Of Wine and Coffee- A Kurtbastian Glee fic

Chapter 10: Graduation

~Graduation is not the end; it’s the beginning~

Dinner was…well, one could describe it as ‘simply awkward’.

At least, for Kurt and Sebastian.

Carole was scooping some bread pudding for Finn and Burt was busy chewing on his steak. Finn was downing the rest of his glass of apple cider before finishing the rest of his spaghetti. Kurt, however, was trying very hard to concentrate on his own dinner while trying to avoid eye contact with Sebastian. Which was nearly an impossible feat seeing as Sebastian kept on asking him to pass a certain dish and Kurt just had to look at him when he did (Burt was rather strict about the whole ‘looking at someone when they speak to you’ thing, surprisingly). And when they locked eyes, Kurt could feel the tension radiating off that stare.

Try as he might, Kurt could not shake off the feeling of mortification he felt earlier that day.

It was not like him to act the way he did. The grinding, especially, and Kurt still shivered at the thought of it. Sebastian was not particularly helpful, either, seeing as he refused to look Kurt in the eye after the whole ordeal. Also, strangely, when they reached home, Sebastian darted towards Kurt’s room and locked himself in the bathroom. Judging from the sound of water running, Kurt knew Sebastian was taking a shower. But he remembered that the heater was broken and was not fixed until about an hour ago. Sebastian, who hated cold showers in general, did not seem to notice. Kurt stared at the closed door and had walked away.

“So, Kurt, Finn,” Burt began, looking at the two of them. “Your graduation…it’s this week, right?”

Finn swallowed his food before nodding. “Yeah. We should get our college application replies sometime this week, too,”

“You applied for the Actor’s Studio, right, sweetie?” Carole smiled. “How did your audition go?”

“I think I did pretty well,” Finn sounded extremely pleased with himself that Kurt could not resist smiling. He was proud of Finn, really. He was glad that his brother finally found something he wanted to be. He was no longer unsure of himself and gained more self-confidence. Come to think of it, Kurt realized that Finn had indeed changed a lot ever since he first met him in sophomore year. Gone was the popularity-obsessed teen he grew to tolerate over the years. Finn had become a more mature person and Kurt found this…well, he was glad of the change in him.

“I’m sure you did great,” Kurt said encouragingly. “You always did have flair of taking on…multiple roles,”

“If by that you mean having so much confused personalities you don’t even know who you are anymore,” Sebastian muttered quietly. Kurt deliberately stepped on his foot underneath the table and he watched in satisfaction when Sebastian hissed in pain.

“Are you alright, Sebastian?”Carole asked in concern. “Are your bruises hurting?”

Sebastian flashed her a forced smile. “I’m okay. I just…,” Under Kurt’s watchful eyes, Sebastian merely sighed. “I just bumped my foot against the chair. Nothing major,”

“That sucks, man,” Finn gave him a sympathetic look. While he had been initially wary of Sebastian, Finn seemed to be making an effort to be civilized around him. “That happened to me, too. Only I bumped it too hard against the table and I couldn’t walk for the whole day. Oh wait,” Finn looked confused for a moment. “Was that the time when I twisted my ankle?”

“Anyway,” Burt cut in. “Speaking of injuries, the doctor said that you could take the sling off around next week, right, Sebastian?”

Sebastian nodded. “Yeah…It’s been about a week since I worn it so I guess next week should be alright. He said that once I did, though, I shouldn’t exert too much work on it for a while,”