Blaine was on Finn duty for the day while Kurt took off work to hunt down Rachel. She was bound to be at rehearsal because her show was next week.
"Get it together Berry! Take ten!" The director yelled, not helping Rachel keep her emotions together, she was breaking at the cracks.
Kurt got up from his seat and ran backstage, showing them this special pass he got from Rachel a while ago when she started the show. With a heavy sigh he knocked on her dressing room door, biting his lip. This is the first time he was trying to bring people back together, this was weird.
"I don't really want to see anyone right now." She answered, her voice cracking.
Taking a deep breath Kurt knocked again. "Its me Rach. Please."
The door unlocked but didn't open, Kurt pushing it open himself to see his friend lying on a couch, hugging a pillow to her chest."Kurt, I'm a wreck." She said, sounding so small and fragile. As he walked over to the couch he needed to hold back tears, he felt bad for her, she may have chosen to walk out on Finn but it doesn't mean she wanted to.
"Sweetie you need to talk to him." Kurt was going straight for damage control, no sugar coating, or letting her tell the story. If anyone needed to talk it was her and Finn.
Rachel shook her head and moved to sit up so she could rest on her friend instead. "No. As much as I miss him and love him, I can't. He needs to understand that he can't let this go, not again. I knew what I had, he was a good thing for me and I didn't want to give up. Finn has to learn that when you've got a good thing you can just let it go that easily."
Kurt nodded slowly. He understood that. Shockingly it seems like the same thing Blaine did when he walked on the night of their fight. "Okay.. Something crazy totally just happened." Rachel looked up at him, waiting for what it was. "I just agreed with everything you said. That makes perfect sense." Kurt admitted, brushing his fingers through his friends hair, glad to see her smiling even though it looked kind of broken.
Blaine was sitting in the recliner while Finn continued to sulk on the couch, watching Sports Center and not even paying attention. "So.. is there anything you want to do today?" The shorter of the two wondered, mindlessly tapping his fingers on the couch as he awkwardly sat around, waiting for his friend to speak.
Finn shook his head and sniffled. Blaine has never seen or heard of him crying before so this was definitely weird, he felt a little out of his element. "Well maybe we can-"
"Stop!" Blaine whipped his head to look over at Finn who was staring at him, anger in his eyes. This could either be really good, or really bad. "Blaine just honestly, shut the fuck up and leave me alone!" The not so gentle giant groaned loudly, leaning forward with his face in his hands.
"Finn what's wrong with you?"
"You know, I don't know know whats more annoying. Is it the fact that you keep pestering me to talk or do something, or the fact that you're doing all this because Kurt is making you?" Finn rattled off, not caring about anyone's feelings right now. He was hurt, lost, pissed off, annoyed, and every other horrible emotion in the book. He didn't know what to do with himself.
Blaine was taken back and didn't know whether he was glad Finn was letting off some steam or annoyed by his comment. He wasn't Kurt's little slave or something, that was for damn sure. "I'm not doing this because Kurt is making. Honestly, it was my idea, I wanted to fix this because your my friend Finn, I care about you." He admitted, not scared of his boyfriend's brother for once. They were adults now. "I don't want us back at square one like in high school."
Finn glanced up, his eyes softening. "I um.. I'm sorry man. I didn't mean to snap like that." He rambled, his mood changing instantly. Finn was in a panic. "I seem to be hurting everyone around me and I am so sorry Blaine, I didn't mean too. I'm such an idiot sometimes." His hands tugged at his hair as he placed his face back in his hands, breathing heavily. He was trying his hardest not to cry. He was just so frustrated with himself, with everything.
"Its alright, I'm not mad or hurt or anything but you can't keep bottling this up. Letting it fester will just make it worse." Blaine offered, getting up and sitting next to Finn, rubbing his back.
Without warning Finn wrapped his arms around Blaine, just hugging him and taking deep breaths, trying to calm himself down. There were no more words between them, just Blaine letting Finn hug it out. Everyone needs to be held sometimes.
"How has he been?" Rachel wondered as they sat in the coffee shop, talking about anything other than Finn. It was beginning to bug her, deep down she missed him so much it physically hurt.
Kurt looked down at the coffee between his hands, debating between telling her the truth or sugar coating so much she may get diabetes. He decided with the truth. "He's barely eaten or spoken to either myself or Blaine. He doesn't really watch the TV, just sits there while it plays and he sleeps on the couch for God knows what reason." He explained, seeing her eyes become glassy with tears. She asked, he felt obligated to tell her. The truth hurts sometimes.
Rachel nodded slowly, spinning the cup in her hands. "I'm sorry I asked." Kurt shrugged and it was silent. A week was a long time to be apart from one another and while she was doing alright by herself, Rachel just felt extremely empty without Finn there.
"Kurt, you should go home. Don't worry about us, Finn and I will handle this ourselves." Rachel rambled in a slight panic, getting up and collecting her things. Kurt's hand flew out and he caught her arm gently, pulling her into his arms, hugging her tightly.
"I will worry. You are both my friends and are like family to me, some more than others, but I won't give up on you two. You're both meant to be happy with one another." Kurt assured, kissing her cheek and giving her one last tight hug. "Just consider coming home tonight. Please."
Rachel looked down at the floor, the two of them about to walk their separate ways. "I don't know if I can yet." She whispered, walking away without another word.
Kurt entered the apartment to see Finn asleep on the couch with Blaine no where in sight. He walked over to the couch and draped a blanket over his brother, going to his room.
When he entered he heard the shower running, making him smile widely, he could use a good hot shower now that he thinks about it.
Blaine was standing under the stream of water scrubbing his face when someone wrapped their arms around his waist. Trying not to be alarmed he glanced down to see milky white skin and thin arms, a smile breaking out onto his face. "Hey you."
"Hey yourself." Kurt said softly, resting his cheek on his boyfriend's shoulder, letting out a relaxed sigh. Its been awhile since him and Blaine had quality time together like this, it felt nice and coupley.
They washed one another and shared kisses, giggling like idiots most of the time, feeling dirty that they were doing this while Finn was home. They were usually so careful of what they did when they weren't alone in the apartment. "Mm.. I love you." Blaine moaned quietly, biting Kurt's bottom lip as he held him close, pressing their hips together.
Kurt kissed his neck softly, resting his forehead on Blaine's shoulder, moving with him. "I love you too B." He murmured, all his stress over Finn and Rachel's situation disappearing just by the touch of another person. Another person who means the world to him.
Two weeks passed. Finn was going to class and acting like a normal person by the end of week one. He couldn't just stop living his life. Rachel was in her show and was doing amazing in it. Blaine and Kurt saw her on opening night and she was a great actress, it showed, she looked happy.
"I'm glad you agreed to meet with me." Kurt said as he hugged his friend, smiling widely as he rubbed her back.
Rachel giggled and took a seat across from him, bringing the coffee up to her lips. "I am too. I've missed you."
Kurt nodded, his fingers tapping the table top gently before speaking. "Look, Rach, I don't know where you're staying or whats going on but.. I think you should come home. You need to discuss this like adults and not ignore one another like children." He needed to be blunt. This needed to be fixed.
"I agree with you. I got through my first week of the show and it sucks sleeping somewhere and not having that support system like Finn, you know?" Kurt sighed, he did know. When something exciting happened to him it sucked not have Blaine there to support him.
"I want to come home but I want to meet up and speak with Finn first, make sure that we both want this." Rachel said softly, obviously implying she still wants to get married.
Kurt bit his lip. He hated being the brutally honest friend sometimes. "Listen. I don't mean for this to come off as harsh but you can't expect to get back together and start planning the wedding for next year or something, Rachel. You need to understand that this won't be simple."
"Why not?"
"Because this is probably the worst fight you have experienced with Finn. You haven't spoken for about three and a half weeks, you broke off your engagement by throwing the ring at him. I can imagine he'll take you back and slide the ring on your finger but you need to earn the right to start planning the wedding and if you two are smart you'll hold off on that for a long time so you can just establish your relationship again. You can't expect to jump into this like nothing happened, it doesn't work that way."
Rachel sat there taking in everything Kurt just said. It was harsh, he knew that, but he wasn't going to let her get away with hurting his brother the way she did. Yeah Finn said some stupid things, but she can't expect it to be easy and go back into the swing of things. When him and Blaine took a break the process of getting back together after that was work.
"I understand that Kurt, jeez, calm down. I'm a big girl, he's a big boy. We can handle it."
Kurt gave his bitch face, sitting back in his chair. "I know that Rachel. I'm looking out for my brother right now. You kinda destroyed him when you left, just so you know."
The two friends stared at one another, they never wanted this fight to come between them. "I'm aware of that. I'm trying to fix it."
Kurt was tense when he entered the house. Blaine was sitting at the kitchen counter ordering take out while Finn was getting ready to meet up with Rachel. All day at work his mind was on the talk they had that afternoon. He was annoyed that she thought she could just stroll on in like nothing happened and expect to get married to him soon. Kurt will sure as hell be damned when that happens.
"Babe, I got your usual." Blaine said softly, his arms wrapping around his boyfriend's waist, kissing his cheek. Kurt smiled and leaned back into the touch, feeling comfortable, the tension fading.
Finn cleared his throat, standing awkwardly in front of the couple. "I'm gonna go now. Wish me luck?" Kurt smirked and walked over to his brother, hugging him tightly.
"I just want you to be sure this is what you want."
"It is. I want her back, but I want to take it slow." Finn informed, smiling confidently, tugging at his plaid shirt nervously.
Kurt chuckled and patted Finn on the back as they walked to the door. He was proud of him because he never had to pep talk him about this. Finn made that decision all on his own.
I want to apologize for how long this took. Life has been so busy lately and its insane! A few more chapters and I shall be calling it quits on this story. Not only am I having major writers block problems but I am just not feeling it like I was in the beginning! I am so sorry! I just want to thank you all so much for reading! You all rock! I love you! Hopefully the next chapter won't take as long, I'll make sure of that! :)