It seemed a lifetime had passed since he had last stood outside this door. In reality it had only been four days. Four days was apparently all it took for his entire life to turn itself completely upside down and render itself unrecognizable. Matt still couldn't quite process all of it right now. For at least the next few days he was going to take it one small bit of information at a time and go from there.

Fact one. He was officially no longer in the closet. His family, his friend and thanks to Jacob, the entire student body (and some of the teachers) all knew he was gay. Ok the reaction from his family was the exact opposite of what he had hoped for. It sucked. But he still had Leah, who still hadn't stopped promising him she would find a way to make this right from the minute he told her about Mike's offer. He'd probably never admit this to her, but he was insanely glad she was his big sister. Even though he would never let her do it, Matt knew she had been completely serious about her offer to both take time off of school to try to broker peace with their parents and for him to stay with her. While sweet, both plans were completely ridiculous. But he still loved her for thinking of them. He so owed her one hell of a birthday present this year.

Just like he owed Mike and his parents stellar Christmas and birthday presents this year. He and Mike had barely pulled into the driveway before Mrs. Chang had pulled him into a hug so tight he thought she was going to puncture his lung. Before he could even begin to tell her hello, she had dragged him into the house and insisted he call her Susan instead of Mrs. Chang. "None of this formal stuff. You are part of our family. I won't have it." She had insisted as she showed him to what was now his room. "Now I think we got everything but if we missed anything, you let me know. Jim and I will be happy to go back."

"You don't need to go to any trouble." Matt had protested looking around. As it was he couldn't imagine anything they had left behind. If it wasn't for the fact this room had yellow walls and was way neater than he ever had a prayer of keeping it, he would have sworn it was his room back home, just slightly re-arranged.

"It's no trouble." Susan had insisted; before she leaned down to kiss his forehead. Really the entire Chang family was ridiculously tall, Matt had thought irrationally. He wondered if Susan really had gone off on his mom like Mike thought. The look in her eye as she promised to go back for some reason told him she had and she wouldn't hesitate to do it again if the occasion presented itself. "I mean it. You're family, not a guest in this house. I'll expect the same from you as I expect from Michael."

"Yes ma'am."

"Now normally, I would say it's late to go out on a school night. But Michael insists I'm hopelessly old fashioned. And I'm sure there are a few people who need to see that your back home." Susan had smiled at him while patting his cheek. "So I'll ask you to be back before the news ends."

Which explained why he was currently standing on the porch of the Hummel house, trying to wrap his mind around fact number two. Kurt liked him. Had freaked out when he left for Leah's if Mike was to be believed. And apparently Sam was no longer in the picture. Matt shook his head as he knocked on the door. As much as he didn't want to even consider it, it was entirely possible Kurt had changed his mind about them, if there even was a them. They hadn't really talked about that. Hell, he admitted to himself with a smile, they hadn't really talked at all. And now Kurt was in the middle of a break up, which he had no experience with but Mike told him they weren't fun, so there was all that going on. Maybe this was a mistake, Matt thought just as the front door opened.

"Matt!" Finn's friendly face broke out into a wide grin as he pulled Matt into the house just to hug him tightly. "It's good to see you dude!"

"You too Finn." Matt patted Finn's back awkwardly. "Why are you hugging me?"

"I don't know." Finn shrugged as he took a step back. "I was just worried about you. We all were."

"Finn?" Carole Hudson came out of the living room, holding the book Matt guessed she had been reading. "Who's…."

Carole dropped the book on the ground and her face lit up with a watery smile. "Matt." She sighed as she hugged him. Matt looked over at Finn confused. Was this Hug a Random Person Day and no one told him? He had known Finn for years and never had his mom ever reacted this way to him before.

"Mrs. Hudson."

Carole took a step back, shaking her head. "I can't believe your parents. It's disgraceful. When Finn told us what happened….."

Matt shot Finn a panicked look. He had told them? Told them everything? Dear God did Finn have no sense at all? Finn shook his head and tried to indicate something with his hands but for the life of him Matt could not figure out what his close to former friend was trying to say.

Carole continued, oblivious to the silent conversation happening around her. "Well I won't go on about that now. I'm just glad you're back and you're safe. I assume you have a place to stay tonight? Because you're welcome here."

Ok, maybe Finn hadn't told them everything. That invitation wouldn't have been offered if they knew everything. "Thanks. Mike and his parents offered to let me stay with them."

"Good. Good." Carole nodded her approval. "I'll just go upstairs then. I'm sure you boys have a lot to talk about. Finn, tell Burt I went to bed when he gets in will you?"

"Sure thing Mom." Finn answered happily as his mother kissed him goodnight. Seeing her vanish up the stairs, Finn gestured towards the kitchen. "Kurt's down in his room. Tell Kurt I'll text him when Burt comes back."

"Finn…."

"Hey, just in case dude." Finn held up his hand. "I'm just glad it's you and not Sam. I really didn't like that guy."

Matt chuckled a little as Finn shoved him in the shoulder towards the kitchen and the basement steps. Seeing the door closed, Matt took a deep breath and twisted the knob. Hearing the Wicked soundtrack float up the stairs, Matt smiled a little as he tried to quietly make his way down the stairs. He had just gotten to a stair where he could see into the basement when he saw Kurt pacing in the corner. It was a little sick how happy he felt just seeing Kurt. His entire life had gone to shit in a second but seeing Kurt made him smile. God night, he had it worse than he had initially thought.

"So I thought you listened to Wicked to relax?"

Kurt's head snapped around as he heard Matt's voice. There was the off chance he had officially lost his mind and was now having auditory hallucinations. Seeing Matt standing no more than five feet in front of him finishing his trek down the stairs, went a long way to calm him down over that thought. He was back. As Matt stood near the bottom step and smiled at him, Kurt felt a wave of relief wash over him. Matt was back. He was ok. Well maybe not ok but at least he was here. It was a start.

There were a million questions Kurt knew needed to be asked. Where had he gone? What exactly had happened with his parents? Where was he staying? Was he staying in Lima? Was he really ok or was he just putting on an act to convince everyone he was? But screw asking questions. Right now all he wanted to do was tell Matt everything was going to be fine and kiss him senseless. And since he knew there was a good chance the first thing was nothing but a lie, Kurt opted for the second half of that impulse.

Well this certainly answered the question of if Kurt still felt the same way, Matt thought fleetingly as Kurt pulled him into a kiss. Their lips battled for dominance as their fingers ghosted patterns across shoulders and arms. They were both barely aware they had started to move across the room with fumbling steps, trying to seek out a place to land. It wasn't until they crashed against the back of the futon that they even noticed they had moved across the room.

"Hi." Matt whispered, leaning his forehead against Kurt's.

"Hi." Kurt whispered back, keeping his hands against Matt's neck. "You ok?"

"Better now." Matt smiled. "A lot better now."

"Are you back for good or are you….." He didn't want to say the word leaving. Saying it would make it real and right now Kurt wanted to relish having Matt just a few minutes longer before reality decided to kick down his door.

"For good. I moved in with Mike."

"And your parents?"

"I'd really rather not talk about them just now."

"Fair point." Kurt admitted, nodding his head.

"What exactly does your dad and Carole know? Cause Carole said I could stay here if I needed to."

"Finn told them a heavily edited version of the facts." Kurt admitted. "If dad knew everything you wouldn't be allowed within in fifty feet of the house."

"And how exactly did you convince him to do that?" Matt wondered. Finn was a good guy but he did have a habit of accidentally revealing everything. There was a reason no one told him about Puck's surprise birthday party until an hour before it happened.

"Bribery. He doesn't want Carole to know exactly what he and Rachel do anymore than we want dad to."

Matt smiled a little bigger. "We? We don't want that?"

Kurt closed his eyes, trying to will himself not to blush. He so majorly jumped the gun on that one. Matt was barely out of the closet and was dealing with drama with his family. And he was here jumping them to a we without even talking about it. "I mean…."

Matt silenced him with a gentle kiss. "I agree. We don't want that at all."