Shortly after Blaine had finished singing, Kurt had gotten hungry and it was nearing lunch time anyway, so they both headed back downstairs. The front door was wide open and Finn, Cooper and Santana were bringing in Blaine and Cooper's supplies from the truck. Sebastian was in the living room looking agitated while Rachel played with Beth on the floor, her eyes bloodshot from crying.

Kurt kisses Blaine before going to get them some food and Blaine sat himself besides Rachel and let her lean into him and place her head on his shoulder as Beth played with a teddy bear. She was quite adorable playing with her various toys, until she looked around them with a confused look, before turning to Rachel.

"Ray… where Dada?"

"Urm… He's sleeping sweetie." She nods before clambering into her lap.

"Ray? …who Sebby bing wid him? He has funny 'air… an the tall won is pwetty." Blaine smiles at her and Rachel giggles slightly too.

"Well, this is Blaine, and he's Kurt's boyfriend. His big brother is Cooper."

"Hi, Beth." Blaine smiled. The little toddler blushed before running away and over to Sebastian, climbing onto him and hiding her face into his chest. Sebastian seemed shocked as this happened, but patted her back and smiled a little, before checking his watch.

"Seb, he'll be back. He always comes back."

"He said he'll be back for twelve Rachel, it's twenty minutes past. He has a watch."

Blaine frowned, confused at the exchange, and examined Sebastian's face closer. He was worried.

"Who'll be back?"

"Jasper." Sebastian answered simply, busying his hands by playing with Beth's hair. He noticed Blaine's confused face before muttering. "He's my brother."

Blaine was shocked. Sebastian had not once, in the year they'd known each other, mentioned he had a brother. And for some reason, it intrigued him. What was his brother like? Was he a man-whore like Sebastian? Or was he nice guy?

Just then, someone came into the living room that Blaine had never seen before, but he bore a striking resemblance to Sebastian. Jasper. Blaine's also pretty sure Rachel muttered 'Speak of the devil'.

They looked almost identical except Jasper was smaller, younger, his hair was messier and not styled, his eyes were bluer and brighter, and he was about fourteen or fifteen.

"Before you start yelling, Seb, I ransacked a few houses for supplies. I found food, bottled water, batteries, and a bunch of other simple everyday things. And plus, you told me to meet you at Scandals. I went there, and when you weren't there, I came straight back here."

Sebastian frowned and shifted where Beth was sitting on his lap, but he didn't look angry. He actually looked… relieved. Then Jasper saw Blaine.

"…Who's the newbie?"

"I'm Blaine. Kurt's boyfriend." Blaine replied, standing up and offering Jasper his hand to shake. Jasper just glanced at it.

"Oh… The guy Seb has the hots for? I'm surprised you're alive, California was one of the first to be hit."

"I guess me and my brother got lucky."

Jasper smiled and finally shook Blaine's hand before muttering about going to help bring in the supplies and leaving the room again. Once he was gone, Sebastian sighed and placed Beth back on the floor, where she pouted for a second before going to play with her toys again.

Blaine looked at Sebastian closely, thinking that maybe he had misjudged him before. Sebastian wasn't all about who his next one night stand was, or when his next quick blowjob was. He cared about someone. He cared about his brother. A lot. And by the way he was watching Beth, like he was making sure she didn't run off, or to make sure she was okay...

Sebastian Smythe has a heart.

Blaine was about to say something when Kurt walked in, holding a plate of sandwich's all cut in half. There weren't many, but Kurt muttered something about rationing to make the food last longer, which made sense. Kurt put the plate onto the floor, where Sebastian slipped down silently to join them. The three teens took one each and the second Beth saw the food she came rushing over and adorably asked Kurt for one, and was beaming when he told her to help herself.

Blaine leaned heavily into Kurt as he ate his sandwich slowly, and Kurt wrapped an arm around him, eager to stay close to him. Blaine felt Kurt's lips kiss his head softly and he smiled, eating the rest of his sandwich before cuddling up to Kurt properly. He was still struggling to believe Kurt was actually alive, and here, in his arms. It felt like a bright light in the deepest pits in hell, which is probably the most accurate way to describe it.

"I love you." He muttered against him, smiling when Kurt hugged him tighter and murmured an 'I love you too' back. He just wanted to stay like this forever. Safe. In Kurt's arms, and completely safe. Blaine wanted this hell to be over so everyone would be safe. So people he knew and loved wouldn't be dead. He wanted life to be exactly the way it was, when he was surrounded by friends and there wasn't the constant fear of the creatures that lurked the streets every night, searching for food. They were food.

That's when Puck came back in, his eyes red and bloodshot, but the thing that had shocked the four in the living room was that he'd shaved his head to his usual Mohawk. They knew what this meant. It meant that now he knew Quinn was dead, there was nothing he could hold onto for Beth, so he was reverting back to his badass ways. He was going to act like he wasn't hurting. Like Quinn's death wasn't a huge deal to him.

So when he came and picked Beth up, who was now fascinated with her daddy's new haircut, they didn't say anything. They quietly watched as he took a sandwich from the plate and a teddy for Beth before sitting on the couch with Beth on his lap.

It was silent from then on, Kurt and Blaine just cuddled up with Rachel eating far too slowly besides them, and Sebastian just looking bored where he sat. Beth talked to herself and her teddy, occasionally kissing it loudly and giggling.

It was a while before everyone else finally came in, and they were also stunned into silence by Puck. Of course they were used to it, but they just hadn't been expecting him to shave it just because of Quinn.

Jasper was the one who broke the silence as he plopped down besides Sebastian.

"What's with the stupid new hairdo, Puckerman?"