Kurt
On the ride home, Kurt didn't talk much.
His mind was a mix of weird things, things he hadn't thought of before.
He had this warm feeling in his stomach and he felt happy.
It reminded him of his mom and how he felt when she told him bedtime stories. His favorite ones where when she told him about soulmates.
Why had that man in the costume shop, reminded him off that?
And why had he felt some sort of connection to the man, when he was a total stranger?
And then when the man had hugged him, that had been the best thing ever. And he wanted to just stay in that man's arms forever. Which was so so weird, because he didn't knew the man.
His mom had always told him that he shouldn't talk to strangers…. Yes he had talked with Sebastian.
When Burt got out of the car, Kurt clicked off his seatbelt and sayd that he just wanted to go to bed, and that he had a tummy ache.
Burt asked if it was bad, but he assured him that it's probably nothing and that he was just tired.
So he wallked upstairs and straight to bed.
The stranger keeps twirling around his head.
He had really pretty eyes and his smile was nice.
As he tried sleeping, he remembers one of the stories his mom used to tell him.
It was about how a young girl found her soulmate when she was only 10 years old and the soulmate was 30. The two couldn't do anything about things, because it is illegal to be with someone before they're turned 18. And the girl's parents did not trust the 30 year old to not touch their daughter.
So they had denied them to see each other.
The little girl was miserable and sad and when she turned 13 she had gotten a depression.
In the end her parents had agreed that she could call her soulmate and they could talk on the phone. But when the girl got hold of him, it wasn't her soulmate she got on the phone, but her soulmates mother. Telling her that her son had killed himself, because he couldn't take, staying away from her.
A week after that the girl's parents found her dead too.
His mom had told him that not all soulmate stories was like that, most of them were happy and ended well. But it was because that Kurt knew why it was important to stay close to your soulmate as soon as you found him or her.
But, was that why he felt this about the stanger?
Was Sebastian his soulmate?
His mom also told him about how she had felt when she had met his father.
Burt had been 23 and she was 22.
She had been in disneyland, with some friends and their kids, when she had been in line to one of the roller coasters and just as she was about to go into one of the wagons, someone came running towards her, skipping the line.
"Wait" His dad had yelled and when she turned she just knew.
Burt had regonized her from his dreams from his 23th birthday and when she had looked in to his eyes she had gotten this warm feeling inside her body.
Her mind felt at ease and she got this happy feeling, inside her. Without really knowing how it got there. She just knew.
Burt had jumped inside the wagon with her and they had shared the roller coaster ride together.
Kurt had always loved that story. Hoping to get something like that someday.
But other than that, he hadn't really thought about the whole soulmate thing, because well he's only 8.
And kids his age doesn't have to deal with stuff like that, they should deal with toys, playdates and school.
But why was it that he couldn't get that pretty man out of his head then?
Sebastian.
Kurt was sure, soulmate or not, that that was his new favorite word of all words.
Sebastian
Travis had found Sebastian sitting on the floor, when he returned to the costume shop 20 minutes later.
The man looked devastated and something was way off.
When Travis had asked what had happened, they only thing Sebastian had said, before he broke down in tears was.
"He was here. Kurt was here.."
Travis had helped his best friend up and guided him out to the car, then driven back home and gotten him to bed.
Ensured him that he would spend the night on the couch, if Sebastian needed anything.
It was late in the evening, when Sebastian got out of the bedroom.
Finally telling Travis about, how Kurt had walked in and they had talked, he told him about how the small boy had hugged him and how relieved he had been. He had just wanted to swoop up the boy in his arms and hold him close.
Sebastian shook his head and ran his hands through his hair.
"God.. I sounds like a pervert…"
Travis shook his head.
"Sebastian. Trust me you don't. All people wants to do that when they meet their soulmates for the first time. There is absolutely nothing.."
Sebastian stood up, turning towards Travis.
"Don't tell me there is nothing wrong with that. I know that it's a normal things to feel when you meet your soulmate, but for fucks sake. It's not normal when your soulmate is 15 years younger than you, when he is only a little kid. It's not normal to want to kiss the hell out of him, feel him around you, feel his skin against yours. When he is just a kid.."
Sebastian yelled and began pacing.
"That's wrong Travis. Wrong. And i don't want to feel those things. Not with a kid. If he had just been 16 or so, it would maybe be okay, but he is like 8. 8! He probably doesn't understand what is going on. And just thinks i am some fucked up creepy guy who just sat there hugging him. Like it was the most normal thing in the world."
Travis sat down, and listen to Sebastian ranting. He could understand the man's concern, but also knew that there wasn't really anything to do about it.
"Sebastian.." He tried, but the green eyed man turned to him glaring.
"Don't.. Just don't.." Sebastian said and he looked devastated.
"We have both heard the tragic stories about soulmates who have found each other when one is a kid and the other is an adult. And we both know that most of those stories doesn't end well." Sebastian dried a tear away.
"It's not fair.. I just..…" His legs gave out and he hit the floor sobbing.
Travis got up and sat down beside him, his arms curling around his body.
"We will figure something out, Sebastian.."
"I just want to be happy." Sebastian whispered, while burrin his face in his friends arms, tears steaming down his face.
Kurt
Kurt didn't mention anything to his dad about the thoughts swirling around his head.
Mostly because he still wasn't quite sure what they meant.
But also because he didn't want to bother his dad more than he had too. He knew that he missed his mom and he was still sad, sometimes at night Kurt could hear his dad crying silently from the bedroom, but he didn't knew how to comfort the man. So he decided to just be there as much as he could and be a good son and help his dad as much as he could.
Christmas came and it went great, his dad and him had fun, though the lost of his mom still haunted the mood. And at night Kurt laid in bed thinking about his mom, as he always did. though lately those thourgtsht had been replaced with thoughts about a green eyed man instead.
Then around mid january something happened.
Him and his dad had been at the toy store earlier in the day and Kurt had immediately thought back to that day in the mall.
He asked his dad, if he knew why the costume shop wasn't there anymore, because there was just an empty space beside the toy store now.
Burt had shook his head and said he didn't know.
When they got home, they had eaten dinner and Kurt had said goodnight as always.
Two hours later, he woke up screaming.
"Buddy.." Burt said and rushed into his son's room, only to see his son sitting up in bed, shaking and ooking frantically around his room.
"Hey, hey. Easy now.. It's going to be okay." Burt tried to ensure him and sat down on the bed.
Kurt tried to take some deep breaths, but the images in his head just kept coming back.
"Shh…" Burt tried at soothed him, he knew how Kurt had been having some nightmares about losing his mom, since she died. But none of them had been this bad.
"Why don't you tell me about it, buddy.." Burt tried.
Kurt curled up against his dad.
"I… I just want…" He stammered out, but then began sobbing again.
"I know..I know.. I miss her too. Burt assured him, holding him tight.
Kurt shook his head. "It's not that.." He whispered.
Burt looked down at his son. "What do you mean, buddy."
Kurt sometimes had difficulties to explain these nightmares, but Burt always told him that it was perfectly normal to miss his mom and that it was okay.
"I want Sebastian.." Kurt whispered and looked down at his small hands.
Burt tilted his head, not sure he heard right.
"What do you mean buddy?"
Was Sebastian some new animal or something.
"I miss Sebastian. I want Sebastian Smythe." Kurt finally said and bust out in tears again.
Burt held him close, trying to figure out what exactly Kurt was saying. He sure didn't usually named his stuffed animals with last names.
Finally after some minutes Kurt calmed down, so Burt tried again.
"Who is Sebastian?"
Tears began gathering in the small boy's eyes yet again, before he finally said.
"I think he is my soulmate."
Sebastian
The phone rang and Travis looked over from the couch, seeing Sebastian's phone lighting up at the kitchen table.
Why couldn't he have taken that with him, to bed.
It was a regular thing now, that Travis stayed over at Sebastian's on the weekends.
As the phone continued ringing, Travis finally got up and walked over.
"Ello.." He said, looking at the clock. It was a little over midnight.
"Ehmm.. Hello. Could I speak with Sebastian Smythe?" A deep male voice sounded.
Travis looked at the caller Id, it wasn't a number Sebastian had safed.
But still he walked inside his friend's bedroom, to wake him up.
"Sebastian.." He said and shook the man a little.
Sebastian stirred and looked up a him blinking. "Hmmm.."
"There is a man on the phone, for you." Travis said and held the phone out for him.
Sebastian furrowed his brows, who would call him this late?
"Hello, This is Sebastian speaking." He said.
"Sebastian. This is Burt Hummel. I believe you know my son Kurt."