Noct's Apartment; Insomnia, Lucis; Eos. Sunday Afternoon [12/27].

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There had been a little bit of redecorating around the crown prince of Insomnia's apartment over the weekend, redecorating all around quite possibly the best painting in the entire multiverse, of Noctis hanging from his sword from the top of the Citadel while the world spun around him, and there was definitely a singing fish and a burrito blanket featured heavily, as any great piece of art should have.

And Prompto had seen it probably a million times since Nina installed it, but he still couldn't help pausing every once in a while as they were all hanging out, and just sort of...marveling.

"It's almost hard to think that I know the people who painted that," he commented, not for the first time, shaking his head a moment before popping a chip into his mouth and trying to go back to focus on the game he was currently kicking Noct's ass in.

"It is a bit of a masterpiece, isn't it?" Ignis commented from behind the counter in the kitchen, where he was diligently putting dinner together for the lot of them. "Shame that it's hidden up here where so few people will even be able to bask in its glory. Perhaps I should talk to someone about having it moved down to the Citadel? I'm thinking the main entrance hall..."

"Don't. You. Dare," growled Noctis, doing a poor job of sounding intimidating with it. "It's fine where it is."

"I don't know, Noct," Gladio said as he placidly flipped the page of his book. "Iggy's got a point, it would look great hanging in the dining hall, too, maybe."

"Haven't we already been over this?"

"Only about five times every day since you got it, buddy!"

But Prompto really hoped they were joking about that. Not for Noct's sake, though, but rather for his own, because that painting was huge and a pain to move, so he'd be perfectly fine if it stayed right where it was.

He was pretty sure Noctis would miss it if it was moved, too.

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[bookbeltof_love]

Oh, please, Prompto. You hadn't had anything to do with the initial installation!

That had all been on Nina and, like, she wasn't telling how she'd done it without security noticing. What was the point of being a menace if she didn't show it in some ways?

Still, like, even though she was back for the holiday, she was trying not to get in the guys' way too much. She still lived in fear of over-staying her welcome.

That... wasn't going to stop her from beaming her way through security this afternoon, after having left them alone all through training and some of their downtime.

(Sure, she could avoid it, but sometimes the sheer novelty of having authorization to freely bounce up to Noct's place needed to be reveled in. She was part of a very small group that had that, after all.)

And it wasn't going to stop her from knocking on his door either.

Sometimes the only way to stop being scared of something was to kick it in the teeth.