"Wow, Prompto was so round." Iris says seated on the couch in one of the common room of the Citadel. It's a little too cold to be in the garden. Fall is coming. Gladio sat reading besides her, he's already seen those pictures.

"She did have a baby inside of her." Clarus says leaning forward, behind Iris looking at the picture too. Iris looks down at the picture then up at Astrum who sat on a large play mat in the center of the room. Noctis sitting in front of him, trying to get his son to crawl. Tied to Astrums back is a moogle head protector cushion that Ignis so thoughtfully bought for the baby.

"I can't believe Astrum came out of her." Iris says. Astrum does not look like he came from her, he's to big.

"When Astrum was born he was a lot smaller than he is now." Regis says reading paperwork in his lap as he sat watching his son interact with his grandson. Honestly never thought he would see the day.

"Really? That makes sense. Prompto has large hips but she's still short." Iris says looking at another picture of Prompto.

"How long are they going to be out?" Noct looks at Gladio.

Feeling the princess eyes on him the shield answers, "don't know. Ignis said something about expanding sunshine's wardrobe." without looking up from his book.

"More than I already did?" Iris asks.

"Apparently." Gladio says.

"They've been gone for an two hours already." Noct points out. Gladio just shrugs.

"You know Iggy, he's very particular." the shield says causing his father and the king to snort. Iggy is a perfectionist. Everyone knows he is.

"Did you really sneak into Prompto's home?" Iris asks.

"Yeah." Noct says more melancholy than he should.

"Was it bad?" Gladio asks, not shocked by Nocts sudden shift in mood.

Noct nods, "nothing changed. Like Prompto living there wouldn't matter. It..." Noct stop talking gritting his teeth and closing his hands into a tight fist. Calming down he looks at Astrum on his hands and knees, he moves his favorite fish plushie away from the baby trying to entice him to crawl to it.

"That's so sad. Shouldn't they be upset about not having their daughter around?" Iris looking down at a picture of Prompto.

"They've never really cared about her." Gladio says.

"But... they adopted her and then kick her out?" Iris asks, confused by these people reasons. Clarus and Regis stare at each other in shock.

"Her name is legally Argentum but she says it's too expensive to legally change it. Not that she knows what to change it to." Gladio says.

"They adopt her. Raise her till she can survive without them and then abandon her. Leaving her alone on holidays, birthdays, and when she needed them most." Noct frowns, Astrum not crawling, instead Noct decides to just play with him. "But she will never hate them." Noct adds which makes him mad for her. Especially if Prompto won't get mad at them.

"Have you guys tried to celebrate her birthday with her?" Iris asks knowing they talk about it. They give her presents but it's better to celebrate it together. Celebrate it with her, give her cake and sing happy birthday in front of her face. The silence is deafening and the answer.

Noct looks at Gladio again a different thought coming to mind. Talking about Prompto ex family won't solve anything, or change anything, it's in the past. "Gladio what's with Ignis?" To this Gladio looks up from his book, then back down with a sigh before looking back up as he closes the book in his hand shut.

"Ignis seems to be... happier? Or more serious? It's hard to describe." Iris says.

"Does it have something to do with miss Prompto?" Clarus wonders also noticing the change. Gladio sits up, leaning forward on his knees. Face serious, so is his posture. With Gladio serious posture all eyes go on him.

"Listen, Noct, you know that Prompto hid herself, from us, right?" Gladio asks. Noct gives a slight nod. "When we found her you don't know how scared she was when she saw me or Ignis? She was scared, like she couldn't trust us. She held Astrum like a teddy bear, like she was protecting him from us."

"But she knows you never would." Noctis says sitting straight, Astrum playing next to him, he can't imagine Prom acting like that with those two. He knows what Gladio was talking about, the blonde always did that when some of her bullies come close to her, she would hug whatever is in her arms, it always hurt him when he saw that.

"I know, she was just being cautious cause she didn't know why we were there or how we would react but she said something that really hurt, especially Ignis." Gladio says.

"What did she say?" Iris wonders, what could Prom have said to hurt the advisor. The blonde is the nicest person on Eos next to Luna.

"We may be friends but when it comes down to it we will be on your side Noct." Gladio says eyes daring the prince to try to deny it but they all know it's true. If they had to choose, they would choose Noct. The whole room knew it to. Noct knows it too. He hates it but it's reality. As much as Ignis and Gladio act like Prom friend, or like older brothers they aren't.

Iris frowns, it hurts because of how true it is. They aren't truly a family. It must suck being like this. "Is that why Prompto ghosted us all?" Iris asks, that must be it right? It make sense. And the teen can see why Prom did what she did. She didn't do the smartest decision but the safest.

"Uncertainty seems to be the answer." Regis answers. Iris nods, that does seem to be the cause. Prompt is amazing to have gone through with raising Astrum alone but she's glad to have the blonde around again. Then a thought comes to mind.

"If we do something to upset Prompto... would she take Astrum and leave?" Iris wonders. All the men look at each other. Regis and Clarus don't know her that much but they would have to assume no. Her idea to hide from them makes sense, and is more understandable but surely she wouldn't think about doing it again for doing something so small. Noct and Gladio look at each other worried. She would. But not about something small.

"As long as she and Astrum are safe and happy things will be fine." Gladio assures his sister with a grin. Iris smiles, having gotten more attached to the blonde than before.

"So have you thought about about a birthday gift for Prompto?" the young teen asks the prince wanting to change the topic along with the mood.

As an answer the prince groans, falling onto his back. They all will take that as a no.

They don't have that long till her birthday.