Of Wine and Coffee- A Kurtbastian Glee fic

Chapter 25: Heartfelt

~He knew, from the way the words came from his heart, that he really meant it~

When Sebastian woke up the next morning, it was just after dawn, maybe around 6.30 a.m..

Blinking, he yawned and stretched his arms, only to have the right one accidentally knocking Kurt’s shoulder slightly. His eyes went wide when he realized that Kurt still had his head leaning on his shoulder and he felt himself sucking a sharp breath. He forced himself to let it out slowly and kept silent.

And watched Kurt as he slept.

Although he had seen Kurt asleep before, he was never this close to him before. Now that he was, he realized how calm and peaceful Kurt looked. He was breathing lightly and he made soft, whistling sounds as he did. His lips were slightly parted and a few locks of his normally coiffed hair fell over his closed eyes.

“Enjoying the view?”

Sebastian’s head snapped up and he saw Blaine looking at him from the hospital bed. He was smiling.

“What are you talking about?” Sebastian huffed, turning away.

Blaine merely smiled again, fondly this time. “He’s like that when he’s asleep. He looks so peaceful, as if unaware of the world around him,” He looked at Sebastian. “Now that I thought about it, you look kinda like that when you’re asleep,”

“You’ve been watching me sleep?” Sebastian’s tone was surprised, if not weirdly freaked out.

“I woke up a bit a few hours ago. I saw you,” Blaine explained, ignoring the implication behind Sebastian’s tone. “You were…holding his hand,”

“No,” Sebastian replied. “No way,”

“Yeah, you did,” Blaine sighed. “Sebastian…I know how much you care about him than you let on,” he said, his tone oddly sad. “You were there for him every time he’s in need,”

“Maybe because I’m a nice person,” Sebastian crossed his arms. “And Prin- I mean, Kurt, is sorta my friend. And I owe him a lot,” Sebastian shook his head when he nearly let the nickname slip. Kurt had told him yesterday to stop calling him princess because his attacker had called him the exact same thing. And Sebastian saw the fear in Kurt’s eyes; it was not exactly something he wanted to see again anytime soon.

Blaine was silent. He lowered his eyes. For several seconds, no one spoke. Blaine then let out a long, shuddering breath.

“No…it’s not just that,” He looked up to face Sebastian. Something about Blaine’s expression greatly unnerved Sebastian. His eyes were sad, yet they seem to hold the expression of acceptance. Of what, Sebastian did not know.

“Sebastian,” A deep breath. “I’ve seen the way you look at Kurt at times. Even back when Kurt and I were still together, you kept on looking at him with that expression on your face. It got me feeling insecure and greatly irritated,” he paused. “It was really different from the way you used to look at me,”

“Are you high on drugs on something, Blaine? Because I have no idea what are you going on about,” Sebastian raised his eyebrow.

“You used to look at me like I’m some…,” Blaine closed his eyes briefly as he searched for the word. “…a toy that you happen to like and know that you’re going to have,”

“I wouldn’t say a toy…”Sebastian protested.

“You know what I mean,” Blaine continued. “But overtime, when that look fades away and you began to look at Kurt more often, you had this expression on your face,”