Chapter 3: (Prompto)

Two weeks had passed, and Noctis didn't mention anything more about Prompto's scent. Prompto had just assumed that this was because his pills were still working, and he didn't need to worry.

He and Noctis were currently enjoy a relaxing saturday at the Prince's apartment, while Ignis was in the kitchen working on some new recipes. Prompto had just beaten Noctis for the fifth time at super smash bros when his phone went off.

"Hello?"

" Yes, is this Prompto Argentum?"

"Yes, this is he."

"Well, Hello! You recently applied to be a stable boy at my Chocobo stand, and boy could we really use your help! Business has really picked up since some wonderful hunters took out the deadeye behemoth! So how about it?"

With a large grin on his face, Prompto exclaimed into the phone "Of course! I'm still interested! I can only work a few days a week though, due to my class schedule."

"Well, that's all right. Are you free today? Why don't you head on over and we can talk about your schedule and get you set up with a uniform."

"Ah, of course! I'll be there soon!"

Hanging up, Prompto celebrated by singing the theme song from a popular video game series.

Looking up from the book he was reading, Glaido smirks and says "Sounds like you're having fun."

" I just got a job at the Wiz Chocobo place! Of course I'm excited!"

"Chocobos? You mean those birds you styled your hair after?" Noctis says, glancing up at his friend with a smirk.

"Hey, my hair does not look like a chocobo's ass!"

"Have you looked in a mirror?"

Without responding, Prompto just let out a growl, and the launched himself at his friend. A few minutes into the wrestling matching and Noctis had him pinned to the ground. Seeing he was defeated, Prompto just lay there underneath Noctis, showing a slight amount of submission.

Standing up from his spot on the couch, Gladio put his hand on Noct's should and exclaimed "The prince of pain!" and grinned, proud that his training was clearly paying off for the prince. Neither Noctis or Prompto seemed to notice, as they were both still in the same position as earlier, just looking at each other.

Why is he looking at me like that? Oh god, what if I still have a bad batch of pills and my scent is coming through?

As his thoughts start to run out of control, Prompto could feel his face turning red and warm. Trying to hide this fact from his friend, he turns his head to the side and tries to get up, but Noctis is still in his trance like state, and instead of moving to get up, leans closer towards Prompto.

"Uh, Noct, buddy? Could you let me up?" Prompto says, his blush becoming deeper.

"Huh? Yeah, sure." Noctis says as he sits back and allows Prompto to sit up. An awkward silence had passed over the two of them. The two continued to sit on the floor, looking away from each other.
Gladio shoots a look towards Ignis, implying that the two of them would talk about what's happening later.

Cutting through the tension, Ignis asks "When do you need to leave for the Chocobo stand? I can drive you after I put this in the fridge to chill."

"Ah, I would appreciate it!" Prompto said, with a look that said thank you to Ignis for cutting into the conversation.

"Very well. Best to prepare while I finish this up then." Ignis just gave him a look that said he would have more words to say later, which Prompto just shrugged in acknowledgement as he went to find where he left his shoes.

(Noctis)

About ten minutes later, they were all piling into Ignis's car. Prompto took the front passenger seat, with Ignis behind the wheel, and Gladio and Noctis in the back.

Pretending to be asleep, Noctis let his thoughts wander back to what had happened earlier.

Why did it feel so good earlier to have Prompto pinned underneath me? And why was he acting that way? He's never done that before.

Unfortunately, when He gets deep in thought, Noct's ears move every so often, giving away that he really wasn't asleep.

"Hey Noct, whatcha thinking about over there?" Gladdy says, with a smirk.

"Nothing really." Noct says, pushing himself deeper into the seat, still with his eyes closed.

"Ah, don't lie. You're ears always give you away when you're having deep thoughts. Let me guess, thinking about a special wolf in your life?"

Opening his eyes and glaring at the large wolf beside him, Noctis blushes slightly and says "Psh, no. Who would I even be thinking about?"

"Oh I don't know, Lady Lunafreya perhaps?"

"Luna isn't a wolf.. She's a sister."

"Well then who?"

Not responding, Noctis just looks up to see Prompto watching him in the rearview mirror. Looking away with a slight blush, he just closes his eyes, and falls asleep for real this time.

"Stop teasing him. He'll never tell you stuff if you keep at it." Ignis speaks up, looking at Gladiolus in the rear view mirror.

"Yeah, whatever. He doesn't need to tell me stuff. That's what you and sunshine here are for." Gladio replied, returning his attention to his book.

When the group finally arrived at the chocobo station, Noctis opened his eyes and watched as his blonde friendly excitedly got out of the car and went to talk to Wiz, the owner of the chocobo station. Gladio got out of the car, and went to look at the chocobos up close, but Ignis stayed in the car, and watched Noctis and his expressions in the rearview mirror.

"You seem slightly troubled. Care to talk about it?"

Thinking about it, and sighing, Noctis looked up at Ignis and said "Yeah, I guess it'd be better to talk about this with someone. But we can't do it here. Can we go to the nearest fishing hole?"

"Of course. Let me inform Gladio that we're leaving first."

When the duo had arrived at the nearby fishing spot, Noctis instantly felt at ease, and went right to fishing. Taking a seat on the edge of the dock, he let out a sigh, trying to collect his thoughts before he said them outloud.

"Just start from the beginning Noct" Ignis urged him.

" I guess I just don't know what's happening anymore. A couple of weeks ago, I could have sworn that Prompto's scent was different. I meant to ask you about it, but I sorta forgot to. And then today, while we were wrestling, it felt really good to have him pinned, and I swear I smelled that scent again. What's happening?"

"Noct, did you ever consider that you might have feelings for your friend?"

"But how? He's an Alpha, so that's just not possible."

" While it is certainly uncommon, it is not impossible for an alpha such as yourself to have feelings for another alpha."

Noctis frowned at that statement, and began to reel in his line.

"Have you talked to Prompto about this yet?"

"How could I?" He said, recasting his line to a deeper part of the lake.

"Well, honesty is always the best policy, if you ask me. The sooner you talk to him, the sooner you can resolve this issue."

"Yeah, I guess."

After that, the conversation died out. Noctis continued fishing, catching a few decently sized fish. He handed them to Ignis, who instantly began coming up with a recipe to cook them.

After a few hours, they headed back to the chocobo post. Prompto was excitedly petting all of the chocobos, and taking pictures of them. Noctis smiled when he heard his friend singing the lyrics he made up to the chocobo jingle. He could wait until later to talk to his friend. Right now, he just wanted Prompto to continue to have fun and enjoy himself.