Set after the events of the game. It has been a few months since Akira went back to his hometown and the others struggle to find some upsides when returning to school from their summer break. None more so than Ryuji as he tries to find something to fill the void that his best friend left behind. Rating bumped up to M due to dealing with a pretty serious topic.

A short one-shot on how Ignis, Gladiolus, and Prompto would be handling things right after Noct's death. Does hint towards Aranea/Ignis towards the end.