Without the boys even realizing it, there was a tapping on the window and the two looked up. They were already back in the Citadel parking garage and Ignis was peering down, practically ready to melt the window with his gaze.
Noctis met his advisor's eyes and definitely did not let out a little squeak. He opened the door and nodded. "Hello Ignis, miss us?"
"With the way the two of you are trending on Kwehter I don't think I missed a thing," Ignis replied dryly.
"Ah, that's faster than I expected. We didn't do anything the PR team can't make amazing."
Prompto clung tightly to Noctis, keeping his eyes averted from Ignis. "We didn't do anything wrong... did we?"
Noctis narrowed his eyes at Ignis as he held Prompto close. "Pretty certain 'bout it."
"Nothing wrong in generalized terms, but you two were rather careless today in public," Ignis answered.
"Calculated risks. I knew where the guard was the whole time, and remembered the PR guidelines... most of the time."
"And that's exactly the point. You may have announced your relationship to the world, but it doesn't mean you can act undignified in the public eye."
"Undignified? We acted like teenagers, like we are," Noctis replied.
"And one of you is a prince," Ignis answered softly. "Noct, I understand that you and Prompto just want to be yourselves. I really do. But you need to remember that the public has a perception they expect of you."
Noctis let out a loud sigh. "This is so dumb. We acted almost the same way we did when we went before. They didn't care then."
"Yeah! Everyone always said they thought it was like we were already flirting right? I, uh, I read some posts from people from school that said that," Prompto admitted.
"You were intentionally kissing and flirting with only rumors circulating beforehand?" Ignis asked.
"Wait- they thought we were flirting back in school? I was just having fun with you." Noctis said as he looked over to Prompto.
Prompto's face reddened. "After the speech I saw I was getting a bunch of notifications on Kwehter. A lot of schoolmates were congratulating us. But yeah... so many of them admitted that they thought we were already secretly dating. Something about how we talked to each other and the chemistry we had. But like... we were also so oblivious too."
Noctis looked at Prompto with his mouth agape. "Huh. I'm so glad I'm not allowed on Kwehter."
"Seriously I can't believe you have no social media accounts!" Prompto said before he looked at Ignis. "How come he can't have any social media accounts?"
"Because he has yet to complete the prerequisite social media training required for such accounts," Ignis explained.
"There's such a thing as social media training?" Prompto asked. "What do you think he's going to do? Show off the code to his safe?"
"The fact you're asking me that means you will need the same training. There is a great deal that could be at risk with social media."
"You've done it now Prompto. Now we have more homework." Noctis warned.
Prompto nuzzled his head against Noctis. "Ugh. Not more homework."
"I imagine someone as proficient in social media like yourself will find it rather easy," Ignis teased. "I'll make sure to edit your schedule appropriately. And add more tutoring on appropriate conduct in public."
"Ignis, I'm sorry," Noctis whined but didn't protest the additional lessons as his due punishment.
"I understand you are. You know I only wish the best for you and Prompto. I want the two of you to be safe when you head out."
"I know. We'll try to be more careful from now on."
"Good. I will leave you two on your own then," Ignis said. "Do let me know if there is anything you may need though."
Noctis waited until they were alone before leaning against Prompto again. "We're seriously trending in Kwehter?"
"I didn't look today, but I guess we are," Prompto said as he pulled out his phone. "Wanna take a look?"
"Should I be worried about what we might see?" He asked while gesturing for Prompto to start looking.
"I don't know... I've tried not to look too deeply. There's always hate somewhere even if there is mostly good," Prompto answered.
"Yeah, that makes sense." Noctis mused. Still, he smiled at the mash of emojis a lot of people seemed to like using when posting their photo. "Huh, that's a good pic of us kissing."
"Huh, I guess we did kiss a little more than I thought we did. There's so many and so many different angels too," Prompto mumbled as he scrolled through the different posts.
"Yeah, definitely. Wow, they really like that black and yellow heart combo for us. Maybe I should change your contact info on my phone."
"Black and yellow do have a nice composition. And what do you think you'll change it to?"
"Bunch of yellow hearts of course."
"I'm just a bunch of hearts now?" Prompto laughed.
"Well, you are my heart, so you know."
"Aww, you're so sweet, Noct," Prompto hummed. "You should write poetry."
When they got back to their room, they immediately went to flop onto the bed. Noctis laid on his back until rolling on his side to grab Prompto and hold him close. "At least the media can't find us here."
"Imagine! What a scandal it would be!" Prompto laughed.
"The prince and his boyfriend… cuddle?" Noctis asked jokingly.
Prompto snorted. "They appear to be like humans? Doing things that humans would do for affection? More at 6!"
"Well, I don't care if they write anything about us cuddling. As long as I still can cuddle you, that's all that matters," Noctis said as he buried his face into Prompto's shoulder.
"Yeah, same here."
A moment passed before Prompto hummed softly. "You know what though? I'm thinking about school again."
Noctis looked up at Prompto. "What about it?"
"I dunno, just thinking. A lot of people used to think we were dating before we even knew we liked each other. So, just thinking about how school will go when we actually get there."
"Guess we'll just have to find out. But we'll stick together. No matter what."