Chapter 1 Halloween Shenanigans
Noctis and Prompto were best friends. They had been for four years now, since the beginning of their freshman year. Though they had met in middle school, neither had had the guts to ask the other for friendship. Prompto had been too nervous and thought he'd never be worthy to be friends with Noctis despite how badly he wanted to say "Hi" to his middle school crush.
Noctis hadn't been too different. He was oddly enough, a really shy guy and found himself flustered around people, especially around guys and he could never figure out why. Prompto had been the one to finally break the ice in high school and just acted like they had always been good friends. He thought that if he could ignore his crush on Noctis then they could at least be good friends. Normally, Noctis would've pushed Prompto away immediately but found himself comfortable with him. Prompto just had a way with making Noctis comfortable in any situation, which is probably why their bond had become so unbreakable.
So that is how Noctis ends up in situations like this, walking around a park on Halloween night in a ridiculous costume that Prompto had picked out of course. They had stopped to chat on the swings before it got too late and Ignis grew worried about them. Noctis had grumbled something about his costume when Prompto took a selfie with him.
"Dude, I think your costume looks purrfect!" the blonde had snickered at his joke while swaying lightly on the swing.
Prompto had insisted they dress up and go out for Halloween since Noctis had never been trick or treating with it 'not being a safe hobby', Ignis had told Prompto. Though they be able actually trick or treat like the children in Insomnia walking around with their parents had been doing all night, he still thought it'd be fun to dress up and just get out instead of staying home and playing that unfinished fantasy game of Noctis'. Though he never minded playing the festivals and carnivals they had.
It wasn't everyday Prompto saw Noctis with cute fluffy cat ears and whiskers on his face (Prompto had painted them on for him) and he'd be lying if he said he wasn't enjoying his best friend (crush) in one of his own pair of tight black skinny jeans. They were definitely hugging his frame in all the right places but those weren't thought you had about your best friend that you totally no longer had a crush on.
"OMG! Prom, can you stop with the lame cat puns?" Noctis grumbled as he rolled his eyes at his friend's bad joke.
"Sorry, I just can't cut it meowt!" Prompto had busted out laughing at this point. He enjoyed annoying his friend with cheesy jokes way too much.
Noctis rolled his eyes again but decided to try and come up with his own horrible joke "Come on! Throw me a bone here!" he had cringed at his own words that were targeted towards hi friend that had a pair of clip on floppy dog ears and a black smudge painted on his nose.
"Noct, that was so lame!" Prompto's face had turned red from laughing so much.
"We can't all be comedians like you, I guess." Noctis grumbled. He thought he had actually done pretty good.
Before Noctis could sulk anymore, Prompto grabbed his hand to drag him off the swings and back onto the walk path.
"Where are we going now?" Noctis had been taken aback by the sudden movement.
Prompto looked back at Noctis with a smile that could make his heart melt in a little puddle while he still held on to Noct's hand. "To get candy, duh! Its Halloween!"
Noctis raised an eyebrow at the blonde leading him down the dimly lit walk path "We're too old for trick or treating."
Prompto shook his head "Naw man, we're going to go buy some. People don't give out candy like they used to, so we'll probably have way more candy than they will."
"But their candy is free. So, who's really getting tricked here?"
"Since when does the Prince care about spending a few bucks on some candy?" Prompto chuckled as they entered the sliding doors of the store. "Ooh! I call riding in the cart!"
Noctis chuckled as his friend almost tipped over the cart trying to get in. He walked over to hold it steady for him as he climbed in. It always amazed Noctis at how Prompto could make anything as simple as going to a store to buy candy fun.
"Off to the candy aisle!" Prompto demanded as he pointed in the direction of the aisle to go down.
Noctis began to push the cart and chuckled lightly when he realized how much his friend who looked like he weighed a feather actually weighed. "You're heavy!" he grunted.
"I am not!" the blonde turned away from Noctis and pouted.
Noctis chuckled some more "It was just a joke." He said has he tussled Prompto's blonde locks in with his hand.
"My hair! You're so gonna pay for that!"
Noctis turned the cart down the candy aisle that had various amount of different candy making Prompto drool at everything they passed. He picked up a bag that had a variety of different chocolate candy bars and plopped it down in Prompto's lap.
"Noct! Get a bag of Skittles!" Prompto pointed to a large bag of Skittles.
Noctis grimaced at the bag but picked them up anyway. He never did care for the fruity types of candy but Prompto loved them, a bit too much. He remembered a time when Prompto had swatted his hand when he wanted to try some of his Skittles. Prompto had handed him just one Skittle and Noctis was pretty sure the blonde was set on eating the whole bag he had just grabbed himself.
"Noct!" Prompto whined in an almost childlike tone. (Well, he was sitting in the cart like a child.)
"Hmm?" Noctis hummed as he turned the cart around to leave the aisle and check out.
"Let's go down the toy aisle!" he shouted a bit too enthusiastically for a 19-year-old boy.
"Why?"
"Cause I want to."
"And am I supposed to take you wherever you want?" Noctis leaned over the cart as they stopped.
"Uh-huh." Prompto nodded. "Now, let's go!"
Noctis chuckles and begins walking across the store to the toy aisle. "And who says?" he asks on the way.
"The King of Halloween, duh!" Prompto snorts. "Which is me by the way."
Noctis stops pushing the cart and bows "As you wish, your majesty." He stands back up to continue pushing the cart down the toy aisle.
Down the aisle they passed moogle and chocobo plushies. Noctis had expected Prompto to instantly beg for one but the blonde remained quiet. He had his eyes set on something else further down the aisle though Noctis could not tell what he was looking at. They passed some cactuar and slactuar figures as they went further down the aisle.
Noctis saw Prompto bend over the side of the cart to grab something as he heard giggles coming from the blonde. He was about to ask what was so funny until he was attacked with pink silly string.
Noctis had been so startled that he almost fell backwards "Dude, the hell!? It's in my hair!" he was already trying to remove the pieces clinging to his hair.
"Told you that you'd pay!" Prompto picked up another can as he started spraying Noctis with blue this time.
Noctis tried to shield his face while he reached for a green can and started spraying Prompto.
The two had completely forgotten they were still in the store until they heard a stern "ahem" behind them.
Noctis turned around to see a very annoyed associate eyeing them both "Sorry, we'll clean it up."
The man who had just given them the death stare now gave a completely shocked by now kind expression on his face "P- Prince Noctis? Oh, well carry on then." The man had walked away just as fast as he had come.
Prompto busted out laughing.
"What so funny?" Noctis raised his eyebrows at his friend. They had just gotten caught by a store employee making a mess with unpurchased items.
"You seriously get away with everything. If we were just regular people we'd have been kicked out dude."
"Since when do you care?" Noct couldn't help but laugh because it was true.
"I don't. I would've totally thrown you out!"
"Ha ha, funny. Let's just get out of here before YOU get me in any more trouble." Noctis sounded a bit annoyed but Prompto had a tough time taking him seriously with all the silly string left in his hair.
They weren't even in Noctis' apartment for five minutes before Prompto had already gotten into the candy. Noctis was about to go take a shower to attempt to remove the mess in his hair before he felt an arm sling over his shoulder.
"Best Halloween ever!" Prompto said after taking a bite of a candy bar.
Noctis chuckled a bit "We didn't really do much."
"But I was with you! That was the best part." Prompto walked back over to the candy on the counter.
Noctis quickly turned around to start for the bathroom. Mainly because he didn't want his best friend to see the blush forming on his cheeks. "Don't go into a sugar coma while I'm gone!" He yelled back to Prompto before closing the bathroom door.