The ride back to Hammerhead was quiet, the music Gladio was playing on the radio the only sound in the car. Prompto was nervous that Ignis would set off on him again as soon as they arrived. Once was barely enough for him to handle. He hoped that they could put this all behind them and be friends again.
They pulled into Hammerhead, Cindy was lounging in one of her chairs, she saw them pulling in and nearly jumped out of her seat. She ran up to the car, barely waiting on Gladio to stop, and stood outside of Prompto's door. "Thank goodness you're alright!" she said, pulling him into a hug, nearly knocking him off of his feet.
"I'm sorry, Cindy." He apologized and rubbed his neck awkwardly as she let him go.
"I know, I was just worried. Gladio too." She smiled at him, "You two hungry?" She asked.
"Starving, Gladio?" Prompto turned to Gladio.
"I could eat." Gladio said and they walked to the diner. Prompto was relieved to see that Ignis wasn't in the diner.
They sat in a booth and Takka quickly took their orders. Gladio turned to Cindy and asked what Ignis was up to. She told him that he hadn't left the trailer all morning. Prompto looked over at the trailer and felt guilty, they probably blamed him.
"When did you guys say you were heading out?" Prompto asked Gladio.
"We haven't decided yet, but probably tonight, since Ignis is being this way." Gladio told him and then gave a questioning look, "Why you asking?" Prompto was about to answer but Takka brought out their food and he stuffed his mouth, burning the roof of his mouth in the process.
"Just curious, Figured he would wanna leave like A.S.A.P.." Prompto said, swallowing his fries. "Plus, I need to tell you something about the tomb, something happened last night. You guys will probably just think that I'm nuts." He told him.
"Wait, what do you mean something happened at the tomb?" Cindy asked him, picking at her fries.
"Well, let's just say that I got to see Noct last night. And before you say it was a dream, it wasn't." He said, pointing a look at Gladio.
"The fuck Prompto?" Gladio said with a sarcastic laugh. "Noct's dead, there's no way that you saw him."
"I swear Gladio, I'm not lying. When you come back from wherever you're taking Ignis, I'll prove it" He said.
"Fine, Fine. It might take a couple weeks for me to be able to get back here, but when I do, I guess you'll show me what you mean." He said devouring his burger, not caring to talk with a mouthful of food.
"I will, I'm not lying. He told me that he wished that he could smack some sense into all of us. That we're acting ridiculous. He heard everything that went on inside and out of the tomb. So he knows about mine and Ignis's fight." Prompto said.
"Well, I don't really have anything to say. Guess we'll just wait and see." Gladio said and finished off his plate.
"Yeah, I'm probably gonna head to Lestallum and grab my stuff from the hotel." Prompto told him and turned to Cindy, " Would it be cool if I stayed here for a while." He asked her.
"Of course, you don't even have to ask." She smiled at him.
"Alright, so I guess I'm gonna get ready to head out, grab Ignis too." Gladio said climbing out of the booth, leaving his money for his food on the table.
"I didn't really bring much, besides it's all in my car. Guess i'll leave when they do." Prompto told Cindy as they both paid for their meal and walked out of the diner.
The three of them gathered their things and loaded up. Gladio helped Ignis into the car and shut the door, he walked over to Prompto and gave him a hug, and told him that he'd call when he was able to head back. He gave Cindy a hug as well, then got into the drivers side and they slowly pulled off the lot, back to Insomnia. Prompto sighed and turned to Cindy, she gave him a tight hug and told him to hurry back. He let go and got into his car and started for Lestallum.