Author note: Hah, you probably thought I gave up, didn't you? But you were wrong. I bring you chapter 11. They are really adding up now :)

Kurt storms out of the restaurant, haphazardly crossing the street. Cars honk, but he doesn't care. He can hear Blaine calling his name from somewhere behind him. Of course he would come after me, Kurt thinks. It's just such a Blaine thing to do. Because Blaine cares and it was clear something was wrong with the way he abruptly walked out on him and their dinner.

Kurt curses himself, for an actor he really should have been able to, you know...act...like nothing was wrong. He can't do that though. He just can't deal with Blaine right now so he dodges into an alley, hoping his pursuer is far enough behind him that he won't notice. It only takes a few minutes until he sees Blaine run by the alley and stopping to look around. Kurt can see him from where he is hiding behind a dumpster, but he is pretty sure Blaine can't see him.

He feels so childish hiding in the shadows instead of just confronting Blaine as an adult - about what he's just realized. He is certain Blaine hasn't figured it out yet and Kurt is not proud of how long it took himself to put two and two together.

Blaine knows Sebastian.

Sebastian is dating Elliott, well...kinda.

And Elliott is none other than Kurt's best friend.

Their two friends are dating or at least hooking up.

Which means the very careful barrier Kurt has put between Blaine and Elliott and by extension Blake - is bound to crumble at some point. And that can't happen. Those two worlds can under no circumstances collide. He is not ready for it. At least not yet. The second that happens, it will be obvious to everyone what's going on.

You see, there is this little thing he's been leaving out of the whole Blaine story; none of his friends actually knows what Blaine looks like. Which means that as soon as they lay eyes on him, they are gonna see Blake's twin and he will be humiliated and exposed as the weirdo he is. What would Blaine think?

He would find you pathetic.

And how long would it take one of his friends to spill the beans to Blake? He wouldn't put it past Santana to do it on purpose. And then what?

You will lose the both of them.

Kurt's head is spinning with doomsday scenarios.

"Kurt?!"

Blaine.

"Kuuuuuurt?!"

Leave me alone.

"KURT!?"

Please, go.

He watches as Blaine looks up and down the street again before giving a loud sigh, putting his hands in his pockets and walking away with his head bowed. Kurt absolutely aches to run out and call him back, but he doesn't. Instead, as soon as Blaine is out of sight, he stands back up from his crouching position and leans back against the wall, not really caring about the condition of his coat even though it's McQueen. He closes his eyes, takes a few deep breaths. That's when it hits him and he suddenly feels nauseous. He bends over and throws his newly digested chicken salad up all over the concrete. Ugh.

If Blaine is "Sex on a stick", that means...Meercat has been with Blaine. Elliott's douche-bag of a "boyfriend" has seen Blaine naked. Touched him, tasted him, heard him moan. HIS BLAINE! Oh wow, okay...where did that come from? Blaine is not his, he has to remind himself. Blaine did not cheat on him with Sebastian. Still, Kurt feels cheated on. And one thing is for sure. If he disliked this Sebastian guy before, then he hates him now. Loathes him with his whole being. No matter how irrational it is. Because he was Blaine's first.

He spits a few times, trying to rid his mouth of the acidic taste and not succeeding. Instead he fishes up some napkins from his pocket, thankful that he always carries some around. You just never know when you will need to save an expensive piece of clothing from an accidental spill.

He looks up at the sky, wondering what Blaine is thinking about him right now, then throws the dirty napkins in the dumpster and makes his way home.

As soon as Blaine walks in door he is assaulted by the sound of gunfire as well as yelling and rolls his eyes. As he rounds the corner he comes face to face with exactly what he expected; Sebastian and Niff in the middle of an "epic" Call of Duty battle. Because as Jeff always says "They are all epic, Blaine!" Right.

He leans against the door-frame for a while, his friends with their backs to him, completely oblivious to his presence and smiles as he sees Jeff sneakily go for Seb's controller. He already knows how this is gonna end. Everyone knows that Seb seems to have 360 vision, Jeff doesn't stand a chance and Blaine wonders how he hasn't figured that out by now. Just as he expected, Seb sees the blonde advance out the corner of his eye and moves his hand away just as Jeff pounces.

"Nicky. Get a hold of your little cheater, would ya." Seb casually quips as he shoots Jeff's character dead without even moving his eyes from the screen.

"Dammit Seb, again?!" Jeff mutters and throws the controller to the side with a big sigh.

"I am not his keeper." Nick says, his tongue sticking out in concentration as his fingers move at record speed over his own controller. He is gonna beat Seb this time even if it kills him, figuratively speaking...for the thousand time. The battle continues for a while, then he feels his boyfriend settle at his side.

"Go babe, you can take him." Jeff whispers in his ear. "I believe in you." A lick to the earlobe and fuck, that is distracting. Nick's brain seems to short-circuit for a split second but that's all the time Seb needs to blow him up.

"And that, gentlemen." Seb breathes with a satisfied smirk. "Is how it's done."

"Look what you did." Nick pouts at Jeff, who just looks innocently back at him.

"I was bored." Jeff flutters his eyelashes like its not big deal and then whines. "You weren't paying attention to me." He falls dramatically to the floor.

"You can't just decide to distract me because you're bored, hon." Nick rolls his eyes and places his socked feet on top of Jeff's face. "Eww, gross!" Jeff pushes them away. "You were never gonna beat him anyway."

"Excuse you." Nick throws a pillow at him, which Jeff catches, then proceeds to hit Sebastian with it, repeatedly.

"Hey, leave me out of your little lovers quarrel!" Seb glares.

"That is for blowing up my boyfriend."

"It's not my problem if you guys suck at COD. And lets face it, you do. Why else would I be the reigning champion?" Seb lifts a brow challengingly and Blaine is momentarily blindsided by what a Kurt move that is. His surprise doesn't last long though, because...oh, now Sebastian's done it.

All three guys stare at each other and Blaine makes a countdown in his head; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...the moment he reaches zero Jeff lets out what can only be described as a battle cry and lounges at Sebastian who grabs his own pillow. A literal pillow fight ensues and Blaine chuckles under his breath. Sometimes his friends act more like five year old's and not grown men. But that's why he loves them.

However, as entertaining as this is, he reluctantly decides to make his presence known before they smash something. After all, he doesn't want a repeat of "Vase-gate" when Jeff and Seb broke Nick's grandmother's old vase, a precious air-loom on Thanksgiving day during another impromptu COD session and they had to glue it back together before she arrived for dinner. Luckily, said grandmother remains blissfully in the dark...but honestly, Blaine is still amazed they pulled that one off.

"Guys. Please try not to tear the living room apart." A smile plays on his lips as his three friends freeze mid-motion. Sebastian is on the floor, holding Nick trapped with his long legs and whipping him over and over with his pillow, while Jeff is positioned on top of him, arms raised and pillow ready to strike. They all turn their heads at the same time - and faster than Blaine thought possible, Jeff is up and bouncing over to him, hugging him.

"Blaine!" He hugs him back wholeheartedly. Sebastian and Nick follows more subdued, but both hug him as well. And not that "bro slap" on the back that Blaine never liked, but real warm hugs. Hugs that says; "I love you man. And I am not afraid to show it." Blaine loves it. But then again, he always were touchy feely.

"You're home late." Sebastian comments when later on they settle down with a beer on the couch to watch Niff play Mario Cart, a game that is much more to their liking. Probably because they are actually good at it.

"Yeah, I had dinner with someone." Blaine says, cryptically and the furrowed brow on his friend does not go unnoticed. Something is going on, Sebastian knows it, because...

"You never have dinner with anyone, except for us." He states and gestures to the current company.

"Sure, I do." Blaine tries and he can tell by the way Jeff sits up on the floor that he is listening in on their conversation.

"You don't."

"You really don't." Jeff pipes in and Blaine glares. "Stay out of this."

"Who was it?"

"Just a friend."

"What friend? All your friends are in this room."

"They are not." Blaine denies. "There's...Mark from class. And um...Sarah from the coffee shop."

"Right, Mark is your tutor and Sarah is the barista. Try again."

"Sebastian." Blaine sighs. Please leave it alone.

"Blaine." Seb counters.

"Just tell him, already." Jeff exclaims and Blaine kicks him with his foot. "Ouch, that hurt."

"Tell me what?" Sebastian asks and Blaine remains silent, unfortunately Jeff doesn't.

"Blaine met Kurt. The Kurt."

"Shut up, Jeff!" No one is paying attention to Blaine anymore though. Instead Sebastian has turned towards Jeff, apparently realizing that his best bet at getting information is through the blonde.

"Kurt?" Seb says. "The Kurt he has been pining over for years? That Kurt?"

"Yes!" Jeff again. "And guess what, he is engaged to another guy. But here is the real kicker. Remember that play that Blaine is doing? Romeo and Julian?"

"Yeah? Blaine is playing Julian, right?"

"Aha, guess who is playing Romeo?" A quick second of suspension. "Kurt!"

"Jeff! What the hell?!" Blaine glares.

"Sorry, but it would have taken you ages to get there and your conversation was much too exhausting to eavesdrop on."

"Then don't eavesdrop."

"Awh, Blainers. You know that's not how it works." Jeff smiles sweetly at him.

"So everyone knew before me?" Sebastian asks undignified.

"Yup." Nick confirms and Sebastian scowls at not being in the know.

"So dinner you say." Jeff comments, ignoring Blaine's glare and Sebastian moping in the chair. "Whose idea was that?"

"His, actually." Blaine blushes and goes on a rant. "He took me to this quirky bistro with a nature theme. I have never seen anything like it. The food was magnificent. And Kurt actually introduced me to the owner; Sally. She was very sweet. But what I liked most about it all was that clearly, it was a special place to him and he wanted to share it with me. Isn't that great?"

Blaine doesn't know it but he is getting that dreamy expression on his face where his eyes shine and his lips smile and he looks like an enamored puppy floating on a big pink cloud in the sky. His friends know they have to reel him back down to Earth, fast.

"Blaine." Jeff tries. "It wasn't a date."

"I know that." Blaine says, confused.

"Your head knows that, but does your heart?" Jeff asks. "Because from the way you look and sound right now, anyone would assume you just came back from a perfect date."

"Oh." Blaine's face falls. "Sorry."

"All Jeff is trying to say, is maybe...try not to get too excited about small things." Nick says.

"No, yeah...sure. I get it. It wasn't perfect though." He pauses, then continues. "Well, at first it kinda was, being with him was just effortless. But then..." Blaine sighs and a flash of pain crosses his face. They all see it.

"But then?" Seb prods, eyes flashing...already ready to track down this Kurt and teach him a lesson, if he's hurt his friend.

"He just...he...ran out on me." Blaine says. "One minute everything was fine and the next, he was pale as a ghost and he just took off, wouldn't even look at me or tell me what was wrong."

"I'm sorry, Blaine." Jeff puts a hand on Blaine's shoulder. "That wasn't cool."

"Jeff is right, that's really weird behavior." Nick says.

"I know. And when I tried to go after him, he ignored me. It wasn't like him at all and it kinda...stung."

"Not like him, my ass." Seb sneers and they all look at him in shock, Sebastian rolls his eyes at their obliviousness. "Excuse me, but didn't he just spend the last 4 years ignoring you, Blaine? Or pretending you didn't exist. He sounds like a first class ass to me. And I know saying that is kinda hypocritical of me, considering. But at least I am always upfront about my intentions when I meet someone. He's obviously not. He just plays with people, apparently."

"SEB!" Jeff warns. "Shut up. You don't even know him."

"And you do?" Seb counters.

"No, Jeff. It's okay. I appreciate the honesty. He is right." Blaine admits. "That is not how a friend should act. It was really absurd and childish and...hurtful. But from what I know of Kurt, it was also really out of character."

"Maybe there is an explanation then?" Jeff asks.

"I agree with Jeff. Are you sure it wasn't something you said?" Nick asks. "Normal people don't just run out on others like that without reason."

"There has to be. I just don't know what it could be. As I said, we were just talking."

"About?" Seb joins back in, seemingly deciding to give Kurt the benefit of the doubt. Jeff smiles at him approvingly, Seb throws another pillow at him and rolls his eyes when Nick dives in front of Jeff to take the hit for his boyfriend.

"Well, as a matter of fact...you, actually." Blaine says and looks at Sebastian.

"Me?" Seb raises and eyebrow. "How in the word would I, of all people, be a topic of discussion?"

"Ummm." Blaine hesitates and Seb picks up on it right away.

"Blaaaaaine, what did you tell him about me?"

"Okay, look...first of all...it was not like I was bashing you or anything, but we got to talking about friends with benefits and how complicated those relationships could be and I just mentioned you, because well... I used to be in one, with you - and I may have told him your pick-up line."

"Really, Blaine?" Sebastian looks very unimpressed. "You felt it necessary to divulge that to someone I don't know and who has never met me?"

"He dragged it out of me, I swear. I didn't want to say it, but then I kinda brought it up myself and then he wouldn't let it go and then I just...yeah, that happened."

"Umm hm." Sebastian just looks at him and Blaine feels scrutinized under that look. He starts sweating.

"Look, I'm sorry. It will never happen again. Not only because it somehow blew up in my face, but also because it wasn't my place to tell. Believe me, I have learned my lesson."

"Relax, Blaine. I am not mad." Seb says. "Surprised. But not mad. I've never tried to hide who I am and I don't care what anyone thinks of me. I am fine with him knowing."

"Oh, okay. Good. I mean, not good, but...ya know...good. That you're good...with it. Um..." Blaine looks at his hands nervously, still not sure if he is really forgiven.

"Blaine?" Seb sighs.

"Yeah?" Blaine looks up, deep hazel meeting sparkling green.

"Stop rambling. I know how you get when you think we're on the outs. We're fine, I swear. I really don't care. Okay?" Seb gives him a half smile and Blaine smiles back. He has always admired how laid back Sebastian seems to be.

"Okay." They share a look and Jeff, observing their little exchange from the sidelines with Nick, beams.

"Awwwwh, you guys. That was adorable, bro hug?" He is hit by two pillows simultaneously and not even Nick tries to save him this time. Jeff squeaks.

"What I still don't get." Sebastian says a few minutes later. "Is why he would react to my pick-up line by ditching you? That is a damn good pick-up line, if I do say so myself."

"I usually make it a habit to not agree on anything Seb says, but I am with him on this." Nick butts in. "Why would that affect him so much?"

"It's strange." Jeff agrees. "I don't get it either. Did anything else happen?"

"Well, he did say something very...random, before he left the table." All three boys are looking at him expectantly, so he continues. "He said and I quote; 'You're sex on a stick'..." Blaine blushes hard.

"Wait, what?" Jeff pauses and looks knowingly at Seb, who has gone really pale. Nick is looking in Seb's direction too. Blaine doesn't notice.

"That was my exact reaction!" Blaine starts gesturing wildly with his hands. "I was like 'Um, what?' What is that even supposed to mean?! Who even says that?"

"Why don't you ask Sebastian that?" Nick says.

"Huh?" Blaine's eyebrows scrunches up. "Why would I...?" He looks at Sebastian, takes in his paleness...and is that...sweat on his forehead? "Sebastian?"

"Um...it's kinda a thing I say. It's to describe a hot man who is good in bed. I said it to you once, but I am not surprised you don't remember. It was the first night we hooked up and you were pretty drunk."

"Wait..." Blaine freezes. Thinks hard. Something is coming back to him. A memory. Vague as it is, he remembers now.

"It's no secret how I feel about you. It should be obvious by now that I think you are sex on a stick."

"No. It can't be..." Blaine breathes and looks up at his friend with betrayal written all over his face. His friends all looks startled by it, but he doesn't notice. Blaine has tunnel vision and suddenly he is seeing red. Before he realizes what he is doing, he is out of his chair and jumping Sebastian, hitting him square in the face.

"YOU BASTARD!" He sneers as he lands blow after blow. "HOW COULD YOU!?"

"JEFF! NICK! GET HIM OFF ME!" Sebastian is desperately trying to block the attack which is difficult seeing as Blaine is an experienced boxer. He can't even get a hit in himself, not that he would ever hit Blaine. But he is confused about what the hell just happened.

"Whoa, Blaine! Stop!" Nick and Jeff are both up in no time at all, trying to drag a very pissed off Blaine away from Sebastian.

"HE WAS MINE!" Blaine growls and keeps on hitting.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?" Sebastian yells back as he keeps trying to avoid the punches coming his way at an alarming rate.

"YOU SLEPT WITH KURT!" Blaine barks. At this point Niff has finally managed to get a hold of both of Blaine's arms, effectively stopping him and holding him back.

"I...what?!" Sebastian looks genuinely perplexed. "No, I didn't. Why would you think that?"

"DON'T EVEN TRY TO DENY IT, YOU ASSHOLE!" Blaine looks ready to kill him and Sebastian is really grateful for the presence of Niff right now. He couldn't take Blaine on a good day, let alone when he is fueled by rage. Blaine made sure no one would ever be able to hurt him like that again after his gay-bashing.

"IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!" Blaine continues, eyes wide with anger. "YOU PROBABLY CALLED HIM SEX ON A STICK TOO AND USED THE SAME PICK-UP LINE ON HIM, DIDN'T YOU!?"

"What, are you insane!?" Sebastian says. "I have no idea what you are taking about. For God's sake Blaine."

"YOU ARE FULL OF SHIT!" Blaine makes another attempt to break loose, but is not successful. Instead he settles for more yelling. "HOW ELSE WOULD HE KNOW YOU SAY THAT TO PEOPLE YOU WANNA SLEEP WITH!? WHY ELSE WOULD THAT FREAK HIM OUT!?"

"I...I'm..." Sebastian is at a loss for words, because what Blaine says makes sense. But he also knows it's not true. "I don't know, okay!? I have no idea how he knows, but I swear, I have never slept with anyone named Kurt...I have never met anyone by that name. The only Kurt I know, is your Kurt...who I have never even laid eyes on."

"WELL, HE SURE SEEMS TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT YOU!" Blaine sneers, still vibrating anger.

"Okay." Jeff interrupts. "I think we need a time-out. Nick, why don't you take Sebastian to the bathroom and get that eye looked at?" He gestures to Sebastian who only just realizes in that moment that he has a gash above his left eye that is bleeding. "And I'll stay out here with Blaine and help him calm down."

Sebastian slowly rises from the chair and makes a big circle around Blaine and Jeff as Nick leads him away. As soon as the door closes, Jeff is on Blaine.

"What the fuck was that, Blaine!?"

"He deserved it. He had it coming!"

"No one has that coming. I don't care how angry you are, you don't hit people!"

"Easy to say for someone who has never been a target!"

"He is your FRIEND, Blaine. Not your attacker. He didn't try to hurt you!"

"He did hurt me! He slept with Kurt. MY KURT!"

"Do you even hear yourself? First of all, you don't know that for sure, Sebastian says he didn't and I for one believe him. He looked really shocked by the accusation. Second of all...Kurt is not yours. Get that through your head. You two may have had a fling 4 years ago, but Kurt belongs to someone else for the time being and you just flew into a jealous rage over a guy who is not even your boyfriend. And third, even if Sebastian had slept with your Kurt - which I guarantee you, he would never have done knowingly, because that guy you just beat to a pulp may have his flaws, but he adores you, Blaine – however, even if that had happened, it would be none of your business."

By the time Jeff is done with his speech, Blaine looks properly chastised.

"Oh my God, what did I just do?" Blaine slumps back down in his chair. "I didn't mean to...I mean, I did but...I didn't...I just got so angry."

"I think maybe it's time to get back into that anger management program again, Blaine."

"I haven't been to anger management since I was sixteen."

"I know, but I think all this stress with school and the play and Kurt is making your temper flare up again and the boxing is clearly not enough right now."

"I thought this was behind me, Jeff. I thought I was cured." Blaine sighs.

"I don't know if something like that can ever be cured. You went through something no one should ever experience. You came face to face with pure hate when you were just fourteen and not only did you never really get closure, because they were never caught. You lost your best friend at the time too. That changes a person. I didn't know you back then, but I will venture a guess that you have not been the same since. It only makes sense that you would still be carrying a lot of resentment around with you, because of that and then when you get mad, that's the source you tap into."

"You are probably right. I don't know what happened, I don't remember, I just snapped. But I want to get over it. I really do."

"I know. But that is not something you just get over, Blaine. Not on your own."

"Obviously not." He lets out a long breath just as the door to the bathroom opens and Nick steps out. Blaine jumps up instantly. "Nick, is he...is...Sebastian okay?"

"He will be fine. A small cut and a black eye." Nick explains. "I was on my way to the kitchen for some ice to put on it."

"Oh, thank God." Blaine breathes a sigh of relief that he didn't completely rearrange Seb's face. He honestly don't know what got into him, it was just white hot anger mixed with insane jealousy and what he thought was his friend betraying him. It didn't excuse it though. Jeff was right, he had hurt someone, a friend - and he needed to go back to therapy. He is sitting hunched over with his head in his hands, caught in his own web of despair, when he feels a hand on his back. It's Nick, ice pack in hand.

"Listen. He doesn't blame you, okay?" Nick says. "He knows that wasn't really you in that moment, but he also understands why you reacted like that, thinking what you thought. We all do. Don't sweat it."

That's the moment Blaine breaks down and starts crying. Because despite everything he has just done, his friends are still showing him support. He doesn't deserve them, but he is so glad he has them. Jeff is back by his side, comforting him again and that is one of the things he likes most about Jeff. He is never afraid to say it like it is when he thinks you've screwed up, but at the same time he will never abandon you for it either. When Blaine hears the door to the bathroom open again, he wipes his eyes and looks up, right at Sebastian, who is standing there with a band-aid on his forehead and an ice pack pressed to his eye, looking a little wary.

"Sebastian." Blaine breathes.

"Blaine." Seb nods. "Are you...you...again?"

"I'm...I'm...oh God, Seb. I'm sorry. I am so sorry."

"I'll take that as a yes, then and your apology is accepted, but you owe me. Maybe you can pay me back with a little role-playing...I can be the hot patient and you can be the sexy doctor who nurses me back to health." Seb smirks and Blaine can't believe he is joking at a time like this, but it is just so Sebastian.

"You are just...unreal." Blaine says and it's followed by a wet laugh as he leans his head back on the chair.

"I know." Sebastian winks and Blaine knows that somehow, everything is okay. He doesn't know how Seb manages to brush things off like that. But he is glad he does. "I hope I get a scar." Sebastian continues as he points to the cut. "Men love scars." Now everyone is laughing. "Anyway, I brought you this." Blaine only just manages to catch whatever Seb's thrown at him. Turns out to be a wash cloth and sanitizer. "For your hands."

Oh. Blaine hadn't even noticed his knuckles were bleeding and he takes the stuff gratefully. "Thanks."

"You're welcome." Sebastian sits down on the couch opposite Blaine and Jeff. Nick sits down next to him. "Now that's over, we need to get to the bottom of this Kurt mystery. What else can you tell me about him, Blaine? What else did you talk about? I need details."

"I don't really know what else to tell you, Seb. I don't know how he would know the stuff he knows about you, if you two have never met. And I believe you when you say you haven't."

"Maybe he has something against people who sleep around and that's what made him upset?" Nick suggests.

"It wouldn't explain how he knows what Sebastian calls the men he sleeps with and..." He is interrupted by Sebastian then.

"The only one I have ever called that...was you, Blaine. Just you."

"Calls me, then. "Blaine corrects. "And please stop doing that, Seb. It's kinda gross." He adds to which Seb just shrugs. "Anyway, I don't see how that would upset him given the fact that he has a best friend who from what I gather, does pretty much the same thing. It would be super hypocritical of him considering Elliott's kinda like Sebastian."

"What did you say?" Sebastian sputters, mouth open.

"What?" Blaine asks. "What did I say?"

"The name, Blaine." Jeff presses. "The name of Kurt's friend. Did you just say his name was..."

"Elliott." Blaine breathes and looks at Sebastian, the pieces slotting together. "Your Elliott...didn't he tell you something about the play I am in?"

"Yes. He mentioned he had a friend who auditioned for the same play." Seb confirms.

"That has to be it. Your boyfriend, Elliott and Kurt's bestie, Elliott - it's the same guy!" Blaine almost yells in his excitement over finally completing the puzzle.

"Wow." Jeff is stunned.

"The world just got a whole lot smaller." Nick whispers.

"Indeed." Seb concurs. Too shocked to realize he didn't even deny the boyfriend part.

"Um. Blaine." Jeff says after a while. "You do realize that during your dinner with Kurt, you basically outed Sebastian as a man-whoring slut who doesn't give a shit about anyone he sleeps with, right? And that Kurt now most likely thinks your friend is playing his friend - and that's probably why he left."

The silence that follows is deafening.

"...shit." Blaine smashes his head down on the table.

Why does he have such a big mouth?

Idiot, idiot, idiot!