Warning: Noctis/Prompto.

Chapter Two

When he had arrived at school, Prompto sighed and timidly trudged through the throngs of familiar childhood classmates with whom he hadn't talked to in years. Despite being the awkward nerd in school, he hadn't been bullied by them at all. However, he happened to still be ignored. And yet, he could live with not being befriend by them.

Upon arriving at his locker, Prompto begun tugging thick textbooks out of his locker. When he had finished, he had clutched the textbooks to his chest and started walking to class. However, he had his sight obstructed by the tall stack of books in his arms.

So, Prompto had bumped right into someone. In an instant, he had begun blushing and profusely apologizing to them. But, when his mountainous stack of textbooks fell onto the ground and revealed the face of his 'poor victim', Prompto's sapphire blue orbs widened and his knees buckled.

"I'm so sorry, Your Highness!" Prompto apologized, eyes watering with tears and trained to the ground. "Prince Noctis?"

It was a surprise when the royal young alpha just crouched down and helped him gather the thick textbooks into one neat, nice stack again. The act alone had made Prompto stop sobbing, but not from feeling anxiety rippling in the pits of his stomach. That couldn't be helped, though. He had just bumped into Prince Noctis, crown prince of Lucis and its most notorious playboy.

That knowledge alone made him feel flustered, like he didn't deserve Noctis' attention. He just wasn't anywhere around Noctis' rank, especially since his status both in life and school is a commoner or peasant. And yet, Noctis still smiled and helped him pick up his fallen textbooks.

"Relax, Prompto. I swear we're not going to arrest you for it, , " Noctis chuckled, his hand purposefully brushing against Prompto's shaking ones when handing him his textbooks back. "Do you usually carry around all these books with you?"

"Y-yes, Your Highness, " Prompto stuttered, lowering his head down in embarrassment, hiding his face with those beautiful golden locks of his. "Y-you knew my name."

"So, what if I do, Prompto?" Noctis asked, standing up and offering his hand to the still kneeling blonde. "Come on, already! Let me walk you to class. I wouldn't want you bumping into someone else."

"O-okay," Prompto said, slipping his hand into Noctis' and getting easily pulled up onto his feet. "If you insist, Your Highness."

Now that he had stood, Prompto had his shoulders grabbed by Noctis. In an instant, he had gasped and stared up at the royal alpha. And yet, his alpha prince just kept mischievously smiling and pushing him against the lockers.

"You know, I want you to drop the formality with me," Noctis said, his hands lowering from Prompto's shoulders and firmly clutching the blonde's arms. "I don't want to hear anymore 'Your Highness' or 'Prince Noctis'. Do you understand?"

"Y-yes," Prompto breathed, his body slightly shaking underneath Noctis' grasp, not yet accustomed to the touch of an alpha, especially a royal one. "What would you like, then? For me to call you by, I mean!"

"Isn't it obvious? My name, of course!" Noctis said, chuckling from the blush quickly spreading across Prompto's freckled cheeks. "I wanna hear you say it. Come on, now! Practice saying my name."

"O-okay," Prompto stuttered, lowering his head and staring down at the ground before having his jaw grabbed in Noctis' grasp. "W-what?"

"You're not looking at me," Noctis said, noticing that the blonde was quite nervous and probably wouldn't withstand anymore of his teasing. "Typical."

"I'm sorry," Prompto apologized, his body already missing the warmth of Noctis' hands when the Lucis prince let him go. "I really am."

"You apologize too much," Noctis said, a mischievous grin curling into his pale lips, but not from any good mischief, or at least not for the blonde. "Come on, I'll walk you to class."

"Thank you, Noctis," Prompto said, with a small smile gracing his pink lips.

"Yeah. But, I want it to sound more natural next time," Noctis said, staring at the blonde from the corners of his bright blue eyes. "You're a shy one, aren't you? It's kind of cute."

"C-cute?" Prompto stuttered, his freckled cheeks heating up even more. "W-what do you mean?"

"Don't tell me you haven't noticed?" Noctis said, his hands reached out and grasp Prompto's jaw again. "You're freaking adorable. Anyway, let's get you to class."

XOXO

In due time, Prompto was seated in class and taking notes. However, he couldn't concentrate, not when his mind kept drifting back to Prince Noctis. For a while, he had been thinking about Lucis' playboy prince, especially after he had been called cute and wondered if their meeting might just remain an one time thing. And yet, he had hoped that it would, considering Noctis' notorious history of one week relationships and breaking people's hearts.

In fact, Prompto knew who Noctis was seeing right now. The nobleman's son was a classmate of his, sitting in the front of their class, with his friends and a proud smile. It made him wonder why any of these nobles would even consider dating Noctis, especially after knowing Noctis' history of breaking hearts in just one week of seeing someone. He understood and shared their feelings for Noctis, but also thought that taking a chance with their prince was foolish. And yet, he understood why they couldn't resist not taking a chance. They all had hoped Noctis might like them enough to change, but the Lucis prince probably won't change, not now or ever.

"Are you okay, Prompto?" Cindy asked, a popular girl in their school, who could also get a modeling career with little to no effort, but actually enjoyed working on repairing cars and hanging out with him. "You've been quite. It's starting to worry me."

"Really, I'm fine. It's just I tripped in the hallway again," Prompto said, with an embarrassed expression. "Am I cursed or something?"

"There's no such thing as curses. You're just clumsy," Cindy said, her glossy lips curling into a pretty smile, which made him blush. "You're such a nerd, too."

"You are, too! I've seen you reading books about cars," Prompto said, his sapphire eyes looking down at an automobiles magazine laying open on Cindy's desk. "We're both nerds."

"Alright, mister photographer! You win."

"I'm not a professional just yet."

"But, I know you will be soon."

"Thanks, Cindy!"

XOXO

When his chemistry class finally ended, Prompto quickly gathered his textbooks and darted out of the classroom. He stepped out into the crowded hallways again, weaving in and out of the throngs of sleep deprived students. His arms constantly brushed against theirs, exerting a force strong enough to nearly topple over his stack of textbooks. And yet, none of their touches sent an electric jolt through his body, like the slender fingers curling around his wrist and yanking him out of the crowded stream of students rushing to their classes did.

Once his back bounced against the lockers, Prompto clutched his textbooks tighter and opened his blue eyes to meet Noctis' similar ones.

"N-Noctis," Prompto stutters, nervously smiling and releasing a shaky breath, not yet accustomed to receiving attention from his alpha prince. "Hi … "

As Noctis kept staring down at him, Prompto lowered his head and brightly blushed. He just couldn't bear being underneath Noctis' mischievous gaze, not when he's harboring serious affectionate feelings for his playboy prince.

"You look like you needed help out there," Noctis said, his blue orbs turning towards the throngs of students still shoving and pushing each other in the hallway. "What class do you have next, anyway?"

"Photography," Prompto replied, his sapphire orbs still trained to the ground.

"I should have known," Noctis chuckled, reaching out with his hand and brushing back Prompto's golden locks. "What do you like to photograph?"

"Well, I mostly take pictures of nature, but people are my favorite subject," Prompto said, closing his eyes when Noctis' fingers gently stroked his freckled cheek. "But, I just don't have a model."

"If you help me study for a test, I'll be your model," Noctis offered, grabbing Prompto's chin and tilting the blonde's head upwards. "What do you say?"

"Yes, I'd love to have you as my model!" Prompto exclaimed, happily hugging Noctis, but realizing just what he had done afterwards and blushing bright red. "Oh, I'm so sorry! I just got really excited."

"It's fine. I don't mind," Noctis said, placing his hands on to the blonde's lithe waist, and keeping Prompto locked in his embrace. "I don't mind getting hugs from one of my most adorable citizen."

"N-Noctis … " Prompto stuttered, his head fuzzy from receiving compliments and attention, but especially from his crush. "We're running late for class."

"You're right. Let's go, I'll walk you to class," Noctis said, smiling and releasing Prompto's waist. "You don't want to be late, especially for photography. Well, do you?"

"No, of course not," Prompto replied, clutching his textbooks tightly and following behind Noctis.

XOXO

Even in his photography class, Prompto had been thinking about Noctis. He just couldn't understand Noctis' motives. He didn't think they were sexual, however. A prince couldn't have relationships with peasants, not even sexual ones, after all. That meant Noctis wasn't taking advantage of him, like he's always doing with his nobles. Then, he's safe. Unlike the nobles, he won't experience having his heart broken by Noctis. He can't be in a relationship with Noctis, anyway.

When his photography professor ended lecture, Prompto grinned and quickly turned his camera on. He began scrolling through his photos of wildlife and deleting them, not needing them clogging up space anymore, especially when he'll be photographing Noctis, of all people.

However, Prompto's professor soon came over to him. "Mr. Argentum, why aren't you working on your portfolio?" his professor asked, pointing then to the clock and speaking again. "This is a big part of your grade. You should be taking this seriously."

"Sir, I am!" Prompto said, smiling and showing some of his portfolio's printed pictures. "See, I've already started weeks ago."

"These are very nice," his professor said, fixing his eyeglasses and looking more in depth at Prompto's photos. "But, where the pictures of your model? Do you even have one? You do know you need photos of human subjects in your portfolio, right?"

"I do have one," Prompto said, blushing and staring down at his camera. "But, I can't tell you who just yet. I want it to be a surprise."

"If you insist, Argentum. I look forward to grading your portfolio, then."

"Thank you, sir."

XOXO

When school had finally ended, Noctis mischievously grinned and slid into the backseat of his Regalia. He quickly began loosening his tie, noticing Ignis' emerald orbs glancing at him suspiciously from the rearview mirror. He chuckled and rolled his blue eyes, averting eye contact with Ignis and laying his head against the rest.

"You can relax," Noctis said, arm already draped against the back of his seat. "I didn't sleep with anyone, not even with this week's little plaything."

"Did you meet Prompto?" Ignis asked, pulling out of the driveway slowly, not wanting to get into a collision, especially since Noctis' anticis causes quite the media attention. "You were nice to him. Right, Noctis?"

"Of course, I was. How could I not be with him?" Noctis said, his blue orbs slowly closing in fatigue. "He's so sweet, so innocent. I want to take my time with this one, Iggy."

"Why won't you learn? You can't treat people like objects. They're not toys," Ignis chided, shaking his head in disappointment. "I shouldn't have told you about Prompto. How did I make such a mistake?"

"It's too late now," Noctis chuckled. "Come on, now. You said he likes me. What's the big deal, then? He gets what he wants. And, I get what I want."

"You shouldn't think that way. Prompto doesn't want sex! He just wants love."

"Love? There's no such thing."

"That's where you're wrong, Your Highness."

A/N: What do you think? Leave me your thoughts.