Kurt is exited when he arrives to Casper's birthday party with Sam, he spent almost an hour figuring out which shirt he should wear with his new jeans and he had smiled so big when Sebastian had complimented them the day before.
As Sam and him approach the door Daisy comes out and greets them telling them that her brother is inside and already started unpacking the gifts.
They smile and hugs the girl before they head inside meeting Annabel on the way, she joins them around the gift table.
"Wow, thank you guys." Casper says and hugs the girl he just received a gift from, then his eyes lands on Kurt and his face transforms into a huge.
"Hi." He says and hugs Kurt tight and does the same to Sam and Annabel.
"Here, this is for you." Kurt smiles and hands him the hand wrapped gift, he picked it out himself so he is excited to see what Casper thinks of it.
"Thanks" Casper beams and immediately starts unwrapping the gift. It's a small box and as he opens the lid, he looks back at Kurt smiling.
"This is the shirt I looked at last month." He beams, "This is so cool." Then he grins and hugs Kurt again.
An hour after all the kids have arrived, there is music playing in the house, there's a karaoke place sat up if anyone wants to try, and people are dancing, while others sits and talks.
Kurt, Sam and Casper just been out dancing and plumps down in one of the couches among a group of kids, Daisy invited.
"Hey, what are you guys doing?" Casper asks and one of the girls looks over smiling saying they just agreed to play truth or dare and ask if they want to join. All three boys nods.
The dares are not scary ones, most of them including stuff like drink this coca cola in 10 seconds or how many chips can you fit in your mouth, but after awhile one of the girls sets her attention on Casper and asks him truth or dare.
"Truth." Casper says and waits patiently for the girl to pick out a question, when she does he almost drops his glass.
"Is it true that you don't have a soulmate because your soulmate died when you were little?"
"Wha… how did.." He starts saying and squirms around his seat, his eyes flicker over to Kurt and Sam.
"That is not a fair question." Sam states.
"The rules say that you can ask anything, so i have all the right to ask that question." The girls answers and stands up.
"If it's true how did he died?" One of the other girl asks and Casper crosses his arms over his chest.
"That is not okay. He clearly won't answer any of your stupid question, so just leave it alone." Kurt defends and steps in front of Casper looking at the two girls.
"You just say that because you guys are in love." One of the girls with red hair say and starts to make kissing noises and looks over at Kurt "Maybe your soulmate died too and you two are bound to be together."
"That's not true." Kurt answers, feeling like he need to defend himself, because his soulmate is definitely not dead, he is very much alive.
"I think it is." The same red haired girl continues. "You just don't want to admit that you guys like each other."
"Stop it, that's not true at all." Kurt tries to argue, but the girl continues.
"You can't prove that." She takes a step closer to Kurt.
"Kurt let it be." Casper says and lay a hand on his shoulder.
"No, she shouldn't be allowed to talk like that." Kurt says and looks at Casper.
"See you do like another. You are definitely copy soulmates, Casper and Kurt." The redhead girl laughs. "You should kiss each other then."
"What! No!" Kurt shrieks.
"Come on, you have to kiss if you're soulmates." The red head girl presses and makes kissing faces of the two.
"Stop it! Stop it!." Kurt almost screams, he doesn't like the thought of being accused of having another soulmate other than Sebastian. "Casper isn't my soulmate, Sebastian is."
The girl stops making faces and looks at him wide eyed."Sebastian? Who is that?"
Kurt looks down at his feet, he didn't mean to say that. He just wanted the girl to stop talking.
"Can you just leave them alone?" Sam ask and put his arms around his two friends.
The red haired girl just smirks and places her hands at her hips. "No, now I want to know who Sebastian is?"
Kurt shakes his head and turns around, he wants to get away from this situation, but the girl grabs his elbow before he can.
"Get off him, you bitch." Casper yells and shoves her away from Kurt. "I think you should leave, my house."
"I have a right to be here, Daisy is my friend." The girl defends.
"Maybe, but i live here too and you don't get to touch any of my friends, so i'm telling you to get out."
The girl scoffs and begins to walk away, when she passes Kurt she turns to him. "I'm sure that Sebastian is just some gross old man, who uses you as his boytoy."
Before Kurt can say anything, there's a slap against the girl's face. "Leave my house NOW." Casper screams.
The girl looks horrified at Casper, before she raises her own hand and punch Casper back in the face.
Some of the other kid have gathered around them because of all the screaming and Annabell comes over stepping between Casper and the red haired girl, trying to calm him down, while Sam steps over to hug Kurt. Then Daisy comes into the room and sees her brother glaring at the girl, so she walks over and escorts her out.
"Come on let's go up to your room." Kurt says and walks over holding out his hand for Casper, which he takes and Sam and Annabel joins them upstairs. They close the door to Casper's room and sits down, neither saying anything for while.
"Are you okay Kurt?" Casper then asks and looks at the blue eyed boy.
"Me? Why wouldn't I be okay. It's you who just got in a fight, so I should ask you that."
"I'm fine." Casper says and shrugs his shoulders.
"Your eye are about to get blue.." Sam states and gets up, taking Casper head in his hands and turns it to the light.
"Oh my god." Kurt gasp and gets up to take look closer look. "Why would you even punch that girl, she clearly just tried to push over buttons."
Casper looks up at Kurt and tilts his head. "I don't like people attacking my friends."
"You did this because of me." Kurt asks and leans down to brush a finger over the bruise starting to form at Casper's face. The boy just shrugs his shoulders and gives Kurt a shy smile.
"Dumb ass." Sam says and smack him in the back of the head.
"Hey, I'm injured, don't hit me." Casper whines and turns to Kurt again giving him puppy eyes.
"He is right, don't do that Sam." Kurt agrees, then he he sits down and pats the bed for Casper to sit down beside him.
"Don't you think we should put some ice on that?" Annabel asks and is already on her way out of the door when Kurt agrees.
They stay in Casper's room for the next two hours and only when the music is beginning to tuning out and they can see some of the kids leaving they head downstairs.
"I'm gonna try and find Daisy." Casper says and Annabel goes with him.
Sam and Kurt looks around the living room, there are still around 15 people in the house, then Sam smirks when he sees the karaoke place.
"No.. No no no, we are not going to sing." Kurt starts to protest, because he doesn't feel much like singing right now.
But Sam just laughs at him and before Kurt knows it he is lifted up and Sam puts him down in front of one of the speakers, he quickly picks a song and presses play, before he takes the mic and starts to sing.
Sam:
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, but
Kurt rolls his eyes at the silly dance moves Sam does, but he can't help but smile because he knows that Sam is only doing this to cheer him up, so when the blond boy points on the mic and back at Kurt nodding, Kurt gives him a small smile, grabs the mic and starts to sing the chorus.
I'll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
Casper and Annabell comes down the stairs just as Kurt takes over the song and they immediately starts to sing back up.
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)
Sam and Kurt laughs as they see the two and then they all get together holding each other, when Anabell and Sam sings the next part.
Annabel: You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight
Sam: You've burned your breakfast, so far things are going great
Annabel: Your mother warned you there'd be days like these
Sam: But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees that
Casper and Kurt shares a smile when Sam sings the last line, before they all burst out the chorus again.
I'll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)
Sam gestures for Kurt to sing next and the boy grabs the mic and turns so that he is looking at the other three.
No one could ever know me
No one could ever see me
Seems you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with
Someone I'll always laugh with
Even at my worst, I'm best with you, yeah!
Casper steps forward and takes the microphone, his hand covering Kurt's as he takes over.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year
Sam and Annabel hugs them both and together they share the last chorus.
I'll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)
When the music stops all four of them are laughing and a couple of the other kids starts clapping, when they comes over to say goodbye.
Sam is the first one to go and hugs the three, before he heads out he asks Annabel if she wants a ride, to which she nods and says goodbye too.
"This was quite a night." Casper starts and looks at Kurt while he puts on his jacket.
"Quite a birthday." Kurt agrees and sips his jacket, before they step outside, then he turns his body towards Casper.
"Thank you for standing up for me… it was very brave." He says and takes a step closer to the boy holding out his arms, which Casper immediately accepts and the hug each other close.
"I think Sebastian is sitting waiting for you." Casper suddenly whispers and Kurt moves head back a little. "It's my dad who picks me up." He starts, but Casper shakes his head and grins. "Well, then you're father must have taken some kind of magic poison, because I'm sure he wasn't that hot the last time I saw the man."
Kurt slaps him on the shoulder and laughs, his eyes flicker over to the blue car in front of the house.
"Oh!"
"Yeah oh. " Casper agrees and takes a step back.
Kurt turns around and faces the boy again.
"You think Sebastian is hot?"
Casper shrugs his shoulder. "Not as hot as you, but yeah."
"Dork." Casper just smiles. "But seriously thank you for doing what you did against that girl." Kurt says and takes Casper's face in his hands. "It means alot, to have friend like you." He says and leans in and places a small kiss on Casper's cheek.
The boy beams. "Of course. You kind of did the same for me."
Kurt leaves him one last smile, before he turns around and runs over to the car, happy that Sebastian is there instead of his dad.
As Kurt closes the backseat door, he is completely obvious to Sebastian's struggle. He doesn't know that Sebastian have misunderstood the scene completely, so he starts to talk about how he sang the soundtrack from Friends with Annabell, Sam and Casper. Sebastian manage to collect himself together so he can actually listen to what Kurt is telling him and in the end Kurt's voice have calmed him so that he can't help but let his eyes flicker up to the back mirror and then smiles when he sees that Kurt have fallen asleep.
He parks his car in front of the Hummel's house and decides not to wake Kurt, but instead pick him up and carry him inside.
As he raises his hand to turn the doorknob the door opens and Burt looks at him with an amused expression on his face.
"Can't he walk by himself?" The man asks and Sebastian shrugs his shoulders and head upstairs, smiling when he hears Burt's chuckling behind him.
He tucks Kurt into bed only waking the boy a little so that he can get him out of his clothes.
"Sweet dreams." He whispers and leans down to place a kiss on the boy's forehead, smiling when he sees Kurt's eyes flicker and a small smile forms on the boy's lips.
Then he closes the bedroom door and walks downstairs where Burt is sitting.
"You look like shit."
"Excuse me?" Sebastian's says, because what the hell?
"You look like you haven't slept in days. Did something happen?" Burt asks, as Sebastian sits down on the couch.
"I'm not sure.. I think it's just me being stupid." Sebastian's says and shakes his head.
"Are you sure?"
He gives Burt half a smile and nods.
"Alright. But you know you can talk to me, right?" Burt offers and walks over to place his hand on the younger man's shoulder.
"Thanks Burt. But I'm gonna be okay."
Burt looks at him for some time, before he nods and turns toward his own bedroom. "By the way, thanks for picking up Kurt."
"Anytime Burt, anytime." Sebastian's answers and he is about to get up to head home, when Burt's voice stops him again.
"Don't even think about driving home, not when something is bothering you, son. So just take the couch."
Sebastian is about to protest, but Burt is right, he shouldn't drive when he is upset. Even though he knows it's probably something stupid to be upset about.
"Thanks Burt." He says instead and lays down on the couch.
Sebastian wakes up when someone rings the doorbell the next morning, as it keeps ringing he hears Burt's voice yelling that he will get it and then Kurt is running down the stairs, probably awoken from the doorbell, but he stops when he sees Sebastian sitting on the couch.
"You stayed?" He asks and runs over, Sebastian smiles and hugs the boy, forgetting about what he saw last night for just a moment.
"Kurt, it's for you it's Daisy." Burt says and sticks his head inside the living room. Kurt nods and walks out in the hallway.
"Hi Daisy." Kurt offers his friend a smile, but the smile quickly faints when he takes in the way Daisy is glaring at him.
"What's wrong, did something happen."
"Yes, something happened. Casper is being sent to boarding school because of you." The girls says and crosses her arms over her chest.
"What?"
"Our parents send him away an hour ago to the airport, he is spending the next year on the other side of the country." Daisy continues.
Kurt blinks, not sure what Daisy is talking about.
"What are you even talking about, Daisy?"
She takes one step closer to him. "I am talking about, my brother is being send to a boarding school for the next year, because he got in a fight with a girl last night. Her parents called this morning and talked with our dad and now Casper is on his way to the airport."
Kurt shakes his head, because this doesn't make sense.
"I am talking about that I don't get to see my brother, because last night some stupid shit went down and he felt the need to defend you and he won't tell our parents why he picked that fight with the girl. So they decided that if he didn't want to tell the truth then he had to be punished. And that is why he is staying the next year away from all us." She ends.
Kurt blinks once. "Casper is on his way to a boarding school?"
"Yes!" Daisy nearly screams , " and it is all because he won't tell why he choose to fight that girl. I know that she can be a little dumb sometimes and push people's buttons, but I also know that my brother wouldn't pick a fight for anyone. So I really hope that whatever it is he won't tell our parents, is something really really important. "
"Your parents send him away because he wouldn't tell them why he defended me?" Kurt repeats and just stares at Daisy. This is crazy, it's absolutely lunatic.
"Yes. So whatever it is that you are hiding, you can be happy and sure that Casper won't say, because he won't be around to tell ". She glares even more. "So I hope you're happy, you managed to take my brother away from me." She ends and turns around and runs.
Kurt looks after her, not knowing what to say. Did Casper really denied telling his parents about Kurt's secret, about Sebastian, even though his parents decided he had to move to a boarding school if he didn't tell the truth.
"Kurt?" Sebastian's asks from behind and takes a step closer, he heard Daisy's screaming and decided to go out and see if everything was okay.
Kurt swallows and turns around seeing Sebastian looking at him.
"I… " he manage to say before he breaks down in tears and throws himself in Sebastian's arms.
He can't believe that Casper did this for him, he can't believe that he choose to keep his secret.
"What happened?" Sebastian's asks and hugs the boy tight.
Kurt sniffles and blinks his eyes, he can't believe that he is the reason that Casper has been sent away. A sob escapes him and only two words escape his lips.
"It's Casper."