A/N: Because apparently I write the best when I'm at least 2 states away from home, here's an update. It's a bit shorter than the last one and it feels a bit jump-y but hopefully I can churn out the next chapter soon (if anyone is actually still reading this after how long it's been since the last update).

Part 6

From the moment Sebastian walked out of his door Hunter knew he had been out of line. When the surge of Sebastian's arousal came through the connection later that day his guilt only intensified. He knew they had both been adamant about not being exclusive, but all the same Hunter was feeling immensely jealous that someone else was sleeping with his soulmate.

The only thing he wanted more than keeping his soulmate a secret was to apologise to Sebastian, and he knew that having both would mean walking a very thin line.

He sent yet another text which went unanswered. It was unsurprising, he could tell by now that Sebastian was ignoring him.

Due to his injured arm, Hunter had been given time off work, but he still had access to the information his company kept. Information that told him the time and place any act that used that company would be playing. A quick look at the most recent schedule showed him exactly when The Warblers' next sound check would be.

Hunter knew he was out of options and so he resigned himself to waiting by the stage door for his soulmate on Friday afternoon. He messaged Sebastian again to let him know that he would be there, but, as expected, he got no reply.

One of the other Warblers approached the door first, it was the short, dark-haired drummer that Hunter didn't know the name of. He looked at Hunter curiously before asking, "Can I help you?"

"I need to talk to Sebastian," Hunter answered.

"Why?" the drummer asked sceptically.

Hunter sighed. He had hoped he wouldn't have had to speak to the other Warblers. "I need to apologise to him for something. Can you at least tell me if he's on his way?"

"He should only be a few minutes," the drummer continued to look at him curiously as he replied. "You look really familiar."

"I do lighting and AV here sometimes," Hunter explained. "I've worked a couple of your shows."

The drummer nodded, seemingly convinced, and disappeared inside.

It only took a few more minutes for Sebastian to arrive with Jeff, the tall blonde one that had sat on him when he nearly got caught in Sebastian's bed.

Sebastian's eyebrow's furrowed when he saw Hunter, but something like hope appeared in his eyes.

"Sebastian–"

"Jeff, can you go in and help Thad set up?" Sebastian said, trying not to look at his soulmate. "I'll bring the rest of the gear in."

"Sebastian, I'm sorry for the other day," Hunter apologised. "I was out of line and I let my temper get the better of me."

"You came all the way out here to apologise?" Sebastian raised a questioning eyebrow. "You must have really hated that I was with someone else last night."

"I've been trying to apologise since you left my place," Hunter said through gritted teeth. "But you haven't been picking up your phone–"

"I was ignoring you. I wanted space, I thought you could at least respect that I was pissed at you."

"I get that, but I needed you to know how sorry I am," Hunter was becoming frustrated. "If you won't listen to me, then I hope you enjoyed the sex with that guy last night. Because it's all you're going to get from now on."

Hunter walked away, leaving his soulmate standing, slightly shocked, alone at the side of the building.

"What was that about?" Blaine asked, having only caught the tail-end of the argument.

"It doesn't matter," Sebastian huffed, running a hand through his hair.

"It didn't look like that," Blaine persisted. "Who was he?"

"No one," he exhaled deeply. "Just some guy I've been seeing."

"He was the one Jeff sat on," Blaine nodded, recognising him.

Sebastian didn't confirm nor deny that, instead he turned away from Blaine to collect the rest of the gear and bring it inside.

Blaine didn't push the topic further, but he could tell that something was off with Sebastian – and had been for a few days.

The band had assembled inside, with Jeff already tuning his bass when Blaine and Sebastian joined them.

"I know it's only been a week, but I've missed playing on a stage so much," Blaine sighed.

"Nothing can compare to it," Jeff agreed.

"Wes is going to be late, he just messaged me saying he's on his way," Blaine announced. "He's been trying to get us some studio time."

"Sebastian, there was a guy waiting outside when I got here, did he talk to you?" Thad asked.

"I sorted it out," he nodded, quickly changing the subject. "Are we playing the new song tonight?"

"I know it's not completely finished but I'd really love to play it and see how they respond to it," Blaine said, and Jeff nodded his agreement.

"I don't see why not," Thad shrugged. "Are Kurt and Nick coming tonight?"

"I'm going to see Kurt later to invite him," Blaine answered.

"Nick should be coming too," Jeff nodded.

"Have either of them heard the song yet?" Thad asked as they picked up their instruments and walked onto the stage.

"Tonight will be the first time," Blaine said. "So make it good, okay?"

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Blaine was impressed when he visited Kurt's office for the first time that afternoon. He spoke to the receptionist and was then shown upstairs to where he would find his soulmate.

"Quite an impressive place you've got here," Blaine gestured to the spacious room around him.

"Well some of us have to work in offices, so we might as well make it look good," Kurt smirked. "What prompted this visit?"

"Do you have plans for tonight?" Kurt shook his head. "Perfect," Blaine grinned, pulling an envelope out of his pocket. "I have a ticket for our show tonight if you're interested."

"I'd love to." Kurt's whole face lit up with excitement.

"Great," Blaine beamed. "I tried to get two so you could bring Rachel or someone but there weren't many left so I thought maybe you could get to know Jeff's soulmate Nick or–" Blaine's rambling was interrupted with a kiss.

"It's fine, I'm excited to see you play," Kurt smiled. "Now I have to find an outfit, though."

"I look forward to seeing what you can come up with such short notice," Blaine laughed. "There's a backstage pass in there as well, so you can come back after the show if you can deal with our level of insanity."

"It'll be like being back in glee club in high school," Kurt said wistfully.

"Rachel, Quinn and Santana were all in your glee club?" Kurt nodded. "Then I suppose it will be something like that."

"Sorry, Kurt," Tina interrupted them. "We need you for this meeting. Can you be downstairs in five?"

"Sure, Tina," Kurt nodded.

"I better go, I've got a show to play," Blaine grinned, giving his soulmate a parting kiss before leaving.

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"You're home!" Jeff exclaimed, leaping up to greet his soulmate as he walked through the door.

"So are you!" Nick laughed, burying himself in his boyfriend's offered arms.

"It's a late show tonight so I have something planned for you beforehand," Jeff said, leading his soulmate further inside. "Put your stuff away and follow me up to the roof."

"I'm intrigued," Nick smiled, stowing his bag in Jeff's room before grabbing his coat and following him back outside. With their hands linked, Jeff led the way upstairs and out onto the roof.

"Is that a picnic?" Nick asked, grinning, as he took in the picnic blanket sitting on the rooftop of Jeff's apartment building.

"I wanted to do something romantic to celebrate the end of your first week of work," Jeff shrugged with a shy smile.

"I love you," Nick said, pulling his soulmate closer and kissing him softly.

"Love you too," Jeff smiled, somewhat breathlessly. "Shall we?" He gestured to the rug and they sat down together.

"This is so romantic," Nick laughed, unable to keep the smile off his face.

"I must be hanging around Blaine too much," Jeff said, pulling out a box of pizza from the far side of the blanket. "Pizza is completely romantic too, isn't it? I should have had Blaine cook us something; I would have set something on fire if I'd tried to cook myself."

"I'll have to teach you someday then," Nick smiled, imagining all of the afternoons they could spend together cooking and baking and licking batter off each other's fingers. "Pizza is wonderful, though."

The sun was beginning to set by the time they had finished eating and Nick was lying back on Jeff's stomach, both of them gazing out at the colours the sunset left on the sky.

"I have one last surprise for you tonight," Jeff said, sitting up straighter as Nick did the same. "I heard this song the other day and I realised there was no way I couldn't sing it for you, especially here."

Nick watched curiously as Jeff stood up to fetch the guitar he had left by the entrance to the roof. He sat back down opposite Nick and began strumming, his mouth set in the shy smile that Nick adored.

"We ran past strawberry fields and smelt the summertime, when it gets dark I'll hold your body close to mine, and then we'll find some wood and hell we'll build a fire, and then we'll find some rope and make a swinging tyre."

Nick tried to place whether he had heard the song before as Jeff sang.

"Captivated by the way you look tonight, the light is dancing in your eyes, your sweet eyes."

In the shadows of the sunset the light really was dancing in Nick's eyes, Jeff couldn't have picked better song.

"It's times like these we'll never forget, staying out to watch the sunset, I'm glad I shared this with you, cause you set me free, show me how good my life could be, how could this happen to me?"

Nick recognised the song as one from McFly and he realised how fitting it was to them, it described the carefree love they had experienced over the past week perfectly.

"And then I'll swing you girl until you fall asleep, but when you wake up you'll be lying next to me, we'll go to Hollywood, make you a movie star, I want the world to know how beautiful you are."

Nick blushed as Jeff sang the second verse, he had never been called beautiful before and he never expected anyone to think that highly of him.

"Captivated by the way you look tonight, the light is dancing in your eyes, your sweet eyes."

Jeff grinned wider when he saw the effect he was having on his soulmate.

"It's times like these we'll never forget, staying out to watch the sunset, I'm glad I shared this with you, cause you set me free, show me how good my life could be, how did you happen to me?"

Both boys smiled as Jeff repeated the chorus before moving into the bridge.

"There are no secrets to be told, nothing we don't already know."

Nick smiled wider and sung the 'bum, bum, bum's – the first time Jeff had ever heard him sing.

"We got no fears of growing old, we got no worries in the world."

Jeff finished the song with a grin and placed the guitar back on the ground.

The combination of the song and the picnic left Nick speechless and wondering what he had done to deserve such a wonderful soulmate. He took Jeff's hand and pulled him closer, wrapping his arms around his soulmate, hoping the action would say what words couldn't.

"So I take it you liked the song?" Jeff laughed.

"It was perfect," Nick said, releasing him from the hug but maintaining his hold on Jeff's right wrist –the one with his name written on it.

"I'm glad you liked it," Jeff nodded.

"Words fail to describe how much I enjoyed it," Nick said, deciding to show Jeff how much the song meant to him in a kiss. The kiss started off slow, but became more heated when Nick opened his mouth and traced his tongue along his soulmate's lips as his hands roamed down Jeff's back.

"What time do you have to leave for your show tonight?" Nick whispered, breaking his lips apart from his soulmate's. "I want to show you exactly how much I loved the song."

"I've got time," Jeff said, understanding what Nick was implying.

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BlaineWarbler: We're so excited to see you all tonight! JeffSterling6 and I are looking forward to playing our first show for our soulmates

NickDuval3: BlaineWarbler Technically not JeffSterling6's first show for me, I was there last week

BlaineWarbler: How could I forget? RT " NickDuval3: Technically not JeffSterling6's first show, I was there last week"

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There is a moment, just before he steps onto the stage, before the lights blind him from seeing the audience, that lets Sebastian see every face in the crowd. On most nights, it's his favourite part of the show – a reminder of why he does what he does night after night.

But that night, amongst the excited faces of the screaming fans, Sebastian saw one face that was burned into his eyes for the rest of the show.

Hunter was there. Hunter shouldn't be there. Hunter could hurt his arm even worse in that crowd – wait, why was that his first thought? He was pissed at Hunter, and his soulmate was equally as angry at him. So why did he want to run back off the stage and see if he was alright?

The stage lights stopped him from being able to see Hunter's face, but the image from when he stepped out was still fresh in his mind. He managed to lose himself in the music for most of their set, the rush of energy from being on stage with his friends was enough to make him forget for a while.

It wasn't until the last song of their show, when they turned the lights down to play the new song, that Sebastian could see Hunter clearly again. He was still standing in the front row, his arm in a sling and his hair lightly gelled the way Sebastian liked it best.

Blaine played the opening of the song on the piano, the notes and Hunter's face the only things in Sebastian's mind. Two things happened at once and it all became too much for Sebastian. Jeff began singing the words that he had helped to write. The words he wrote about the soulmate he was so confused about – his soulmate who was standing a few feet away from him with no idea what he had done to Sebastian.

And the other thing happened so quickly and so suddenly that he would have missed it if he wasn't staring at Hunter. Someone pushed past him, trying to get closer to the stage, and Sebastian felt the pain shoot up his arm the same moment he saw Hunter's face screw up in a grimace.

The song rose into its chorus, signalling that Sebastian was supposed to start playing but his arm was throbbing and Hunter was in pain and he just couldn't take it anymore.

He unplugged his guitar, lifted the strap over his head and placed it into the stand as he walked offstage.