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Chapter Nineteen
When Kurt got home, after a lengthy make out with Sebastian in his car, it was to find his dad in the living room where they had left him earlier.
"Hey," his dad said, "Sebastian go home?"
"Yeah," Kurt said and he felt a small blush crawl to his cheeks.
His dad had been teasing him about finding him and Sebastian in his bed since it happened, and he hadn't asked, but Kurt knew that he suspected that he and Sebastian were actually sleeping together.
"I want you to be careful, Kurt," he said.
"Careful?" Kurt asked, "because it's Sebastian? We've been over this, dad, he's changed. He's not that same guy anymore."
Burt shook his head and Kurt walked around to sit down next to him.
"That's not what I mean, bud, we all know you're still in love with Blaine and I can tell that he really likes you and you like him too but that doesn't change that you love Blaine."
Kurt let out a long sigh. "I – I know what you're saying, dad, but Sebastian and I we talked about it. He's just so magnetic and interesting and I just keep wanting to be around him more and more and I like him so much. I just, I needed to explore that. I need to know if anyone else could make me feel like Blaine does and Sebastian makes me feel something."
Burt regarded him for a long time, and Kurt waited for him to speak, not knowing if he was going to like what his dad would say.
"Kurt, you make your own choices, and I just hope that this won't hurt you more or hurt either Blaine or Sebastian."
Kurt nodded and then he stood up and headed to his room. He knew that his dad had a good point and yet he knew that he couldn't stop what was going with him and Sebastian and it was scary in a way in a way because Kurt could picture himself really falling for Sebastian. He could picture himself loving Sebastian. Still, there was Blaine to consider. Blaine who had looked sad and just a little surprised every time that he glanced over at him and Sebastian.
Kurt didn't know what to think about it all. Blaine hadn't brought Karofsky with him, which was what everyone including him had been expecting. He also hadn't explained his reasoning behind not bringing Karofsky and Kurt didn't want to make assumptions. Still, a part of him couldn't help but wonder.
That weekend, he spent as much time as he could with Sebastian and he tried not to think about Blaine. Instead, he called Elliott and later Dani and told them all about the weird sort of undefined relationship that he and Sebastian had even though in his mind he was definitely calling Sebastian his boyfriend.
"When Elliott told me to place a bet on this I should have listened," was Dani's reaction before she started laughing. "You and Sebastian are dating and it is glorious!"
Elliott's reaction was more subdued, but supportive which was exactly like him and Kurt was glad for it.
On Monday he arrived at McKinley with Sam after Rachel texted him an ambiguous text about running late.
"Do you have any idea what may have happened to her?" He asked Sam on the drive over and Sam shrugged his shoulders.
There wasn't a lot to do at McKinley considering that the glee club met for one period during the school day and a couple of days after school. So, Kurt busied himself trying to figure out how they could try and gain new members.
It was a growing concern of his that they wouldn't get enough members to compete, but with everything else that seemed to be going on, no one else seemed to be paying attention to that pressing problem.
He had printed a few new flyers to put around the school even though they were useless, by the time that Rachel finally showed up looking dejected.
"Alright," he said, "what happened to you?"
"Vocal Adrenaline threw eggs at me. Well, Blaine too, but since it happened in the parking lot here they were coming after me."
"What?" Kurt asked, "oh my god."
Rachel nodded and she dropped into one of the plastic chairs. "We already went to see Mr. Shuester. He said he'll talk to them. I just can't believe I've had eggs thrown at me twice."
"How's Blaine?" Kurt asked.
"He's okay," Rachel said, "annoyed like me, but he's alright. I just – I thought with Mr. Shuester teaching those kids that they wouldn't be like this. I just had this idea that we were past all of this and I guess not."
Kurt nodded and he moved to sit down next to her. "You know, at least we can be sure that invitationals wasn't all a total bust if they consider us actual competition."
Rachel grinned. "Well, that part is flattering."
She laughed and Kurt joined her and then Kurt pulled her over to the piano where he had been reading over the lesson plans they had managed to come up with.
"I never realized this could be so hard," Kurt said, "I remember judging Mr. Shuester for every weird and strange lesson he came up with. Or how he refused to take any suggestion from us. Hey, you know what, we should have a Britney week. Britney 3.0"
Rachel shook her head at once. "What? No. I think we've done enough of Brittany in this choir room."
Kurt sighed. "Yeah. Alright."
Blaine was surprised when it was Kurt's name that appeared on the screen of his phone when he fished it out of his pocket.
"Hello?" he said.
"Hi," Kurt said and he sounded breathless, "so, I know that Mercedes basically forced you to come and help out with singing to Rachel last week, but I was hoping we could borrow you again."
There was nothing that could have stopped Blaine from saying yes to anything Kurt asked.
"Yeah, sure, anything you need," he said.
Kurt laughed. "Cool," he said, "want to meet us afterschool in our old history classroom after school's out?"
"Sure," Blaine said quickly.
"Thank you," Kurt said and then, "I guess, I'll see you later."
Before Blaine could even ask why he was needed, Kurt hung up and Blaine was left starting at his phone for a few seconds before he slipped back into his pocket.
After he was done with Warbler practice, he headed to McKinley. He knew that the Warblers had noticed his absence and his distractedness, but Blaine just couldn't help himself. He had found his family again and all he wanted was to be a part of it. He wanted to see them and be around them, and he was definitely skirting his responsibilities because of it.
He found Sam, Kitty, Artie, Mercedes, and Kurt in the classroom already and a part of him was just a little disappointed that he wasn't meeting just Kurt. Then, it turned out that it was all about Rachel again.
They all threw out ideas and Blaine watched as Kurt took notes.
"She's going to be so mad I'm changing lessons on her," Kurt said, but Blaine could tell that the idea delighted him.
"Are we going to invite the new kids?" Mercedes asked.
Blaine watched Kurt as he pondered the question and then he shrugged his shoulders. "We should. I mean we're basically making this week yet again about something unrelated to real practice. We'll just need to make sure none of them get drunk."
Artie made a noise at that. "No way am I going to a Rachel Berry party and not drinking," he said.
"Artie makes a good point," Kurt said, "and we should also have some control of who is singing. Just so Rachel doesn't take over."
"But how do we choose who sings with who?" Blaine asked.
He wanted to see if Kurt would make a point of putting them together, but Kurt instead looked to them. "Ideas?"
"I want to sing with Rachel," Sam said.
Kurt smiled at him. "That can be arranged."
"The whole hat thing Mr. Shuester pulled off that one time isn't a bad idea," Mercedes said, but Kurt shook his head.
"How about," Artie said, "a wheel. Someone spins it, it lands on a name and that's the person they sing with."
Kurt nodded. "That sounds fun."
Blaine stayed with them for a while longer as Sam repurposed a wheel that had been used in one of the other clubs. He and Mercedes printed out everyone's names and cut them down so they would all fit. He finally left, when Dave texted him that he was home.
"Thank you for coming," Kurt said, "I know you have The Warblers and everything and we'll see you tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
He wanted to say more to Kurt, to ask if he still thought about the kiss they'd shared in the elevator even though it had been weeks. He wanted to ask about the party at Mr. Shuester's and his closeness with Sebastian but he couldn't make himself ask those questions.
"I saw your dad the other day," he said instead.
"Oh. Yeah, he got back home last week. He and Carole. They're going to be sticking around for a little while before he has to go back to Washington. It's nice to be around them again."
Blaine nodded.
"And," Kurt added, "I'm sure they'd love to see you."
Blaine hadn't been too sure about that. When he saw Burt, he hadn't made an effort to go talk to him, granted he had been with Dave at the time and that would have been awkward for everyone concerned
"Anyway," Blaine said, "I should get going."
Kurt hugged him, and Blaine leaned into him for a moment longer than necessary before he started to walk away.
He ran straight into Sebastian, when he turned the corner.
"Hey, there, killer," Sebastian said with a wide smile.
"Hi, Sebastian," Blaine said and stepped around him before Sebastian could say anything else.
It was only once he was standing in front of his car that he realized he must have left his keys behind in the classroom. They weren't in any of his pockets and he rifled through his bag but nothing turned up. With a heavy sigh he pulled out his phone and then he walked back the way he'd come.
Sam and Artie were still in the classroom and the wheel was looking a lot better.
"Thought you'd left," Sam said.
"Forgot my keys," Blaine said and sure enough they were right by the desk he'd been sitting on. He couldn't help but wonder where Kurt had disappeared to, but it probably had something to do with Sebastian.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow."
He left the classroom and he hadn't taken more than a few steps when he heard Kurt's voice.
"Stop it, you are ridiculous. And I don't think Elliott said any such thing."
Then came Sebastian's voice. "Sweetheart, I am anything but that. My grandfather wants to meet you. He, um, he's not doing as well as I thought and he asked about you."
Blaine moved closer towards the wall, leaning against it.
"I'll be honored," Kurt said.
"Thank you."
He didn't hear what Kurt said next, but he did hear Sebastian laugh.
When his phone vibrated with a message from Dave he stepped away and continued on to his car. He was late as it was and he felt just a little weird listening in to Kurt and Sebastian.
"You're planning on rigging that and getting Blaine to sing with you," Sebastian said and watched Kurt. He was sitting crossed legged in one of the choir room chairs.
"And you're going to fall right out of that chair," Kurt said.
Sebastian shrugged his shoulders and Kurt spun the wheel gently until it landed on Roderick. He spun again and this time it was on Artie.
"That was closer," Sebastian said.
"You boys hungry?" Mercedes asked, walking into the choir room.
"I could eat," Sebastian said and he glanced at Kurt who sighed and nodded.
"Is he trying to figure out a way to spin Blaine?" Mercedes asked and Sebastian nodded.
Sebastian would have never expected that any of Kurt's friends would just take to him, but since the party at Mr. Shuester's he knew that they were trying to get along with him.
"Kurt everything is ready for tomorrow," Mercedes said, "and we've been here way too long. Come on, let's go to Breadstix."
Kurt hid the wheel and after they had shut off all the lights, Sebastian reached over to grab Kurt's hand and Kurt intertwined their fingers and smiled at him.
"We don't have to go with them," Kurt said as they got into Sebastian's car.
"I don't mind," Sebastian said as he fastened his seatbelt, "unless you don't want to?"
Kurt regarded him and then grabbed his hand again. "Let's go have dinner with my friends."
Sebastian nodded and started the car. Kurt's friends were already there when they arrived, waiting by Mercedes' car outside Breadstix.
"There you two are," Mercedes said, "come on."
"This outing better not involve one Sue Sylvester," Kurt said as they walked in and Sebastian laughed.
He felt Mercedes' eyes on him, but he didn't acknowledge it. They were seated, and somehow he wound up between Kurt and Sam with Mercedes across from him. They got to order relatively quickly and then Sebastian amused himself watching Sam talk about how he had no idea how he felt about Rachel. Kurt had filled him in on the particulars of Sam and Mercedes having been in a relationship, and he couldn't help but wonder if it was awkward at all for her.
It made him remember that he might find himself in the same position soon enough. It would be one thing to lose whatever it was he had with Kurt at the moment and he might be able to get over that in time, but he wasn't willing to lose the friendship.
"Hey," Kurt said, his voice low, "are you alright?"
Sebastian turned his face to look at him. "Yeah, I'm – I'm alright. Just thinking."
Kurt grabbed his hand under the table, and Sebastian felt Kurt's thumb sweeping over the back of his and he kept holding on while they were pulled into a conversation about New York.
"I've been thinking about going back," Mercedes said, "I love L.A., but I enjoyed my time in New York and now that this tour is over I just need a place to be able to write new songs and it's an inspiring place."
"And you'll get to hang with me," Artie said.
"He says that now," Kurt said, "but then he'll get busy with all his film school friends."
Artie stared at Kurt for a while. "I apologized for that," he said, "and in my defense I didn't want to choose sides in the whole thing. Not to mention, that without me being busy, you wouldn't have befriended Sebastian here."
Kurt nodded slowly and his eyes were back on Sebastian. "You're right," he said, "I don't think I would have leaned on him as much as I did."
"And when are you going back to New York?" Mercedes asked.
"I don't know," Kurt said, "but at the latest I'll be back in September for the next school year."
Sebastian was surprised when they all looked at him.
"For the Spring semester probably."
Their food arrived a few minutes later, and everyone busied themselves eating rather than talking for a little while. Then they started discussing how the next day would go.
"I almost wish we had included Sebastian's name on that wheel," Mercedes said.
"Oh, no," Sebastian said at once, "it's better I'm not involved."
"You should still come to the party," Sam said.
Sebastian wanted to protest, but he'd already gone to a New Directions party and he knew they wouldn't hear his protests, so instead he looked at Kurt, but Kurt was eating.
When they were leaving, Sebastian somehow wound up walking back with Sam and Artie whose chair was being pushed by Sam.
"It's nice to know that someone was there for him," Sam said, "because we all failed at that."
Sebastian didn't know what to say, but he found that he was happy that at least they seemed to realize that they had done wrong by Kurt.
"And Artie was right," Sam continued, "you've been really good for him."
Ahead of them, Kurt walked with Mercedes and their arms were linked. Once, Mercedes turned her head to glance at them and then she laughed. At the parking lot she let him go, but Kurt was smiling as he approached Sebastian again.
"See you guys tomorrow, then," Kurt said.
They all said their goodbye and Sebastian walked ahead of Kurt to the car.
"Mercedes approves of you," Kurt said once they were seated.
"What?"
"She said she could tell you cared about me," Kurt said and glanced at Sebastian out of the corner of his eye, "and we aren't keeping anything from anyone so…"
Sebastian knew that they had said they weren't going to hide anything, but he also knew that they weren't going to announce anything. He had convinced himself that it was Kurt's roundabout way of saying that they wouldn't be letting his friends know about it and he found that he was glad that the one that knew approved of him.
"Oh, it's not like I'm trying to keep this from everyone," Kurt said, "I just know how they are and I don't want Blaine to think it's to make him jealous or for you to think that's all this is. I just –"
Sebastian leaned over and kissed him, open mouthed and gentle, his tongue only just tasting Kurt and the cheesecake he'd eaten before they left.
"Do you want to go back to my house?" he asked when he pulled back.
"Yeah," Kurt said, "that sounds good."
Author's Note: Alright so I am at the moment working on chapter 25 which will be the last chapter before the story splits into two endings. This is super exciting and we shall see where those endings go because I have no idea.
Will probably post the next chapter on Thursday.
Thank you for reading.