Assessment of Abilities

Chapter 8 | ERROR 101

Logan didn't understand what was happening. He'd only offered to listen to Patton convey his emotions and bad experiences. However, here he was, his eye's widened, his entire body tensed up, his breathing had seized, and a strange tingling sensation enveloped his lips.

Logan simply sat there, as still as he possibly could, as he felt Patton's soft, warm, and plump lips press against his. He didn't like physical contact at the best of times, and now he felt as if his mind was going into shut down. So many thoughts and feeling ran through him, like a computer trying to generate an answer from an impossible question.

He was in such shock that he'd completely lost control of his abilities. Thoughts from Patton, as well as, Virgil and Roman were bombarding his mind.

P: 'His lips are so soft, I wonder if I could deepen the kiss?'

R: 'Why is Virgil not listening to me? I'm WAY more interesting than that 'Tumblr' he spams...'

V: 'Maybe I could paint Roman for my next project? The theme is 'Royalty' after all... nah... Like I'd hear the end of it if I asked...'

What Logan didn't realise until it was too late, was that his telepathy had expanded further than his own mind, accidentally projecting his own thoughts back to those he could hear.

'Patton is kissing me! Oh my god! What do I do?! Do I kiss back?! Why is he kissing me?! Maybe I can fix this... But do I want to? Help! Help! Help! Help!'

It wasn't until Patton pulled back with a gasp that he'd realised what he'd done, his cheeks blushed a deep red in response. And to top it off, "WHAT?!?!" could be heard from the living room, and hysterical laughing; Logan guessed it was Virgil that was laughing, and Roman expressing his shock...

"I-I... Patton I..." Logan had never felt so humiliated in his entire life, to not be able to control his emotions, and the situation, was hell for the logical student. He couldn't take it.

Before Patton could say anything, Logan dashed out of his room, through the living room, and into his own room, locking the door behind him. The three remaining flatmates fell into silence. Patton moved to his bedroom doorway and looked at Roman and Virgil; the latter still on the sofa and Roman stood with a look of complete and utter shock on his face.

"D-Did you guys... hear that?" Patton asked cautiously. Roman nodded his head, still in shock, looking towards Logan's bedroom door, and Virgil looked at Patton with a small hint of worry, his laughter dying down as soon as he'd seen Logan run to his room.

"I didn't know he could project thoughts as well as hear them..." Virgil commented with a surprised tone, Patton nodded; he also had no idea.

"I think you're missing the most important factor here!!" Roman exclaimed, snapping out of his shocked state. Virgil raised a brow, knowing where this was going, and innocent Patton just threw logs onto the fire; causing Virgil to mentally facepalm "What 'more important factor'?" Patton asked, hugging himself slightly, but tilted his head.

Roman smirked and looked towards Patton, the latter recoiling a little as a result "You guys kissed~" he grinned, almost in congratulations with a hint of teasing. Patton blushed deeply and looked to the floor, fidgeting with his sleeve "W-What... No..." he muttered unimpressively.

Virgil stood up and backhanded Roman's arm "Stop" he growled before walking over to Patton and guiding him to the sofa, sitting him down and wrapping a protective wing around him. Roman drooped a bit, feeling a little guilty for getting over excited about his plan working, but now he saw that it wasn't going the way he'd planned.

"What happened, Pat?" Roman asked, taking a seat on the arm of the sofa, looking at both of them apologetically. Patton glanced up at Roman with a forgiving smile before sighing heavily "Lo... he said that I could use him as an outlet... I was upset... I wanted... Well... you know... to cheer me up a bit... I thought a small kiss wouldn't hurt... I... I like him... You know..." Virgil and Roman both nodded. They knew Logan and Patton had gotten closer over the past month and had hugged, and cuddled, plenty of times.

"B-But... he... I mean... maybe he didn't mean it... or maybe I misunderstood..." he sniffled, feeling guilty for kissing Logan and causing him to practically run to his room. "Oh god... what did I do?" Patton whimpered, cuddling closer to Virgil and playing with a few of his feathers. Virgil sighed softly, letting Patton fidget while he looked at Roman, the latter shrugging "I'm sure he will be alright, Pat~ Logan is stro-..."

Suddenly another thought was mutually heard amongst the flat members "He hates me now"

All three students looked at each other "Patton, I think you should talk to him" Roman advised with an encouraging smile. Patton sat there for a moment before nodding his head and standing up "Yeah, I should, okay" he nodded again with more determination, before walking to Logan's door.

Virgil and Roman looked at one another "I think we should call it a night, give them some privacy" Virgil suggested. Roman then smirked "Are you inviting me to your room?" he winked. Virgil's eyes widened before turning completely invisible "No you royal pain in my ass", Roman flinched and rubbed his arm after, what he could only assume, was Virgil punching him. He then heard a door slam behind him and chuckled "So sensitive~ I was just teasing~" Roman smirked to himself before retreating to his own room as well.

Patton waited silently, rolling his eyes at Roman and Virgil's little spectacle 'they try to get Logan and I together, but what about themselves?' Patton couldn't help thinking.

He then turned, his fist hesitating just above the wooden door nervously. 'Come on Patton, you can do this!' Patton thought to himself, forgetting that the person he was aiming to talk to was a telepath. Suddenly, before he'd even knocked, Patton heard the door unlock and open a crack. He swallowed deeply, nervous about how this would go, but entered upon hearing Logan announce, "Come in".