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Chapter Twelve

"This is so boring," Kurt said.

He wished he hadn't used up all of his phone battery. If he hadn't he would have at least had Candy Crush to play.

Blaine in the meanwhile was staring at the ceiling.

"You know, I think we might be able to get out through the ceiling," he said, "if we can get up there."

Kurt glanced up. He couldn't really tell if Blaine was right, but anything was worth trying.

"Alright," Kurt said, "so how are we going to do this?"

"You're stronger than me," Blaine said and Kurt could feel him glancing at his arms.

Blaine, as it turned out, was heavy, and a few tries to get Blaine to even touch the ceiling to see if it was a viable way for them to get out, and they both collapsed to the ground sweating more if possible.

"So much for that idea," Blaine said.

"It's too high," Kurt said, looking up at the ceiling again. It looked like it was made up of ceiling tiles so Blaine had been right in thinking it might be an out.

"Yeah," Blaine said.

They were silent for a while until Blaine spoke again. "Do you think she'll give up eventually?"

"That or someone will find us. God, I wish Sebastian was still working with her. He would have let us out."

He couldn't help but wonder if Sebastian was looking for them. More than anyone else, Sebastian would have realized that Sue was behind it. The questionable thing was whether he would consider what Sue was doing a good idea. He probably did.

"You and Sebastian have been getting close, haven't you?" Blaine asked.

Kurt could tell by Blaine's voice that he wasn't entirely happy about it.

"Well, he's been a really good friend surprisingly enough," Kurt said, "and well, I thought he and Elliott kind of hit it off."

"He and Elliott," Blaine said and he laughed, "oh my, really?"

Kurt nodded. He didn't really know if anything would happen between Elliott and Sebastian other than perhaps the two of them eventually really falling into bed together.

"I mean, I don't know. He's still Sebastian. But, he gets me somehow and I think I get him too."

"That's, um, that's good."

They were silent for a while.

Kurt turned his face to look at Blaine who was still lying on his back. It reminded Kurt of the numerous times when they just hadn't been able to make it the bedroom and the aftermath of their lovemaking culminating in the two of them lying on the ground. Of course, those times Blaine would be cuddled up against him, head on Kurt's chest.

He sat up, more to get away from the memories, than anything else. He doubted that Sue would let them out overnight. It was probably late enough that she wasn't even in the school anymore, but there was no knowing with her. What he could be sure about was that no one else was probably still at McKinley.

It was going to be a long night, and it felt like the heat had gone up even more, but he didn't want to take off more layers.

"Do you think the creepy Sue doll will be back?"

"I hope not."

He edged himself closer to the wall so he could lean against it. His back was going to kill him when they finally got out.

"Alright, so, how did the piano lessons help Rachel?"

Kurt shook his head. "They're more hindering than anything else. I think she's forgotten I know how to play, and I'm not exactly sure what happened to Brad."

Blaine shook his head. "I have to admit I was a bit mad at her still. I mean, we were supposed to be friends, do all of this together but then I should have known Rachel would care more about herself instead."

Kurt knew a lot about Rachel and her selfishness. He knew about how she could be the absolute worst best friend and yet he also valued her friendship and all of their shared likes and dislikes. Rachel would probably always care about herself above everyone else, but Kurt knew that in her own way she cared about him. She also definitely cared about Blaine.

They kept talking, mostly about the rest of their friends. Kurt caught up Blaine on what was going on with Artie and Quinn, and Blaine told him all about Tina's weekly e-mails about Brown and how she was incapable of finding a boyfriend.

"I think coming back and seeing Mike really made her miss their relationship," Blaine said.

What Kurt knew Blaine didn't mention was how just a few weeks before none of them had really bothered to try and contact Blaine even though they too had been his friends.

They ate a bit more, and Blaine moved to against the same wall Kurt was against across from the elevator doors.

Kurt was a little surprised when he started to feel sleepy, but he was nodding off.

"You can go to sleep, you know," Blaine said.

"Yes, but what if that thing comes back?"

Blaine laughed. "Don't worry about it, I'll just stay up and then we can switch."

Kurt nodded. "Alright. Thanks."

So, Kurt curled up and used his discarded clothes as a makeshift pillow. It took him a while to fall asleep, but somehow focusing on Blaine's breathing made it easier and then he was out.

Blaine couldn't help but watch Kurt after he'd fallen asleep. Listening to his even breaths and just staring at his face in a way that he hadn't been able to in a long time.

For weeks if not months, Blaine remembered not being able to really sleep without Kurt next to him. Even while he holed himself up in bed unable to do anything, he'd been yearning to have Kurt and his warmth in the bed next to him.

"Oh, I hated you then," Blaine whispered to the sleeping Kurt.

He'd hated him so much, unable to understand why Kurt had broken his heart, or why Kurt had been willing to just give up on them. So hurt that he'd let everything fall to pieces.

Kurt shifted in his sleep and Blaine got to see a small smile cross his lips. Had he kissed Kurt earlier, Sue would have let them out already.

A kiss was simple, a touch of their lips. It didn't have to mean anything. He was kidding himself. Of course it would mean something. It was Kurt, and despite how much he kept telling everyone he'd moved on and that he was over Kurt, Blaine wasn't too sure that it was really the truth.

He yawned and moved from the uncomfortable wall. Sue could have at least made the place a bit more comfortable. He laid himself out on the ground, trying to keep some space from Kurt, but keeping him in his line of sight so he could continue to admire him.

Later, he got up to go to the bathroom, and when he returned Kurt was awake, rubbing his eyes.

"Your turn," he said in a voice still heavy with sleep.

Blaine rubbed at his eyes. It had to be late. Probably sometime after midnight.

"Sure, alright," Blaine said, "although I don't think the puppet will return until morning."

Kurt nodded. "I'll be alright for now," he said.

He was up, stretching his arms and legs and Blaine kept an eye on him until he could feel his eyes drooping, and then he closed them. He listened to Kurt moving around until he fell asleep.

Kurt could remember clearly the last time he'd seen Blaine sleep. It wasn't that he often watched Blaine sleep, but that he remembered one morning in particular after Blaine had gotten home late after already feeling under the weather. Kurt had woken up, in the middle of the night to Blaine coughing, but since Blaine himself hadn't woken up, Kurt had just brought him another blanket and gone back to sleep. In the morning when he woke up, Blaine was still coughing, but he'd gotten up and tried to get dressed.

Kurt remembered calling the diner, and then after getting Blaine back into bed and making him drink one of those dissolvable hot drinks, had watched him get drowsy and fall asleep.

He had run his fingers through Blaine's unruly, ungelled hair, and watched him take in wheezy breaths. Blaine had curled into him and despite Kurt knowing that there were many things that he needed to get done, he'd stayed there with Blaine, watching him sleep.

Now, Blaine was as far away as ever. He picked up his discarded clothes, which had been folded into a ball for him to sleep on earlier. Out of one of the pockets fell out a piece of paper.

After opening it up, and finding that the paper was blank, Kurt tried to remember how a paper airplane was made. The last time he had bothered was one day the summer between his Junior and Senior year when he, Blaine, and Finn had been hanging out in his living room.

He sat back down and as he folded, he sneaked peaks at Blaine.

Sebastian had a hard night. He tossed and turned and couldn't help but think about Kurt stuck somewhere with Blaine and the two of them having a horrible night full of fights and Kurt getting even more hurt. It was probably more to do with Elliott's worries than his own, but somehow Sebastian just couldn't shake them.

So, by the time that it was 5AM, he just got up and headed down to the kitchen. Since his mom had arrived, the kitchen had actually gotten stocked with food that included more than just junk food or coffee, tea, and cereal.

While he started the coffee machine and changed the filter, he looked out the window. It wasn't even light out yet. Would it be crazy of him to go back to McKinley already? Maybe if he stood guard outside the elevator and the locked room he might even be able to catch Sue in the act when she got there.

"You're up early," his mom said.

Sebastian jumped and almost dropped the mug he'd been grabbing from one of the cupboards.

She was still in her pajamas, and had her glasses on.

"I couldn't sleep," Sebastian said.

He busied himself putting sugar and milk into his cup while the machine started dripping coffee onto the pot.

"And do you have any plans this morning?" She asked, moving to sit down.

Sebastian shrugged his shoulders. "Just, um, supporting the Warblers at a glee club thing."

"Oh," she said, "I'd forgotten that you liked that stuff."

Sebastian supposed that she had considering she had never attended even one performance. There was also the fact that Sebastian had pretty much dropped all of that the moment he went to college. After watching the new Warblers the day before, he felt like maybe it had been the wrong choice.

"Well, I'm going back to bed. I just wanted to check on you."

"Sure," Sebastian said and he heard her head back up the stairs.

He found bagels in one of the cupboards and quickly cut one and put it in the toaster, wondering if his mom had bothered to buy cream cheese as well. She had.

By the time that it was 6AM, he had finished his breakfast, taken a shower, gotten dressed, and started on his second cup of coffee. The sun was finally out when he decided he could wait no longer and he headed to McKinley.

If ever there was a sign that Kurt and Blaine were still there, it was finding Blaine's car on the parkinglot, and had Kurt driven, his car would have been out there too.

As Sebastian approached the school, he couldn't help but wonder about Blaine's boyfriend. Had Karofksy even bothered to go looking for Blaine, was he worried about his whereabouts? He got out of his car and walked quickly to the school.

For a moment, Sebastian considered that it might actually be locked, but when he tried the main doors they just opened for him. Of course they did. It was as if they had no sense of security. He walked in the direction of the elevator, and thought it was just a little bit weird to be in the school while it was so quiet and empty, especially since he didn't even go there. He couldn't even claim to be a former student, luckily enough.

The hallway was just as he'd left it, and the door when he tried it didn't open. But the room across from it did. If he stayed there and watched until Sue or her helper arrived, then maybe he could get into the room. Blaine and Kurt had been together on their own long enough, and mostly Sebastian wanted to know that they were both alright and Sue hadn't done something truly crazy to them.

A few hours later, numerous games of Sudoku won and lost, and Sebastian finally heard someone approaching.

To his delight it was Sue.

He opened the door as she approached and watched her as she unlocked the door across from him. As she opened it, he got back out onto the hallway and then before the door could close, grabbed it.

Sue turned at once.

"You!" She said.

"Yes, me," Sebastian said, "and I know what you did."

Sebastian brought himself to his full height and stared at her. She stared back and then sighed.

"Oh, alright, you caught me," she said, "but that doesn't mean you get to get in the way of my plans."

Before he could do anything, she grabbed him and pushed him further into the room and it was only then that Sebastian realized that he had basically walked into what could be considered a creepy shrine to Kurt and Blaine.

"Wow," he said, "you really are obsessed."

Then, he spotted the screen. Right in the middle of all the creepy pictures, was a computer screen and on it were Kurt and Blaine. They were sitting across from each other crosslegged and talking.

"So, you did kidnap them and lock them in a tiny space," he said, "when are you planning on letting them out?"

"After they kiss," Sue said, "and let it be known that this conversation is off the record."

"Right," Sebastian said, "they know you're the one that did this. There's no way they don't. But, okay, so they kiss and you let them out?"

Sebastian knew he'd been right. Kurt and Blaine were fine. They were even getting along from the looks of the video Sue had. Maybe she had been right to lock them in. He didn't know how he felt about the whole forcing them to kiss this, but then again it was just a kiss. Kurt should have gone for it already, Sebastian knew well enough that his friend was yearning to kiss Blaine again.

"Well, they look alright," Sebastian said, "so, I guess there's really no need for me to be here. Carry on and such."

He pulled out his phone and called Elliott immediately.

"They're fine, El," he said, "I just saw them on video, they're sitting and having some sort of conversation, I think for once the crazy lady has done something right."

"Good," Elliott said, "call me later. I'm going back to bed."

"Right," Sebastian said and he hung up.

It was going to be okay, and maybe Kurt and Blaine would even get back together after it was all done and said and Sebastian could stop listening to Kurt going on and on about Blaine all the time. Although, really, Kurt didn't do that too often. Mostly he just kept trying to find a way to move on. Sebastian did feel a little bit sad about the whole thing. A part of him had really gotten used to Kurt, to the point where he sometimes found himself even considering the possibility that there might very well be something more between them in the future. But it seemed that, that was something that just would not be happening.

"Oh, well," he said outloud, "it's not like all my hopes and dreams are set on that."

He left the school and got back into his car. There were be a few hours yet before the final part of the invationals competition concluded, and he'd be back for that, but for the time being he could go and get some proper coffee from The Lima Bean.