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I know dude

Iggy made noodles tho
You should come get some
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mark your nsfw stuff man
but ok i'll be there in a few

super excited!!!!!!!

I know
They're super saucy
You know how Iggy is in the kitchen

uh huh
guess we'll find out how saucy in like 10

Like a 12
I already ate a whole bowl

Where are you anyway?

just out
i thought about going to the harbor but you caught me halfway there

Dude
Will you stop going on all these adventures with me

[ he winces. ]

sorry
i guess i just got used to uh you know

[ him not being around. or even close by to text about stuff. ]

i'll message you when i go out next time ok?

No Prompto
I don't know
But you keep saying stuff like that and then changing the subject
So you gonna tell me what's up with you?

[ shit. now he feels really guilty, and it's not like it had been his fault to begin with. but maybe it had? because he hadn't coped well with the fact noct was here after the whole thing at zegnautus keep and didn't remember anything. it takes him a full ten minutes to figure out what to say, and even then, he doesn't know. ]

i'm not used to it

it took me a long time to get over the fact you weren't around
and when i finally accepted it i guess
i dunno
sometimes it makes me feel crazy because you don't remember anything past altissia
but then i'm just like nah
it's this place it's not you or noct or iggy
so i'm sorry okay
i just forget and i'm trying not to

[Gods, this was so fucked up. Why did this have to be so hard? It made absolutely no sense that he had somehow made it past Altissia when he could so clearly recall the events that had lead up to his death. There was no way he had survived that. There just wasn't.

But why would Prompto lie? He wouldn't. Of all the things Noctis was no longer sure of, his trust in his friends wasn't one of them. They wouldn't lie. Prompto would not.]

Prompto
You're not crazy
I'm sorry
I know how hard this probably is for you
Me and Iggy not remembering the same things you do
But you're not crazy and I know you wouldn't lie to me

Where are you?
Let me come get you

[ he knows they're supposed to be reassuring, those words, and in some ways, they are. but a lot of it isn't because it's just a constant thing in the back of his head. what if he'd made it all up? what if none of it was true, and he'd actually died with them back in altissia? what if, what if, what if. prompto doesn't know what to do or how to handle it, but he definitely thinks noct shouldn't worry about him like that. ]

nah it's okay
you don't have to do that

[ because he needs a second to get all his thoughts together so it doesn't feel like something's wrong. ]

i'm on my way back anyway
so i'll be there in like 5 now
no point going out just to go back in

[Too late, because he's already grabbing his lantern and leaving their tiny apartment. If nothing else, they'll meet on the way.

But he's not just going to leave this alone and let it be swept back under the rug. Because he knows what's going to happen. Prompto's going to come back and act like everything is fine. Like the little ray of sunshine he tries so hard to be, no matter what's bothering him. And Noctis doesn't want that.]

Too late
I'm already down the stairs
So
Might as well stay where you are
Playing hide and seek would probably be boss in this dark though

[ and then there's this. of course noct wouldn't just leave it alone because... well, that's not who he is. prompto still isn't used to all of this, and it's like trying to remember how to be with him all over again, frowning at his tablet before sighing and waiting outside the building where their apartment is. ]

are you seriously wanting to play a game right now?
i mean... i guess we could

[ because he's trying to liven it up a little so it doesn't feel as awkward as it's starting to get. ]

[Noctis doesn't bother actually responding - mostly because he barely has time to read the message before he's pushing the door open, holding up his lantern to search out Prompto in the dark.

And the second he spots him he's moving, closing the expanse that existed between them, remembering at the last second to place his lantern on the ground instead of trying to hold onto it.

Then he's hugging Prompto. Arms thrown around his neck and drawing him in tight.]

You know you can talk to me, right?

[ it's a good thing he's paying attention because he has about five seconds before noct is hugging him, and he gets his lantern out of his hand just before that, arms out like he doesn't know what to do with them. eventually, though, he relaxes and returns the hug, gently pressing his palms against noct's back to hold him there. this had honestly been the first thing he'd wanted to do when he'd seen him again. ]

Yeah, I know. [ his voice is quiet. ] And I do. I mean, there's not really a whole lot I haven't told you.

[ except some of the most obvious things, but that's neither here nor there right now. ]

[Prompto could have. Honestly, there were very few things that Noctis would ever actually deny him, and the affection that they both so rarely got and apparently both craved wasn't one of them. It only felt natural to be this way with Prompto, but. Maybe he had taken it too far without ever considering that this was no longer normal for both of them.]

Yeah, I'm having a hard time believing you bud.

[It wasn't in anyway an accusation - just that he knew better. That he hadn't been told everything. And most of what he hadn't was probably pretty important.]

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