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**This chapter starts off slow but has some serious NSFW content. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT READ THIS AT WORK! This is the moment you've all been waiting for.

SHED SOME LIGHT ON THINGS

CHAPTER 14

Just over an hour had passed when Noctis and Gladio entered the dining hall. It was mostly empty as expected, other than a group of five women at the far end chattering happily with each other. One woman, presumably the bachelorette, wore a tiara.

Noctis felt the lightest pang of bitterness. The thoughts of weddings always pulled him back to his…or the one that never had anyway.

However, that thought was pushed aside as he and Gladio approached the small round table already occupied by their traveling companions. Ignis was nursing a glass of white wine and was composed as always. Prompto on the other hand had an intense blush across his freckles and a shit-eating grin as he watched them approach.

"I've taken the liberty to order us some appetizers," said Ignis.

"Thanks," said Gladio.

"What's that look for, Prom?" Noctis asked.

Prompto's eyes shot from Noct to Gladio and back. "Nothin'."

Noctis made a face at him as he pulled out the chair next to Ignis. "Why are you being so weir-" he winced as he sat down a little too hard.

The blonde let out a chuckle and reached under the table with a foot, poking Noctis in the calf. "Can you feel that?"

Noctis remembered Prompto mentioning how he couldn't feel his legs after his round with the shield. He shot his friend a look to say 'Dude! Knock it off.' Prompto pouted, but complied, returning his attention to the menu in front of him.

He took a moment to glance at Gladio, who had been surprisingly quiet since they'd entered the room. Noctis had been expecting a smirk or a gratuitous comment, but none came.

Curious.

The waiter came around with their appetizers. Some fried calamari and stuffed sweet peppers. He took their entre orders before taking their menus and heading toward the kitchen. As the waiter departed Noctis' phone chirped. He pulled it out. The text was from Cor.

Highwind responded to your offer.

She sounded surprisingly pleased with the proposal.

Request you to contact her when you get back to discuss details.

Noctis decided he would text back later since it seemed rude to have it out at the dinner table in the first place. He hadn't expected a response so quickly from the mercenary.

"Anything important?" asked Ignis.

Noctis hesitated before answering, it seemed an odd time to discuss the topic.

Prompto popped a pepper into his mouth. "Everything alright?" he asked mid-chew.

Noctis sighed, he was going to have to tell them soon anyway. "That was Cor. He said that Aranea Highwind might accept my offer to carry the future heir of Lucis," he said, trying his best to sound blasé about it.

Prompto inhaled too sharply and began to choke on his pepper. Gladio froze, a piece of calamari half way into his mouth. Ignis just turned toward him and put his glass of wine down. There was a frozen silence between them with the exception of Prompto's strangled chokes. "Gladio," said Ignis, "Please help him. I didn't bring any phoenix downs to dinner."

Gladio finished putting the calamari in his mouth and slapped Prompto on his back hard. The choking stopped as the blonde gasped for air. "What happened now?" he asked when he was able to.

Noctis suddenly found it hard to look at his companions. He lowered his gaze to his water glass instead. "The council has become more insistent about me marrying and assuring my bloodline. They say that if the line of Lucis goes, the magic that protects Insomnia goes with it."

"They are correct," offered Ignis. The other two shot him a look.

"I know they are, but I really am sick of them saying it. Especially regarding recent events." Noct's eyes roved the table to his Crownsguard that had become so much more. "I don't want some foreign Lady or Duchess that I've never met to get their hopes up that they'll have this fairytale life with the King. I don't want her to come to Insomnia, have a wedding, carry my child, and expect an emotional bond. After Luna I…" this was a lot easier to explain in his head. "And with you three…I…"

Ignis put a hand on his shoulder.

"I won't do that to someone. I won't have them live a lie. I won't raise some poor woman's hopes just to dash them. Highwind knows that if she provides an heir that she can still be the Hunter Queen if she wants to afterward. She can even have her own bed warmers whenever the mood may strike her. I don't care. She can do whatever the hell she wants. No strings attached." He looked up at his guardians and for once he couldn't read them. "It seemed like the best option."

There was a few seconds of silence that seemed like an eternity before Gladio finally said, "Actually that does sound like a pretty solid plan."

"Indeed," said Ignis. "Although I would like to be there when you tell the council. I want to hear their reactions."

Prompto leaned forward on the table, resting his head in his hands. "Ditto," he said. "You two are gonna make such pretty babies."

The tension broken, Noctis laughed. Like actually laughed like he hadn't in quite a while. It was infectious it seemed as the other joined in. Noctis wiped a tear out of the corner of his eye before they regained their composure. "I love you guys."

After their meal and a drink or two they squeezed their way through the drunken bachelorette party towards their room. Gladio took the longest to get through because the ladies kept trying to jam bills into his belt and pleading for a dance as he passed them. "Sorry, ladies, maybe some other time," he said.

When they were down the hallway Noctis looked back at his shield. "How much Gil did you make?"

Gladio fished a stray dollar out of his belt loop. "More than you," he said as he walked up to Noctis and tucked it into the collar of his shirt. "But you can have it. Go buy something nice for yourself."

Noctis rolled his eyes, but left the bill there anyway.

The room they'd rented was enormous. It had four bedrooms with king sized beds in each, a common space, fully functional kitchen, and four small bathrooms. It may as well have been a house.

Noctis excused himself to the bathroom for a moment, leaving the others in the living room. When he was done he washed his hands and looked up at his reflection. He had a big bruise on his lip from one of Gladio's love bites. He hadn't noticed it with all the other sensations going on. No wonder Prompto had such a huge grin on his face when they'd shown up to dinner.

He huffed and closed his eyes, focusing his magic on further healing. It had been slowly fixing him up over the past two hours or so, but the cool tingle of magic felt good. Normally it just healed him automatically, albeit at a slower rate. It felt like ages since he'd had to reach for it actively again. It felt good to need it again.

When he was fully recovered, including his lip and other places, he opened the door to the bathroom. Gladio was standing immediately outside it facing the living room. He turned around and held a finger up to tell him to keep quiet before beckoning him forward.

Noctis slowly peeked around the taller man and nearly caused another bruise on his lip he bit down so hard on it.

Ignis' shirt was gone. Haphazardly tossed to some far corner of the room, indicating that Prompto must have been the one to throw it. His glasses were on the end table with his belt. Prompto's shirt was gone too as he straddled the taller man on the oversized black leather couch. Their kisses were slow and passionate and agonizing to watch. Partially because Noctis remembered what those mouths could do, but also because they had to know that they were being watched. It was a big suite, but it wasn't big enough that they'd be able to ignore the two grown men staring at them from the hallway. Maybe they wanted to be watched. Maybe they didn't care. Either way it was becoming increasingly difficult to stay quiet.

Noctis bit down on his thumb because it was more durable than his own lip. He watched as Prompto gyrated his hips forward to match Ignis' subconscious thrusts upward. He waited for them to continue further, but they were really taking their time.

Gods this was worse than when Ignis had him tied to the bed. It was torture.

Finally Prompto began to slide back off Ignis' lap, pulling the strategist's pants down with him. Sliding in between Ignis' legs Prompto took the member in front of him in his hands and gave it a few slow tugs before running his tongue along the length.

Noctis let out the breath he was holding loudly before covering his mouth. Ignis had to have heard it, probably Prompto too. But they didn't change their pace as Prompto continued to lavish attention on Ignis' cock.

The metallic taste of blood hit Noct's tongue as he bit down harder on his thumb. He opened his mouth, wincing before he felt a strong hand push his shoulder to the wall. Gladio's eyes were still locked on the pair for a long moment before he tilted Noct's head to watch them. Noctis could feel the scrape of Gladio's beard against his jaw as hot, open mouthed kisses worked along his pulse. Very much the same speed Prompto was working on Ignis.

Despite their romp in the shower only hours before, Noct was painfully hard again.

"I told you you'd like to watch," whispered Gladio as he rubbed Noctis through his pants. Noctis didn't object as his jacket was sloughed to the floor while he watched Prompto take Ignis all the way to the hilt. Ignis' head lolled back on the couch as Prompto worked, his fingers tangled in the blondes hair. The unmistakable wet sounds of oral sex seeped through every corner of the room like syrup.

Gladio moved his mouth lower eliciting a shutter from Noct when he lightly bit a nipple and traveled further south. It was difficult for Noct to make a distinction between what was better; the attention being placed upon him or what he was witnessing.

Noctis closed his eyes tight and turned his head to the ceiling. He took a deep, slow breath. If he kept watching he was going to come in his pants. Especially with Gladio teasing him like that. After a moment he'd centered himself and looked down at his shield. Gladio was lightly nibbling the edge of his hip and looking up at him with amber eyes.

His attention was drawn back to the others when he heard Ignis gasp.

Prompto was fucking him, fast. It seemed that there was only so much foreplay the blonde could take. Noct reached down and went to unbuckle his pants, but Gladio caught his wrists and held them to his sides. The larger man stood up and pressed him into the wall with his chest. "Not just yet," he breathed into Noct's ear.

He was losing his mind. Every nerve in his body was on fire.

When he heard the Eos shattering cries of Prompto as he came Noct couldn't take it anymore. He warped out of Gladio's grip and strode across the room shedding every stitch of fabric on him. He grabbed the nearest body to him, which happened to be Prompto and flipped him over, pinning him to the couch on his back. He searched around for the lube and found it on the floor. Prompto looked up at him with blown out pupils and swollen lips as Noctis lubed himself up. The blonde gave him choked out a "yes" when he entered him in one swift thrust.

He was so worked up he didn't know how he wasn't coming immediately. Probably due to the fact he'd just come a few hours ago. Noct was only vaguely aware of the other two people in the room as he plowed into his best friend desperately. The welcoming coil of orgasm was winding up in his stomach when suddenly he was pulled back by his hair. He could feel Gladio's lubed member against his thigh and for a moment he didn't believe what was about to happen. "Slow down Romeo, let the rest of us have some fun," he said sliding a lubed finger into his King.

Noct couldn't breathe. He was still inside Prompto as Gladio worked on him, his free hand wrapped around his throat. Not enough to cut off air, but firm enough to make Noct's eyes roll back in his head.

Before long the fingers were removed and Gladio lined himself up and entered him slowly, kissing the back of his neck as he did. Noct didn't think he was capable of making some of the noises that came out of his mouth. He didn't think he was capable of moving either.

As if the scenario couldn't get any hotter, he looked down to see Prompto sucking off Ignis. Noct must have taken him away from the strategist before he'd had a chance to come.

Ignis leaned a hand forward and found Noct's face. Gladio let go of his neck and put both of his hands on Noct's hips as Ignis kissed him desperately. Gladio held still, but began to move Noct forward and back, into Prompto, then back onto him. He moaned frantically into Ignis' mouth and Ignis returned in kind.

Noctis had never felt so much stimuli in his life. He was drowning in endorphins and had no clue how he hadn't come yet. Even Ignis' composure was cracking as he moaned into Noct's mouth. His breath was becoming erratic and soon Ignis let out a cry that Noct would remember for the rest of his life. He came into Prompto's mouth hard. The blonde caught as much of it as he could, but a good portion of it got in his hair.

That was it, he couldn't take it anymore. He leaned down and kissed his cum covered lover, tasting Ignis all over him as he came.

The lightbulb in the end table lamp brightened and exploded as electricity crackled through the room. He collapsed forward as Gladio began pounding into him relentlessly. A few seconds later his shield came too, adding more heat to Noct's twitching core.

They were all soaked with sweat and gasping for air as Noctis rode the tsunami of endorphins that had flooded his system until it dashed him onto the sandy shore of reality.

After a moment he picked his head up and looked at his companions in the dim light, a faint glow was coming from the coffee table across the room. He lifted his head up further and got a better look at it. "Prompto…" he asked hoarsely.

A deep breath. "Yeah?"

"Is that your phone?"

A chuckle. "Yeah."

"Are you recording this?"

"Yes."

Noct paused, waiting to be angry, but it just didn't come. He put his head back down on the blonde's chest and smiled. "I'd like to watch that later."

"It would be wise to delete it before heading back to Insomnia," said Ignis.

"Yeah," said Gladio. "Probably shouldn't have a video of the Chosen King getting gangbanged floating around."

Ignis laughed and sat down, resting Prompto's head on his thigh.

"Was this your idea?" asked Noctis.

Ignis shook his head. "Not I. The camera idea was all Prompto's doing."

"Guilty as charged," said the gunslinger.

They all sat there quietly for a few moments until things started to feel sticky. He knew he should probably peel himself out from in between Prompto and Gladio and take a shower, but for now he simply reached up to put a hand on Ignis' thigh and closed his eyes.

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OMG I'm shaking. O/O That was the most erotic thing I've ever written. Holy shit.

Thank you to everyone who read the story this far. All you perverts are wonderful. Thank you for all the suggestions, reviews, fanart, and help along the way. There will probably be one more chapter here to wrap things up in an even 15 chapters like the game. But like the game there will be some DLC if you will. I plan on writing Iggy and Gladdy's first time and a few other offshoots. So keep an eye out.

Now, if you need me I'll be in my bunk.