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Blaine couldn't hear Kurt's reply, but it was clear from his tone that the answer was yes.
'You've decided to extend your stay in Lima?' Blaine raised his eyebrows at Cooper once the call had ended.
'Sure,' Cooper shrugged. 'Commercial's on hiatus, so I've got time. And I wanna help with your boyfriend problem. I figure if I meet him and get a feel for him, I'll know better how to handle it.'
'What do you mean “handle it”?' Blaine asked cautiously, sitting up properly and looking at Cooper. 'I was just going to, you know, tell him.'
'Okay. How?'
'What do you mean “how”?' Blaine frowned, watching as Cooper, too, sat up and moved to face Blaine, a serious look on his face.
'I mean how. Set the scene for me.'
'It's not a performance, Coop.'
'It kind of is, though,' Cooper argued, but Blaine thought that sounded like almost the exact opposite of what he should be aiming for.
'I don't know, Coop,' Blaine hesitated. 'I was going to just tell him on Monday. I don't wanna drag it out any more.'
'Trust me, Blaine. I know what I'm talking about. You'll thank me later.' Blaine gave a soft sigh of exasperation. 'I want to help, okay? You can wait one more day, can't you?'
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To Blaine's surprise, Cooper showed up at glee rehearsal on Monday afternoon. When Blaine arrived with Kurt, his brother was already there, deep in conversation with Will Schuester.
'Omigod,' Kurt squealed the moment he saw Cooper. 'You didn't tell me he was coming here.'
'I didn't know,' Blaine replied honestly, though he thought he should have known that Cooper was planning something more than meeting Blaine's boyfriend, when he decided to stick around in Lima.
'Blainey!' Cooper called, motioning them over. 'Look who I ran into.' He indicated Mr. Schue. 'Your director here tells me you're in dire need of professional help with prepping for Sectionals.'
'Well, “dire” is probably a bit extreme, but--' Mr. Schue mumbled awkwardly.
'Never be afraid to ask for help!' Cooper patted the older man on the shoulder, before turning again to Blaine and Kurt. 'So I've decided to offer you all my services for the next two weeks until the competition. See if we can't whip you into shape.' Cooper looked so excited to be here, it was hard to tell if he was doing it more for them or himself.
'Wow, that's-- that's great.' Honestly Blaine didn't know whether to find the prospect more exciting or terrifying. Cooper had always been involved in Blaine's performance life to some extent or another, and it always worked out alright, but Blaine wasn't sure that involving him so directly was the best idea. Mixing family and work seemed like a recipe for disaster, and Blaine loved his brother. He would rather that it stayed that way. The rest of New Directions, though, were firmly in the “excited” camp - Blaine didn't think he had ever seen Kurt so worked up about anything - so he decided to not be a buzzkill and let it be, welcoming Cooper to the group with a smile.
And Blaine had to admit that having Cooper around actually worked wonders for the glee club. One by one or two by two he brought people to the floor to perform for him so he could 'assess their strengths and weaknesses', and Blaine didn't know whether it was because everyone was so intent on impressing Cooper or whether it was the sheer energy that he gave off, but everyone was at the top of their games today. Blaine didn't get to perform ('I already know what your weaknesses are.') but by the end of the lesson he felt more included than ever before as every single person called out a 'Bye, Blaine' or 'See ya, Blaine' before leaving. Who knew that all it took was bringing your semi-famous brother to school?
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'Your brother is amazing,' Kurt exclaimed emphatically the moment they stepped into the room, and he knew they were well out of earshot.
'Mm-hm, and you have a crush,' Blaine teased.
'Don't be jealous,' Kurt reprimanded softly. 'You're still my number-one guy.' He poked the tip of Blaine's nose playfully as though to indicate that he really did mean him.
'Mm, I'd better be,' Blaine asserted, pulling Kurt in for a kiss.
'Besides,' Kurt noted, breaking the kiss and his mouth quivering in a barely contained smile. 'He's way too old for me.'
'You are terrible,' Blaine laughed, starting towards the door and pulling Kurt with him. 'Come on, your man awaits.'
'Do you think it's too much if I ask for an autograph?' Kurt whispered hopefully as they made their way back downstairs. Blaine chuckled.
'If I know Cooper right, you'll ask for one and he'll get you ten.'
When they entered the living room, Cooper was fiddling with the DVD player. 'I thought we'd start with a movie!' he announced, an excited glint in his eyes.
Blaine's mind reeled with the different movies Cooper could possibly have chosen for this occasion, and when Kurt went to the kitchen to collect beverages, Blaine rounded on his brother.
'Tell me you didn't. I mean, not--' Blaine mouthed the next three words. 'Boys Don't Cry? Because while I realize it's a conversation starter, I don't think I can--'
'Dude, relax. I'm not stupid.' Cooper put a calming hand on Blaine's shoulder. 'It's just a random movie. You know, to break the tension. Trust me, I've got it all worked out.'
It was true. The movie was a typical romantic comedy with nothing remarkable about it at all. It wasn't a bad movie, Blaine supposed, but Kurt, for one, was a lot more interested in cuddling and kept getting distracted from the plot of the movie, seemingly trying to figure out the exact shape and feel of Blaine's lips against his. This wasn't far outside their usual movie-watching behavior, but they also usually watched movies in private, and Blaine couldn't help feeling embarrassed that he was cuddling and making out with his boyfriend in front of his brother. Cooper didn't seem to mind though. In fact he kept catching Blaine's eye and smirking at him, and Blaine had a feeling he was in for a brutal round of brotherly teasing later on.
'I don't know which was more exciting,' Cooper commented as the movie ended and the credits began to roll. 'You guys or the movie.'
'Wow, that sounds vaguely creepy,' Blaine chuckled. 'Well done.'
'Well, most of Lima isn't exactly big on gay PDA,' Kurt explained to Cooper. 'So we have to make the most of it when we're in private.' He put a hand on Blaine's knee, smiling at him. He turned back to Cooper, suddenly a bit flustered. 'I hope we didn't make you uncomfortable though. I mean, Blaine told me you were cool with everything, but I guess that's not the same as--'
Cooper held up a hand to stop him. 'Kurt relax, man. Do I seem bothered? I've been to plenty of pride events, even joined the parade once and I may or may not have had an unforgettable experience with a drag queen from Canada.' Blaine grimaced. There was an image he didn't particularly need stuck in his head. 'Trust me, gay is okay in my book.'
'What's it like? The pride thing, I mean,' Kurt hastened to add.
'Oh, you've never been? It's so much fun. It's the most diverse group of people you can imagine coming together in one place and celebrating, just, you know, freedom. You get gay people, straight people, bisexuals, pansexuals, asexuals. Butches, femmes, drag queens, transmen, transwomen, genderqueers...'
Blaine let out a long breath, which he had held, waiting for the moment the word transmen passed Cooper's lips. In hindsight he didn't really know what he had been expecting Kurt to say to such an offhand remark. Now that you mention it, I love transmen and I'd be totally fine with dating one seemed a bit farfetched, and of course what Kurt did say was nothing.
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Blaine laughed, handing Kurt his messenger bag.
'So do you think I passed?' Kurt asked and Blaine frowned in question. 'I'm not stupid. I know today was just as much about him meeting me as it was about me meeting him. He was being all Mr. Protective Brother checking out the boyfriend.'
'I think you passed. As if you'd ever fail at anything.' Blaine smiled, giving Kurt a brief goodbye kiss, before sending him out the door with the usual plea for him to call before bed.
The moment Kurt had left, Cooper was in Blaine's doorway.
'So I think that went well,' he stated confidently.
'Yeah,' Blaine agreed. 'Although you could have been a bit more subtle than So what do you think of Chaz Bono?'
'I was getting desperate, okay?' Cooper exclaimed defensively. 'He wasn't talking, and I wanted at least something on the issue.'
'So what's the ruling then? Any advice?'
'I think he's a keeper.' Cooper nodded. 'But why don't we discuss it over dinner? I'm starving.'
'Sure. Just let me change into something more comfortable. I'm choking in this thing. Be right down.'
'Yep yep.' Cooper turned to leave but stopped on the doorway, lips quirking into a teasing smirk. 'Oh, and Blaine? You two? So adorable.' He made little kissy sounds, ducking out of the room quickly before Blaine could throw a pillow at him.
Blaine snorted to himself as he stood in front of the mirror, making quick work of removing his bow tie, vest and shirt until the binder, that he so loved and hated at the same time, was the only thing left. He tore it off unceremoniously, reveling in the feeling of breathing again. He regarded the binder in his hand for a moment, amazed that one could have so many strong and conflicting feelings about a piece of fabric. He lifted his gaze and watched himself in the mirror, longing for the day when surgery became more than just a distant possibility.
It happened in the space of ten seconds, maybe less, maybe more. Time seemed to at once have slowed down and sped up, as something behind him in the mirror caught Blaine's eye, and he wheeled around to discover Kurt's phone lying on his bed. It must have slipped out of his bag earlier without either of them noticing. At the same time as he was seeing this, he became aware of the sound of someone thundering up the stairs and he knew it was happening seconds before it did, but he just stood frozen in the middle of his bedroom, shirtless and facing the open door, too panicked to even think of covering himself.
'Sorry,' Kurt was breathless as he entered the room. 'I just forgot my ph--'
He stopped short when his eyes fell on Blaine and his unmistakably female-looking chest. Kurt's mouth fell open and for a long moment he simply stood there, staring and completely lost for words.
Blaine wasn't sure how long they stood there, but he became the first one to act as he finally thought to use the binder that was still in his hand to cover himself as well as he could. His voice was panicked and pleading as he spoke. 'Kurt. Oh god, I'm so sorry. I swear, I was going to tell you. I didn't want you to find out like this.'
Blaine started towards his boyfriend, but Kurt recoiled, backing away from him into the wall, and Blaine's heart broke at the look Kurt sent him.
'You-- I never-- How could you-- Eight months, Blaine.'
'I know, I'm sorry,' Blaine repeated, voice breaking. 'I was going to tell you, I swear I was. I was literally going to do it tomorrow.'
It was Blaine's turn to recoil as Kurt practically yelled, 'Tomorrow? What's tomorrow? You should have told me months ago.'
'I'm sorry. Kurt, I'm so sorry,' Blaine pleaded as Kurt tore his eyes away and picked up his phone from the bed. Blaine didn't even recognize the look on Kurt's face as he turned and moved towards the door. 'Wait. Please, Kurt, we can talk about this.'
'I can't. I just-- I can't,' was all Kurt could say and, without even looking back, he ran out, leaving Blaine standing broken and exposed in the middle of the room.
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