"Morning Blainey," cooper said as he walked into the kitchen to find Blaine sitting at the table, mug of coffee in hand, shirtless and reading the paper.

"Don't call me that," Blaine replied, pushing his glasses up his nose, he smiled as Cooper scoffed and turned to pour himself coffee. Blaine would never let Cooper know that he secretly liked it when his older brother called him by his many nicknames.

"So what's on the agenda for today?" Cooper asked, sitting down opposite Blaine.

"I've got registration later this afternoon for tomorrow," Blaine began, referring to the completion registration he and Kurt had to attend that would enable Blaine to compete and Kurt to model, "And this morning I've got to colour Kurt's hair, ready for tomorrow," Blaine finished.

"Isn't that cheating?" Cooper asked, "Preparing him early?" Cooper winked at Blaine, proud of his innuendo joke. Blaine just rolled his eyes.

"You can do whatever you want before they're registered, so long as the judges can see a visible difference from the before photo to the finished look," Cooper nodded in understanding.

"And where is Kurt?" he asked.

"Still asleep," Blaine replied, "I get to anxious to sleep before competitions,"

"You'll be fine Blainey," Cooper grinned, reaching across to nudge Blaine's shoulder with his fist.

"Thanks Coop," Blaine grinned into his mug, his eyes flashing back up to Cooper's face when he noticed a sly grin appear on his face, "Coop?" Blaine asked.

"Have fun last night did we?" Cooper asked, his teasing tone returning.

"What?" Blaine asked, trying to sound innocent, but the blush creeping along his cheeks was doing well at giving him away.

"Blaine, don't play dumb. You look like a leopard," Cooper smirked, his eyes flicking down to Blaine's bare chest. There, underneath Blaine's dusting a chest hair were obvious bruises caused my Kurt's roaming mouth from the night before.

"Fine, we had sex in your guest bed last night. And while I'm being honest, in your guest shower too," Blaine grinned to himself at Cooper's shocked expression, which slowly turned into a grin, much bigger than Blaine's.

"I'm happy for you B," Cooper smiled over at his little brother, "I haven't seen you this happy since you were about six years old,"

"That's because that was probably one of the last times I was this happy," Blaine shrugged.

"Hey don't be like that," Cooper said softly, moving to sit in the chair beside Blaine, wrapping his arm around Blaine's shoulder, "We've moved passed that ok? I know I've said it a million times in the last few years, but I really am sorry for leaving you with them," Cooper replied, giving Blaine's shoulders a squeeze.

"It's not your fault Coop, you're nine years older than me, I couldn't expect you to hang around, you had college and a life. I would have hated myself if you'd stayed behind for me," Blaine said, leaning his head against Cooper's shoulder.

"I know, but still, I'm your big brother, I'm meant to protect you," Cooper sighed.

"Keep them away from me for the rest of my life I'll love you forever," Blaine returned with a sigh of his own.

"I promise," Cooper smiled down at his little brother.

"Love you Coop," Blaine said, leaning in to wrap both of his arms around his brother.

"Love you too B," Cooper replied, pulling away after a few moments, "Ahh, looks like you got your revenge Blainey," Cooper laughed, looking at something over Blaine's shoulder. Blaine looked at Cooper; confused, until he turned around to see Kurt walking into the kitchen, his chest covered with just as many hickey's as Blaine's. Kurt shrugged at Cooper's laugh and Blaine smiled to himself at how proud he was of Kurt for putting Cooper in his place.

"Morning babe," Blaine greeted Kurt as he stood and made his way into the kitchen, placing a kiss to Kurt's temple as he walked passed him to place his mug in the sink.

"Morning," Kurt grinned, pouring himself a coffee, "Plans today?" Kurt asked, moving to take Blaine's empty seat at the table, Cooper had since returned to his own seat on the opposite side.

"Gotta start getting you ready for tomorrow," Blaine replied, moving out of the kitchen and back down to their bedroom, not before he saw Kurt give Cooper a ‘don't even think about saying it' look, Blaine laughed quietly to himself. Blaine returned to the kitchen a few minutes later with his kit and another small bag in his hand, "I thought that you did everything tomorrow?" Kurt asked, looking from Blaine's kit to Blaine's face.

"I cut your hair tomorrow, I was hoping today you'd let me put a bit of colour through it to really make the cut stand out," Blaine suggested, looking hopeful, he hadn't told Kurt about this part of the plan before.

"Sounds good," Kurt smiled, "What were you thinking?"

"Just very subtle highlights in the front, barely noticeable unless you're in the light. I guess you could say ‘sun kissed' but I hate using that term," Blaine laughed at himself.

"Go crazy," Kurt grinned as Blaine nodded his head and opened his second small bag, pulling out his colour equipment. He moved into the kitchen to mix up the colour, just like he had done with Rachel's. He moved back into the dining room and placed his bowl of colour on top of an old towel he had pulled from Cooper's linen closest on the way back from his room.

"I'm going to cape you because I don't want the colour dripping and staining your skin," Blaine explained as he pulled his black cape out of the front compartment of his kit. Kurt nodded as Blaine placed it over him and fastened it behind his neck.

"Need a hand B?" Cooper asked, looking up from the paper that he was now reading.

"No thanks Coop, I've got this," he smiled as he pulled out a small stack of foils and a pair of black latex gloves. Kurt moved so his arms were out from under the cape, giving him the freedom to lean forward and picking up his mug of coffee, taking a sip.

"I like being able to have my arms free and not have to worry about hair falling in my drink," Kurt laughed as Blaine stepped in front of him, sectioning off the front pieces of his hair and clipping the back pieces back and out of his way.

"Yeah, that is one of the downsides," Blaine smiled as he picked up his first piece of foil and his colour brush, brushing the colour over the hair laying on the foil, "I can't believe how long your hair has gotten though," Blaine commented.

"I know," Kurt replied, taking another sip of his coffee as Blaine picked up another piece of foil, "That's why I was begging you for a haircut last week," Kurt laughed.

"I promise that by tomorrow afternoon you will be back to looking like your normal self," Blaine winked as he placed another foil in Kurt's hair. After he placed one more he announced to Kurt that he was done.

"Already?" Kurt asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, I only wanted them through the front, besides, your natural hair colour has grown out since I first coloured it for you and I don't want to cover it up with more colour," Blaine explained, "It's too gorgeous. People sit in my chair and pay mega bucks to have a hair colour like yours," Blaine grinned down at Kurt, "I can take this off now," he said as he moved his hands behind Kurt's neck and undid the cape, folding it up and placing it back in his kit.

"So how long do we wait now?" Kurt asked, settling back into his chair once Blaine had removed the cape.

"I'll check them in half an hour and see where we're at," he replied, "Thank you for doing this for me," he whispered quietly into Kurt's ear as he sat down in the chair beside Kurt, "It really does mean a lot," he smiled softly as he placed a kiss to Kurt's jaw, just below his ear.

"Anything for you," Kurt said as he returned Blaine's smile.

"You guys are too cute," Cooper spoke up from behind his newspaper. Both Kurt and Blaine's heads snapped over to look at Cooper; they'd both forgotten he was still there.

"Don't you have somewhere to be Coop?" Blaine asked, in a bit of a frustrated tone.

"Nope," Cooper grinned, "I'm coming with you this afternoon," Blaine gave him a puzzled look, "What? You think I'd pass up the chance to be in a room full of models?" Cooper asked, in an obvious tone.

"Hair models," Blaine pointed out.

"And?" Cooper asked with a shrug.

"Which means that by the time the competition is over, they will not look like themselves. Their hair will be all kinds of crazy colour and cuts. Most hairdressers just see competitions as a good excuse to hack off long hair without needing consent from the client first," Blaine replied.

"Is that what you do?" Kurt asked Blaine, sounding a little upset, because he knows that Blaine likes to treat his clients to excellent service.

"Not necessarily," Blaine began, "You don't have to, but I always used to consult with my models first. If they really didn't want to go short then I wasn't going to make them. As I said when you first came in, I don't like it when people cry in my chair, this is no exception. If they don't want something, I'm not going to force them to do it, I'm talented enough to show my skills without having to cut my models hair all off. I mean it can be fun when someone says go for it," he paused to wink at Kurt, "But at the end of the day, it always shows on the models face if they're not happy with what I do and even though the judges say they don't take that into consideration, but hair always looks better on someone who likes what I've done," he finished with a shrug.

"I'm proud of you B," Cooper spoke up, he continued when Blaine gave him yet another puzzled look, "How the hell did you turn out to be so nice when the people who raised you should not be allowed to call themselves parents?" Blaine shrugged.

"I guess I just didn't want to be like them," he replied quietly. Kurt smiled at him and silently placed a hand on Blaine's knee and gave it a gentle squeeze. Blaine looked up and returned his smile.

"You did good kid," Cooper said as he stood up and clapped a hand on Blaine's shoulder, "Now, check on Kurt's hair, then go and wash it out, where you no doubt have more sex, and then for everyone's sake, could both of you please put a shirt on, the hickeys are very distracting; I just want to play connect the dots," Cooper said in mock frustration.

"You jealous Cooper?" Kurt asked with a grin.

"Of your body? Yes," Cooper answered honestly, "Of Blaine because he gets to tap that every night? Yes," he answered again.

"Getting a little confused again, are we Coop?" Blaine teased.

"Blaine, for as long as your boyfriend is walking around with no shirt on, then yes, I'm going to be very confused. I know that I like women, but your boyfriend is not helping the cause," Cooper stated, gesturing straight at Kurt.

"Cooper, I'm flattered," Kurt gushed, batting his eyelashes at him.

"Stop teasing me or you'll make me do things that Blaine would never forgive me for,"

"Cooper, you can leave now please," Blaine said in a warning tone. Kurt turned his head to look at Blaine, his pupils dilating at the low tone that Blaine was using, the arousal going straight to his crotch. Cooper nodded at Blaine's words and left the dining room, making his way back to his bedroom, "He's right though, I do need to check on your hair," Kurt nodded and sat still as Blaine pulled open one of the foils, "Only a few more minutes, we may as well head down and get the water running," Kurt nodded as he took hold of Blaine's hand and they both made their way back to their bedroom and into the bathroom.

Half an hour later they both emerged from their bedroom, hair wet and faces flushed.

"Good sex boys?" Cooper smirked as Blaine came back into the dining room to pick up his kit and extra bag, needing his hair dryer.

"Jealous Cooper?" Blaine winked as he left the room again, leaving Cooper speechless in the kitchen. Blaine shut the door behind him and Kurt and went back into the bathroom, plugging in his dryer and gesturing for Kurt to sit down at the chair he had placed in front of the mirror. Blaine switched on his dryer and began drying Kurt's hair, trying to work it into a wearable style for Kurt. He felt bad that he had deprived Kurt of a haircut for almost six weeks now, but he knew that his chances of winning were greatly improved if there was a considerable difference, also he knew that Kurt was excited to be his model, so it would Blaine's task easier because he knew that Kurt would love what he did, "There," Blaine announced as he finished and placed his dryer back on the bathroom counter, "I know it's not perfect, but I tried to work it so you would like it," Kurt smiled in appreciation at Blaine's effort.

"Thank you," he said as he turned around and pulled Blaine down for a kiss, "But you can't see the colour," he said, sounding slightly concerned.

"Here," Blaine said as he moved his hands and ran them up Kurt's forehead, sweeping Kurt's bangs up and off his forehead, pulling them back and then pushing them up, imitating how Kurt usually wore his hair, "Now move you head slowly from side to side," Blaine instructed. He smiled when he saw Kurt's face light up when he caught a glimpse of the subtle highlights that Blaine had just added.

"Blaine," Kurt exclaimed, "They look good. I see what you mean about ‘sun kissed'" Kurt laughed as he raised his hands to signal air quotes, "But they really do look good, and they'll look so much better after you've cut the rest of this mop off," Kurt laughed.

"Hey, your hair's not a mop," Blaine smiled as he let Kurt's hair go and placed a kiss to his temple.

"Thank you," Kurt grinned, "Now let's go register and put Cooper out of his misery,"

"Sounds like a plan," Blaine grinned, taking Kurt's hand and following him back down the hallway.

Half an hour later and the three men were standing in the lobby of a rather fancy Los Angeles hotel, the completion was to be held in one of their exhibition rooms.

"Ok, because you're my model, we can resister at the same table. Cooper, Kurt and I are going this way, will you please behave while I'm not around to watch over you?" Blaine asked, his eyes silently pleading.

"Scouts honour," Cooper replied as he raised three fingers and then saluted.

"Of course you were both boy scouts," Kurt sighed. Blaine laughed and began to lead way to registration.

"Of course," he replied, "We had to do something to get us out of the house," he grinned at Kurt and continued making his way through the crowd, leading Kurt to where they needed to be. Blaine finally reached the correct table and began giving his details, pulling out various pieces of paper showing his qualifications and identification. The entire process was a lot more intense that Kurt had originally anticipated.

"And I see for your models that you have one already selected for the Men's Cut category, and we will provide you with models for the rest?" she clarified.

"That's right, yes," Blaine nodded.

"Ok, so your pre selected model just needs to fill this out and then I'll take him over to the wall and take his picture ready for tomorrow," Blaine nodded and gestured for Kurt to step forward. He filled out the basic information sheet, stating his name, whether or not he had modelled before and finally he signed the contract saying that from this moment and until the competition starts, neither he nor his hair stylist is allowed to do anything with hair. Kurt signed and then followed the woman over to the white wall, which he stood in front of and she snapped his picture with a Polaroid camera to keep on file for tomorrow, "Right, you're both all done here. Thank you for registering and we look forward to seeing you both tomorrow. Good luck," she finished as she smiled at both Kurt and Blaine.

"Thank you," both men replied before moving away to find Cooper.

"Oh my god Blaine," Kurt quietly exclaimed as he grabbed Blaine's hand.

"What?" Blaine asked, an amused smile on his face, he knew who Kurt had spotted.

"Blaine it's Kyan from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," Kurt whispered into Blaine's ear.

"I know," Blaine grinned as Kurt looked at him, his eyes wide.

"He's one of the judges tomorrow," Blaine didn't think it was possible for Kurt's eyes to get any bigger.

"You mean he'll be looking at my hair tomorrow?" Kurt asked, his voice high.

"More than that," Blaine continued as he laughed to himself at Kurt's look of quick panic, "For the Men's Cut they also have to cross check because it's judged on technique as well as look, and they don't know how well of a cut we did if they don't cross check. So the chances of Kyan having his hands in your hair tomorrow are very very high," Blaine grinned as he whispered into Kurt's ear.

"Oh my god," Kurt breathed, "I used to have the biggest crush on him. My lifelong dream was for him to cut my hair," Kurt admitted, "I don't need that now though, I have you," he quickly covered with a grin, Blaine just laughed.

"I can introduce you if you want? I've met him before at competitions," Blaine smiled at Kurt's look of disbelief.

"How is it you know every famous hairdresser? Is there something you're not telling me Blaine Anderson?" Kurt asked with a smirk. Blaine laughed and shook his head.

"No, I just love what I do. But just to impress you even more; I've cut Kyan's hair before," Blaine thought Kurt's eyes were going to pop out of his head.

"What?" Kurt asked, his voice becoming very high.

"Yeah, he lives in New York and came into our salon once last year. He recognised me from competitions and specifically asked for me to cut his hair because he'd judged me at competitions before,"

"What did you talk about?" Kurt asked, "I wouldn't know what to say,"

"Kurt, I'm a hairdresser, I always have something to say," Blaine laughed as Kurt smacked him playfully on the arm, "No he asked me why I didn't compete anymore. I told him the truth, that my parents never supported my choices, both personally and professionally and that my biggest supporter had passed away the previous year which kind of took the fun out of competitions for me," Kurt nodded giving Blaine's hand a squeeze.

"And did you do a good job of his hair?" Kurt asked with a grin.

"Of course I did," Blaine replied with a smile. His eyes finally moving away from Kurt's to scan the room for his brother again, "Where the hell is he?" Blaine asked to no one in particular.

"There he is," Kurt pointed towards Cooper who was standing in amongst a group of female stylists, clearly controlling the crowd's attention. Cooper had the talent of drawing people to him, Kurt noted.

"Come on Coop," Blaine said loud enough for his brother to hear.

"Coming Blainey," Cooper called back. Kurt laughed quietly at Blaine's visible wince when Cooper called him his nickname in public. Cooper caught up to Kurt and Blaine just as they were leaving the hotel and making their way back to Cooper's car. It wasn't until they were all inside and pulling out of the parking lot when Cooper finally spoke up, "By the way B, Henry's here," Kurt saw Blaine shrug at coopers' words.

"Henry?" Kurt asked, not understanding who the brothers were talking about.

"One of Blaine's ex's," Cooper replied.

"He's not an ex," Blaine quickly corrected.

"But I thought?" Cooper asked, Blaine shook his head.

"He was never my boyfriend to begin with, just a guy I slept with a few years ago because I was into him and I thought he was into me. Man was I wrong," Blaine sighed.

"Blaine?" Kurt prompted Blaine quietly.

"We had sex a couple of times but it never lead to anything. He kept saying that I was too clingy, I wasn't I just wanted to know if we were both on the same page. Turns out we weren't, I wanted more and he just wanted sex. He's been trying to make my life hell whenever we're around each other since," Blaine finished, shaking his head and rubbing his hand over his jaw.

"You'll be fine B," Cooper grinned, "If you don't scare him off, Kurt certainly will. Hell I'm scared of Kurt and I'm not even a threat to your relationship," Cooper laughed.

"He's not a threat to mine and Kurt's relationship," Blaine corrected Cooper again, "He's just an asshole who still thinks that I'm in love with him, even though I never was, and now he thinks it's his life mission to make me jealous of all the men he has had sex with, whenever I see him,"

"You'll be fine Blaine," Kurt replied reaching forward to give Blaine's shoulder a squeeze, "Besides, what's he like at doing hair?" Kurt asked with a smirk.

"He's rubbish," Blaine replied with a grin.

"Well, there you go," Kurt said as he returned Blaine's grin, "He's the one who should be panicking.

"Thank you," Blaine mouthed to Kurt from the front seat.

"You're welcome," Kurt mouthed back, neither of them wanted to set Cooper off on yet another ‘you're both so adorable' speeches.

"Ok you two," Cooper announced as he pulled back into his driveway, but not letting either men out of the car just yet, "Now you both have early starts and big days tomorrow, so we're going to go inside watch a couple of movies, order some dinner, maybe watch some more movies before an early bedtime. Do I make myself clear?" Cooper asked.

"Yes sir," both Kurt and Blaine replied at the same time.

"Good, and if I come down there after we've all gone to bed and hear any sex noise, I'll force you both to sleep in separate rooms. They'll be enough time for sex after Blaine wins," Cooper added before unlocking the car doors, "Ok inside both of you and change into something comfortable. Jeans are not proper movie watching attire," both men nodded at Cooper before following orders.

It was a few hours later when Cooper looked over to his brother and boyfriend, he smiled to himself when he saw that they were both asleep, Blaine's arms wrapped tightly around Kurt who had his head resting on Blaine's chest.

"Thank you Kurt," Cooper whispered quietly to no one before moving to wake them both up gently and getting them to move back into their own bed so they wouldn't wake up stiff and sore; Blaine did not need that going into his competition.

Kurt and Blaine obliged without protest and soon Cooper was shutting off the TV and making his way back to his own room, sending Wes a quick text reading ‘He's perfect'. The reply was almost instant; ‘I told you'. Cooper laughed at Wes' reply and shut his phone off, wishing more than anything that he could call his parents and gush about how cute Kurt and Blaine were together and how perfect for each other they were' he wanted to punch something because he knew he would never be able to do that. What he could do however, was to be there for Blaine in a way that their parents never were, and cheer the loudest for his little brother at the competition tomorrow.