Chapter 4

Noctis and Prompto were sitting in their own booth together, bags at their feet and sitting across from each other. Prompto was shaking his legs together and fiddling with his thumbs in excitement and fear. It was the first time he had ever been out of Lucis and it was and it was scary not having Gladio to protect him or Noct. Lucis wasn't at war with Niflhiem but relations certainly were shaky.

Noctis was quiet, mainly due to his sea sickness. He didn't think about that part, he also hasn't been on the water in a long time. He shakes his head and smirks, thinking about how ironic his situation was. His passion was fishing but the moment he was on a boat he instantly felt like he was going to hurl. He looked back out the window at the vast dark ocean surrounding them. Despite the sickness he felt in the movements of the ocean, it was still relaxing enough to let him close his eyes.

"Hey, Noct?" Prompto looked at the sleepy prince.

"Hmm?" Noctis mumbled with his eyes still closed.

"Uh, how long do you think before we arrive?" Prompto genuinely wanted to know but couldn't help feeling like he was being like an annoying child asking "Are we there yet?".

"About five hours. Probably." Noctis was about to doze off when he remembered the shirts he had brought and wanted to change into before they got to Altissia. "Oh!" his head shot up and his crystal blue eyes opened. "Hey, Prom. I got, uh, Iris made us these shirts. You know our outfits don't really scream chocobos or moogles, or anything cute really. Not uh, saying your outfits aren't ever cute but uh, you know, never mind."

Prompto was internally freaking out 'Did he freaking just call my outfits cute!?'

Noctis was right though. Noctis wore a plain white t-shirt with black skinny jeans that hugs to Noctis' bottom features tightly. Prompto wore a black t-shirt and grey skinny jeans that weren't as tight as Noctis', he liked comfort clothes. He had wrapped his red and black flannel around his small waist when he had gotten a little too warm.

"Wow. I like the idea of festive shirts Noct, but you?" Prompto was a little confused, his best friend was never the 'wear festive shirts type' and rarely wore anything other than the colors black, grey, and white.

Noctis scratches the back of his head "Yea, but I thought maybe it'd be nice just for once, a change, for the carnival. Plus you know how excited Iris gets when she makes stuff for me, and it's kinda like our gift from her."

Noctis reaches into his bag and finds two vibrant shirts. One was the color of a chocobo with a chocobo face on the front and a chocobo tail painted on the back. Above the chocobo face was the logo for the Chocobo Moogle Carnival. The other was pearly white with shades of pink and had a purple moogle nose on the front along with a the classic moogle face. On the back is a painted spiral and diamond just like moogles usually have. The carnival logo was on the front above the face as well.

"The moogle one is mine and the chocobo one is yours of course." Noctis said handing Prompto his shirt.

"Wow! These had to take her like forever dude!" Prompto said while he was admiring the shirt.

"Well, she actually did have a month." Noctis blushed revealing that this trip and everything involved was a planned gift and not a spur of the moment kind of gift like Prompto originally thought it was.

"Woah! Noct this gift is freaking amazing dude! Yours and Iris' so make sure to tell her." Prompto's eyes were wide and mouth practically hanging open.

Noctis just shrugged "Whatever. Go get changed first so we don't have to worry about it when we get there."

"But Noct we'll get there by two. Wouldn't we just go back to bed?"

"Most likely, but…we won't have to worry about it when we get there and we can go straight to the carnival when we wake up…" Noctis trailed off. He didn't want to give away that he really just wanted to see how adorable his friend will look. "I-I wanna make sure it fits." He knew it fit, they have shared clothes enough before.

"Dude, its gonna fit! But I'll go put it on if it makes you happy." Prompto winked at Noctis as he got up and walked towards a bathroom.

'This day has just had a really weird vibe from Noctis.' Prompto thought.

His prince had given him surprise gifts before, the biggest one being his birthday even though at the time they were still fairly new friends. This gift though, was the most elaborate. Even though it didn't seem like it'd be hard to get into a carnival, it was the Chocobo Moogle Carnival. Either you were rich or you were lucky and got a ticket while it was a decent price before they raised the prices when the ticket count got low. No matter what Prompto would never have been able to afford it.

'Has Noct been flirting with me today?' he thought, taking off his shirt to reveal his toned and muscular abs.

They weren't as glorious as Gladiolus' but for his small size they were impressive. He was maybe more muscular than Noctis, he did spend his days working out to impress Noctis after all. The light of the bathroom was illuminating his skin making his freckles more visible on his shoulders.

Prompto looked in the mirror and laughed 'Who am I kidding, he's not flirting with me! He's just being the greatest… friend ever.'

Prompto pick the chocobo shirt back up and pulls it over his arms and chest. Straightening the shirt, he notices his bracelets were moved up a little, showing part of the name on his wrist.

Noctis knocked on the door, "Hey Prom! Hurry up! I got to change too!"

'Shit!' Prompto frantically tries to fix them.

"U-uh, yea!" Prompto said nervously.

It's not every day a commoner is born with the name of a noble's. Only noble's had names of other noble's on their body and Prompto could never understand, there was no way he was a noble of any kind. So, why did he have Noctis' name on him?

Prompto opens the door finally to see Noctis who can see the paleness and nervousness in Prompto's eyes.

"Prompto. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Don't worry. Just a little nervous to be on water. You know wouldn't want this to end like the Titanic." Prompto said sheepishly with a smile.

"Tell me about it. I'm honestly surprised I haven't puked yet." Noctis said wobbling in a little almost as if he'd had a drink. "By the way, that shirt looks adorable on you." Noctis winked at Prompto, leaving a warmness in his body yet again.

Prompto blushed terribly and went back to his seat to wait for Noctis to come out.

'Damn, I didn't know a chocobo shirt could look so hot on someone.' Noctis thought admiring the image of Prompto's blush in his head.

He began to take his shirt off from his toned body, looking in the mirror at his reflection. He was pale like a ghost but in an attractive way and had a few abs to show. He was still very clearly in shape and very attractive. 'Hm. It's always great to have a hot friend.'

Noctis grabbed his moogle shirt and put one of his arms through the sleeve and then the other one, pulling the shirt over his dark and already messy hair. He straightened his shirt making sure it covered the name on his shoulder and it did thankfully. Noctis never understood why Prompto's name was on his shoulder. It made it difficult at times sometimes he had to wear makeup on his shoulder and cover up by saying he was afraid of water touching above his torso, even if it was just a splash. The name told him Prompto was his one true partner, making them a one true pair if Prompto had Noctis' name on him as well. It was confusing because Noctis was a noble and Prompto was a normal civilian. How could they possibly work out? He had never heard of any noble getting the name of a commoner marked. He for sure thought it would have been Lunafreya's name but it wasn't and a part of Noctis was happy about that. He loved Luna but not like that, not so much he would want to be with her forever but as a sister. Most nobles had these marks because it was the way for the Six to keep peace and order among the kingdoms and to make sure royalty stayed within royalty. Only someone capable of being a proper ruler was marked on women and who would birth the proper heir on the men. Never has there been a case for two men and one to be a commoner at that to have marks.

Noctis just shrugged off his thoughts and walked back out toward the blonde, who was smiling at a little card attached to a little black and gold gift box.

As he walked he raised his eyebrows and smiled. "What's that?" he asked sliding back in the booth.

"Oh! You're back!" Prompto had been startled by Noct's abrupt arrival "Well, uh, it nothing! Yet."

Noctis' facer dropped slightly but he smiled again and said "Sure, Prom." As he looked at how adorable he was when he would lie about cute stuff.