Ignis planned to go see Prompto and talk to her after so long, even though he knows it's only been a year and a month ago, give or take but it feels like it's been forever, but he couldn't with him and Noct being so busy.
So he does some background checks to get Prompto's information, and finds his schedule to be over runned with things to do. Of course he couldn't send Noct for more than one reason, and the second one being his schedule filled as much as his is. There is one person who is free at one point, that is Gladio. So he sends the man a text. Can you check this address for me? And don't tell Noct or anyone. Then Ignis sends the address and apartment number.
Gladio looks at his phone, his eyebrow raise at the text. What did Ignis get into? But Ignis asked him and he could already hear Ignis talking with his accent asking him this, in person, as polite and posh as possible. He sends a text back, okay, but I'm not free until tomorrow.
It doesn't take long for Ignis to answer. That's okay, do it when you are free. Again Gladio says okay. He does his work, training some new recruits to the Crownsguard. Testing some Kingsglaive. Training Noct some more, in between the prince's class and working as a prince. For someone who misses Prompto he's doing okay but Gladio and Ignis both know how much the prince misses their little blonde ball of sunshine. He's gone back to how he was before he met Prompto but now he's more moody than before. He's even more quiet than before so when he does talk they count it as a win. It's been a really long time since he's seen her. Ignis sees her more than he does since the glasses wearing brunette picks Noct up from school.
He almost forgot about it too, until Ignis, of course send him a reminder. So he quickly eats his lunch and gets into his jeep and drives to the address. When he gets there he has even more questions than before. Who does Ignis know that lives around here? It's not bad but it's not safe. There aren't many street lights so it's easy to get mugged, or raped, kidnapped. Of course no one would think about kidnapping him. He walks in, going to the directory to see the apartment number is on the fourth floor. He makes his way to the elevator looking around. The outside makes it looks bad, it doesn't look bad, the building itself looks fine but it's the overgrown greenery that made it seem older. The inside looks clean, not overly sparkly but clean enough. The elevator is good too. Nothing looks dirty or old, or too worn out. The only thing that bothers him is the floor, it's carpet, and it's the cheap carpet too. It's not like Noctis' apartment with marble tile. At least the carpet looks clean, well clean enough. What did it look like when it first got placed? If it were paper white then the color has faded.
He gets to the door. Checking his phone to make sure it's right. When he confirms it's the right place he knocks on the door. His large knuckles making it loud and echo in the silent hallways. Now being here he was really curious about the secrecy around this person. Why not tell Noct or anyone? Not that anyone stopped him to ask. He hears on the other side someone quickly unlocking the door. "Yes?" The person asks. He stares surprised at the person. Prompto stare at him equally as shocked. There stood Prompto, almost just like he remembered. She look a little tired and her hair is way longer but she's still has her bright eyes, and her wonderful freckles that seem to make her look younger than she actually is. "Gladio!" She shouts dumbfounded. Why is he there? "Shit," she mutters under her breath turning away, going back into the apartment, the door closing a little blocking the inside from Gladio. He could only oogle at the door. Prompto is here. Why is she here? She lives with her parents? Even if they aren't there more than half the time. Ignis send him here so he knows, but how long has he known? Why can't they tell Noct? Well knowing Noct he would drop whatever he's doing and show up. From the looks of it she's living her own life. Would Noct disrupt that? He starts paying attention when her hand moves to open the door again out of his face. He looks even more dumbfounded when Prompto stood there with a baby in her arms soothing him as he cry. He stares at her, even though she couldn't meet his eyes, and the baby in her arms.
What?
"Can I come in?" He asks, he needs to talk to her. Prompto nods, she thought she had more time. She knew they would find her, eventually, so she thought she had maybe a couple years until she's found. This is way too fast to be caught but she did carry the baby of the future king. She moves to let him in. Gladio slides past her, his hulking form still threatening. He looks around her apartment. It's clean, but it's plain with no pictures on the wall, and the baby things everywhere. On the small flat screen tv whatever Prom was watching is paused. He sits down on the couch, making sure to not step on anything. Prompto closes the door, holding the baby in her arms as the baby calms down. One of her hands rubbing the baby's back. She sits down on the opposite side of the couch from Gladio. The baby resting it's face on her shoulder. She looks down in guilt. "So what happened? Who's baby is that?" He asks softly. He didn't want to upset her, already she look like she wants to cry but she held it in by biting her lip making them even more pink than before.
"How did you find me?" She asks.
"Ignis. So..." Gladio stresses.
"Can't you tell?" She asks turning the baby around to look at Gladio. Prompto takes off the baby's beanie showing off the nest of black spikey hair. The baby also stared at Gladio with bright blue eyes. He looks at Prompto, her blue eyes looking away then down at the baby in her arms. "He's mine." She says. Gladio's mind starts racing. Her baby? She has a baby? How? When? And with who? He looks back at the baby.
That black hair is so similar. "Noct is the father, isn't he?" Gladio asks. That's the only person it could be. They have let the two be alone for long periods of time. It could have happened but they never got the hint that it would happened. They never acted like they liked each other sexually. They just thought Noct was happy to have a friend.
"Yes." Prompto answers.
"What happened?" Gladio asks, moving his hand up to rub at his face. Damn, what's going to happen now? What's Ignis going to do? Prompto bites her lips again. "Prompto," he says her name sternly. The baby in her arms looking at him then up at his mother. Prompto moves the pacifier clipped to his onesie into his mouth where he starts to suck on it.
"Noct and I were together, over at my place, playing games. It happened all fast. We were in the living room playing then the next we were in my room. It just kept going and neither of us stopped it." Prompto says not wanting to seem like she enticed Noctis or something like that. "I didn't want him to get in trouble so I kept it a secret." Gladio reaches forward and wipes away her tears. He has no idea what he's going to do now?
