Divided by four

Gabe glanced up as Bill left his booth, feeling all of a sudden very neglected and jealous as hell. All this talk of blanket forts and beds was making him suspicious. Making a fort was one thing, August coming to Bill's bed another.

However when the boy redirected himself towards Gisa Gabe thought that everything was going to be okay. Unfortunately for poor Gabe he was extremely wrong about that, as after William kissed the cat he went for August.

"William, what do you think you're doing?" Gabe's voice was cold, but he wore a questioning expression. He met William's gaze and he held it. Gabe tried to not lash out at the boy and yell, that wouldn't help anything , no matter how hard the jealous feelings were trying to get him to do just that. Bill didn't really understand boundaries and Gabe had to keep that in mind.

"You can't just kiss people!" Gabe exclaimed, breathing heavily. He was trying to keep control, reacting like Sebastian had would just make things worse. Although he could fully understand why Sebastian had reacted the way he did, Sebastian didn't know about William's boundary issues. "Especially not on the lips. "

Gabe let out a long sigh, worried that William was going to cry. As much as he knew the boy had to learn a lesson he really didn't want to have a scene happen here in the café. It might be too late for that though as people were already starting to look their way. "Kisses on the lips are only for people you're dating," Gabe made his tone a tiny bit warmer than it had been, " they're romantic gestures, not things for friends, Guillermo. "

<div align=center>William bristled instantly as Gabriel snapped at him, pushing himself to his feet and scowling at him. However, in reply to Sebastian, all he gave to him was a small, smug little smile. William hadn't been intending to kiss August like that, but since that was the way it had gone... He lifted an eyebrow, oh well! Can't change the past. His eyes flickered back to Gabriel for a second, he shuffled to the end of the table, still standing, and leaned over to the man. "Shut the fuck up and stop treating me like an eight year old." He chirped, a sarcastic little smile crossing his features.

"Stop being such a jealous fuck and accept the fact I have friends other than you. You've already ruined one of my friendships and if you dare ruin another I'll give you hell for all I've got." He stood straight, glancing to the direction of the bathroom. "Besides, it was an accident. And oh, don't call me Guillermo. My name is William." He was already embarrassed enough without Gabriel rounding on him. William was in fact irritated that he'd rounded on him rather than Sebastian. Surely, Gabe was smart enough to realize that hadn't been on purpose? Apparently not. William kissed people all the time. Not on the lips, albeit, but his initial intention had been a friendly peck on the cheek. Everyone had been given one of them from William at some point or another.

He shot a glare back at the Latino, and picked up his pace, hurrying after August. "Waitwaitwait...!" He squeaked, barging through the bathroom door after the boy and letting it swing shut behind him. He stared at him for a moment, not knowing what to say. "Uh... Well.. That certainly.. Turned out different... Than I intended..."</div>

Pushing into the bathroom, August held the door open for a beat, waiting for Gisa to pull all of herself into the room. It cleared out quick enough, no one wanting to be in the presence of a strange predatory cat for too long. Splashing water on his face, August got the urge to dunk his entire head underwater, hoping to clear the deep heat that radiated across his complexion. His face now soaked, he ran his hands down his cheeks, staring at himself in the mirror. He couldn't help but smile. That wasn't so bad. Looking back on it, he liked getting kissed. A lot.

Gisa chirped up at him, feeling the thoughts struggle in his head. Resting a hand on the cat's narrow head for a moment, August crossed the bathroom to the small window near the sinks. It was protected by a screen, but that was popped out easily. He poked his head out, leaning on his elbows to look out. Gisa wormed her way up under him, lifting herself so she rested between the windowsil and August's stomach.

A loud noise alerted him to a presence behind him as the door swung open. In his haste to retract his head, August banged the base of his skull on the lip of the window, grunting angrily as it hit.
Turning to face who he recognised as William, August completely forgot his pain and gave the boy a cheeky grin. "I don't know, I like the way it turned out. You sure that was an accident?"

Gabe narrowed his eyes as William leaned over him. Out of all the ways he would have expected Bill to react, this was not a way he had even considered. William seemed so smug about it or at least that's the way it seemed from the smile the boy was shooting at Sebastian.

"So what...you expect me to just stand by as you kiss someone else on the lips? " Gabe answered, his voice low. He was irritated by the fact that William wasn't even trying to see things from his point of view. He had snapped before thinking the situation through fully. Sure now that he had had a couple moments to reflect on the situation he realised that of course Bill hadn't meant to do it, but he had reacted initially without thinking.

Gabe bristled as William called him a jealous fuck. It was true that poor Gabriel got jealous extremely easily, and William knew that better than anyone else did. He didn't like how the boy had used it to insult him. "Look I'm not trying to ruin anything here... I was just trying to tell you that you can't kiss people on the... " Gabe's frown deepened and he exhaled loudly. William wasn't interested in what he was saying, the boy had already cut him off. "I thought you liked Guillermo... " Gabe's words trailed off as William had ran off after August.

At that Gabe met Sebastian's gaze. A wave of hatred for the man suddenly flooded over him. It was unfair, but with everyone else having gone off to the bathroom all of Gabe's negative feelings gravitated towards him. He had been the one to organise this double date after all, if he hadn't been so insistent for it to go ahead then none of them would be in this mess right now. Gabe had to find someone to lay the blame on, because there was no way his ego would let him blame himself, and he'd settled on Sebastian.

A crushing feeling of guilt swept over him. I shouldn't have been so nasty to Bill, he said it wasn't an accident...he only meant to go for August's cheek. He peeled himself off the booth, and followed everyone else to the bathroom. He had to try talk to William, he couldn't just leave things like they were now. You absolute fucking idiot, Gabriel, you better make this right. Gabe didn't think this could be fixed with some compliments and cuddles like so many of their smaller arguments could be.

<div align=center>William could have torn Gabe's throat out there and then. Suddenly he didn't like him very much. It was likely right now he wouldn't be going back home with him. I like the way it turned out. You sure that was an accident? William arched his back and blushed hard, unable to stammer out a reply in return to the older boy. The situation suddenly felt very strange to him, he could feel something radiating from August that he usually only felt when he was around Gabriel. He never really knew what it was, usually it made him feel warm and fuzzy, but at the moment it was making him feel confused. He wasn't very good at figuring out emotions, despite being an empath.

He tried not to let his confusion show as best he could, though, but all of a sudden the bathroom seemed to very crowded and Bill was beginning to feel rather uncomfortable. Small spaces were bad for him. Small spaces filled with too many people were even worse. He frowned a little at the older boy, "I.. I... I'm.. I have to go.. I'm gonna.. I'm gonna go..." He stuttered, "I.. I'll.. I'll talk to.. t-to you.. L-l.. L.. Later." He whirled around on his heel and pushed past the two that had just entered, with nothing but a move please.

The promise of cake wasn't worth staying here right now. In his head it had been Gabriel that had ruined things here. Even if August and Sebastian had decided to leave, they could have stayed. William could have eaten cake. He was in a sour mood and wanted absolutely nothing else to do with the boy for the rest of the day.</div>

After the gang piled in after the pair, August felt himself feeling considerably more crowded. Wildly uncomfortable in such situations, his shoulders hunched up. Why did everyone have to follow them into the bathroom? Wasn't this supposed to be a private affair? His irritation spiked even more when William decided to bail. He had something more to add to the strange compliment on the turn of events, and hadn't gotten the chance.

Sighing faintly, August gave Gisa a side-glance before turning his back to the group, poking himself back out the window, figuring how much it would hurt if he jumped overboard. Wouldn't that be fun for the waiters to explain to their boss. Well, sir, two just burst out shouting at each other and took off, one hopped out the window and the other popped into a snake. A faint smile appeared even as he pinched his brow. Looking back behind him, August maneuvered his torso out the window, trying to remain as nonchalant as possible. Remembering that Gisa probably wouldn't care to leap out of a window, August sighed and retracted his upper body, deigning to ignore anyone else that potentially remained in the bathroom.