And the funny thing was, if Nina had somehow found a way to get this conversation to Noctis, he would listen to it and have no idea what Prompto was even talking about.
But there was no room for logic when it came to crippling self-doubt.
"Just....I don't know," he said after another long moment to try to sort through all of this. "Maybe just...butt out?" Tall order for Nina, he knew that, but seriously, what else was he supposed to say? "Look, I know you were just trying to help, but did you even think about what that conversation was even going to sound like? 'Oh, hey, Prompto, so what was up about that weekend?' 'Oh, yeah, you know, just some future kid of mine showing up from a future where it's possible you guys are all dead, NBD, lol, whatevs!' That's kind of a conversation that shouldn't be forced on me, you know? And it's cool that you, like, want to get to know them and meet them and stuff, it really is, but it's just not a good time. Yet. It's not that I'm trying to hold out on anyone or anything like that, but I just want to feel a little more confident about where I stand before I start shaking things up, y'know?
"It's, like...you didn't trust me," he added, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck again. "You're all talk about being such good friends and all that, and then you don't even trust me to be able to handle my own shit. You go behind my back and get Noctis involved, when this is one-hundred percent the sort of thing he doesn't need to worry about. Or Ignis. Or Gladio. Or you, for that matter."
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But there was no room for logic when it came to crippling self-doubt.
"Just....I don't know," he said after another long moment to try to sort through all of this. "Maybe just...butt out?" Tall order for Nina, he knew that, but seriously, what else was he supposed to say? "Look, I know you were just trying to help, but did you even think about what that conversation was even going to sound like? 'Oh, hey, Prompto, so what was up about that weekend?' 'Oh, yeah, you know, just some future kid of mine showing up from a future where it's possible you guys are all dead, NBD, lol, whatevs!' That's kind of a conversation that shouldn't be forced on me, you know? And it's cool that you, like, want to get to know them and meet them and stuff, it really is, but it's just not a good time. Yet. It's not that I'm trying to hold out on anyone or anything like that, but I just want to feel a little more confident about where I stand before I start shaking things up, y'know?
"It's, like...you didn't trust me," he added, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck again. "You're all talk about being such good friends and all that, and then you don't even trust me to be able to handle my own shit. You go behind my back and get Noctis involved, when this is one-hundred percent the sort of thing he doesn't need to worry about. Or Ignis. Or Gladio. Or you, for that matter."