They don't stay long.

After being caught up with a baby they had to leave, and they now had to think about the situation they have found themselves in. What are they going to do? They can't just leave Prom, not by herself with THE PRINCES BABY! In a rather unsavory looking neighborhood.

What about Noct? Are they going to tell him? He's been worried for her, waiting for something to pop up with her, or for her to show up. But they can't because Prom has very loudly expressed how she did not want the prince to know about their baby.

Astrum. It was a cute name that fit.

Gladio and Ignis walked down the hallways. Gladio just got out of training so he is in a jersey, while Ignis got out of a meeting so he had file and loose papers in his arms. It's been on the back of their mind but they have to think about it.

"I've been thinking." Ignis starts in the silence. Noct busy by himself, working hard, well as much as he can without stressing himself out too much. He's thrown himself into work, and of course Ignis was shocked but he watched carefully so Noct wouldn't tire himself out.

Gladio smile, "aren't you always thinking?"

"Funny," Ignis says, tone calm but slightly serious. "But, I've been thinking about Astrum and Prompto." He says giving the side eye to the taller man.

"Yeah," Gladio looks down, "there's a lot to think about when it comes to her and the baby."

"I don't think we should let her stay there. It's not safe there. She could live somewhere better, more safe for the baby."

"We both know how she would react to that and we can't force her." Gladio answers back.

"Yes, that is true but I can't help but think on who takes care of Astrum when Prompto's at work." Ignis looks at Gladio in time to the tall man looking back at him quickly, surprised, because he didn't think about that. "I would feel less worried if they were to move here." Ignis says making Gladio smile again.

"Prom would freak out, maybe even worry away, saying she didn't want to get in our way, or get us in trouble." He says, already seeing it, Ignis smiles because it's true. That's the person she is.

"I hope she doesn't think she can keep it forever. She has to know the council will find out, people will know." Ignis says, smiling turning into a frown, expression glum. How can they know who will be okay with her and the baby and who will not? But that's the least of their problems. "And what will happen when Noct finally marries Lunafreya?"

"Right." Gladio says frowning himself. There had been a lot of talk with the king, Regis, and the queen of Tenebrae. They seem to want to have better relations, better treaties, and more likely to share resources with each other. It was never actually confirmed if they would but it was heavily implied. He's even heard Regis tell Noct it will happen, they just need to plan this right. Everyone talked about it when he was young and when he got older it was mentioned with more weight than before. "But if the council finds out Noct had a baby, before marriage, they are going to be angry. At Prompto too."

"I'm still angry too." Ignis says. "Of all the irresponsible things to do. No protection!" Ignis shouts a little getting look from the passerbyers.

"They were young."

"It happened a year ago." Ignis says, countering Gladio's argument.

"It all happened in the moment. They obviously weren't thinking. Noct and Prompto don't really plan things." Gladio says, causing Ignis to frown because it's the truth. Noct and Prompto are very much two people who go with things because it feels right. Not thinking about the consequences until it's staring at them in the face.

It felt like there are no right answer to how to solve this, or the right thing to do.

Ignis parks the car with Gladio in the passenger seat. They look up at the entrance of the diner to see just in time Prompto coming out of the diner, purse and sweater, it is a little colder today than normal. They watch as Prompto walks away from them. Gladio gets out, going to get her attention so they can drive her home. They are both, Ignis and Gladio, constantly worried about her. Thinking in the back of their minds if she and the baby are safe. Paranoid someone has found out about the baby and will hurt them for their horrible selfish wishes.

Prompto walks down the street oblivious to Gladio walking to catch up with her, which wouldn't take too long with his large strides. It's all sudden when someone runs around the corner right into Prompto, she shouts her shock as they both get to the floor. As they both get up a guy comes running too, the first man, who ran into Prom pushes the blonde into the second guy having them fall back but the guy shoves Prompto to the side. She had no idea what was going on so she landed on the ground again. The guy who first ran into Prompto turns to run away but runs into a wall. Looking up he sees it's a man, tall and full of muscle, Gladio. This gives the second man a chance to get to the first guy, punching him in his face and grabbing his backpack. The first guy must have tried to steal it. The guys walks off, while the first guys held his cheek, the punch must have been really good. Gladio steps aside to help Prom up.

"You okay?" He asks, having watched her being thrown around, as he pulls her up by the bicep.

"What just happened?" She asks, she felt her eyes going in circles. Everything happened so fast she didn't have time to understand what was going on or how to react to anything.

"You got in the middle of a mugging, I think." Gladio grins. "Come one, Iggy will give you a ride home."

"Thanks, I have no idea what happened but that was a little scary." She gives him a smile as she follow him to the regalia. She gets in, she forgot what it felt like, what it smelt like (very fine leather) and how comfortable it was. She sinks into the seat, her tired feet throbbing, she's been on her feet all day, even before work. "Thanks Iggy." She says so close to just passing out right there.

"It's my pleasure. I am curious, and of course you don't need to answer, but why don't you live with your parents?" Ignis asks, getting out of the parking spot and making way towards her apartment. "No pressure." He adds, knowing if she doesn't want them to know she will of course try to lie about it, and he doesn't want to make her feel uncomfortable with the question. He never wants to scare her away.

Prompto is silent, contemplating if she should tell them the truth but they could find out anything about her. She has no real secrets that they can't search up at the Citadel. They did find out where she lives now. "You've seen my file, when you did a background check when Noct and I first became friends," Prom states, it wasn't even a question, yes he did do that, "so you know they adopted me." Ignis kept a poker face but he did not know that. He was more focused on her age, who her parents are, what do they do, and her parents past so he must have skipped over her being adopted. Gladio showed his shocked but being in the front passenger seat no one saw. "They kicked me out when I told them I was pregnant."