Chapter 7: Comforting
Whenever Carlos was down, Kendall was the go to guy for him. For instance, Carlos can't find his helmet and he was tearing up the apartment in a frenzie. James and Logan turned down his plea for help and Kendall was no where to be found. Carlos wished his blonde leader was here with him. In any bad situation the small Latino boy had or was in, Kendall was always the one who could calm him down.
Carlos didn't know if it was Kendall's comforting words or comforting hugs or both, he didn't care. All he knew was that he needed them now or he would break down and cry.
You might think he was being over dramatic about his lost helmet, but his Papi gave it to him when he was 8 and it's never left the reckless boy's head since, meaning that he and his helmet have been through everything together. Just like Kendall was his comfort zone when times were rough, his helmet was his comfort as well.
But it was gone and Carlos was tearing up the cushions of the couch while frantically yelling, "HELMET!" over and over again. The Latino boy moved to the kitchen, but with no luck. He sprinted back to his shared room with Logan (who was a stupid monkey's butt for not helping him look for his helmet) to search the bedroom again, hoping that he missed some place from the other 3 dozen times he checked the room.
Carlos was too preoccupied with flipping his matress over to hear the apartment's door open and shut. Carlos was too busy chucking clothes off from the floor to notice Kendall standing in his doorway.
"Carlos? What in the world are you doing?"
Carlos shrieked and whirled around to face the blonde. Then he ran towards him at full speed and threw himself at the taller boy. Kendall's breath left his body with a whoosh and struggled to stay upright.
"Car-"
"Oh, it's AWFUL Kendall!" Carlos sobbed into his shirt. The leader patted his back while trying to suck in air. "I can't find it anywhere! I've looked everywhere but it's NOT HERE!" after peeling the smaller boy's iron grip on his shirt and neck, Kendall gently wrapped an arm around his friend's trembling shoulders and led him to Logan's bed since Carlos' was flipped over awkwardly.
After they sat down, Kendall let the Latino boy rest his head on his shoulder. "Okay, what happened now?" he asked.
Carlos sniffed, appreciating Kendall's arm draped over his shoulder. He took a shuddering breath before choking out, "M-my helmet is g-g-gone!"
Oh. Well, that explains the upside down couch in the living room, Kendall thought. Then he pulled Carlos more into his arms and asked, "Where did you have it last?" he felt the boy shrug and sighed softly. "It's not in here?"
"N-no.." Carlos whispered and closed his eyes while leaning closer to the blonde.
"When did you last have it on your head?"
"Last night... at the dinner table. But then L-Logan got mad and said that I agreed not to where it when we were eating, so I went to go put it in here. B-but it's nooot!" Carlos wailed and Kendall hugged him tighter while thinking about last night. He did remember Logan scolding Carlos about his helmet and how Carlos did leave but he took a long time coming back...
"Did you do anything between leaving the table to put your helmet up and coming back?" Kendall asked and Carlos started shaking his head 'no' before freezing.
"I HAD TO GO PEE!" he shouted with glee before jumping up and rushing to the bathroom. Kendall heard a happy squeal and knew that Carlos was reunited with his helmet. Sure enough, the now happy boy skipped back with his black helmet on his head. He gave it two healthy slaps before hugging Kendall. "Thanks so much, Kendall!"
Said boy laughed and returned the hug. "No problem. But uh, would you mind putting the furniture back in their normal positions?"
A/N Ha ha, some Kenlos there. XD OH. MY. GOSH. O.O DID ANYONE ELSE WATCH THE BTR EPISODE? I THINK I ABOUT DIED. TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE. ASFLAS. And then the Figure it Out one was Kames and Cargan, don't even argue with me. I mean, did you SEE that hug Kendall gave his secret lover?
That's what I thought. Lol. Reviews make a girl very happy when she's on her period! XD
-Jaya