[Look, Konoe was finally getting the gumption to actually try and figure out this magic box and ask about something that Ignis said Prompto was good with.]
what are the pictures humans put in their messages how does that wrok
so this is REALLY random but. you know my friend maxwell, okay? and he showed me a picture of you! and you're really really freckly and cute i'm about it.
are you into coffee? or like lunch at some point? with me? us? the both of us?
i'm sure max can fill any awkward moments with talk about giant chickens you can ride if we have any awkward moments. which i doubt it but you never know.
[ through some miraculous series of events, they survive the trauma, leaving ivy worse for wear. she's exhausted, physically and emotionally, and as much as she loves being around prompto, she needs space for once in her life. with a kiss on his forehead, she finally leaves her bed after what feels like a twenty-four hour nap, steps over the mess and broken furniture, and steps out for a little to clear her head. or at least try to.
eventually, though, she misses him again and ends up sending a message. ]
morning.... or afternoon, haha you want anything from outside?
prompto hasn't even really had a chance to cope with it, having floundered his way through the entire journey and keyed up in an effort to protect both noct and ivy. noct because it had almost felt like home, for just a second, and because he's his best friend and prince (king?). and ivy because... because he's pretty sure he loves her. not just in the friends kind of way or the she's his dom kind of way. it's confusing, and he thinks he's just messing it up all the time. which is where his mind immediately goes when he wakes up and finds himself alone in the bed.
he vaguely remembers her getting up, but he'd been too tired to question where she was going. now, the anxiety is starting to kick in. at least until he reads her message. ]
oh yeah wow it's late huh? ummmm do you wanna get us something to eat? food sounds so good right now
[ and not the stuff they'd been serving them at fort harmony or the random things they'd eaten during their escape. ]
[On the day of the ball, before the event begins, Ignis sends Prompto a video and a picture. The video has Noct twirling around in This dress. The picture is on Noct smiling bright, his hair done up with string of stars holding it in place.]
so apparently i'm slowly becoming friends with all your friends self-defense lessons with gladio cooking meals with ignis is everyone from your world so nice? ๐
[It's pretty late at night when Prompto receives a text from a familiar username.
Can it even be called a text if there are no words? Okay, scratch that, he gets a picture.
It's the candid sort, obviously taken without any previous posing - or really, without the subjects knowledge that it was even being taken. It's of a certain cute blond, leaning over a table filled with different papers and projects, hair pulled back into a bun with a few strands hanging into his face and the first few buttons of his shirt left open.
Leonardo looks exceptionally good in this photo, the soft lighting and him being in his element.
A few minutes later there will be a text, although honestly it can't really be called that either.]
[ okay, first of all, rude. second of all, prompto just stares at the pic for a while in an attempt to figure out why. why is ezio torturing him like this? why is he being sent things he'd never thought he'd ever get to see his entire life outside of the games? is this some kind of torture?
oh well. he immediately saves it and texts back. ]
[ he listens to the message several times, and each time, the guilt comes back even harder than before. maybe he'd overreacted, but... how is it okay to just accept that noct is going to die? how can noct think it's okay? and hearing ignis say that – he doesn't want anyone to sacrifice themselves or die because there's always a way. there has to be.
about an hour later, he sends him a text. ]
it doesn't have to be any of us either i just can't get behind that iggy there's gotta be a better way
[It's late - 1:12 to be exact - when Prompto's phone lights up in the dark, pinging with a message from a familiar user name. There are no actual words attached to this message, strangely just like the one Ezio himself had received a while back. Just a picture of the man himself, taking in front of a rather steamy mirror, drops of water still clinging to tanned skin, making every muscle appear even more pronounced. There's a towel slung low on his hips, even if it barely his anything, hair pulled back into it's normal low pony.
[ ... why is this something that they're starting to do? prompto wonders that when he rolls over and checks the message that comes in, feeling the heat in his face creep along his cheeks as he admires the lines of ezio's torso and chest. he's so handsome, and he honestly has no idea why this is happening to him. but – chewing on his lip, he decides to keep it casual at first, typing out a handful of texts. ]
love the angle can't decide if that or all of you is hotter
[ a tease, yes. then, against his better judgment, prompto sits up to pull the oversized tee he's wearing over his head and tilts the camera so it snaps a pic of his naked shoulders and chest – yes, dusted in freckles – and mussed blond hair. ]
[ prompto's out just wandering around because he can't spend 24/7 at the chocobo farm when he gets that text, and... he feels like his heart is sinking into the pit of his stomach. ]
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