The soft rumble form the air conditioner sounded way louder than it actually was. The silence that surrounded the two boys made Logan want to pull his hair out. What was he supposed to do? Apologize? Tell Carlos that it was all a misunderstanding, that it was just a joke? He would only be lying and making a bigger fool out himself. It was this that Logan was trying to avoid, this uncomfortable tension between him and Carlos. That's why when James told him to say something to Carlos, he quickly shut it down and changed the subject.
But now, what was he going to do? It was out there. Carlos knew that Logan had deeper feelings for him than just brotherly and Logan wasn't so sure he wanted to know Carlos' true feelings for him right at this moment.
"So..." Carlos cleared his throat, making Logan jump a little when the unexpected sound cut through the thick air, "How are you?" Carlos' voice sounded uncertain as he tried anything just to fill the silence.
Logan laughed sadly and shook his head as he looked up at Carlos, "Small talk? Really, is that what it has come down to?" Carlos shrugged and opened his mouth to speak, but Logan cut him off, "Just say it Carlos!" his voice coming out louder than he meant it to, "Say it! Tell me that you hate me! Tell me that you never want to see me again! Just do it and get it over with!" he practically yelled at the startled Latino who just started wide eyed at his now sobbing friend.
"What?" Carlos whispered as he walked closer to Logan's shaking body. He sat down on the edge on Logan's bed and the smaller boy curled into himself tighter as he tried to move away from the Latino. Carlos raised his hand to brush his fingertips over Logan's flushed cheeks, but before he could touch him Logan winced and looked away.
Carlos sighed and dropped his hand into his lap, "Logan, I would never hate you." his voice cracked as he felt his heartbreak a little at the thought of Logan thinking he hated him. "I don't know what happened out there, but I do know that you ran away too quickly." Logan let out a small hiccup as he raised his eyes to look at his best friend with a quirked eyebrow.
Carlos chuckled a little and ran his thumb across Logan's cheekbone, removing tears. Logan leaned into the touch just the slightest and Carlos smiled as Logan's eyes drifted shut. "Logan, why did you run?"
Logan opened his eyes and looked up into the hurt eyes of his best friend. Why did he run? "I thought you would hate me. I thought I ruined everything." he whispered brokenly.
Carlos smiled softly and rested his hand on Logan's cheek, moving it to the base of his neck and pulling him forward just a little. Logan shuttered as he felt Carlos' breath ghost across his bottom lip, "Well if you ruined everything with that, then I guess I'm gonna destroy the rest of it with this." And with that Carlos closed the small gap between himself and Logan.
Logan's eyes widened slightly out of suprise, but when he felt Carlos' tongue brush against his bottom lip, his eyes fluttered shut and he gave in. Carlos felt Logan melt into the kiss and wrapped his arms around the smaller boys waist, pulling him closer as he explored the inside of Logan's mouth.
After what seemed like a century, they pulled apart and Carlos' rested his forehead against Logan's, his arms never leaving the smaller boys waist. Carlos smiled as he opened his eyes and looked at a slightly flushed Logan, who still had his eyes closed and was breathing heavily with a small smile gracing his perfect lips.
The Latino raised his hands to Logan's face and ran the pad of his thumb across the smart boy's bottom lip. Logan opened his eyes and smiled up at the grinning Latino, "So I really did ruin everything didn't I?" he asked with a hint of amusment in his voice.
Carlos laughed lowly and placed his lips on top of Logan's shortly, "The only way you could completely ruin this is if you run again." Carlos stated and he looked into Logan's soft, loving eyes. "Are you gonna run again?" Logan shook his head and Carlos' grin grew, "Good, because I'm sick of chasing after you."
Logan rolled his eyes and lightly slapped the Latino in the chest before growing serious and looking into Carlos' eyes, "How long?"
"How long, what?" Carlos furrowed his brow, "How long have I been chasing you or how long have I liked you?"
Logan swore his heart skipped a beat when he heard those words spill from the Latino's lips, "You-you like me? As in really like me? Like more than friends?" Logan's voice filled with hope and his eyes glistened as he looked at his smiling friend.
The smile on Carlos' face quickly fell and he shook his head. Logan's heart broke just a little. "No." Carlos' voice was firm, "I don't like you, Logan." Logan's heart sunk to his stomach. "I love you." Logan's heart instantly mended itself back together and thumped against his rib cage. Carlos smiled a little when Logan's face lit up, "Logan, I have loved you since you shared your animal crackers with me in kindergarden. Sure we didn't even know how to count to 20. But I knew then that I loved you and that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. I just didn't think I would ever get the chance to actually tell you and love you the way I wanted to. I was content with just being your best friend, with just being in your life. But then you kissed me and I was shocked and hopeful that maybe, just maybe you felt the same way, but then you were gone and I didn't know what to do. Kendall knew how I felt, he's know since 7th grade. So I went to him. I was confused, but then I heard you and James talking and here I am."
Carlos took a deep breath as he looked down at a beaming Logan who had tears running down his face, "Logan? Oh, god. Logan, please don't cry. I'm sorry." he wiped his hands across Logan's cheeks and the smaller boy grabbed his hands to keep them there.
"Don't apologize for making my one and only dream come true." he said and laughed when Carlos' eyes widened and he got a goofy grin on his face, "I love you, too." Logan stated and he felt a huge weight lift of his shoulders as Carlos pulled him into a mind-blowing kiss.
A knock at the door forced them to pull away with a groan and Carlos yelled, "What do you want? I'm trying to make out with my boyfriend here." Logan blushed as Carlos winked.
"Seriously, dude?" Kendall's voice sounded form the other side of the door, "That is not something I needed to know. We just wanted to make sure you guys were okay."
Logan grinned up at Carlos who was running his fingers through Logan's hair absentmindedly and responded to Kendall, "We are definitely okay." Carlos smirked and lowered his lips to Logan's again. Just before their lips met James bursted into their bedroom followed by a protesting Kendall.
"Dude! Leave them alone!" Kendall yelled at his stubborn boyfriend who shook his head and looked at the two shorter boys who were sitting on Logan's bed and looking ap at James annoyingly.
"No way. Carlos interrupted our make out session, so it's only fair that I interrupt his." James smirked as he crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at a red faced Carlos.
"Make out session? James, you told me you and Kendall were talking." Logan pointed out and giggled when James face turned a cherry red.
"We-uh-we were talking-in a round about way." James stuttered as he looked from his amused best friends to his equally amused boyfriend. "We were using out lips!" James said as if that was a good enough explaination for what him and Kendall were doing in their room alone.
Kendall laughed and walked up behind James, wrapping his arms around his waist and pulling him to his chest, "Oh yeah, we were definitely using our lips." he mumbled as he pressed his lips to James' neck and James leaned back into him.
Carlos faked a gag as Logan laughed and James and Kendall rolled their eyes. "Now that everythings okay and no one hates each other. We still have a while before mom and Katie get home. Movie or Black Ops?" Kendall asked his friends.
"Black Ops!" James and Carlos yelled and ran to the living room fighting about who was going to kick who's ass. If there was one thing Carlos would not pass up, it was a chance to full on whoop James' ass in any video game.
Kendall and Logan shook their heads and laughed as the followed their overly excited boyfriends to the living room and watched as they fought over who got to sit where. "How did we end up with two of the biggest kids in the world as our boyfriends?" Logan laughed as he watched James sit on Carlos only to be thrown to the ground by the hyped up Latino.
"Just lucky I guess." Kendall smiled and wrapped his arm around Logan as they walked into the kitchen to get drinks and snacks for the long night that was ahead of them. Logan smiled as he thought about what Kendall just said. Oh, yeah. Logan was one lucky son of a bitch. But then again, luck had nothing to do with it.