Rachel stood, "Honey, what happened?"

Kurt just shook his head and sat down on the smaller couch, away from Rachel. She sat next to him, even though there was not much room and wrapped him in a tight hug. Kurt, who had been trying to hold back his tears, couldn't help but let a few sobs out while his face was buried in Rachel's shoulder. She held him tight, rubbing his back lightly as they hugged, and let him calm down before they pulled apart. "Do you want to talk about it?" She asked, voice soft. She felt bad for him. He was obviously upset and confused about what he wanted, and a little part of her wished that she wouldn't have encouraged him to hang out with Blaine.

Kurt wiped his face with the sleeve of his sweater before nodding, "Hayden kicked me out."

Her eyes widened, and for a second she wanted to call up Hayden and tell him to leave her best friend alone for good. "Are you okay?"

Kurt shook his head no then continued, "He called me stupid. And he asked me if I had feeling for Blaine and I hesitated." Kurt let his head drop to his hands, "I'm so dumb. I shouldn't have hesitated. Now he hates me and Blaine hates me."

"Blaine hates you?" Rachel asked, confused, "Did you talk to him?"

Kurt sighed, "I'm so stupid, Rachel. I went to his house. I don't know why, but I did… and then we kissed again. And then he got mad at me and told me to leave."

Rachel took a deep breath, "Well, I think you need to give them both some time and space to think about things, Kurt. It's not going to help anything if you keep confusing them and yourself even more…" Kurt nodded in agreement. "And," Rachel continued, "You really need to think about things."

"What do you mean?" Kurt asked, looking up.

"You know what I mean," Rachel pressed, "I know you have feelings for Blaine. And I know you still love Hayden. But obviously you're going to need to choose one or the other. Or choose to be single. You can't keep doing this to yourself, Kurt."

Kurt didn't say anything in response, but he knew that it was true. He was stretching himself thin, trying to please both Blaine and Hayden, and he was not only hurting them, but also himself. He wanted so badly to do the right thing and stay with his boyfriend. At the same time, though, Kurt felt that by hurting Blaine, he was only contributing to his passive personality. Blaine just let people walk all over him, and Kurt didn't want to be yet another person to do that to him.

Kurt sighed leaned his head back on the couch, both mentally and physically exhausted. He didn't know what to do. He didn't even know if he and Hayden were even together or not. The way that Hayden had kicked him out had left him hanging. "Should I call Hayden?"

Rachel sighed. She was torn because recently, she wanted Kurt to be with Blaine more than she wanted him to be with Hayden, but she knew that Kurt had to do what made him happy. And if he thought Hayden was the right choice, then she would have to support it. "I'd give it some time," She finally answered, "Let him think about things for the night. Besides, I don't want you to drain yourself even more."

Kurt let his eyes close at Rachel's reply and let out a deep breath, trying to relax.

The next morning, Kurt awoke on the couch, covered by a blanket that Rachel must have grabbed from the closet and put on him sometime in the night. She was in the kitchen, making breakfast when he sat up. She turned and smiled at him, "Good morning."

Kurt nodded in return, then let his head hit the pillow again, the events of the night before hitting him again. He grabbed his phone from the table to check it, and wasn't surprised when he didn't have any texts or missed calls. Great. So neither Hayden nor Blaine was talking to him. Still

"Pancakes?" Rachel called from the kitchen, cheerful.

As much as Kurt hated getting down on himself, he couldn't help it. He just groaned in response, "No, I'm fine."

"No you're not," Rachel retorted, setting a couple of plates on the table, "You're eating some food. I don't want you to be depressed and malnourished."

Normally, Kurt would have laughed at Rachel, but instead he just got up and made his way to the kitchen, where he sat at his normal spot. Rachel placed a plate with three pancakes on it and nodded toward it. "Eat." When Kurt just looked up at her, she added a "please?"

As the two of them sat and ate their breakfast, Rachel thought of ways she could cheer Kurt up, or at least get his mind off of things. The last thing she wanted was him moping around the apartment feeling sorry for himself. "What do you want to do today?"

Kurt shrugged, "Die?"

Rachel chuckled at his dark humor, "Really, though. Let's go do something."

He sighed, "I don't know Rachel…"

"I will seriously give you money and let you buy me an entire new wardrobe if that's what it takes to get you to smile, Kurt," She said half jokingly. If that was what it would take, she'd do it.

He shook his head, but couldn't stop his mouth from twisting up into a half smile, "An entire new wardrobe?"

She laughed, "Yes."

After breakfast, Rachel convinced Kurt to get in the shower and get ready to go do something. By about one, the two of them headed out to go shopping or to a movie. They didn't have a real destination, but it was better than staying cooped up in the house.

Eventually, they ended up in a little boutique, where Kurt started picking outfits for Rachel to try on, and he looked like he was at least having a little fun. They went to a couple of different stores before they decided to get something to eat and decided on a little sandwich shop that they had never been to. The two of them sat down together and chatted normally as they waited for their food. Rachel smiled, proud of herself, because Kurt was finally acting normal again. He finally had that spark in his eyes again, even if it was just until they got home. At least it was something.

Finally, just as Kurt was starting to get things off of his mind, his phone buzzed. He pulled it out of his pocket, and as he did, Rachel's face fell. She mentally cursed herself for not insisting that he leave his phone at home. Of course, there was a text from Hayden. "Can I call you?"

Kurt held his phone out to Rachel, "What do I say?"

Rachel sighed, "You don't have to reply right now…"

Instead of listening, he typed out a quick response then held the phone out for her to see. "I'm out with Rachel. Can I call when I'm home?"

She shrugged, "Sure." Rachel found herself a little bummed out that Hayden had texted him first. She had really wanted him to hear from Blaine.

After a few minutes, his phone vibrated again. Kurt read it quickly before showing it to her again. "How about you just come over after you're done?"

Rachel sighed, "You know, you don't have to say yes…"

"What?" Kurt asked, confused.

"I mean, you don't have to go over to his house today. He was pretty rude to you last night…" When he just kept looking at her, she continued, "I'm not saying that what you did was right, but you don't have to let him make every call in your relationship."

Kurt raised an eyebrow, still not quite sure what she was trying to get at. Instead of saying anything, he just looked back down at his phone and responded quickly, saying that he would stop by later. Finally he sighed, "I want to see him, Rachel."

She shrugged, "Alright. Just… don't let him push you around."

A few hours later, Kurt was heading out the door again and leaving to go to Hayden's house. He couldn't help but be nervous as he walked down the sidewalk, and wondered if it was going to end badly, or if they would make up. He also found himself wondering what he could do if they didn't make up. Blaine had made it pretty clear the night before that he didn't want to just be a rebound, and Kurt was scared of hurting him even more. But he couldn't help but wonder if they would end up together if things with Hayden didn't work out.

Kurt shook the thought from his head as soon as it came, though.

You shouldn't be thinking about that. You're going to your boyfriend's house.

He was also a little scared to go back to Hayden's because of the way he had treated him the night before. Though Kurt knew that he was in the wrong by cheating on him, the thought of Hayden yelling at him and pushing him scared him. He had never seen him that angry before and he only hoped that he wasn't that mad anymore.

Before he knew it, Kurt was standing outside of Hayden's door, yet again, and took a couple of deep breaths before knocking a couple of times. It took a few seconds, but then Hayden was opening the door. He stood on the other side, hair done, wearing a nice shirt and looked like he was getting ready to go out. He smiled slightly when he saw Kurt, "Come in."

Kurt followed him inside and sat down on the couch, where Hayden motioned for him. Hayden sat next to him, and it was quiet between the two before he finally spoke up, "Kurt, I'm really sorry for the way I acted last night."

Kurt raised his eyebrows in surprise. He hadn't been expecting that. "It's okay…" He managed to get out.

Hayden shook his head, "I shouldn't have shoved you. Or talked to you like that. I was just… really mad. And hurt."

"You had every right to be," Kurt said, looking down.

Hayden took his hand, "I know it took a lot of guts for you to tell me that… and I'm glad you were honest with me. And I forgive you…"

But…

There had to be a catch, and Kurt was bracing himself for it. By the way Hayden had reacted the night before, there was no way he was just going to be okay with it. Kurt watched him, waiting for him to continue. "But…" He finally managed to get out, "You made it pretty apparent that you do have feelings for Blaine…"

Fuck. Of course he had. He had hesitated when Hayden had asked him about it. "Look, Kurt," Hayden sighed, "I really do want to work this out, but in order to do that, some things are going to need to change."

Kurt nodded, "Of course. Anything."

"If we're going to continue dating, you can't be friends with Blaine anymore."

"What?" Kurt honestly wanted to yell at him. He wanted to yell at him and tell him that even though he was his boyfriend, he had no right to tell him who he could or couldn't be friends with, but he couldn't. Though Kurt couldn't stand people who were controlling in relationships, he assumed that Hayden wasn't trying to be controlling. He was just scared of getting hurt again. But on the other hand, Kurt didn't want to cut Blaine off completely. Not after the way things had ended the night before. It would give him the wrong impression completely.

"I can't be wondering if you're cheating on me with him every time you go and hang out with him…" Hayden explained, "I'm not doing this to control you, Kurt. I'm doing this based on your past decisions. Obviously you've had a problem controlling yourself around him before, and I just don't want that to happen again…"

"When you say it that way, you make it sound like I'm untrustworthy," Kurt argued, "I just had a moment of weakness… And I told you about it because I love you and I want to make this work."

"Look," Hayden replied, trying to keep his cool, "I've made up my mind. If you want to be with me, then you can't talk to him. So what is it going to be?"

Kurt knew he had gotten himself into this mess, but he thought that Hayden was being a little harsh. There was really nothing he could do about it, though. Maybe he could at least try to explain things to Blaine when he got home…

Kurt took a deep breath, "Alright. Yeah. I want to be with you."

Even though Kurt wasn't looking at him, Hayden grinned as if he had just won. "Let me see your phone."

"What?" Kurt's head snapped up.

He held out his hand, "If you want me to trust you, give me your phone."

Kurt wanted to smack him and tell him to fuck off, but instead, he pulled his phone out of his back pocket and handed it to him. Hayden then proceeded to scroll through his contacts. He stopped on Blaine's name, opened the contact, and deleted it. Then, he went to Kurt's text messages and found the ones from Blaine and deleted those too. Finally, he went to Kurt's recent call list, and deleted them all. He then handed the phone back to a speechless Kurt.

So much for texting Blaine when you get home.

Hayden then leaned forward and kissed Kurt quickly, "I'm glad we worked things out."

Kurt managed to smile back, "Yeah, me too."