When Ignis wakes the first thing he notices is that his headache is still there. The second thing he notices is that his body feels incredibly sore and stiff. He groans softly as he attempts to push himself up, when he moves his arms he can feel the aches pulsate in his forearms and shoulders. He squeezes his eyes shut as moves his arms to his side.
Ignis takes a deep a breath and he tries to push himself up but his arms feel like jelly and he couldn't even manage to lift himself up.
He tries again to push himself up but to no avail leaving Ignis to temporarily give up with a heavy sigh.
Surely he didn't over do it yesterday, did he?
Couldn't be. He fought as he usually does which never left him feeling like this. Then again Ignis knows that he had been sick in the recent weeks and did have a procedure done to help him breathe better but that shouldn't be having him feel like this.
That's when his thoughts go to the battle they had endured yesterday. Probably wasn't the smartest move on his part to allow the sick coeurl bite him breaking his shoulder. But its fine with him, the pain despite being near unbearable he's willing to tolerate it knowing that he was able to keep Noctis safe and out of this situation.
Ignis closes his eyes feeling exhausted suddenly. He settles back down into the sheets perhaps if he slept a bit more he'll be able to move properly and if he's lucky his headache will be gone.
When Ignis wakes again its to the smell of someone cooking breakfast. The scrumptious mouthwatering aromas fill his nose causing him to awake slowly. Ignis open his eyes and with bleary vision. He looks over and sees both Noctis and Prompto playing a game together on their phones.
Leaving him with the obvious that it's Gladiolus who is in the kitchen. With his mind still numb and heavy with the thick fog of sleep that has yet to fade away Ignis is half tempted to fall back asleep. He just felt so sleepy. Part of him wondered if the warm blankets had something to do with it.
Ignis feels his eyes slip close once more...
"Told you it'll work." Noctis jokes a bit noisily as he rubs his hands together preparing for another attack. His voice is loud enough to jerk Ignis back to wakefulness causing him to groan softly as he rubs at his eyes trying to fight off the longing to go back to sleep.
'This must be how Noct feels.'
"Hey Iggy's up." Prompto calls out happily getting the attention of both his king and the Shield.
"Hey, morning." Gladiolus says as he helps Ignis sit up by gently lifting him up in to a sitting position. "You hungry?" He asks as he moves to the second bed where his own duffle bag sits and unzips it. Ignis nods "A bit." He sighs heavily sitting up like this he is able to feel just how heavy and sore he is "I just hurt more." Ignis mutters sleepily.
This makes Gladiolus snort with amusement "Well it wasn't the smartest move to have that thing bite you." He says pulling out a plastic bag "Here. I picked this up this morning while I was out getting groceries." He says bringing the bag over "It'll limit your shoulders movement as it heals." He explains as he pulls out a black shoulder immobilizer.
"It doesn't look to comfortable." Noctis says as the brace like sleeve comes into view "Uncomfortable, not really. They do get a bit sweaty though." Gladiolus explains as he carries it over to Ignis. He sits in front of Ignis and helps him out of his black pajama shirt only to frown when he sees the bandages on his shoulder.
Blotches of blood stains the white gauze where the bite mark is. "You hurting Iggy?" Gladiolus asks wearily "I ache but I'm not hurting to terribly." Ignis says opening his eyes from having closed them "Why?" Ignis asks.
"You're bleeding." The Shield says as he checks the others' back.
"Your back is bleeding too."
"Huh? How!?" Questions Noctis as he leaps to his feet and makes his way over to Ignis' side and looks him over. Sure enough he can see the bloody stains on his shoulder and where the Coeurl had got him.
"Why's he bleeding? I thought he was patched up." Noctis asks as worry fills his voice. "He is patched up but I think its just his skin taking time to heal." Gladiolus explains causing the king to frown.
"Anyway, let's get these changed before we put the immobilizer on you." Gladiolus says as he begins to unravel the gauze "Noct, gimme the medical kit." He adds.
Noctis nods as he summons the medical kit from the armiger and hands it to the oldest who takes it thanking him. Gladiolus removes the last of the bandages and balls it up and throws them into the trash from where he sits on the bed. With the bandages gone the brothers are able to see the deep reddish pink stitches marring Ignis' skin.
Gladiolus pulls out from the kit several packs of alcohol wipes and fresh gauze. "All right, lets get this cleaned up and we'll get you in fresh wraps and the immobilizer and then some food in us." Gladiolus says opening the wipes and proceeds to clean away the blood earning small winces from Ignis when the alcohol stings his wounds.
"My bad, sorry." Gladiolus apologizes as he begins to wipe his back clean of blood. "Okay, I'm going to put the new gauze on you. Tell me if its too tight, okay." Gladiolus says as Ignis nods.
"So what are the plans for today?" Ignis asks. To the others this question was odd for Ignis was the one yesterday that had put in place what they were going to do today. Though to be fair he does sound worn out and exhausted to his friends and they can only assume its the pain from the attack coming through his voice so its only natural that he forgot what the days plans are.
"Remember you said that we are going to do easy work today." Prompto reminds the advisor "So like helping farmers or vendors or something." The blonde adds.
"Ah...right." Ignis says looking a bit perplexed "How did I forget that?" He mumbles. The questions is more directed at himself but Noctis answers him anyway wanting to reassure his brother "You're tired and your hurting so its only natural you'd forget things."
"Hmm...I suppose." Ignis says softly as Gladiolus ties off the gauze "Alrighty now for the immobilizer." The Shield says picking up the brace.
"Okay Iggy, your arm goes in through here" Gladiolus explains taking the arm with the hurt shoulder and he slides the limb through carefully not wanting to hurt his friend "and then this strap comes this way across your chest like this." Gladiolus says buckling the strap behind Ignis "There you go all set." Gladiolus says as he begins to clean up the small mess he made.
"Thank you." Ignis says as he looks at his arm "No problem but remember to take it easy okay." Gladiolus says as he stands up and moves to his duffel bag where stores the kit "Just relax we're not going any where yet. I'll finish up the food and then we'll head out after we eat." Gladiolus says "Sounds good?"
Ignis nods "It does."
Gladiolus nods "Gimme thirty more minutes then it'll be ready."
And with that Gladiolus returns to the kitchen.
"So when he said that this will be easy what part this looks easy? It all looks the same!" Cries Prompto in defeat.
The four friends currently sit in the crop fields of a garlic chive leek farmer. Their task is to pull out all the weeds that are growing rampant amongst his crops.
And only the weeds.
The only problem is the garlic and the weeds look nearly identical to one another making the task much more harder than the farmer promised.
Well at least for Prompto and Noctis.
Prompto, because the poor thing is having the hardest time picking between crop or weed.
Noctis, because to him just being around these veggies is like being amongst bugs and rats to the king. Even though he isn't dealing with them just being in their presence repulses the raven haired boy.
"How do you tell em apart!?" Whines Prompto.
"Smell em before you pull em." Gladiolus grumbles causing Prompto to whine.
As for Ignis he is having a hard time as well.
But for a different reason.
His head is killing him. This is the third day he's woken up with a pain splitting headache. He's feeling dizzy and the sun and the hot weather isn't helping him in the least as it beats down onto him.
Working with one hand is a pain as well and with his sore aching muscles Ignis feels like these weeds are being pulled downward as he tries to pull them out thanks to muscles feeling like jelly.
And with all the complaining Ignis finds it hard to concentrate and topped with the heat beating down his back and this brace making it a bit harder to remove the weeds. Ignis can feel that he is starting to get irritated.
With an irritated sigh Ignis wipes at his brow with the back of his hand, he lets out a heavy breath and doing his best to not sound snippy or agitated Ignis looks towards the blonde "Just pull what isn't growing in the beds." Ignis grumbles tiredly.
"Mmm make sense." Prompto nods as he plucks another weed.
Ignis sighs as he closes his eyes with a soft pant.
Maybe its the heat or the fact that what they were doing is rather boring but Ignis just can't seem to stay motivated and focused. He stares at the remainder of the weeds on his half and he looks towards the others. Gladiolus out of all of them has the most cleared away, Prompto is second, and he and Noctis are tied. However Noctis looks like he has more done.
Ignis huffs softly as he lowers his head into his good hand and he sighs feeling uncomfortably hot.
Noctis looks towards Ignis when he notices that Ignis isn't moving. Standing Noctis walks up Ignis and places a hand on Ignis' shoulder causing him to look up at his brother "Yes Noct?" Ignis asks.
"Well are you okay?" Noctis asks.
Ignis shrugs "I'm just tired." He mutters "I can't seem to get it together today."
"I know those days all to well." Noctis says smiling "Go ahead and sit the rest of this out. We got this covered." Noctis adds as he helps Ignis stand up.
The effort of getting up is a strenuous one, his muscles scream and feel like they are on fire and are being pulled and twisted. Making him groan as he stands up straight "Let's get you out of the heat." Noctis says as he moves slowly with Ignis. Every stretch of his leg and step Ignis can feel just how stiff he is like his joints and muscles are slowly turning to stone.
Ignis pants softly and grunts as he struggles to move faster "Don't rush Iggy." Noctis says softly "I'm not in any hurry to get back to work. Take your time." Noctis reassures.
"Apologies. I just feel incredibly stiff and sore." Ignis mutters.
"I know how you feel, happens a lot to me. Mostly when the weather is about to do something crazy. Maybe you're feeling the weather getting ready to change." Noctis says as he leads Ignis to the small wooden structure where the farmer is working on his truck.
Hearing the boys approach he turns and greets them "Howdy how's it coming along?" He asks.
"Fine I guess. Just wanted Ignis to rest...is it okay if he sits in here to cool off? He was attacked yesterday by a weird coeurl during a hunt and I don't want him over doing it." Noctis says looking his brother over.
"Yeah. Waters over there in that there chest along with somethin' to eat help yerselves." The farmer says as Noctis eases Ignis down into a bench that stood in the shade "Let me get you something to drink. Uh you want a snack too?" Noctis asks his advisor but Ignis shakes his head "I'm just thirsty. Though I'm sure Gladio and Prompto would like some." Ignis says.
Noctis looks at his advisor with a worried look before nodding "Alright." He says walking away.
Noctis moves towards where the ice chests were and grabs four sports drinks and four bags of snack mix before returning to Ignis' side. "Here drink this Iggy." Noctis says as he opens the top and hands it to Ignis who takes it and sips at it.
"Thank you Noct." Ignis says before drinking a bit more.
"I know you said no but try to eat these too." The king instructs "It could be heat exhaustion or heat stroke or whatever the first one is that you're experiencing and maybe eating and drinking will help that go away faster. But try to eat okay you didn't eat breakfast." Noctis says rubbing the back of his head "I'm just worried about you. You're my brother and you're all I got left...so just rest up okay."
"You talk as if I'm dying." Ignis jokes. He gives the young king a smile "Rest assured I'm fine. Sore yes. Head hurts, yes. Shoulder hurts, undoubtedly. But it's nothing that I can't handle." Ignis pauses and he looks Noctis in the eye "I appreciate the concern. And worry not I'll eat the snack." Ignis says as he opens the baggy "I'll rest up and rejoin you shortly." Ignis says.
Hearing this did make Noctis feel better. He knows he might've overreacted but with the scares Ignis had put him through already he couldn't help but be on ten. And well to be fair growing with Ignis who happen to go straight to ten whenever he would get hurt its only natural Noctis was the same way.
"All right. But take your time." Noctis says before exiting the shelter.
With Noctis gone Ignis lets go of the mask he struggled to put up. The one where he was sort of okay and managing the pain he is feeling.
He sinks back into the seat and closes his eyes grimacing.
"You don't look to well. You shouldn't be pushing yerself like this." The farmer says but Ignis only laughs softly "I know I shouldn't but I simply let my duties slack. Even with this pain I feel and the exhaustion I'm under I can't rest. Noct and the others need me." Ignis says "Besides. I'll feel better once my shoulder heals and I can sleep comfortably." Ignis says hoping that that's true.
"Well if yer certain that that's all it is. You know yer body better than anyone. But still you ought to listen to the others too. They worry cuz they care." The farmer explains.
"I understand." Ignis says looking out to where his friends continue to work the fields.
When Noctis, Gladiolus, and Prompto finally finally finish the hour is around five or six nearing dinnertime. The three of them drenched in sweat and sore from having knelt down all day.
They drag themselves to the shelter where Ignis and the farmer sit talking. The sound of their footsteps catches the attention of the old man and their friend "Ah you boys done?" The old asks.
"Yeah. We weren't to sure were to dump all the weeds so we stuck em all in this bag." Prompto says gesturing to the bag in Gladiolus' grip.
"That's fine. You can leave that right on there." The farmer says pointing to the spot where they were standing "Now...as fer a reward I ain't got much to offer...but I can't let yer work go undone...I know hows about you boys spend the night at my place. The missus and I haven't had company in a fornite and I think havin' the house full fer one night will make her smile."
The brothers look at one another "We don't wish to intrude." Ignis starts to say but Gladiolus steps forward "Well we don't want to be rude." He says directing it towards Ignis "We'll gladly take you up on the offer." The Shield says making the old farmer smile "Great." He says standing "My place ain't to far from here. Its that building over yonder." He says pointing to the fairly large building that the four of them has seen and passed by many times.
Oddly enough none of them ever thought that someone actually lived there. True they seen people lingering around it but never anyone come and go from it.
"Weird. I didn't know you lived there. I thought it was abandon." Prompto says as they follow the man out.
"Well to be fair we don't stay there all the time. It's kinda like what them rich folk call a summer home. We come on down when the season gets to cold like today. You boys caught us when we're gettin' ready to head out. The cold ain't to kind to us old folk." The farmer explains "Now I know yer still a youngin' but seein' how yer hurtin' real bad I believe yer pickin' up on the weather changin'." The farmer explains as they reach his home and he unlocks the front door allowing them inside.
"My sweet Nina I'm home!" The farmer calls out as he steps in after the four boys and turns on the light "And look we got ourselves company." He calls out.
Yet the four didn't hear a response.
"You four, allow me to introduce you to Nina." The farmer says as he leads them to the living room. The room was somewhat barren save for a set of cowhide couches, a fireplace, a old television set, and a coffee table made out of a tree stump.
But what catches the boys attention is the fireplace. Sitting on the mantle is a framed photo of a little old woman with a cap with the colors of a ladybug.
Next to the photo on the left is a vase of fresh flowers and on the left is an incense which has burned out.
"This boys is my wife Nina." The old man says sounding somewhere in between joy and heartache.
The four of them seem unsure what to do at first that is until Gladiolus steps forward a bit "Hello Nina, I'm Gladio. I helped out on the farm today." He says.
"Me too. Oh I'm Prompto by the way, nice to meet you." Prompto says quickly with a small wave.
"I'm Ignis. Nice to make your acquaintance. I aided in the farm work at first alas...I'm currently in no condition to make a real difference." Ignis says shyly.
"And I'm Noctis. I hope you're resting peacefully and enjoying whatever it was you loved doing." The king says.
Hearing the four young men talk so kindly his wife despite it just being the photo of her fills his heart with joy.
"Aww you boys sure are sweet. I know just havin' you say that made her day." The old man says looking towards the photo.
"Well, how's about I let you boys get settled. I'll lend you my son's pajamas so we can wash up yer stuff." The old man says as he heads for the stairs "Oh there is a wash closet on the other side of that door and one up here to the right with a shower. Make yerselves comfortable and I'll make us dinner." He gets ready to head off again but snaps his fingers with realization "Oh my boy's room right here, I think you all will find somethin' and feel free to use whatever."
With that the farmer disappears into one of the rooms on the second floor leaving the boys alone.
"Well that was...something." Noctis says once he is certain the old man is gone.
"Well you gotta admit its kinda cool and nice of him to let us crash here for the night." Prompto says.
"Indeed."
"Yeah though its weird how he talks to a picture." Noctis murmurs.
"I don't think so. It just shows he still loves his wife." Gladiolus says.
"I guess." Noctis says looking towards the picture "Now what?" He asks.
"Guess we get ready for dinner and bed?" Prompto suggests.
"Well if that's the case I call dibs on the bath." Gladiolus shouts as he bolts up the stairs "Hey!" Cries Prompto "Fine me and Nina will watch a movie or something." The blonde complains as he moves towards the couches and picks up the remote.
Noctis shakes his head as he turns his attention to Ignis "Let's check your bandages." Noctis suggests and Ignis nods as he follows the other into the bathroom.
"I forgot about them." Ignis admits as he sits down on the toilet seat.
"That's why you got me, Gladio, and Prompto." Noctis jokes as he carefully pulls off Ignis' shirt.
"Where would I be without you?"
Noctis laughs a bit only to frown when he sees that blood has reappeared on the bandages. "Why does it keep doing this?" Noctis grumbles out of irritation.
Ignis looks down and gets to his feet for a better look in the mirror. Staring at his reflection Ignis can see the blood on his shoulder and when he turns his back to it he can see blood on his back when he looks over his shoulder.
"Perhaps a potion will stop this?" Ignis questions.
"We can try it." Noctis says as he summons a Hi-Potion and he sits it in Ignis' hand and helps him crush it. Noctis watches as the light blue energy washes over Ignis "Well...anything?" Noctis asks.
"I feel no different. However the real test is going to be if I bleed again during the night." Ignis states as he summons the medical kit and sits it on the sink.
"Well I hope you don't bleed again." Noctis says as he unbuckles the immobilzier and helps Ignis out of it before he helps the ash blonde remove his bandages.
"Though, I do wonder what is wrong with me. I shouldn't be feeling like I do." Ignis mutters.
"It's just a bad bite. And the claws must cut deeper or something...I doubt its anything serious." Noctis says as he wipes clean Ignis' back.
"Then why do I feel so run down?" Ignis asks.
"You been through a lot in a short time. You didn't have a chance to fully recover." Noctis says.
That made sense.
Maybe this is just his bodies way of telling him to sleep and relax "You're right. I should take it easier." Ignis admits.
"I know I'm right." Teases the younger boy making Ignis laugh.
"Okay lets but a new set on and get out of here." Noctis says.
Meanwhile, Prompto sits quietly on the couch playing his phone when he hears the stairs groan causing him to look up only to see the man who allowed them to stay coming down the stairs. He was dressed in what Prompto assumed were his sleepwear and based off the wet appearance of his hair Prompto can't help but piece together that he had also taken a shower.
"Hey there sonny, where them other boys rush off too?" The farmer asks.
"Gladio is in the shower and Noct and Iggy are together. Noct is switching out the old bandages on Iggy." Prompto explains.
"Hmm well alright. Guess I'll prepare us dinner now. Don't want to keep you boys hungry." The farmer explains as he heads into the kitchen.
"Would you like some help?" Prompto asks.
"Nah, I got it. You just gon' relax." The old farmer says with a smile "I'll ring the bell when she's done."
When it is finally time for the five of them to eat the four boys couldn't help but notice that the old seemed to have gone out of his way to make meal a good meal.
He had even set their plates for them.
Each plate consists of chicken fried steak, a steaming baked potato with all the fixings, a buttered roll, a side bowl of salad, and a glass filled with ice.
"You out did yourself." Gladiolus says sounding surprised.
"Yeah, you didn't have to do all this for us." Prompto adds.
"But seeing how you have we are more than grateful." Ignis quickly adds not wanting them to sound ungrateful.
"Its no trouble at all. Its been a while since I last shared a meal with other folk and I wanted to show you boys that I was grateful fer yer help today." The old farmer says as they all take a seat.
"Everything looks tasty." Noctis says looking near ready to tear into the meal.
"Why thank you. But before we eat we need to give thanks fer this meal. Cuz without them Six this ain't possible." The farmer says bowing his head and the boys follow suit with the silent prayer.
With the prayer concluded with a soft 'Amen' the farmer picks up his silverware prompting the boys to do the same "Now I know some folk don't believe in prayer but I find it soothing to have that option. Especially when yer feeling lost or near ready to have a break down." The farmer explains as he eats a bit of baked potato "Remember even when you feel like the entire world has wronged you, when you feel like you ain't got no one else to turn to. A prayer helps out." The farmer says.
"That's what Nina had always told me."
"She sounded like an amazing women." Gladiolus says.
"She was."
"You sound like you miss her a lot." Prompto adds.
"I do."
"If you don't mind me prying...how did she pass?" Ignis asks.
"She had caught the chills. I wasn't to concerned about em at first since folks always be catchin' em around the wintertime. But they got worse over time and became the flu...but that point there wasn't nothin' that could've been done." The old man says sadly. "But I know she be starin' down watching us. Which makes me happy since I know she ain't in pain anymore." he adds.
"What was she like?" Noctis asks curiously.
"Motherly." Laughs the farmer.
"Whoo boy she would've gotten a kick out of you four. She loved the youth always made her feel young again. She was always giving hugs out to the little tikes. It's part of the reason why she wanted kids of her own." The farmer pauses and the others can see tears gathering in his eyes "She was awful kind."
Noctis looks at his lap "We know how you feel." He says softly "A while back we lost our home and loved ones when Niflheim invaded our home."
"We had lost loved ones even before that too." Gladiolus says.
"Indeed." Adds Ignis.
"I had lost my mom back when I was in middle school." Gladiolus says "It was to breast cancer." He continues softly "The thought that I would lose when I was still a kid never crossed my mind." He says "I can still recall that day vividly. I was in math, the class right before lunch. I was in the middle of a test when my dad showed up and told me to get my things and head to the car." Gladiolus pauses and when he talks his voice is raw with emotion "I didn't know what I was expecting but whenever I asked a question my dad never answered me. When we got to the hospital...my mom had already passed." Gladiolus bites his lip and looks away wiping at his cut eye when he feels a tear leave it.
"I still hate that I never got to say goodbye." He adds "I didn't even get to say goodbye to my dad."
Prompto reaches over and rubs Gladiolus' back trying to comfort the oldest.
"For me. I lost my grandmother. Granted she wasn't blood related to me but she was the closest thing to a grandmother I had." Ignis says "I recall falling into a depression because of it." Ignis says "The invasion stole from me my uncle." Ignis continues.
"You ain't got parents?" The farmer asks.
"I do. But I know not where my father is and my mother had died giving birth to me."
This makes the farmer frown.
"Um. For me I lost my parents because of the invasion." Prompto says "It makes me a bit sad but I didn't really know them. Ya'know. They were always gone." Prompto admits.
"And my father was killed in the invasion." The young king sounds angry and upset "No one should've died that day."
The old farmer nods "I know how you feel kid. But that's the way life is. Sometimes bad things happen to good folk. And some times things happen to those we love that are just out of our control like loved ones fallin' sick." He says.
The old man can see the sadness in the boys eyes and the atmosphere has become melancholy. Not wanting them to be sad he looks at them "Now I'm sure you boys got some exciting adventures under your belt why not share with this old dog." The farmer says with a smile.
"Oh well, there was a time where we helped a black chocochick." Prompto says seeing what the old timer is trying to do.
"Well I thought them to be extinct." He says.
"That's what we were told! But we actually got to see it. I even took a photo of her." Prompto says happily as he summons his camera which he brings over to the old man.
"See there she is." Prompto says showing off the images.
And that's how the rest of dinner goes. The four friends sharing tales of their travels and battles with the lonely elder that night. And the once quiet home has been restored to a place of liveliness and joy which made the brothers happy they could be company to a lonely soul even if it was just for one night.
The festive night lingers even on after dinner has been finished and the dishes and pots and pans had been washed. Only when they went their separate ways for bed did everything quiet down.
Now Noctis, Gladiolus, Ignis, and Prompto lay in the guest room quietly talking amongst themselves for they were finding it hard to sleep.
"So...I been thinking. You know all this talk about loved ones dying and stuff...I was thinking about what I would like to come back as." Prompto says softly.
"Like maybe I can be reborn as a Chocobo. Or- nah I'm cool with a chocobo."
Gladiolus looks at the blonde "Well if we're talking about reincarnation then I think I'd like to be..." Gladiolus trails off in thought before snapping his fingers "Me."
Prompto chokes "Dude, you can't be reborn as youself."
"How much you wanna bet I can."
Prompto rolls his eyes "You're no fun." He rolls onto his belly "What about you Noct? What would you like to be born as again?"
"Maybe a cat." Noctis says "Just so I can sleep all day."
"But you do that already." Ignis jokes.
"Yeah but as a cat I won't have responsibilities."
This makes the others laugh.
"What about you Iggy?" Prompto asks.
"Hmmm...perhaps a dog." Ignis says sounding thoughtful "But not one of those fat lazy dogs but one that helps people." Ignis explains.
"Iggy still wanting to help even as a doggo." Prompto laughs.
"Its just my nature." Ignis says "But I do wish that in our next life that we are still friends." Ignis says.
The other three brothers nod in agreement.
They continue to talk to each other even late into the night. But slowly one by one they fall asleep after wishing each other a good night.
Ignis wakes suddenly with a sharp pain in his chest. He slowly sits up fighting through the bouts of stiffness in his arms, knees, and thighs.
It takes a moment but Ignis swings his legs over the side of the mattress and stands up with his joints softly popping. Groaning softly Ignis makes his way out of the room with a slow shuffle.
Making his way down the stairs he could feel just how stiff he is as gravity pulls on his raised legs with every step down.
Once in the kitchen Ignis takes a glass from the dish rack and moves to the sink where he fills his glass with water from the tap and he drinks it as he rubs at his chest.
"You okay son?"
Ignis turns around only to come face to face with the old farmer who is looking at the ash blonde with worry.
Ignis sets the glass down and clears his throat "Yes. Just having a bit of chest pain." Ignis says softly.
The old farmer frowns "I'm sorry for poking my nose in places it ain't suppose to go but you sure yer fine?" He asks "I seen you comin' down the stairs...and frankly son you looked like yer in a behemoths weight in pain."
"I'll be fine. It's nothing I can't handle." Ignis mumbles.
The old farmer approaches Ignis and lays a hand on his shoulder "Now I know we just met today and it my place to tell what to do but son... Please fer the sake of yer loved ones please go to the doctor. Yer walkin' be just like my Nina's. And it pains me to see you limping."
Ignis can hear the concern in the old man's voice and he nods "I'll go. I promise."