~[BTR HighSchool AU, 3rd PPOV]
"Logan, there, you know, might be a chance that he never wanted that to happen," Carlos tries to cheer up his angered friend as he holds out his backup clothes. He knew this type of thing would happen sooner or later.
"Oh and, I'm never leaving you alone ever again," Carlos lifts a brow as Logan slips on Carlos' clothes, noticing the difference in size for his pants.
"It's not my fault I'm so damn nerdy," Logan grunts. Part of him wishes he wasn't such a nerd… But another part was thankful. Least' he's not nearly as dumb as the rest of the school.
"Hey…" James approaches them. Logan stays silent, marching out of the room immediately in anger. "Logan, where're you even going?!" Carlos yells, the boy doesn't answer him.
"I'm sorry," James whispers rather sadly. "You…" Carlos looks up to the boy, seeing how sad his eyes were, he knew James never wanted Logan to go through that.
"His anger will go down. I hope," Carlos sighs, remembering how long the boy could hold a grudge… Probably not.
"C-Can you at least give this to him?" James nervously asks, handing Carlos his large, red and white jacket, with James '07' obviously written on the back. "Um… Why?" Carlos asks, a bit hesitant to take it.
"I can't just not do anything about his clothes," James frowns, Carlos sighs as he takes the jacket from James' hand. "You do know he's never gonna wear this, right?" He lifts a brow, inspecting the large jacket.
James shuts his eyes and sighs, turning around and slowly walking away. "He will appreciate it though," Carlos smiles, remembering how fucking obsessed Logan is with James… He won't doubt it if this jacket immediately calms him down.
"I don't want it," Logan immediately huffs, pushing away the jacket as he eats his lunch. "You're dreaming if you're gonna reject this," Carlos rolls his eyes, knowing full well that Logan wouldn't reject something like this. Especially if it's from James, no matter how pissed he is.
"Carlos, I can't accept it here. Not with him there," He glares at James from far, who immediately notices Logan's eyes. "Huh, he notices me. For once," He hisses, pushing away the jacket again.
"Fine. I'll swing by your house later with this thing," Carlos stuffs the jacket into his bag, setting it aside. "So… What're we learning later?" Carlos asks, referring to his study session with Logan at the boy's house later, after school.
"Um… I'm not in the mood for studying, actually," Logan sighs, leaning on the table. "Logan Mitchell isn't in the mood for studying?!" Carlos gasps, actually surprised.
It's his first time hearing that!
"Yeah. Now shut up and finish your lunch," Logan grunts, laying his head on the table sideways, he watched as one of James' teammates walks over to them, carrying a small box with a piece of paper on top.
Kendall Knight, waltzes over with a small, apologetic smile.
"James wanted me to deliver this to… Logan," He tilts his head, gently sliding it to the boy, who grunts. "Tell him Logan says thank you," Carlos smiles gently at Kendall, fighting back his blush because he's got a big fucking crush on the green-eyed boy.
"It's chocolate," Carlos peeks into the small box, sliding it to Logan afterwards, knowing the damn boy is literally obsessed with chocolate. "I don't want it," Logan pushes it away gently, Carlos' jaw dropped.
"Logie? Are you sure you're not sick?" Carlos asks, his mouth wide open in shock, "Or even possessed?" He adds with a scowl.
"I'm fine, alright?" Logan shuts his eyes, wishing it was all over. Part of him wanted to forgive James, but an even bigger part was furious as fuck.
"You're eating this, whether you want to or not," Carlos picks out one of the heart-shaped chocolate chunks inside the box, shoving it into Logan's mouth. His eyes burst wide open as the heavenly chocolate melts in his mouth, filling it with sweetness – albeit not too sweet, and the perfect taste of chocolate that he's come to love.
"I hate you," He grunts, unable to resist eating the other three, though refusing to make eye contact with James.
Over at James' table…
James smiles adoringly from far, watching Logan eat the chocolate he bought a few minutes ago in panic happily. "I dunno' about you, but I'm asking Carlos out for Valentine's," Kendall grins, formulating a plan in his brain.
"I… H-How do I ask Logie out? He's pissed as hell at me," James frowns, still trying to figure out which one of his team mates had the fucking guts to do that to Logan.
"Beats me," Kendall eats his lunch, looking around… He can't find any guilty looking faces at all. "We'll think of something, okay, James?" He gently asks, seeing his best friend poke his food, not taking a single bite.
It hurts him to see his friend this heartbroken. He knows how long James' has been dying to ask Logan out… It's funny how a star football player could be such a nervous wreck around someone.