Chapter 3:

"Kurt?"

"Sorry, who are you?"

"It's me...Blaine."

"I'm sorry, you must have the wrong person."

"No, you're Kurt Hummel. I'm Blaine Anderson...your um, ex boyfriend I guess..."

"I honestly think I'd remember something like that." Kurt picked up his coffee and left, giving Blaine a confused half-smile as the doors to the coffee shop closed behind him. Blaine stood frozen in shock. Was two weeks all it took to forget someone completely?

Blaine turned to Finn and shot him a confused look, his eyes misting over. Finn turned to Rachel. "You get Kurt and bring him back. I kind of owe Blaine an explanation I guess..." Rachel nodded and the two headed off in their respective directions.

"Blaine wait up!" Finn called, following Blaine into the boy's toilets.

"Why, Finn? He doesn't remember me? I mean what the fuck? Is this some kind of sick joke to make me feel as crap as possible at once? Because it's fucking working!" He kicked the wall and slumped onto the floor.

"Sorry, dude. He can't help it. I kind of owe you a long explanation..."

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"Kurt, wait!" Rachel called after him as he left.

"What is it?" Kurt sighed exasperatedly as he turned around. "And what the hell was that? Coffee shop singer called me his ex!"

Rachel was torn, she wanted so badly to explain everything to Kurt, tell him who Blaine was to him, but she, Finn, Burt and Carole had all agreed on this, they knew they'd have to do this to make it fair on both boys.

She racked her brain and an old conversation popped to mind. When Blaine had been going through the process of getting disowned...

"I don't know, Rachel. He says he's happy to live with me in New York, but he's gotten disowned over this. I heard him playing late last night, and it felt like, for the first time since we moved, I was fully hearing him, and it locked onto something in me. I'd never even heard the song before, and I haven't since, but it's my favourite song now, and I don't know its name. God why is this so messed up?!"

That's it! She thought. "Kurt, inside now. You need to watch this." She left Kurt at the table and ran to the boy's bathroom.

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"Finn, Blaine!" She called through the door. "You in there?"

They opened the door and found her beaming her "my name is Rachel Berry and I have a plan" smile. "Yes?" Blaine asked, hiding his snivels.

"You need to sing Ben Rector." She said simply.

"Why? What's the use? He doesn't remember who I am!" Blaine cried as another tear fell down his face. She pulled him into a hug.

"Oh Blainers. We just need to trigger something. When he heard you sing that song, he said it was the most moved he's ever felt and it hit him, hard. You need to sing that song, it's the one memory I can think of that will pull him through." She said, smiling slightly as they let go of one another. "Are you ready?"

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Blaine took to the stage and sat at the piano. "This, is for someone special. Someone I've lost, and I'm hoping this will pull him through." He took a deep breath and placed his fingers on the chords.

Woke up this morning,

And I heard the news,

I know the pain of a heartbreak,

I don't need answers,

And neither do you,

But I know the pain of a heartbreak,

Kurt didn't know what was happening or why he was crying, but he was. He didn't know this man, sure he was singing it well, but that couldn't be why he was crying. It was like when he'd heard "I want to hold your hand." Only this time no flashbacks came with it.

This isn't easy,

This isn't clear,

And you don't need Jesus,

‘Till you're here,

The confusion and the doubts you have,

Up and walk away they walk away,

When a heart breaks,

Kurt was completely at a loss, he knew this song meant something, he knew that, but he didn't know what or why he felt so in love with this stranger that he'd only leant the name to five minutes ago.

I heard the doctor,

But what did he say,

I knew I was fine about this time yesterday,

I don't have answers,

I just need some peace,

I just need someone who can help me get some sleep,

Who could help me get some sleep,

Kurt was shaking now. Love. That was a drastic thing to be feeling. Why? Was there something more, was there something he couldn't remember? Or was he just being a sap towards this new man.

This isn't easy,

This isn't clear,

You don't need Jesus,

‘Till your here,

The confusion and the doubts you have,

Up and walk away they walk away,

When a heart breaks,

When a heart breaks,

When a heart breaks,

Oh, when a heart breaks,

Heartbreak. Why did that concept seem so familiar, why did he feel, looking at this mysterious man at the piano, like he'd lost him already? Why did he feel like he'd heard the man sing this song before? Why did he feel like he'd loved the man for a long, long time?

This isn't easy,

This isn't clear,

You don't need Jesus,

‘Till your here,

The confusion and the doubts you have,

Up and walk away they walk away,

When a heart breaks,

When a heart breaks,

As the man faded out, Kurt couldn't help notice the tears on his face too. He also couldn't help the fact he got up and walked over to him. He also couldn't help the fact that he took the performers face in his hands and slowly leaned in and kissed him.

The audience erupted into applause, and a girl came over and offered to take Blaine's shift. The boy's hands remained linked as they walked off stage and sat at a table.

"I-I don't know why I kissed you." Kurt said shyly. "Sorry..."

"Why are you apologising, Kurt?" Blaine laughed, as he took Kurt's hand.

Kurt looked up at him with his bright blue eyes that had enticed Blaine the first time they met ans said simply, "Well we don't know each other for one..."

" Oh my god...you still don't remember me do you?" Blaine realised as his heart sank.

Kurt shook his head and tightened his grip on Blaine's hand. "I know I should. I know that when you sang that, I'd heard it before, I know that I've loved you at some point. But that's it..."

Blaine had tears falling fast and hard down his face. "Kurt, It's me. Blaine. I spoke to Finn and he said you have to remember me on your own, but, I just want to tell you. I love you so much and god! I-"

"You love me?" Kurt asked quietly looking away from Blaine.

"Yeah. Oh god, you really don't know me do you?" He asked beginning to cry more, not caring they were in public.

"I know I love you too." Kurt whispered. "When you sang that, I knew. I didn't know why, but I loved you."

Blaine looked up at him, his brown eyes suddenly filled with hope. "Then that's enough. Will you ever remember me, Kurt?" He whispered.

Kurt nodded and he felt his body flush with relief. "I will, it could just take a few months for all of my memory to be back to normal."

"I'll wait." Blaine said quietly. "Until then, you can visit our apartment, you can look through pictures of us, diary entries anything we can-"

"Wait, our apartment?" Kurt cut in.

"Yeah, we lived together two floors down from Rachel and Finn."

"Oh yeah, you said ex...Should we be doing this then?" He gestured to their hands, enclosed.

"It wasn't a real break up, when you remember, you'll understand." Blaine smiled. "Now please, can we go and try the apartment and stuff? The quicker you're back to you, the better."

"Blaine..." Kurt sighed. "This isn't right. I don't know you, I mean I do, but I, don't remember knowing you. I'm so confused." He felt tears prickling at his eyes.

Blaine just sat there and watched Kurt slowly start to cry. He got up from his seat and moved it with him so he was sitting next to Kurt. "Hey." He took Kurt's hand. "It's okay. I'll give you time to think, just please, please try to remember me...please."

Kurt nodded and leant his head against Blaine's shoulder, Blaine immediately took Kurt into his arms and held him tightly. "I'll never give up on you, Kurt. You'll remember me soon and I'll be there when you do."

Kurt nodded his head and pulled away from the hug slowly. "I think, I want to try to. Just hugging you now, there was something there, something more, I want to try to go back to our old apartment."

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