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Kurt didn't know how it had come to this.
It wasn't that they didn't love each other. They did. They still felt just as strongly as they had over a year ago, when they'd first exchanged those precious three words. Stronger, even.
But despite this, despite the fact that at the end of the day they were still each other's everything, the glue that held them together was slowly, steadily disintegrating. Had been for a while.
Watching their relationship crumble was frightening enough. But watching it and not knowing how to stop it was absolutely terrifying.
Because no matter how hard he tried - tried to figure out ways to make their schedules more compatible so they could see each other more often, tried to call more often - the wedge just kept digging in, widening the gap between his life and Blaine's. The arguments kept coming. The secrets. Bit by bit, cracks had started to appear until they had finally reached this devastating point where Kurt didn't even recognize them anymore.
It hadn't even been that big of an argument, not really. Oh, they knew how to hurt each other. They'd used every weapon at their disposal, little barbs that dug under their skin and burned... but they'd had worse, and come out of it better before.
There was just something different about it, this time. About the way Blaine had closed himself off, about the sound of the door slamming behind Kurt as he stormed out. About the tears that streamed down his face afterwards.
About the way they looked at each other, hours later, when Blaine let himself into Kurt's bedroom.
"We're breaking up, aren't we?"
It's not a question, not really. Because it's not just cracks anymore. They're broken. Undeniably, heart wrenchingly, achingly broken.
He's not surprised when Blaine answers yes.