Noct had never heard his father yell this much in years. He was down right furious at ignis and it wasn't even his fault. Noct had been the one to sneak out with prompto, ignis had nothing to do with it so why was he getting the blame? Noct stands there listening, he can't help but feel the air get more tense around the harsh words of his father. Watching ignis say nothing in return to the king through a small crack in the door he realized how big of a repercussion his actions really had. "MY BOY LEFT THIS CITADEL WITHOUT PERMISSION UNDER YOUR WATCH! IT IS YOUR JOB TO MKE SURE THE PRINCE DOESNT LEAVE WITHOUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF GUARDS AND WITHOUT HIS ROYAL ADVISOR. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!"

It wasn't Iggy's fault. Ignis even went out and retrieved the two once he realized they were missing. But the king was having none of it. When the three boys walked in the front doors the king was sitting on the steps waiting for them. He told noct and prompto to go to their rooms and demanded to see ignis in his office. Which they're currently standing in and ignis is being belittled in...great.

The king slams his hand against the desk both noct and ignis flinching at the sound. "Your job is to protect noct! To keep him safe! If he can slip through your fingers and sneak out what good are you to me? What good are you to him! You're just lucky nothing to serious happened or I'd have your ass out that door and out of this city." The king sits down behind the desk, ignis nodding in agreement. "I am sorry about this confrontation your Majesty. I won't allow it to happen on my watch again. This could have been avoided if I had only just done my job." Ignis stops talking his mouth completely dry and the feeling of tears beginning to sting. The king leaned forward looking ignis in the eyes. "If it does happen again I will not hesitate to remove you from my sons side and from this citadel. Do I make myself clear?" Ignis nods, "yes sir." The king waves his hand towards the door where noct and prompto are standing. "Good, now go home." Ignis bows and heads for the door. Prompto and noct scrambling to stand in the middle of the hall so they didn't look at conspicuous.

The moment ignis exits the office he stands there a moment looking at the two in front of him. "Iggy i-" ignis shakes his head, walking forward. "WAIT!" Prompto called out both the boys walking fast to keep up with the outraged man. "Ignis I'm sorry! Please slow down!" Noct reached out for ignis, but ignis pulled away not letting noct touch him. Prompto let's out a small gasp and takes a hold of ignis "just wait a moment!" Ignis breaks free from prompto, storming out the front doors into the rain. Noct warp strikes to be in front of ignis, standing in his way on the steps of the citadel. "NOCTIS LUCIS CAELUM GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Ignis had never yelled at noct so when he did noct stepped back to give them distance. When noct got a good look at ignis he saw that he looked weak...tears streaming down his face, eyes showing how hurt he really was. He was very vulnerable right now and his emotions were raw.

Noct saw prompto going to place a hand on ignis. He reached out his own hand shaking his head. "Prompto go back inside..." He knew ignis didn't want to be seen like this. Especially by his prince, let alone his friends. Prompto shakes his head, protesting. "NO! IGGY IS MY FRIE-" noct snapped at prompto, shoving his hand away from ignis to point at the citadel. "I AM NOT ASKING AS YOUR FRIEND. I AM DEMANDING AS THE PRINCE OF LUCIS THAT YOU, PROMPTO ARGENTUM WILL GO INSIDE!" Prompto flinched at nocts harsh words. He opens his mouth to say something, before turning to head back inside and away from the other two.

Noct takes the keys from Iggy and leads him to the car. "I'll drive this time. You need to rela-" ignis scoffed and begins walking towards the gate. "IGNIS!" Noct called out, stopping the other in their tracks. "Get in the car. You might be mad at me but that is no reason to act stupid!" Ignis turned on a heal, slamming noct into the car. "You're one to talk about acting stupid! You disobeyed me and your fathers orders! You re literally one step away from losing me as your advisor and you don't even care! All you want to do is sleep and play! Well here's a reality check your Highness, you won't have much playing when you're dead so I suggest you shape up now!" Noct looked up in horror at the outraged man, he could feel how worried ignis was just by the tight grip he had. "I have always stuck my neck for you and now I'm going to lose my job and my rank because of your recklessness." Noct stares down at the ground, ignis' hands creating small purple patches on nocts arm. Ignis pulled away and looked noct in the eyes once noct looked back up. "I would walk to the ends of the earth for you. Just don't ask me to!" Noct rubs the bruises forming on his arm and opens the car door. "Get in."