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Blaine entered the lobby of the Primavera and looked around. Cooper should be here, right? They said that they would meet in ten minutes, and he was exactly on time, so where the hell was he?

When he considered retrieving his phone and calling him again, he spotted someone – and his heart skipped a beat.

He had just seen Male Ariel.

That guy that saved his watch. That guy he fell for, head over heels.

When Male Ariel had spotted him as well, his blue eyes widened in surprise.

…

"It's you!", Kurt couldn't help but say when he saw Curly Head walk towards him. "How is that possible? That's fate, right? Now that I thought about you, you show up."

"It's indeed a miracle", Curly Head agreed, grinning. "I missed you, and we saw each other only a couple of hours ago."

"Same here", Kurt agreed breathlessly. If he had it his way, he would have taken and kissed him relentlessly, but he let it be. Not because he was gay, but because he was not that much of a fan of PDA. Kurt hated it if Finn and Rachel made out publicly, or any other couple.

Instead, he took Curly Head by his hand and squeezed it affectionately. "I thought I have lost you forever."

Curly Head leaned over to his ear. "If that's the case", he whispered, and a cold shiver was running down Kurt's spine "I won't let go of you, never again."

Sounded great. Kurt would have made a leap of joy, but he could compose himself in time. "Come on", he said giddily. "Let's drink something at the bar. And talk."

He wanted to tug Blaine to the direction of the bar when another voice made them stop.

"Dude!"

Kurt turned around, rolling his eyes. "Finn? What is it? As you can see, I am busy."

How dared Finn disturb him at that special moment?

Frowning, Finn looked back and forth between him and Curly Head. "You found your half-brother, and you didn't tell us? Not nice!"

Confused, Kurt cocked his head to the side. "What the hell are you even talking about?"

"Your long-lost brother you want to drag to god knows where? I saw his photo on Instagram" Finn pointed at Curly Head.

Realization dawned on Kurt and he perplexedly looked back to Curly Head. His face fell.

…

"Wait, you are Dylan Ferguson?", Male Ariel asked, suddenly looking irritated.

Blaine's eyes widened.

Oh no, he hoped it wasn't what he thought it was.

"Y…Yes?", he said insecurely.

Please don't tell me you are Burt's son, he prayed to himself.

With an unreadable face expression, Male Ariel let go of him. "Nice to meet you, Dylan", he said, sounding so formal and distant all of a sudden. "I am Kurt. Kurt Hummel"

Blaine's face fell as well.

No.

No way.

No no no no no!

Now that he had said it, he realized why Male Ariel had been so familiar to him. Because he had seen his face in all the glossy magazines such as Forbes.

Because he was junior CEO of Lima's Primavera, and also heir to the hotelchains of Primavera Hotels Worldwide.

He was one of the sons of the most powerful CEOs of America.

Crap.

Crap, crap, crap.

Why did god do that to him? Was it the punishment for what he and Cooper were doing? Was it the punishment for posing as Dylan?

At this moment, a petite brunette came rushing over to them, her pumps clicking on the marble floor was ear piercing. "Oh, this is your half-brother Dylan?", she said delightedly.

All Blaine could do now was nod. So everyone here knew about that Dylan would come? How creepy.

"My name is Rachel Berry, and I am Finn's fiancée, so I am basically your sister in law.", she introduced herself in an exaggerated manner and linked arms with Finn. Blaine found her kind of pretentious and he just met her seconds ago. "It's nice to finally meet you."

"Leave him alone, Rachel", Kurt groaned, annoyed.

Finn threw him a killing glance which Kurt ignored.

To make matters worse, Cooper decided to show up at that moment as well. He cocked his eyebrows when he entered the lobby and saw Blaine's entourage. "Dylan? There you are, I have been searching for you forever."

"And who is this guy?", Finn asked, interested.

"This is Cooper my br…boyfriend", Blaine corrected himself quickly. Dammit, he didn't mean to say that word exactly, but there was no other word starting with B that came to his mind that quickly. Now, there was no turning back anymore.

Cooper's smile was forced. "Yes, that's right. He is my man.", he said in a tone that was telling Blaine how pissed he was about that little lie. Blaine could understand, after all, Cooper was as straight as an arrow and didn't feel attracted to men at all.

But hey, if Blaine could pose as a person he wasn't, so could his brother, right?

"Boyfriend?" Kurt's tone was ice cold, and he didn't even try to hide the irritation. "You have a boyfriend?"

The pain in his voice made Blaine's heart ache. Kurt must think that he was an unfaithful asshole that cheated on his partner.

He had absolutely no idea.

Ignoring Kurt's comment, Finn retrieved his phone. "We need to tell Burt and mom that you arrived, man. Maybe we could all have lunch together or something."

"Sounds great", Rachel chirped excitedly and turned to Blaine. "Do you sing? It would be great to have another duet partner at karaoke night for a change, not always my fiancé."

Finn didn't look so thrilled about that suggestion. Before he could answer her back, Burt had already picked up. He walked further away to have a phone call in silence.

Kurt just shook his head and turned on his heel. "Sorry, this is just…too much", he muttered and quickly walked back to the bar.

Once he had left, it was silent for a while, nobody knew what to say.

"Maybe he is just …overwhelmed with this situation", Rachel broke the awkward silence eventually, trying to explain his odd behavior. "He just met his long-lost brother; he needs to process it."

If only that would be the reason, Blaine thought, crestfallen. Not because I have just broken his heart into thousands of pieces, and I'm not even allowed to explain the whole situation.

…

Why did Blaine agree to all this in the first place? That was the question he asked himself while he and Cooper had lunch at the dining hall of Dylan's wealthy CEO dad.

"We want to get to know you better, Dylan, and your partner of course", Burt said right now, taking a sip of his wine. "How did you and Cooper meet?"

Blaine took Cooper's hand and squeezed it softly. "It was love on first sight", he explained, not feeling at ease with this situation at all.

"Yes", Cooper agreed tightly. "Dylan is the best boyfriend I could wish for."

Did Blaine just imagine or did he exchange knowing glances with Burt's niece Veronica on his opposite?

Kurt just eyed the Blaine and his brother in distrust while he picked at his food. Since they had found out each other's (fake) identities, Kurt had started acting aloof towards Blaine and Cooper, until now, he hadn't said a single word.

Blaine really couldn't resent him his behavior; he probably would have acted like that as well if he had found out that his crush was not only his brother but also already taken.

"How adorable", Carole commented, smiling. "How long have you been a couple?"

"For almost two years", Cooper answered. "We met at a resort in Asia where he resided with his mother for vacation. I remember that horrible tsunami in Singapore that came out of nowhere."

"Cooper saved my life, but sadly, my mother didn't have that much luck", Blaine went on and looked down his plate, suddenly sad. He remembered how devastated Dylan had been after he had learned of his mother's death, it had been a horrible time for him.

"I am so sorry to hear that", Carole said compassionately.

"So am I. I didn't know her that much, but Paige was a good woman, she didn't deserve that" Burt sighed.

Neither did Dylan, Blaine thought, downcast.

"How interesting", Kurt said icily, it was the first time he had been saying anything. "Considering that you have almost been declared dead, you seem to be safe and sound. How practical."

"Kurt", his dad hissed sternly, but was ignored completely.

Even though Cooper was still smiling, Blaine could tell how he kind of stiffened. "What do you want to say by that?", he asked calmly, looking back to Kurt confidently. "That we are posing as people we are not? That we are strangers in reality who are after Dylan's money?"

"I don't know", Kurt answered, eyes narrowed and staring at Cooper skeptically. "You tell me."

"Enough, Kurt!", Burt bellowed. "Treat your brother and his boyfriend with respect."

"With respect?" Kurt threw Blaine a hostile glance. "That's a good one." Considering that his 'brother' had kissed him not long ago, just to tell him afterwards that he already had a boyfriend? He checked his watch and got up. "If you would excuse me, I need to meet with Mercedes and Tina, we need to look for a new PR Manager after the last one left us."

He turned on his heel and irritatedly rushed out of the room.

"We are so sorry about his behavior", Carole told the Anderson brothers after he had closed the door behind him. "Maybe, he needs more time to get used to this situation."

"It's okay, we can understand", Cooper answered politely, smiling his charming smile that made all the women swoon over him.

For the hundredth time this day, Blaine wondered whether all this lying was worth it. But then, he couldn't help but think about his brother that needed medical help before his illness got worse. He would never forgive himself if the same that already happened to their mother happened to his big brother.

Blaine was doing this for Cooper, that's what he kept on telling himself throughout the rest of the dinner. But why was it so hard for him to get Kurt's hurt face expression out of his head?

…

"Coop, there is something I need to tell you", Blaine confessed once they were done with eating and could withdraw to their shared hotel room. Burt insisted that they would get the royal suite, one of the best hotelrooms of the Primavera, and of course, their residence would be on the house.

"And what?", Cooper shouted from the spacious bathroom where he was probably checking out their giant whirlpool.

Blaine slumped down on the sofa and looked down his shoes, suddenly feeling ashamed when Cooper left the bathroom and looked at him expectantly. "Do you remember when I told you about that I fell in love?"

Cooper nodded absentmindedly while he swallowed his pills and drank a glass of water afterwards.

"Well, I met him again." Blaine took a deep breath. "Turned out that it was Kurt, Dylan's halfbrother. Funny, right?"

His older brother coughed, spat out the water and looked at Blaine, scandalized. "That's why he had been acting like a dick? Are you kidding me, Squirt?"

"I wish I did", Blaine answered contritely. "And now, Kurt thinks that I used him to cheat on you, and I probabaly broke his heart as well."

Cooper glared at him. "I totally understand why he got so skeptical. Of all guys in the world, you needed to fall for your brother?!"

"Dylan's brother!", Blaine exclaimed.

"You ARE Dylan now!", Cooper yelled. "The sooner you get used to that thought, the better!" He sighed deeply when he saw Blaine's shocked face expression. "Look, I am sorry, I shouldn't have been so harsh to you." He came closer to Blaine and patted his shoulder brotherly. "But you need to understand how much is at stake now. If I had it my way, I would let you ride with your Prince Charming towards the sunset to live your happily ever after."

"I know, Coop", Blaine sighed, downcast.

"But sadly, it's not possible. You need to keep up that show until I am fully cured, little brother", Cooper insisted. "After that, we can just leave Ohio, fake Dylan's death and you can have any other guy you want. How about we go to San Francisco, the capital for gay people? Handsome gay men are attracted to that city like moths to the flame."

Blaine sighed again.

Cooper nudged him amicably, smiling. "Hey, you are going to love California, and so will I, because its so much closer to Hollywood than Lima, right? We will start an entirely new life and forget all this once I am cured, I promise.", he tried cheering him up.

Even though Blaine was not so thrilled about that idea, he nodded. Back then living in California had been like a dream, but now, it had lost its appeal. All he wanted was Kurt, and that he couldn't get him hurt so bad.

…

Even though it was only four pm and way too early to drown his sorrow in alcohol, Blaine decided to leave his hotelroom when Cooper was about to take a nap. He really needed a drink right now.

When he sat at the bar and just stared down his Daiquiri, a nice voice asked: "Bad day?"

Blaine looked up and saw the blond-haired barkeeper smile at him understandingly while he wiped the counter.

He sighed. "You could say that."

"You are Dylan Ferguson, right?", the man asked, and Blaine nodded, slightly irritated. "How do you know?"

The barkeeper laughed. "At the Primavera, rumors spread like wildfire, especially of the royal dynasty."

Blaine furrowed his brows in confusion. "Royal dynasty?"

The blond guy laughed. "Since you are new here, I am going to be so nice to explain everything to you."

He put down his cloth and sat down at Blaine's opposite, grinning. "Since the Primavera and its chain belongs to Burt Hummel and his wife, they are king and queen of Primavera. And then, there are their children, Finn and Kurt, who are the princes, Rachel is the designated princess because she is Finn's fiancé.

There are also those who have more power at this hotel, like Mercedes, Santana or Veronica, they are something like duchesses even though Veronica does not lift a finger, but better don't say it out loud.

People like me are the commoners, of course, but I am completely fine with that, I don't know whether I would want that much responsibility. And concerning you" Sam made a dramatical pause "You are the long-lost prince of Primavera that finally returned."

Blaine laughed, amused. "Does everyone think about Primavera like that?"

"Oh, yes, believe me, my friend, everyone at this place does take that hierarchy serious", the barkeeper deadpanned, but Blaine could see the amusement behind his glance.

He politely stuck out his hand. "I am Sam, by the way. Your trusted barkeeper next door."

Blaine shook his hand, grinning. He started to like Sam. At least, he had made him forget about his misery for a while, and he didn't even need to get drunk for that.

…

Veronica and Cooper were lying in bed, out of breath and completely naked. The dark blonde sighed, covered herself with her blanket and sat up.

"Is there a problem?", Cooper wanted to know. "Was the sex unsatisfying?"

"No, not at all, you were great", Veronica answered, shaking her head. "It's just, I have no reason to stay at the Primavera any longer. I have no hotel parts, no money, no job, no nothing. I can't live in my hotelroom forever, without paying, it's only a matter of time until I get kicked out."

Cooper quirked his eyebrows. "No money? Darling, you have 2.4 million dollars, and you say you have no money? Blainers and I needed to live on ramen for months because we were too broke to afford some proper food, and you are telling me you are poor?"

Veronica laughed bitterly. "That's peanuts compared to what my dear cousins have on their bank accounts, or to what your brother will get access to once the paperwork is done. I could have so much more."

"How about you get a job at the Primavera?", Cooper suggested, crossing his arms. "I mean, Kurt is working here as well. It wouldn't be beneath your dignity to work one bit, right? I consider looking for a job here as well, would be kind of embarrassing to ask my little brother for pocket money all the time."

He was surprised when he heard Veronica laugh. "Oh, Cooper. It is beneath my dignity to work here, do you understand?" Her eyes sparkled maliciously. "But you know what? I have found another way to stay here and to get what I want. I will have to play dirty, but life is never fair, right?"

For a while, Cooper just stared at her. In the next moment, he leaned down to kiss her across the jawline. "For some reason, you have just gotten hotter, Femme Fatale", he murmured hoarsely and started sucking on her neck.