Hi dear readers,

in this part, Prompto shares with us some of his thoughts ;). Let's just say this chappy is the calm before the storm so to speak.

ben4kevin: fufu, sorry if it was a tad too much for you ;). Thank you, as always, for reading and commenting on my work!

Have fun reading everyone,

Kamuel

Chapter Eighteen - Expecting the unexpected - Prompto POV

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I wonder what time we do have now.

From here I can't see the clock properly.

It's probably around midnight already.

A huge yawn escapes me and I wiggle my limbs much closer towards Noct's, whose tired body is spooned against mine and his arms are even in his deep slumber holding me tightly against his chest.

This reminds me of our time back in the days, where Ignis, Gladio, Noct and I slept inside that tent. Those were the first nights when I began to steal Noct's t-shirts to cuddle with them to be surrounded by his comforting scent...

And now I don't need them anymore, because I have the real Noct to cuddle with.

Despite my yawning I somehow feel really refreshed, not able to fall asleep again, and so I just make myself comfortable beside Noct to fully enjoy his warmth. I like to listen to his soft, evened breaths, and I like how his warm exhales are tickling the skin on my shoulder. I inhale deeply to savour his unique and heady scent and I press my back even further towards his chest until there is no space left between us.

It's somehow surreal, to have Noct holding me so close again after almost two years of separation.

I can't stop the foolish smile appearing on my lips from happiness, closing my eyes tightly in pure bliss.

Alone this tranquil moment between us is worth all the suffering and loneliness we've had to endure.

And what a mad day this has been...

Yesterday already was a wild ride for us, but today ... I can only say it felt as if I wasn't myself. Whatever had happened to Noct inner powers, afterwards I was instantly swept away in a whirlwind of unquenchable need for his touch. His gorgeous red eyes, his powerful aura, everything about him made me completely forget myself. I seriously didn't care about anything else but to join our hips literally for eternity. I still don't understand what exactly was going on with me, because so far that never happened to me before. There was absolutely no holding back when his glowing red eyes captured me successfully into merging my life energy fully with his. Even if I wanted I couldn't ignore his calling that has been so loud and clear. And inwardly I knew that Noct wasn't really aware of what kind of effect he had on me - those strong awakened forces still too new and too fresh for him to grasp their true meaning.

With a repressed moan I push the side of my blushing face into the soft pillows under me. Hot damn .. this wasn't the way of how I planned Noct's full recovery to go. Not at this crazy pace and level of pure frenzy-ness.

Everything has been so overwhelmingly intense so far, that I don't really know how to handle all of this. I should never ever expect again for my plans and intentions to be fulfilled in the way I want them to be. The day today has proven yet again, that with Noct by my side anything can happen.

And I have to admit, the real purpose behind the ring that Atlas bequeathed Noct has taken me completely by surprise.

Now I get why Atlas smiled so mischievously at me the entire day before my departure.

This sneaky hot man knew exactly what was going to happen to us after Noct awakened his magical core to his true potential. And because of that, today, I've been literally fucked several times over into oblivion by this new and much more powerful Noct. And hell, it felt so damn -good-. My brain was out of business for the whole afternoon, and after a quick nap for the entire evening afterwards. In truth I didn't mind being mindless at all, I just couldn't get enough of him.

And I still can't.

I want more.

And more.

So much more.

I can foresee this connection that we have to never be enough. No matter how often we make love ... I'll always want to get to that special place of pure bliss where only Noct and I exist to stay there forever ...

Those all-consuming red eyes of his never left mine for the whole time we were joined hip to hip. I literally moaned and cried and I screamed my throat raw by now. Just thinking back at how sensual Noct has been today turns me on like crazy.

Am I really that insatiable? When I first heard Atlas mention how insatiable Chronus was, I thought it was only a running gag between them. But now ...

Will this crazy hunger and thirst for Noct ever become lighter?

How could Chronus live with all these overwhelming emotions and yearnings for Atlas's touch for so long without losing his damn mind?

Honestly, when I came back to this timeline, I thought I'd be sufficiently prepared to take on this task of healing Noct's magical core to its original state.

But I wasn't. Prepared that is.

I really wasn't.

Noct is slightly moaning and moving now in his sleep, his right hand suddenly sliding down, touching my hip before the back of his limp hand falls directly on my erect cock.

Yeah. Great. Now I'm definitely ready for another round of sullying the already sullied sheets.

For god's sake, this just doesn't stop, does it? Am I in heat or what?! Because, oh wonder, I wish again with every fiber of my being to be eaten up alive by Noct right now and not a moment later. Over and over again!

I let out a defeated chuckle when my arousal twitches impatiently.

The sheer level of yearning for Noct is just that; insane!

What to do now?

Shall I leave his side for awhile, to take a short walk outside just to clear my head a bit or something? Else I envision myself to implode right here next to him into a horny puddle of unadulterated lust.

Yeah. This is what I'm going to do. I'll just go out and meditate to calm the hell down. Because my eager reactions to him are getting far too ridiculous, even by my own standards.

I guess that's my curse of being completely healthy and a bundle of life energy to boot. Well, let's add my endless love and desire that I have for Noct into the brewing cauldron and spitting up is definitely a volatile mixture of lewd and passionate outcomes ...

So, with a heavy sigh of regret, as carefully as possible, I wiggle my way out of the warm bed and then reach for my clothes to dress myself in silence.

Once I've pulled my jeans over my legs and my t-shirt over my head, I turn around to take a last sneak peak at my gorgeous soulmate. But then I jump up in my own skin when his glowing red eyes are staring into mine and capture me yet again, rendering me immobile right on the spot.

My heart is leaping up in my throat, continuing to hammer against my swallowing reflex.

Oh God please have mercy, please not now.

A lusty shiver goes through my taut frame.

I need to resist, to get away, or I'll forget myself again and I don't know if this is such a good thing... especially since Noct really needs his sleep for his magic to fully heal.

For a whole minute or so I don't dare move any of my limbs, because of this terrible fright of being too weak to resist. An image of myself comes up in my mind of how I tackle Noct to impale myself on him yet again to ride his delectable cock until I get the very last drop of his essence squeezed out and it's impossible to hold back a shudder of want from spiking up to the roots of my hair.

And believe me, I'm this close to give in.

Those inviting glowing eyes seem to smile knowingly at me - which is a little a bit eerie as Noct's lips do not move in any way, his body limp and definitely fast asleep.

And then I start to realize something completely baffling!

I narrow my own eyes in response at my sudden awareness of 'him'.

"Who are you?" I whisper more to myself, despite knowing the answer already.

There always was this hint of an ancient connection between Noct's powers and me, but only tonight do I start to question just when this connection had started...? Did Chronus know? If yes, why didn't he tell me more about 'him'?

The sudden thought of having sex simultaneously with this ancient entity should make me feel ashamed and icky.

But strangely it doesn't.

Thinking back, it had felt right. I always welcomed 'him' with open arms.

And now I want to know why.

It had been definitely this entity I mostly made love to whenever Noct's eyes glowed red - the same hue as they have now. And this is my evidence right here and now, that 'he' can become conscious of his surroundings without Noct needing to become aware of it happening.

'He' shares the same experiences as Noct?

But how... ?

Who or what is 'he'?

As 'he' and I continue to gaze into each others eyes, the need to get some answers from 'him' grows constantly.

From the sparse teed-bits that Chronus has told me so far, I understood that this entity continued to stay a complete mystery to everyone until this very day. Back in Accoris I got the impression as if it were forbidden to openly talk about 'him'. And as with everything that is forbidden, I want to find out the truth.

I take a step back when those maddening tendrils of Noct's immense power start to touch the surface of my mind, as if asking for permission to connect to me so that we can communicate to each other.

Somehow I trust this entity in the same sense as I do trust Noct with my life.

I don't even question this.

Without thinking twice I give 'him' my consent.

"Thank you," I hear 'his' soothing voice whisper inside my mind. I shudder once more in delight when those familiar tendrils come out to caress me sensually everywhere at once. I bite on my lower lip to keep myself silent, my posture rigid and tense. Noct's powers focus solely on my aroused groin and I throw my head back with a repressed groan when 'his' whispery voice asks confused, "We don't understand. Why do you deny yourself this pleasure?"

Oh if 'he' only knew how much I do want those pleasures... damn it!

He seems to read my mind, because those sneaky tendrils enter me instantly to stimulate my inner pleasure gland.

I choke back a loud moan. "Please..." Right now I don't even know if I beg those tendrils of magic to continue or to stop enticing me any further. Because what 'he' does to me right now is simply not fair and I'm already at my limits!

I rub with my shaky hands over my face in a feeble attempt to get a damn grip on myself. "Noct needs his sleep to recuperate. Should he absorb any more etheric energy into his energy body, his magical core could become permanently damaged. Please. I just can't be that selfish now... he needs a break from this madness."

A relieved groan escapes me when I feel those arousing tendrils withdraw finally.

This was close... honest to God, I was on the brink to come apart in my pants.

"We understand," he says, his voice inside my mind now sounding apologetic.

I look up into Noct's beautiful glowing eyes for some long moments, calming my breaths before asking confused, "Why are 'you' so focused on giving me pleasure all the time? I can hear you calling out for me every single time you become active."

"This is the only way we can show how much we appreciate your sincere gift. Sharing your life force with us is invaluable. We do not take such profound sacrifices lightly. It's in our nature to give back more than we receive."

My reaction to what 'he' just said is definitely more confused than enlightened. "'You' really think that I did sacrifice myself all this time?"

"No. Your intentions are clear to us. You share your precious energy out of love. From a higher point of view it's a sacrifice to us nonetheless. We love you in return just as much."

I gulp down my overcoming emotions. My mind spinning. I still can't believe I'm talking to Noct's inner powers. After experiencing time travel, this shouldn't be such a surprise anymore. Stranger things have happened already to me.

To get more information out of this entity, I ask further, "Why do you express yourself as 'we', as in plural? Aren't you an individual consciousness, existing apart from Noct?"

"Yes and No. Our spirit is one, inseparable. We always were. We experience the world through the same eyes, we share the same emotions and sensations at all times throughout infinity."

Heaven... so what this means, is that 'he' feels the same love and desire for me because there is no true distinction between both of their consciousness?

At this moment I don't know what to say. Best to stay silent.

The look inside his eyes becomes now too beautiful and too fiery, too craving, too sexually volatile for me to bear, calling for me to join him. But I really need to get out of this place before I'll lose it completely.

Exactly because I'm aware of Noct's magical prowess by now, he could easily give that final push to make me eagerly crawl back to his warmth and selfishly indulge on his companions promises of mind-blowing orgasms.

But my soul-mate's health is to me the most important. My pleasures don't have priority, they need to wait. Hell, I've waited for almost two years, so what are two or three days longer, right?

I send a short, regretful glance at Noct's gorgeous naked body while throwing my jacket over my shoulders and then pulling my boots over my feet, not willing to stay for one second longer in his tantalizing presence.

So I'm climbing up the ladder to get away from him as fast as possible. Hopefully I'm able to clear my mind outside a little bit... at least until I feel safe enough to get back to our bed without engaging Noct into exhausting erotic activities all over again.

...

On the next day, Noct and I have managed to get out of our love nest to clean ourselves from head to toe at last.

And so, while he's still at the waterfalls outside, I take this opportunity to change the sullied bedclothes into fresh ones, grinning to myself at all the resurfacing memories.

Noct has wished for us to bathe together this morning, but I declined, knowing that this would inevitably lead up to us having a frenzy sex orgy once more. And so I said regretfully that he needs to patiently wait for a couple of days. It's important to give his magical core enough time to assimilate the absorbed life force properly before we can even dare to think to share sexual delights again.

In typical seductive Noct-fashion, he tried to ignore my warning of course. He was too adorable, how he was tickling me, hugging me, needing excuses to touch me all the time, caressing the places of my exposed skin, becoming more daring as he started to push me against all objects and walls inside this place at every opportunity to tongue-kiss the breath out of me - among some other, sneaky seducing techniques that almost broke through my fierce defense line.

But I congratulate myself, I stayed strong, despite my own raging hard on screaming hotly from the inside of my pants for my soul mate's touch.

Not even his pouty lips and beautiful searing look inside his damnable, gorgeous red eyes did help his amazing sexual advances any.

Shaking my head amused at his behavior this morning, I resume my task of tidying up our temporary home.

But just then, all of a sudden, I hear distant agitated voices from far above. A louder cry of pain follows and this makes me stop in my tracks in alarm.

What's going on?

Nobody living in this timeline should be able to find out our hiding place inside these mountains!

Without hesitating I rush to get several of my guns out of the stasis storage room, pushing them into the temporary holder on my hips that I have always on me, a habit that teached me early that it would save my life to keep it. And then I run the ladder up in growing panic as more shouts of pain reverberate through the cave's walls, preparing myself for a fierce battle.

Only somebody truly magically powerful could breach the protection walls Chronus and I have set up around this cave.

As soon as I arrive on the cave's ground level, I take two of my deadliest weapons into each hand and quickly make my way towards the exit. Maybe Noctis is already locked into battle and is in need of my help.

"Hurry, we have potions inside!"

My feet do a double take and I halt all of my movements when I hear Noct talking to someone, their hurried footsteps coming nearer.

The other male voice sounds unfamiliar when he answers breathlessly, "We are running out of time, I've already done everything to the best of my abilities to keep him alive, but my options ran out and I-"

This time another pained cry echoes through the cave, a horrifying sound which interrupts the other man in mid-sentence and just then I decide to rush towards them just as Noct and the other man come into my view, carrying a third, injured man, whose life is as far as I can see in grave danger. I watch them stunned, not knowing how to react to this sight, still in disbelief that someone could breach those strong protective barriers!

"Prom! Thank God! Quick, get us some potions! Cor needs immediate help!"

Obviously this isn't the time to ask questions. Blinking myself out of my stupor, I turn around to get back to my storage, getting out some of the most potent healing potions that existed only in ancient Accoris. In hindsight, I also get some soft blankets and a pillow out for the grave injured person to lie upon while healing.

Did I hear Noct just say that it's Cor? Cor, as in the best friend of Regis? So this man was alive all this time? What in the world happened to him?

I hurry back to the men waiting outside, my heart beating with adrenaline to make it in time.

As soon as I get up the ladder, I stop to worry about needless things, my top priority being now to save a life. Placing the blankets next to the fireplace, which I quickly lit up in passing nonverbally to give us more light and warmth, I start giving my soul mate instructions on how to hold Cor's injured limbs to not make those fatal wounds any more worse. I watch with worry how Noct and the other young man are carefully placing Cor down on the soft blankets, while I inspect quickly the serious magnitude of the damage his body has taken. So much flesh has been burned away from his body, the skin as far as I can see is nonexistent in some places and when I see the inflamed and most probably deadly infected wounds on his legs I start to uncork the potent potions one by one with trembling hands.

I swear I won't let him die. I won't.

He is family. With Regis now gone, he's one of the most important people to Noct as of now.

"Alright everyone, listen," I say in a strong voice, but not really feeling strong at all. "Now we need to get those potions down his throat. Please hold him carefully from each side because his body shakes too much." I hurry up with my task to prepare all the potion bottles when I see that Cor must be on the verge to going into shock.

How in the world did he survive these grave wounds for so long?

With shaking fingers I place the first bottle to his lips, but I already foresee him either choking or biting on his tongue from the painful tremors, and the only way to stop him from damaging himself any further is to carefully place his body into stasis, something I have never done on a human being before. This is an emergency, so I hope against hope that Cor will get through this alive.

Only after he stopped his movements do I administer the healing liquids one by one to him, focusing on his throat area and stomach to do their intended work as the rest of his body stays firmly frozen in time.

I risk a quick glance up at Noct, his face looks all pale and sick, his body shaking all over, and my heart reaches out to him. I know how much Cor means to him and I'm really grateful that his mentor made it here in time for us to heal his severe injuries.

After I make sure that Cor got every potent final elixir down inside his stomach, I unfreeze his entire body and let the medicine do its quick healing work. At once Cor coughs up some remaining drops and then falls straight into unconsciousness afterwards, the whole stressful ordeal having obviously taken a heavy toll on him.

"Very good." I look at the two men sitting in front of me. "He's safe now, his body should regenerate at a high speed. We made it in time," I add to soothe their fears, sounding very relieved when I see how Cor's damaged flesh grow quickly back in all places and how they sculpt themselves into firm muscles and healthy skin again.

I can see slight tears swimming in front of Noct's beautiful eyes and I nod at him with a smile, taking his clammy and cold hands into mine to reassure him that Cor will be completely healed once he wakes up.

"Thank you, Prompto. Thank you so much," says the handsome young man next to Noct. He places his hand on my shoulder, a genuine expression of gratitude inside his bright blue eyes.

But it's not this what makes me stop to take a better look at him. It's the tender expression that he has on his face for me.

Why is he looking at me like that?

Like... I don't know. Like I'm somebody very precious to him.

Does he know me?

I can see some meaningful glances exchanged between him and Noct and I begin to wonder how long they do know each other already.

What happened here while I was away from this timeline?

Noct suddenly stands up, a slight blush on his face while saying jokingly to lift up the mood, "Sorry, but I need to dress up, wouldn't want Cor to get a heart attack from seeing me all naked all of a sudden. In his eyes I'm still a young child, best for me to keep up with that innocent image he has of me."

We all chuckle at that, but as soon as my eyes drift over to the handsome guy sitting next to me, my laughter gets stuck in my dry throat.

What in the world?

His eyes are stuck on Noct's nude and sexy butt!

No way! What's this?!

Does this mean he has the hots for Noct?

Hell, now I wish Noct hadn't said anything about his nakedness, because this cute guy's eyes do now follow his naked body all the way up to the ladder that leads downstairs.

It's not exactly jealousy that tickles at my stomach, because I rest assured in the knowledge of what Noct and I share and I know that the love for each other is unconditional and infinite. But I can certainly understand this guy's reaction to Noct. I mean, my soulmate is truly too amazing to resist to ogle at him with awe.

What makes me frown, as I observe from his eyes the level of desire he feels towards Noct, is the serious level of love he seems to have for him. I must say, for somebody who met Noct apparently only a few weeks ago, this is indeed very suspicious.

I clear my throat rather loudly as soon as Noct is downstairs and I surprise him, stating the obvious, "You love him."

His head turns back to me, unfazed that I'm aware of his feelings. "Yes, I do."

Heh, interesting guy. Doesn't deny it.

"I'm glad you're not trying to talk yourself out of it. I appreciate your honesty. I'm sorry to say that Noct's heart belongs to me already," I clarify politely. "You may look, but not touch, else I won't be responsible for your immediate disappearance from this dimension."

At this he starts to roar in laughter, first throwing his head back, then hunching forward to hold onto his stomach while continuing to laugh hard.

I stare at him completely off-guard.

What did I just say that he found so funny?

He wheezes his breaths out as he tries to calm himself enough to answer. "You haven't changed at all. Around twelve thousands of years later and here you are saying the exact same unselfish words to me as you did back then. I may look but not touch? You truly are too pure for this world. Any other guy would have already punched the daylights out of me."

Okay. This is now officially taking me aback.

"What do you mean with 'twelve thousands of years later'? Do I know you?" I ask suspiciously, thinking immediately of Accoris. I never met someone like him before in my time travel.

"Forgive me. I haven't properly introduced myself yet." He rubs his hand on his thigh first before he reaches out for mine in greeting. "Call me Ravus. In this life you might have heard of me being the son of Iedolas Aldercapt."

And here it makes click in my brain. "Wait, what? You are the scrawny kid from Niflheim who creeped the fuck out of Noct when he was younger? The one who was stalking him and following him around everywhere? I can't believe I finally get to meet you. I still have to settle a serious score with you." I pump my fists together with a wide grin on my lips, wanting to rile him up in revenge for laughing at me just moments before.

He now dares to look ashamed of himself - something that throws me off yet again. "I'm aware myself of what I've done, thank you very much for reminding me. My behavior wasn't exactly intentional... and right now is neither the time nor the place to reveal the true backstory of what happened to me when I was younger."

"Oh don't you worry, I'll keep bothering you to explain yourself to me. Probably until you're one step away from suicide, which will be soon, just to give you a slight heads up."

I glance at Cor, pretending to check for his health as Ravus continues to stare at me in a... very strange way.

Strange as in... very tender.

Lovingly.

My eyes grow large, gulping down when my innocent self realizes something.

Don't tell me that he...?!

I give an involuntary shudder.

No, it wouldn't be that, would it?

Another sneak peek back into his eyes confirm my suspicions.

You can't be serious! Ravus is in the process to fall in love with me as we speak!

Noctis! S.O.S! Come back already! Don't leave me alone with this creep!

Oh holy sh... what should I do?!

Inwardly I give myself a heavy slap over my forehead.

This is turning into such a complicated and fucked up mess!

Let me tell you that I don't do threesomes! Well, realistically speaking I do, if we count Noct's magic powers, his companion who merges with my life force every time we have sex. But physically, I really haven't tried that one out yet and I think I'd like it to stay that way.

To be honest, yes, Ravus turns out to be honest and polite so far and of course his looks are overwhelmingly handsome... so...

Glancing back at him, I imagine myself kissing his soft looking lips and something inside of my guts clench vehemently against this image. Ugh, it feels horribly wrong on every single sane level that exists in my currently overloaded brain!

A threesome is definitely out of the question!

There's only one way to stop this from evolving any further.

"Listen Ravus."

I clear my throat a few times, preparing myself to reject his interest as softly as I can. Better to say it now, so that his feelings can't grow into something big, where it becomes impossible to not hurt him a lot afterwards.

"You're a really interesting and gorgeous guy so far, really... but uh, you see, I mean... Well, as I said earlier, Noct and I are in a serious relationship and just in case you're about to fall in love with me too, I would prefer it if you back off now and-"

Ravus thankfully interrupts my sacred speech of rejection, "Good heavens, wait a minute Prompto, you completely misunderstood my intentions. I didn't fall in love with you-"

"By all that is precious to me... do you two even hear yourselves talk? Somebody please kill me. If one would be asking me of my opinion, I'd prefer to die instead of waking up to hear you two spout such a nonsense."

"Cor!" Ravus instantly crawls to the other side, closer to his obvious close companion, checking the skin of his friend for any remaining wounds.

I smirk at the old man who just came back to the living, mocking him in humour, "What? Feeling suddenly too old for romance and love? At least I do get some action. You can leave for all I care if you don't want to see or hear any of it. You're welcome by the way, that I just saved your sorry ass."

Cor rolls his eyes at me in that same, very mature and stoic way which only a true, proud samurai is truly capable of.

I feel honored to be the center of his attention right now.

In case one didn't notice, there is truly no love lost between this old man and me. Well, he isn't that old yet, but he would definitely seem much younger if he just would pull that heavy stick out of his prudish ass and try to live a little, instead of making my life a living hell.

He always was the first one to raise his voice against me, for being a bad influence to the prince.

But right at the moment where Cor opens his mouth, no doubt preparing himself to say something scathing in reply, Noct arrives to the scene. My hero. Thankfully fully clothed this time.

"Cor!"

"Noctis!"

Now it's me who's the one rolling his eyes.

Just look at this old man.

Being pampered and cared for by such cute guys all around him.

He's epitome of envy of all female population.

Noct and Ravus smile at each other, making several remarks of how glad they are that Cor is alive and healthy.

Yeah, don't worry about me guys, just continue to ignore me.

I shouldn't feel this way, in truth I'm relieved that Cor got a second chance at life. I secretly like him. It's just that I don't like it when he criticizes my actions so harshly.

It's clear as a day how much Noct needs him by his side... so I'll even get along with Cor if this is what makes him happy... I would do everything for Noct to stay happy. Everything.

After a while, Noct points at Ravus and me, giving us another of his joking remarks, "So you two are still in one piece. I came back prepared having to split you apart and then stitch your body parts back together."

"Ha. Ha." Ravus imitates a dry laugh.

"Yeah, very funny." I add helpfully, nodding my head in agreement.

Noct blinks at us in a mixture of confusion and awe, sitting down on the opposite side of us while asking, "Now, when you sit so close to each other, I can clearly see and hear the resemblance. How did I miss to make that connection in the past?"

"Huh? Of what kind of resemblance are you talking about?" I shift my eyes between Noct and Ravus, getting the feeling that I miss something very important.

Noct then is sends Ravus a strange look, apologizing suddenly, "My bad, I thought you two already talked about it."

"Talked about what exactly?" I nudge them with a louder voice for them to spit it out already.

Cor coughs dryly, getting Noct's attention when he says, "I woke up to Prompto rejecting Ravus' feelings of love."

Noct stares at me speechlessly. "You did?! Really?"

"What? Why do all of you stare at me as if I'm the last human being in the entire universe?! I clearly saw Ravus staring at me in the way only lovers do to each other. He obviously fell in love with me and I needed to reject his feelings before it was getting too late-"

Sudden laughter echoes through the cave and I start to get angry at those damnable, gorgeous looking men.

"Quit your laughing immediately! It's not funny at all!" I shout out at them, crossing my arms feeling offended.

What's with everyone laughing, first Atlas and Chronus, and now those guys.

Then Noct finally takes pity on me, inching closer to take me into his arms. "Prom... look at me."

I can't stay angry for long when he looks at me like that. So I pout at him instead in response.

But the pout vanishes as soon as it came into being.

Because I hear Noct say the following words.

"Ravus is your older brother. In the far past, he was Chronus' brother as well."

Say wha...?

I let my eyes drift over to Ravus. Taking a closer look at the really gorgeous guy, whose tender gaze at me I misinterpreted to be romantic love. The really handsome guy, who now confirms Noct's words to be real with a firm nod of his head and a soft smile on his face.

My brother.

My older brother.

These foreign words keep repeating, and repeating, and I still can't fathom their true meaning at all.

I always believed that my entire family died many, many years ago.

I always thought to be the only survivor.

And now I'm not alone anymore. I still have a blood related family to come back home to.

And this is such an unfamiliar emotion to me, that right now I do not know how to feel.

I can only openly stare back at him with disbelief and confusion written all over my pale face.

In addition to all that, Ravus was Chronus' older brother. Of him I know very well... I lived two years next to his side...

Oh hell, these turn out to be some interesting times for Noct and I, indeed.

...

To be continued.