T = Thunder

Summary: So basically, James is afraid of lightning for a reason you soon will find you, and Kendall tries to help his buddy out. AWW; Rated T for cursing and mindless fluff.

Disclaimer: I do not own BTR, aw shucks!

I know this idea has been used about a thousand times, but I wanted to put my own little twist on it. Tell me what you think. ;D

THERE'S A SMUT COMING SOON, MAYBE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. ;D

Enjoy!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The thunder sounded outside, almost bursting James' eardrum. How can the rest of the guys be sleeping so soundly threw this storm? It's killer!

James rolls over on his side, shaking slightly with his eyes squeezed shut. He's hated thunder storms since he was a 7 year old back in Minnesota. Once he and Kendall went outside during a severe one, because Kendall thought it would be cool. So, being the forever follower of Kendall James is, he went along.

They were walking out of the house, Kendall in front as usual and James following right behind. "Are you sure it's safe to come out here, Kenny? I'm a little afraid. Won't your mommy be mad?" 7 year old James asked also 7 year old Kendall with fear in his voice. Kendall stopped walking and turned to face James, throwing his hands in the air.

"You don't have to come with me if you don't want to, James. I wanna see if the lightning's gonna turn into Captain Electric like in my comic book! And my mommy won't be too mad if we actually meet him, 'sides, I have my coat on and you do too." He finished, excitedly jumping in place. How can James say no to maybe being able to meet Captain Electric? "Oh okay, Kendall; I wanna meet him too! Let's go!" and they went off.

Once they reached the spot where Kendall deemed Captain Electric was going to make an appearance, they stopped and waited eagerly. The spot was in front of an old lady's house, Mrs. Henderson, who usually gives him and Kendall cookies and apple juice. She was really nice.

"Where is he, Kenny? I don't see him." Little James said, tugging on Kendall's shirt sleeve. Kendall looked down at the chubby boy, who was a good 2 inches shorter than him and smiled, "He'll be here soon Jamie, I know it!" Kendall replied eagerly, smiling wide at the road.

James was about to smile back when an unusually loud clap of thunder had him clasping his ears and eyes shut, while Kendall looked around in surprise. There was an almost blinding light from the lightning that turned the night to day. When James opened his eyes, he saw Kendall staring back at the old ladies house, fear evident in his eyes. His face was glowing a slight orange and red, mouth wide open. James turned around to look at the ladies house to see it up in flames. The lightning must have hit it, that's what caused the fire!

Kendall and James both looked at each other before running away to the police station, where Carlos' dad worked. They ran inside, tears streaming down their faces as they ran up to his desk. Carlos' dad saw them and shot out of his seat, seeing both boys crying. "C-Carlos' dad, you need to come really qu-quick! There's a fire on Mrs. Henderson's house!" Kendall screamed between gasps and sobs while James just stood there, crying and whipping his eyes on his shirt sleeve.

"Really? Crap!" Carlos' dad screamed before running to the phone to call the fire department. James and Kendall scrambled after him while James started sobbing louder. He remembered something he didn't think Kendall had heard, though he knew he heard it himself.

He had heard Mrs. Henderson scream bloody murder.

James opened his eyes hesitantly, allowing a single tear to fall down his face. Kendall and James hadn't talked about that day in over 14 years, but he remembered it every time there was a bad storm. He looked over at Kendall's sleeping form, loving the way the blonde looked so peaceful when he slept.

'Kendall Knight, I love you with all my heart. Please, let me love you.' James thought in his mind, turning over to face the ceiling. 'There's no way in Hell someone as beautiful as Kendall could love someone as ugly and fat as me.' James thought as another clap of thunder, louder and brighter than the last, scared him from his thoughts.

"Ahhh!" James screamed before he could realize it. He looked back at Kendall, who stirred before sitting up and looking at James. James felt horrible for waking the blonde from his beautiful slumber, he was so stupid! "James, are you alright?" Kendall asked, rubbing sleep from his eyes tiredly. "Y-Yeah K-Kendall, I'm f-fine." James whispered in a soft voice until another clap of thunder and lightning hit, sending James under the covers and shaking more violently.

"Oh James" Kendall whispered more to himself then to James and got out of bed. He walked clumsily over to James' bed before sitting next to him, kneading his back to get the gorgeous boy to relax a bit. Kendall thought it was a little silly how someone as fearless and beautiful as James could be afraid of a lightning storm. But, Kendall refused to judge his secret love as he lay shaking under his hand.

"Shh, it's okay James. I'm here, don't worry" Kendall whispered sweetly to James, continuing to knead his shoulder. He felt James relax and he stopped for a moment. "What's up James? Are you.. afraid of the lightning?" He asked, looking at James with his big, shocked emerald eyes.

James all of a sudden felt completely ridiculous. He was lying there in his bed showing weakness towards the boy he loves, which was not okay.

James turned to face Kendall and look him in the eyes as seriously as he could "No Kendall, its okay I'm fine. Go back to bed" he said and turned back on his side until another strike of lightning and thunder hit, making James shiver without saying a word. 'FUCK THE WEATHER' James screamed in his mind.

Kendall noticed this and picked up James' covers. "Don't worry Jamie, I'll help you get through this" he whispered as he got into bed with the taller boy. Kendall thought James was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, even before his hockey stick signed by Mikko Koivu (Captain of Minnesota Wild).

James felt like his eyes were going to bug out of his head as he felt the warmth of Kendall's body slide next to his. He quickly turned around to face Kendall, who was getting comfortable in James' bed and shook his head, thinking this was a terrible idea. He wouldn't sleep a wink with this beauty lying next to him all night.

"Uhm, Kendall; I don't think this is a good idea" He whispered, sitting up and hugging his knees to his chest. He wanted this. He wanted this so bad. But he didn't want to ruin the friendship he had with the gorgeous blonde by doing something to freak him out. Kendall was just being friendly, nothing more.

Never something more.

Kendall turned to face James and shrugged his shoulders while smirking. "What could go wrong Jamie? I just want you to be comfortable during this storm but if you'd rather I'd leave then-" Kendall began getting up but James grabbed his wrist, pulling him back down.

"NO! Uh, I mean; I guess you could stay tonight.." he tried to finish coolly. 'STUPID STUPID STUPID! JAMES DIAMOND YOU ARE SO FUCKING STUPID!' James thought, shutting his eyes and releasing Kendall's wrist. He lay back down, knowing Kendall would just go to his respectable bed; leaving James to cower in his stupidity and hate him forever. "I'm sorry," he whispered to Kendall.

To James' surprise, Kendall raised the covers again and moved his body as close to the brunette God as he could. "I'm not leaving you alone James" He whispered directly into James' ear just as another crack of thunder hit, very loud.

James gasped and grabbed onto Kendall shirt, pulling him toward the other boy. Kendall felt James shaking violently, so he towed him into his arms rubbing his back softly.

"It's okay James, I'm here; nothing can hurt you," Kendall whispered, adding other nonsense things in as well. He continued to rub random patterns on James' back until he calmed down, releasing his death grip on Kendall.

"I'm sorry about that, I didn't mean to jump on you like that bro" James said, embarrassed. Kendall just pulled him in again, kissing the top of his head. "No problem. That's what friends are for right?" This isn't the first time Kendall has kissed James atop his head. He actually does it a lot, so James is use to it by now; not thinking that it's actually Kendall trying to show true affection.

They just sat there; Kendall continuing to stroke James' back slowly as the rain began making this a lightning/thunder/rain storm now. Perfect.

Kendall continued to comfort James for a little longer until another crack of thunder shook the house, making James hold Kendall tighter. Kendall had to think of something that would comfort the boy of his dreams. Then all of a sudden, it hit him like lightning.

"James, look at me. I want to try something new" Kendall whispered directly into James' ear, causing him to shutter in bliss. James picked up his head and looked into the blondes eyes cautiously. Their lips were mere inches apart. Close enough to feel the others breathe against their own.

James looked down at Kendall's lips quickly before darting them back to the sweet emerald eyes. "What do you want to try," James breathed against Kendall's lips, loving how close they were. Kendall kept his eyes locked with James' as he whispered "This," and inched closer, kissing the boys lips gently.

Both boys felt a shock run through their bodies as their lips continued to brush against each other. James jumped away fast, almost falling of the bed. 'He's only doing this to comfort me, he doesn't actually like me. Why did I let him kiss me? He doesn't love me like I love him!' James thought as he fell to the floor, tears streaming down his eyes.

"James!" Kendall jumped off the bed to the other side to try to help James up. He succeeded in picking up the boy and placing him back on the bed, Kendall lying next to him. "Why did you do that James? I'm sorry I kissed you, I just wanted to make you feel better." Kendall whispered, a tear falling from his beautiful emerald eye. His head hung in shame.

Now James felt like the biggest dick in the world. He made his love cry and that was the last thing he wanted to do. "I'm sorry Kendall, it's just.. I really like you.. more then I should. And I don't want things to get awkward between us if you're just kissing me to comfort me, because I take it as showing affection." James explained, coming completely clean to his love.

Kendall just whipped his eye, blinked at James, and then tackled him to the bed, kissing him senseless.

James laid there, unresponsive until he figured out what this meant. Kendall loves him too! So then he smiled and kissed Kendall back with as much force as Kendall had. He wrapped his arms around Kendall's body, never ever wanting to let go or leave this moment. The only thing that stopped them was the lack of oxygen in their lungs.

They pulled apart, panting while staring into each other's eyes. Kendall put his head against James forehead, closing his eyes while trying to catch his breath.

"I love you too James Diamond," He breathed against James' lips, pecking them hesitantly. James' mouth pulled into a wide grin as he kissed Kendall once again, with more passion then the others.

Kendall then rolled to his side; arms open wide for James to crawl into. He pouted up at James and the boy smiled, pulling his body towards Kendall's warm one. Kendall kissed the top of James head, and this time James knew there was affection in the action. They fell into a blissful and beautiful sleep with James head against Kendall's chest, arms wrapped around each other.

The storm no longer on James' mind.

I have mixed feelings about this fic. Please review and tell me what you think of it 3

P.S. I know this had absolutely nothing to do with clouds but I thought of the idea and didn't want to wait for another chapter. Please forgive me 3

Sarah.