It's August 30th which means it's Noctis's birthday! And that means I gotta write a fic for it! So here it goes! Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Noctis had arrived at the Six Chocobos theme park by himself and he had expected it to stay that way. He was just in one of those lonely moods where he needed a place for his own head space, and a theme park was just the place for him. He could stand in lines and go on rides without having to talk to talk to anyone. He could just space out and be in his own mind without anyone to question or talk to him. Just a nice private time alone ironically in a public place packed full of people.

Currently he was waiting in line for one of his favorite classic family roller coasters. It wasn't anything thrilling or outrageous but it was a unique speedracer roller coaster and there were only two made in all of Eos. Well there was only one left by this point, but either way a unique coaster and it was one that many people loved, including Noctis.

So there he was just minding his own business, being in his own head space when he heard someone speak up from behind him. "Uh excuse me? Is that the limited edition King's Knight t-shirt?"

Turning around Noctis was met with a guy who looked to be around his age with blond hair and bright bluish-purple eyes. He was grinning widely as he awaited his answer but for a moment Noctis could only stare, confused but also distracted by the blond's good looks.

After a moment he finally brought himself back to reality. "Uh yeah yeah. It's the one."

The blond's eyes lit up. "Dude! Seriously!? Like only two hundred of those were ever printed… well legally slash officially anyways."

"Well this one is an official one. I got it even signed by the creators themselves." Turning to face the blond more properly in line he pointed to the left chestal area of the shirt where there were a few signatures done in silver marker.

This only seemed to excite the blond even more. "OMG! That's amazing and I'm soooo jealous!"

Internally Noctis would have sighed at this point, usually wanting his space back to himself, but for some reason he didn't feel that with this guy. There was just something about his looks or maybe the sudden energy that intrigued Nocits. It made him more curious and actually wanted to talk.

"I take it you play then?"

"No, I play those online Moogle dress up games," the guy remarked sarcastically before he laughed. "Of course I play King's Knight! See check out my phone case!"

Holding up the case, Noctis saw the pixel images of the four main characters on the back. Though that wasn't the only thing that caught his eye. There were also a few little keychains hanging off the top of the phone case that seemed rather familiar.

"Is that the Assassin's Creed logo?"

"You play that too? Awesome! How about chocobos?" the guy asked as he pointed to the other keychain on his phone that was of a rather cartoony yellow chocobo.

"Who wouldn't like chocobos? If I didn't like chocobos why would I be coming to a Six Chocobos theme park?"

"Oh, good point ah ha. Oh lines moving!"

The two of them moved forward a few inches before the blond spoke up again. He held out his hand before flashing a kind smile. "I'm Prompto by the way."

"Noctis."

The two shook hands and Prompto's grin grew even wider. "Glad to meet a fellow person who has a fine taste in the best video games. Even been to the Assassin's Creed festival?"

"Yeah, been several times. Even have my own cosplay."

"Aww man you keep making me so jealous. I've always wanted to go… and also to have my own cosplay. You got any pics?"

Noctis nodded before pulling out his own phone and pulling up one of the pictures from the festival. He was curious to see just how Prompto would react given how he was towards everything else so far. Turning his phone towards Prompto it only took a split second before Prompto was gawking.

"You have a Master Assassin cosplay? That looks so official. Did you buy it or did you actually make it?"

"Friend of mine actually. He's pretty good with the crafty stuff."

"He um… wouldn't happen to do cosplay commissions would he? Just asking… probably would be pretty pricey though and I gotta save if I ever want to go to the festival myself. I mean I been saving but still essentially come first."

"A weekend badge costs about the same as a season pass to here y'know. And that's just the season pass, not including the meal pass."

Prompto frowned, shifting slightly in his spot. "Well I don't have a season pass to Six Chocobos… just got a complimentary ticket from a co-worker who works here part-time."

"Oh. Sorry I just assumed."

"Nah it's cool. I'll save up enough one day for everything. Just gotta do the small stuff first. Anyways video games! Well not exactly a video game but the next thing that came to mind was the Justice Monster Five?"

"Still a good choice," Noctis said before turning to see that the line was moving again, and slowly the two of them shuffled over, moving closer to the end of the queue. "I'm not all that great at pinball though compared to the others. But still a fun time."

Yeah for sure! Oh! Also going back to King's Knight, wanna swap friend codes?"

"Sure thing," Noctis replied as he opened the app for King's Knight.

Once they had swapped friend codes, which were Chocoboy#28401 and NoctGar#24812. After that Prompto raised an eyebrow towards Noctis. "So… Noct Gar?"

"Gar is a type of fish. Just sort of a joke between my friends if I were a fish I would be that I guess."

"So a nerdy gamer and a fisherman? Next you'll be telling me you also do sports or play an instrument."

"I fence and I play piano," Noctis answered as he started to smile smugly.

"Wow you really must be a jack of all trades!"

"So all you do is play video games then?" Noctis asked with a chuckle.

"Oh I do more than that! Lover of chocobos of course! And I'm also into photography. And I guess the more I think about it I am pretty good at archery," Prompto replied as he rubbed the back of his neck. "I guess we both are jacks of all trades."

"Excuse me," a new voice cut in. "Are you riding together? Please don't hold up the line as we need to get this train sent out."

Prompto and Noctis looked at the person talking and saw it was a ride attendant. Then they each looked at one another and where they were standing. They were now at the front of the line, just beyond the gate. Before them was the train car for the coaster, waiting for someone to sit down.

"Oh shoot I didn't even realize!" Prompto said. "Aw man it's probably too late to have them reopen the gate. I guess I'll just head to the exit and get back in line."

"That's a 40 minute wait though!" Noctis exclaimed. "Why not… uh just ride with me? You know these cars may be one seat but it can allow for two people to sit."

"U-Uh you sure? Wouldn't I like have to sit um like on…"

"You have to sit in front of me, not on me. Come on let's not make them mad cause we are holding up the line. It'll be fine, just don't think about it too deeply."

Noctis sat down in the seat and made sure there was room for Prompto to sit in front of him. He was trying his best not to think of it being too weird, as Prompto was going to have to sit between his legs. It was just how the seats on the seating in the coaster worked since it was a family ride after all. Usually it would be a parent and their kid but it wasn't exclusive to just that.

Though once Prompto slowly sat down between Noctis's legs, he started to see just how awkward it could be. He had just met the guy in line yet he automatically offered for him to sit with him on the ride. Maybe awkward was too light of a word, but Noctis couldn't process what word it was that he needed.

"S-So…" Prompto muttered. "You sure this is good?"

"Yeah it's fine," Noctis answered quickly. "Gives us more of a chance to talk anyway."

"Y-Yeah, at least this doesn't go too fast right? I… I haven't really been here in awhile."

"Just a family coaster, I think it's like 40 something mph. So not the worst."

"Good. That's good yeah…" Prompto whispered as the coaster pulled out from the station and started it's way up the unique circular lift hill.

Everything was fine until they reached the top of the lift hill. Just as they were approaching the drop Noctis could see that Prompto was shaking slightly. "Hey, you going to be okay?"

"Did I mention I have a slight fear of heights? I know this isn't the tallest coaster in the park but it's still-"

Prompto let out a gasp as the train started to move down the hill, increasing its speed. Due to the force, he was pushed back against Noctis's chest and now he could really feel Prompto trembling. Almost instantly he reached out and placed his hands on Prompto's arms. He thought to call out to him to tell him it would be okay, but the sound of rushing wind would probably make it too hard to hear.

But now he was frozen there, his arms half wrapped around Prompto. Though the trembling seemed to have vanished from the guy, which did bring some relief to Noctis. So for the remainder of the ride he stayed like that, neither of them moving an inch until the ride came to a complete stop back at the loading dock.

Once everything was okay and they were allowed to get out of their seats, Prompto scrambled out quickly towards the exit. He didn't actually head down the staircase just yet though, his eyes were locked on Noctis from where he stood.

Slowly Noctis stood up and walked over. "Um so… you okay now and stuff? Sorry I kind of grabbed you back there."

"N-No it's fine. I was just a little startled…" he averted his eyes away. "But it helped me feel less nervous."

Noctis wasn't sure if it was just the sunlight or maybe something else, but he could have sworn that Prompto's cheeks were slightly red. The color was quick to fade though as Prompto started to shuffle towards the exit. Noctis followed after him quietly, not exactly sure what to say at first. He still wasn't the most sociable guy around and now he was put into an odd situation. He still wanted to talk to Prompto more, yet he didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable to scare him off by accident.

But when they got back to the midway for the park, Prompto turned to face him. "Hey so uh… if it isn't too weird… wanna maybe walk around the park? Or like um go on rides? Idk I just came here by myself but it's really nice to have someone to talk to you know? Especially when we got so much in common. Though I'm rambling now and I am sure that you wouldn't want to or…"

"Yes," Noctis said without thinking.

"Huh? Yes to what?"

"Yes I'd wanna hangout more with you."

"R-Really? You'd wanna actually hangout with me?"

"Yeah, why not? You seem fun to talk to anyways."

There was that slight pink on his cheeks again, it was just a dusting, something barely noticeable, but Noctis totally saw it. He just wished he knew what it meant. Not being a people person made it hard to decipher but maybe in time he could get the answer he wanted.

"Okay! Sure that sounds fun. Let's do it!" Prompto replied happily. "So where do you wanna go next?"

"Hmm I'm not sure. You said you haven't been here in a while, so why don't you pick?" Noctis asked.

"Sounds good. Let's roll!"

As they talked they started to walk down the midway, looking around at the different rides and places that were strewn throughout the entire park. Prompto was hummed softly to himself as he looked at every possible ride in the area.

Eventually they came to an area that branched off to different sections of the park. One of which was the path down to the water park area. "Aw man too bad I didn't think about the water park. But doesn't it cost extra if you aren't a season pass holder?"

"Yeah but I think it's only $5 or $10. So not the worst at least. Maybe some other time."

"Maybe… if I get a hold of another comp ticket."

"Hey," Noctis moved closer and wrapped an arm around Prompto's shoulder. "You're talking to a season pass holder right here. If there's a day to bring a friend free or at a reduced price I'll let you know."

Prompto seemed to shift slightly from Noctis's sudden hold, but he didn't do anything to move away. "R-Really? But don't you like, got other friends you'd rather bring?"

"All my other friends have season passes so I never get to use this stuff. Trust me it's fine."

"Okay yeah… let's plan for a day then. After today of course. Right now let's umm how about that one! The coaster I mean!" Prompto stuttered before he finally pulled away from Noctis.

The coaster he was pointing at was just a bit further up, but was one of the tallest in the park. It was a hypercoaster that was not only tall, standing at 202 ft at the highest point, but it also had a 208 ft drop due to the ground being dug out for the coaster to actually go beneath the ground.

"You sure about that one? Didn't you say you had a fear of heights?"

"Y-Yeah I know, but I came here to have fun and the coasters are the most fun. I gotta get over my fear one way or another. Besides having a friend there may help me."

Noctis smiled. "Good, but if you're scared and chicken out I am totally buying you that 'I'm a chocobo' shirt."

"What!? You can't do that!"

"I can if I want to. Besides you love chocobos don't you? Would it be fun to proudly proclaim what you are? Like even your hair looks like-"

"My hair does not look like a chocobo butt!" Prompto grumbled before he pouted.

"Well I was just going to say 'like a chocobo' but a chocobo butt works even better! Thanks for the suggestion," Noctis said before he laughed.

"Oh no! Don't do that! What if I said your hair looks like… uh like…" Prompto continued to pout as he tried to think of an answer.

Noctis watched as Prompto flailed around trying to figure out an answer. To Noctis, seeing him so flustered and frustrated at the same time was actually pretty cute. He couldn't seem to shake away the thoughts over Prompto. Sure he had just met the guy, but Noctis was already instantly drawn to him. There was an energy he felt connecting them that was unlike anything he really felt before.

Crossing his arms he smirked. "Can't think of anything good? Chocobo got your tongue or something?"

"Aah! You won't win at this! I promise I will figure out something! Just you wait and see!" Prompto proclaimed loudly. "But yeah let's do that coaster. I promise I won't chicken out."

"You mean you won't chocobo out," Noctis snickered before nudged Prompto's side.

Pouting again Prompto almost let out a short whine. "Have some faith in me, I survived on the other coaster."

"Sure thing. Let's get in line then before it gets any longer."

Running over to the line they made it in just before a large group came along. The wait was still close to an hour, but they both agreed that they could play some King's Knight on their phones while waiting. It was the best option to pass the time anyways.

But eventually Noctis started to wonder about Prompto. He wanted to get to know him some more after all. "So where do you work?"

"What?"

"You said you got a comp ticket from a co-worker. So where is it that you work? I'm curious."

"Oh yeah. I'm just a barista at a coffee shop. Nothing super major or anything. I wanna be a freelance photographer one day though. But that's a far away dream."

"Hey it sounds nice though. You got any photos you can show? You've really made me curious just what you can do."

Prompto's expression lit up even more than before and right away he opened the gallery on his phone. Noctis listened quietly as Prompto rambled on about various photos and talked about capturing the lighting. A lot of the terminology went over Noctis's head, but he tried his hardest to listen and smile back every time he saw Prompto smiling.

That smile was just about everything to Noctis at the moment. He didn't want to look away, too afraid he would miss more of Prompto's beautiful face. Or worse he feared he had imagined all of this and Prompto would be gone if he dared looked away. He wasn't too sure of it yet, but he was starting to think he was falling in love with Prompto.

"I can't just fall in love with some guy I just met…" Noctis tried to remind himself. "Can I…? He seems nice enough… but he probably is into girls. I wouldn't have a chance with him, but I still can't take my eyes off him."

Shaking the thoughts away he tried to focus back on what Prompto was saying. If he could just focus and listen that could be enough. If he could befriend Prompto and keep it that way, it would all be good enough.

By the time they got up to the loading dock, Prompto was starting to look back and forth around the area. There was already some nervous tension building in his expression. Noctis wondered if this ride was really going to be a good idea or not for Prompto considering what he had said before. Someone with a fear of heights definitely would have trouble on this ride and now Noctis wasn't too sure how to handle the situation.

"Um, are you sure you wanna do this?"

"Ah y-yeah… yeah I still want to. I just didn't realize how high that lift hill is from the loading dock. But I'll be fine! I'll face my fears today!" Prompto said, trying his best to sound confident, but there was still an unsure wavering tone in his voice.

"All right… if you say so."

"You're not scared are you?" Prompto asked suddenly.

"No? I love this coaster. One of my favorites in the entire park," Noctis commented.

"Well there it is! If you are scared then it can't be as bad as I think it is," Prompto declared. "I'll just use that as a way to calm myself!"

Noctis smiled, glad to see that Prompto seemed to be taking a step forward. "Well if it works for you then."

Prompto nodded and they moved forward in line. "At least we aren't in the front row. I'd probably die if we did that."

"Ah that can be for another time once you survive this."

"Right. Let's do it!"

The two of them walked onto the coaster and sat in the seats right next to each other. Noctis sat on the edge seat with Prompto to his left, and surprisingly no one else joined them despite each row having four per row.

Soon the attendants came by and locked the seats in place, making sure they were locked and set. Once every row was checked they gave the thumbs up and the coaster pulled out of the station. It initially did a small dip out from the station before winding around to the tall lift hill.

Noctis usually would take this time to look around the park as the view was quite nice up at the time. But this time he was constantly looking back at Prompto who was gripping the handles of the lap bar tightly.

"Hey, we're almost there. You got this remember?"

Prompto didn't directly answer him, only letting mumble of something as their ascent reached the peak. In a few seconds they would reach the top and then make the long 208ft plummet down. Noctis pressed his lips together wondering if he should say anything.

"Prompto? Are you going to be okay?" He asked after a second, but there was still no reaction from him. His eyes were locked forward at the seat in front of him, unable to face Noctis at all.

Deciding to try what he did before he reached his hand over and placed it on top of Prompto. Right away he noticed how Prompto's breathing hitched and his entire body became more rigid than before. Right away Noctis withdrew his hand as he stared, he wasn't sure what happened exactly, but he didn't get a lot of time to think about it.

The coaster had reached the top and made its pre-drop before the actual drop. Everyone was screaming and shouting as the coaster fell and then raced up to the hammerhead turn. Noctis couldn't focus on the ride anymore though, every thought in his mind was now distracted by Prompto. He was still basically frozen in place, like a deer in the headlights.

Noctis wanted to reach out again to see if he was okay, but the g-forces and what happened just before made it too hard. What if Prompto reacted poorly again or freaked out even worse.

"Maybe he is just kind of unable to process this… if I touch him again it may shock him out of it… then he may freak out again… shit what do I do?"

Thankfully the ride came to its end before he had to think about it too hard. He waited for the coaster to pull back into the station before he finally made his attempt to reach out to Prompto. He couldn't just let him stay frozen in the seat for the rest of the day after all.

"Prompto?" He called out before placing his hand onto Prompto's shoulder this time.

Like before Prompto reacted suddenly, but this time his body flinched violently rather than going rigid. "H-Huh? Wh-What?"

"Prompto the rides over. Push up on the lap bar so they can load the next train."

"O-Oh… okay. Let's move yeah…" Prompto muttered quickly.

The two walked off the train and headed down the exit. Though Prompto didn't stay close to Noctis, instead he seemed to move ahead, his arms crushed up tightly against his body. Now Noctis was starting to feel really concerned for Prompto. He wasn't sure if it was the ride or not but he was definitely shaken up.

By the time they reached the ground again, after walking down the long pathway from the ride, they exited back out to the midway. Prompto still had not said a single word or even looked towards Noctis since then. But now Noctis was finally going to try. He wasn't about to let his new friend go any further if he was suffering.

Slowly he stepped closer and placed a hand lightly on Prompto's back. "Hey, you okay?"

"A-Ah!" Prompto jumped once more. "Um yeah… I'm fine. I just… just need to use the bathroom."

"Come on then, it's over this way," Noctis said as he pointed in the direction of the bathrooms.

He hurried alongside Prompto as best as he could, but Prompto kept moving ahead. Maybe Prompto felt sick after the ride, maybe that's why he was hurrying to the bathroom. Once again Noctis had questions in his head but he couldn't bring himself to ask them. The only thing he could do was watch Prompto run ahead and enter the bathrooms. Now all he could do was wait and hope that Prompto would be okay.

Yeah this isn't actually complete, I have a lot more to add but I decided that it would be fun to post the next part on Prompto's birthday! So October 25th is when that will happen! See you then!