After coming back from Hogsmeade with Rachel, Blaine hadn't really expected Professor McGonagall to come up to him on the way up to the common room to mention that he, and the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team would be allowed to use the pitch tonight after curfew as Umbridge always tried to make at least one member of the team (usually Blaine himself) miss practice, so it wouldn't be as effective, and to make sure that nothing was going to attack them, she would be standing watch. Surprised at the incredibly out of character act from his Head of House, it wasn't until she answered a long line of questions from Blaine that he believed that this was actually his Transfiguration Professor.

"I can't believe she's actually letting us do this.." Blaine says, smiling as he looks at the permission form that McGonagall gave him in case any prefects or other Professors stopped him on the way down to the pitch tonight.

"Neither can I.." Rachel starts slowly, looking at the letter "I wonder why she is letting you do this.."

"Who cares!" Blaine laughs "I actually get to practice with everyone..for the first time in months.."

"But what if that actually wasn't her, Blaine?" Rachel steps in front of him, crossing her arms, and wearing a frown that could rival McGonagall's. "What if it was someone working for Umbridge just pretending to be her?"

"Rachel..That's why I answered those questions" Blaine sighs, fixing his bag strap, shaking his head "It's her. Trust me."

"But what if it's not! What if they got the questions out of her?" Rachel didn't seem to be convinced at all, and Blaine knew that there was going to be no way that she would be swayed. Heading back to the common room to prepare for practice would be for the best right now.

"Look, McGonagall's strong. She isn't going to get answers drawn out of her, so people can pretend to be her." Blaine says, walking around Rachel and heading to the common room "And anyway, Dumbledore's still here. Umbridge isn't about to attack his staff when he's still around."

Shrugging a little, and knowing that Rachel was about to protest again, he turns around, and quickly heads up to the common room before Rachel can say anything else.

Before he could do anything else once stepping foot into the Gryffindor common room, Blaine suddenly had the Quidditch Captain, Angelina Johnson stood in front of him, already in her Quidditch uniform, the other team members were scattered around behind her, also in uniform.

"Anderson! Did you hear about tonight's practice?" She asks upon seeing him, placing a hand on her hip.

"Yeah, I met McGonagall on the way here. She's given me the permission form, and everything." Blaine smiles over at Angelina, holding up the piece of parchment to her.

Angelina smiles, obviously happy that she didn't have to go looking around for McGonagall to get permission for Blaine. "Good! Well.. As you know this is the first time in months we've all been available to practice. So, I'm afraid you're going to have to cancel any plans you've had tonight. Did you even have any plans, anyway?"

Blaine thinks for a few moments, then frowns. He didn't have any plans per se, but he knew that Kurt usually spent his time studying up in the Astronomy Tower on Saturday nights. He'd met him there a few times over the years, but he never said anything to the other boy, and just tried to get on with his work, Kurt never really noticing that it was him. But tonight, Blaine was planning on talking to Kurt tonight, and start making things right. He'd only just remembered that after Angelina mentioned plans. Now he wished that he hadn't met McGonagall.

Sighing, Blaine folds his arm and looks at Angelina. "I was planning to study with Kurt tonight.."

"You were going to study with Hummel?" She repeats, raising her already raised eyebrow further "Well, you're going to have to cancel. Completely. With Berry, I would give you an hour or two, but Hummel's the enemy. We're all going down just now. Meet us there, okay?" She says briskly, giving a quick flick of the wrist to the other members of the team and starts walking out of the common room.

"Right, but Angelina?" Blaine turns around, giving a light smile as the girl turns around.

"Yeah?"

"Can I just go up to the tower to tell him I won't be able to study tonight? I don't want to completely blow him off. It wouldn't be right..."

"Why did you have to be born dapper?" He just manages to hear Angelina mutter, a slight smile on her face "Fine. But don't be long. And just say that you're practising tonight and leave, okay?"

"Got it. I won't be long. I'll just..run if he questions me too much" Blaine says, joking lightly.

Angelina just laughs a little, shaking her head "We'll be at the Quidditch Pitch!"

Laughing along with her, Blaine turns and heads up to the dorms to get changed.

It takes Blaine a little more than a quarter of an hour to get ready, mainly because he had to gel down his hair. Sure, it looked like he'd swam to the Quidditch Pitch, but at least his hair wouldn't constantly get in his eyes when he was flying. He knew that his hair was incredibly unruly, and it did hold him back a lot whenever he forgot to gel his hair back during practice.

After getting his broom out from under his bed, Blaine swings it over his shoulder, before dashing up to the Astronomy Tower, hoping to catch Kurt before he left. Blaine wasn't actually planning on telling Kurt he couldn't study tonight, because really.. That would be stupid. He hadn't seen Kurt in days, not even for studying. Blaine was planning to take Cooper's advice. But he wasn't going to tell Kurt straight away, but Blaine could at least make a start.

Though, when he actually got to the tower, Blaine's heart sank at seeing no one there. Though, there was a few pieces of parchments spread across the floor, with a few notes written on them in Kurt's handwriting. At this, Blaine immediately panicked. What if Kurt was hurt somewhere? Calling out for help but no one could hear or get to him? Blaine shook these thoughts out of his mind. No.. Kurt was more than likely fine. He probably just dropped them. Sighing a little, Blaine collects the notes, before carefully folding the parchments up, sliding them in his pocket. "I suppose telling Kurt will have to wait a little longer" He frowns slightly, before turning around, and leaving.

After walking around a while, Blaine's mood picks up at the prospect of getting to play with his team again for the first time in months draws nearer. He'd only messed about with the Quaffle with a few of the other guys, but it wasn't the same. Not in the slightest. Blaine couldn't complain though, seeing as how that was better than no practice at all. Blaine knew that he was definitely in one of his better moods for this year, as when he saw Sebastian, it didn't even dampen his spirit in the slightest. Sebastian did seem a bit livid though, but if Blaine was going to be honest, he rarely saw Sebastian happy when he wasn't tormenting some kid, or attempting to suck Kurt's tonsils out – both of which always made Blaine incredibly angry. It seemed like neither of them could be happy at the same time. He didn't really know why, but if Blaine had to guess, it was probably because of their shared loathing for each other. Continuing to walk down the hall, Blaine gives Sebastian one of his usual dapper smiles, not really expecting Sebastian to return it at all.

He wasn't however, expecting Sebastian to grab his shoulders to shove in into the suits of armour behind him, effectively causing Blaine to crash into them and knock them over. Winded slightly, Blaine pushes himself up, rubbing the back of his head, and unbelievably relieved that his broom hadn't been damaged in anyway. He was about to yell at Sebastian before falling silent at the look Sebastian was giving him. It wasn't the usual look of disdain that Sebastian gave him whenever he was forced to spend time with him. Sebastian looked like it was all he could do but kill him right now, giving a scoff before he sulked away.

What the hell just happened?

Kurt was sitting up in the bleachers of the Quidditch Field, looking down at his feet and shaking slightly he cried quietly. Everything about tonight was just.. a huge mistake. He shouldn't have stayed in the Room of Requirement was. He should've just left the second he knew what Sebastian had planned, which was as soon as the blindfold was removed. Kurt knew that no good was ever going to come out of it, yet he still let it go on for far longer than it had needed to.

And now he'd lost Sebastian. As a boyfriend, and as a friend. Kurt knew that Sebastian wasn't going to keep what had happened up there a secret, and everyone in Slytherin house was going to hate his guts – except for maybe Quinn. It was going to spread throughout the school as well, and it was going to make Anderson hate him more than he probably already did right now, and Kurt knew that it wouldn't go down well with Tina and Mercedes as well. He had no one now. The only person he could guarantee would still talk to him after all of this was Finn, but he'd already pissed his brother off enough after their last conversation. Hopefully things with Quinn wouldn't go to hell. Kurt didn't want to be completely, and utterly alone in this.

Frowning a little at the sound of footsteps approaching, Kurt sniffs as he looks up, raising an eyebrow in confusion, seeing a group of people walking in. Upon closer inspection, Kurt realizes that it was the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Kurt was confused as to why they were even here..It was way after curfew, and Kurt highly doubted that Professor McGonagall would've given the team permission to be out this late. He instantly stands up, managing to give a weak smile as he starts to look for the familiar head of unruly hair, before feeling his heart sinking a little, being unable to find him. Kurt didn't know why this was so disappointing, or what disappointed him more: Anderson either not being there at all, or that he'd tamed his hair. Kurt didn't know why Anderson bothered. He did suit his hair being gelled, Kurt wasn't going to lie, but he just looked more liked himself when his hair was untidy and all over the shop.

Sighing heavily, Kurt sinks back onto the seat, looking up before closing his eyes, just breathing slowly as he attempts to calm himself, and make sense of why he was so disappointed about Anderson not being here. If he had to guess though? It was probably because of how Anderson was. He never seemed to fail to find some way to cheer almost everyone up. Kurt suspected that if they didn't hate each other so much, that Anderson would probably do it for Sebastian.

Hearing some angry shouting from the field, Kurt frowns slightly, opening his eyes, and looking down to see what was even going on. Though, whatever had angered the team, he'd apparently missed as they were all now quickly leaving. Letting out another heavy sigh, Kurt shakes his head, knowing that more than likely, the other members of his team had probably stirred some shit up. It really wouldn't have surprised him if they'd made it out like the Gryffindors could practice before pulling some trick on them. He'd been team mates for most of them for four years now. Nothing surprised him when it came to them any more, especially Sebastian.

After about ten minutes passed, Kurt decides that it was probably best to just get up and leave. It wasn't doing him any good just moping around in here, even though he was more than terrified to go back to the common room tonight. Though before he could move, he felt something brushing against his leg. He was about to snap at whatever it was, before his face softens, seeing a brown cat at his feet, purring loudly. Letting out a slight "Awhh", Kurt leans forward, placing the cat on his lap as he tickles under his chin. Kurt hadn't really let it known to anyone, but he had an extremely soft spot for cats, and this one was just..adorable in every meaning of the word.

"Now, who do you belong to..?" He says softly, tickling under his chin.

"So, you're the spy, then?"

Kurt jumps, not expecting to have anyone else coming up, eyes widening a little when seeing Anderson standing in front of him, and was just thanking his lucky stars that he hadn't started gushing over the cat on his lap.

"Blaine.." He says slowly, his teeth grazing over his lip.

"You don't deny it then?" Blaine teases lightly, taking a seat next to Kurt, nudging his shoulder against his a little "You were such a bad spy it was kind of.. endearing.."

Blushing a little, Kurt looks down and away from Blaine, just continuing to stroke the cat over and over. "Sh-shut up, Anderson."

He hears Blaine giving a soft laugh, and glances out of the corner of his eye to see the other boy shaking his head "So, what brings you out here then."

Taking a slight breath, Kurt shakes his head. He couldn't tell Blaine. It wasn't any of his business, and he wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. "N-nothing.." He says, sniffling a little. Great. Just when he'd actually managed to get his mind off it for a while.

"Kurt..?" Blaine sounded concerned. This wasn't good. "Are you okay..?"

Sighing, Kurt avoids Blaine's gaze, just looking at the cat, still stroking it and tickling under it's chin, it's purrs getting increasingly louder. "Nothing" He says, his voice cracking.

Kurt jumps again when feeling Blaine's hand on his shoulder, the heat of it practically burning through his robes "Kurt..please tell me."

Letting out another sigh, Kurt shakes his head. There was no way in hell he was going to be able to get out of this. "Sebastian and I..we broke up."

"What!"

"Well...he broke up with me." Kurt gives a wry smile, just doing everything that he could to stop himself from crying right then. It just..It hurt a lot more now that he'd said it allowed. Like it had made it official. But he managed to stop.

"Kurt..." When Kurt looks at Blaine, he was admittedly shocked to see that Blaine looked hurt..Why was he so concerned. "I'm so sorry.."

Kurt just shrugs, trying not to react too much, before doing exactly that and just starts sobbing. Almost a split second as he started crying, Blaine pulls him into a tight hug. Kurt did nothing to resist it though, burying his face into Blaine's shoulder, shaking as he sobs harder, Sebastian's words before he left him ringing in a never ending loop in his head.

"Sshh, it's okay... It'll be okay, Kurt.." Blaine says soothingly, rubbing over his arm softly, repeating the words until Kurt finally calms down a little. Blaine waits a few seconds, before looking down at Kurt. "Now..you don't have to tell me..But how..How did it happen?"

Kurt doesn't reply to Blaine, biting his lip as he falls into thought. He knew that he could trust Blaine not to tell anyone..but it would be incredibly hypocritical of him after his minor freak out after he pulled away from Blaine. Taking a breath, Kurt decides to just to go with it and just tell Blaine. Things couldn't get any worse for him after all now.

"I.. told him about what happened with us" Kurt says sniffing, nuzzling a little into Blaine's shoulder. "In the Room of Requirement.."

Blaine looks down at Kurt confused, angling his head to the side. Damn... Blaine looked adorable with his head tilted to the side like that. Like he was some kind of confused puppy of sorts. Kurt shakes his head, pushing these thoughts out his mind. It probably wasn't good to think these things about Blaine, no matter how many times the Gryffindor always found his way into his mind.

But thinking of Blaine in that way didn't seem so wrong any more.

Kurt couldn't do anything about that, though, even if it was tempting. It was too soon, and it would just make Sebastian hate them both more than he already did. Anyway... Kurt guessed it was just the grief talking. He was upset, and Blaine was there to comfort him. That was all this was. He didn'tactually have those feelings for Blaine. He couldn't have.

"The Room of Requirement..That's that room we.. kissed in, wasn't it?" Blaine asks, swallowing back as Kurt nods. "You told him?" Kurt looks up as Blaine speaks, feeling his breath hitching when seeing how wide Blaine's eyes turned.

"I'm sorry...I know I told you not to tell anyone, then I went ahead and did just that..But it was eating me alive.. The guilt. I'm really sorry..I know that I'm a huge hypocrite, for telling him when I told you not to tell anyone.." Kurt sighs quietly, scared to look up at Blaine.

"I.. understand, Kurt." Blaine said, smiling a little "I suppose that he had a right to know.."

"And I told Finn.. I didn't intend to tell him but he kept bugging me, and well.. brothers. They do that.." Kurt mumbles, biting his lip..

"Yeah..I know" Blaine laughs weakly, giving a slight shake of his head.

Kurt then frowns a little in confusion, tilting his head up at Blaine "How do you know? Your brother is – "

"I know, I know" Blaine says quickly "My cousin..I meant. Andrew has managed to get a lot of secrets out from me.. Even though he isn't much like a brother.. Or a cousin, for that matter.."

"Oh.." Kurt says slowly, quietly, not really sure what else to say, but feeling as though that really wasn't what Blaine meant. That he was hiding something. But Kurt wasn't about to bring it up at all. "I'm sorry..About him.. And Cooper. It's horrible that you never got to know him, even after he did what he did. Finn told me what your aunt and uncle were like – You know what he's like, but he was in that.. ranting defensive mode he goes on." Kurt adds quickly when he sees Blaine opening his mouth in shock. "And.. I know that even though he was the one who told You-Know-Who about where you were living, but he was Confounded, right? So, he probably didn't know what he was doing and I – Argh!"

Kurt seethes his teeth, whimpering a little as he looks down at the cat on his lap dug it's claws deep into his thigh as it hissed at him. Almost instantly after the cat sunk down it's claws, Blaine pulls the cat from him, frowning at the cat.

"Cooper!" Blaine says, seemingly scolding the cat.

"Cooper?" Kurt looks at Blaine with a raised eyebrow. Blaine's face then fell instantly, all colour draining from it, causing Kurt to become concerned. What was wrong with Blaine? "Blaine.. You okay?"

Kurt brings his hand up, shaking Blaine's shoulder a little, but the other boy was just unresponsive, and didn't seem to know that Kurt was even there "Blaine, you're seriously freaking me out now, what's wrong?"

"N-nothing.." Blaine says weakly, not taking his eyes off the cat.

Kurt thinks for a few moments, before it seemed to click in his head.

"Blaine..I understand." He says softly, rubbing over his shoulder softly. "Your cat.. You named it after your brother ... right?"

Blaine looks at him, seemingly shocked, then he starts nodding slowly, sniffing lightly "Y-yeah.. I know that he's a wanted criminal and all.. And I never got to know him. But, I guess I miss him. He's the only family I have left that's actually from this world. It's kind of like.. a broken promise. And this Cooper? He's the next best thing I have."

There was a silence for a while, before Kurt smiles at Blaine gently. "That's sweet.."

"Yeah.." Blaine laughs weakly. After looking around for a while, Blaine turns to Kurt "We should get back in. It's getting late..And cold. C'mon, I'll walk you back to the common room" Blaine then places Cooper on the floor as he stands up, smiling as he holds his hand out to Kurt. Kurt looks at him for a few moments, before taking Blaine's hand, letting him pull him up.

They look at each other for a few moments, holding each other's gazes, before Blaine lightly tugs on Kurt's hand, leading him out of the Quidditch Field. They keep their hands locked together on the whole walk back to the castle, not saying anything. But they didn't need to be. Blaine's presence alone was enough, and was actually a lot more soothing that Kurt had originally thought.

That was until they reached the dungeons, which just made Kurt nervous. He knew that it wouldn't do him any favours if any of the Slytherins saw him walking hand in hand with Blaine down here, and he was scared of what they would do to Blaine. Despite this though, Kurt continues to clutch onto Blaine's hand like it was a life line, and only let go once they approach the wall to the common room.

"Thank you.." Kurt whispers, turning to Blaine, tilting his head a little downwards "For tonight. I really needed it"

"It was nothing..I don't like seeing you upset." Blaine smiles softly, causing Kurt's stomach to flip a little, and blush a little.

"Just... thanks" Kurt smiles, about to turn around and say the password, before quickly turning around, and wrapping his arms around Blaine tightly, nuzzling a little into his shoulder. Kurt felt a little awkward, as Blaine just stood there hopelessly as he hugged him, but thankfully, Blaine managed to hug him back, burying his face into Kurt's chest, squeezing him briefly, before they step away from each other, both smiling softly.

"Night, Blaine."

"Goodnight, Kurt."