Prompto

Prompto woke up and stretched, "Ugh my back.." He noticed right away something was off. Weren't they just taking down deamons and running for their lives? Weird. He got up and got out of the tent, the sun blinding him. "The sun?" he checked his surroundings and everything seemed normal. Too normal.

"Noct? Iggy? Gladio?" he called out.

"They're out right now. So it's just us Prompto." the voice he wanted to hear. "Noct? Where did they go?" he asked.

"To get some supplies. You wouldn't wake up so I stayed behind." The stubble and messy hair was gone from his face. He was young again.

"Dude! Weren't we just fighting deamons?" he asked.

"Uh yeah. Last night. You must've hit your head or something." he slapped his back. Prompto took out his phone and turned on the camera. "Wow. I had a goatee where did it go?"

"Dude were you dreaming?" Noctis laughed. Oh that laugh. How he missed it.

"I guess so." Prompto decided to just enjoy this time he had. He missed having these small moments with him, but the lingering feeling that something was off kept him from trying to enjoy this one moment.

"Say Prompto." Noctis rearranged himself in his seat by the fire pit. "What's one thing you'll do once this is all over?" he asked.

"Me?... Maybe go home. See how much damage was done." he answered. "Really? What about after that?" Noctis wanted a different answer and he knew it. "Hm. How about we hope those comics we stored are safe and we can read them again! I bet there's some new volumes we missed!" Prompto smiled. "Oh right! I made sure they were nicely packed up and everything, but after that." That wasn't the answer he wanted. "Um…"

"You should pursue photography." he told him. "Me? Oh no. My stuff is crappy."

"It's totally not. Get with Vyv or start your own thing. Bet it would amazing. Especially your chocobo pictures." Noctis smiled.

"Oh please, those are like the best pics I got." Prompto took out his camera. "See look at this. Totally a bust!" He pulled up a blurry pic. "That's just one picture." Noctis took the camera and smiled. He sat down by the fire pit looking through the pictures. Prompto, hesitantly, sat next to him. Prompto watched over his shoulder as he was messing with the functions on the camera. After finally finding the camera window he smiled."Hey Prompto, maybe I can steal your place for a sec."

"What?"

"Smile." Noctis snapped the pic and Prompto freaked out. "AH! Delete it!" They wrestled for the camera. "No way! You look fine!" Noctis shouted. "NO! DELETE IT!" Prompto whined. He took the camera back. Turning it back on, Prompto looked at the photo he had taken. It was a sad attempt at a selfie. Noctis was in focus with his usual smirk, while Prompto was a mess. He wasn't out of focus, but he was face was contorted in a weird scrunched up were both smiling, even though Prompto's was more of a shocked expression than a smile. He didn't like it.

"Hey Noct~" Prompto cooed. "What?"

"Smile!" He placed his arm around his shoulders and pulled him in close for a selfie. "Oh man, can't wait to see this pic." Prompto hopped up. "Same." Noctis slowly sat up and everything got dark. "Huh? I thought it was morning?" Prompto looked at the sky.

"Well it was." He turned back and Noctis was in his King gear, shaggy hair, and weird stubble. "Prompto." Noctis started. No. Prompto had finally manage to start enjoying himself.

"Prompto listen to me." Noctis was somber. A quick change from what was playful.

"Never lose sight of yourself, and if you ever feel like you need to give up don't. You might see your stuff as crappy, but many will see art. Don't be afraid to open up about anything and don't hide your feelings. I don't want you as bad as Gladio." Noctis smiled. "Noct I-" Prompto saw a bright blue light. "Noct." He couldn't say anything, but smiled. A tear sliding down. "Walk tall, Prompto." He turned and walked into the light. Prompto tried to go after him but the light faded and his surrounding changed.

Prompto held his arm out to the ceiling, tears streaming down once he realized it was a dream. After giving himself a moment to calm down he grabbed his camera. When he turned it on, the first picture he saw was of him and Noctis. Smiling and probably laughing. They were laying by the fire pit, the exact image he saw in his dream. "Noct…" He smiled. "Guess we won't be able to read those comics like we promised." he wiped away some more tears and opened the windows that were in his room. He had went home like he wanted to. Everything wasn't too messed up. He was just happy to have his room back. He changed his clothes and grabbed some fruit. Before he left he looked at the photo again and made a note to print it out on better photo paper later. He wanted to have a copy for himself, his photobook, and for Noct's grave. "Prompto! Are you up! Come on!" Gladio called outside his home. "I'm coming!" He looked at the picture one last time and ran out his home. "Hey Gladio! What's the schedule for today?" he shouted back. As he ran out the house. "The usual. Hope you're ready for some more heavy lifting. This town's not gonna build itself."