Sebastian frowned instantly and Jonathan looked at him with a hopeful expression.
"I'll be right back." Kurt quickly kissed the boy on his cheek and jogged towards his dad, leaving a pair of awkward Smythes back there.
Kurt knew Sebastian would be mad at him, at least for the day. But he knew those two would have to talk sooner or later. And he also needed to talk to Burt about the possibility that he stayed in New York in summer.
It was Sebastian who broke the silence. "Alright, spill, you obviously want to say something. Go on." Sebastian huffed.
"Sebastian...I don't understand why you wanted to choose English over Law, you've been talking about being a lawyer since you were ten."
"What? That's what you want to say? All of sudden you just decide to play father? Thank you but I don't need this."
"That's not...you were so passionate about it, I thought-"
"Maybe I decided I don't want to follow footsteps of someone's who despises me. Obviously I don't want to work in the same field as you."
"Don't give it up just because you don't like me..."
"I don't need your advice!" Sebastian turned and started walking away.
Jonathan took a deep breath to calm himself a little, "I'm sorry."
Sebastian froze on his spot when Jonathan made his way to his son.
"Sebastian, I am sorry. Really."
"Is this a joke?" Sebastian didn't look convinced.
"No, its a genuine sorry. I...I've been thinking a lot. And your mother talked to me about it. Helping me understand..." Jonathan paused for a moment to gather his thoughts "And Mr Hummel...he's been very kind. He made me think about something."
"What?"
"Is it worth losing my sons over an idea. And...I missed you and Lucas."
Sebastian's eyes were softened for a moment before he turned back to his blank expression. "So now you want to be a father again after all this times?"
"I know we have a lot to work on, and I-I am still confuse about how to deal with this. But I want to try. And I don't want to see you give up your dream just because what happened between us."
Jonathan sounded sincere, but Sebastian being his stubborn self, refuse to let it go.
"After three years of practically being strangers in the same house, I don't know how to deal with you to be honest. I can only agree to acknowledging your existence as my father for now, Mr Smythe. And I'm doing this for mamma. Whatever happens between you and Lucas, you two work it out." Before Jonathan could react to it, the boy quickly walked away.
Sebastian asked Burt if he could take Kurt away for dinner in the evening. Carole ushered the boys to have date night before Burt could say anything.
"You're not mad at me?" Kurt asked once they've left the hotel.
"So you know I should be mad at you." Sebastian arched his eyebrow at Kurt.
"I did need to talk to my dad! And...you know the whole point of the trip is to help you and your father make up."
Sebastian sighed, pulling Kurt into his arms, "Kurt you have to understand this whole thing won't just fix itself over a few conversations."
"I know." Kurt brushed his finger along Sebastian's brows, hoping to soothe his frown. "I want you two to at least try, to have a starting point or something."
"I've agreed to acknowledge that he is my father. Okay? That's a start. Happy?"
Kurt pouted, "That's hardly a-"
"That's a start, I promise I would join in family activities if mamma insist. Okay?" Sebastian's voice almost sounded like pleading Kurt to drop the subject.
"Okay." Kurt knew he shouldn't push it too far. If Sebastian agreed to at least start on something, then there was hope.
"Good, now can you have you all to myself tonight? No more mention about my...father."
Kurt smiled, "I'm all yours."
"Good." The boy held Kurt's hand in his firmly and started leading the way.
"So, I have something to tell you..." Kurt said over dessert, voice a little tight.
"Is everything okay? You look nervous."
"You know I said I would talk to Edie?"
"Yes, about your Parsons NYADA problem. What is it? What did mamma say?"
"Edie suggested that I apply for summer internship in designer's studio in New York. And even try the first autumn term in Parsons see if I like it or not, you know, since I got scholarship anyway. And I can push NYADA's offer to spring term."
For a minute, Sebastian just stared at Kurt with surprise.
"Bas, please say something." Kurt was getting nervous.
"I-that's great babe!"
"Really?" Kurt was relieved.
"Yes! I'm just never thought about this. We can be in New York together over summer!"
"That require me getting a internship first."
"We all know you're going to get it babe."
Kurt smiled fondly, "And we will need to find a place to live through summer."
"What about after summer?"
"I don't know, I guess I'll have to see if I'm staying in fashion or going to NYADA. And Rachel and Finn are coming to New York as well, she wants us to all live together, but I'm not sure to be honest. Living with Rachel...I can only imagine the drama." Kurt rolled his eyes.
An idea formed in Sebastian's head, "I want to take you on a date tomorrow."
Kurt looked at Sebastian like he had grown another head, "But we're already on a date...?"
"A proper one. Like we actually meet up outside of the hotel. You let me handle the planning."
"What do I need to do then?"
"Enjoy, let me spoil you for a bit."
Kurt bit his bottom lip, trying not to blush, but failed horribly, "You've spoiled me a lot already."
"Well, that's the privilege of being my boyfriend." Sebastian winked.
Kurt woke up next morning, thinking about cuddling with Sebastian in bed and skipping breakfast, only to find the other side of the bed had gone cold already.
"Bas...?" Rubbing the sleepiness off his eyes, Kurt called out for his boyfriend.
Thinking Sebastian might head to the gym, Kurt hopped into the shower and made a quick freshen up.
The doorbell just rang the moment Kurt was all set for the days.
"Bas! Where-oh, sorry." It was one of the hotel staff with a small cart instead of Sebastian.
"It's alright, sir. This is for you." The man started to wheel the cart in.
"I didn't call room service." Kurt was confused.
"Mr Smythe ordered it, he said you would be up by now." The server smiled.
Kurt couldn't help but grin happily, Sebastian was really good at being a romantic, even though he kept denying it.
"Enjoy it sir." The server handed Kurt a letter before he left the room.
Kurt opened it right away.
[Morning sleepy head, I bet you won't start having breakfast until you finish reading this so I will make it short so I don't leave you with cold breakfast.- Kurt giggled -Plan of the day; meet me in the coffee shop we walked past yesterday on our way back to hotel at 12.30. Eat up now, you have an exciting day ahead of you. -S
P.S: I already told our parents about our date, don't worry about ditching them. ;)]
After breakfast and final checkover of his outfit, Kurt headed out to meet Sebastian.
Kurt spotted Sebastian the moment he walked into the cafe. The boy was sitting next to the big window up front. The light shone on him and brought out the green in his eyes and Kurt loved the way Sebastian lit up once he saw him.
Kurt walked over to the table, and Sebastian stood up and kiss him right on the lips before Kurt could even greet him.
Another thing Kurt liked about being with Sebastian, was how confident he was with PDA, Sebastian never worried about the looks or the whispers of the onlookers.
Sebastian rested his hand on the small of Kurt's back and dipped into the kiss.
It took all of Kurt's willpower not to moan in the middle of a coffee shop. He finally broke the kiss because he actually needed air to breathe. "Why the eagerness?" He teased with a light smirk.
"I missed you. Didn't know being away from you for just 2 hours could be this painful."
Kurt blinked in surprised, and he blushed.
"Bas..."
"You've spoiled me, now I can't get enough of you."
Kurt laughed hearty "Cheesy you is so adorable." He reached across the table and took Sebastian's hand.
The boy gave Kurt a big grin, but Kurt thought it didn't really reached to his eyes, like Sebastian was somehow nervous. But he decided to wait and see for the rest of the day, Kurt didn't want to ruin their date if something happened between Jonathan and Sebastian and he was the one who brought it up and ruined the mood.
Sebastian had rented a car for the day, and drove Kurt around New York City, showing him the places Sebastian used to go when he came to New York as a kid. A little second hand book store in Brooklyn, the corner shop that sells the best hot dogs Sebastian had ever had, with the family secret recipe sauce. And they started talking about New York, how they can see each other between classes during the day, they can see as many on and off Broadway shows as they want, how they could go to the no doubt more interesting gay bars in New York and show each other off.
When Kurt was talking about all these things and plans he wanted to do with Sebastian, the tall boy knew he really were in this too deep. From someone who never did relationships, to someone who heard about future plans and didn't even scare or flinch in the slightest way.
Loving Kurt and being loved by Kurt made Sebastian the happiest man on earth and he never wanted this to end.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Kurt looked at his boyfriend's silly smile.
"Nothing...I just think you look particularly beautiful today." Sebastian smirked.
Kurt actually kind of hated his boyfriend now, because he knew his face looked embarrassingly red at this point.
"Alright, my love, ready for the night?" Sebastian held his hand out.
Kurt took his hand happily "Where are we going now?"
The boy just led the way without another words. It make Kurt very curious about the night and he keep asking 'Are we there yet' and 'Where are we going?' the whole drive.
The closer they were to the destination, the less calm Sebastian was.
When Sebastian finally parked into a building, Kurt couldn't hold it anymore. "Bas, just tell me where are we going! You're killing me here."
Sebastian laughed nervously and shook his head, "No babe, in fact, I need you to close your eyes."
"Why?"
"It's a surprise."
"I don't think I had very good experiences with surprise." Kurt pouted.
"Too late now, close your eyes or I will have to blindfold you."
"Is this a kink of yours I didn't know?" Kurt teased but he did as he was told.
Sebastian made note of a new game they can try in bed later. He got out of the car and passenger door for Kurt and helped him out of the car. Kurt held onto Sebastian's arm while he led him somewhere, he could only tell by the ding they went into a lift and went up. Finally, another ding from the lift announced they have reached to their floor and Kurt was getting nervous now.
"Not yet." Sebastian reminded him.
"Fine, bossy."
Sebastian chuckled at the comment and pulled the boy down a corridor.
Kurt heard sounds of key and a door was unlocked. Sebastian led Kurt to the room and after a few deep breath, he said "Okay. Open your eyes now."
Kurt opened his eyes and was captivated by the New York night view from the floor to ceiling window.
"Oh Bas, this is so beautiful!" Kurt exclaimed.
"Come, I'll show you around." Sebastian pulled Kurt from room to room. The flat was definitely new, even the furniture looked unused and neat. There are two en-suite bedrooms and a study, a guest bathroom, open kitchen and a spacious living room.
"This place is amazing!" Kurt commented, admiring the flat.
"You like it?"
"Yes! It's got even better view that we had in the hotel room, we can see the a big part of the central park!"
"Wanna spend the night here?" Sebastian smiled.
"Can we?"
"It's mine."
Kurt was confused, "I don't understand...you rented this place?"
"Well mamma bought it for me using my trust fund, so yeah, I bought it."
"You bought it?!"
Sebastian took a deep breath, "Do you want to live with me?"
"Are you serious?" Kurt asked after a moment, still in shock.
"Yes, I'm sure I want to live with you. I know it's quite fast for us, but we're going to be in the same city anyway, and college will have an even busier schedule, so living together means we get to see each other everyday. And after these few days staying the same room, I realised waking up to you on my side is be the best thing ever. So...do you want to live with me?"
"I-yes, I mean of course I want to!" Kurt threw himself into Sebastian's arms, literally.
"Thank god, I was really scared that you were going to say no for a moment."
"Are you kidding?! Living with my hot boyfriend in the beautiful New York City! How could I say no?" Kurt giggled.
Sebastian kissed him with a smile, "And no cockblocking roommates or parents."
"Oh, speaking of, how do you plan on telling my dad?" Kurt grinned, a little more evil than usual.
Sebastian groaned, "Do I have to?"
"Of course! You do know you asking me to move in with you sounds like you plan on get dirty with me all the time to my dad right?"
"So I get to get dirty with you All The Time, huh?" Sebastian smirked.
"If my dad agrees," Kurt chuckled at the horrified look on Sebastian.
"I will just kidnap you if he doesn't agree."
"Hmm, sure you will." Kurt winked at him.
