Logan woke with a start and he breathed deeply, trying to slow his heart rate. He looked around his room confused as he tried to figure out the reason for the sudden wake up call he got. Not remembering falling asleep in the first place. He removed his earphones and looked at the alram clock on the nightstand between his ned and Carlos'. 4:30 PM. There was no way he had been asleep for 3 hours.
Suddenly, Logan jumped, causing his whole bed to move as a loud thump came from the door followed by a muffled Carlos yelling that "You better unlock this door before I break it down and come in there and kick your little ass!"
Logan chuckled as he pushed himself off of his bed and made his way to the seemingly locked door. He unlocked it and opened it quickly only to come face-to-face with a wet, shirtless Carlos. Logan gulped as he quickly averted his stare and turned his back to the slightly ticked-off Latino.
"Dude, why the hell was our door locked?" Carlos said as he shut the door behind him and followed Logan deeper into their shared bedroom. He stopped in front of the vanity mirror to run his fingers through his damp hair before moving on to his dresser.
Logan shrugged and climbed back on to his bed, settling against the headboard and pulling his knees to his chest, "Hiding from Kendall." he mumbled softly into his knee. At first he thought Carlos didn't hear him, but of course he did. Carlos has ears like a hawk.
The Latino nodded as he sorted through his drawers, looking for a descent shirt to put on, "Oh, yeah. I heard about that." he commented before turning around to face Logan, who was currently having a staring contest with Carlos' chest.
Carlos chuckled and waved his hands in front of the smarter boy's face, "Dude, snap out of it. I know I'm hot. Stop staring." Logan blushed and looked away mumbling something along the lines of, 'you have no idea', but luckily, Carlos didn't catch that.
As if his mind was finally turning back on, Logan's eye grew wide as he snapped his head back to stare up at Carlos who was wiping his upper body down with a Spongebob towel. Normally, Logan would start drooling, but the words that Carlos had just said were still turning in his head. "Wait...what? You know? But, how?" Logan stuttered out as Carlos wrapped the towel around his waist and dropped his soaking wet swim short out from underneath the towel before replacing them with dry boxers.
Carlos chuckled as he removed his towel and walked to the small closet to find some jeans. "James came back before me and he walked into the living room to find Kendall putting a hole in the floor. Apparently, he was pacing the length of the living room mumbling something about 'ruining our friendship'. So James got him to talk and then he freaked. I bumped into him in the lobby on my way up, he was crying. I felt bad, so we sat and talked, James told me everything." he shrugged as he zipped up his jeans and threw a black graphic tee over his head.
"Everything?" Logan managed to squeak out, even though he felt like he couldn't breath. He remembered the conversation he had had with James the night before and he was hoping the pretty boy had some kind of restraint when he was upset and didn't tell Carlos about Logan's feelings for the younger boy.
Carlos nodded and sat on the edge of Logan's bed, right next to his tightly coiled body, "You alright, Logan? You look a little pale." Carlos' fingers trailed up the side of Logan's face and he placed the back of his hand on the older boy's forehead.
Under normal circumstances, Logan would melt under Carlos' touch and lean into it, to hopefully get him to touch him more. But, right now, he needed to know what James said. He batted the Latino's hand away from his face-noting the small frown that crossed his perfect features-and almost yelled at the unsuspecting boy as he said everything in a rush. "I'm fine. What did James say to you? Did he tell you about Kendall and him? Or me, too? What did he say?"
Carlos laughed loudly and held his hands up to stop the frantic boy, "Dude, calm down. All he told me was that Kendall told you that he apparently likes you and that James is in love with Kendall. He's really upset." Carlos said and Logan nodded as he calmed down a bit. Then Carlos looked at Logan amusingly and raised an eyebrow, "Is there something James should have told me about you?"
Logan began to panic and jumped to his feet, making his way to the door to get anywhere that Carlos wasn't, "What? N-No. Of course, not." he chuckled nervously as Carlos watched his every move.
He opened the door to their room, just as Mrs. Knight yelled that dinner was ready. The raven haired boy sighed in relief and turned to Carlos, only to find him standing right in front of him. "Whatever it is," he said lowly into Logan's ear, making the shorter shiver as Carlos' breath ghosted over the shell of his ear, "I will find out."
And just like that, Carlos was out the door and in the kitchen, leaving a wide-eyed, lustful Logan in his wake. Logan was pretty sure if Carlos ever did that again, he was going to be expressing his feelings to Carlos-in unmentionable ways-rather than just telling him in plain English.