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Prompto Argentum was really bad at time management. To his credit, it had been a while since he'd done something like this, and that had been a little different, anyway, because it had been friends he'd turned to for help (man, he should really pop in and see how Sabine was doing, and he really hoped Astrid was doing well out there in the wide world, too), so it had been a little different. But he started to worry when it was narrowing in on Christmas and it still wasn't ready, although he was assured it was nearly finished! But then he was worried something might happen to it if it arrived while he was in New Jersey with Liz's family, and, sure enough, it had, but Gladio was keeping an eye on it for him, but now that he was back on Fandom and settled a little, it was time to finally get Liliana and Ignis their Christmas present.
Better a late present than no present, right?
And then there was the issue of getting it to them, which was going to be a process....it was big after all, even though it was relatively thin, and it was all boarded up for safe traveling, so the thing was surprisingly heavy. Naturally, then, he recruited Gladio to help him haul it out to their place, and he was so excited to deliver it finally that he almost didn't even notice the difficulty of the task!
....well, okay, no, he really did, why was this so heavy? He didn't remember the last one being this heavy and it had been even bigger! But whatever, the point was that they finally made it, he and Gladio could set it down, he took a moment to breathe out and wipe some sweat from his brow before knocking on the door.
Only to be greeted by the steward, which, fair, Liliana and Ignis might have been in the middle of something, but then, after asking if they were home, the steward informed them that they actually weren't even home.
They were apparently in Argentina??? Prompto was pouting at this news, especially the additional information that the steward didn't know when they expected to be back (although at least there was the guarantee of 'before Ignis' class'? They wouldn't miss the New Years party, would they??), and Gladio started laughing, which made Prompto turn on him in shock.
"Wait! You knew they weren't going to be here?"
"Yeah," Gladio snorted, "because I pay attention."
"I was in New Jersey! You let me drag this all the way out here and you knew they weren't home?"
"It was good for you! A good workout! Well, sort of. You know I was doing most of the hard work."
"You were not!" Prompto huffed indigantly, folded his arms in front of him, and pouted a little more before his hands flew up in a desperate sort of shrug. "Well, now what?"
"Take it back?" Gladio suggested.
"Drag it out of here only to have to drag it back again whenever the fuck they decide to come back?" Prompto gawked at him. "No way. We're leaving it. We're leaving it for them for when they get back, but, in the meantime, we are going to the T&C, we're going to buy all the discounted Christmas paper, and we're going to wrap this up so good, and I'm gonna leave a note. I don't even want to think about this stupid thing until they get back, and they open it, and then we'll see who won at Christmas this year!"
"It's not a competition, you know," Gladio pointed out, and Prompto just barked a laugh.
"Yeah, okay," he said. "Good luck telling that to Lils!"
[[ mostly establishly, but absolutely open if anyone wants to catch either of them while they're out there or are for whatever reason also swinging by! ]]
Better a late present than no present, right?
And then there was the issue of getting it to them, which was going to be a process....it was big after all, even though it was relatively thin, and it was all boarded up for safe traveling, so the thing was surprisingly heavy. Naturally, then, he recruited Gladio to help him haul it out to their place, and he was so excited to deliver it finally that he almost didn't even notice the difficulty of the task!
....well, okay, no, he really did, why was this so heavy? He didn't remember the last one being this heavy and it had been even bigger! But whatever, the point was that they finally made it, he and Gladio could set it down, he took a moment to breathe out and wipe some sweat from his brow before knocking on the door.
Only to be greeted by the steward, which, fair, Liliana and Ignis might have been in the middle of something, but then, after asking if they were home, the steward informed them that they actually weren't even home.
They were apparently in Argentina??? Prompto was pouting at this news, especially the additional information that the steward didn't know when they expected to be back (although at least there was the guarantee of 'before Ignis' class'? They wouldn't miss the New Years party, would they??), and Gladio started laughing, which made Prompto turn on him in shock.
"Wait! You knew they weren't going to be here?"
"Yeah," Gladio snorted, "because I pay attention."
"I was in New Jersey! You let me drag this all the way out here and you knew they weren't home?"
"It was good for you! A good workout! Well, sort of. You know I was doing most of the hard work."
"You were not!" Prompto huffed indigantly, folded his arms in front of him, and pouted a little more before his hands flew up in a desperate sort of shrug. "Well, now what?"
"Take it back?" Gladio suggested.
"Drag it out of here only to have to drag it back again whenever the fuck they decide to come back?" Prompto gawked at him. "No way. We're leaving it. We're leaving it for them for when they get back, but, in the meantime, we are going to the T&C, we're going to buy all the discounted Christmas paper, and we're going to wrap this up so good, and I'm gonna leave a note. I don't even want to think about this stupid thing until they get back, and they open it, and then we'll see who won at Christmas this year!"
"It's not a competition, you know," Gladio pointed out, and Prompto just barked a laugh.
"Yeah, okay," he said. "Good luck telling that to Lils!"
[[ mostly establishly, but absolutely open if anyone wants to catch either of them while they're out there or are for whatever reason also swinging by! ]]
