Noct couldn't concentrate on school or anything for the day after seeing Prompto and the baby.

Gladio was right, he needed to think about what to do with Prompto. He didn't lie to her, he loves her and he knows she loves him but they couldn't be with each other not with him being betrothed to Luna. Prom says she's okay with it that she understands but that doesn't mean it didn't hurt her.

He's also going to need to talk to Luna about this. That might open another can of worms. Hopefully she doesn't end up hating Prom. This isn't just Prompto's fault.

He would still like to talk to Prompto, and he hopes they can talk comfortably with each other just like always. They have a lot to talk about.

But the main question is still what does he do? He keeps going in circles.

And because of this he wasn't able to pay attention in class or work.

The next day wasn't any better. He couldn't get any sleep. He knows he's known as the sleeping prince but even he can't sleep with all these things going on in his head. He didn't get a wink of sleep, so when morning came around he surprises Ignis by walking out of his room as the advisor is still cooking. He's extremely tired now but knows he wouldn't be able to sleep so he decided to just get the day started. Noct nods at Ignis who just turns his head to continue cooking. He doesn't have much to say and he's to busy to listen to any thing.

But Ignis is still his advisor, "you don't have to do much for your princely duties. So you can take your time before I have to drop you off for your first class." Ignis tells him as he sets down a plate of pancakes. Again Noct just nods digging into the pancakes.

After that it's a blur of Ignis driving him to the Citadel, giving him the smallest amount of work he's had in forever then leaving to do his own work. When it's time to go to school Ignis drives him like always.

His three hour and a half classes went by in a blur. He does remember writing random things down that the teacher wrote on the board that seemed important enough. His hand was just copying but his mind didn't soak anything he was looking at or hearing. His mind to busy thinking about this triangle he's found himself in with Luna and Prompto.

And the thing is, what hurts about this is he wish he can be with Prompto, wish he didn't have to be with Luna for the politics, for Shivas sake, he sees Luna as an older sister. He cares and loves her but not romantically. They both knew they had to do this, for their country, it's their duty as royalty. He wanted one thing for himself and got Prompto and he thought nothing would get her to go away from him but she did. Now he's in big trouble and he's got major decisions to think about.

He wants to choose Prompto so bad but he knows he can't, if he doesn't want to start a war with Tenebre.

But he doesn't love Luna.

Here he goes again, going in circles.

He packs his notes and makes his way to the gate, knowing Ignis is already there waiting. Now he's got to go home to do homework. But he knows he's not going to get any work done today, tomorrow, or the rest of the week.

He finds the regalia easy enough. It always stands out. What is not usual is Gladio coming out of the back passenger seat, closing the door then moving to open the front passenger seat.

"I don't need to be protected at school." Noct says getting the behemoth to look at him. Gladio stares at him then gives him a grin.

"I'm not here to protect you princess." Gladio says getting into his seat next to Ignis. Noct raises his left eyebrow, curious to who he would be protecting if not him. He is the prince. As he thought about what his shield told him he opens the door Gladio just came from, sliding into the rear passenger seat only to pause at the sight of not only the car seat but the baby in the car seat. Slowly, he moves to sit fully and close the door. He stares at the baby as he play with his raddle. Swinging it around as he suck on a chocobo pacifier, Noct turns to look at the back of Ignis head as he clicks his seatbelt close. Ignis says nothing as he drives back to the Citadel.

Noct decided to go along with the silence and just lean against the window, watching the traffic, the cars go by the buildings. The groups of friends, couples, families, people living their life, how they want it. He turns back, away from the window, when he feels eyes staring at him. He finds the baby staring a him. He can tell, their baby (that's hard to believe) has her eyes. He knows they both have blue eyes but Prompto has hints of purple in hers making them more of a blue indigo while his is just light blue or sky blue. Red when he uses magic. Awkward as it feels, he gives the baby a small grin. The baby instead raises and shakes the hand holding the raddle. In the front he hears Gladio hold back a chuckle. Noct sends a frown to the back of his head.

He looks back at the baby, watching him when a question pops up in his head, if the baby is here then... "where's Prompto?" he looks at the back of the head of both Ignis and Gladio waiting for either to answer.

"She asked me to babysit for her today as she has something she wants to do."

Noct lets it go at that. On the other side of the car seat from him sat the blue with yellow chocobo diaper bag. If that's here then she's going to be gone for a while, unless she's been gone for a while already. He wants to ask but knows it's none of his business, also would Ignis or Gladio even tell him?

Later that day he's walking and sees Ignis handing Astrum over to Prom, then they walk away together. That's the last he sees her.

The following week he catches Ignis and Gladio holding the baby and working. He doesn't see Prompto walking around. He's more than sure she went back home because he goes over to the room she was using to find it empty. At least now he knows she's fine but he still has to think about what is he going to do?

And down the rabbit spiral he goes.