With everything fit into the trunk of the regalia, Gladio, Ignis and Noctis go back into the mall to find Prompto and Iris.

Noctis is excited, though, it doesn't show on his face. It has been a very long time since he's gone out to have fun, hang out with his friends. Usually he'd hang out with just Prompto after school, or do something with Prom, Ignis and Gladio. Those were the days.

"I can't believe she just exposed her breasts for everyone to see. If she's breastfeeding she should cover up or go somewhere else." An older looking woman says in a harsh hushed tone as she walks past them.

"I don't care about that, did you see her? She can't be older than fifteen." The older woman next to her says offended. "Her parents must be ashamed of themselves." She adds. Noct turns to look at Ignis and Gladio.

It seems the prince isn't the only one who has no idea what to make of the situation. Are they really judging a teen mom for existing?

But it's forgotten as they get closer to the cafeteria, and then they learn why the rest of the mall is so empty most of the people are here. Eating. It doesn't take as long as they thought to find Prompto and Iris. Not only did the two stand out, but Prompto was unknowingly drawing a crowd of men as she breastfed Astrum. As they get closer they see that Astrum is mostly finished with his meal, so Prompto covered herself again then put Astrum on her shoulder to burp.

She catches them getting closer, she smiles and waves at them. Iris sees them a second later. They get closer and Iris starts talking to them. "So we were talking and it's been decided to eat some sandwiches. Sub sandwiches." She says pointing to the place selling the sandwiches.

"What do you want specifically?" Ignis asks.

"I want the chicken alfredo, with a side of fries." Iris smiles.

"I don't mind anything." Prompto answers. Ignis nods.

"Noct?" Ignis looks over as the prince sits himself down across from the blonde.

"Steak no vegetables." Noct says but knows Ignis will try to sneak it in somehow. He'll have to watch out.

"Alright let's go Gladio." Ignis tells the taller man. He just silently follows but keeps his eyes on the table. "Is something wrong?" Ignis asks as they step in line.

Gladio shakes his head. "Think we should have left them there?" He wonders. Ignis tilts his head to look at them. It was awkward from here. No one seem to talk, or want to. Not even Iris.

"If anything it will help them." Ignis says facing forward again. They step forward in line. Still a couple people behind until they can order. Gladio let's out a laugh, Noct can be stubborn if he wants to but this is one thing he shouldn't be stubborn on. "Those older woman were talking about Prompto." He says, looking a little upset that they were talking bad about his friend.

"Yeah. I wouldn't put it past Prompto to already know people talk behind her back like that. It's a little shocking to think she doesn't care about what they say." Gladio thinks out loud. If she did she wouldn't be feeding Astrum out in the open.

"Yes, that would be shocking but it's rather upsetting that they said that." Ignis adds with a pout Gladio couldn't help but smile at.

"There's a lot of things we don't know about." Gladio says putting an arm over the other man's shoulder.

The silence was almost deathly. No one looked at each other. Prompto looked down at Astrum while Noctis looked to the side, or his lap, maybe on his phone. Iris couldn't tell from her seat next to Prompto. What happened between the two to get them like this? From what she remembered everything seemed fine. They were talking then. She needs to do something, get the conversation going. But how? And what? She also doesn't want to make it worse.

She wanted to help she couldn't think of anything so she decided to talk to Prom herself. Or maybe her being there is the problem. She's being a third wheel. What excuse can she make to go away for a while? Lucky for her she gets a call. She takes her phone out to see it's one of her school friends. She smiles, standing up, "I've to take this call." she walks away, far enough they can see her but they won't be able to hear her or her them.

Taking the opportunity of them being alone Noct decides to speak. "I'm sorry." he says getting her attention. "About what I said after... we..." Noct clears his throat as a slight tint dusts his cheeks. Prompto's cheeks also color pink obvious enough to be seen under her black thick rimmed glasses, when she blushes it brings more attention to her freckles. "After sex I said some rude things to you."

I love you but we can't be together, I going to be with Luna.

She knows he didn't mean for it to come out wrong or harsh but it did. It hurt but she had to agree, because she knew she couldn't have him. Even now she can't be with him, Luna may be marrying someone else but Noct is sure to become married to someone who comes from a rich family since there aren't many royal families out there. And most countries would want the royal family to marry a born citizen of their country. Luna was accepted because she's an oracle, the oracle, but also because of the situation with Niflheim. No matter who it is Prompto can't compete. She doesn't know which fork is the salad fork. Or what's the difference between a regular spoon and soup spoon? She doesn't even know how stocks work. Talking politics seems like a nightmare. She wouldn't know if she can talk to random people with her anxiety. She'd be an embarrassment to every one who knows her.

"It's okay Noct. I know why, thanks for the apology." Prom smiles at him. Noct smiles at her. His smile slowly fades as he thinks, she doesn't seem to hate him but then why did she run away from them?

"Why did you push us away?" Noct asks and to that she bites her lips as she looks away. It hurt to see him. "Why didn't you tell us about Astrum?" he asks next.

Prompto sighs her herself, there's nothing to hide anymore. Not from the prince, his advisor or even his shield. "I was afraid." she looks away from Noct and he feels his stomach drop.

"O-of me?" Noct asks worries. Why is she afraid of him though? Is it his status as prince? He fists the fabric of his black pants. He never wants Prompto to feel uncomfortable around him, whether that means him showing off his wealth or abusing his status. So far that's never been a problem. There are many times it's accidentally happened, buying something she would have to save for a whole year to buy. Or how he used his status to stop Prom from being bullied. He never did it on purpose and she usually points out when he does something like that. Did he make her feel bad? He didn't even realize that happened.

Prompto shakes her head. "No, not of you. I was afraid of what would happen after you learned about me being pregnant." she says but that doesn't help him feel better. "I didn't want you to mad at me and then you'd tell Ignis and I didn't know what he would decide to do. I didn't want Astrum to be taken away from me either." she says which calms the prince down, not much, but it didn't. It makes sense, there's nothing in his mind that says otherwise. Noct would one hundred percent tell Ignis to help and who knows what Ignis would come up with. And that's worrying but does Prom really think that Ignis would make any decision he knows that makes her sad. "I also didn't want you mad at me, for what decision I'd make." she adds. Noct nods.

Prompto has a lot to fear about the situation he helped put her in. "I'm not mad. I was shocked." Noct answers. Prompt lets out a chuckle remembering Noct warping away, out of the room. The prince beams at the blonde chuckling away. He got her like that and it's been so long.

"So shocked you warped out of the room." she points out to him after her chuckling subsides. He nods, face flushed a little, he really did that didn't he. Embarrassed about it now.

"I would have been okay with any choice you made." Noctis says but the blonde has a hard time believing that. He wouldn't have been okay with her choice, he's just okay with it now because of Luna.