Warbler Infections

Chapter 4: "Cat got your tongue?"

Over the past week I had been observing, not stalking, that would be weird, what Sebastian did. He always was first to the dining hall and left the second someone else arrived. He was in my geography and chemistry classes, and though he seemed to get the highest grades, he never spoke about it or worked with others. Not even the teachers tried to get him out of his shell.

I didn't know If I should be telling Blaine what I had been up to. One one hand I'm sure he'd love Sebastian to be more extroverted. But on the other hand, he probably didn't want me to be in other people's business. If I wanted this plan to work, I had to keep it from Blaine and the other Warblers. Luckily I'm great at keeping secrets. Except when I gossiped about Quinn's pregnancy, Finn lying to Rachel about being with Santana, the boys taking drugs to win the mash off, ok maybe I was kind of a blabber mouth.

I saw my perfect opportunity when I passed the locker room. Sebastian was the only one left changing out of his gear, for some sport I didn't know. I took a sharp breath and slowly pushed open the door, unfortunately for me it was a pull door and now Sebastian noticed. Great going Kurt, you blew your cover and you aren't even in the room yet.

"Oh uh hi Kurt I was just leaving", he mumbled so quietly that I wouldn't have heard if we weren't alone. "Actually I came to talk with you." His eyes were wide with fear. "Me, why? You barely even know me." "Well isn't that the point of talking, right? To know you better."

He seemed to consider what I said. "I guess I could chat for a while." Now I was on the right track. "What was all that about when we were introducing ourselves in the choir room? You were so timid and then you just spilled it all out." I may have been a bit too upfront but if I wanted him to be truthful I had to ask him directly.

    He sighed and looked away. "Ok maybe this is going to take a bit longer than I thought." He put his sports gear away in his locker and sat down on one of the benches. "You might want to sit down for this."

I looked at the bench he was sitting on and he motioned to the spot next to him. I had never been in a locker room for this long without being kissed non-consensually. It at least smelled less like feet in here than at McKinley.

"So what do you want to say about it?" Sebastian ringed his fingers and looked up to me. "You've probably noticed that I don't talk a lot, or interact with the others around this place. I think it's from what happened in Paris with my father, I refuse to think of him as my dad. I know I'll never see him again and my grandparents are kinder, but I still feel like all my actions are goin to get me in trouble."

He took another deep breath. "I wasn't always like this you know, in France I had a crush on our next door neighbor. His name was Sean, and he was the first person I ever had feelings for. We would go swimming, on bike rides, have sleepovers, all the stuff friends do.

    But one night we were looking at the stars out of my window. We stared at each other for a couple of seconds, and then he closed the distance between us. That was the happiest I had ever been in my life. But of course my dad came inside my room without knocking, he looked fuming when we pulled apart from the kiss. He told Sean to go home and never come back, and with me, well I had 10 minutes to pack and I was on a flight to Ohio the next day. I've never seen either of them since that night." A single tear rolled down his face as he finished.

I had no idea what to say. What do you say when someone pours their heart out to you and never speaks to anyone else. "S-Sebastian I don't know what to say."

    He smiled sadly. "You don't have to say anything Kurt I know you probably think this is a lot. Just don't feel like you need to throw me a pity party. It was in the past and there's nothing I can do about it."

"You shouldn't have to go around feeling scared any more Sebastian. Everybody around here really cares about you and I'm sure you'll find another person who makes you feel that way Sean did.

   "Well there is one person who I like but I doubt he knows I exist." I loved playing matchmaker, this was my specialty. "Do I happen to know this certain someone?" "Hunter Clarington, you met him in the choir room that night, he's the one with the hazel eyes, perfect hair, and that awful cat he adores so much. I've liked him since I first got here, he's never spoke to me but he sends smiles and nice glances my way."

   Now that I thought about it, they would make a great match. "If you want something Sebastian you have to go get it. And if I could help, he'll be yours in two weeks tops."

"W-wait not like that, Kurt this is going to be a bad ide-!" I skipped out the door before he could argue anymore. When I start a project I don't stop until I'm done. 'Huntbastian' I could already see it. There's just one little problem, is Hunter even gay? Most of the guys here are or are at least bi, but Hunter didn't have any of the obvious signs. He hadn't shown a huge interest in Seb yet either, but I knew what to do about it.

Blaine noticed my excitement the minute I stepped into the dorm. "What's so awesome that you had to skip dinner?" It took me a while to process his words. "Wait I skipped dinner? What time is it?" Blaine turned to his clock, "8:00". Dang, I talked with Sebastian for two hours.

   "I was just in the phone with my friends from McKinley, they wanted to check in on me." It may not have been the best lie but there was no way he would believe me if I said I went anywhere near the locker room. I still never found out what sport he was playing.

So there's chapter 4 you guys! I can't believe that people aren't just reading but also voting on my story. I also have followers now! I have way too many ideas for the next few chapters, like Kurt helping Sebastian impress Hunter. And maybe some Wevid soon? I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions so please be the first to comment! I'll be posting chapter 5 today probably so look out for that. Have a great day or night!

Your fellow gleek,
- Lindsay 💕