Gladio and Noct are pretty close. They kind of have to be, in order to be a proper shield and future king! So when they are spotted hanging out and roughhousing together in public, the press jumps on it and starts a rumor that they are dating.
Which is certainly news to them... but NOT news to everyone else in their lives, who have been laboring under the assumption that Noct and Gladio have been dating for years and just haven't come out until now.
After all their protests are ignored, the two finally give in. And it turns out that dating each other isn't really all that bad...
Bonus + Iris tearfully gives them her blessing and they both feel like monsters Bonus +++++ Regis AND Clarus try to give them The Talk at the same time Bonus ++++++++++++++++++++++ Other countries start sending Noct engagement presents. All of them are useless and slightly disturbing.
Gladio/Noctis Accidental Dating
Which is certainly news to them... but NOT news to everyone else in their lives, who have been laboring under the assumption that Noct and Gladio have been dating for years and just haven't come out until now.
After all their protests are ignored, the two finally give in. And it turns out that dating each other isn't really all that bad...
Bonus + Iris tearfully gives them her blessing and they both feel like monsters
Bonus +++++ Regis AND Clarus try to give them The Talk at the same time
Bonus ++++++++++++++++++++++ Other countries start sending Noct engagement presents. All of them are useless and slightly disturbing.