Noct frowns at himself in the mirror. He look horrible. His hair is more messy than normal. He's got light bags under his eyes.
The prince face scrunches up into a frown. He glances over to the side seeing Gladio looking at him from the bathroom door. A hand over his mouth to stifle his laughter. Amber eyes on the princes faces. "Its..." Gladio says, "... so funny!" Gladio couldn't hold back anymore, letting his hand down. "Your forehead!" he laughs. Noct frowns at him then turns to the mirror, in the middle of his forehead is a bruise. A large round bruise perfectly in the middle. The prince glares at the embarrassing reminder. Not once could he land at hit on the blonde. Every time he got close Prompto found a way out of the fight.
She continue to shoot his forehead where a bruise now forms.
"Gladio." Ignis calls his name firmly. The advisor grabs the man from his shoulder pulling him away from the bathroom door. Noct closes the door to take his after morning workout shower.
"I can't help it." Gladio laughs as he's pulled away.
"If I were you I wouldn't be laughing. Prompto shot you a couple times too." Ignis says, walking to the kitchen, packing the princes lunch for the day. Gladio frowns at the adviser. Only cause he's right. Gladio tried but even she got him. The blonde is fast and nimble, there were moments that made it seem like she knew what they are thinking. She moved like a hardened warrior. Not once did she hesitate. Cor truly trained her. Not being able to hear didn't slow her down. She found a way to overcome that.
Cor must have trained her hard, harder than anyone probably. She had more technique than any crownsguard he's ever meet. There also hasn't been a crownsguard or kingsglaive that can use a rifle like her. The blonde has perfected the use of her weapon. It does make him wonder how he or anyone never heard about her. With her skills she should be talked about more. How can she be hidden? Is she apart of the crownsguard? He would think so.
Gladio looks over to the prince as he stands there, in front of both the shield and advisor, in the elevator on the way to drop the prince at school. Noct wasn't happy about losing so many times in front of his father. His pride is bruised, just as much as his forehead. He want to recover but how does he? After his sparring session Cor and Gladio came up with a new training plan. He doesn't even know if he'll ever see her again, or if they will spar again.
The elevator stops on the tenth floor. Noct wasn't expecting anything but he did hope, just make sure not to have it show on his face. He's got to keep it hidden. The door opens to reveal the blonde. She stood there looking down at her small and simple wrist watch, when she notice the elevator door open she looks at the boys. She gives them a grin as she steps inside. Noct look down. She must have just showered too because her hair is moist and he can smell lemon and honey from her.
Ignis steps up, placing his hand on her shoulder. She turns around to the advisor. He smiles at her, both of her eyes going to his face. "Would you like a ride?" he asks. Prompto blinks, eyes going from the advisor lips to his eyes. She grabs her phone. Going to the app, having to type her answer.
"If it's not to much trouble." The robotic voice says, Prompto looks at them, not wanting to get in anyone's way. Is she sure they are okay with it? She doesn't know how they feel about her. Especially Noct, with the large bruise on his forehead.
"It's fine." Noct tells her. The blonde catches the last of what the prince said.
"Thank you." The robotic voice on Prompto's phone says. She smiles at them. She enjoys hanging out with them. They are fun to be around.
They walk in silence, waiting in the elevator and going to the car in silence. A little awkward now that's all out in the open about who her father is. Knowing what she's capable of is a little scary but Cor being her teacher makes sense. Who else would teach her? Also the image of Cor being kind is a little off putting to think about. Maybe he's more of a stern father?
They all sit silently in the car. Ignis driving them to school. Noct takes a peak at the blonde. She sits there with her eyes on her phone. He's been curious about her but he doesn't know what to do. How does he talk to her? How should he talk her? What is there to talk about with her? He's never been good at talking with other people. How does he start conversations? Most people come up to him and start talking, he usually stands there silently. Waiting for them to finishing and leave. They don't take long before they realize he is not interested in them. He does hate when people are overly persistence. Some either don't get the hint or choose to ignore it and continue to pester him. He doesn't want to do the same to her. What if he ends up annoying her? Though he has to first be able to talk to her.
He looks over to the blondes phone, he pauses when he spots the familiar image of the daily reward screen for Kings Knight. He wasn't imaging it. Okay, what does he ask first? He feels his heart thump, he's... excited. He wanted someone he can play with. Ignis and Gladio only play because he plays but Prompto plays because she enjoys the game. He assumes she does otherwise she wouldn't be collecting the daily rewards. He hopes she does, that would be embarrassing. Noct opens his mouth but the robotic voice interrupts him.
"Thank you for the ride." It says, then Prompto puts her phone in her pocket. With her school bag in one hand she opens the door with the other. Before anything else can be asked she leaves. Noct mouth is left agape as he stare at her retreating figure. He spent too much time thinking he lost his chance.
"Noct, can you please ask her if she'd like a ride after school." Ignis tells the prince. Noct turns to the advisor giving him a nod then sliding to exit the car himself. Now he has an excuse to talk to her. Still nervous about it, and still has no clue how to talk to her but he's got all day to figure that out.