Greetings! This story is a collection of short takes on each phrase of the "100 Ways to say I Love You"-list, focusing on the Chocobros and their friendship. It's all platonic, no romance, though of course you are free to view it as romantic. They all just love each other very much.

Some of them might be AU, but that's going to be stated in the title of each chapter, along with the relationship the chapter focuses on.

Title is taken from the song Fight Till Dying by my favourite band of all times, Sunrise Avenue.

First chapter is Ignis & Noctis, canon verse. Hope you enjoy!

Ignis brought his hand up to his face again to rub at his eyes for what must've been the third time within the past 15 minutes. Gods, he was so tired, all he wanted was to lie down and get some sleep.

It was no use. They still had another two hours to drive before they could settle in for the night. By now, Ignis deeply regretted his own offer of driving to their destination. At this point, he'd probably even let Prompto drive if it meant he'd get to relinquish the driver's seat.

He glanced into the rear mirror at Noct and Gladio and then at Prompto next to him. Unsurprisingly, all three of them were fast asleep, weary from the previous night which they had spent hunting nocturnal creatures.

With a quiet sigh, Ignis turned his attention back to the road. He was already struggling to keep his focus on driving as it was, and the lack of conversation did not help improve his state of wakefulness either; he couldn't afford to get distracted if he wanted to arrive safely.

Briefly, he considered turning the radio on to give himself some background noise at least, but he didn't want to risk waking the others, so he dismissed the thought. They needed the rest, and he'd just have to make do without the radio.

Only two more hours. That was nothing. He'd gone longer without sleep during his high school days when the workload of school combined with his responsibilities at the citadel and the additional reports he read in order to attend the meetings in Noct's stead had left no time for sleep. Now, it hadn't even been 48 hours yet, this should not be a problem.

...except, back at the citadel, he hadn't spent the days - and the nights - fighting, exhausting himself physically, mentally and emotionally as he did now. He also hadn't spent most of the hours during which he did get to sleep on the cold, hard ground at a haven, and he hadn't gotten injured, sometimes critically, nearly every other day.

Alright, so perhaps this was not like the other times he had run on zero sleep. No matter. He'd just need more coffee.

He removed his right hand from the steering wheel and blindly felt for the last can of Ebony he knew was in the cup holder. When he found it, he struggled to open the can with only one hand, and before he could succeed, a hand snatched the coffee from his grip.

Startled, he looked into the rear mirror, only to find Noct blinking at him sleepily. "Noct. Give it back," Ignis said, having no patience left for such nonsense. It was coffee, or them all inevitably crashing and dying in a fireball. Noct's choice.

"How much longer?" Noct asked, making no move to return the coffee.

"About two more hours. Give me the coffee."

"Pull over. Let me drive for a while."

Ignis twisted in his seat to look at Noct directly. "You need to rest."

"So do you," Noct argued. "I slept for a few hours, when's the last time you slept?"

"You have never slept enough," Ignis pointed out, neatly dodging the question.

Noct sighed impatiently, making Ignis feel like their roles were reversed for a second. Usually, he was the one exasperated with Noct, not this way around.

"Specs, stop arguing. Let's switch, I can drive the rest. I'll make it an order if I have to."

Ignis glared at the rear mirror, knowing he had already lost. Noct knew he wasn't going to argue against a direct order from his prince, and Noct knew that Ignis knew too. Besides… the thought of sliding into the backseat with Gladio and sleep sounded heavenly just about now.

"Fine," he huffed, bringing the car to a stop at the side of the road.

They traded places, Noct with the coffee still in his hand. He gave the can a sceptical look before popping it open and chugging the entire thing.

"Ugh," he muttered, sticking his tongue out childishly.

Despite his exhaustion, Ignis let out a not very dignified snort. "Thank you, Noct. Do wake me up if you need me to take over again."

"Yeah, yeah. Now sleep."

And so Ignis did, leaning back into the seat and after a moment of consideration, slightly against Gladio's shoulder. Within seconds, he was asleep.

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