They had started out under rather strange circumstances. Kurt wanted Brittany because of some misbegotten notion that his father would love him more if he were straight. Brittany wanted Kurt so she could achieve her perfect record of making out with every guy in the school. In a weird way, it was win-win. And of course, everything got turned around in the end. Kurt was one hundred percent gay and there was nothing he could do to change that.

As relieved as he had been to have it out with his father, Kurt found himself terrified at what Brittany would say. He was pleasantly surprised, however, when she smiled, promised to still be his friend, and told him, "You are so totally unicorn, Kurt." He hadn't understood what she meant at the time, but he was just glad to be honest with her, and himself, and while he accepted her words of friendship, he really didn't figure they would ever hang out outside of glee club again.

Fate had different ideas, however.

A lot of people tended to take advantage of the often-clueless cheerleader that Kurt had first described to a friend as 'A Girl Who Thinks the Square Root of 4 is Rainbows.' Kurt had known this beforehand, but after their short time dating, and getting to know her a little better, he suddenly found himself more aware of her. And after a particularly dangerous incident when Brittany almost got in the car of a bunch of drunk football players, Kurt declared himself her protector, and suddenly found that their after-breakup friendship was futile to resist.

Brittany came to him for everything, whether she was hurt, or in trouble, or just wanted someone to talk with when the world wasn't being fair. Kurt had his own more-than-fair share of the world giving him the shaft; despite his friendship with the popular girl, the bullying and the teasing, and those damned cold slushy facials that sprung from his daring to be different within the halls of McKinley High didn't stop. For awhile after their breakup, actually, they'd gotten worse, as if in retaliation for daring to snub one of the elite. But just as he was always there for Brittany, she was always there for him, and he had to admit, the world looked a lot brighter when she was there to pick him up when he fell, and to wash the cherry stains from his porcelain skin.

Kurt appreciated her more than he could say, and had come to love the girl behind the cheer uniform, and all the bizarre, guaranteed-to-be-utterly-confusing statements she would make at random. He became one of her staunchest supporters, and whoa to anyone who dared to call the ditzy blonde 'stupid.'

Then, the summer before junior year happened.

With his grudging approval, Brittany had started seeing one of the seniors at the end of their sophomore year. His name was Eddie, and he was everything Kurt could have asked for for his best friend, despite his presence taking her away from him: tall, blonde, beautiful just like Brittany, funny, kind, and patient. Patient was the most important factor, and when he saw the earnesty behind it, Kurt couldn't allow a single complaint to fall from his lips. Brittany was absolutely besotted with the boy, and they spent most of the summer together, still calling Kurt to join them on their escapades to the local pool, or trips to Cedar Point, but he begged off, not wanting to intrude on the happy couple. And Kurt could see they were happy, which helped to dim the pain he felt when he realized he would likely have to find himself a new best friend.

The search was called off before it even began, however. Late one humid August morning a very teary Brittany called to say Eddie was gone. They'd both known, of course, that he was set for the east coast; what they hadn't known was that he had no plans to come back. Kurt was horrified that he hadn't seen this coming, and even more so when Brittany let slip that it had happened the night before, and Kurt just knew that she had been crying all night. He didn't bother chastising her for not calling him right away; in that sweet, innocent mind of hers, she had probably thought he needed to sleep. Instead, he immediately invited her over for a spa day, complete with oatmeal facials and low-fat frozen yogurt, and what she needed the most, a shoulder to cry on.

Only when she arrived, that wasn't the only thing she wanted to cry on, and Kurt had, from almost the very beginning, been a sucker for Brittany's tears. They went beyond hand-holding for the first time since they'd broken up, and then even beyond that, and, well...

Kurt sarcastically referred to that moment as 'The Blessed Event.'

And that was how Sunflower Elizabeth Hummel, also known as Sunny, came into this world.