"Logan, are you awake?" Kendall whispered over his shoulder. "Good he's asleep. So I talked to him earlier." Kendall said to James as he turned back to the brunette and rested his head on his shoulder.
"Hmm, what about?" James asked as he kept his eyes closed.
"I told him how much Carlos likes him." Kendall paused for a moment pushing the thought that maybe it was a bad idea out of his mind as he drew random shapes on James' bare abdomen where the shirt had been risen, "I mean, not that he didn't already know." Kendall stated quickly.
"Yeah, and how did that go babe?" James asked with a soft smirk on his face.
"Well, I mean. It coulda been worse. He wasn't completely against it. He just didn't know but I think he does like something about Carlos though." As Kendall whispered the Latino's name he hoped that he was asleep realizing he hadn't called out his name like he had Logan, though Carlos was separated from them by Logan.
"I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens. I think your right about him having some sort of feelings boy him. I just don't know what exactly. I think he will cave though, I mean you gotta admit, Carlos is cute." Kendall sat up on his elbow and looked down at the brunette with a glare in his green eyes. "Oh hush, you know I think you're so sexy." James added when he saw the look on the blondes face. He pulled Kendall back down to his body, the blonde finally relaxing.
"Yeah, I guess we will find out soon enough." Kendall said his voice reflecting that he was in thought. He relaxed into James' side and closed his eyes breathing in James' soft sent and enjoying the warmth between their bodies.
Everyone had risen as they had every day. It was a Sunday morning so everyone had the rest of the day off figuring that Logan had already done his 12 to 4 morning shift. Carlos, James, and Kendall had already dressed and we making their beds.
"James, I have an idea," Carlos said as he tucked the corner of his blankets under his mattress.
"Yeah, and what could that be?" James said with a smile.
"We should write our own song!" Carlos' eyes brightened as he spoke his idea.
Kendall laughed at him and then said, "Hey, I want in on this idea."
"Yeah, all of us, even Logan." Carlos said pointing down to the sleeping boy.
"Sure guys. We can -"James was cut off by a man entering their sleeping quarter's immediately radiating command.
"Attention!" He bellowed as he walked down the center of the beds.
Everyone snapped to attention their faces blank in fear of showing their shock. It had been a long time since they had seen someone so professional in this sense. As the large man passed Kendall he took in his features. He seemed late thirties with deep creases in his faces, probably stress. He was on the shorter side of the spectrum though he carried himself as if he were a fucking giant. Kendall's annoyance spiked as he got a cocky vibe off of the man.
As he passed them by Kendall reached over as he had seen other men do to wake their colleges and he pushed Logan quickly and pointed to the others at attention. Logan jumped out of bed fast, breathing hard, and joined the rest of them.
"So, I have heard that you have all been trained and have worked in this area for a month now. I have been told that an entire division is needed in Afghanistan and you are it!" He paused as he allowed this information sink into the men surrounding him in the room. He watched them for any signs of weakness. One of the men were breathing heaving as if he were on the verge of a panic attack and we was called out.
The smaller man approached the boy and got directly in his face, the younger of them looked as if he were going to cry.
"Soldier, what the fuck is the problem." The man spat in his face.
"Nothing, Sir." The boy screamed back trying to control his emotions only slightly succeeding.
"Well, you better get the shit out of your head because you are all needed and immediately."
He left the started male and turned back to the center aisle. "Half of you will ship out tomorrow at 0600, the other half in two weeks at the same time. Your assigned times will be posted at 1100 here." He pointed to the doors that lead outside.
Kendall's mind raced not ready for what he was going to face. The Sargent had said immediately. He thought about the men he was going to arrive to and treat, in critical condition. He knew all the stuff but he didn't know about the real life pressure. Sure he had been tested under pressured conditions but he knew that wasn't real, knew that if he fucked up he wasn't going to be responsible for a current death.
"Well, that will be it. I will see half of you tomorrow on your flight out!" He walked to the door and Kendall thought that they were going to be left at attention though as the door was closing behind the stout man he screamed, "Relax!"
Kendall paced frantically as he tried to get his bearings on the situation. He gnawed on his lower lip as he ran his fingers through his hair. He turned on his heal and was pulled into an embrace he wasn't expecting.
"James, what if we aren't going together." Kendall asked, this being his immediate problem. "I don't think I can go two weeks without you. I hate going to work without you!" He said as he grabbed onto the taller boy's sides, his forehead against the others pectorals. He felt tears in the back of his emerald eyes that he refused to let out.
"I know, I know. We will be fine. It's only two weeks. It could be so much worse. You know that."' James whispered as he held the other boy close to him thinking that maybe if he never let go of him they couldn't be separated. He couldn't lose this boy right now. He didn't say it but from the way the man had talked they were going to be sent to a dangerous place and he couldn't take it if something bad happened to the love of his life.
Yeah, they had only been together for about a month but they had spent so much time together it seemed as if they had been together for three. Kendall looked up and cupped James' cheek in his palm and whispered, "I can't lose you James. I…I don't know." He trailed off not knowing what to say next.
James kissed him passionately wrapping his arms around the blonde's thin waist and pressing their hips together tightly. Kendall's hands roamed James' chest and abdomen as he traced his tongue against the taller male's lips asking for entrance only to be denied by James' tongue pushing past his parted lips. Kendall moaned loudly out of lust and surprise before James quickly parted and took a step back and looked to the other boys that were around them. He caught Logan's eye before the shorter boy turned his back to them quickly.
Kendall bit his lip in a small amount of embarrassment though he didn't even know he was holding back a moan until it had escaped him.
"Hey, it's fine, just not in front of everyone." James kissed his reddened cheek before winking at him and returning to what he had been doing previous to the unwanted interruption.
Kendall grabbed his sweatshirt and stated "I'm going for a run" before beginning to walk away trying to hide the annoyance in his shorts. The blonde threw the sweatshirt over his head before he took off into the cold December air. He always wore shorts though most of the others had changed to sweatpants. The cold kept his mind off of anything that wasn't welcome at that moment.
"I'm so nervous." Kendall said as the foursome stood behind a mob of other nervous men trying to get a peek at when they would be leaving for Afghanistan. The blondes fingers squeezed the ones of the brunette standing next to him.
"All of us are gonna be fine. Don't worry if we don't go at the same time." James said as he squeezed back.
"Hey, you're not gonna miss us if you leave and we don't?" Carlos asked in almost a hurt tone as he pointed between himself and Logan.
Kendall released James and walked to Carlos and put his hand on his shoulder and said "Of course I would miss you both." A smile formed on his lips as he looked between the two. "You are my best friends and I don't know where I would be today without either of you. You mean so much to me." He thought about how his words sounded lame but they were true and his friends needed to know what he felt about them. How much he cared about them and would be devastated if something ever did happen to them.
"We would miss you to, Kendall." Logan said with a small smile as he patted the taller male on the back.
"Well you better!" Kendall said as he reached out to the shorter boy and ruffled his hair earning himself a dark eyed glare as his hand retreated.
"Was that necessary?" Logan asked as he tried to fix his hair.
"Yes" Kendall said as he stuck his tongue out in a childish way.
"God, I got freaks for friends." Carlos said as he rolled his eyes though let out a small laugh.
"Well you love your freaks." James said as he brought Kendall in close to him.
"Whatever." He replied to the brunette as he pushed past him to look at the sheet that was now visible through the few people left staring at it.
They all watched the Latino, studying his body movement as he ran his finger down the paper and stopped as he took in the information. He turned slowly and the color was drained from his face. "I'm leaving tomorrow." He choked out of fear. He didn't want to show it, it made him feel weak when he showed his fear but this time it was too much after he had already convinced himself that he wasn't going in the morning because only 50% of them were leaving. He was sure he would have another two weeks left in this safe haven.
Kendall pushed past him scanning the sheet before him revealing the same results. His mind suddenly shifted and he ran his finger down the white material until he saw 'Diamond" and he traced the line to the right before seeing that James was staying.
"No" Kendall felt James' breath on the back of his neck and he turned seeing him and Logan standing directly behind him finding out for themselves that they were both staying.
The afternoon passed by and Kendall didn't even noticed the events he had taken part of as he reviewed for the soon coming departures. It wasn't until he was getting ready for bed that his interest was spiked.
"Hey, Carlos?" Logan said in a hushed tone. Kendall looked at him as the dark haired boy moved in an awkward way towards the Latino.
"Yeah, what's up?" Carlos said as he was stuffing a few articles of clothing into his duffel bag for his early leave.
Logan hesitated before he moved quickly and with purpose around the bed before pressing his lips forcefully to Carlos'. Kendall's breath caught in his throat as he watched this happen. He reached out behind him not taking his eyes off the other boys as he felt for James. When he felt a hip he pushed it to get his attention.
"Wha" was all that was said as James took in what Kendall was trying to show him.
Carlos soon kissed Logan back as a small moan seemed to emanate from his chest. Soon Logan broke the kiss when oxygen became a vital thing. "Will you be my boyfriend?" Logan asked taking the fact that the Latino didn't pull away as a good sign.
"Yes" Carlos said just as shocked as Kendall and James. Carlos looked at the other to and watched as they looked as if they had been caught spying on their sister's friend changing and busied themselves with nothing. Turning his attention back to the paler boy he said, "Yes, of course I will be your boyfriend." He took Logan into a hug.
I'm excited for this next chapter I'm working on. Please review for this one!