And there it is. Prompto can feel his heart start to sink as Noct buries his face in the pillows, and the squeeze to his hand and the fact Noctis wants him to stay where he is speaks volumes and soothes so much of his anxiety. His expression becomes confused with his boyfriend(?)'s question, though, and he dials it back for a second. That was a whole lot he just said and with his emotions as they are, perhaps he didn't make a ton of sense.
"Know? We're...All dating one another," Prompto says, feeling shame at the thought of this coming off as some kind of betrayal. "As a group."
He gives Noct's hand a squeeze back, shifting in place as he finds his words again.
"It was three years of us being apart back in Eos for me, and four for Gladio. When you went away, the sun did too. It's a lot, I know. The world was dark and overrun by daemons. We all worked to keep people going and adapting, but separately. I guess just how we all coped." There's more to it on Gladio's end, but that isn't for Prompto to tell. "I think it was the end of year three when I woke up in the simulation. Last thing I remembered was...Going to sleep. The days all blended together with no sun around. I, um...Wasn't doing great by then. With you gone. With everyone gone."
"But...You know what?" Prompto can feel his heart guiding him where he feels he needs to be. "There's one thing that never changed during the time alone on Eos, or on the simulation, or now. How I always felt about you." Prompto murmurs, planting a kiss on Noct's shoulder. "In fact I realized just how deep it all ran being forced apart for so long. Wasn't a single night I didn't think of you, Noct. It was like a chunk of me was just gone. Finding you here, my world feels whole again. I still don't fully believe it. I-" his voice cracks a little. "I love you. More than I needed the sun in the sky, I needed you home. It's stupid and corny but I don't think there's words that really say enough about how much I- I love you."
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"Know? We're...All dating one another," Prompto says, feeling shame at the thought of this coming off as some kind of betrayal. "As a group."
He gives Noct's hand a squeeze back, shifting in place as he finds his words again.
"It was three years of us being apart back in Eos for me, and four for Gladio. When you went away, the sun did too. It's a lot, I know. The world was dark and overrun by daemons. We all worked to keep people going and adapting, but separately. I guess just how we all coped." There's more to it on Gladio's end, but that isn't for Prompto to tell. "I think it was the end of year three when I woke up in the simulation. Last thing I remembered was...Going to sleep. The days all blended together with no sun around. I, um...Wasn't doing great by then. With you gone. With everyone gone."
"But...You know what?" Prompto can feel his heart guiding him where he feels he needs to be. "There's one thing that never changed during the time alone on Eos, or on the simulation, or now. How I always felt about you." Prompto murmurs, planting a kiss on Noct's shoulder. "In fact I realized just how deep it all ran being forced apart for so long. Wasn't a single night I didn't think of you, Noct. It was like a chunk of me was just gone. Finding you here, my world feels whole again. I still don't fully believe it. I-" his voice cracks a little. "I love you. More than I needed the sun in the sky, I needed you home. It's stupid and corny but I don't think there's words that really say enough about how much I- I love you."