A/N: Ok so I'm so very sorry I couldn't update yesterday...I had no internet! This was ready and yet internet failed me! So lets not waste any more time shall we?
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WARNING(S): Mentions of kinkier (meaning bondage) sexual themes near the very end...slight Jendall pangs...KAMESxKENLOSxJARLOS and that's about it! Enjoy!
BTW: BioParco's an actual place in Rome...I looked it up. Any references are entirely internet-based...
Ch. 25: Big Time Goes to BioParco
"Uncle Frankie! Uncle Frankie, hurry up! I want to go see the lions!" the small child whined, while tugging on Frankie's hand, urging him to go faster.
"Ugh, Mia, wait up, it's not polite to leave our guests by their own," Frankie said, attempting to restrain the 3 year old.
The guys and Jo all smiled at how cute the scene was.
"So, James," Jo said, turning to the brunette "Your birthday's coming in a week…already thought of how you'd like to celebrate it?"
"Oh, I've thought of it alright," James said "The only problem would be how to avoid people noticing Kendall and I are locked in our room all day, never coming out at all and we're also quite loud so-ow!"
Kendall smiled smugly at James, fist still in the air from the punch he'd given James' shoulder.
"I-I mean, just a nice small gathering among close friends sounds lovely," James said, offering Jo a very big and very fake smile.
Jo laughed.
"I could clear off your schedules for you with Elena, you know?" she said "Kendall, James is right. It's his birthday, and if he wants to spend it with you, enjoying your-uh- company then that's alright…"
"Oh, no it's not…" Logan declared "Carlos and I also sleep in that room, guys, you're not turning it into your very own sex-chamber…"
"Killjoy," James exclaimed making all the others laugh "Thanks for the offer anyways,"
"You're welcome," Jo said with a shrug and a smile.
Kendall smiled too; glad to see James and Jo going to great pains only to try to get along with one another. It meant a lot to him that they'd at least stopped trying to hurt the other.
"Those tigers look really scary…"Carlos whispered, fascinated and yet scared at the same time as they watched several tigers stroll in their large cage.
"Why are some tigers white with black stripes and others orange with black stripes Uncle Frankie?" Mia asked curiously.
"They're all tigers but they're different species, kiddo," Frankie said while fondly ruffling Mia's hair.
"Tigers are cool…" Carlos said, his eyes bright with excitement.
"Lions are better," Mia said, bored and squirming away from Frankie.
"Now, now Mia," Frankie admonished the small girl "Everyone's entitled to their opinions…"
"I say we split up and meet back again for lunch," James suggested, the others smiling at the idea "I want to show Kendall something…"
The group agreed, Carlos and Logan heading in the primates' direction while Logan talked endlessly about primates' physiological similarities to humans and Carlos pretended to listen. Jo and Frankie took Mia for a ride on the train 'round the zoo while Kendall and James made their way towards the zebras.
Overall, they had a pretty nice day at the zoo...
They went around, watching the different animals and before they knew it, it was already time for lunch.
"I love the zoo!" Kendall declared as the whole group sat down to eat.
"I know you do babe," James said, pecking Kendall's cheek, making the blonde blush.
"Do they even have corndogs in this place?" Carlos asked, whining.
"Seriously, 'Los?" Logan asked incredulously "We're in Europe, in freaking Rome, and all you can think about is corndogs?"
"As a matter of fact, I think they DO have corndogs…" Frankie said, making Carlos beam at him.
"Logie, Logie, please!" he whined, pulling at his boyfriend's sleeve while the rest of the group laughed.
Logan rolled his eyes.
"Alright Carlos," he said "I'm getting you some corndogs…"
"Yay!" Carlos cheered.
"Uncle Frankie, what's a corndog?" Mia asked curiously.
"How about we wait for Carlos to get his, you try it, and if you like it I'll get you one," Frankie said, while looking at Carlos who shrugged and nodded.
Logan soon came back with a corndog for Carlos who began eating it happily.
"I'm seriously beginning to think the reason Carlos is so good at giving blowjobs is 'cause he eats tons of those…appropriately-shaped corndogs…" James said, making Kendall and Logan laugh while Carlos blushed but quickly recovered.
"Aw, really? Feeling lonely James? Do you want me to take care of you tonight?" he taunted "I'll bet my mouth would feel fuller with a corndog than you…"
Kendall and Logan quickly looked at James who'd turned bright red from the provocation.
"Watch it, García, or I WILL be taking you up on that offer," James growled "And I won't be gentle like Kendall either…"
"I'm not gentle!" Kendall exclaimed "After tonight let's see if you can still say I'm gentle!"
"Guys, enough! There's a CHILD in here for God's sake!" Jo hissed at them, looking apologetically at Frankie.
Frankie, who'd been covering Mia's ears, only smiled at them.
"Relax, Jo," he said "It's fun to hear them argue like that, besides, she's too small anyways, even if she HAD heard them she wouldn't have known what they're talking about…"
"We're still eating…" Jo said.
"That's a valid point," Kendall said "Sorry Jo,"
Jo shrugged and smiled at him. She never could stay mad at him for too long, especially when he used his puppy-eyes on her.
"Hold on, you think it's fun to hear us argue like this?" James said, eyes narrowed "You're not creeped out or grossed out or anything?"
Frankie shook his head no and smiled.
"Are you gay?" James asked eyes narrowed.
"James!" Kendall hissed, hitting his boyfriend in the back of the head before looking apologetically at Frankie "Don't mind him, he's just not very bright and doesn't know when to shut up…"
James pouted at Kendall before glaring at him and turning away from him, arms crossed.
Frankie laughed again.
"Relax, Kendall, it's a valid question anyways," he said "To answer your question James, no, I'm not. I'm perfectly straight BUT I've had my fair share of gay friends in the past…you could say I've grown used to it…"
"That's 'cause you haven't been hanging out with us much," Logan said, rolling his eyes "You never get used to these two…" he said pointing at Kendall and James.
"Hey!" They both reproached immediately.
"No, seriously," Logan told Frankie, ignoring his best friends' glares "I'm gay myself and I STILL can't stomach all their….mushy love,"
"If anyone's sappy here, that's you," Kendall said firmly "James and I are hot…it's different, we're not sappy like you and Carlos, we're just very into the other's body. Besides, it's a proven fact that sex helps strengthen a couple's bond…"
James nodded solemnly at his side.
Logan rolled his eyes again.
"See my point?" he whispered to Frankie who laughed.
"They're right, you know?" he told Logan "There's nothing wrong with being very sexual with your partner…however Logan and Jo are right in saying you two should probably wait until you're alone before getting intimate in any way with each other…and that includes dirty talk."
Kendall opened his mouth to protest but Frankie held his hand up to silence him.
"Still, seeing as James and Carlos were openly suggesting having sexual interactions between the two of them and neither you, nor Kendall said anything against it, I have to assume, Logan, that you four have already been intimate with one another at one point. In which case, I wouldn't say Kendall and James are the ONLY kinky ones in this group…" Frankie said smiling while Carlos and Logan blushed past crimson and James and Kendall laughed at their friends' discomfort.
Their food arrived and Carlos tore a piece of his corndog and handed it to Mia who gobbled it down and loved it and demanded her uncle buy her one.
The guys laughed at Mia's over-eagerness.
"Carlos, you've created an addict," Logan commented while the others laughed.
Carlos ruffled Mia's hair fondly.
"She's so cute," he said "Really makes you think about wanting your own kids…"
"Whoa…" James said "Logan, be careful! Carlos is beginning to get mothering instincts!"
Kendall laughed but Logan seemed uncomfortable.
Carlos, upon noticing this reached out and kissed Logan's lips briefly.
"Don't worry about it, Logie-bear, James is only messing with us. Besides, I'm seventeen, I don't want any kids…" he said.
"But eventually, you will," Logan murmured.
"We can worry about that ten or fifteen years from now," Carlos said "After all, you heard what Gustavo said. With these two getting married, we'll want to stay unmarried for some time…"
Kendall and James scowled at him.
"I don't care what you say, Carlos, you're not guilt-tripping me into calling off my wedding," James said.
"I wasn't trying to do that, you just assume things," Carlos said.
"Alright, knock it off you four, we're eating and supposed to be having a good time here," Jo said "Besides, I wouldn't make fun of him for wanting kids, James, after all…sooner or later, you guys are going to want them too…or am I wrong?"
Kendall and James now looked at each other awkwardly.
"I-I guess I wouldn't mind having one or two," Kendall told James softly.
"I always pictured having two or three yeah," James replied with a shrug "But…I mean-how? Do we like…adopt or, I don't know, use artificial insemination or…I don't know?"
"Guess we can worry about that ten to fifteen years from now like Carlos said," Kendall said helpfully and offering James a reassuring smile.
"See? Guess I wasn't the only one with mommy instincts," Carlos said, taunting James who only hit him.
"Shut up," he muttered, blushing for what felt like the millionth time that day "I swear when we get home I'm going to make you pay for all this, García, you won't be able to walk for a freaking month after Kendall and I'm through with you…"
"James…" Jo said warningly, glancing at Mia who was happily finishing her corndog.
James sighed and let the matter rest.
Carlos, for his own part, scooted as far away from the blonde and his boyfriend as possible, aware of the threat in both their eyes. He hid behind Logan who only shook his head and smiled at him.
"I'm not protecting you once we get home," he whispered in Carlos' ear "James is right…you provoked them."
"You're mean, Logie, they'll murder me…" Carlos said, pouting.
"Good, then that ought to teach you not to mess with them, AND I'll have a great time watching…" Logan said, before Carlos slapped his shoulder "Ow! I'm kidding!"
"You better," Carlos said simply "Now come on, buy me cotton candy!"
Logan sighed but went along with his boyfriend anyways, knowing it wasn't wise to cross the Latino when it came to his sweets.
Lunch eventually came to an end and the group had to head back to the set to shoot the next scenes.
"I had fun today," Kendall said "I just love the zoo…"
James laughed.
"You've said that at least ten times today, babe," he said "I get it. You love the zoo. We'll come back here at least one more time before we leave Rome, I promise,"
"Thanks Jamie," Kendall said "I love you…"
"And I love you too…" James answered "Now, want to help me punish Carlos tonight for being a smart-mouth in the zoo?"
"Oh, I'm SO going to help you with that…" Kendall agreed.
They finished their day at the set and headed for their hotel room.
Kendall and James waited until they were sure Carlos and Logan had gone inside before entering the room silently.
They spotted the Latino with his back to them, immersed in the T.V.
Grinning at each other briefly, James and Kendall began to inch silently closer towards Carlos.
Logan suddenly came out of the bathroom and saw his friends approaching his boyfriend, and he could immediately tell from their looks that Carlos was about to pay up for his behavior at the zoo.
James flashed Logan a warning glare, daring him to say anything to warn Carlos.
Logan gulped and only smiled down at his boyfriend, pretending he'd seen nothing.
Suddenly, Carlos yelled out as James and Kendall grabbed him, pinning his arms and legs to the ground.
"Hey! Hey, get off me!" he shouted, thrashing around helplessly while James and Kendall held him down "Logan help me!"
"If he comes anywhere near you, we'll punish him too…" James said warningly while briefly looking up at Logan.
"Yeah…I'm going to check out that pool we saw earlier in the 3rd floor…" Logan said, already making his way towards the door "Just…please let me find him alive when I come back…"
"Smart move," Kendall said.
"What? Logie! You can't leave me here with these two mph-"the rest of Carlos' sentence was muffled by James' hand that covered Carlos' mouth.
"Shh…" James whispered in Carlos' ear "If you struggle we'll only prolong your punishment…now be a good boy 'Litos and do what we tell you to…"
Carlos stopped struggling, knowing it wasn't worth it anymore. He looked imploringly at Logan one last time, his boyfriend flashing him a sorry look.
"Say good bye to your boyfriend Carlos," Kendall commanded authoritatively.
"Good bye, Logie," Carlos squeaked. He gasped when James' hand squeezed his ass.
Logan gave him another apologetic look before leaving the room in a hurry.
James smirked and left Carlos' side momentarily to lock the door.
"There's no escaping now, 'Los," Kendall said "Now, how about we have a little chat about your…creative…comments today at the zoo?"
Carlos tried to scoot as farther away as he could from the pair but to no avail, he knew it was useless. They lifted him up and carried him to the bedroom, dropping him unceremoniously on the bed.
"My ass is really going to hurt after this, isn't it?" he said quietly.
"Yep…" was all James said before he and Kendall pounced on Carlos once more, the poor short boy letting out a surprised yelp and before he could even blink his hands and legs were tied to the bedposts, and he was gagged.
"How long would you consider appropriate for his punishment?" Kendall asked James, grinning evilly at Carlos who only stared at them in fear, and maybe just a bit of arousal.
"All night long sounds fair enough…" James replied, his grin matching Kendall's.
And Carlos could do nothing about it as they attacked him once again…
A/N: So, overall not a dramatic chapter but I hoped you guys enjoyed seeing the guys bond with Frankie and Jo and Frankie growing closer. Mia is one funny character with a very specific role that I have in mind in the future...
Coming up ahead...will Frankie and Jo take their friendship to a whole new level that'll make Kendall uncomfortable? Will this affect Kames in any way? Will James be offered an incredibly tempting offer that will be...too tempting and will definitely put a strain in the Kames wedding? And what about Cargan caught in the middle, as always, of these two impulsive teenagers' disasters?
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Franshes