Chapter 1 (Noctis)

Noctis twitched his ears as he heard the sound of his blinds being opened.

"Rise and Shine, your highness. It's time to get up and start the day."

Not responding, Noctis rolled over, groaning and pulling his blankets around him. He hated waking up so early, especially when his bed was so warm, and the rest of the world was still so cold. Before he could get really comfortable though, the blanket was pulled off of him and tossed aside, leaving him exposed to the cold morning air, and the light coming from his window. This caused him to curl up into almost a ball, wrapping his tail around his body for warmth.

"Come now, Noct. If you don't get out of bed, I'll call Gladio to come and get you up next time."

Not wanting to risk Ignis actually calling Gladio, Noct sat up slowly, and stretched his whole body out, finally opening his eyes in the process. Ignis didn't give him a chance to fully adjust to the light however, as he threw the prince's clothes over his head.

"Get dressed, and come eat breakfast. I let you sleep in a few minutes, and now we're running behind schedule."

Slipping into his clean clothes in sleepy silence, Noctis grabs his phone and sends a text to his best friend, Prompto.

N: Ignis is being really pushy this morning.

P: Isn't he really pushy every morning?

N: Yeah, its just extra irritating this morning. Its too cold, and I want to sleep more.

P: If you slept anymore then you already do, you'd never be awake. Who would I play king's knight with then?

Noctis smiled and put his phone in his pocket as he walked into his apartment's kitchen, where Ignis was placing his breakfast out, hot and ready for him to eat.

"Did you finish that paper that is due today?" His advisor asked him.

"Yeah. I'm not satisfied with it, but I know I'll get an A on it. Why do college courses have to begin so early in the morning?" He groaned, sitting down at the table and stretching across it's surface lazily.

"Not all courses begin in the morning. I just hoped that you signing up for a morning class would help break your sleep all day habits. Apparently, I was wrong." Ignis had said as he placed a healthy breakfast down on the table beside the prince. "Now, eat quickly so we can be on our way."

Noctis just smiled around his spoon as he began to eat his meal. Ignis had spent a bit of time trying to break him of his napping habits in high school. He had gotten in trouble a lot with the school for not showing up to class because he decided to take a nap somewhere on campus. Despite his rough attendance record, he still managed to pull straight A's on his report card. The first time this happened, one of his high school teachers had accused him of cheating, and demanded he take all of his tests separately from the other students. He aced them with flying colors. Now that he's a college student, most of his classes didn't require attendance for lectures, but he still needed to show up to turn in homework and take tests. Despite this, Ignis still tried his best to make the prince go to all of his classes, otherwise he would appear to be lazy, and nobody wants a future king that's lazy.

After finishing his meal, he stood up, and stretched while Ignis searched his pockets for his car keys. Noctis could drive himself, but he would rather spend those few minutes in the car sleeping. Ignis also didn't trust his driving skills, and his father often times listened to him instead of his own son.

"Noct, hold still. You've got lint stuck in your tail. You should think more about your appearance. An unkempt prince is a sore sight to see." Ignis scolds.

"Yeah yeah, let's get going already, specs."

Ignis just shook his head as they left the prince's apartment.

The second he got to his first class, he sat in his usual seat all the way in the back, and leaned back, closing his eyes. His moment of silence didn't last long though as he suddenly felt something warm being pressed up against his cheek.

"Here buddy, have some coffee. I know Iggy doesn't like to let you drink it, but I think it will help you get through this class"

After taking a deep sip of his coffee, he turns and smiles at his best friend. "Thanks. You're such a life saver. I really hate that I let that four eyes convince me to take such an early class."

"Oh, it's not that bad. At least you have me to keep you company." Prompto grinned at him.

"True."

Their conversation was cut short as the professor entered the room, and began the lecture. That didn't end their interactions though. They both instantly pulled out their phones and began to play kings knight, a mobile game that was pretty popular.

An hour went by, and they both grabbed their stuff and went outside. Prompto pulled out his camera and started to take pictures of random things as they walked to their favorite spot under a tree in the quad. The second they arrived, Noctis dropped his bag, and laid down, closing his eyes and smiling at the warmth of the sun.

Twitching his ears at the sound of Prompto's camera, he knew his blond friend had just snapped a picture of him. "Please, don't show that to Ignis. He keeps lecturing me that I should use this time to study and do homework."

Looking through his pictures, Prompto just smiles and says "Well, that's what a responsible student would do anyway."

"Hey, who says I'm not responsible?"

"Oh, I don't know, the attendance sheets from high school?"

Flattening his ears against his heard in annoyance, Noctis gives the blond wolf a glare. Prompto doesn't react though, as he knows Noctis doesn't mean it. Instead, he decides to keep teasing Noctis.

" Oh, also the fact that you would rather sleep all day instead of do any work. And the fact that Ignis does most of your housework. And…" Before he could finish that sentence, Noctis had launched himself at his friend, and pinned him to the ground.

"I may be bad at being a good student at school, but at least I'm good when it comes to Gladio's training."

"Yeah yeah, world's strongest wolf. Now, kindly, get off of me." Prompto said as he began to struggle under his friends strength. Noctis wasn't that much stronger then he was, but just that small amount made the difference between them.

While he was struggling, Noctis suddenly caught the scent of Prompto's soap, as well as something else. Something somewhat sweet. He couldn't figure out what that strange scent was, but he decided he really liked it.

Prompto must have noticed that he was distracted though, because he was giving his friend a confused look.
" Uh Noct? You plan on getting off me anytime soon?"

"Have you changed your shampoo or something?" Noct asked, ignoring Prompto's question.

"No, why?"

"You just smell a little different then usual is all. Like, you still smell like you, but different."

"I'm not sure I understand, but ok."

The clock in the middle of the quad signaled that it was time for them to go their separate ways to their own individual courses. Noctis slowly got to his feet, and put his hand down to help his friend stand.
"Time for class again." Noctis says with a hint of annoyance. As he turned and walked towards class, He couldn't get the sweet smell of Prompto out of his mind.
Maybe I'll ask Ignis about why Prom's smell is different today. He thought to