They knew that anyone else outside of their relationship wouldn't get it. Strangers would think that the two would need counseling, or need to break up before they ended up killing each other as if they were Blame and Elmer. Here's the thing, though, as long as they got their passionate emotions out of the way, to the point where they hear all that they have said to each other, and they reach some sort of middle ground in the end, Logan and Patton would prefer they go through their conflicts than separate.

It was no secret that they were completely different beings when it comes to how they see the world and how they function; one of them prefers to take empathy into consideration when it comes to weighing options, and the other just sticks to rational thinking. Even without Thomas's interferences, the conflicts between them, and their methods of going through them seemed to work, and Logan was able to notice a pattern. He wasn't an expert in relationships, but he knew damn well that a relationship can't be functional without conflict popping up every now and then, as long as there was no harm done. It had reached the point where Logan would try to find a pattern in the times when they would fight just for the sake of his sanity, and how to work things out with Patton.

However, even though Logan has told Patton that no grudges have been held against him, and that there were no intentions of leaving the paternal Pooh Bear attached to the fights, that doesn't necessarily mean that Patton was okay with how they were going through their problems after the first several times. He understood quite well that it was hard for them to reach a common understanding without yelling at each other, and he wanted to do whatever he could to consider more peaceful options ever since he started dating the man of his dreams, but it almost seemed like Logan actually liked the fights that they have, and won't listen to an alternative solution. Patton felt a lot of feelings: love for Logan, concern for anyone unlucky enough to hear their arguing, exhausted from pretending he was content with their not-so-peaceful way of presenting different perspectives to one another, and fear that he's stuck between losing him from fighting so much, and losing him from not wanting to fight anymore. Their relationship was more than just the fights, but he wished that Logan would remember that instead of seeming like he was holding back excitement (and not in a tittilating way) whenever it seemed like they were going to fight again. He didn't know how much longer he could hide the fact that he hates the arguments, but he wanted to make Logan happy and, ironically enough, avoid the possibility of their conflicting emotions towards the method resulting in a fight.

One day, Logan and Patton were in conflict over how much Crofters is too much for their household, let alone the only two people who are clearly obsessed. Patton saw the look on his face and heard the tone in his voice. Patton would just rather talk things out gently, and then cuddle while they watch some movies with a big bowl of trail mix in front of them, but it didn't seem like Logan would want that at the moment, if at all. Patton was clearly upset, but he didn't want to give Logan satisfaction, so, against his better judgment, he let his anger get the better of him and threw a difficult Rubric octagonal prism against the fight-addicted teacher's chest like a flyball and disappeared into his room.

Time passed and Patton skipped dinner by hiding in a pile of stuffed animals he had made and collected over the years. He heard the door open and he wasn't in the mood to peek his head out.

"I know you're in here somewhere," he heard a familiar voice say, but he didn't respond.

He heard footsteps walk around his room, but by the time they stopped, they were nowhere near the pile.

"You really hate these fights, don't you?"

"If I shouted over you, would you get the picture?"

Patton was able to speak in a way where his voice sounded as if he were the room itself instead of just in one position where anything could give his position away, so the stuffed animals wouldn't muffle his voice.

"No, that's not the case. I thought it was normal for couples to fight."

"Maybe, but it's normal for couples to resolve their problems calmly without a fight attached, too."

"I wish I knew sooner that they were making you upset."

"Well, what brought you to that conclusion now?"

"Virgil confronting me. He claimed that being one half of a dynamic duo has its benefits before claiming one of them was him being better as a best friend than I would ever be as a boyfriend."

Patton would be lying if he said he didn't smile at the thought that Virgil still cared about him.

"Patton, I'm sorry for thinking that fighting would be the only way for us to solve our problems. It has definitely gone on for so long that I'm surprised you didn't snap sooner. If you want to continue this relationship with me, then come out, come out, wherever you are."

Patton could see from his pile how remorseful his hero looked. Just as the teacher looked like he was about to turn around with a sad expression, Patton hopped out of his pile of stuffed animals and gave Logan a big hug.

"Can we please cuddle to Brother Bear?" Patton pleaded.

Logan chuckled at the innocence of the man he loved so much before saying, "Of course we can, sweetie."

As they were leaving the room, Patton stopped and turned towards Logan.

"By the way, I think five jars a week would work as long as we can find ways to recycle them," he suggested.

"What? That..." Logan started before thinking over, "actually, that sounds pretty reasonable. But how do we know no one is going to hoard the jars before they go empty?"

"I guess we'll have to find out when we get to it."