The boys walked toward Kendall's room, each one of them holding a flashlight and James also held a sheet of paper. "Ok, so the rules are quite simple: you're going to ask each other these questions and you have to be honest. No lying and no avoiding questions. After that, you just look into each other's eyes for four minutes." Logan said as Kendall and James entered Kendall's room.

"Good luck, love birds." Carlos chimed as he closed the door, leaving the participants of the experiment alone. Kendall rolled his eyes and James chuckled as they sat down on the bed.

"I'm not going to fall in love with you." Kendall said, sounding rather serious.

"Neither am I for you. But this should be fun, come on! Here, let me ask you the first question." James said as he pointed his flashlight to the sheet of paper he was holding. "Okay, here we go. What would constitute a perfect day for you?"

"Hum, I don't know... I think..." Kendall looked up and thought for a while. "Waking up with no responsibilities for the whole day. No songs to sing, no places to be, no interviews. I'd like a day to walk around and just chill with nothing to worry about. You know, going to the mall, watch a movie, sleep until noon and so on."

James looked at him like he was expecting more, but the silence let him know Kendall's answer was over.

"That's it?"

"Hum, yeah, I guess. Why?"

"Nothing, just... Your perfect day would basically be a day without us."

"Oh." Kendall's eyes widened as he realized James was right. "You're there with me. We're chilling together." He forced a smile and rushed to change the subject. "And how would your perfect day be?"

"The days we have already. I love to sing to our fans, dance; I love to be famous. I can't think of anything else to make it better."

"Really? Isn't there anything you would change?"

James' smile slowly became a small frown. He crossed his arms in front of his body and looked down at the flashlight in his hand. "Not really."

Kendall raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure? You have to be honest."

"Ok, fine." He said as he sighed. "I would like to have... A serious girlfriend. Like, not like the ones I have. The ones I have only care for me because I'm famous or because I'm pretty. A perfect day for me would be going on a date with someone that actually likes me for what I am."

Kendall almost couldn't believe his ears. Did James just say he wanted to be... Loved? As in James Diamond, the boy who was always getting in fast relationships and cared about himself more than anything or anyone else?

"Kendall?"

"Hum? Oh, sorry. I just... I never thought I would hear you saying that, James."

"I know, I know." James said, slightly rolling his eyes and smiling as he blushed. "But you're right; I have to be honest with you in this game." He looked to Kendall for a few seconds, but before the silence could get awkward he looked down to the sheet in his hands. "Next question, shall we?"

"I ask it now." Kendall said, looking down as well as he took the sheet from James' hands. "For what in life do you feel most grateful?"

"That's easy. For being a singer like I always wanted to be." He then seemed to hesitate before starting to speak again. "This means I'm grateful for you. I mean, without you we never would have become a band and therefore I wouldn't be living my dream. So, thank you."

"You... You're welcome, I guess."

"Yeah, yeah." James said, trying to dismiss the topic. "What about you? For what in your life do you feel most grateful?"

"Well... For being part of the band. I never wanted to be famous, but now that I am, I can't imagine my life without you guys. Even if my perfect day would be taking a break from this, it's already part of who I am." He smiled as he shrugged. "So I'm grateful for you too. Because without you nothing of this would have happened as well."

Another moment of awkward silence happened before James finally cleaned his throat and shook his head, looking down at the sheet again. "If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be important for him or her to know."

Kendall looked down. "We are close friends already."

"Hum, I guess we are, but that doesn't answer the question. I think this test was meant to be done by strangers. Oh, well, just answer it."

"There's nothing to tell." He said, avoiding eye contact and pointing his flashlight to his feet to hide his face. Suspicious, James pointed his own flashlight to Kendall's face. He was surprised to see his friend blushing.

"Kendall? Is everything alright?"

"Let's stop this. It was a bad idea from the start." He said, pushing James' flashlight away from his face as he attempted to grab the sheet James held, but he was faster and moved it away before Kendall could get it away from him.

"Kendall? What's wrong?"

"Nothing, really. I just don't want to play anymore."

Logan looked down at the sheet again. "Is it because of this question?"

Kendall opened his mouth, but closed it again before saying anything. He looked down and scratched the back of his head, blushing. "Yes. I know I have to be honest, but I don't want to. I can't."

"Hey, you can tell me anything. I promise I won't even tell anybody if you don't want me to, ok?"

"You promise you won't freak out?"

"I won't freak out." James said, giving a soft smile. "If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be important for him or her to know." He repeated, looking at Kendall.

"I'm..." He said something else, but it was so muffled and so low that James couldn't hear it.

"Sorry, could you repeat the last part?"

"I am..." He stopped and took a deep breath, looking away. "Bisexual." Kendall looked at James and expected to find him disgusted or shocked, but his face held a blank expression.

"What's that?"

Kendall felt the urge to punch James in the face. He had never told anyone about his sexuality before, and the first person who knew was an idiot.

"How come you don't know what it is?!" He said, without realizing he was shouting.

"Wow, sorry. I just... I never heard that word before."

"Bisexual is like... It means I like girls..."

James expected him to say something else, but Kendall kept looking at him like he didn't know what else to say.

"Hum, right? There's nothing wrong with that."

"... And boys."

James blinked at that statement as his brain tried to process that new information.

"So you're gay?"

"No, I mean, sort of. Bisexual means that I'm attracted to both genders. Boys and girls."

"Wow. Wait, then you would date a guy if you liked him?"

"I guess I would..."

"Wow." Kendall's heart was beating fast. He didn't know how his friend would react and he was afraid he would freak out. James didn't look shocked, though. He seemed rather thoughtful. "Why didn't you tell us before?"

"I was afraid you guys wouldn't accept me. That you would think I'm creepy or stop being my friend. I don't really know what your opinions are on gay people. Or bisexual, for that matter."

"That's silly. You're our friend. It doesn't matter who you're in love with; that could never change who you are. And we like who you are."

Kendall blinked and gulped before sighing in relief. He looked to his friend and saw that James had a comforting smile on his face. Without thinking, he wrapped his arms around James' neck in a hug, dropping his flashlight in the process. James stood still for a while, his eyes going from side to side as he tried to comprehend what was going on there, gasping at the sudden touch.

"Hum, Kendall?"

Kendall's eyes widened as he released his friend's neck. He bent down to pick his flashlight, still blushing. "Sorry. It's just... I kept that a secret for so long. I'm just really; really glad you didn't freak out or stop being my friend. Or something like that." He looked to the ground, embarrassed. "Are you going to tell Logan and Carlos about it?"

"No. Your secret, you tell them. Whenever you feel like telling them, just do it."

"O-Okay... Thank you."

"Hey, no problem."

"You still have to answer it, too."

"Hum... It feels weird, but… I think I may be bisexual too."

Kendall's jaw dropped as he heard those words. "What?!"

"Hum, I didn't know what bisexual was until now, ok? And I always somehow felt like I liked both but I thought it couldn't be like that so I just assumed I was a straight guy who thought some guys were attractive." He shrugged.

"How come you're so calm about that? You just realized you may fall for a guy!"

"And what's wrong with that?"

The blond boy opened his mouth to say something, but after a while he smiled as he reached out for the sheet and pointed his flashlight to it. Suddenly, he felt like the experiment was going naturally; unlike to what it felt when they started it. "I ask the next one. If you wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?"

"Oh." James looked down and rubbed his hands together, dropping his flashlight on the floor when he did so. Kendall tilted his head; once that his friend seemed to be as nervous as he was when he had to reveal he was bisexual some few minutes before. "James?"

"I have to be honest, right?"

"That's what Logan said when he read the rules."

"Fine." James said, rolling his eyes and looking up to avoid eye contact. "I think I would want the ability to be like you."

"Wait, what? Like me?"

"Yeah. I feel like you always know what to do and what to say. That's why you're the leader. I'm always so impulsive. I do things without thinking ahead and most of times I regret it later on. If I could just think ahead, if I could see the consequences of my actions like you can, my life would be so much easier."

Kendall folded his arms. "You could have said Logan."

"What?"

"You could have said you wanted to be like Logan. He thinks ahead way more than I do sometimes."

"Wow, wow; Logan's a nerd. I don't want to be a nerd. All I want is to stop being so impulsive, and that's why I wish I could be like you. I've tried to change it before, but that's just the way I am." He said as he shrugged. "Your turn to answer it."

"I never thought about that, but I wish I could be more relaxed sometimes. Like, you and Carlos keep telling me that things are fine; and they actually are fine, but I worry so much about them not being fine that I end up making it all worse. I try not to worry, but..." He shrugged. "I always do."

"Hey, it's ok. More than once you saved us because you had everything under control. I... I'm so jealous of that sometimes."

"Don't be. It can be really stressful."

"Being like me is stressful too."

"Really?" Kendall said as he folded his arms and raised his eyebrows. "How?"

"I said that most of times I'm impulsive I regret it later on. I... I may not show it, but it stresses me when things don't turn out the way I planned; and that happens a lot because I am so impulsive. If it wasn't for you guys to save me... If it wasn't for you having everything under control to save me, I... I don't know what I would do."

James looked down at his flashlight, taking a deep breath before looking at Kendall and smiling. "So... Thank you."

"N-No problem, James. I'll always be there to save you... If you promise to always be there to keep me relaxed when I overdo it. Deal?" Kendall said as he reached out.

"Deal." James smiled as he reached out as well and shook his friend's hand.

This was interesting to write. I'm still not that into the show so I'm not 100% sure on how this is going on a matter of characterization, but it's being fun to write. I watched a few more episodes and I'm pretty sure Kames is my otp now.

Well, thanks for reading. See you next chapter!