#noct is trying

So Luna gets three parts and the road trip appears! Yay!

And now is the time for everyone to just tell me how to do the road trip! I on’t mind! Cause I don’t know! Yay!

Read it on AO3 as well! 

Enjoy!

Fandom: Final Fantasy XV / Relationships: Prompto/Noctis Noct&Luna Luna&Prompto

Tags: Prompto, Noctis, Luna, Love Talk, Confessions, Prompto is Cute, Noct si Trying, Secrets, Resolve, Luna Knows, Definitely Ships, Road Trip Begins,

Chapter Seventeen: ... And New Courage.

Luna was happy.

Truly so.

Even after the little mess-up in the morning with Prompto, he was still kind enough to show her around the Citadel as Noctis went on with business.

He showed her so many things, giving her a view she never had before, one that held wonderful lights and beautiful picture-perfect scapes. He gave her a full tour, included with stories of different adventures and silly situations about everyone that lived here.

It was like looking through the eyes of innocence, the way Prompto described a world that only recently had begun to see true freedom and peace.

It gave Luna a warm feeling, one that she just knew Noctis must have had.

And they had become fast friends, each of them enjoying the company of another who knew Noctis.

After the tour, with the sun still having a bit of sky to travel through, they had went to the garden, Prompto showing off all the different angles for capturing the flowers’ beauty when she brought it up.

“Prompto?”

He stopped mid-rant, crouching in front of a bed of daisies, glancing up from his camera to give her a smile that seemed to be forever filled with sunshine.

“Yes Lady Lunafreya?”

She smiled back.

“Ah, Luna is just fine Prompto.”

He laughed, rubbing the back of his head for a second before trying again.

“Ah, then what can I do for ya Luna?”

She nodded, coming down to crouch next to him and looking at the daisies for a second. Prompto gave her a look but went back to taking pictures.

Luna waited, hearing the shutter go off.

“I was just wondering how it feels to be in love?”

She heard the camera fall, knew that they were both lucky the thing had a strap around Prompto’s arm, and saw it swing uselessly in the air. She looked up and couldn’t help but laugh.

Prompto’s face was red, red enough that his freckles seemed to be ready to pop off any second. He was staring hard at the daisies, like they were going to give him an answer and his mouth opened and closed as he tried to dredge one up.

How cute.

“Ah, uh… I, uh… wouldn’t know.”

His voice cracked, just the tiniest bit, and he groaned, putting his face into his hands.

Luna left him for a moment, leaning in and smelling the daisies.

Prompto opened his fingers, looking past the shyly at her.

“Is it really that obvious?”

She smiled, looking at how the flowers seemed to be more alive, wondered if Prompto talked to them as he shot photos.

“I think it is. But I also believe that is a lovely thing.”

Prompto groaned, his fingers closing again.

“… Do you think he knows?”

Luna sighed at that, giving Prompto a look that she knew he didn’t understand.

“Oh Prompto. If only you knew.”

When they had gotten back to Noctis, he had wanted to spend time with her and they had sat around a table with tea served by Ignis and guarded by Gladio. Prompto had been dragged off by the man Nyx and Aranea, their excuse wanting to practice while being shot at.

So they were alone, talking about everything and nothing, discussing things from the notebook - Noctis has kept it, even after they had gotten out of contact for that bout of time - and about how they both had grown since that time.

They were in the subject of his father when Noctis snorted.

“Did Prompto tell you about how he and Dad met?”

And then he had shared the memory, his face melting into something soft and filled with a love that not even Luna could compete with.

He stopped, giving Luna a raised eyebrow as she smiled at him.

“What?”

She sat back and shook her head.

“Noctis, tell me. When did you realize it?”

He blinked for a second, a small smile appearing on his face, ghosting but there.

“Realize what Luna?”

She shrugged, drinking her tea and looking out. The view was good, a giant window showing off a balcony with one of the best views of Insomnia.

Luna smiled, wondering if Prompto and Noctis came out here to take photos.

Noctis gave her another look before drinking his own tea, Ignis coming to make some more.

Luna turned back, her eyes bright as she thought of Noctis showing Prompto this spot.

“I was wondering when you realized you loved Prompto.”

Noctis instantly turned and spit, his tea going onto the floor and Ignis gently putting the teapot back down.

Noct coughed for a second, his cup clattering onto its plate.

He didn’t look at Luna, his cheeks catching a nice blush as Ignis started cleaning up.

Luna just waited, feeling her smile get bigger.

“Oh jeez Luna.”

He sighed for a second, his eyes out the window before he turned back to her, his eyes bright and his cheeks flushed.

“It was a few years ago… when we were nineteen.”

Luna could just imagine the time, the year that Noctis last had to enjoy his teenage years before the future cracked down on him.

“How did you realize?”

Noct groaned, his face turning redder as he wiped a hand across it.

“It just kinda happened… I woke up and he was there and it just… clicked, I guess.”

His voice got soft at the end but Luna heard it, the sincerity and truth behind them.

She sighed, giving Noct a look.

“Then why haven’t you told him yet?”

Ignis scoffed, serving more tea to both of them. Gladio barked out a laugh from where he stood.

“Got ya there princess.”

“A fine question that even I have asked Lady Lunafreya.”

Noct blushed harder, muttering out a “shut up” to his friends before turning back to Luna.

“It isn’t only about me.”

The tone was instantly a lot more sad and serious. 

One that Noctis rarely used.

Luna frowned, seeing how Noctis’ face morphed into something decidedly not happy.

“I can’t just be going around confessing my love to anyone and I don’t want to put Prompto in a situation that has him choosing because of outside factors.”

“Noctis.”

He turned away again, his face turning into a scowl.

“And anyways, on the off chance Prompto does choose me, there is a chance we wouldn’t be accepted. Not only would that outrule a heir but also, it would the first kind of relationship in Lucis. How could I put my people, my dad, Prompto through something like that?”

“Noctis.”

He closed his eyes and shook his head, Luna getting the distinct feeling  that Noctis had gone through this train of thought for too long.

“No Luna, You don’t understand. I can’t put my feelings first in this situation. I have a responsibility to my people to lead them on! I have an obligation to Prompto to not get him sucked up into such things! You don’t know him like I do! He would be devastated if he thought for one second that he was ruining my image of King or consider himself a burde-”

Luna grabbed his face, her hands cupping his cheeks gently and and turning him to face her.

“Noctis. Listen to me. You have a heart too big; a soul too kind for the person that you are. I knew this from the moment I had met you. I highly doubted that anyone would understand and be able to deliver the happiness I knew you deserved. But you found him Noctis. And no one else has helped you. You did it all by yourself. So give yourself this one request.”

Noctis made a whine and looked at her, his eyes going wide for a second. Luna smiled at him, feeling her eyes water just a little.

“Prompto is old enough to make his own choices. As are you. The country will follow their King as long as you stand firm. So put your feelings first for a moment Noctis. You owe that to yourself.”

-

Noct sighed, watching Ignis and Gladio pack the Regalia, the game of tetris kinda impressive with how much crap Ignis managed to fit into the trunk.

Prompto brought another bag over, handing it to Gladio before giving Noct a look.

“And for a second, I thought you would wish something actually amazing for your twenty-second bday. A road trip Noct? Being a little spontaneous aren’t we?”

It wasn’t really that.

Noct had planned out the trip two weeks before his birthday, when Luna had urged him to confess and go through the trials of love with Prompto himself. 

His dad had given him the idea, letting him know that it would probably be his last chance before he officially took on the role of future King on his twenty-fifth birthday. 

Both Ignis and Gladio had ensured his safety on the trip, telling him that if he was going to chase after Prompto the whole time, someone had make sure he didn’t die. 

And Cor had hinted that if he was going to get Prompto to go along with it, he would probably need an excuse for it.

So he had made it his birthday wish, knowing that Prompto wouldn’t reject it, no matter how weird it was.

Noct shrugged, looking away from his friend for a moment.

“It seemed like a good enough idea. And we’ll meet up with Luna in Altissa at the end. It will be fun.”

Prompto looked at him disbelieving, one eyebrow moving up as his eyes twinkled with mischief.

“Somehow, battling daemons and tracking down rogue MT dropships is not my definition of fun dude.”

Ignis closed the trunk, sighing out triumphantly.

“Well, that is all for the preparation Your Highness. We are all good to go.”

Noctis smiled.