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A sense of relief washes over him as Blaine replies, shoulders dropping with relieved tension as he says he wants to stay. Barry hadn’t honestly been sure if even Blaine Anderson could be so forgiving as to hear him out. Besides the lies that were told throughout their friendship it was a ridiculous story- one he doubts many people would believe someone would actually do.
He takes a deep breath in before answering, cautious still even if his nerves weren’t quite as bad. “It was me- it was definitely me I mean. Sebastian’s life story was a polar opposite to mine, basically. Outside of things I said I did while in Ohio, all of the stories were made up. I have barely left Central City, never mind vacationed in Paris, my dad was a doctor before he was arrested- wrongfully arrested, but he was definitely not in a position of power like I said he was.. The conversations though? Just us talking about us and present day and not our childhoods for example- that was all me. Completely.”
Hazel eyes scanned Barry’s face with measuring glance trying to piece together when the fragments of what was true and false should have been easy to notice. How did he always consider himself someone who could read the people closest to him so easy when he wanted to? Yet he managed to miss so many stories that it was vaguely embarrassing that he bought into them all. Sebastian became a friend when he truly needed one. A person that reminded him so much of Dalton when he missed it daily. But was removed enough from it to be something new, too? A mixture of both that soothed Blaine’s nerves just to be around on more than one occasion. “How long do I have with you to get the answers I need? There are so many questions, Seb–Um. This is a lot to take in..”
That’s why he couldn’t get up and walk away where others who might’ve just been told their friend was barely someone who they knew. Out of their friend’s on volition. Truth of the matter? Sebastian/Barry/Whoever knew him more than he ever planned on letting him know. And, because of that, was someone that no amount of time could erase how tenderly Blaine thought about him. Even the harsh mistakes that should’ve split them apart from one another in the past were overlooked in time. If they could be better than those? They could be better than THIS. “Wait. Your father was wrongfully arrested?” Catching that–Blaine figured he reacted like anyone would. Confused and bewildered. How much one one person can you not know, while knowing so much about them at the same time? “Is that part of why you did what you did? What happened? Where is he now?”
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