Argentum Residence; Insomnia, Lucis, Eos. Saturday [05/14 FT].

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If he was honest with himself, Prompto would have to admit that it felt pretty good, being able to rush off to Fandom in able to whisk Liz away from an apparent bout of significant sleeplessness and save her from the fate of exhaustion by settling her and Rain here at his place in Insomnia, where they'd both been resting. Well, one more than the other. Rain was sort of getting a lay of the land more often than not, but Liz was catching up on her sleep for most of it, which was good. She needed sleep, and, as much as everyone on the island joked about giving the firefighters something to do, he really didn't think they'd want an exhausted pyrokinetic scorching half the place if it could be avoided.

With everything going on in the face of the announcement about the treaty and Noctis' engagement to the Oracle, though, he was even busier than normal, and he barely got to see her yesterday. Which was probably for the better, because then she could rest, but this morning, he was definitely going to make time, and he got up early for his run and was unsurprised and actually glad that Liz was still sleeping when he got back, so that he could get started on a nice breakfast for them so that it would be ready for her when she got up.

And so that she didn't have to witness him fumbling through a few of the recipes he'd gotten from Ignis. Look, Prompto wasn't a bad cook, he was actually kind of good, but he was not at all a smooth cook, and there were a few minor blunders along the way, and it might not look as good as what Ignis could do, but it would be edible.

He'd even gotten some nice fancy sardines for Rain, too, and it was extremely hard not to just grin to himself over how right this felt, how perfect, and how, as soon as all this wedding business was taken care of and out of the way and things could settle down a little, this might....actually be a thing, on the regular, and not just a little blip because Fandom was being weird.

And it was also pretty great, too, really, that the best way to escape sleeplessness, in Liz's case, turned out to actually be....Insomnia!

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“I’m sure Rain will understand,” Liz smiled at that, she glanced over to where Rain was enjoying eating her fish, “you’ll have to let me know how everything goes,”

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"I mean," said Prompto, almost a little shyly, even after all this time, as he dug into his pancakes a little more, "hopefully I won't have to tell you too much, because you'll...you know...be around for some of it. You've got to at least come to the wedding, right? It's probably going to be one of the biggest events in Eos history!"

Which...he could understand if it didn't mean quite as much to her as it did to him, or anyone else on this planet, for that matter, but still!

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“Oh, I’d love to come to the wedding,” Liz assured him, even though the idea of such a big event did intimidate her but she figured if she was going to be eventually moving in with Prompto that she should at least be there for such an important occasion, “I’ll …I’ll definitely be there …I mean, if you don’t mind me being there that is,” she added.

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"As long as you don't mind," Prompto put out there, with a newly worried and already apologetic look across the table, "that I might be kind of...you know...working and not just there to party..."

There was a certain nervousness there, too, not just in the fact that he couldn't really spend as much time with Liz at events like this as he'd want to, but also the realization that, pretty much from here on in, he had the potential to be a part of history. He wasn't just some rando on the street, he was at the side of the future king of Lucis, who was joining forces with a province of Niflheim. This was big stuff, and it was...incredibly intimidating. A part of him almost couldn't even wrap his head around it.

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“I don’t mind,” Liz told him softly, “I know how busy you’ve been and how busy you still will be with the preparations but I do still want to go, I know how important this is for you,”

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"Another reason you're amazing," Prompto gave Liz a gentle, grateful grin. "Sticking by me even when I have to be some big important member of the future Kingsgla--"

But his words cut off at a sound down the hall by the front door that made him sit up, blinking in surprise. Jangling keys, muffled voices, a turning of a lock. Any remnants of color, blush or otherwise, seemed to drain from his face. He stared at Liz for a moment before pushing back his chair.

"Uhhh...." he offered awkwardly, "um, hold...hold on a sec, I, uh, I'll be right back."

With that, he moved out of the kitchen and dining area, toward the hallway to the front door, which was opening.

"Mom, Dad, what are you guys--"

"Oh!" A man's voice all but overrode his. "Prompto! You're home. What a nice surprise."

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Liz waited, wondering who was at the door and then a few moments got her answer.

She had honestly never expected to meet Prompto’s parents and she sat as she heard the exchange at the front door and wondered if she should go out and introduce herself now or wait and give Prompto a moment.

So she sat there at the table and tried not to feel so anxious.

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The conversation continued down the hall in much more hushed tones, a few bits and pieces managing to make it out more clearly. "No, Dad, Liz, I told you about..." "Yeah, the Photo..." "I wasn't expecting you." "Yeah, I know, obviously I know, but...." "Yeah."

The sigh, at least, was unmistakable.

"Hold on."

And then Prompto came around the corner, preemptively wincing as he looked at Liz.

"Soooooooo," he said, "my parents just showed up. I know you weren't expecting this, I wasn't expecting this," bevause, seriously, they were gone all the time, and now, all of a sudden..

"I can tell them you're nog feeling well or something if you want to duck out. I would not blame you. They're probably on their way to the Citadel soon, anyway...."

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Liz tried not to feel nervous as Prompto gave her the chance to opt out of meeting his parents but she knew it was something she should do now, especially if she was going to make the move to Insomnia and live with Prompto full time.

“No that‘’s okay I can meet them, I mean …if you’re okay with me meeting them?” she asked softly.

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"Yeah, well," Prompto rolled his eyes a little derisively, "not like they'll probably even it two seconds later, anyway."

But he stopped himself, sighed, and shook his head. "Okay, that's not fair, they have a lot on their plate, but..."

He drew in a deep breath. It was probably good to get this put of the way now. Who even knew when their paths would cross next? Probably not even until Noct's wedding....

"Come on, then," he offered out his hand and a deeply apologetic smile. "They're over in the living room."

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“Okay,” Liz gave a small nod and a small smile in response, taking Prompto’s offered hand, “so anything I should be aware of before I meet them?”

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As soon as he had Liz's hand in his, Prompto gave it a little squeeze, as he shrugged. "Not really," he said, "they're pretty normal. We just don't...really see each other a lot..."

And, with that, he lead her to the living room, where Prompto's parents were in the middle of a conversation, voices lowered, which stopped abruptly once they made their appearance, their attention shifting toward Liz. For the most part, 'pretty normal' seemed to cover it extremely well; the most remarkable thing about them, really, seemed to be that they really didn't look anything like Prompto himself, their features darker, their builds bulkier. Prompto let go of Liz's hand to fidget a little with the wrap covering his barcode apprehensively, reminded of how obvious it was that he was adopted, where he was adopted from, the newer knowledge of why...and then gestured.

"Mom, Dad," he said, "this is Liz. Liz...my parents."

Prompto's mother's smile was warm and pleasant and she offered out her own hand. "Hello, Liz, darling, it's so nice to meet you finally."

"We've been hearing so much," added his father, who ignored the faint scoff from Prompto, who was kind of wondering when a few texts and brief conversations became 'so much'.

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“It’s nice to meet you as well Mrs. Argentum, Mr. Argentum,” Liz nodded a general greeting in his direction and then realised she didn’t know if that was the correct way to address someone you didn’t know in Insomnia.

She shook the offered hand, realising she didn’t know what to say . She heard Prompto’s faint snort and knew what same. Argentum was saying wasn’t quite true.

“I …er, you have a lovely home?” she tried instead, wishing she didn’t feel so awkward.

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Mr. and Mrs. would work just fine, especially since it wasn't like they ever even got names or anything.

But Prompto's mother seemed pleased enough with that response. "Thank you," she said indulgently. "Prompto has always done a good job of keeping the place up, even when he's spending even more time away than even we do."

"Speaking of which," his father cut in, "we really don't plan on staying, we were really just stopping in to drop off a thing or two. We're heading for the Citadel. Would you two need a ride?"

"No," Prompto shook his head, hands now shoved in his pockets. "We were going to go see Noct later, but we were in the middle of breakfast. We'll just take the subway."

His father seemed to consider this for a moment, before nodding. "Well, don't let us interrupt. It's the most important meal of the day, right? We'll get out of your hair."

With that, they started to move deeper into the house, though Prompto's mother lingered a little with a soft smile that did seem genuine, albeit mild.

"And it really is nice to finally meet you," she said.

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Liz blinked, she wasn't expecting his parents to leave so quickly and she glanced quickly at Prompto before returning her attention back to Mrs. Argentun.

"Same here Mrs. Argentum," Liz said with a smile, "I hope we'll see each other again soon,"

Well she was starting to figure out that wouldn't be likely but she could at least be polite, even if still somewhat slightly awkward.