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[thisisherson]

[It's audio only. Kurt doesn't trust himself to be seen on camera, at the moment. His voice cracks a little bit at the beginning, but he tries to maintain his composure. He's pretty sure he already knows the answer deep down, but...Excuse me, but has anyone seen my dad? He's...relatively tall, a bit overweight, balding....and his face looks a

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[itsahotone]

[Santana, who hasn't left her room in days, has barely been paying any attention to the networks. Kurt's upset tone catches her attention though.]

He's probably gone for good.

[Not that it helps, but she sounds...basically a little dead inside, not taking any pleasure in saying it.]

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[thisisherson]

[He's quiet for a little too long after that, as if maybe his line just went dead. Or maybe that was just his heart falling into his stomach.]

...I was hoping that wasn't the case. But, I guess that was too optimistic of me.

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[itsahotone]

Probably.

[Yep. This is the sympathy you get.]

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[thisisherson]

...Are you okay?

[There's something not...right about her.]

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[itsahotone]

Sure. Nope. People keep leaving.

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[thisisherson]

Well, that isn't a vague answer at all.

...But, it does feel like a lot of people left this time.

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[itsahotone]

You want me to pour my heart out to you, Hummel? Tim's gone again and this time his stupid crocodile and fish aren't even around. Pretty sure he's never coming back.

[Never mind that she's basically never actually talked about Tim to Kurt.]

...Whatever. Give it a week, and if your dad's not back, then. Sorry.

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[thisisherson]

Tim? ...Is that the awful T-shirt guy? [Since that's literally all Santana's told him about Tim.] I didn't realize things were that serious between you two.

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[itsahotone]

[There's a long silence. Then, finally, she speaks again with such detailed brilliance, Kurt should be prepared to faint.]

Yeah.

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[thisisherson]

[Wow. She actually seems worse off than he is. Though, that isn't really surprising, given how she was when Brittany left.]

...I'm sorry.

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[itsahotone]

[Have some more silence, Kurt! It's a good thing this is audio, because let's be honest here--they both probably look awful.]

Yeah. Me too.

I mean for you. I'll be fine, obviously.

[Oh, bravado.]

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[thisisherson]

[Kurt's dignity couldn't handle a video post.]

Obviously.

[Can you hear him rolling his eyes? Because he is, because he knows she's not fine, but he'll let her say she's going to be without challenging her.]

...I appreciate it though.

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[itsahotone]

[It's possible that she is sitting curled up on her bed, back to the door, holding the comm like it's a comfort blanket. Since it's audio and all, she feels slightly less stupid when she says:]

It sucks.

It...almost sucks more than when Britt left.

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[thisisherson]

It really does. Mostly because so many people are gone this time. I...I think Finn might have left again as well.

[Kurt remembers when Brittany left though, and so he has to ask, even though she said she'll be okay.]

...Do you need anything?

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[itsahotone]

What's with all these assholes just up and ditching us?!

[Okay, that sounded a little more like she won't be all right, didn't it?]

...No. Anything I need is apparently impossible to have, so whatever.

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[thisisherson]

[He kind of wants to protest that his father isn't an asshole, but, well. He knows what she means at least, so he lets it go.]

It might be like how it was with Rachel, and Finn the first time. They could come back...

[It's half-hearted though, like he's not sure he believes it anymore.]