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When Worlds Crumble

Ch. 10 - Wash the pain away

Kendall couldn't believe his eyes. His mouth hung agape as he watched his friend from afar, his mind literally doing cartwheels. He shook his head and blinked a few to times to reassure himself that he wasn't dreaming or imagining things. When he opened his eyes again hesitantly the cab was still there. And with it was Logan. A wide smile spread on the blonde's face when reality hit him.

They did it.

They found Logan.

And that just before he was about to stop hoping altogether. Kendall felt his knees buckle from the sheer intensity of his happiness and grabbed the street lamp next to him to hold his body upright. Tears of joy filled his eyes when it went through that his little brother wasn't gone. He was still here in Minnesota. And within arm's reach!

The blonde's feet stumbled forward on their own accord with new-found energy. The immense gratitude and heartfelt relief made him so light-headed that a quick laugh escaped his lips. It felt as if these last few days of pain and misery had never happened. When he started jogging along the street towards Logan he thanked whatever might that was responsible for this to happen. He had his brother back. And he sure as hell wouldn't let him leave ever again.

~BTR~BTR~BTR~BTR~BTR~

After Logan finally got all of his stuff and himself tucked into the cab he let out a sigh of relief. Now he could draw a line and forget all of the drama that was his life. And hopefully move on to a better future. He was just about to tell the cab driver the address of his airport when he realized that his watch was missing. Mentally cursing at himself he leaned forward a bit.

"Excuse me", he said to the driver who stared back at him blankly. "I forgot something in there. Could you wait a sec here, please?"

The guy nodded curtly, clearly not interested.

Logan muttered a small "Thank you" before he ran back to Charlie who was just about to leave his store.

"Hey again." The elder man looked up in surprise. "I forgot my watch in there, could you give me your keys for a moment?"

Charlie chuckled and muttered something about "oblivion at such young age" under his breath before tossing him the keys. "Here you go."

"Thanks", Logan said with a grin, opened the door and stepped inside the shop.

~BTR~BTR~BTR~BTR~BTR~

Kendall started to full-out run now, all of his tiredness gone. He saw Logan getting out of the cab again and talking to an elderly man whom he recognized as his old boss, Charlie. The blonde could've slapped himself for not thinking about this sooner. Of course Logan would want to stay at a friend's house after all the pain he had to...

Oh god.

Kendall stopped dead in his tracks, eyes widening. He had completely forgotten about their situation!

Heavy fear crept up on him when he realized how horribly this whole thing could play out. After their little encounter at the airport Kendall knew better than to think that Logan was well-disposed towards him. There was no way in hell the brunette would want to see him right now! And to think that he had just wanted to go in there and be like "Oh cool we found you, let's head home now!" Stupid. Really stupid, Kendall.

What had he been thinking? That Logan would be happy to see him? That he would take him back as his friend without hesitation? No, Kendall wasn't that dopey. After all he was the reason Logan left in the first place.

Kendall swallowed heavily. How could he possibly approach his friend after everything that happened? And even more importantly: How could he ever make it up to him? The blonde couldn't take back what he had done to his friend anymore. All the hurt, all the pain, it would always be there and no matter how hard he tried, he could never rid himself of this guilt.

Kendall took a step back and only the urge to see his friend stopped him from running away like he wanted to. He would never admit it to himself, but he was afraid. No scratch that, he was petrified!

Gosh, man up already, Knight! his inner voice snarled. You're not gonna chicken out now that you're so close! Whatever will happen, you will suck it up like a man and not freak like out like a pussy about it! Now go and make things right!

Kendall flinched. Saying it like that sounded just rude, even for a teenage boy's mind. Maybe that was because it was so true. The blonde couldn't chicken out now. He'd hate himself if he did. So Kendall did the only reasonable thing and took a hesitant step forward, trying to convince himself that he could do this. No, he needed to do this.

Kendall had barely noticed until now that Carlos and James stood next to him, waiting for him to make the first move. He still was their leader after all. The expectancy in their eyes made him stronger and gave him the confidence to make another step, less shaky than his first.

The blonde took a very deep breath and closed his eyes for a brief moment to collect his thoughts. What would he say to Logan? How would the brunette react to seeing him? There were way too many possibilities of what could happen right now.

What if Logan didn't accept him anymore? What if he hated him? What if...

What if Logan had been gone and Kendall would've never gotten the chance to apologize?

The blonde's eyes snapped wide open at this realization. He never even stopped to think about how lucky he was. Lucky that Logan wasn't gone. That he was right there, only a couple metres away from him. That Kendall had the chance to make up for his mistakes.

Right now, right here he could make all of this right. He had to be strong and do this for their friendship. And if Logan didn't forgive him... then at least Kendall could say he tried to fix things. He had nothing to lose.

With this thought in mind the blonde picked up his pace again until he was running in determination, the reassuring sound of James and Carlos' footsteps following him.

~BTR~BTR~BTR~BTR~BTR~

Logan groaned in frustration as he searched through the various drawers in his guest room. How the hell could he have possibly lost his damn watch? He was just about to look on the desk in the store when he heard a shout behind him.

"HEY! What're you doing here boy?" Huh? Did Charlie mean him? Logan turned around, ready to say something when he felt himself being crushed by two familiar arms.

...W-What... the FUCK's going on here?

His mind needed a few moments to comprehend that the blonde figure hugging him in a vice like grip was, indeed, Kendall 's eyes widened.

That's not possible.

Before he could say anything another two pairs of arms wrapped around him. James and Carlos. Paralysed by shock he just let it happen for a few seconds but as soon as he was able to move again he tried to push them away.

"Guys! What-?"

"God, Logie, we are such idiots!"

Logan froze again. Did he really just hear that?

"We hurt you so bad and I didn't even notice it", Kendall cried into his shoulder, clinging to him desperately. "Please, just... hear me out. Please! You're my best friend and I don't want to lose you forever just because I am so fucking stupid!"

Logan's head felt like it spun in circles. This couldn't be real. Was his mind playing tricks on him?

"If I could explain all of it I would right now." It seemed like out of his three best friends Kendall took the talking upon himself. "But I can't, because I don't even know how all of this started." Kendall's grip on Logan's shoulder tightened even more. "There's no way to apologize for our actions and I don't expect you to forgive us in any way, but I just want you to know I am more sorry than I ever was in my life, because I lost you. I lost my brother and I loathe myself for all of this."

Yep, Logan must be hallucinating. There was no way Kendall would ever say that to him.

"I would do anything, you hear me? Anything to get my brother back. I know that you've probably moved on and I can't blame you one bit for it. Just believe me that I am truly sorry. I was... I don't know, blind or something. Gosh, it sounds so dumb right now. I can't even put it into words how much of an idiot I was. I didn't notice once how much you hurt and God, it really tears me apart to think about what you had to go through."

Logan started sobbing quietly, his fists balled tightly at his sides. Maybe this wasn't a dream. His friends understood. They finally understood.

"And that thing with your father?" Kendall hugged him even closer when Logan tensed. "I want to apologize for that too."

"How do you know?", the brunette whispered raspily, his fists balled tightly at his sides.

Kendall started stroking his back comfortingly and continued in a soothing tone. "We talked to him, well James did, because we wanted to find you and your father kinda told us what happened. I'm so so sorry that you had to go through that alone. I wish I would've been there to protect you or at least comfort you. But I wasn't. You don't deserve something like this to happen, hell, nobody does, but you especially not. You didn't ever do anything wrong in this whole situation or even before that. But we did. We let you down and I am so, so incredibly sorry." Kendall tightened his hold again, still careful not to crush Logan in his arms. "I love you, brother, really, I always will. And... I need you. Even if you don't think so yourself, we all need you. We aren't the same without you. I hope you know that."

"You're lying." Logan nearly choked on his words. "You don't need me."

Three pairs of eyes looked up at him.

"You have no idea where we would be without you, huh?", Carlos said quietly. "Who would be there to stop me from stunting myself to death? Or to keep James grounded when he's having his rants about fame? Or help Kendall in school so he doesn't completely fail in English and Math? And most importantly:" Carlos' eyes were bright with emotion when he looked at Logan. "Who would be out bestest friend for life?"

"Anyone could do that", Logan mumbled. "I'm nothing special."

Three hearts twanged painfully at his crestfallen tone. That was how Logan saw himself?

James spoke up first. "You ARE special, Logan. Hell, you're the most special person on this planet to me." He stroked the smaller boy's spiked hair lovingly and Logan leaned into the touch he craved for so long. "You're a wonderful person and a great friend. And if I... if we made you forget that... I'm unbelievably sorry. You're worth so much more than having morons like us as your friends."

"No I'm not", Logan said, but finally hugged them back. His friends sighed in relief when they felt two small arms reaching around all of their backs. "I'm so happy you understand me now. When you weren't there... I thought you had forgotten me." His voice broke at the end of the last sentence.

"Never!" They all shouted sternly in unison. Despite the less than funny situation Logan had to laugh a little at that.

"God, it's so good to hear you laugh again, Logie", Kendall sighed and pressed his face into the smaller boy's shoulder. "I haven't heard that in ages."

Logan swallowed thickly. "So... you know now?"

"Yes", James said, voice tight with emotion. "I'm so sorry for ignoring you. And turning you down because of some stupid girl. And not listening to you when you said something. And pulling stupid pranks on you. And-"

"Okay, okay." Logan patted James' back. "I believe you."

"I just hope we can be friends again", Carlos whispered. "Do you... do you think you can forgive us? At some point in the future?"

Logan tightened his hold on all of them. "Of course I forgive you", he said. "I'm a lucky bastard for having such great friends."

Kendall nearly crushed Logan in his arms at that point.

"Don't say that Logie, we don't deserve it at all. You shouldn't trust us again just like that." Logan was stunned. He didn't expect Kendall to take all of this that serious. The blonde looked Logan deep in the eye. "But I can promise you one thing. We will never hurt you like that again."

"Really?" Logan's question was shy and quiet. "You promise?"

"Promise", came their soft reply. And Logan believed them.

The four boys stood tangled in each others arms for what felt like eternity, just relishing in the others' heartbeats next to their own again. The familiar feeling of "together" was back and it was just too damn great to be ended too soon.

"Hey, boys! Sorry to interrupt the scene, but I have to close my shop now!"

They looked up to see Charlie smiling knowingly and waving at them to get out of the way. Logan's gaze fell onto the taxi waiting for him outside. This was his last chance to make a decision. But there wasn't one to make anymore, he finally knew what he really wanted. Kendall looked down at him.

"Go home? With us?"

Logan smiled and his face seemed to light up like the sun, all of his pain washed away for this short, precious moment.

"Always."

Dun, dun duuun – THE END

*Wipes her eyes with tissue* It's over... it's really over... :'((( *blows her nose* Gosh, I'm so emotional...^^
When I wrote the last lines here the song "I'm Coming Home" by J. Cole popped up in my mind. You know, the "I'm coming home, I'm coming home, tell the world I'm coming home. Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday" part. I don't know, I think it fits very well :)
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Love you all, Ani