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It was the middle of the night in the sleepless city of Insomnia and in the apartment belonging to the crown prince of Lucis, an intense gaming session not yet to reach its end, had to be paused briefly due to bodily functions and the provocatively empty bowls of snacks which needed to be refilled.
Noct was leaning with his back against the counter and fumbled with a bag of chips, frowning at it as if it had offended the entire Lucis Caelum bloodline. Prompto stifled a laugh as he heard Noct’s muttered curses and walked over to help him with the traitorous bag before Noct would lose his temper and annihilate it with his unforgiven fury. No one denies the prince his favourite chips. No one. As Prompto reached out to save the poor bag from its inevitable, violent death, his fingers graced over the back of Noct’s hand, their gaze met and both froze in their movements. Prompto reacted before his brain could register what his body was doing and he gave Noct a quick kiss. Prompto leaned carefully back in order to catch Noct’s reaction. Noct looked at Prompto in shock and the split second before Noct made any movements, a coldness spread through Prompto’s body, afraid he had royally fucked up and not at all read Noct’s emotion right. Before Prompto could abandon all hope and bolt out of the apartment to never return again, Noct let the bag fall to the floor with a small thud and crinkle of the plastic as he grabbed Prompto’s face and drew him into a deeper kiss.
Noct leaned back a smidge from Prompto, breathless. His arms rested on Prompto’s shoulders, one hand still tangled in his blond hair.
“So,” Prompto whispered, not ready to release his hold around Noct’s waist.
“Yeah,” Noct answered as he gently rested his forehead against Prompto’s, the tips of their noses touching. They stood there in Noct’s kitchen in silence for a while, embracing each other. Noct tilted his head back, looked at Prompto and a smile started to spread on his face.
“Best game night ever?” Prompto said as he mirrored Noct’s smile.
“Indeed!” Noct laughed and gave Prompto a quick kiss. “Back to kicking wyvern ass?”
Prompto nodded and bopped Noct on his nose before he reached down to rescue the discarded bag of chips from the floor and emptied its content in the bowl on the countertop. They returned to the couch, huddling close together to continue the campaign in the game. As if a switch had been flicked, they found that they all of a sudden couldn’t keep their concentration on the game.
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As Noctis was sitting on the couch and slowly carding his fingers through the hair belonging to a sleeping Prompto, still a bit high on the night’s revelation that Prompto actually loved him back. Noct looked down fondly at Prompto and thought back in time to pinpoint the moment he fell for the blond bundle of sunshine.
Could it have been that day in school when Prompto finally found the courage to introduce himself properly? Maybe. Noct had always thought the flutter in his stomach was due to the happiness of meeting a person that wanted to be friends with him, Noct, and not Crown Prince Noctis.
Or maybe it was something that happened over time as they got to know each other better. With every movie night, gaming session, arcade hangout or just boring studies, they grew more and more comfortable around each other. At the beginning of their friendship when they hung out, they sat in separate corners of Noct’s giant couch. After a few months they sat shoulder to shoulder, legs intertwined like sticky noodles. Soon Noct was comfortable enough to accidentally fall asleep on Prompto’s shoulder when they were watching movies. Noct never thought he would be this okay with people being in his personal space. Like ever.
It was about that point Noct was certain he had feelings for Prompto but he didn’t know if Prompto felt the same for him. As your average awkward teen, he didn’t know what to say or what to do to express his feelings.
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While being lulled to sleep by Noct’s hands gently stroking his hair, Prompto tried to wrap his mind around how he had ended up right here, right now, on this couch. Thinking back to the day he bumped Noct on his shoulder and Noct gave him that half-smile, that was the moment he fell for him. Right then and there, he just thought it was the adrenaline speaking, making his heart race at a hundred miles an hour and smiling like a dork.
Prompto hated being alone, which he more or less always was in his house, so when Noct started inviting Prompto over to his apartment, he gladly accepted. Prompto knew Noct was a reserved person who didn’t let people come too close, both in a physical and emotional way, so Prompto was kind of surprised over how quickly Noct tore down his walls for Prompto. They hung out at Noct’s place more and more with shorter intervals, and every time Noct opened the door, butterflies fluttered like crazy in Prompto’s stomach. Yeah, he was totally in love and he didn’t know what to do with it. Since Noct was a master of not showing his emotions, it was of course hard to read what he thought and felt, so Prompto just focused on being his best friend. A small part of him was kind of sure Noct felt the same but he didn’t know what to do to find out.
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The night of the sleepless city Insomnia was slowly turning into dawn and in the apartment of the crown prince, said prince had finally fallen asleep together with his love.