A.N.: Written for the kink meme:
Gen or Noct/Any, NO ONE IS STRAIGHT
Noct realizes he's not straight, and has a hard time coming out. He finally decides to tell a friend... Who turns out to also be LGBTQIA.
So is everyone else he tells.
Give me Noct coming out to everyone (his dad? Bros? Ravus? Luna?) and they are ALL not straight (or cis.) All of them. And Noct was just too clueless to realize it.
Disclaimer: Don't own Final Fantasy XV
Chapter 1 – Regis
When Noctis was fourteen, he told his father.
"You did well in your training this afternoon, Noctis."
Noctis shrugged. He pushed his peas to the side of his plate.
"You should eat your vegetables."
"That's what Ignis always says."
Regis sighed, and put his cutlery down. Noctis kept his gaze on his plate.
"Noctis, are you okay?"
"Mhm."
"Noctis."
Noctis looked up. Regis had his elbows on the table and his fingers entwined in front of his face. His gaze was intense, but still soft.
Noctis gulped.
He put his cutlery down, and shifted.
"I…" He dipped his gaze. "There's something I want to talk to you about."
When Noctis risked flicking his eyes up, Regis had cocked an eyebrow.
"What is it, son?"
Noctis swallowed, and glanced at the servants standing at the edges of the room. "Not here. Like… in private?"
Regis paused, then gave a nod and picked up his cutlery again. "Very well. We can speak in my quarters."
After another course, Regis and Noctis went back to Regis' rooms. Regis shed his cloak and took a seat by his desk. He gestured for Noctis to take the other. Noctis did, but kept his gaze on his fingers as they fidgeted in his lap.
"Noctis."
Noctis stilled and looked up at his father.
"What's wrong?"
Noctis took a deep breath, then let it out in a sigh. "I… I think there's something wrong with me."
Regis frowned. "Why? What's happened?"
Noctis grimaced. He stared at the top of his father's desk.
"It's… for a while, I've…" Noctis sighed. "Do you remember when the Crystal chose me?"
Regis' jaw tightened. "Yes."
Noctis shifted. "Well, when I woke up and you told me I was the Chosen King… it felt… wrong. Not because I wasn't chosen, but because I wasn't… king. Like, I should have been the Chosen… Queen.
"But the next day, 'king' felt right, so I thought the magic had just made me feel like that, so I forgot about it. Then… it happened again."
Noctis shrunk back into the chair and wrapped his arms around himself. He stared at his feet.
Regis leaned forward a little, and rested his elbows on his knees. "What happened?"
Noctis gulped. "I… I felt like… a girl. Most days, I wouldn't. I would feel like a boy. But some days… I just don't want to be called a prince." He looked up at his father. "Does that mean I'm gay? Cause I like Luna, but when I feel like a girl-"
Regis held his hand up, and Noctis stopped talking. His heart hammered in his chest, and his eyes were wide.
Regis lowered his hand and rested it on his knee. "Noctis, there is nothing wrong with you."
Noctis blinked. "There – there isn't?"
Regis gave him a warm smile and shook his head. "No. Have you head of genderfluidity?"
Noctis shook his head.
"It is when an individual does not identify as a single gender. Is that how you feel?"
Noctis gulped. "It's like… it changes. Most of the time, I'm a boy, but sometimes… I'm a girl."
Regis gave a nod. "It is fluid?"
Noctis took a moment to ponder the terminology. "I… I guess." He met his father's eyes. "Yeah."
"Then there is nothing wrong with you. You merely did not know how to refer to how you feel."
"So… I'm not gay?"
"Gender and sexuality are not the same thing. You can identify as whatever you are. You just need to take the time to figure out what you are."
Noctis nodded. After a moment, he spoke again. "I don't think I'm gay. I don't think I'm straight either. I don't know what I am."
Regis put a hand on Noctis' shoulder. "You don't have to figure it out tonight. Now, there is something I have to tell you." He sat back in his chair.
"You are not the only one who has questioned the gender they were given at birth. I am transgender."
Noctis blinked. "Oh. Okay. I know what that one means."
Regis chuckled. "You've seen the scars on my chest?"
Noctis nodded.
"When I was a few years older than you, I had surgery to remove my breasts."
Noctis blushed. "Uh… do I wanna know this?"
Regis smirked. "Perhaps I give too… intimate information. I merely want you to understand that though our situations are not the same, there is nothing wrong with either of us."
Noctis blinked up at his father. "Thanks, dad. Hey, dad?"
"Yes, Noctis?"
"Will you… call me your daughter? On my girl days?"
"Of course. Just let me know when they are."
Noctis beamed. "Awesome! Luna sent me a sylleblossom necklace, I'll wear that on my girl days. It… it makes me feel pretty."
"Very well, my child. I'll make sure to look for it."
