Chapter 2

Prompto scurried into the restroom as fast as he could, pleading there wouldn't be too many others currently in the space. He ran in quickly and locked himself in one of the stalls. With others coming in and out of the restroom, he didn't want to risk anyone seeing him. With a shudder he leaned against the stall wall, trying to keep himself calm, but the sensation was still there. He could still feel that warm hand on his back, so gentle and caring.

"What's wrong with me?" Prompto thought to himself as he ran a hand through his hair.

All he wanted was one lonely day by himself at a theme park. It was what he was expecting since he had no friends to go with. He would be alone like he usually was and it would make no difference. It should have been just like every other day.

But then he met Noctis, and everything seemed to change.

It almost seemed cruel or unfair how they were being forced into situations where they had to be close. Well technically it had only been one so far and the other was Noctis just trying to be helpful, but the feelings it brought to Prompto confused him.

This feeling… this sensation he felt on his skin… he knew it was just a simple touch, but it felt like fire. It was warm and he was afraid of it burning him, yet it was also comforting and he wanted more of it. He stood between fearing the strange sensation of touch and craving for it, wanting it all for himself.

"Okay… get a hold of yourself, Prompto," he told himself aloud, hoping that he wasn't actually all too loud. He was in a public restroom after all, he did not want to draw any attention to himself.

He closed his eyes and tried to breath again, hoping he could calm his racing heart. While part of him felt like crawling up into a ball and hiding the rest of the day, the other half of him knew that he couldn't leave Noctis waiting. Even if he had just made friends with the guy he knew it would be extremely rude to just ditch him.

Though there was still that thought that Noctis would bump into him again, hold onto him accidentally, or something else that would bring that burning sensation to his skin again. He did want to feel that warmth again, to let someone hold him close. The want for it was now clawing away at his stomach. He had been away from Noctis for only a few minutes and he was feeling cold and empty again.

He needed more. Somehow someway he wanted to find ways to feel that feeling on his skin again. Even if he knew it would most likely be stupid to try, maybe there was some possibility it could happen again. After all they already had those close encounters and the day had barely begun.

"Okay…I can do this," Prompto thought to himself before going to flush the toilet. If he had run into the stall he had to make it believable. After heading to the sink to wash his hands he sucked in a deep breath and headed back outside.

"Wait what if I took too long and he got bored? What if… he ditched me?"

Uncertainty filled Prompto's stomach as he began to look around the area. Thankfully the worry subsided when he saw Noctis sitting at a nearby bench, scrolling through something on his phone.

"Hey!" Prompto called as he strutted over. "All good now! Sorry I kept you waiting."

Noctis shrugged. "No big deal. Felt good to rest the legs anyways."

"Okay! So where to next?" Prompto said as he stretched his arms, hoping it could distract them from their craving to be touched.

"I dunno, I mean we could just go to each thing we pass through the park. The section we're in right now still has some rides and stuff we can do."

Prompto looked around, and his eyes fell on the drop tower that was nearby the coaster they had just come from. The cars had just pulled up to the top and they stood there for a few moments as it was how the ride went. Shuddering he looked away from the sight of it, thankfully before any of the cars did their drop.

"Well we are not going to do that!" he said as he pointed over to it. "Ah I mean if you wanna do it, that's fine, but I mean-"

"Nah I get it. I won't go on anything if you don't want to go, it's not as fun that way," Noctis said, giving a rather nonchalant shrug. "Besides you said you had a fear of heights, drop towers are not really the best choice."

"Right… yeah okay. So uh… how about the tea cups?"

Noctis started to smirk. "You good with spinning really fast?"

Prompto found himself to be smirking back. "How fast do you wanna go?"

Cracking his knuckles, Noctis let out a laugh. "Let's go and find out."

All tension and worry left him as he ran alongside Noctis to get to the queue for the tea cup ride. It was a shorter line thankfully so he knew that the wait wouldn't be as long. But still once they were in line, it was back to the talk about King's Knight and other video games that the two of them both enjoyed.

It was nice really to have someone to talk to about all of this stuff. With usually being too shy to make any friends at school, he was always left alone. It had become a bit of a reputation for him that he was the shy, awkward kid that no one wanted to hang around. It stuck from middle school all the way through high school. He figured it would be that way for the rest of his life unless he figured out a way to fight his inner anxiety and introverted ways.

Having met Noctis though, things clicked into place so easily. For the first time ever he actually was the one to speak up first. Sure when he had asked Noctis about the shirt, he had thousands of thoughts screaming at him that he was making a fool of himself. He had so many fears that he was almost afraid he was going to pass out once Noctis talked to him.

Yet it didn't happen that way.

He was actually able to talk to Noctis with little to no tension. Though on the other hand that was before he had gotten a little closer than expected with him. He suddenly shuddered as he remembered the way Noctis held him when they were on their first ride together. It wasn't on purpose but more of just coincidence and a whole lot of awkwardness, but it had given Prompto that taste of touch that he wanted to feel again.

"So you know much about their Halloween season?" Noctis asked as part of a new conversation piece.

"Huh? Oh yeah I heard stuff and watched some videos on MogTube before. What about it?"

"Oh like the tea cups, they totally make the ride so much cooler. They border up the windows around it and make it into a really loud rave party with lights, music, and everything. But you know… with tea cups."

"Dude! That sounds awesome! I already thought tea cups were okay, but that sounds like a total upgrade."

"Yeah so um…" Noctis ran his fingers through his hair. "I usually get some season pass holder perks around that time of year, if you wanted to go and all."

"R-Really?" Prompto practically squeaked, not expecting Noctis to still be so generous. "Well I don't know. I'm kind of a bit of a uh…"

"A scared chocobo?" Noctis smirked, raising his eyebrows.

"N-No! I'm not a scared chocobo! Just spooky stuff like that is pretty freaky, you know?"

"Hey whatever you say, but if you wanted to go, I'd protect you," Noctis replied before he nudged Prompto on the shoulder slightly.

It was a brief touch of warmth, but Prompto still shuddered at the feeling. Though the thoughts on the feeling faded fast as he really took in what it was that Noctis just said. He turned to stare at him with wide eyes, and he saw that Noctis was returning the expression.

"Wait you'd protect… me?"

There was a light shade of red that started to show on Noctis's cheeks. "Y-Yeah but like I mean just make sure that you wouldn't get too scared. But also I totally would laugh at you freaking out!"

"Oh thanks! What a help you are!"

The two laughed before moving forward in the line, they were already at the front now and entered inside the ride area. Right away Noctis ran ahead to one of the large tea cups and opened the door to sit inside. He held it open for when Prompto got there and once standing in the cup Prompto moved to sit across to Noctis.

"Hopefully I don't have to get too close to him… I mean we will be spinning but maybe I won't crash into him. But if I did… he wouldn't think it would be weird right? I could just blame the physics."

"Okay, you ready to make this thing spin like crazy?" Noctis asked as he placed his hands on the circular piece in the center meant for making the cup move.

Prompto carefully placed his hands on there, carefully not to brush too close to Noctis's fingers. "Yeah totally ready!"

Soon the attendant checked all the cups and went to the control panel to start the ride. There was a buzzer sound and the platform that the cups were on started to move. The entire system was on one large circular plate, but with three cups on one smaller circle within. On top of that each tea cup would rotate on its own depending how much the people in it could turn it, so it was really a triple spin teacup ride.

The cups were whirling around now, and the two of them started to move the center piece, making their teacup spin faster. Before they knew it they really had gotten it going fast, so much so that Prompto could barely even hold on to it. Quickly he let go and let the spiraling of the cup be his focus, though he noticed that it wasn't really moving him too badly. But he still tried to let himself slide a bit closer to Noctis.

He bumped into him and let the sensation of the other body being so close brush up on his skin. "Aha sorry!" Prompto replied. "I guess I didn't expect to go this fast."

Even Noctis didn't have his hands on the disk at this point. Both of them were basically just sitting as best as they could, riding out the rest of the ride. He just smiled and laughed in return, and soon went to try to turn the disk again once the speed of the cup started to slow down. Prompto reached out to try and help again, this time though he couldn't stop his hands from occasionally bumping into Noctis, but he took in every touch as a cherished moment.

When the cups slowed, Prompto tried to regain his senses, but his head still felt like it was spinning. He closed his eyes, taking in deep breathing, waiting for the ride to come to a complete stop.

"Hey you going to be okay?" he heard Noctis ask him.

"Y-Yeah I'll be fine. Just wanna get off this already."

"Well the attendant is almost here, so let's get going."

When he heard the door unlock he opened his eyes again only to be met with blurred vision and swirling images around him. He tried his best to suck it up and step out. Though once he did he nearly stumbled to the floor, only being caught by Noctis at the last second. If it weren't for his head feeling like the ride was still going he would have focused on the firm, caring hold that Noctis had on him.

"Okay you definitely need to sit down for a bit. Come on, I'll lead the way."

Prompto gave a slight nod and moved along with Noctis's steps. He started to lean into Noctis more and more, clinging to him with all he had. Somehow the warmth from Noctis was enough to help calm his twirling mind down. Even when they sat, he held onto Noctis tight enough so he wouldn't move away, not that it seemed like he would do it in the first place.

Though what Prompto didn't expect was to have Noctis place one hand on his back again. He could feel the motion of the hand creating small circles as an attempt to sooth him. Prompto was ready to melt at that moment. It was so warm and so tempting. The fire again was so close to burning him yet he kept letting it reach out to touch him.

He closed his eyes in the moment, trying to soak it up as he recovered. This was probably as close as he could ever get to Noctis without it being too weird. He was still practically leaning on him even though they were sitting on a bench. Prompto wished so much he could just stay like that for the rest of the day, basking in his new found source of warmth.

But all good things had to come to an end and when Noctis's hand moved from his back, he was showered in a cold blanket once more. He opened his eyes, blinking at the sunlight, and saw the spinning had finally stopped.

"Everything good now?" Noctis asked him.

"No," Prompto thought internally. "Not without you touching me. Gods that sounds so bad and weird… can't ever say it. Don't ever say it."

Prompto breathed in deeply, readily himself to actually speak, hoping his voice wouldn't crack. "I'm fine, I feel much better now thanks."

"Do you want to sit some more before we move on? Could play some King's Knight as we wait."

Prompto smiled. "That sounds great. Sorry if I'm messing any of this up though…"

"Nah you're not," Noctis shrugged. "Part of going to a theme park with friends is understanding one another and taking breaks when needed."

"Wait so…" Prompto swallowed "You really think we are friends?"

"Yeah, I thought we established that when we swapped King's Knight codes."

Prompto snorted. "So swapping King's Knight codes is your way of creating friendships?"

"Do you see any better ways? What's a better than making a new friend over the same love of video games?"

"Okay you gotta point. I'm glad though," Prompto admitted before he even realized what he said.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Prompto bit his lip. He really didn't want to explain his pitiful childhood, but he didn't like having to lie to Noctis. He already was keeping the craving for his touch a secret. That was one he would take to his grave. But if he was really going to be friends with him, he knew it was best to open up a little.

"I… I never really had friends growing up. I know it's lame…" Prompto lowered his head in shame, waiting for some joke or insult to follow suit.

"That's not lame," Noctis replied. "I never really had any friends either. I only got like two others, well three if you count the sister of one of my friends. But anyways! We're friends and that's that."

He placed a hand on Prompto's shoulder for reassurance and for that breath moment, he gave Prompto another flame from the fire.

"Th-Thanks," Prompto squeaked quietly.

After that, when the touch was over, the two pulled out their phones and opened up King's Knight. During their playing Prompto tried his hardest to not think about how he wanted Noctis to hold him again. He tried so very hard to push away those thoughts, but they still remained in the back of his head, taunting him.

Though with those taunts, ideas started to form. He didn't like that he was now actively trying to figure out how he could get Noctis to touch him again, but he couldn't stop himself. He desperately wanted to feel warm and safe again, and it just so happened to be within Noctis's arms.

Prompto knew what the other rides were at the park. There were still a few flat rides that spun around. With the momentum of spinning he knew it would cause him to slide into Noctis again, but after the tea cup fiasco he wasn't ready to spin again.

That only left really one thing; the log flume ride. With how the sitting was he would have to sit in front of Noctis in the log, and at the drops he would inevitably have to lean back because of the gravity and momentum.

But it was probably the safer choice than the flat rides. He just had to hope that Noctis would agree. It was a rather warm day anyway and the thought of a quick water ride to cool down did actually sound refreshing.

"So um Noct, oh can I just call you that? Is that okay? It is part of your King's Knight name anyway."

"Yeah Noct is fine."

"Okay cool, so I think I'm feeling a bit better now. We can keep on riding or whatever."

"Sounds good, but actually before we did more rides I thought we could keep taking it easy and go to the small arcade."

Noctis pointed from where they sat. A little off to the right of the tea cups ride was an open building that had a bunch of various arcade games. It was just like any arcade and some of the high priced ticketed items at the prize counter did seem pretty cool.

"The arcade? All right! You're on!"

"Oh? Is this going to be a challenge?" Noctis laughed as he stood up.

"I am a master at arcade games, especially the shooters. Try to challenge me to one of those and you will lose terribly!" Prompt replied as he jumped to his feet.

The two ran over to the small arcade and each bought a couple dollars worth of tokens. Looking around the small area Prompto walked over to the shooter game first.

"All right. I'll prove how good I am. See if you can keep up," he replied as he placed his coins into the machine.

"We'll see about that."

After Noctis put in his coins they started up the game and began shooting. They managed to get pretty far, with each round coming in a new tie. But as they progressed, Prompto slowly started taking the lead. By the time they got overpowered and it became a game over, Prompto's score was nearly double of Noctis's.

"Woo-hoo! Take that!" Prompto boasted cheerfully. "See? What did I tell you? I am the master!"

"Yeah or maybe you got lucky. How about we try something else that I could totally cream you in, and also will win us some tickets."

"Well there isn't a whole lot of choice in this since it isn't a full arcade."

"We have the arcade sized basketball hoops to shoot and basketball. Take your pick."

"Okay then I say basketball."

Prompto cracked his knuckles as he approached one of the basketball games and Noctis stood at the one next to him. "Round two of beating you is on!"

Noctis could only grin as he placed his coins in the machine. Though with that smug grin he should have suspected Noctis had an upper hand. He won by seven points, and the entire time he never once let his smug grin leave his face.

"Now who's winning what?" Noctis asked as he collected his tickets from the machine.

"Lucky shot," Prompto said as he went to get his own tickets. "Next time though. Next time I will totally win!"

"We can see about that, but how about we try later? I wanna get some more rides in before it gets too late."

"Right, plus we can turn in the tickets and get a paper that has the number on it so we can bring it another time right?"

Noctis nodded as they headed to the machine that would count their tickets. Once they did they headed out of the arcade area and started to walk again down the way they were originally headed.

"Okay now we got that out of the way, what's next?" Prompto asked.

"I don't know, did you have anything in mind?"

"Ah probably nothing too spinny or high cause you know…"

"I get it, so that doesn't leave too much but we can still do a lot of things."

"Actually I was thinking we could do one of the water rides? It is pretty warm out today and the drop on the log flume isn't the scariest at least."

"Yeah! That sounds fun! Maybe we could even do the other water ride, the river rapids one. But that's only if you wanna get really soaked!"

"Let's just see how the log flume goes, the line should move faster on that one."

Noctis nodded and the two kept on heading through the park, walking by the various other rides and food places. Prompto placed a hand over his stomach when he caught a whiff of the food, he did want to eat but he knew he didn't have a whole lot of money on him. Plus he had decided to spend some of it on the arcade tokens.

"I'll just eat when I get home," Prompto told himself. "I can make it through the rest of the day."

Trying his best to put it out of mind, they soon were past the food court area, which was proving to be the biggest challenge to not give in to. But it was easier once they were out of the way, moving forward through the park. They passed by a few more rides, each of them all looking rather terrifying to Prompto because of the drops that they had.

"So you ever go on that one?" Prompto asked, trying to not drown in his nervousness.

"Yeah, that's a pretty cool one, steep drop though so probably not the best for you. Ah sorry, I don't mean to sound rude about it or anything."

Prompto shook his head. "No I get it. I do wanna be able to ride all of these rides one day."

"Aw but I was looking forward to buying you that 'scared chocobo' shirt," Noctis chuckled lightly.

Prompto pouted at him, puffing out his cheeks. "I'm still not a scared chocobo! But you can still buy me it if you want, a chocobo shirt is always well appreciated."

Internally Prompto groaned. "Did I seriously just ask him to buy me a shirt? Just cause I wanted it? Stupid! So stupid!"

"Well if you wanted it that badly, you could have just said so. The one shop right there has some of them I know, come on," Noctis replied as he gave a light nudge to Prompto's side.

Prompto tensed slightly from the unexpected feeling but breathed out slowly after. He knew it wasn't Noctis's fault that he was like this, but he was just so shocked by it every time. Noctis was just so friendly and easygoing that it just happened natural at this point and Prompto wasn't going to complain.

Though it took a few seconds before he realized what it was that Noctis said. "Wait what?! No wait you don't mean right now do you?"

"Yes I mean right now, you really want one don't you? Come on, let's get you to your chocobo destiny."

Prompto followed meekly behind into the shop, keeping his head down slightly. "Are you sure? I mean are you really okay with buying it? For me?"

"Yeah, really it's fine. I don't mind," Noctis said. "Think of it as a way for me saying thank you."

"Thank you? What do you need to thank me for?"

"You know…" Noctis muttered softly as he shrugged. He looked at Prompto for a moment, his gaze getting lost and distracted as he stared. It only took a few moments before he shook his head and looked the other way. "Uh ah.. being here and stuff. It's nice having someone to talk to."

"I'm just me though. I don't see why it matters."

"Well if I was by myself…" Noctis started as he let out a sigh. "It really wouldn't have been as fun. I've come here plenty of times on my own, but it's really nice to have someone else here."

Something tickled the inside of Prompto's chest. It was like the touch with the warmth produced but this came from his heart, not from the touch of another. His heart was glowing from those words.

"Thanks," Prompto replied. "I-I ah! You're welcome! Yeah that's what I'm supposed to say!"

Noctis laughed. "All right. So what size shirt are you?"

Prompto picked out the shirt size, holding it up against his chest to see how it would look. Even if it did say 'I'm a chocobo' on it with a cartoony, scared chocobo on it, he really did think it was cute. It was really the first gift that he had ever gotten from anyone in such a long while, so the thought of it actually being given to him meant so much more than Noctis would ever know.

After Noctis bought it he handed it over to Prompto, he gave his thanks and then the two of them were off again to walk around the rest of the park. Soon enough they came to the entrance to the log flume ride. Now standing in line Prompto stared down at the bag that contained his shirt. It was still a bit surprising even if he was very thankful for the gift.

"You think you wanna wear it now?" Noctis asked.

"But I didn't chicken out! Why do I have to wear it now?"

"Hey it was just a thought. Plus then you don't have to store it in the cubby area and risk someone accidentally taking it."

"Oh true! You do have a point," Prompto said as he took out the shirt and took the tag off before pulling it over his other shirt. Thankful it wasn't as warm as he thought it was from before. He looked down at the shirt before posing in gesturing to himself. "So how do I look?"

"Like a chocobo dork," Noctis snarked.

"Oh ha ha, very funny Mr. King's Knight shirt."

"But King's Knight is actually cool."

"And chocobos aren't?"

"Okay fair point. But it suits you at least."

Prompto smiled. "Thanks." There was a pause before a new thought came through. "Uh since we um…" Prompto bit his lip, trying his hardest to express what he was thinking. "Could we like, get a selfie together? To remember the moment better that we both are super cool now with our t-shirts?"

Noctis shrugged. "Sure why not. One with your phone then you can send it to me? You are the photographer after all."

"Oh yeah! I can do that!" Prompto pulled out his phone and once the line was down moving for a bit he leaned in closer to Noctis. Just another moment he could try and get closer and wish for the chance to hold Noctis or better yet have him hold him. As much as he wanted it he knew he had to keep himself in line. If he acted any more weird than Noctis would totally want to leave.

"It's just a picture. That's it. Don't be weird about it."

Prompto held out his arm with his phone in hand. He glanced briefly to Noctis before looking at the camera and smiling. He snapped the picture and looked at it after, smiling at how it turned out. He was grinning brightly like he usually liked to and Noctis, well he was giving a small smile. It was just a simple smile but Prompto couldn't deny that it was adorable.

"Great! Love the lighting!" Prompto cheerfully proclaimed. "Oh yeah I need your number."

Noctis held out his hand and Prompto handed it over and he punched it in. When he handed it back Prompto saw that he now had Noctis's number and that the contact was labeled as 'The Best King's Knight Player'.

Narrowing his eyes he gave a deadpan look to Noctis. "Nice try, but I ain't going to let that slide. My contacts gotta be named accordingly." He then punched in what he wanted to name the contract before going to text Noctis the picture of the two of them.

"So?"

"So what?" Prompto asked as he closed his phone.

"What'd you rename me to? I think I get to know at least."

Prompto rolled his eyes, letting out a small laugh before unlocking his phone and showing Noctis the contact. It now read 'That Fish Boy who likes Video Games' and now he could seem Noctis giving him a strange look between confusion and amusement.

"You really keep all your contact names this long?"

"Only the really special ones," Prompto replied softly. Honestly he did like the joke of the contact name, but he really wanted to change it to something else. What he wanted it to be though he could never let Noctis see, otherwise it would just be another moment of embarrassment. Though he just had to wait until he was home and then he was free to rename it to 'Dreamy Boy Noctis' and leave it at that.

"Aw well I am glad I must be that special," Noctis replied, almost a bit smugly.

"Only if you knew," Prompto thought to himself.

When they approached the loading area they told the ride attended they were a party of two and soon they were led to a log with a group of three. The three others sat back while Noctis and Prompto moved to sit up in the front. He sat down first as Noctis sat behind him, they didn't even say a word to one another as they did, but now they were in a situation again where Prompto was practically sitting in between Noctis's legs. This ride at least was a bit more spacious and there were no seatbelts keeping them super close. But that was what Prompto wanted and he could only hope that things would work in his favor.

"You going to be okay this time?" Noctis asked from behind him, just as the log flume left the loading station.

"Yeah, it's just a log flume ride. It's not that scary."

As soon as it was pulled up the lift hill though, gravity made it very hard to lean forward. So he let himself fall back, bumping up against Noctis's chest. "S-Sorry!" Even if he did want this in some way and form, he still felt nervous and foolish for even trying it.

"It's fine," Noctis's voice came, a little quieter than normal. "Lift hills seem to be a weakness of yours."

Noctis was laughing and Prompto couldn't help but laugh alone. "Ha ha yeah, lift hills. Seriously how dare they." He knew what he was saying was stupid, he figured Noctis could totally hear the fakeness in his voice. He really would rather focus on Noctis's body against his, letting the sensation race across his back.

As soon as the log was at the top and off the lift hill Prompto pulled himself forward. He couldn't stay too long against Noctis otherwise he was sure he was going to start burning. Plus there was still the snagging thought in the back of his head that he would come off as creepy if he kept trying to do it. But there was still another lift that would come eventually so he had one more chance.

Sure he knew he could tell Noctis he felt nervous and maybe then Noctis would be kind enough to offer to hold him, but that was just a pipe dream. A really silly foolish dream covered his weird new desires. He tries his best to keep calm through the ride, chuckling and laughing at the first at the first drop along with Noctis.

Though when they got to the second lift hill, which was much higher than the first, Prompto at least tried a little harder to not fall against Noctis so quickly. It was still a little bit of a way to the top though and he was slowly leaning back more until he felt Noctis against him again.

His eyes were elsewhere though, focused on the view they got from the park. It was actually a little bit higher than he had expected and he let out a shuddered breath. Without even realizing it he felt Noctis's hand on his arm and he flinched.

Noctis removed his hand just as quickly. "Sorry... you okay though?"

"It's… a little higher than I thought it was. Plus there is the drop coming and we don't have seatbelts and it's not like an exact straight drop but it is pretty steep and… and…"

"Do you want to tell the ride attendant?" Noctis asked as he pointed further down the ride. After they snaked through some curves they would come to a stop right before the drop. There was a ride attendant there to most likely make sure that everything was going in proper order or if anything had to be stopped.

"N-No!" Prompto shouted quickly. "I don't wanna be the cause of the ride stopping just cause I was scared of a little drop. Just don't say anything. I'll close my eyes. I'll be fine."

"You sure?"

"Well um maybe…" Prompto bit his lip. He nearly went too far and almost asked Noctis to hold on to him during the drop. He was that nervous he almost didn't stop himself. But they still were approaching and Prompto could feel the nervousness eating away at his gut.

"Th-Though maybe if you could, um ah like just…" Prompto breathed in deeply. "Just make me feel more secured? Otherwise I feel like I may go flying out? It's really weird and I know I could just grip the metal bar things here but I just um-"

"It's okay," Noctis cut in. "I get it. I won't let you go flying off."

Slowly he felt Noctis's arm brush up against his own. He shuddered and then embraced the feeling. They came up to the drop and there was a pause before the gate opened and they started to go over the edge. Prompto squeezed his eyes and wrapped his arms around himself, and in turn also placed his hands over Noctis's arms.

He could feel the drop and then before he knew it he was met with the cool splash of water. Slowly he opened his eyes and saw that it was over and the log was going down the rest of the track to the loading docks.

Relaxing he dropped his arms to his sides and sighed. "Whew… that wasn't so bad."

Noctis let go after that, leaving Prompto to be colder once more. "So how soaked did you get cause I'm feeling pretty drenched."

"I mean I don't really feel dry if that's what you mean? Maybe my shoes and pants are dry but the shirt, totally soaked," Prompto replied, his voice still a little shaky. "Maybe a bit of the butt too."

Noctis snorted. "Well thanks for the info."

When they got to the loading dock Prompto stepped out first and turned around to hold out a hand to Noctis. He smiled as Noctis politely took his hand and he helped him out of the log. Together they made their way out the exit line, wringing their shirts as best as they could.

"You know after that I think it's probably best if we dry off and stuff, that was a little more soaking than I expected. It's been ages since I went on that ride," Noctis said once they were back on the midway.

"I enjoyed it though! I didn't die at least!"

"Yeah, but it'll still take a bit for us to dry off. Wanna take a break and get some food?"

"Sure," Prompto said even though he knew he probably wouldn't have the money for it. Even if he hadn't spent his money on the arcade stuff, it was still overpriced anyways. Yet he agreed to go anyways for the food.

They made their way back to the food court and Noctis started to look around what he wanted to eat. He hummed softly to himself as he looked over the selection of choices that they had. "So what do you think you'll get?"

"Me? Oh I don't know. I'm not really that hungry."

"You sure? We've already been here a few hours. You should eat something."

"No it's fine. I'll be fine."

Now that he was closer to the food options he could see that there were things he could buy, but overall he still didn't want to buy anything. He wanted to eat and was hungry but the money could be saved for other things, like the bus ride home and his camera fund. He had gone without eating before, so this was no problem.

"Is there nothing you like here? We could always go to one of the other places in the park?"

"N-No! It isn't that. It's just that… really I'm not that hungry."

Noctis was looking at him with a slight frown, perhaps disappointed for whatever reason. Though he spoke quick enough before the tension could be built. "Is it the prices? Cause yeah they are pretty stupid."

"Uh yeah that's it," Prompto said, knowing it wasn't a full lie at least with admitting that.

"Well if that's the issue you can split whatever I got. I have a season meal pass for a reason."

"Wait what? But wouldn't that be like stealing?"

Noctis laughed and shook his head. "I'm using my meal pass to get a meal, I can do whatever with the food after. So come on, how about we get a slice of pizza? their slices here are big enough to split."

Prompto stared with wide eyes. He seriously could not believe how generous Noctis was. He almost would have felt like he was being tricked if it wasn't for the genuine look in Noctis's eyes when he spoke. There was just a nice gentle look to them and he really seemed to mean every word he said.

"Um yeah sure, if it's really okay with you. We could do that," Prompto answered as they moved towards the line for pizza.

He fiddled with the fabric of his new shirt, wringing out any left over water but also trying to diffuse his nervousness. He wasn't used to someone being so generous to him, and Noctis kept doing this that gave him just that. Noctis was friendly and kind, even if he was a bit quiet for the other part. He was unique from anyone else Prompto had met, and on top of it all he was extremely dreamy.

As they waited in line, once again finding the topic of video games to pass the time, Prompto let his thoughts wander to other things as well. He was really enjoying his day so far. This was all so unexpected but it was really shaping out to be a nice day, and he only could wish that it would stay like that. If he played it cool for the remainder of the day and Noctis still wanted to be his friend by the end of it, maybe his future could look a little brighter.

This was just suppose to be 2 chapters but it has grown so much longer. So now there will be at least 3!