Once everything had calmed down and been thoroughly explained, Ignis and Gladio agreed to try to settle the bad blood brewing between them before it got any worse. But the two youngest of the group decided that Ignis still needed a proper punishment and cooldown, so they decided to make a trip down to the complex’s pool.
“We’re waiting Iggy.” Prompto titters as he holds up his phone, taking a video.
Ignis breathes out deeply and fidgets around before looking back over at them. “Isn’t there something else I could do? These clothes are expensive.”
“Then take them off.” Noctis says bluntly.
The man frowns deeply and sighs. He takes off his glasses and sets them on the nearby table before removing his shoes. He returns to the edge of the pool, takes one last look into the cloudy water, and jumps in. He resurfaces to the cheers of the other three before Promtpo sets his phone down, discards his shoes, and then joins the lighter brunette in the pool with a boisterous whoop. The remaining two laugh at the men in the pool before Gladio gives a nudge to Noctis’ shoulder and gestures towards them with a smile. Noctis grins ear to ear and removes his shoes along with the other before he laces his fingers with Gladio’s and they join the others. The four men continue to play around in the pool until the air turns slightly chilly and they head into the communal laundry room used by the apartment residents to strip down and dry their clothes. They hang around the dryers, towels wrapped around their waist to obscure their naughty bits, and chat; specifically, to get to know the larger brunette who Prompto has officially designated a new member of their circle. Noctis breaks away from the group and stands by one of the large windows to look out at the night sky. He thinks about how the night had started out badly, but now it has turned into a good one. He feels someone flick his shoulder and turns slightly to see Ignis standing there with a repentant look.
“Sup Iggy?”
“Noct, I must apologize to you again. I acted very irrationally, letting my stress and anger get the best of me and causing you grief.”
“I know, but I’m not really the one you should apologize to.”
“Yes, I have told him many times since how sorry I am for blowing up at him and for the punch. He said it was fine and he accepted my apology, he even apologized too for being obscene.” Ignis says but furrows his brow. “But I must ask, is it true, did you ask him to spend the night?”
“Yeah, it was really late and he had just walked me home. I offered to pay for his cab but he wouldn’t accept and said he was just going to walk by himself, which I didn’t think was safe regardless of his size and talked him into staying on my couch.”
“I understand now, you are a thoughtful man Noct.” he says making Noct smile bashfully.
Suddenly, a loud yelp echoes through the room making the two men slightly jump. They look over towards the others and see Prompto run by, laughing hysterically, and brandishing a towel as Gladio looks on horrified, attempting to cover his bare nether regions.
“Hey, don’t just stand there gawking, help me.”
Ignis groans and stalks after the cackling blonde as Noct continues to stare at the form across from him. He starts from the floor and slowly works his way up Gladio’s bare thighs, across his large hands that keep himself hidden, then following the line of hair leading to his naval and toned abs. Noct’s eyes continue their adventure upwards until he finally rests on the man’s face, and realizes that he has been watched the whole time. Noctis turns a deep shade of red and bites his lip in embarrassment, but relaxes when Gladio shoots him a frisky smile. He carefully adjusts himself to free one of his hands and gestures down his body while raising an eyebrow inquisitively. Noctis chuckles and nods approvingly, mouthing the words so hot to the giggling brunette. But the moment is interrupted when a cackling blonde blur runs past, swinging two towels this time. Noct looks over at Ignis, his head is dropped in defeat and groans. It’s all up to Noctis now. He attempts multiple times to retrieve the towels but Prompto nimbly avoids each grab and dashes to the other side of the laundry mat. Eventually their clothes dry and in a bit of revenge, the blonde’s garments are taken and thrown into the street where he must stealthily retrieve them without being seen.
The four return to Noctis’ apartment and spend the rest of the night having drinks, playing games, and just having a good time. It gets to after two when Ignis designates it’s time for bed, getting a boo from the youngest of their group, but he ignores him and they clear up space in the living room to lay out pillows and blankets. Noct talks Ignis into staying in his room so that way Bass won’t try to lay on the man’s face and upset his allergies any worse than it already has. He reluctantly agrees and heads into the bedroom, wishing them goodnight, and shutting the door. Prompto hops into the pile of blankets and rolls himself up snuggly before patting the spot next to him for Pistol to come and lay. Noct settles himself in and looks to Gladio, who wears a look of apprehension, and gestures for him to lie down. The older man hesitates at first, looking towards the closed door where Ignis resides behind, but relents and crawls under the covers where he is immediately pounced upon by a large purring fur ball. Gladio chuckles as Bass makes himself comfortable on his broad chest and looks to Noct, mouthing a goodnight before closing his eyes and settling into sleep. Noctis smiles contently, watching them for a bit before he too falls asleep. Some time passes before Noct awakens, blinking his eyes a few times as they adjust to the light. He looks around the room and notices that both Prompto and Gladio are nowhere to be found and on further inspection, his bedroom door is wide open. He slowly stands on shaky legs and glances around first noticing that both Bass and Pistol are in the kitchen, enjoying breakfast together before he hears boisterous laughter come from his open balcony. He stumbles on over and finds both Ignis and Gladio leaning against the railing, chatting remarkably civil.
“Mornin.” he calls out to the two while rubbing his eyes.
“My word Noct, this must be a new record for you. It’s not even past ten.” Ignis teases as he and Gladio chuckle.
“Oh yes, so funny.” Noct snips before noticing the jolly expression worn by the two men. “So I see you two are playing nice now.”
“Yeah, we’ve been talking some more, things have been explained more and all that shit.” Gladio informs him.
“So what was so hilarious? I heard the both of you cackling a bit ago?” Noct asks and gets his answer when Gladio hands him his phone. Noctis chuckles as he watches a clip of Cait Sith, clad in a red cape, and Mog, who is wearing purple bat wings sit on a coffee table as the person recording tries to get their attention futilely. It then seems as if the tiny tuxedo has had enough and pounces the camera, knocking it out of the holder’s hand as a group of teen girls giggle in the background. “Your sister? I hope she wasn’t there when you got decked.”
“Nah, I actually called her last night as I was running here to go stay with the kittens and even gave her the okay to bring her friends along since she was already having a slumber party.” he says and makes an embarrassed face while eyeing the equally embarrassed Ignis. “Since, you know, I wasn’t entirely sure the night wasn’t going to end in a prison stay.”
“Yeah, that was probably a good thing.” Noct says as he hands back the phone, but he notices someone is still missing and looks around questioningly. “Hey, by the way where is Prompto?”
“I sent him across the street to procure some breakfast foods since you appear to lack anything edible or that isn’t frozen.” Ignis informs him.
“You do realize he’ll probably come back with a box of donuts and energy drinks.”
Ignis gives a smug smile and snorts. “That’s why I pinned a note to his shirt to guarantee he wouldn’t mess up.”
“Very shrewd Iggy.” Noctis laughs.
“And it seemed to of worked.” he states as gestures towards the front door.
Prompto lifts up a large plastic bag in one hand as he holds a carrier with four coffees in the other. “M’ladies, I have returned with the breakfast feast!”
The other three join him in the kitchen and divide up the sandwiches and hash browns amongst the four of them before diving in and enjoying their meal together. After they finish, Ignis and Gladio offer to help straighten up since they would both need to leave soon; with Ignis needing to be at the café that afternoon and Gladio concerned with leaving his home to a gaggle of snoopy teen girls to run around in for too much longer. They return the living room to its prior state and the two older men prepare to take their leave but not before making a promise that the four of them would get together again for another bros night, minus the fists. Ignis bids the two youngest good day and heads to his car while Gladio hangs back in the doorway with Noctis and Bass, who won’t stop circling the brunette’s feet.
“I have to say, things have gotten a lot more interesting since I’ve met you.” Gladio says, grinning down at Noct.
“That good or bad?”
“Great actually, haven’t had this much fun in years.” He says and leans down to rake his fingers across the persistent Tabby’s back. “But I was thinking, I’ve been over to your place twice now, so maybe if you don’t have anything going on Saturday you’d wanna come over to mine? Have lunch and see the girls?”
A bright smile edges across Nocts face and happily nods. “Yeah, I would love that.”
“Great!” Gladio cheers and scoops up Bass who begins to purr and headbutt the man’s chin. “Okay okay, I’ll give you cuddles.”
Noct watches awestruck as Gladio nuzzles his face into Bass’ and receives a tongue bath on his chin in return. The large man chuckles and coos at the cat before giving him a scratch when the feline meows and tenderly paws his cheek. Gladio looks to Noctis and smiles affectionately, but his expression changes into something more confuddled when he glances into the house.
“Hey Noct, I think your friend is broken.”
Noctis turns to see what he meant and finds Prompto standing a few feet away, camera poised and dancing in place with a cheeky grin splattered on his face.
“That would insinuate he could be fixed.” Noct laughs and it turns into a fit when Gladio grins suggestively. “And not that type of fixed either.”
A loud honking interrupts their giggling and tells them Ignis is becoming impatient. Gladio sets Bass down and gives a quick goodbye to the two before heading down the steps. Noct heads out onto the terrace and watches him walk towards Ignis’ car, but the large brunette stops and turns to look up at him with a devious grin plastered on his face.
“Hey Princess!” he shouts and blows Noct a kiss. “Til we meet again, my love!”
Noctis pretends to swoon and clutch his hand to his chest while laughing as Ignis once again lays on the horn. He watches as Gladio climbs into the car and immediately throws his head back in a boisterous laugh at something Ignis said; most likely a threat; and rests against the railing with a gentle sigh.
“These are so going into the Wedding slideshow.”
Noct crinkles his nose and turns to glare at the blonde who gleefully snaps away with his camera. He stops and gives a look of challenge to his friend before getting chased around the apartment.
Fill Re: Noctis/Any, Veterinarian or Pet Store Owner Noctis (11/?)
“We’re waiting Iggy.” Prompto titters as he holds up his phone, taking a video.
Ignis breathes out deeply and fidgets around before looking back over at them. “Isn’t there something else I could do? These clothes are expensive.”
“Then take them off.” Noctis says bluntly.
The man frowns deeply and sighs. He takes off his glasses and sets them on the nearby table before removing his shoes. He returns to the edge of the pool, takes one last look into the cloudy water, and jumps in. He resurfaces to the cheers of the other three before Promtpo sets his phone down, discards his shoes, and then joins the lighter brunette in the pool with a boisterous whoop. The remaining two laugh at the men in the pool before Gladio gives a nudge to Noctis’ shoulder and gestures towards them with a smile. Noctis grins ear to ear and removes his shoes along with the other before he laces his fingers with Gladio’s and they join the others. The four men continue to play around in the pool until the air turns slightly chilly and they head into the communal laundry room used by the apartment residents to strip down and dry their clothes. They hang around the dryers, towels wrapped around their waist to obscure their naughty bits, and chat; specifically, to get to know the larger brunette who Prompto has officially designated a new member of their circle. Noctis breaks away from the group and stands by one of the large windows to look out at the night sky. He thinks about how the night had started out badly, but now it has turned into a good one. He feels someone flick his shoulder and turns slightly to see Ignis standing there with a repentant look.
“Sup Iggy?”
“Noct, I must apologize to you again. I acted very irrationally, letting my stress and anger get the best of me and causing you grief.”
“I know, but I’m not really the one you should apologize to.”
“Yes, I have told him many times since how sorry I am for blowing up at him and for the punch. He said it was fine and he accepted my apology, he even apologized too for being obscene.” Ignis says but furrows his brow. “But I must ask, is it true, did you ask him to spend the night?”
“Yeah, it was really late and he had just walked me home. I offered to pay for his cab but he wouldn’t accept and said he was just going to walk by himself, which I didn’t think was safe regardless of his size and talked him into staying on my couch.”
“I understand now, you are a thoughtful man Noct.” he says making Noct smile bashfully.
Suddenly, a loud yelp echoes through the room making the two men slightly jump. They look over towards the others and see Prompto run by, laughing hysterically, and brandishing a towel as Gladio looks on horrified, attempting to cover his bare nether regions.
“Hey, don’t just stand there gawking, help me.”
Ignis groans and stalks after the cackling blonde as Noct continues to stare at the form across from him. He starts from the floor and slowly works his way up Gladio’s bare thighs, across his large hands that keep himself hidden, then following the line of hair leading to his naval and toned abs. Noct’s eyes continue their adventure upwards until he finally rests on the man’s face, and realizes that he has been watched the whole time. Noctis turns a deep shade of red and bites his lip in embarrassment, but relaxes when Gladio shoots him a frisky smile. He carefully adjusts himself to free one of his hands and gestures down his body while raising an eyebrow inquisitively. Noctis chuckles and nods approvingly, mouthing the words so hot to the giggling brunette. But the moment is interrupted when a cackling blonde blur runs past, swinging two towels this time. Noct looks over at Ignis, his head is dropped in defeat and groans. It’s all up to Noctis now. He attempts multiple times to retrieve the towels but Prompto nimbly avoids each grab and dashes to the other side of the laundry mat. Eventually their clothes dry and in a bit of revenge, the blonde’s garments are taken and thrown into the street where he must stealthily retrieve them without being seen.
The four return to Noctis’ apartment and spend the rest of the night having drinks, playing games, and just having a good time. It gets to after two when Ignis designates it’s time for bed, getting a boo from the youngest of their group, but he ignores him and they clear up space in the living room to lay out pillows and blankets. Noct talks Ignis into staying in his room so that way Bass won’t try to lay on the man’s face and upset his allergies any worse than it already has. He reluctantly agrees and heads into the bedroom, wishing them goodnight, and shutting the door. Prompto hops into the pile of blankets and rolls himself up snuggly before patting the spot next to him for Pistol to come and lay. Noct settles himself in and looks to Gladio, who wears a look of apprehension, and gestures for him to lie down. The older man hesitates at first, looking towards the closed door where Ignis resides behind, but relents and crawls under the covers where he is immediately pounced upon by a large purring fur ball. Gladio chuckles as Bass makes himself comfortable on his broad chest and looks to Noct, mouthing a goodnight before closing his eyes and settling into sleep. Noctis smiles contently, watching them for a bit before he too falls asleep. Some time passes before Noct awakens, blinking his eyes a few times as they adjust to the light. He looks around the room and notices that both Prompto and Gladio are nowhere to be found and on further inspection, his bedroom door is wide open. He slowly stands on shaky legs and glances around first noticing that both Bass and Pistol are in the kitchen, enjoying breakfast together before he hears boisterous laughter come from his open balcony. He stumbles on over and finds both Ignis and Gladio leaning against the railing, chatting remarkably civil.
“Mornin.” he calls out to the two while rubbing his eyes.
“My word Noct, this must be a new record for you. It’s not even past ten.” Ignis teases as he and Gladio chuckle.
“Oh yes, so funny.” Noct snips before noticing the jolly expression worn by the two men. “So I see you two are playing nice now.”
“Yeah, we’ve been talking some more, things have been explained more and all that shit.” Gladio informs him.
“So what was so hilarious? I heard the both of you cackling a bit ago?” Noct asks and gets his answer when Gladio hands him his phone. Noctis chuckles as he watches a clip of Cait Sith, clad in a red cape, and Mog, who is wearing purple bat wings sit on a coffee table as the person recording tries to get their attention futilely. It then seems as if the tiny tuxedo has had enough and pounces the camera, knocking it out of the holder’s hand as a group of teen girls giggle in the background. “Your sister? I hope she wasn’t there when you got decked.”
“Nah, I actually called her last night as I was running here to go stay with the kittens and even gave her the okay to bring her friends along since she was already having a slumber party.” he says and makes an embarrassed face while eyeing the equally embarrassed Ignis. “Since, you know, I wasn’t entirely sure the night wasn’t going to end in a prison stay.”
“Yeah, that was probably a good thing.” Noct says as he hands back the phone, but he notices someone is still missing and looks around questioningly. “Hey, by the way where is Prompto?”
“I sent him across the street to procure some breakfast foods since you appear to lack anything edible or that isn’t frozen.” Ignis informs him.
“You do realize he’ll probably come back with a box of donuts and energy drinks.”
Ignis gives a smug smile and snorts. “That’s why I pinned a note to his shirt to guarantee he wouldn’t mess up.”
“Very shrewd Iggy.” Noctis laughs.
“And it seemed to of worked.” he states as gestures towards the front door.
Prompto lifts up a large plastic bag in one hand as he holds a carrier with four coffees in the other. “M’ladies, I have returned with the breakfast feast!”
The other three join him in the kitchen and divide up the sandwiches and hash browns amongst the four of them before diving in and enjoying their meal together. After they finish, Ignis and Gladio offer to help straighten up since they would both need to leave soon; with Ignis needing to be at the café that afternoon and Gladio concerned with leaving his home to a gaggle of snoopy teen girls to run around in for too much longer. They return the living room to its prior state and the two older men prepare to take their leave but not before making a promise that the four of them would get together again for another bros night, minus the fists. Ignis bids the two youngest good day and heads to his car while Gladio hangs back in the doorway with Noctis and Bass, who won’t stop circling the brunette’s feet.
“I have to say, things have gotten a lot more interesting since I’ve met you.” Gladio says, grinning down at Noct.
“That good or bad?”
“Great actually, haven’t had this much fun in years.” He says and leans down to rake his fingers across the persistent Tabby’s back. “But I was thinking, I’ve been over to your place twice now, so maybe if you don’t have anything going on Saturday you’d wanna come over to mine? Have lunch and see the girls?”
A bright smile edges across Nocts face and happily nods. “Yeah, I would love that.”
“Great!” Gladio cheers and scoops up Bass who begins to purr and headbutt the man’s chin. “Okay okay, I’ll give you cuddles.”
Noct watches awestruck as Gladio nuzzles his face into Bass’ and receives a tongue bath on his chin in return. The large man chuckles and coos at the cat before giving him a scratch when the feline meows and tenderly paws his cheek. Gladio looks to Noctis and smiles affectionately, but his expression changes into something more confuddled when he glances into the house.
“Hey Noct, I think your friend is broken.”
Noctis turns to see what he meant and finds Prompto standing a few feet away, camera poised and dancing in place with a cheeky grin splattered on his face.
“That would insinuate he could be fixed.” Noct laughs and it turns into a fit when Gladio grins suggestively. “And not that type of fixed either.”
A loud honking interrupts their giggling and tells them Ignis is becoming impatient. Gladio sets Bass down and gives a quick goodbye to the two before heading down the steps. Noct heads out onto the terrace and watches him walk towards Ignis’ car, but the large brunette stops and turns to look up at him with a devious grin plastered on his face.
“Hey Princess!” he shouts and blows Noct a kiss. “Til we meet again, my love!”
Noctis pretends to swoon and clutch his hand to his chest while laughing as Ignis once again lays on the horn. He watches as Gladio climbs into the car and immediately throws his head back in a boisterous laugh at something Ignis said; most likely a threat; and rests against the railing with a gentle sigh.
“These are so going into the Wedding slideshow.”
Noct crinkles his nose and turns to glare at the blonde who gleefully snaps away with his camera. He stops and gives a look of challenge to his friend before getting chased around the apartment.