~[BTR, AU] 3rd Person's POV
"Right… Where to next?" Logan grins, a plan formulating in his head. "Uhm… You three could go ahead and uh… Actually, you two go ahead and take Logan clothes shopping first. I'm gonna go check something out," Kendall smiles warmly, the other two nodding excitedly as they grabbed Logan's wrist.
"W-Wait, I-I gotta go to the toilet. You guys pick out clothes for me," Logan quickly sprints into a random direction.
"Logie that's not even-" Carlos was about to stop the boy, who's running the opposite way to the toilet. "It's fine, I know what he's planning," James sighs, bringing Carlos into a nearby clothes store.
Logan secretly stalks Kendall, watching him step into a musical equipment store.
Kendall smiles, remembering how he's actually saved up money. His case is exactly like Carlos. He's been saving up for this particular custom made green guitar, signed by one of his idols. He's been saving up for a long time…
"Welcome," The male cashier greets, he nods with a smile as a response as he quickly made his way to the back, seeing the shiny guitar sitting there. He grins, checking the price tag…
"W-Wait… I thought this was only 500USD?" Kendall asked, a bit confused as to where the 1 in 1500USD came from. "I think you might've misread the price tag bud," The man lifts a brow at a very disappointed Kendall.
'Right… Way to fuck it up, Kendall,' Kendall scolds himself, taking out his pocket and glancing at the 500USD he saved up specifically for this guitar. "Y'know… I could like, sell it to you for with a discount? How's 1000USD?" The cashier smiles gently.
Kendall gasps, seeing how it's a rather large discount… He still shakes his head. Although he's able to manage his financials better than Carlos… It's still a bit painful to literally leave aside everything else you wanted, having to leave them there without actually buying them for this one guitar.
He sometimes wished he was nearly as rich as James, or even Logan now.
Kendall holds back his tears of sadness, giving up on actually trying to buy the guitar, he takes out his old modeled Samsung phone, calling James. "Maybe… Maybe I-I should go and buy a new phone instead," He talks to himself, trying to cheer himself up.
"James? Where're you guys?" Kendall asks with a small sigh, stepping out of the store and back to the mall, looking for his other three friends.
Unbeknownst to him, Logan steps into the store. "Uhm, can I know what that dude was looking at?" He asks the cashier, who points at the shiny green guitar. "Was he your boyfriend?" The cashier asks as Logan walks towards said guitar with a small smile.
"You could say that," Logan sighs, taking out his wallet again as he continued to survey the store, noticing a custom-signed guitar mounted on the wall.
"Right so… All of this totals to… 2099USD," The cashier waits as Logan takes out his debit card again, which he uses to pay for everything he just bought Kendall.
Three custom-signed guitar picks, by famous guitarists who stopped by this actually famous mall and the guitar itself, along with a high-tech tuner.
"Right," Logan grins, running back to the car, shoving the guitar into the back before running back in, waltzing over to the phone store. He knew what he wanted.
Actually, he's always wanted this, he just couldn't be bothered to walk into the city for this. Now that he's actually here… Why not?
"Five Huawei Mate 20 Pro, please," He literally just marched up to the cashier, who was actually quite startled by his sudden request.
"Can you test them out for me? I'm gonna go look for the covers," He requests, watching the cashier nod, who quickly asked her friends for assists to test out all four phones while Logan waltzes over to the 'Phone Covers' section, immediately spotting 5 covers he's hoping the guys would like.
Meanwhile…
"Where exactly is Logan?" Kendall asked, approaching the other two, who were arguing which color suits the boy better. "Don't tell me you guys actually let him go to the toilet alone?" Kendall scowls, scolding the two.
"He's never even been to this place! He could be lost for all we know," The two immediately stopped bickering, their heads turned towards his as they came to a sudden realization.
"Logan doesn't have a phone!" Carlos gasps, all dropping all of the clothes in his hands, though still holding on to the shopping bag from earlier.
"Shit, we gotta find him," James immediately put all the clothes back into the shelves, folding them quickly. They were about to leave the store… Until Logan came back, sweating heavily. "You're back!" Carlos cries, hugging the boy. "You look like you ran a marathon," Kendall raised a brow, a bit confused as to why he's so wet.
"I kinda did? I mean, I got lost," Logan shrugs, "Until I heard those two bickering," He points at James and Carlos, whose cheeks immediately reddened. "Were we that loud…?" James gasps, not even realizing it.
"Yeah," Logan lies. They weren't actually that loud, Logan spotted the three from outside after coming back into the mall.
"Right…" Logan looks around, noticing how there's a pile of horribly folded clothes on the shelves next to James and a pile of clothes literally smudged there on the floor, next to Carlos. "I'm not even gonna ask," He sighs.
~Literally 2 hours later…
"Isn't this uh… A bit much?" Logan asked, watching the guys hold literally 5 hangers each, all clothes for Logan to pick. "I mean… You're just testing them out?" Kendall shrugs, hurrying the boy into the changing room.
By the time he was done changing, he was poofed… And Logan only had 2 hours left before they had to go home.
"James?" Logan watches as the boy pulls out his wallet with a small frown. "I was thinking of buying these for us," James gestured towards two adorable and identical red and white hoodie. "Y'know, kind of like a couple hoodie?" He grins, Logan smiling at the adorableness of James, and how cute it'd look if they actually wore those together at school.
"I've kind of ran out of money for this month though," James sighs, thinking of actually taking up a part time job so he wouldn't need to depend on his parent's monthly allowance.
"Logan?" James asks, watching the boy scoop up the hoodies along with the rest of the clothes they picked. "You're not spending your money on them," James frowned, grabbing the boy's wrist.
"Stop me then," Logan winks as he evades James' grip, immediately running to the counter. "You really should be careful with your money," James frowns, feeling a bit guilty that Logan's the one who had to pay for the clothes.
"That'd be a total of 1265.25USD," The cashier read out, their jaws immediately dropping onto the ground. "Why the hell are they so expensive?!" Carlos whisper-scolds Kendall, who immediately threw his hands up. "You guys chose this place!" Kendall scowls, whisper-scolding Carlos and James.
"I mean… The clothes are nice but fuck, I didn't see the price tags," James face-palms. The fact that those hoodies costs like, 250USD each should've given it away.
"Where to next?" Logan pops up, grinning like a mad man as he carried 8 bags of clothings. "Exactly how rich are you?" Kendall asks, part of him doesn't even wanna know.
Logan shrugs as James and Carlos helps with the bags, taking 2 each. "Can we go to a nearby ATM though? I don't think the barber's gonna appreciate if I paid with my card," He smiles gently, Kendall nodding before leading them towards a nearby ATM.
"Hold on," Logan steps up to the machine, punching in his card numbers.
"Logan, what the fuck!?" James breathes out, gasping once he read the amount of money left in the boy's bank balance. "14,529,120USD!" James whisper-yelled, Carlos practically fainting upon hearing him say so, Kendall froze there in total shock.
"This machine's broken, right? Tell me it is," James holds Logan in place. 'The boy's a fucking millionaire,' James' mind goes haywire as he tries to process this information.
"Well… I did save up for like… 6 years? My brother actually banks in money for me every month. He keeps insisting me to spend it on something… Now I'm doing that," Logan shrugs with a stupid grin, as if it's a small matter.
Well, to him, money doesn't mean nearly as much as their friendships, really.
"Right. To the barber shop then," Logan grins, stuffing his wallet into his pocket, the other three still frozen in shock. Well, two. Carlos sat on a nearby bench, contemplating his life as if seeing Logan's account balance made him question his existence.
"Guys, can we move now? I kind of have to go back home before my brother does," Logan frowns, seemingly snapping the three back into reality. "I don't even wanna know what your brother's work is," James picks up the shopping bags he dropped onto the floor, helping Carlos up.
"What? He owns like, 7 beauty companies, 2 fast food ones and a technology one?" Logan hums, trying to remember the name of the companies Lars owns. It confuses him sometimes how Lars is able to balance his time, managing 10 companies while also spending time at home with Logan, and his fiancé, Jack, who drops by sometimes.
"Oof, the amount of net worth in that sentence alone hurts," Kendall mockingly clutches his head, earning a nudge from Logan.
~At the Barbers~
"What'll it be today?" A male barber smiles once Logan's neatly tucked in. Before he could say he wanted a quick trim, James pops in. "He's gonna get a pompadour cut," He whispers to the barber, "He needs a new look," James adds while Carlos and Kendall waited, sitting on the side.
Logan frowns, not liking that James is actually whispering to the barber. 'God I hope I don't regret this,' He sat there as the barber took off his glasses and turned on the trimmer.
Logan watches in horror as the hair on the side of his head was completely ripped away by the machine, watching it flutter down, Logan gulps. He sat there in silent, a bit scared about his new hairstyle and voila.
"Here you go bud, a brand new hairstyle for you. Honestly, a Pompadour Slick Back suits you way better than your old style," The guy grins in satisfaction, Logan sat there, staring at his new hair…
Honestly, he actually loves this new hairstyle.
"Logan?" James gasps, Logan stood in-front of him with a shy smile as the barber picked up a can of hair gel as per Logan's request. Since the boy doesn't actually have any hair gels at home for his own use – since he used to just let his hair fall down, he had to buy one from here.
"Do I uh… D-Do I look good?" Logan asks with reddened cheeks once he paid up. "I can't fucking wait to see you in your new clothes too. You'd look perfect," James smiles, giving his boyfriend a quick peck on the lips.
~Back at the Car~
"Wait, before you guys go in, I've a surprise for Kendall… And you three. And whoever my fourth boyfriend is?" Logan lifts a brow, quickly snatching the keys from James' fingers, he ran to the side of the car, unlocking it.
"More surprises?" James asks, not sure if his heard could handle any more surprises.
"For Kendall…" Logan grins, the boy stepping up rather nervously. "Here ya' go," Logan smiles innocently, handing the huge guitar case to Kendall, whose heart immediately began racing. "Logan… Y-You couldn't have," Kendall gasps, slowly unzipping the bag…
The only part he saw was the top of the guitar, and he knew.
Gently, Kendall sets the guitar case on the ground, letting it lean on the car…
Suddenly, he snatches Logan, capturing the boy's lips in a kiss, startling the short boy. "God I fucking love you!" He screams at the top of his lungs, letting tears roll down as James clears his throat, though he's genuinely happy to see Kendall so… Gleeful.
"B-But Logan," Kendall frowns suddenly. "I… I kind of feel like I'm taking advantage of you right now," He immediately looks away, Carlos, too looks down in sadness. "Y-Yeah. I mean, you're a millionaire but like… T-This is a bit much," Carlos pipes up, feeling guilty.
"Oh come on guys. Just… Consider it an early birthday gift!" Logan smiles widely, not even caring about the amount of money that he's spent today.
"Hey uh… You said you had another surprise?" James asked, peeking into the car and seeing another shopping bag inside.
"Oh… Right," Logan turns around, pulls out said bag and gently sets it on the ground.
"I want you three to shut your eyes, tightly." Logan grins, Kendall gently places the guitar case in the car again, stepping backwards, joining the other two in shutting their eyes.
"Now… Extend both hand closely, palms facing up," He instructs, the other three anxiously complying. He gently places a white box on each of their hands, with the phone covers on top of each.
"Now… Slowly open them," Logan grins stupidly, the three of them slowly opening their eyes. "Phone… cases?" Carlos tilts his head, Kendall's frown grew bigger every second.
"Logan… No…" He gasped, Logan stood there with his stupid grin as James and Kendall came to a realization. "I already asked the guy to install an extra 128gb of space," He adds, Carlos squealing once he realized what the other two were shocked about.
"Logan, we can't take these! Y-You've s-" Kendall gasps, then stops. Logan's eyes told him that there were no returning from this.
"Huawei Note 20 Pro…" James trailed off, very carefully lifting the lid, seeing the shiny new phone, along with a screen protector installed, sitting in the box. He gulped, his hand shaking. "But… Why, Logan? Why are you spending so much money on us? Y-Y-You should be spending them on yourselves," James stutters.
"I'll be honest here," Logan sighs, leaning against the car. "I've never really had any friends before you three… I guess you could consider this like… A celebration?" Logan smiles. James gently placed the box back into the shopping bag before swooping Logan off his feet in a heated kiss.
"You've no idea how much all of this means to me, Logie. To all of us," James smiled, tears welling up in his eyes. How the fuck did they manage to find such an angel?
Or better yet, why the fuck didn't they approach Logan earlier?
A bit of guilt slowly creeps up on him once he realized… Logan went through 90% of high school alone. God knows all the bullying he'd gone through…
Not anymore. With Kendall, himself, Carlos and Jett… He'll make sure Logan's final senior year is a total blast.