Sleep was very much welcome and took them over quickly, but James was woken up not much later. His shoulder was being shaken gently.
"Hhuhh?" James mumbled. He opened his eyes but just saw darkness. It was still late enough that the sun hadn't even considered coming up yet.
"Bad dreams," Logan said very softly.
"Awwww," James pulled him to his chest. Logan clung to him in a tired desperation. "What about?"
"I was moving really fast through an ocean," Logan said. "Deeper and deeper at a horrific speed. And, and some loud noise. This weird, low pitch humming sound. Ohh, it was so scary."
"Sounds like it," James coaxed, petting the back of Logan's head with care. "But it's over now and everything is okay."
"Yeeah…"
"You have bad dreams a lot, don't you?"
"…yeaaaah."
"I wish I could make them go away," James said. He kissed the top of Logan's head and sighed.
"Don't worry about it," Logan whispered. "You're already helping me out so much."
"Oh Kendall, be good…" Carlos started talking on the other side of the wall. Logan perked up. "What's that?"
"Ughh this is unbelievable," James raised a finger to his temple and grumbled. "I told them to be quiet."
"What's going on?" Logan asked.
"Shh-shh, Carlitos we gotta be quiet," Kendall said.
"Mmm Kendall, Kendall ahhh come on."
James furrowed his brow at the couple heating up next door. This was the worst time for them to be getting it on. "They're uh," James said. "They're having sex."
"Really?" Logan asked.
"Yeah. The walls are really thin in this place."
"Hush!" Logan snipped teasingly. "I wanna listen."
"You wha…"
"I wanna listen," the blind guy said quickly. He tried to make his breathing even quieter so that Kendall and Carlos were even more audible.
"Ohh, that feels so good," Kendall groaned. "Ohh Carlos. Oh my God."
"You like that?" Carlos giggled.
"Ohh fuck yeah, oh my gosh. Wow. Ohhh."
Logan grinned wickedly as he listened. His curiosity had outweighed any fear or awkwardness about sex. Having James's bare chest wrapped around him now, in the middle of the night, listening to these other boys making love…he was curiouser and curiouser.
"Please fuck me Kendall," Carlos pleaded.
"Yeah? Is that what you want?"
"Mmmm yeah papi, come on."
They stopped talking and soon, the thumping began. It was the bedpost hitting the wall. It started out relatively slow, but it progressively grew faster and faster.
"Sounds like they're in pain," Logan whispered.
"They aren't," James said. He was still hugging Logan, suffering as he had to listen to his roommate getting it on.
"It all feels good?" Logan asked.
"Yeah."
"Hmmm."
"OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OHHHH! OHHHH!" Carlos cried out hysterically as he and or Kendall climaxed. Logan's eyebrows raised up real high.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Orgasm," James answered blankly. It was very painful having to sit through this. But why did Logan want to listen? Well, basically he was at that explorative part of growing up that most people go through when they're much younger. James thought back to when he began to figure out sex. Yeah, that made sense. When he started getting random erections, he would experiment with anything that could feel good.
"I would scream like that?" Logan asked timidly.
"I don't know. Not everyone does."
"Hmmm…"
The boys in the next room settled down now and fell quiet.
"I wish I could watch it," Logan said dreamily.
"Haha…ha…" James pretended to laugh, almost even creeped out by it. Logan made a few inquisitive humms before sleep took him over once more.
Morning finally rolled around and James woke up with a big boner. His instant reaction was to take care of himself, but he remembered that Logan was there. He had rolled off of him by then and was curled up in a fetal position facing the wall. James winced to himself and tried to tuck his hard on away. There was only one sensible thing to do. He carefully, carefully climbed out of his bed and tiptoed out to the bathroom. He beat himself off quickly and came back. Logan hadn't moved. He was still asleep.
"Morning Logan," James whispered softly as he slid back underneath the covers. He slipped his arms around the blind boy's waist and pulled him close to his body.
"Mmm…James?"
"Yep."
"You're warm."
"Hehe, well, I dunno."
"You're really warm." Logan flipped over and put his hand on James's forehead. "Are you okay?"
"IIIIIII sweat a lot when I sleep. Sometimes. Yeeeeah."
"Ohhh. Okay."
"Wanna go out for breakfast?"
"Out? Out where?"
"I dunno. Breakfast place. Sound like something you wanna do?"
"Can we just eat here?"
"Sure, sure. We can do that too."
James helped Logan get out of bed and led him out to the bathroom. "I can get washed up on my own," Logan said with a tiny smile. He brushed his teeth and washed his face.
"You do a real good job," James said. "I'm proud of you."
"Yaaaaay!"
The taller of the young men leaned down to Logan and kissed him on the lips. Logan gasped against James's lips but didn't fight the kiss.
"I love you," James whispered. "I love you more than I've loved anybody ever. Ever."
"Why?"
"Because you're amazing."
Logan broke off the kiss and pressed his face against James's chest. He nuzzled slightly and sighed.
"What's wrong?" James asked.
"I just, oh, this seems silly."
"What? You can tell me, c'mon."
"I feel like I don't deserve your love."
"Why would you say that?" James cupped his hands around Logan's face and coddled him like that. "Don't say that."
"It's just how I feel."
"You deserve the best of everything, baby. Now let's have something to eat."
They walked out of the bathroom and went to the kitchen, where Carlos and Kendall already were.
"Morning, guys," Kendall said.
"Good morning," Logan softly greeted them. He wondered what they looked like now, more than ever.
"Wow, thanks for being so quiet last now. Wow. Wow," James said with a tone of frustration in his voice. Kendall winced.
"You're welcome!" Carlos said like an idiot. Kendall rolled his eyes. "He's being sarcastic," he hissed in a whisper.
James opened up the fridge and peeked around inside. "What do you want, Logan?"
"I dunno. Anything I guess."
"We were gonna make pancakes," Kendall said. "Want enough for you both?"
"That would be amazing. You would do that?" Logan asked with a big smile.
"Sure."
"Let's sit down while they cook," James suggested. "The kitchen is real small and we don't wanna get in the way."
"Okay."
James led Logan over to the living room area, which was open to the kitchen, and they both curled up on the sofa.
"I liked hearing you have sex," Logan said out of the blue. James almost exploded.
"What?" Kendall asked, thinking he heard him wrong.
"I heard you having sex. I liked it," Logan repeated. James's eyes opened real wide and he wanted to shut him up so bad.
"Thanks," Carlos and Kendall both said at the same time. They exchanged a really weird look. James peered over the back of the sofa and mouthed, "sorry, sorry" to them.
"Does it hurt?" Logan asked.
Oh my God, James thought. Logan stop. He didn't want to humiliate him, so telling him to shut up was out of the question. What to do, what to do?
"Does what hurt? Sex?" Carlos asked.
"Yeah," Logan went on. "Does it hurt when a penis goes inside your butt?"
"Sorta hurts at first, but then it feels totally yummy," Carlos said rather nonchalantly. He put his elbows on the counter and looked at the guys with a funny smile. "You've never had sex, Logan?"
"Nope."
"You should do it with James," Kendall chimed in casually. "He's great."
"What?" Logan asked James. He looked at him the best he good, wrinkling up his forehead.
"Kendall and I used to date," James said very quietly. "Not a big deal."
"You aren't still together, right?" Logan asked nervously.
"No not at all."
"That's so cute," Carlos said. "Cute little blind virgin."
"Uhh, sure guys. Sure," James giggled apprehensively. He felt a little on the spot.
"He sounds horny," Carlos added. James sputtered. The Latino looked at the boys with a naughty grin. "You two should just fuck."
Logan hummed cutely and looked embarrassed. He reached out for James and touched his arm, not saying anything.
"Almost ready," Kendall called out from the griddle.
