Though they struggled, the pair managed to get through their last two years of high school together. Noctis stared at the flyer for prom, taunting him with the nearness of the dance.

After school, he groaned as he studied reports with Ignis. "I'm doomed, Specs. Prom is in less than a month, and I don't know what to do."

"I don't understand what the issue is. Prompto will say 'yes' no matter what."

"Will he? What if he doesn't want to go to the dance at all?"

"Well the subject of the dance may be another matter, but he would go with you regardless," Ignis said as he set down his documents.

Noctis fiddled with the edge of his report. "But how do I make it special? If it's a given, then shouldn't it be special?"

"Well why don't you remind me what you have so far, and I can help assist if the plan needs anything else."

"So far the only thing I have is to ask him to the prom." Noctis said softly.

"No way to ask him yet? No poster?"

"Not yet. I bet a poster would be a good way to do it."

"Then that should settle it. And surely you find the idea entertaining of making a pun about the entire event "

Noctis stifled a small laugh. "Will you be the Prom for my prom?" He choked out.

Ignis grinned. "Exactly my point. I'm sure it'll get a chuckle out of Prompto."

"I hope so. And I hope it's been. . . long enough for us to enjoy the dance all night."

"You two have progressed quite well over the past year and half. I am sure you two will be fine for prom," Ignis replied kindly.

Noctis smiled a little at that. "Thanks Specs. I'm glad you think so. Did Gladio ask you to prom?"

Ignis smirked. "What do you think the answer is?"

"Is it bad I feel like you asked him as soon as possible to make sure to have it in your calendar?"

"You would assume I asked him months in advance in order to properly plan for the night?"

"Yes, because I know you. You would want to make the night as nice as possible."

"You would be correct then. By that point I had taken into account how our relationship is. Despite Gladio's claim that all dances are the same, he did wish to ask me in the best way possible. But I beat him to the chase."

Noctis did laugh at that. "You mean you beat the massive romantic to the punch? Why would you do that to Gladio?"

"Because," Ignis adjusted his glasses. "I wanted to show him how prepared I was."

"Iggy, no one doubts how prepared you are."

"And it was the most enchanted evening that we had. So I can assure you that you and Prompto will have a wonderful evening as well."

"Yeah? I guess it'll be a great way to end high school. It's crazy to think we're nearly graduated."

"You've come a long way, but graduation is still on the horizon so you can't slack off yet."

Noctis groaned at that. "Not even a little bit?" He wheezed.

"No you cannot. You do want to actually graduate alongside Prompto, don't you?"

"Yes, but it can't be enough time for them to keep me from graduating?"

"You never know how the grading system is today. But you can manage it, Noct. You have survived this long after all."

"Alright, alright, I'll be good for the last few months of the year," Noctis sighed.

"And after that?"

"And after that, I'll be a prince full time. Life won't be the same."

"But some things will still be the same. You go to meetings and read reports already."

"But will we have the same kind of freedom as before? Or will we have to stay in the Citadel all the time?"

"We shall see when that time comes, but I am sure you can still have your freedoms."

Noctis leaned forward with a smile. "How do you and Gladio manage your relationship with your work schedule?"

"We do what we must, but we find a way to make it work. I can share with you how I outline my day if you wish."

"I'd like to see it, but I also fear what will be on that outline. You're a bit terrifying Specs. I hope you know that."

There was another smirk. "You should be right to be terrified."

"You're only making it worse." Noctis laughed. "Why are you so scary?"

"I thought that was my job," Ignis deadpanned.

Noctis groaned and shoved papers toward Ignis. "You are terrible. How are you like this?" He whined, even if he was smiling.

"Must be how I was raised," Ignis replied softly.

"Well, I like that you're on my side."

"Of course. I am glad as well that I am your adviser."

Noctis smiled a bit wider before picking up his report. "Okay, so, tell me about this tax subsidy they were planning again?"

Ignis nodded and the two continued on talking about the files that had to be gotten through. By the time they were done, it was later into the evening and that meant it was time to go and visit Prompto.

"Hey there Prom. Training went well today?" Noctis asked as he ran into Prompto that afternoon.

Prompto had a towel wrapped around his neck and a water bottle in his hand. He took a sip of water before he answered. "Yeah, it went great! Finally got the upper hand against Gladio today."

"That's great! I bet he wasn't expecting that at all."

"Totally! Finally the student can surpass the teacher!"

Noctis laughed at that. "You know he's just going to push you harder now."

"Ah I can handle it," Prompto scoffed. "You have faith in me, right?"

"Of course. I know how hard you've been working." Noctis answered easily.

"And what about you? Iggy give you a hard time about taxes or laws or whatever?'

"Yeah, we went over some reports and things. I gave him some things I wanted to push with the council."

"Hey!" Prompto smiled as he wrapped an arm around Noctis. "Look at you being all princy."

Noctis laughed at that. "It's like all of Iggy's hard work is finally paying off."

"And it looks good on you to be so official about things," Prompto smiled warmly.

"Yeah? Well, I just, I'd like to help Dad. He's... yeah, I'd like to help him out as soon as I can."

Prompto rested his head against Noctis. "Sounds good. So! What's the plan for tonight?"

"Homework? Then keep getting through the newest Assassin's Creed?"

"Sounds like a wonderful evening, can't wait!"

Noctis smiled and started to spread out his stuff for them to get working. When they were putting away their books after finishing the last assignment, he took a deep breath to look at his boyfriend.

"Do you have any opinions on prom, Prom?"

Prompto snorted. "Well when you say it like that, my opinion is that my name goes perfectly with the dance."

Stifling a laugh, Noctis reached out to take Prompto's hand. "But do you have opinions about attending the dance?"

Prompto gave a shrug. "I dunno. Haven't really thought about a dance in a long while y'know."

"Yeah, I get ya on that. Let me, um, know if you start to have an opinion?" Noctis asked carefully, trying to not panic that this wasn't going like he had planned with Ignis.

Prompto tilted his head slightly. "Is there something else you wanted me to say? About the prom stuff?"

Noctis hummed a little bit and shook his head. "Nope, we're all good here."

"You sure? You're nervous," Prompto stated. No longer did they have to admit clearly that they were feeling each other's emotions. It came so naturally now that the simplicity of the statement was enough to convey what they meant.

"Plan, kind of, you know, falling apart. All good over here." He got out.

Prompto laughed lightly before he pulled Noctis into a hug. "You can do it. Tell me what you have on your mind."

Noctis wrapped Prompto up to return the hug. "I wanted to ask you to prom." He said in a slight rush.

"Aw so you wanted to ask little old Prom to the prom?" Prompto chuckled.

"I was trying, but I messed it up."

"You didn't mess it up. I feel this is a very Noct way of asking."

"Yeah? You still haven't answered my question. Do you want to go to prom with me?"

"Shouldn't the answer be an obvious yes?" Prompto replied, resting his head against Noctis's.

"I was hoping so. But I gotta ask anyway."

"Well the answer is a solid yes!"

"Okay, okay. Awesome! Now, I have to plan prom night. Oh dear."

"Is there anything to really plan? We just have a nice dinner and attend the dance right?"

"Dude, Ignis apparently took a whole year to plan. I don't want to mess this up."

"But that's Ignis! We can't all be super planny like him."

"You've got that right. So, nice dinner and attend the dance? That's all you want?"

"Whatever comes in the prom package I guess. Plus being with you the entire day. That has to be there too."

Noctis smiled at that. "Seems like an easy enough request to manage. Do you want to get new tuxes for this, or use what we already have?"

"We never got to properly show them off, so I say stick with the old. Unless you had any ideas?"

"I have very few proper ideas right now. I loved that tux you had for homecoming. Though I think you'll have to get it refit. I swear Gladio is bulking you up."

"Oh? You noticing my new muscles?" Prompto moved his eyebrows up and down as he flexed a little.

Laughing, Noctis reached out to give the arm a squeeze. "I've noticed. Don't worry."

"I bet I am strong enough to actually carry you! I've really been working hard," Prompto declared happily.

"Is that something you want to do one day? Carry me?" Noctis asked curiously.

"Well I thought it would be super cheesy and romantic. Like you see in the movies."

Noctis gave a soft chuckle at that as he pulled Prompto in close. "I like it. No, I love that idea. Want to try it now?"

"If you're ready, let's give it a shot!"

That earned a larger laugh while Noctis threw open his arms. "Alright then. How do you want me?"

Prompto placed one arm around Noctis's back. "Just like that. Trust me, I got you. On the count of three, okay?"

"Okay, I'm here." Noctis laughed, nothing but warmth and amusement coming from him as he braced for whatever might happen.

After Prompto counted to three he scooped up Noctis quickly into his arms, with his other hand underneath his legs. Prompto chuckled happily as he held Noctis tightly. "See? Told you I could do it."

Noctis laughed happily as he felt himself be scooped up from the ground. "I didn't doubt you! Dude, that's awesome. Your arms are jacked."

"Well not nearly as jacked as Gladio, though I don't think I could handle being that much muscle like he is."

"Gladio is a class on his own. Now you're gonna make me want to carry you. Think of the cool tricks we could do."

Prompto rested his forehead against Noctis's. "What kind of tricks?"

"Okay, think of how I could help get you views if I could carry you. That gun of yours could score if you could get some aerial views." Noctis said happily.

"Wait, you mean like literally carrying each other in a battle?"

"Sure. I'm not blind to how the war is going with Niflheim. I imagine once we're old enough, we'll have to help somehow with the war. We should. . . find ways to be good in a battle together. Use what we have to an advantage."

"So we could have some cool battle combos? Like in the video games?" Prompto asked excitedly.

"Oh definitely! We should start playing with some ideas! With your gun and my sword, dude, we could have some amazing combos."

"Dude! That sounds totally amazing! Let's start planning!" Prompto shouted joyfully before he plopped Noctis onto the couch.

Noctis let himself flop on the couch while laughing. "Alright, next time we have some down time. We train together to plan. It'll be great."

"We'll be the coolest boys out there."

"Of course. Did you have any doubts?"

Prompto leaned forward, letting himself flop onto Noctis. "Never a single doubt."

"You're Prom, how could I doubt you." Notis said softly before pulling him into a kiss.

Prompto moved his hands to reach around Noctis. He leaned into the kiss, humming happily as the emotions swelled between them.

Noctis leaned forward to pull Prompto into a firm kiss to enjoy the rest of their evening. He needed that before they got distracted by the rest of their training schedule.

Slowly one of Prompto's hands moved to weave his fingers through Noctis's hair. With another hum he pulled back slightly from the kiss. "So, got any other plans for the evening?"

"Nope, you already broke them cause you're awesome." Noctis laughed as he pulled Prompto in close.

"So just an evening of us and our love?" Prompto said softly.

"Oh always. And maybe some video games or movies if you'd like."

"Video games and movies are always good, but I feel you may distract me," Prompto replied as he began giving light kisses on Noctis's neck.

Noctis smiled and pulled Prompto up for a proper kiss, quickly distracting him for the entire evening.