[ Because he didn't know Prompto had a boyfriend. But that's kind of secondary, thanks to his own screw up. ]
Come get him? He's not even shopping Place like this won't think twice before calling the moon knights just for hanging around
[ And then, because that paranoia isn't gone yet, and leaving Nero and Prompto alone when Nero's embarrassed and probably ticked off isn't a smart move? Noctis tacks on. ]
[ It seems like everything is just coming out all at once, and he sighs at his phone, then at the unread messages he has sitting there. Nero again, probably. ]
you sure that's a good idea? i can just tell him that or you can tell him that but uh i guess i can come there if that's what you want
[ Pissed off, is what Noctis wants to say, what he expected, but that's not actually how Nero was, was he? ]
hurt, i guess Want me to talk to him?
[ If they're really a thing, then it shouldn't be Noctis' place to get involved, should it? Obviously Nero wanted to get away from him, and Noctis doesn't want to chase after somebody who wants nothing to do with him. But if Prompto is worried about it, he'll do it. Better than Prompto getting hurt or yelled at or whatever when this is a mess Noctis made to start with. ]
[ Because he's getting the other side of it right now too. ]
it's because that place wasn't good noct i told you it wasn't subs didn't have any freedom at all basically they could just exist and that's about it nero's uh he's super passionate about being independent so...
[ It had messed them up in different ways. Even when Prompto had been a sub, he doesn't think it had bothered him as much as it had Nero, but he can't really say. After being here for so long, Duplicity has sort of faded a bit into the background. He just doesn't know how to handle things when they're like this. ]
you can if you want but if you're not comfortable with it i'll swing by
[ So that's why it bothered him? The status thing, not the sex thing. At least that makes it marginally less awkward. Noctis sighs, staring at the glass display windows like a man looking at the gallows. ]
I'll talk to him
[ He's uncomfortable with it, alright. But he screwed this up. The least he can do is try to fix it. ]
i'll still meet you guys there i think he's mad at me anyway
[ Which is, honestly, a first? They'd never really fought about much, and even then, it had been easy to figure out. But Nero's text feel like a shot to the chest each time, and since he'd been the one to do this, he might as well lay in the grave he's dug. ]
text
Heads up
Just met your bf
Pretty sure he's trapped in women's clothes in PrismaPlace
glhf
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what are you talking about?
[ WHAT'S GOING ON ]
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[ One Guilty Moment Later ]
I might've called him your sub
Sorry
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[ He lets that word sit there for a second, almost accusatory. Sort of. ]
i told you it wasn't like that
we're not like that
not then and not now
is everything ok??
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He said boyfriend and it just came out
[ Because he didn't know Prompto had a boyfriend. But that's kind of secondary, thanks to his own screw up. ]
Come get him?
He's not even shopping
Place like this won't think twice before calling the moon knights just for hanging around
[ And then, because that paranoia isn't gone yet, and leaving Nero and Prompto alone when Nero's embarrassed and probably ticked off isn't a smart move? Noctis tacks on. ]
I'll be here
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[ It seems like everything is just coming out all at once, and he sighs at his phone, then at the unread messages he has sitting there. Nero again, probably. ]
you sure that's a good idea?
i can just tell him that
or you can tell him that
but uh i guess i can come there if that's what you want
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[ Pissed off, is what Noctis wants to say, what he expected, but that's not actually how Nero was, was he? ]
hurt, i guess
Want me to talk to him?
[ If they're really a thing, then it shouldn't be Noctis' place to get involved, should it? Obviously Nero wanted to get away from him, and Noctis doesn't want to chase after somebody who wants nothing to do with him. But if Prompto is worried about it, he'll do it. Better than Prompto getting hurt or yelled at or whatever when this is a mess Noctis made to start with. ]
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[ Because he's getting the other side of it right now too. ]
it's because that place wasn't good noct
i told you it wasn't
subs didn't have any freedom at all
basically they could just exist and that's about it
nero's uh
he's super passionate about being independent so...
[ It had messed them up in different ways. Even when Prompto had been a sub, he doesn't think it had bothered him as much as it had Nero, but he can't really say. After being here for so long, Duplicity has sort of faded a bit into the background. He just doesn't know how to handle things when they're like this. ]
you can if you want
but if you're not comfortable with it i'll swing by
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I'll talk to him
[ He's uncomfortable with it, alright. But he screwed this up. The least he can do is try to fix it. ]
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i think he's mad at me anyway
[ Which is, honestly, a first? They'd never really fought about much, and even then, it had been easy to figure out. But Nero's text feel like a shot to the chest each time, and since he'd been the one to do this, he might as well lay in the grave he's dug. ]